Mayor of Orange Battles Hat Shortage and Big Head
Orange Mayor Raymond Sanders, a 6 foot 4 inch, 240 pound leader, struggles to find a hat to fit his enormous head. After a long search from Houston to Washington and a Fort Worth connection, a large brimmed hat finally offered slight hope, but a bus ride home saw the hat lost under him and never recovered.
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Orange
Raymond Sanders
Sanders
Washington
D. C
Fort Worth
E. W. Brown, Jr
Brown
Pinehurst
Houston
Dallas
Amon Carter
Carter
Texas
Capitol
New Orleans
Services Set For Mrs. C. D. Shaw At First Christian
Funeral services for 73 year old Mrs. C. D. Shaw of Slaton highway, a 17 year Lubbock resident who died Thursday, will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the First Christian church with Dr H G Gantz officiating. Burial will follow in Lubbock cemetery under Bryan McDonald’s Son Funeral Home. Pallbearers are Leo Barcett Leroy Johnson John McKinzie Harry Shaw A T Cocanougher Jim Johnson Mancill Shaw and Norvel Payne.
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First Christian Church
C. D. Shaw
Slaton Highway
Lubbock
H. G. Gantz
Bryan McDonald
Jim Johnson
Mancill Shaw
Norvel Payne
Texas Disasters Rise Across Year Report
Texas suffered a record year for natural disasters per the American Red Cross 1947 report to the governor. Texas City explosion led losses with 9,000 people affected and 1,361,000 dollars damage. Fires, tornadoes, windstorms and floods followed with aid totaling over 250,000 dollars for victims outside Texas City.
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Austin
Texas
American Red Cross
Texas City
Red Cross
Texas Panhandle
Captured German Films Shown At Texas Tech This Week
Public invited to view captured German films in the extension auditorium at Texas Tech on Monday and Tuesday. J. H. Millikin extends the free admission with showings at 8 00 to 9 00 a m 11 00 to noon and 2 00 to 3 00 p m on Monday and 8 00 to 9 00 a m and 1 00 to 2 00 p m Tuesday. The event serves foreign language students with cooperation from Dr. C B Qualia and T W Alexander.
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Texas Tech
Texas Technological College
J. H. Millikin
C. B. Qualia
T. W. Alexander
Commissioners May Supervise Road Building
An attorney general's opinion says county commissioners court may supervise county road construction without competitive bids for the labor and materials hauled by per yard payment. However, road building material purchases must go to competitive bid. San Patricio County Attorney Joseph C. Ternus requested the opinion.
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Austin
San Patricio County
Joseph C. Ternus
Linton
State Traffic Deaths Near 2 000 For '47
A preliminary Texas report shows 1 991 traffic deaths in 1947, 32 more than 1946, with final figures due March 18 as official reports continue to arrive at the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Miners Man To Concentrate On Living To Be 110
TUSCOLA Ill Feb 21 John Wesley Carrier 102 fresh from hospital after a cold says he will focus on living to 110. He previously spent time in a hospital after a broken hip at age 94. The piece notes that about four-fifths of U S dwelling units are detached single family houses.
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Tuscola
Ill
John Wesley Carrier
U. S
Prisoner Removes Landscape From Jail Wall
A prisoner at Aberdeen Mississippi jailed for days admired a torn landscape from a magazine posted on his wall. After he left, so did the landscape and the wall section it covered, revealing the bare surface beneath.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Lubbock Man Sues Insurance Firm for 1483
Marion I. Hall filed suit in the 72nd District Court seeking 1483.33 from Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association of Omaha. He alleges purchase of a policy on Nov 1, 1945 and an aircraft injury on Feb 24, 1946 leading to hospitalization until May 20, 1946. Gordon Treadaway of Lubbock represents him.
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Marion I. Hall
Dan Blair
Mutual Benefit
Omaha
Neb
Hall
Gordon Treadaway
Lubbock
Japanese commander Capii Inoye captured in Sumatra
An Indonesian official said Capii Inoye, commander of the "Wild Tigers," was captured in Sumatra and awaits trial on charges his private army killed hundreds of civilians since 1945. The Wild Tigers fought Dutch and Indonesian forces in Sumatra for two years after Japan's surrender. the force was broken up last December and Inoye escaped.
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Singapore
Capii Inoye
Wild Tigers
Sumatra
Japan
Tnoye
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