Founder of Pharmacy Group Dies in Houston
In Houston on August 17, Mrs. Frank B. Dwyer 71 founder and first president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association died. A pioneer woman druggist she organized the auxiliary in 1929 and was the first woman member of the Houston School Board.
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Manville Marriages Get Bit Expensive
New York businessman Tommy Manville, famed asbestos heir, endured a string of brief marriages and costly divorce settlements. The record shows marriages from 1925 to 1952, with cash settlements ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars and several short unions ending in rapid separations.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Manville
Florence Huber
Lois McCain
Avonne Taylor
Marcelle Edwards
Marcelle
Bonita Edwards
Cat Rescuer Climbs Ledge Nine Floors At Manhattan Hotel
A 46 year old woman identified as Mrs. Jean Sellier walked onto a two foot ledge nine stories up in a Manhattan hotel to retrieve her wandering cat. Police attempted to coax her back and she entered an unoccupied room. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation. The cat was later found in a hotel hallway by other guests.
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New York
Manhattan
Jean Sellier
Bellevue Hospital
High Tide Floats Ship Off Sandbar
The Ward Line ship Mexico was stuck for 24 hours on a Tampico sand bar in fog while seeking the Panuco River mouth. She sailed for New York today for repairs estimated at $11,000 after grounding on the bar.
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Mexico
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Red Radio Back on Air in Pyongyang Toggle
Tokyo reports North Korea’s communist radio in Pyongyang returned to the air tonight after a missed morning broadcast. Kyodo News Agency offered no reason for the outage or its prompt resumption.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
Kyodo
Louisiana Republicans Align Behind Ike Amid Central Committee Feud
In Alexandria Louisiana Republicans organize Dwight D. Eisenhower's state campaign as factional strife flares at the State Central Committee meeting. John Minor Wisdom and John E. Jackson clash over leadership with Wisdom losing a bid to seat new members but winning Theodore Lyons as campaign manager.
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Louisiana
Dwight Eisenhower
GOP
John Minor Wisdom
Eisenhower
John E. Jackson
Robert Taft
Wisdom
Jackson
Central Committee
Theodore Lyons
New Orleans
Louisiana Republican Party
World Cotton Problems Topic At Meeting
Memphis leaders discuss Americas world cotton market tensions with cotton growers and textile executives. The closed session includes the National Cotton Council Foreign Trade Committee and U S delegation to the International Cotton Textile Conference. International talks set for London next month with major producers Japan India Canada Britain and more. Exporter Caffey Robertson frames policy influence for the delegation.
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Memphis
America
National Cotton Council
Foreign Trade Committee
Caffey Robertson
London
Japan
India
Canada
Great Britain
Robertson
Watermelon Birthday Cake Stuns Oklahoma Partygoers
In Oklahoma City Mrs. Betty Hamm celebrated her birthday by placing candles on an ice cold watermelon instead of a traditional cake, eliciting a gasp of surprise from guests who opted for a cool fruit centerpiece.
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Oklahoma City
Betty Hamm
Culver Plans Five City Runoff Supreme Court Tour
Fort Worth reports Frank P. Culver will visit Corpus Christi San Antonio Austin Waco and Dallas in the final five days of his runoff campaign for the State Supreme Court. He is scheduled to be in Corpus Christi today and finish in Dallas on Friday.
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Frank P. Culver
Corpus Christi
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