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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
8
After partial lifting, the Berlin blockade is reimposed causing severe supply issues. The U S rejects Soviet demand to shrink the air corridor while the Reds threaten higher altitude fire. In London the court declines Eisler extradition, citing insufficient proof of extraditable offense.
On Tuesday the Daily Midget reports $100 pledged for Baby Linda. Plumber R. P. Williams contributed $50 and the Daily Midget matched with $50. Community members are urged to send checks to the Daily Midget or to the family.
Mrs. C. T. Stubbs Sr of Gause is listed among the patients ill at Newton Memorial Hospital.
Obituary notes William Boedeker, a pioneer of the eighties in the county, died after months of declining health. He and his wife Hermanina celebrated their Golden Anniversary January 4 1948. Survived by widow two daughters Annie Persky and Josephine Moran Bryan three sons Otto Henry and Herman Boedeker. siblings Ben Emil and Bertha Kurtzman. eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Catholic Cemetery with Green Funeral Home in charge.
Mr and Mrs E V Blissard of Houston visited in the home of her parents Ms and Mrs August Knipp during the past weekend.
The United States Britain and France reject Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky’s bid to invite a 22 man delegation from the German People’s Congress to the Foreign Ministers Council. Acheson Bevin and Schumann insist any Eastern German representation must be matched by Western German invitees, risking the Big Four talks becoming a debate between two defeated sides.
Work at the Ford plant in Detroit resumes after a 20 day strike by CIO United Auto Workers ends. Dallas reports continued halt due to parts shortage caused by the strike. Union agrees to arbitration of the speed up demand by the company.
Cameron recorded a near 97 degree high on a very hot May day and Refugio topped 108 degrees. Dallas also reached a heat peak higher than any other Texas city outside the border region.
Hanover businessman Shack T Shafer was in town on a business visit recently. He met with local officials and discussed potential ventures and investment opportunities.
Linda Morris, a child from Temple, is diagnosed with a severe heart ailment in Dallas after earlier doctors. A late June operation offers a 50 percent chance, but costs exceed $500 and no local aid is available. Parents struggle to secure funds as time runs out while Linda’s condition worsens.
Mr and Mrs Owen Weems visited their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Lincoln Barber and their children in Jacksonville over the weekend.
Andrei Vishinsky the Soviet Foreign Minister told reporters in Paris that no German settlement can be reached. He proposed a German board to administer the country while Russia demands control and warns the conference may break up without Western concessions. The United States France and Britain stand firm against yields that would displace the western zone government. No progress is anticipated.
Dr. John H. Barnett, 64, a longtime Marlin physician, died in a Marlin hospital at 10 a.m. Sunday after long illness. He practiced medicine in Marlin for 29 years and was well known in Cameron. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. Monday, May 30, at First Presbyterian Church in Marlin with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
The article argues for restocking inland water courses in Milam county while urging stronger laws to protect them from commercial fishing. It notes public access rights along streams, clarifies that streams belong to the state, and stresses enforcement to prevent law violations that would undermine stocking efforts.
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