Ft Worth Population Steady Rise In 1940s Census Report
The Associated Press notes Ft Worth population reached 277,047 on Tuesday, up 56 percent from 177,662 in 1940. Tarrant County grew 59 percent to 359,157. The twelfth district rose from 286,132 to 418,529. Andrews County near the Texas New Mexico border more than tripled to 4,985 residents. Other counties show mixed changes with Gaines, Dawson, Floyd, and Mitchell posting gains or losses. Houston tops Texas, Dallas second, San Antonio third.
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Dallas
San Antonio
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Martin County
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Mitchell County
Gaines County
Dawson
Stockyards in San Antonio Offer to Pay State Share
The Union Stockyards in San Antonio, led by president G. C Hagelstein, offered to cover the Texas share of operating the Federal state Market News service after the state could not pay its portion. Officials warned that closing the service could cause losses for thousands of livestock producers across Texas. A federal closure threatened by funds shortages spurred calls to keep the service running.
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Texas
Department of Apriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hagelstein
Dts Treasury
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Hugelstein
Regs
Eve Shavice Institutio
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Glen L. Ellison
Walter Grey
Texas Livesteck Asst
Gunter Hotel
C.D. Cannon
George W. Saunders Livestock Commission Co
Washington
E . Joe Freeman
One Farm and Ranch Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
McDont
Suit Reversed in Witte Will Contest in Seventy-Third District Court
Judge Delos Finch ruled the Three week old jury decision overturning Edwin V. Witte will was not supported by probate evidence of mental incapacity. The estate is to be awarded to four contestants, including nephew George Witte and great nephews Vernon Adler and Glen Adler, with Mrs. Ethel Mae Casteel, the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, and the Protestant Orphans Home named in the prior will.
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Edwin V. Witte
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Witte
Ethel Mae Casteel
Texas Scottish Rite Inespital
Dallas
Protestant Orphans Home
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Dorothy A. Helm
Vernon T
Glen
Adler
B-36 Bombers Expected Over Pacific Coast
Six B 36 bombers left Honolulu last night bound for the Pacific coast with plans to hit over the coast or simulated bombing rams. Two more B 36s were to depart the islands early today. The aircraft are from Carswell field, Fort Worth.
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Air Force
Pacific Coast
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Islands
Carswell Field
Ft. Worth
Truck Driver Snatches Boy From Runaway Barge
In Tacoma on June 27 an unidentified truck driver leapt onto a moving barge to seize 8-year-old Dennis Lyle from its rear. The boy, from Madison Indiana, was recovered after a 10 block pursuit by the driver.
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Wash
Dennis Lyle
Madison
Ind
Quints Born at Charity Hospital Sees Two Die
A 28 year old Negro mother gave birth to quintuplets at Charity hospital New Orleans. Four boys and one girl survived initially but two male babies died within two hours. Hospital records were rechecked and updated to reflect three boys and two girls. The article notes the deaths amidst the summer feature on recipes by Amy Alden in The American Weekly.
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Amy Alden
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