Winter Storm Hits Texas After Dust Bowl Night
Winter returns with a cold front crossing Texas as high winds stir dust storms. Panhandle and upper Red River valley face subfreezing temperatures. Lubbock Amarillo San Angelo see limited visibility and winds easing from 62 mph.
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United Press
Texas
Panhandle
Red River Valley
Plains
San Angelo
Midland
Clayton
N. M
Lubbock
Amarillo
Great Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Meyers Sell Ben Franklin Store to S C Garners
Mr and Mrs Jack Meyer announced the Ben Franklin store at Sherman and Commerce is sold to Mr and Mrs S C Garner of San Marcos. The Garners plan a larger merchandise line and new equipment while keeping the Ben Franklin name.
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Jack Meyers
Ben Franklin
S. C. Garners
Jack Meyer
Sherman and Commerce
S. C. Garner
San Marcos
Garner
David
Beaumont
the Baptist Church
Meyers
With New Diesel Burlington Zephyr Resumes Run Today
The Burlington Rock Island Sam Houston Zephyr resumes service from Fort Worth to Houston at 4 p.m. using a substitute diesel engine after a prior wreck near Freestone County when it struck an empty stalled auto. The accident left the train damaged but the service restart marks the first run since the incident.
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Burlington Zephyr
Burlington-Rock Island
Sam Houston Zephyr
Fort Worth
Houston
Frentone
Freestone
Unemployment Claims Reach Record February Total
Census Bureau estimates 4,644,000 Americans were unemployed in February, with 372,000 miners away from work due to strikes. The figure marks the highest unemployment level in eight years as seven to eight workers per hundred sought jobs.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Air Injection Not fatal, Mercy Trial Witness Testifies
Harvard pathologist Dr. Richard Ford told the jury 40 cubic centimeters of air is not enough to kill a person during the mercy murder case of Dr. Hermann N. Sander. He described autopsy findings on patient Abbie C. Barreto and noted that animal studies require 200 to 300 cubic centimeters to cause death, with air embolism being rare.
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Manchester, N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Richard Ford
Harvard University
Robert FE. Booth
Ford
Mexia X-ray campaign flags 334 in first three hours
Limestone's tuberculosis X-ray drive opened in Mexia with over 334 people scanned in the first three hours. State technicians operated at Wade Motor showroom from 8:30 a m and planned a week long schedule through Friday with 9 to 4 Saturday hours. Residents 15 and older in Limestone or nearby counties are eligible for free X-rays, with Groesbeck next week.
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Limestone
Mexia
State Department of Health
Wade Motor Company
Groesbeck
Limestone County
Coolidge
House Again Okays Hawaii Statehood
The U S House voted to admit Hawaii as a state amid Republican and Southern Democrat opposition. Senators may block the move as smaller states fear loss of Senate influence, while supporters argue statehood would bolster U S policy in the Far East against communism and independence movements.
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Washington
House
Alaska
Hawaii
Senate
Far East
Mexia Heart Fund collects $9.15 in first three boxes
Nine more collection boxes remain to be checked as Mexia's Heart Fund reports $9.15 donations from three boxes. Spokesman Nadige O. F. Watkiner noted the early total today and said nine boxes are still to be opened.
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Mexia
Nadige O. F. Watkiner
Mexia's Gibbs Memorial library nears opening date
Construction of Mexia's Gibbs Memorial library progresses with shelving and lighting near completion. Dedication hinges on word from Jesse and Mrs. Jones, funders honoring Mrs. Jones' mother, who are currently in Tucson. City crews finish exterior work while landscaping plans unfold over years.
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Mexia
Gibbs Memorial
Jesse Jones
Rusk Street
Rusk
St. Augustine
H. F. Mace
Mace
FHA Home Owners Study Control of Insects Tomorrow
Families who obtained FHA loans will gather in the 87th District Court room in Groesbeck tomorrow. Limestone County supervisor Cecil Johnson announced the meeting, focusing on early season cotton insect control. Demonstrations of spraying machines lie west of the courthouse at 1 p.m., followed by a Bureau of Entomology discussion by C R Parencia and a colored film at the Limestone theater.
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Groesbeck
Spi
Farmers Home Administration
87Th District
Cecil Johnson
Limestone County
FHA
Johnson
C. R. Parencia
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Waco
Limestone Theater
Farrar Student Named to Bryant College Dean's List
Don K. Little of Farrar was named to Bryant College dean's list in Providence for high scholastic standing. A Fairoaks High School graduate, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Little of Farrar.
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Providence, R. J
Spl
Don K. Little
Farrar
Bryant College
Providence
Fairoaks High School
F. O. Little
Jury Convicts Coplon and Gubitchev on Three Counts
A federal jury in New York found Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev guilty on three of four espionage counts. Coplon was acquitted on the second count for attempting to pass secrets to an unauthorized person. The jurors convicted both on conspiracy, and Gubitchev on attempting to receive U.S. secrets, with Coplon convicted on attempting to pass secrets to Gubitchev. Sentencing set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Coplon faces up to 25 years and $10,000 fine, Gubitchev up to 15 years and $20,000. Coplon already has a 40-month to 10-year sentence for prior secrets theft.
