Rainfall Drenches Mexia as Texas Sees Wide Storm
The Mexia area recorded 2.2 inches of rain in roughly seven hours, the heaviest in years, with readings from 70 to 50 degrees. Across Texas and Oklahoma, showers and freezing drizzle spread, causing slick highways, deadly crashes near Odessa, and frigid lows from 42 to 26 degrees as the storm moves east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Josie Newman
Newman
Iee E Sane
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
United Press
Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Amarillo
U.S. 80
Odessa
White Rock Lake
Dallas
Brownsville
el Paso
Texarkana
Oklahoma Panhandles
Temple
McCamey
Waco
Tyler
Garland
Rockwall
Carrollton
Big Spring
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Decatur
Dalhart
Wink
Lubbock
Atlantic Seaboard
Surprise in Search Exposes Robbery Suspect in New York
Policewoman Mar guerite O Connor ordered to search Marion Drivers at a Brooklyn railroad station. Drivers, a 32 year old, and companion Robert Channing, 31, were found with $2,000 in fur and garments stolen from a tailor shop. Both were charged with grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Marguerite O'Connor
Marion
Robert Channing
Brooklyn
Channing
Mexia Jaycees Plan 1953 Farm Program with Prizes
Mexia Jaycees voted to establish a community improvement farm program for 1953 with cash prizes totaling 500 dollars. A 225 dollar television purchase for the Mexian State School and Home was approved. Committees were named to organize the plan and acquire the TV set, with details to be refined January 6 and 8 at the State School.
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Mexia Jaycees
Mexian
Jaycee Agricultural Commitee
Dale’ Brown
Brown
Agricultural Committee
Mr. Brown
Gordon Tyner
Dan Edd Hamilton
James Wilson
Far East Expert Lattimore Pleads Not Guilty to Lying Charges
Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore pleads innocent in federal court to seven counts of lying to Senate investigators. Trial set for early March. bond posted at 2000 dollars. Lattimore faces up to 70 years if convicted on all counts amid Internal Security subcommittee inquiries into Communist influences.
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Washington, D. C
Owen Lattimore
Senate
James R. Kirkland
Johns Hopkins University
Thurman Arnold
Treasury
Kirkland
Baltimore
Lattimore
Internal Security Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
Institute
James P. McGranery
FBI
Gangster Refuses to Answer Court in NY Case
Albert Anastasia, reputed murder boss of the waterfront, defied the New York Crime Commission and refused to discuss his finances or alleged murders. Also noted, Nicholas Breakspeare was the Englishman who became Pope Adrian IV.
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New York, N. Y
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Waterfront Underworld
New York Crime Commission
Nicholas Breakspeare
Pope
Adrian IV
US Living Costs Hit Peak Again in November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the consumer price index rose one tenth percent from mid October to mid November reaching 191.1 percent of 1995 1939 prices, matching the August peak. Increases mainly from a six tenths percent rise in residential rents with smaller gains in fuel electricity and repairs. retail food costs were largely unchanged.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eisenhower names four top defense posts in new administration
President elect Ike will send nominees for Army Navy Air Force and deputy defense secretary to the Senate after inauguration. Robert Stevens, Robert Anderson, Harold Talbott, and Roger Kyes are named for the posts, all with corporate executive backgrounds.
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New
York
Dent
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Aretary
Robert Stevens
South Plainfield
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon
Texas
Harold E. Talbott
New Or
Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield
James C. Hagerty
Senate
Stevens
Anderson
Edu
General Motors
State Board of Education
K. L. Berry
Eidénico Ramsey
Austin
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Woman 18 Old Accident Leaves Berth in Ambulance
Mrs Ruth Lambert 47 fell from an ambulance moving at 60 miles per hour yesterday but suffered only abrasions to knees hips and hands. She rode with husband J D Lambert 42 en route to Amarillo from Amherst for surgery when a side door flew open near the Nes of the ambulance. A liquid hair spray fire demo ignited when sprayed at a match held by the fire chief.
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Amarillo
Ruth ‘Lambert
J. D. Lambert
Amherst
Canyon
Siamese Twin Separation Leaves Baby Roger Near Death
Doctors battle to save 15 month old Roger Lee Brodie after a 12 hour separation operation with his Siamese twin Rodney Lee. Roger remained in a coma and precarious condition while Rodney showed signs of recovery and feeding as surgeons report no immediate change.
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Chicago
Roger Lee Brodie
University of
Roger Lee
Roger
Rodney
Hoger
Rodney Brodie
Margaret Florence
First Baptist Choir Presents Christmas Cantata
The First Baptist Church of Mex ia holds a Christmas music program Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The cantata Choir of Bethlehem is directed by John W. Herndon. Soloists include Mrs F P Saltsman Mrs Patricia Turner Miss Dorothy Saltsman Curtis Fountain Jr and Mrs Herndon. Mrs Wilson Brumley serves as reader and Mrs John Herndon accompanies on the organ.
