Trial Opens in Torture Case of Two Rancher's Sons
On Thanksgiving Day a Bramblett youth pair were lured by a bracero to a canyon near Sierra Blanca Texas and abducted by men claiming Mexican State Police. They were beaten and forced to return with a ransom of 16 000 pesos, while Kit Bramblett was released after suffering severe injuries. The family suspects the bracero involved and the case proceeds in Chihuahua City with prosecutor Humberto Raynal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brambilett
Hudspeth
Texas
Humberto Raynal
Raynal
Chihuahua City
Kit Brambiett
Mann Brambiett
Brambiett
Sierra Bianca
Tex
Bramblett
Rio Grande
State Police
John Bramblett
John
Mann Bramblett
Mann
Bracero
Rocky Draw
Truman Heads Back to Washington After Funeral
President Truman prepared to resume duties in Washington for six more weeks after attending the funeral of Mrs. David W. Wallace, 90, mother of Mrs. Truman. The Trumans, in near seclusion, noted strain on Mrs. Truman after four days since her mother’s death from cerebral thrombosis. An aide mentioned a possible motor trip to Kansas City for brief work at the Muehlebach Hotel. Relaties and friends attended the Episcopal service at Mrs. Wallace’s former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Truman
Washington
Missouri
David W. Wallace
Trumans
Freighter Yorkmar Strands Like Sitting Duck at Aberdeen Beach
The freighter Yorkmar, 7,207 tons and sailing from San Francisco to Grays Harbor with 37 crew, ran aground on an inshore reef near Aberdeen. Coast Guard and Salvage Chief prepared to rescue crew if needed as forecasts warned of 40 mph winds and worsening seas. The ship is owned by Calmar Steamship Corp.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Washington Beach
Coast Guard
Salvage Chief
San Francisco
Grays Harbor
The
Calmar Steamship Corp
Americas Army Supply Too Big For Atom Blast
Burtonwood England home to the U S Air Force 59th Air Depot sits inside a 27 mile perimeter with more than a quarter of a million items from bomber engines to eggs. The center has grown from 1 500 staff in 1950 to 8 000 with 2 400 British civilians and handles vast war stocks for Western Europe and North Africa including NATO nations.
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Burtonwood
England
America
Europe
Burtonwood Air Depot
U. S. Air Force
59Th Air Depot
Uncle Sam
Royal Air Force Base
Russia
Berlin
Air Force
U. S
North Africa
NATO
Jose Romero Curry Found Guilty In Dancing Instructor Slaying
A St Louis Circuit Court jury convicted 23 year old Jose Romero Curry of first degree murder for the slaying of Irene Thompson a former dancing instructor. The death resulted in a life prison sentence. Thompson 25 was found strangled in a Jefferson Hotel room on June 21 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Oneatienate Circuit Court
Jose Romero Curry
Romero
Missouri
Irene Thompson
Jefferson Hotel
Pond Creek Girl to Undergo Psychiatric Treatment in Church Fire Case
A 13-year-old Pond Creek girl who confessed to setting fires at five churches in Tonkawa and Pond Creek will be observed and treated at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation clinic. Judge John Pollard found her a juvenile dependent and ordered commitment to the hospital until doctors deem it advisable to release her, with no criminal action to be taken. The fires damaged Pond Creek Christian Church and several churches in Tonkawa.
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Medford
Okla
Pond Creek
Oklahomaity
Grant County
John Pollard
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Pollard
Research Foundation
Kay County
Tonkawa
Lamar State College Ranks Fifth in State Enrollment
In Beaumont special report Lamar State College shows enrollment of 2,590, ranking fifth among Texas state colleges. The Texas Education Agency lists 18 state colleges with Lamar among the higher enrollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemar State College
Beaumont
Lamar State
Texas
Lieges
Soos
Lamar
ARC and Red Cross Launch Gamma Globulin Program
The American Red Cross and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announce a new gamma globulin project to boost polio serum supplies. The Red Cross will produce globulin from blood and supply it to the Office of Defense Mobilization. Basil O Connor says the foundation aims to treat 1.5 million children next year, focusing on ages 1 to 11 for polio measles hepatitis and paralysis cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Red Cross
National Foundation For
Red Cross
Office of Defense Mobilization
Basil O‘connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Seattle
Area Men Placed As Cadet Corps Officers
Cadets from Odessa Seminole and Midland have been named officers of the Texas A and M cadet corps per a College Station press release. Ralph Ray Vaught Odessa Joe Kelly McGil Seminole and Jackie Clement Mobley Midland earned ratings with McGil named platoon commander and lieutenant while the others were rated sergeants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Seminole
Midland
Texas A & M
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Kit Bramblett
John Brambiett
Americas
Houston
Tonkawa Baptist Church
Studebaker
Ector Motor Company
East Second
Howard Menkins
Dial
Holly
Suny Brook
Kentucky
Sunnytbrooki Grand'kentucky
Theaold
Adetd
Seveconta
Comparyrlou
K & L Motor Co
Credit Grantors Club
Retail Merchants Association OF
A. R. Allen
Barrow-Phillips Furniture
Bassett Lumber Co
Dixon
Cecil’s Liquor Stores
Mackey Motor
T. L. Miller
Jewelers
First National Bank
First State Bank
Kosa
Herdwick Furniture Store
Heedlee Hospital
Redman-Nees Motor Co
Ingram’s
House of Color
West Texas Concrete Products, Inc
Ector
Dunlop’s
Sewell Motor Co
Gage & Cochran
John Shortes Motor Co
Quicksilver Co
Southern Ice Co
Taylor Machine Works
Victory Home Equipment Co
Acme Lumber Co
Abel McHarque Lumber Co
Pursley Lumber Co
the Model Shop
Bill Hale Motor Co
Don Maxwell Co
Whitehouse Lumber Co
Winkler
Jo Ann Shop
Kennedy Lumber Co
Gibb
Griffin Plumbing Co
Sunny Brook
ARC
Polio Group
Cadet Corps
W. T. Carson, M. D
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