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Mikhail Shipkov
United States
Britain
Sofia
Shipkov
U. S. State Department
Tron Curtain
Gubitchev
Judy Coplon
New York
Judith Coplen
Valentin Gubitchev
Miss Coplen
John Hopfer
Miss Coplon
U.S
Sylvester Ryan
Washington
Paddling Mercers Train Two Months at Texoma
The Mercer family of Fall River Massachusetts plans a two month training stay at Lake Texoma to prepare for a May English Channel swim attempt. The group of ten includes seven swimmers aiming to cross the channel with the crew aided by eight concessioners hosting a publicity push. They will travel from Atlantic City, expected to arrive late this week, led by Papa John Mercer and including Shirley May France among the associates.
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Mercers
Lake Texoma
Denison
Texoma
Mercer
English Channel
Massachusetts
Roy Sutter
Texas Denison
Shirley May
France
Texas
Oklahoma
Fall River
Mass
Southwest
Atlantic City
Fla
Papa John Mercer
Losbie
Twins
Red Cross drive nears county goal in 1950 campaign
Limestone county towns Mexia and Groesbeck report strong early Red Cross fundraising toward a $6,500 county quota. Mexia aims for $3,000 and has raised about $1,000 in the downtown drive led by Dr. W. D. Battreau. Groesbeck’s business section has about $500 so far, with $1,300 target for the town. Ozzie Edwards of Mexia chairs the drive.
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Limestone County
A. W. DeGulle
Mexia
W. D. Battreau
Sports Editor Seeks PeeWee Football Boost Amid Baby News
John Moss, Sports Editor, pushes for a local PeeWee football program while announcing the birth of his eighth pound son Alan Wayne Moss at Brown hospital. The report notes two other births at the same hospital overnight, detailing weights and times, with grandmothers named Mabel Russ and Mary Fife.
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Media Daily News
John Moss
Alan Wayne
Wayne Carroll
Guy Crawford
Alan Wayne Moss
Mabel Russ
Mary Fife
Rebekah Lodge Plans 42 Party For Business Guests
The Rebekah Lodge will entertain business representatives who helped provide card tables this Friday night at 7 oclock. Lodge members plan a 42 party for the guests.
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Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Mexia man indicted for double murder in hit and run
Nealy Ray Medlen, 26, Wortham, indicted on two counts of murder and failure to stop and render aid in the Feb 26 hit and run that killed Mr. and Mrs. Gates near Mexia. Sawyers, 21, Streetman, not indicted. grand jury also charges theft and DWI against others.
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Groesbeck
Sps
Nealy Ray Medien
Wortham
77Th District Court
Lester B. Sawyers
Streetman
Norton Fox
Fox
Mexia Daily News
Sawyers
Medlen
J. F. Gates
Mexia
Austin
Mr. Fox
Bill Green
Gates
W. R. Jackson
Thornton
Charles Ervin
T. J. Wilson
Green
Dave Claridge
Clarence Ferguson
Henry Rivers
Prairie Hill
Mr. Gates
Grand
Leonard Tidwell
F. B. Davis
Jack Fife
Mart
I. A. Walling
Kimberl Hughes
Weldon Browder
Bill Bounds
Tehuacana
L. D. Wright
W. H. Renfro
Delia
Russell Holder
Rawls Cox
Plane Sought In East Texas Found In Oklahoma Hills
A Summerfield Oklahoma man located the wreckage of a red Navion plane and two bodies in the rugged Winding Stair mountains of eastern Oklahoma. The aircraft was tentatively identified as the missing Navion flown by George Harrington and Orville Switzer, last heard from October 21 while en route from Tulsa to Houston.
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Poteau
Okla
Summerfield
Winding Stair
Oklahoma
George Harrington
Houston
Orville Switzer
Navy
Tulsa
Texas
Two Airmen Killed as Trainer Crashes in San Antonio
A Randolph Field flight instructor and an Air Force cadet were killed when their trainer crashed shortly after takeoff. Details on names and exact circumstances were not provided in the readable text.
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San Antonio
Randolph Field
Air Force
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Washington Post
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Robert A. Taft
Mr. Block
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Henry M. Busch
Mr. Busch
Lew Lehr
Christian Science Sanitorium
Brookline
Lehr
J. W. Edgar
Dr. Edgar
State Board of Education
Dumas
Moore County
Sunray
Fred Felix Adair Jr
Dallas
Adair
Mercy
Dale
Dale Dailey
Grossbeck
Bryant Dean's
John L. Lewis
UMW
Library
Penna
Red Cross Campaign
Truman
Oklahoma Hills
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