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First Baptist Church of
Mexia
Choir of
Bethlehem
John W. Herndon
F. P. Saltsman
Patricia Turner
Dorothy Saltsman
Curtis Fountain, Jr
Herndon
Wilson Brumley
John. Herndon
Texas Cotton Drop Down
Texas shows a drop in cotton ginned through December 12 as 3,310,347 bales, down about 75,000 from last year per Ernest Tutt U S Commerce regional director. Hollywood film star Robert Cummings faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after a deputy accuses him of attacking with an automobile to avoid a subpoena.
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Texas
Dallas
Ernest Tutt
U. S. Department of Commerce
Hollywood
Robert Cummings
Cummings
Same Christmas Customs Come Down The Centuries
The article surveys long standing Yule traditions noting Egyptian date palms symbolizing life, Britain’s greeting of Merry Christmas, German origins of the tree, Belgian France links for stockings, and Holland’s Saint Nicholas origins. It ties Santa Claus to the Myra bishop famed for gifts at Christmas.
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Washington, D. C
Egypt
Britain
Germany
Belgian
France
Holland
Santa Claus
Myra
Ister
Nicholas
Piggly Wiggly Owner Issues Product Statement
W. E. Boykin, new owner of the Piggly Wiggly at 100 East Main, says the store has removed unusable stock and replaced it with fresh merchandise. He guarantees every item and invites customers to inspect. Boykin and his son Floyd reopened the store after a closure, with 27 years in the grocery business and prior residence in Limestone County.
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W. E. Boykin
Mr. Boykin
Floyd
Boykin
Limestone County
West
Texas
Toll Road Between Dallas and Fort Worth Faces Skepticism
A Dallas Fort Worth delegation seeks a toll road but Texas Highway Commission Chairman E H Thornton Jr. warns that creating a toll authority for Dallas Fort Worth would invite demands from other regions. He favors a statewide approach and says a forthcoming statement will address toll roads in general. Dallas attorney John D McCall says the plan would be bond financed with 40 years to repay at up to five percent interest and ultimately transferred to the state.
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Austin
Dallas- Fort Worth
State Highway Commission
E. H. Thornton Jr
Dallas
Fort Worth
Thornton
John D. McCall
Secretary Sues Boss Wife in Jealous Divorce Case
A pretty 28 year old secretary named as co respondent in a divorce suit filed by Mrs Clyde Austin threatened to sue for slander. Mrs Austin grew jealous after the employer’s wife accused the secretary of confidentially assisting in the business, prompting harsh verbal exchanges.
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Houston
Clyde Austin
Students Sing for Mexia Rotarians at Noon
Ross Avenue elementary and Mexia High School students entertained the Mexia Rotary Club at J and W cafe with Christmas songs directed by Leroy Thomas. The girls sextette from the high school sang White Christmas. Rotary officials noted the next meeting Jan 8 with Dr Howard Smith as speaker and thanked guest Junior Rotarian Julian Patterson.
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Ross Avenue
Mexia High School
Mexia Rotary Club
J&w Cafe
Leroy Thomas
Thomas
A. B. McBay
John Barham
Marion DeLo
Jan Grice
Edmund Vickers
Rosemary Lightsey
Julian Patterson
Club
Jimmy Collins
Pres
Vernon Jones
Howard Smith
Marlin
Rotary
J. E. Woods
Temple
Dick Hawkins
Georgetown
Mexia
Five Die In Odessa Auto Crash Involving Trailer
An accident on a wet curve near Odessa left five dead when a car pulling a trailer collided with another vehicle. Four victims belong to the Harwell family from Crane Texas Maryle Earnest Harwell Wanda Louise Harwell Gloria Dawn Harwell Linda Vown Harwell. The fifth victim was Wilmer W Graves 26 from Hayward California a serviceman en route from California to Indiana. A patrolman said the Harwell car skidded and blocked the Graves car and trailer.
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Odessa
Highway Patrol
Maryle Earnest Harwell
Crane
Texas
Wanda Louise
Gloria Dawn
Linda Vown
Wilmer W. Graves
Hayward
Calif
California
Indiana
Harwell
Graves
Bastrop
Bandits May Have Been In Mexia Monday
Two men who robbed Oakwood State Bank at Oakwood of 14000 dollars Tuesday morning may have spent Monday night in Mexia. A Galveston police chief said the suspects gave Galveston addresses that proved fictitious. Authorities in Louisiana and Texas shifted suspects. Davis, a 22 year old buffalo Texas man, was identified as one bandit and held in Centerville. a Basile Louisiana youth, 17, was held in Villa Platte, Louisiana. A car matching the getaway vehicle was found with Davis and a bank aid on his face.
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Oakwood State Bank
Oakwood
Mexia
United Press
W. J. Whitburn
Galveston
Whitburn
Louisiana
Texas
Basile
Villa Platte
William T. Davis
Buffalo
Centerville
B. G. Lee
Leon County
Lee
Oakwood Bank
Davis
R. R. Wiley Jr
Houston Press
Justice of the Peace
C. E. Sherman
Suspect Identified in Huge Brink's Robbery Case
FBI affidavits name Joseph O'Keefe known as Specs O'Keefe as a participant in the unsolved 1.219 million Brink's robbery in Boston. He faces a contempt charge with a 20 year police abeyance and a federal court hearing scheduled.
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Boston
Mass
FBI
Joseph “Specs O'Keefe
O'Keefe
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