Financial Help Sought to Cover Heart of Texas Fair Debt
The Heart of Texas Fair directors urged Chamber of Commerce guarantors to contribute 14 000 dollars to cover the fair's indebtedness. The fair began three years ago as a joint endeavor of Waco McLennan County and the Waco Chamber of Commerce, with the chamber guaranteeing the county against losses up to 100 000 dollars by obtaining member guarantees.
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Waco i
Chamber of Commerce
Waco
McLennan County
Waco Chamber of Commerce
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief for Chest Colds
Cautionary ad urges rapid treatment of coughs from colds to prevent chronic bronchitis. Claims Creomulsion reaches the bronchial system to expel phlegm and soothe inflamed membranes. Offers large bottle for adults and milder pink and blue child version.
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Joosen
Historic Tower Demolished to Make Way for Resort
In Tuckerton New Jersey the 763 foot Mystic Islands radio tower, once part of a German system before WWI, was demolished after delays for weather. The 800 ton structure, linked to the Lusitania sinking message get Lucy, stood as a landmark before a $355 million resort center replaces it.
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Mystic Islands Radio Tower
Lucy
Lusitania
United States
U.S. Navy
Radio Corporation of America
Thief Warned To Be Careful After Poison Bag Stolen
Police warn a thief who stole a black leather bag from under a stairway to be careful. The bag held a pound of arsenic half a pound of phosphorous paste and several other poisons. It belonged to an employee of an exterminating firm in New York.
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New York
Wife No 1 Seeks Divorce From Soekarno in Jakarta
Fatmawati 30, Soekarno's first wife, demands a divorce after the president took a second wife Hartini Suwondo last year. feminists oppose polygamy and back Fatmawati while Cabinet may settle the matter. Hartini has a son by Soekarno. Fatmawati has five children from prior marriages and births.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Soekarno
Fatmawati
Hartini Suwondo
Hartini
Ex Con Objects to Garages and Back Doors
A California burglar caught ransacking a Dallas home complains to police that California garages have back doors. He suggests Texas garages should include back doors to allow escape during fires, saying there ought to be a law.
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Dallas
Tex
California
San Quentin
Texas
Barge Rescues Cows In Sacramento Flood
An Army tug towed a large barge up the Sacramento River last night to rescue between 1500 and 2000 cows marooned on levees in the Nicolaus area 17 miles north of the city. The State Office of Civil Defense said the tug would reach the cows today and move them to feeding areas.
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Sacramento
Calif
Nicolaus
Here
State Office of Civil Defense
Communism Made Huge Gains In 55
Washington reports that between 1945 and 1955 communism expanded rapidly. Red governments emerged in satellites China North Korea and North Viet Nam with force, while the West’s aid and alliances slowed but did not stop the spread. The debate centers on whether the West can roll back or halt further advance.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Indochina
Outer Mongolia
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Pacific
West
Reds
Middle ‘East
Burglary Gang Fells Exploits In Three States
Three burglary suspects admit to a year of residential thefts across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas Deputy Sheriff Joe Ellis said Thursday The gang led by Robert Lee Geiger and including Hershell Mansell and Dois Mansell stole household goods mainly TVs and refrigerators totaling about eighty thousand to ninety thousand dollars They cleared up fifteen Dallas county burglaries and may have more The group sometimes included others and targeted houses by entering when no one answered the door
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Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Joe Ellis
Robert Lee Geiger
Ada
Okla
Durant
Hershell Darwin Mansell
Dois Mansell
Wichita Falls
Ellis
Geiger
Dallas County
Government exports 10 million pounds surplus butter
Washington reports the Agriculture Department offered a fresh 10 million pound batch of surplus butter for immediate competitive bids. Officials note surpluses have fallen from a high in 1954 to about 50.6 million pounds with 211 million pounds on hand but largely committed to relief and sale programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Texas Pig Crop Shows Increase
Texas pig crop rose 16 percent to 1,717,000 head in 1955 according to USDA data. The figure remains 19 percent below the 1944 53 average of 2,116,000. Fall farrowing by 129,000 sows was up 12 percent from last year.
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Austin
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
U S Trust Receivership Raises Questions for Public
Texas Banking Commissioner J M Falkner notes that the U S Trust and Guaranty receivership could prompt the investing public to think and ask questions about future investments amid recent Texas bank rate hikes on savings accounts.
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U.S
Austin
U.S. Trust
Guaranty
J. M. Falkner
Falkner
Texas
Checks for cash draw Senate probe into U S Trust case
The U S Trust and Guaranty Co of Waco faces a Senate inquiry after three checks totaling 25 000 payable to cash surfaced during a Waco visit by auditors. An agency chair said the payments for legal services and other expenses were unusual and may lead to a special legislative session if more funding is needed to enforce insurance laws. Bankers noted rising savings rates as competition heats up.
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U.S. Trust and Guaranty i Co
Wace
Senate
U.S. Trust
C. H. Cavness
Charles Betts
Sen. Searcy Bracewell
Bracewell
Insurance Commission
Garland Smith
Cavness
Waco
U.S. Automotive Service
Bert ‘McDaniel
Carlos Ashley
Llano
Jep Fuller
Port Arthur
Theompany
McDaniel
Houston Chronicle
Four Children Die in Atchison House Fire
Four young children died in a residence fire in Atchison Kansas. The victims are Jacqueline Robinson aged four Alonzo Robinson three Sonja Robinson one and Marian Robinson two. The fire occurred Wednesday at the family home.
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Atchison, Kan
Jacqueline Robinson
Alonzo Robinson
Sonja Robinson
Marian Robinson
Car Sails Into Ship Channel And Misses Tug
William M. Perego 28 drove at about 50 mph in fog and left the road, plunging 18 feet into the Houston ship channel water. He surfaced unharmed as a tug nearby tooted its whistle and bystanders, including Bill Holland, reacted with humor and urgency.
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Houston
William M. Perego
Houston Ship Channel
Perego
Bill Holland
Craft Rescued In Stormy Seas Near Mayport
The 195 foot ketch Aries owned by tobacco magnate R J Reynolds was towed by Coast Guard cutter Sweetgum after a night in stormy seas. Five aboard were picked up near Jacksonville and identified later, as the Aries dragged a sea anchor and was demasted by heavy gusts while approaching Mayport.
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Jacksonville
R. J. Reynolds
Coast Guard
Sweetgum
Uff
St. Johns River
Mayport
Jport
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Austin National
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Banking Commission
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