First Polio Case Reported In Locale
Taylor county reports its first polio case, nine year old Lee Allen Green of Simpson Route 1, treated at Morris Memorial Milton after diagnosis by Dr. Herbert Shanes. He is said to be responding to treatment with Mrs. Audrey Grindle noting full attention.
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Taylor County
Lee Allen
Sonny” Green
Claude Lee Green
Simpson
Route 1
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Taylor Inty
Herbert Shanes
Audrey Grimdle
Grafton City Hospital
John Sayre, Jr
Coroner Reports Injuries in Elderly Woman’s Death
Williamson. Coroner Tabor Ball said Mrs. Wing Donaldson 72, blind and paralyzed, apparently suffered injuries before dying Saturday night in a Williamson hospital. Funeral services were held yesterday. she was the wife of a city waterworks employee. The prosecutor’s office ordered further investigation to determine the cause of death.
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Williamson
Tabor Ball
Wing Donaldson
Williamson Hospital
Maniac gunman Unruh rampage ends in death and murders
Report describes a gunman's killing spree across River Road businesses including a barber shop shoe repair shop and a dry cleaning establishment. He shot a woman on stairs and killed multiple proprietors before retreating to his room with knives and ammunition.
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Cohen
Charles
Minnie Cohen
Unruh
Clark Hoover
River Road
Hoover
Thompson
Police fail to corner shooter in violent street confrontation
A group of 50 police and county detectives shot at Unruh through his room window, then used machine guns and tear gas. Tear gas bombs were hurled as Unruh appeared, unharmed. Officers formed lines to escort him to a patrol wagon while a mourning crowd pressed in, many with slain relatives.
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Unruh
Shirley May Aims to Be Channel’s Youngest Swimmer
Shirley May attempts to conquer the English Channel becoming the youngest swimmer to do so. Six miles out the tide hampers progress while observers note a four hour favorable window near the eight mile mark. Her father J Walter France asks if she will quit. she answers no and continues with an Australian crawl at 24 strokes per minute amid fatigue and cold seas. Gertrude Ederle holds the women’s speed record at 14 hours 34 minutes set August 6, 1926.
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Shirley May
Channel
J. Walter France
France
England
America
Gertrude Ederle
FFA Livestock Judging Results and Aviation News Summary
FFA livestock judging results list competitors including Paul Weaver and Charles Gough with various scores. The page also covers aviation notes recounting a world speed record flight by Odom from Honolulu to Teterboro and a fatal crash blamed on turbulence and wind. It notes school transportation efforts in West Williamson and provides fruit cocktail serving data, plus Texas spinach production.
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Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
Odom
Odom Wins Preliminary at Dedication Race Day
Odom clinched a preliminary event on a Saturday marked by a high profile speedster purchase by Jacqueline Cochran wife of Floyd B. Odlum noted as a famed aviator. Cochran selected Odom for his proven skill and courage as he had twice set around the...
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Odom
Page One
Jacqueline Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
Miss Cochran
University pension case seeks release of April May payments
W C Marland petitions the supreme court to require Sims to release pensions for April and May from the university salaries fund. Retirees argue no service means no pay and that the program creates dual state pensions. Marland says supplemental pensions are needed for hiring and retaining teaching staff and that the University Board of Governors has authority to run the system.
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W.C. Marland
Supreme Court
Sims
Rnwards
Marland
University Board of Governors
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Young Grafton
Mexico
James M. McAvoy
Ellis M. McAvoy
West Main Street
Grafton
Vera Cruz
Hyman
Navy
New Orleans
Wilson
Vera Cruz Jr
United States
Army
Baltimore & Ohio
Loar Jewelry Store
Violet T. Franklin
Anatol Barsov
Peter Pirogov
Washington, D. C
Barsov
Austria
Pirogov
Russia
Ton
International Soundphoto
Victor Moore
le Ae Aero Ric Ant
la LE Ee
Sub Blast Survivor
FFA
Paul Weaver
Robert Knotts
Junior Stevenski
Larry Brown
Fred Gough
Charles Gough
Andy Lash
Earl Luzadder
Jack Lucas
Don Matthews
Bernard Wood
Willis Nestor
Glenn Turner
Wes Bradley
Lawrence Satterfield
Charles Myers
Howard Lemmon
West Williamson
Texas
Malone's Drug & Chemical Co
Ford
U.S
Arctic
William H. Payne
Groton
Connecticut
Payne
Shriver Motor Company
Ford Sales & Service
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