Dynamite Thrown Into Car Fails to Explode
Four sticks of dynamite were tossed into a car at 508 Rose Street but the fuse misfired and the device did not explode. Owner E W Matthews reported to police his son found the suspicious items on the front seat around 9 a.m. Special Investigator Blythe and Sgt Farley disarmed the explosives.
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Rose Street
E. Ww. R. Matthews
Inci
Matthews
C. E. Blythe
J. Db. Farley
Blythe
Cobbs Opens Automotive Service In Waco
Albert W. Cobbs Jr. leaves Sam Bales Garage to start Cobbs Automotive at 1501 Franklin. He specializes in motor tune ups carburetors starters and generators. Cobbs, a Bosqueville native a Waco High School alum, served in U S Army Ordinance in World War I and worked for Beard & Stone and Bates Pontiac before opening his shop. He and wife Tina Belle Grimes have three children and live at 3901 North Twenty third Street.
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Albert W. Cobbs Jr
Sam Bales Garage
Cobbs Automotive Service
Franklin
Cobbs
Bosqueville
Waco High School
Mid-Tex Buick
U.S. Army Ordinance
Europe
Beard & Stone
Waco
Pontiac
Bates
Tina Belle Grimes
Darrell
Darlyne
Ronnie
North Twenty-third Street
Bosqueville Methodist Church
Mrs Dennis 81 Succumbs Here Funeral Today
Mattie Frances Dennis 81 of 1611 Maple Avenue died at 845 a m Saturday in a Waco hospital after months of Illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m today at Crouch Moore Chapel McKinney with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. She leaves a daughter Aly Powell and sons Virgil Wendell plus four daughters and many relatives.
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Mattie Frances Dennis
Maple Avenue
Waco
Crouch-Moore
Wilcox Methodist Church
McKinney
Virgil Dennis
Wendell Dennis
Dallas
Aly Powell
1611 Maple
Grace Burton
Lubbock
Mildred Monroe
Medford
Ore
Alla Swinscoe
Hillsboro
Earl Snider
Fort Worth
O. K. Snider
Harry Snider
Spur
Emma Scott
Beulah O’brien
Salina
Mac Ashley Opens Cash Register Firm in Waco
M C Mac Ashley leaves National Cash Register Co after 18 years to start Waco Cash Register Co at 313 North Twenty fifth Street. The firm will sell service and rent cash registers and adding machines and plans to add business machines. Ashley, a Waco native, and his family live at 2061 Curtis Drive.
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M. C
Mac) Ashley
National Cash Register Co
Waco Cash Register Co
North Twenty-fifth Street
Ashley
Waco Cash Register
Waco
National Cash Register
Gulfport
Miss
NCR
Baylor Masonic Lodge
Karem Shrine Temple
Rosie Mae Jaynes
Sharon
Richfield
Rhonda
Mountainview
Curtis Drive
Freight Line Wins 1st Place in State Safety Awards
Central Freight Lines of Waco earned the top plaque for the best pick up and delivery safety record in Texas at the Texas Motor Transportation Association convention in San Antonio. The award was for the fewest accidents per 100000 miles. Highway Express won first in the over the road division for a year with under 1 million miles and no accidents.
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Central Freight Lines of
Waco
Texas Motor Transportation Assn
San Antonio
Highway Express
Universal Atlas Cement
Texas
Texas finds 19 oil and 56 gas wells in week
The Texas Railroad Commission reports that drilling in the week produced 19 new oil wells and 56 new gas wells in the state.
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Austin
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Conley Resigns Waco Credit Union Post
C W Conley resigns as head of the Waco chapter of Credit Unions due to transfer from Temple to Topeka Kan by Santa Fe Railroad. A B Ewing elected president to fill Conley term. bankers night set for July 17 with Centex bankers invited.
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C. W. Conley
Waco
Santa Fe Railroad
Temple
Topeka
Kan
A. B. Ewing
Waco Telco Credit Union
Southwestern Bell
Conley
Ewing
Centex
North Central District
Killeen
Ft. Hood
Gatesville
Mexia
Towne Services Named Atlas Van Lines International Agent
Towne Services of Waco has been named an international agent of Atlas Van Lines Inc of Evansville Indiana Atlas reports over 40 domestic agents and 78 foreign nations. Last year agent sales reached 11 million dollars with Towne ye manager Nick Kazanas noting the figure.
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Towne Services
Waco
Atlas van Lines Inc
Evansville
Ind
Atlas
O. H. Frisbie
Towneye
Nick Kazanas
Building Permits Reported With Totals And Dwellings
Building permits for six weeks ending Friday June 2 totaled 234 517 with a city inspector breakdown into residential and apartments commercial buildings and additions residential alterations repairs and additions. The month to date and year to date dollar volumes are listed along with numbers of dwellings authorized this week and this year. Notable permits include J H Strunck 1210 La Vega addition 300 Leroy Geyeskie 2708 Briarwood residence 1250 Robert Frazier 803 La Clede addition 2000 Lady Lakeview Wilbur Briscoe 105 Industrial masonry building 17000.
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Ceee
Rellmpad
J. H. Strunck
la Vega
Leroy Geyeskie
Briarwood
Robert Frazier
la Clede
Burcalow Named Branch Manager for Waco Voicewriter Office
Don L. Burcalow named branch manager of the Waco office for the Voicewriter Division of Thomas A. Ellison Industries. He will supervise Edison sales and service across McLennan and surrounding counties. Burcalow previously served as a service technician in Dallas and has Navy service as a third class sonar man.
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Don L. Burcalow
Waco
Thomas A. Ellison Industries
Charles H. Goddard
Burcalow
Edison
McLennan
Bosque
Hill
Navarre
Freestone
Limestone
Leon
Falls
Milam
Bell
Coryell
Hamilton
Edison Voicewriter
Dallas
Barcalow
Gatesville High School
Baylor University
Dallas Technical College
U.S Navy
Wisconsin zoologist shows salmon track odor to source
University of Wisconsin expert Arthur D. Hasler demonstrates salmon can follow an odor trail back to its source, akin to how hounds hunt. The finding highlights the fish’s chemosensory navigation and potential implications for migration studies.
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University of Wisconsin
Arthur D. Hasler
Business opp offers franchise in 1000 cities
A speaker claims to place men in own businesses with training, equipment, and finance. He promises sizable yearly income but warns against get rich schemes. Requires $2,000 investment, arriving in Waco June 27th, invites calls or messages with name and number.
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Waco
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Advertising & Marketing
Zale’s Jewelers
Robert H Wensel
Thirtieth Street
Zale
Louis Bernstein
Wensel
Bernstein
Waco Unlimited Merchants Association
John Bennett
Bassett Furniture Industries
Chicago Furniture Mart
Burton
Clifton Simpson
Albert Cobbs
Montgomery Ward
New Ward
Lake Air
Charles B. Musgrove
Jerry Carmack
Ward's
Waco Lake Air
Musgrove
Lake Air Merchants Assn
C. W. Brown
Mac’ Ashley
M.C
MAC
Freight Line
Wea
Reg
Texaco
Pepperell
Atlas van Lines
Lady Lakeview
Wilbur Briscoe
No. 15Th
P.O. Box
Riverside
Price
Wards
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