10 Jul 1950
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1950
Page
1
Beeville mourns James Dougherty a wealthy oilman aged 75 who died Saturday night in a Corpus Christi hospital. A funeral mass is to be held in Beeville today with services conducted by local clergy. He was a prominent landowner and attorney, remembered for his contributions to the community.
Doll contest winners were announced after the annual slow doll show at Woodlawn gym over the weekend. Winners spanned age categories and doll ages with Carra McNamara taking oldest doll, Elizabeth Deiosch second, and Nancy Fond third. Other prize groups included cutest baby dolls, largest and smallest dolls, prettiest dolls, Ragmop, best dressed, and foreign doll categories, judged by Mae McFarland and Ollie Mae Wells.
San Antonio chamber of commerce will protest the proposed cancellation of two Southern Pacific trains at a public hearing in Columbus at 10 a m Friday. The Alamo trains between Houston and San Antonio face discontinuation, though two daily trains each way would remain. Representing the chamber are Lon Nusom traffic manager and C J Crampton general counsel. The protest will also involve railroad brotherhoods.
The map forecasts showers along the eastern seaboard from the middle Atlantic to the western gulf with thunderstorms scattered across the nation west of the Mississippi. Temperatures are not expected to change much in the eastern states.
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South Carolina Democrats vote tomorrow to nominate a governor in a four candidate field led by Byrnes and Thurmond's contest for the U S Senate. The election marks the opening of the white primary era under federal court order with about 22 000 negro voters registered and an anticipated total turnout near 375 000. Also on ballot are six U S House seats, governor, sheriff, cotton weigher and other offices statewide.
Walter E. Perry of 1102 Commerce Street was found guilty of simple assault and fined $10 after an injury trial following a not guilty plea to aggravated assault against Dolly Isaac of 1102 Commerce Street. Lizzie Mae Hawkins of 345 Maryland Street pleaded guilty to stealing clothing valued at $14 on June 12, receiving one day in jail and a $25 fine.
Death notice from Seattle reports Erika Beck aged 54 has died. She is survived by sisters Mrs. William J. Stucke of San Antonio, Mrs. Martin Gaustad of Los Angeles, Mrs. Ruth Conroy of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Otto Engel King of Beeville, plus brothers Magnus Tarold Otlar Berk of Normarma Jacob Heck of Beeville and Odin Bees of Corpus Christ.
Robert Branense, a vocational agriculture teacher, will address the Bexar County Agricultural Workers Assn at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Millom cafeteria. His topic covers the veteran program in Bexar County.
Judge S. G. Tayloe of the Forty-fifth District Court, age eighty two, marked his birthday by a full day of work. Appointed in 1913 by Governor O. L. B. Calgutt, he plans to retire at the end of his current term on December 3. Tayloe has faced re election only once, in 1922, and won easily.
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