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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1949
Page
2
Rites Set For Rancher McMurrey Funeral Held in Hebbronville
Funeral services for J. Frank McMurrey 61 Hebbronville rancher will be at 8 AM Tuesday at Porter Loring chapel burial in Rose Hill Memorial Park.He died at Santa Rosa hospital Sunday native of Sweethome Javaca county came to San Antonio in 1898 served as policeman detective and narcotics agent before ranching with his brother.He is survived by widow Ola McMurrey son Francis McMurrey Van Nuys Calif brother William M McMurrey San Antonio sisters W A Holder C E Trout Robert Westbrook and Tom Campbell Fredericksburg and grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank McMurrey
Hebbronville
Porter Loring
Buria
Rose- Jan Memorial Park
McMurrey
San Antonio
Santa Rosa
Sweethome
Javaca
Federal Narcostic Service
Ola McMurrey
Francis McMurrey
van Nuys
Calif
William MM. McMurrey
W. A. Holder
C. E. Trout
Robert Westbrook
Fall Fatal to Sergeant Gil bert C. Dean
Justice of the Peace Norman Quake said Sunday he entered a verdict that MSgt. Gilbert C. Dean, 48, died of injuries from a fall from a fifth floor hotel window in Biloxi. A 23-year Army veteran attached to Keesler Air Force Base, he is survived by his widow Mrs. Ceedia Dean of San Antonio. The body will be sent to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilox
Justice of the Peace
Norman
Gilbert C. Dean
Dean
Keesler Air Force Base
Ceedia Dean
San Antonio
Cold Weather Drains San Antonio Jobs, Salvation Head Says
Major Robert Cowan of the Salvation Army Social Center reports severe winter weather driven by California cold and U S blizzards is forcing unemployed residents from San Antonio to seek work elsewhere. Many seek contact through light want ads and classifieds as they seek livelihoods and belongings amid the Chill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
California
U. S
San Antonio
Robert Cowan
Salvation Army Social Center
Bil E. Commerce St
Malian
Rankin Saves Spy Committee Legacy in Un-American Affairs
Robert E Stripling recalls his draft postponement and the pull of politics as he describes the House Un-American Activities Committee's decline in late 1944. He notes leadership changes, electoral defeats, and media pressure shaping the committee's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Stripling— . Rankin Saves Spy Committee
United States
Stripling
House Committee On
Robert FE
Mouse Un-American Activities Committee
Bob Considine
Congress
House Unamerican Activities Committee
Selective Service Headquarters
Washington
Wright
Glenn Martin Co
Baltimore
Lewis B. Hershey
Rankin's bold move saves committee in wartime sprint
In 1945 John Rankin used a House rules amendment to make the investigative committee permanent and expand its membership. The dramatic vote shifted a Democratic majority toward preserving the panel, while the narrator recalls pressure from Sen Maybank and delays to his own draft induction amid wartime maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormack
Rankin
Mississippi
New York
Washington
Sen. Maybank
Catholic Lay Forum Plans Discussion on Liturgical Vessels
Catholic Laymen's Forum will hold a pant discussion at 8 15 p m Wednesday on the use of vestments and vessels in Catholic liturgical ceremonies. Rev James Boyle director will read the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Lay Forum
Catholic Laymen’s Forum
James Boyle
Wil
Death claims Judge Harvey long-serving jurist
AUSTIN Feb. TA wage A. D. Harvey 73 longtime member of the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals died Sunday after a long illness. Harvey was former Waller County judge and was named judge of the eightieth judicial district when created in 1915. He served forty years as district judge and in 1925 was named by Gov. James E Ferguson as a member of the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals. He served eighteen years on the judicial agency and resigned in 1933 due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
A. D. Harvey
Supreme Court Commission of Appeals
Harvey
Waller County
James E. Ferguson
Jeter
Supreme Court, Commission of Appeals
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