Giant Texas Brush Fire Under Control
A brush fire threatening about 350 homes around Dodd City on Lake Travis was brought under control after burning drought dried brush in extreme heat. More than 250 firefighters used wet sacks and backfires from eight towns and Bergstrom AFB. No injuries or deaths were reported. two outlying homes were lost and a Red Cross unit assisted firefighters and evacuees.
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Dodd City
Tex
Texas
Lake Travis
Austin
T. O. Lane
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Georgetown
Burnet
Lampasas
Round Rock
Llano
Marble Falls
Johnson City
Travis County Sheriff's Office
Red Cross
Two Thieves Ruin Plans For Wedding
Two Cedar Lake brothers in Chicago for their sister Marys wedding found thieves stealing their new suits. They chased the culprits. one suit was dropped down an elevator shaft and the other thief escaped. Lawrence later retrieved the dirty suit, leaving the wedding attire incomplete.
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Chicago
Cedar Lake
Ind
Lawrence Mitchell
James
Lawrence
Mary
Funeral Rites for Shulk Pioneer Retired Farmer
Funeral services for Harry G. Shulk 75 Kiowa county pioneer retired farmer will be held at 10 a m Wednesday at Snyder Church of Christ with Lowell Donley minister officiating Burial will be in Fairlawn Snyder He was born in 1878 in Illinois came to Kiowa county in 1901 filed a homestead moved to Friona survived by daughter Mrs Paul Arnold Espenola N M two sons Lloyd Shulk Friona sister Mrs Spike Edwards Aurora Jr and brother Will Shulk Rush Springs Walker Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
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Snyder
Harry G. Shulk
Kiowa County
Friona
Tex
Snyder Church of Christ
Lowell Donley
Fairlawn
Illinois
Shulk
Paul Arnold
Espenola
N. M
Lloyd Shulk
Spike Edwards
Aurora
Will Shulk
Rush Springs
Walker Funeral Home
Walter Lamar
Anadarkon
Smith Funeral Home
Richard Smith
Lamar
Indian Territory
Gracement
Chilocco Indian School
Bacone College
Riley
Claude
Anadarko
Marjorie Conroy
Lawton
Mae Davis
Mary Ross
Ebin Rose Lamar
Oklahoma City
Seth Irving
Bill Cunningham
John Conroy Jr
Carl Atttauvich
Newt Lamar
Elgin Lamar
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Piper
Baylor Fe Tate
Denier
Carol Brent
Ward
California
Prac
Lawson
DuPont
General Mills Automatic Toaster
Ering
Bae
Robert Shaw
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