Nine Given Prison Terms Plead Guilty in Sherman Case
In Fifteenth District Court Judge R. C. Slagle Jr. presided over 52 cases as nine defendants pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges. Terms ranged from two to five years. several sentences were suspended. Other defendants, including Virginia Blackmon and Jack McGill, received related penalties or dismissals.
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Virginia Blackmon
Sherman
Jack McGill
Denison
Harold Goode
Guy Lankford
Joe Dickson
C. W. Roddy
Whitewright
Three men plead guilty to burglary theft and forgery
Marvin Johnson, also known as Homer Ellsworth Schake, Frank Alfred Burczyke, alias Jackie Liviski, and two burglary and two theft charges each waived jury trials and pleaded guilty. They received two year terms on each count, and Johnson also pleaded guilty to a forgery charge with the same two year term.
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Marvin Johnson
Homer Ellsworth Schake
Frank Alfred Burczyke
Jackie Liviski
Johnson
GI Insurance Dividends Due
The Veterans Administration estimated that a great majority of the fifteen million World War II national service life insurance policyholders will share in dividends. As many as ten million former policyholders may receive payments. Dividends will be cash and depend on age policy type and duration of insurance. An inventory to determine payments is under way with no date for declaration. Also mentioned, piranhas in the Amazon can reportedly devour a whole cow in five minutes.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance
Ford dies at 83 a symbol of American industry
Henry Ford died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Detroit, aged 83, just before his eighty fourth birthday. A public funeral is set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit. He will be buried beside his mother and father at Addison Ford Cemetery near Greenfield Village in a private ceremony with no pallbearers.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Woodward Avenue
Addison Ford
Greenfield Village
Cemetery Sign Prohibits Flower Picking to Own Grave
In a Pennsylvania cemetery a posted notice declares that persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any graves except their own. The rule centers on preserving grave decor and respecting other visitors.
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Pennsylvania
Third War Omens Seen By Wallace
London. Henry A. Wallace warned that World War III is inevitable unless the United States and Russia reach an understanding. He said Europeans watched the two powers preparing for a death struggle and condemned Truman's aid to Greece and Turkey. He feared loans to halt Russian expansion could trap the world in war within three months.
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London
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Russia
Woman, 64, clubs burglar to death in kitchen
Los Angeles report says a 64-year-old woman found a 21-year-old burglar hiding in her kitchen and struck him with a pipe. Her 68-year-old husband fired at the intruder with an automatic but did not stop the assault. Victim identified as Mat thew R. Rudolph.
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Los Angeles
Matthew R. Rudolph
Talbert
Cameron County Tops Texas 1946 Cotton Production
The 1946 Texas cotton crop totaled 1,635,907 running bales ginned, down from 1,750,537 in 1945. Cameron County led with 87,734 bales, up from 49,511 the prior year, followed by El Paso 85,917 and Willacy 66,825. Other counties with over 20,000 bales included Collin, Ellis, Hidalgo, Lubbock, Navarro, Nueces, and Williamson with varying 1946 totals.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Cameron County
el Paso
Willacy
Collin
Dawson
Ellis
Fannin
Hale
Hall
Haskell
Hidalgo
Hill
Hockley
Hunt
Kaufman
Lamb
Lubbock
McLennan
Navarro
Nueces
San Patricia
Wilbarger
Williamson
Jester Signs Open Shop Bill In Texas
Gov Beauford Jester signed the right to work bill in a statewide broadcast. He discussed the telephone strike and labor legislation pending in the Texas Legislature. The law makes it unlawful to deny employment due to union affiliation or non affiliation.
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Austin
Beauford
Texas
State forecasts August 31 cash balance at 41.77 million
State Comptroller George Sheppard projected a cash balance of 41,771,564 for August 31, unchanged from July. Revenues continued rising with total receipts for the year to date at 203,076,534 versus 169,465,642 in the prior year.
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Austin
George Sheppard
Taft Sees Congress Cutting Taxes Despite Truman
Senator Taft said a Republican controlled Congress will ignore President Truman's political timing and cut taxes and government spending this year. He argued the budget will be trimmed with higher revenues and a surplus to apply to the debt. Truman urged tax relief but warned against false economy.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Truman
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Ohio
Democratic Party
Buyers cling to war bonds as redemptions lag
Treasury data show cash-ins of the series E war bonds 38.5 percent lower in the first quarter of 1947 than 1946, with sales outrunning redemptions by 326 million dollars. Entomologists note about 600,000 insect kinds exist, but only a few thousand are pests.
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Washington
Treasury
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