Texas Tall Tales and Oil Dreams on Gulf Coast
The writer recalls Texas humor and oil ambitions seen in Galveston and Houston. Celebrities like Joan Davis and Glenn McCarthy socialize at openings, while locals boast of vast wealth and large ranches. The piece blends satire with vivid Gulf Coast scenes and notes on hotel crowds and local lore.
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Galveston
Joan Davis
Comedienne
Texas
Houston
Babylon-on-Bayvoon
Gulf of Mexico
Buccaneer
Gulf
Glenn McCarthy
Hotel Shamrock
McCarthy
Don’ McNeil
Col. Ove
Bergen Hobb
Edgar Bergen
Sam Maceo
Bailinese
Ole
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Laurence Rockefeller
Earl
Deaths Mrs Clem McCarthy and Mrs Netlie Young
Mrs Clem McCarthy, 54, wife of a radio sports announcer and former stage actress Ning Smith, died in New York City. Mrs Netlie E Young, 31, vaudeville veteran who performed with her husband Arthur J Young, in Oneonta for years.
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Clem McCarthy
Ning Smith
New York City
Netlie E. Young
Arthur J. Young
Oneonta
British Labor Adms Draw Up Election Platform
The National Executive of the Labor Party met in London to draft a tentative platform that reportedly calls for the nationalization of the cement industry.
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London
Labor Party
Arbor and Wild Life Day date options listed
Localities may observe Arbor and Wildlife Day on April 29 May 6 or May 25 this year Education Commissioner Francis T Spaulding designated the optional dates Communities may select whichever best suits their convenience April was designated as Bird Day.
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Albany
Francis T. Spaulding
Miracle 18-Ounce Girl Fights For Life In Detroit
A 18 ounce baby born in Detroit at Henry Ford Hospital remains in a miraculous struggle for life. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Bye of Dearborn. The difficult birth and small size place her among the nation’s tiniest survivors.
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Fight For Life
Detroit
MNL
Hfe
Henry Ford Hospital
Russell Bye
Dearborn
Peru
Catherine Rran
Tate
Ex-Officer Offers to Hang for Killer of Husband
A former British Army officer offered to take the gallows for the murder of an English mother, in a letter to organizers of a petition for reprieve for Mrs. Renee Duffy. The letter, signed Warrant Officer E F Reed-Thomson, arrived with thousands of signatures.
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Killer of Husband
London
KNL
Renee Duffy
E. F. Reed-Thomson
Boyd Gets Job as Director of Federal Bureau of Mines
The Senate confirmed Dr. James Boyd as director of the Federal Bureau of Mines for a ten thousand dollar annual salary. The action followed UMW president John L. Lewis ordering a coal mine shutdown as a memorial to fallen miners and as protest against President Truman’s appointment.
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Pittisburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate
Lewis
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Mississippi
S Truman
Dr. Boyd
Interior Committee
Boyd
Nazi deputy Bormann convicted in absentia at Traunstein
Martin Bormann, the Nazi deputy Fuehrer, was tried in absentia by a denazification appeal court in Traunstein. He was classified as a major offender and sentenced to 11 years in a labor camp, with property valued at 576060 Deutsche marks confiscated.
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Bormann
Menich
Martin Bormann
Fuehrer
Traunstein
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