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08 Aug 1949
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1949
Page
1
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A fatal auto truck crash east of Mexico claimed James P. Mills and another victim, with sixteen year old Bobby Pritelarc among the injured survivors. Survivors include M. Mills, M. Batteen, and Mrs. Janell Hawkins. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. investigations ongoing as authorities identify causes and victims.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department's first 1949 cotton production estimate at 14,603,000 bales, below last year's 14,868,000. The forecast signals possible government action to curb next year's output. Texas leads with 4,410,000 bales. adverse weather and boll weevil infestations reduced yields nationwide.
H A Dawson of Mexia and Reddy Peeples of Tehuacana join 240 students at Vander Cook music recreation camp at Texas Lutheran College Seguin now in session. The two weeks cover music study and supervised recreation. A musical program closes Friday night.
Limestone county grand jury handed down an indictment charging aggravated assault by which serious bodily injury was inflicted against ex mayor Allen Therrell for the attack on District Judge H Fountain Kirby July 28 in Groesbeck. Judge Kirby, just released from Groesbeck hospital, testified to the jury about the beating which left his left eye permanently impaired. Therrell, free on 2500, had appeared before the grand jury last week and resigned as mayor July 76. The jury met in the county attorney’s office to spare the judge stairs, and the indictment was returned at noon. Eight grand jurors and others from Groesbeck, Mexia, and nearby towns served.
Foreign Ministers from ten Western European nations met in Strasbourg to form the Council of Europe and discuss Greece and Turkey admission. Flags of Greece, Turkey and the original ten fluttered as debates over European unity continued amid cautious expectations of progress. Churchill was anticipated to attend the session in the weeks ahead. In Montana, a massive forest fire killed 13 firefighters and scorched 600 acres, still out of control in the southwest. Ranger HQ said containment could come later in the day.
Dr. Serves Green, identified as grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, ordered Klan members in Georgia to stop wearing hoods or masks in public, signaling a public display directive amid ongoing tensions in Atlanta.
In Quito an official spokesman Miguel Albornoz said central Ecuador’s Friday quake may cause damage totaling 50 million dollars or more with dead estimated between 2,000 and 4,009. An airlift is organized to rushed food and supplies to the affected area south of Quito. The disaster ranks as one of the decade’s greatest, with past Ecuador quakes cited for context.
UPI reports that indictments against Ada Julbrew were dismissed due to insufficient evidence in a criminal matter. She has been free on $3,000 bonds since her arrest last December 14 amid investigations into the deaths of her husband, daughter, and son-in-law.
Mrs Sumner Welles wife of the former U S undersecretary of state died in Lausanne Switzerland today after a period of ill health.
Peach growers around Pt Enterprise report a record breaking harvest with hundreds of freighted crates shipped daily. Trucker buyers come from Dallas Fort Worth Houston Bryan Conroe and other Texas towns. Growers foresee a local market association to stabilize prices as expansion hinges on reliable demand.
More than 500 Aberdeen Angus cattle will be shown as the major attraction of the 1949 State Fair of Texas livestock show. The national Aberdeen Angus show runs October 8 to 13 with a premium list of 11 500 and entries from states that produce the breed. Fair manager W H Hitzelberger notes rapid growth in popularity. The climax is the national Aberdeen Angus sale on October 18 led by Tommy Brock of Camp San Saba. Judging dates are October 11 and 12.
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