LonnieBeard Takes Three Years In Prison
Oscar F. Bledsoe III writes in the Staple Cotton Review from Greenwood Mississippi urging unity and describing Negro membership in the Staple Cotton Cooperative Association. He cites counts of Negro farmers including landowners renters acreage and mortgage status and argues for peaceful race relations in the South while noting national statistics from 1945. He discusses migration of Negro populations to the North and West and predicts segregation in living quarters churches and entertainment as a natural outcome based on fifty years of experience. He closes with social notes about the Tindall family visitors and Odus Tindall’s trip to San Antonio.
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South
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
Delta
North
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Mississippi
H. C. Tindall
Finley Tindall
Orange
Odus Tindall
San Antonio
Agreed Verdict Ends Murder Trial in Texas
Lonnie Beard, 57, farmer from the Conoley community, agreed to a 3 year Texas prison term for the murder of his son in law Noel D Collins. No jury was impaneled and Henry county witness Melvin Collins testified briefly.
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Lonnie Beard
Conoley
Texas
Noel D. Collins
W. C. Wofford
Taylor
Beard
W. A. Morrison
Melvin Collins
Louis Collins
Collins
Tessie Beard
Taylor Hospital
Carl C. Black
Cameron
Round Rock
Beard Farm
Melvin
Thorndale
Beard Home
George F Parma Died in San Antonio at 68
George F Parma 68 former Cameron resident died at Nix Hospital San Antonio at 9 15 a m September 27 after a short illness Funeral services were held September 28 at Porter Loring Chapel San Antonio He was born in 1880 in Fayette county lived in Cameron earlier and spent many years in San Antonio as manager of a Summer Drug Store Surviving are his widow Alta Parma a daughter Alta Louise two sisters Mrs D J Kubecka and Mrs J L Marak of Cameron two brothers J J Parma and J T Parma of Cameron and W J Parma of Belton
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George F. Parma
Nix
San Antonio
Porter Loring
Mr. Parma
Fayette County
Cameron
Alta Parma
Alta Louise
D. J. Kubecka
J. L. Marak
J. J. Parma
J.T. Parma
W. J. Parma
Belton
Beaumont Man Kenn Nabours Visits Cameron This Weekend
Kenneth Nabours of Beaumont spent the past weekend in Cameron, enjoying local sites and activities during the short visit.
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Kenneth Nabours
Beaumont
Cameron
Cotton Receipts Rise at Cameron Compress
The Cameron Compress reports 19 000 bales received with 15 000 bales sourced locally by Thursday night. P W Davis notes the yard holds more cotton than in recent years and that receipts include shipments from outside the county and gins hauled in by farmers.
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P. W. Davis
Lillie Pratt Held in Loraine Smith Murder
Loraine Smith was stabbed to death on West 15th Street near the Bubba Nelson cafe in Cameron around 11 p.m. Sunday October 3. Lillie Pratt, held on murder charges, allegedly stabbed Smith, whose death occurred before reaching Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Loraine Smith
Lillie Pratt
Carl C. Black
Newton Memorial Hospital
Black
Bubba Nelson
West 15Th Street
Cameron
Houston
November 2 Voting Wide Choice in Eight-Column Ballot
Voters face a broad choice in the November 2 election as an eight column ballot includes eight constitutional amendments plus party columns. The Herald reports the ballot order starts with Democrats and Republicans and adds States Rights, Progressive, Socialist, Prohibition, Independent, Write In, with Communists outlawed and absentee voting beginning October 13.
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al Smith
Texas
Herald
States Rights Party
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
U. S
Massey court upholds nine year term in kidnapping case
The Court of Criminal Appeals at Austin affirmed Dr. Ola Dee Massey the Waco dentist sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping for the purpose of extortion. The ruling follows her 1947 Milam County conviction and involves the abduction of her late aunt Mrs. R. H. Johnson and related thefts, with potential for a rehearing.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Ola Dee Massey
Waco
Milam County
Massey
Morrison
The
Daily Herald
Cameron Hospital
Mrs. Johnson
Dr. Massey
Cameron
Johnson
Lake Waco
Citizens National Bank
Drunk Driver Fined Fifty Dollars in County Court
G. C. Orr pleaded guilty to driving while drunk in open court and was fined fifty dollars plus costs by Judge Dan Tyson. The total near seventy five dollars. The notice states that in all drunk driving cases owners must surrender their driving licenses.
