Texas Banks See Big Gains In Deposits In 1947
AP survey shows Texas banks across major cities ending 1947 with markedly higher deposits and resources than 1946. Dallas and Houston topped state totals with deposits over 1 billion dollars, while several cities reached record-high figures. Weathered by withdrawals for treasury certificates, the gains signal a favorable year ahead for Texas banks.
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Texas
Associated Press
Houston
Dallas
Rues
Dalles
Park
Move
Treasury
Malian Girl Travels to Texas to Wed Stranger
A Malian girl, age 19 from Peoria Illinois, plans to wed a man she has never met in Texas. Her flight from Rome was halted on New Year’s Day and she was forced to land while en route, carrying bilingual dictionaries to aid communication with her fiancé.
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Texas
Peoria
Ill
Dimmitt
Tex
Rome
Italy
Churchill in Morocco After Illness Recovery
Winston Churchill arrived in Marrakesh with Mrs Churchill and Lord Moran after a cold illness. He was said to be virtually recovered and walked with his temperature near normal. Physicians noted his temperature dropped to about one tenth degree above normal.
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Winston Churchill
Morocco
Marrakesh
Lord Moran
Churchill
Fire Losses In City Decrease
Bradley Black reports that 1947 fire losses in the city totaled about 298 thousand dollars from 440 calls, down nearly 50 percent from 1946’s 675 thousand. A $213,000 blaze that damaged Texas Tech’s new football stadium largely influenced the year’s figures, while state-owned campus protections are provided by the Lab.
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Bradley Black
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech
National Guardsman Scores HST Aide In Merger Proposal
A National Guardsman leader charges Maj. Gen. Harry H Vaughan used his White House position to back merging the National Guard with organized reserves under federal control. The piece notes Norman Walsh and others tied to the Reserve Officers Association dispute Vaughan and argue the goal is to curb the Guard’s power. The article references magazine claims and debates about military structure and control in Washington.
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Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
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Ation
Minnesota
Pa Waist
Artie
Auguan
Reserve
Willams Neblet
Reserve Officers Association
Vaughan
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