Cameron Chamber Banquet Set With Baylor President Speaking
Cameron's annual Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held on Tuesday night March 8 with Dr. W R White president of Baylor University delivering the main address. The event will follow the annual membership meeting in the basement of First Methodist Church. Committees are announced including Program W C Cole chairman A W McCullin Henry Liebman Publicity Wm Arthur chairman Stanley Swift O B Beasley Arrangements L Van Perkins chairman Jack DuBois Ticket Albert Collins chairman Dana Kestenbaum Morris Eplen Narvie Caperton August Kunz Charlie Brady.
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L. van Perkins
Jack DuBois
Albert Collins
Dana Kestenbaum
Morris Eplen
Narvie Caperton
August Kunz
Charlie Brady
Family Weekend Visit From Austin Guests
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lewis and their children from Austin spent a weekend with Mrs. J. T. La Cook and her brother John Thomas at their home, sharing time together.
Inflation Tales From Shanghai Remnant of Wartime Currency
Delamon Hayes of Model Cleaners recounts extreme price chaos in Shanghai after World War II. He describes tipping waitresses with ten thousand dollar notes and paying hundreds of thousands of Chinese dollars for common items, noting exchange rates peaked at about 180,000 Chinese dollars per U.S. dollar and customers carried huge currency bundles.
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Delamon Hayes
Model Cleaners
China
Delamon
United States Navy
Pacific
Shanghai
Hayes
Man Who Sold Life For 100 Dies In Electric Chair
Huntsville reports Thurman Williams was executed for murder after confessing to the killing of C. N. Herridge in Houston on October 28 1947 during an attempted car theft. He surrendered the rifle for a $100 reward and died at 12 13 a m smiling and claiming he was saved.
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Huntsville
Thurman Williams
Williams
C. N. Herridge
Houston
Herridge
B. C. Anderson
Warm air drives cold snap away from Cameron
The Cameron area saw warm air from the Gulf replace a forecast blizzard as temperatures reached 90 in the Gulf region and Cameron reported around 75 Sunday. Dallas briefly hit 32 degrees as the cold mass receded, with rain possible in 48 hours and cloudy skies persisting into Wednesday. A light norther moved in Sunday night.
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Gulf
Texas
Cameron
Dallas
A and M Student Escapes Serious Injury In Car Crash
Officers report an A and M student named Ross had a narrow escape when his 1949 Studebaker overturned on a dangerous curve near Skeezix around midnight Saturday. He was en route to Temple to visit his hospitalized wife. Ross escaped with no injuries though his car suffered heavy damage.
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Ross
Skeezix
Sheriff Black
Temple
Studebaker
Busselle Visit to Houston Family This Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Busselle of Houston are visiting in the home of Mrs. Dora Hinton and her daughters for the weekend.
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W. T. Busselle
Houston
Dora Hinton
Fort Worth visitors stay with their father Will Gjedde
Mrs. J. L. Gross Mrs. Carl Waterman and Mrs. Jack Holcomb all of Fort Worth spent a few days this week in the home of their father Will Gjedde.
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J. L. Gross
Carl Watterman
Jack Holcomb
Fort Worth
Will Gjedde
Blizzard Misses Central Texas Snowstorm Tracks North
Central Texas saw mild temperatures as a predicted cold spell waned. Forecasters warned of an approaching ice storm in north Texas with heavy ice on wires and trees and potential power outages if winds pick up.
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Cameron
Texas
North
Panhandle
Alvarado
Fort Worth
Laredo
Curtis Cook
Wichita Falls
Cook
Clarendon
Childress
Big Spring
Abilene
Amarillo
Waco
New 1949 Dodge to be shown February 25 gala open house
Jerry Schiller Motor Co owners Jerry and Milton Schiller announce the completely new styled 1949 Dodge will be publicly displayed Friday February 25 at the dealer ship. The open house on February 26 invites all to see Dodge’s redesign with increased interior space while maintaining manageable exterior dimensions and distinct styling.
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DODGE
Jerry B. Schiller
Milton J. Schiller
Jerry Schiller Motor Co
Dallas
Schiller
Army
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Baylor
William Charles
Austin
Elgin
Broadway
M. M. Johnson
West Main
VAMC
Ett Mae
Green Funeral Home
Cameron, Texas
NG EM
Clyde
Elliott
Milam Theatre
A. m
the Daily
Central
Typewriter
the Herald
Joe D. Bass
Dore Schary
Cary Grant
Franchot Tone
Diana Lynn
Alan Mowbray
Don Hartman
Stephen Morehouse
Avery
Betoy Drake
Cameron Theatre
Funn
Anderson Motor Company
West Second Ave
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