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G. C. Orr
Orr
Dan Tyson
Benefit Claims To Be Explained Here
Cameron residents can learn about Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance from a representative of the Austin Social Security office. The official will be at the Old Age Assistance Office in Cameron on Tuesday October 12 at 1 00 p m to help file claims obtain new and duplicate Social Security Cards and check wage records.
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Cameron
Austin
Cameron Girl Wounded When Gun Falls From Bed
Miss Marie Maddox a 16 year old Cameron girl narrowly escaped death when a pistol placed between mattresses discharged as it fell to the floor. She suffered a severe leg wound and was taken to St Edwards Hospital. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Grady Maddox of Ben Arnold she worked at the Barmore residence and was moving a mattress when the accident occurred.
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Marie Maddox
J. L. Barmore
Cameron
Miss Maddox
St. Edwards Hospital
Grady Maddox
Ben Arnold
Barmore
Honest man returns purse with $178 in Cameron
Ervin G. Kaslon of Giddings found a purse at the Santa Fe underpass in Cameron and brought it to Sheriff Carl C. Black. The purse, belonging to Arlie Welch of Waco, lost $130 in a check and $5 in currency. $43 in currency remained scattered. Sheriff praised Kaslon for honesty.
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Ervin G. Kaslon
Giddings
Santa Fe Railroad
Cameron
Mr. Kaslon
Carl C. Black
Arlie Welch
Waco
Sheriff Black
Man Who Passed Bad Check Held on Forgery Charges
Albert L. Saller who passed a $25 check at Brannon Service Station Minerva in August 1947 is in jail here on forgery charges. Sheriff Carl C. Black brought Saller from LaGrange jail Friday. He is alleged to have forged a check on the Bradford Transport Co of Dallas and was arrested in Hallettsville earlier this week after months on the trail.
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Albert L. Saller
Brannon
Minerva
Carl C. Black
Saller
LaGrange
Bredford Transport Company
Dallas
Halletsville
Black
J. R. Poole Land Near Bridgeport Spurs Oil Boom
J R Poole of Wise County owned land near Bridgeport where an oil well now spurts crude. Poole sold the tract in 1944 and faces mixed feelings as the discovery draws local attention and support.
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J. R. Poole
Wise County
The
Herald
Fort Worth
Bridgeport
National Newspaper Week Marks Value of Print
National Newspaper Week October 1 to 8 highlights the printed word and its liberties. The Cameron Herald notes no local proclamation, stressing newspapers as the key to knowledge and freedom, while asserting the paper’s long-standing status since 1860 in Milam County.
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National Newspaper Week
Cameron Herald
Milam County
Supreme Court clears Johnson on Texas senate ballot
The Supreme Court denied Stevenson’s bid to block Lyndon B. Johnson from the Texas Senate ballot after federal court orders lifting an injunction. The ruling upholds Justice Black’s Sept. 28 decision and ends Stevenson’s bid to void Johnson’s run in November.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lyndon Br. Johnson
Texas
U. S. Senate
Johnson
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
South
Senate Subcommittee On Elections
Black
Justice Black
High Court
Justice Murphy
Michigan
W. Lee O'Daniel
U. S
T. Whitfield Davidson
Two Major Projects Join $50,100 September Permits
City Secretary W H Stafford reports September building permits totaled 50100 with two large projects making up the bulk. A $30000 recreation building at St Monica's Church and a $20000 J C Penney Co store expansion in Cameron account for the main share. Repairs fill the rest. no new residences were issued. The year’s nine month average stays high, with Penney’s store advancing toward holiday operation.
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W. H. Stafford
Daily Herald
St. Monica’s Church
Parochhal
J. C. Penney Company
Cameron
J. C. Penney
Caperton’s
Penney
Main Avenue
A. R. Maddox
Magnolia businessman visits Cameron on Thursday
Harvey Emmons of Magnolia traveled to Cameron for a business visit on Thursday. He formerly resided in Cameron.
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Harvey Emmons
Magnolia
Cameron
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COKE
Ola Massey
Lonniebeard
Oscar F. Bledsoe, III
Staple Cotton Review
Greenwood
Hubert L. Atkinson
Maysfield
America
Lyndon Johnson
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