Old Trail Drivers Meet Opens in Texas at Gunter Hotel
Old-Timers from across Texas gather at the Gunter hotel for the 30th Old Trail Drivers association meeting. Dick De Bardeleben, 84, presides as business sessions run Thursday and Friday with officer elections on Saturday. Al Brite's orchestra plays Thursday and Friday nights, a Brackenridge park barbecue tops Saturday afternoon, then a dance at the Trail Drivers' hall.
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Texas
Gunterhotel
Old Trail Drivers’ Association
Dick de Bardeleben
al Brite
Gunner
Brackenridge Park
Trail Drivers
Girl Abducted in Auto Flees Unhurt
Jean Morgan 17 of Peyton Place reported two young men abducted her at Navarro and Market Streets after midnight. They drove toward Highway 181, but when the car slowed she leaped out and escaped to a nearby house unharmed and unrobbed.
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Jean Morgan
Peyton Place
Navarro
Market Streets
Highway 181
Miss Morgan
Forde Beaten in Aussie Election
Sydney reports belated returns show Army Minister Francis Forde losing his seat after 20 years in parliament as the Labor government tally suffers its first clear defeat. Repatriations Minister C. W. Frost trails in unofficial returns, prompting speculation on cabinet fate.
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Sydney
Army
Francis Forde
Forde
Labor
C. W. Frost
Fiesta Day Proclaimed in San Jose Centennial Event
Mayor Gus Mauermann proclaims October 12 as Fiesta Day to celebrate Texas statehood centennial with San Jose residents urged to participate. Selection of the Centennial Queen will be a highlight of the fiesta. A second proclamation designates 9 October 2026 to 15 October 2026 as Child Accident Prevention Week.
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San Jose
Gus Mauermann
Texas
GOP Predicts Solons Defeat Across Border States
Washington Oct 2 GNS Senator Capehart Republican said the meat shortage will unseat all Democratic senators up for reelection north of the Mason Dixon line. He projected Republican victories in Maryland Kentucky West Virginia and Missouri. Senator Lucas Democrat warned the shortage will not much affect November results blaming hoarders with deep freezers and OPA cattlemen for the beef squeeze.
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Washington
Capehart
R.-Inc
Mason- Dixon
Maryland
Kentucky
West
Virginia
Missouri
Lucas
D-Il
Tueas
OPA
Drownings Hit Port Isabel Fishing Party
A mother Jennie Mallau 38 her daughter Darline 8 and two others A E Anderson 42 Mabie Anderson 54 Henry Mallau 28 residents of McAllen drowned near Port Isabel in a capsizing boat during a rough channel wind. Henry Mallau's wife Mabie and daughter Darline were also drowned. The skipper of a nearby pleasure launch rescued Henry Mallau. Chief William Gatliff cited rough channel conditions from north winds.
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Port Isabel
Here
Ithely
McAllen
Jennie Mallau
Darline
A. E. Anderson
Mabie Anderson
Henry Mallau
City Holds First Dance At Denver Heights Playground
The city sponsors an old fashioned dance at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Denver Heights playground located at Denver Boulevard and St. Anthony Street. Miss Lou Hamilton, city superintendent of recreation, invites all interested in old fashioned couple dances and square dancing to attend free of charge.
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Denver Heights
Denver Boulevard
St. Anthony Street
Lou Hamilton
Japan faces nationwide news blackout strike threat
In Tokyo on October 20 a rare nationwide strike looms as the newly formed labor movement threatens a news blackout unless General MacArthur forbids it. The action would back demands to reinstate 31 Yomiuri newspaper employees fired over editorial policy disputes.
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Tokyo
Japan
General MacArthur
L and Radio Workers
Yomiuri
Shortage of Paper Probed by House Subcommittee
WarnINGTON Oct 2 1947 a congressional subcommittee opened hearings to find why paper shortages persist. The newsprint supply issue is the main aim while officials of the OPA and Civilian Production Administration are slated as first witnesses.
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Warnington
Aini
House Interstate Commerce Committe
Boren
D-Okla
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Cement Workers In Dallas Strike Over Wages
In Dallas an estimated 500 Lone Star Cement employees prepared to walk out at 8 a.m. as CIO regional negotiator Don Ellinger announced a coordinated strike with 175 Dallas workers, 175 in New Orleans, and 200 in Houston. The union demanded a $1 per hour minimum in all three plants after wage talks failed.
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Dallas
Lone- Star Cement Corporation
Don Ellinger
CIO
New Orleans
Houston
Harriman Arrives in New York as Commerce Secretary Pick
W. Averell Harriman arrived by plane from London en route to Washington to become the new secretary of commerce. Asked about former Secretary Wallace on Russia and world peace, he replied that he would rather go to work than talk.
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Harriman
N.Y
New York
INS
W. Averell Harriman
London
Washington
Wallace
Russia
England
Triple Electrocution in Connecticut Prison
Wethersfield Conn Oct 2 Three young convicts died last night in Connecticut s first triple electrocution. The trio James J McCarthy 21 of Danbury Arthur N Tommaselli 25 of New Haven and Raymond Lewie 19 of New Britain were convicted of bludgeoning Guard Herbert Parsell to death during an attempted escape at the state prison machine shop March 9 1945. The execution took 20 minutes.
Slayer, 71, Begins Term in Minn. Penitentiary
SivaMES Minn Oct 2 AMS Will Jones 71 Madeira Minn an old age pensioner begins serving a 1 to 15 year term in the state penitentiary for the death of his next door neighbor in a fight over a dog. A jury found Jones guilty yesterday in connection with the death May 9 or Loren Johnson 36 Madeira dog catcher Testimony showed Johnson entered Jones home to stop the dog from howling a fight ensued during which witnesses said Jones struck Johnson with a board. Bandit gets 10 Police sought an armed man who held up Pete Torres at the Missouri Pacific station forced him to drive to Trinity and Ruiz streets and robbed him of 10
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Sivames
Minn
Will Jones
Madeira
Oday
Lin
State
Jones
Loren Johnson
Johnson
Pete
Torres
East
Ashby Place
Missouri-Pacific
Trinity
Ruiz
Triple Advantage for You Speeding Ads Offer
The notice promotes a fast efficient method to reach buyers sellers and renters through light way ads. It references a service code F-1231 and emphasizes quick contact to meet housing and commerce needs.
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Dia
Adwinger
Room for Rent Ad Promises Quick Cash Solutions
An old classified blurb touts exchanging space for money. It suggests using a lightroom for rent to offset expenses and directs readers to dial F-1231 for an adwriter to craft a courteous notice.
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