Tomball Texas Faces Lowest Living Costs in U.S.
Tomball with oil wealth offers free gas and water and prewar rents. Mayor Cecil Faris recalls rents at 20 to 35 dollars, with apartments at 8 to 30 dollars and meals for less than 50 cents. locals boast stable prices despite rising costs elsewhere in Houston.
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Tomball
Tex
Tomnball
Cecil Faris
Faris
Huston
United States
Willow Grove
Big Oil Company
Aris
Houston
Tomball Theater
Sailor Killed in Bus Crash on Icy Baltimore Pike
A young sailor, William Slack of Horsham, died and 11 others were injured when a Greyhound bus collided with a jackknifed truck trailer on an ice-covered Baltimore Pike near Oxford Pennsylvania. A second Greyhound from Baltimore to Philadelphia swerved into a field after a tire blew during the incident. A two-year-old passenger Richard Fox from Portland Maine survived. Hospitalized victims were taken to West Grove.
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Oxeord
Blatimore Pike
Pennsylvania
William Slack
Horsham
Mary
Greyhound
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Lincoln Stahlman
Richard Fox
Portland
West Grove
House panel opens inquiry into speculation in food
Washington January 1 4 Chairman August H Andresen R Minn convened a House investigating committee to study government insiders and private tips tied to food markets. The panel has lists of 5181 individuals active in commodity markets since April 30 1946 and awaits further information from Harold E Stassen as he backs allegations of inside information guiding large commodity deals.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House
Agriculture Department
Andresen
Harold E. Stassen
Northwestern coach Seashore aids singers with training
Evans ton report shows psychology professor Robert H Seashore of Northwestern University trains poor singers to untangle mental knots. In a class of 30 he retrained 10 worst singers achieving tuneful results proving confidence and technique improve with proper guidance across activities.
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Evanston, Ll
INS
Northwestern University
Robert H. Seashore
Seashore
Retired Chemical Engineer Gilchrist Dies in Charlotte
Peter S. Gilchrist 86 a renowned chemical engineer who helped design sulphuric acid plants worldwide died at his Charlotte home. A founder of Chemical Construction in 1914 he led projects across the United States Canada England Persia and Mexico. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. today at Westminster Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Peter S. Gilchrist
Chemical Construction Company
United States
Canada
England
Persia
Mexico
Chemical Construction
American Cyanamid and Chemica Corp
New York
Poin
Westminster
Covenant Presbyterian Church
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Marion
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Mahogany
Duncan Phyfe
Mhg
Rose Freize
Gov. Winthrope
Zangerle
Peterson
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Nowe
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