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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1946
Page
2
Ike Flowers faces two murder charges after his car struck two pedestrians, Miss Ruby Redden aged 20 and Miss Elizabeth Phillips aged 23, near Waco Sunday night. Redden died in a Waco hospital, Phillips died a few hours after the accident.
Zapata County Judge Bravo received a letter from L. O. Lawson of the international boundary commission reporting IBC engineers study levee options along three sides of the townsite to protect it from a lake formed by a dam near the state county line. The fourth side would remain high and be squarely permitted.
Valley chapter members elect Walter Pharr as president and Jack as vice president during a local commerce group meeting. The event names Drake and Leen among the attendees, with details showing a routine organizational rotation.
Officials of United States Lines said repairs to the 8000-ton American Farmer would start immediately and the ship should sail for Plymouth or Southampton within two weeks. The vessel, badly damaged in a collision several hundred miles off the British coast, arrived at Falmouth under its own power, carrying food for Britain.
Texas challenged Louisiana's claim to 13 000 acres of submerged Gulf lands between Sabine Pass and a line south from the Sabine river mouth. Land Commissioner Bas teom Giles urged Louisiana to pause leasing until a meeting between state representatives clarifies boundary lines.
John R. Fridge, secretary of the Louisiana state mineral board, declined to comment on a Texas objection to Louisiana leasing certain offshore lands. The brief note appears amid unrelated advertising text and lacks further detail on the dispute or potential impact.
Texas marketing data show an estimated 87,000 carrots of fruits and vegetables sold through inspection channels during 1945–46, likely the largest perishable produce season in state history. Wart T. Longino of Harlingen, chief of the state federal fruit and vegetable inspection service, reported the figure. The count excludes crops sold locally for home use and covers only inspected produce.
In Vancouver a Father Divine sect group celebrated the marriage of Edna Rose Ritchings to the self proclaimed negro leader known as Cod. Edna, 21, from Vancouver, joined the cult 38 months ago in Philadelphia. The couple attended a wedding party in New York City with a neon sign reading Cud's holy communion table.
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