Redistricting Drive Opens Texas 50th Legislature
Texas lawmakers begin the 50th session with a push to force redistricting led by Rep. Philip Schraub of Nueces County amid warnings from Sen. Jim Taylor that balancing the budget and spending is crucial. Gov. Stevenson gives final message as clashes over teacher pay and finance loom. adjournment sine die joked as likely.
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Austin
Texas
Philip A. Schraub
Corpus Christi
Nueces
House
Senate
Jim Taylor
Kerens
Senate Finance Committee
Coke Stevenson
Sadler
Bill
Stevenson
Beauford H. Jester
Allan Shivers
Harley Sadler
Sweetwater
Schraub
Nueces County
Mayon Volcano Erupts Gigantic Explosion in Philippines
Mount Mayon in southern Luzon erupted with a blast described as atomic bomb like. Lava and house sized rocks flew two miles above the peak as observers reported spouting smoke and a towering column. The explosion lasted about thirty minutes and caused strong tremors across the Bicol Peninsula with no reported casualties.
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Manila
Mayon
Luzon
A. Harris
Dayton
U. S. Army
Fifth Weather Observation Squadron
Navy
Robert Case
Nevada
Case
Philippines
Legaspi
Bicol
Irish Visitor Finds Friends
Miss Jane Orr Shepherd Thompson, an 18 year old Belfast woman held in Columbus jail on a visa technicality, is freed on a 500 dollar bond after a habeas corpus hearing is postponed to January 23. A patrolman will escort her to a home with her fiancé Allen Kennison expected to return from China.
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Columbus
Jane Orr Shepherd-Thompson
Belfast
Common Pleas
Joseph M. Clifford
Springfield
Earl Rambo
Allen Kennison
China
America
Kennison
John R. King
New Mexico Sugar Ring Nets Million Pounds, Agent Says
Hobbs residents A M Bartlett and Mrs Trudy Edwards are charged in federal court with conspiracy in altering a U S agency document and illegal withdrawal of 1 044 904 pounds of sugar. Bartlett posted 25 000 bond. Edwards not yet taken into custody. Melville notes deposits falsified to cover sugar withdrawals between Aug 9 and Dec 13, 1945 with 363 000 pounds sent to Texas and Colorado.
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New Mexico
Sayssac
Ayot
Arin K P
Bartlett
Albuquerque
Hobbs
N. M
A. S. Atty
Everett M. Grantham
United States
A. M. Bartlett
Trudy Edwards
Barrett
U. S
Lea County State Bank
Melville
Edwards
Charles K. Johnson
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Coronado, Cal
Texas
Colorado
Mothers Choice Fatal to Three
In Yonkers New York a 24 year old mother Mrs Charles Morris threw her two children David 2 and Charlotte 3 months from a fourth floor window then leaped after them as flames trapped the family in an eight unit apartment building Police said the children died on arrival at a hospital and Mrs Morris died an hour later Fire chief said firefighters warned her ladders were about to be raised and she would likely have been saved if she waited.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Charles Morris
David
Charlotte
Morris
Congress Eves Aut Tragedies Stir Fear in Flyng Public
Washington January 13 AP Sen Commerce Committee prepares a broad aviation safety inquiry as crashes spark fear among travelers. Lawmakers urge separate House probe while citing Galax Virginia crash and recent emergency beach landing on Long Island as evidence of rising public concern.
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Congress
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Rivers
South Carolina
Eastern Airlines
Galax
Long Island
N. Y
Hinshaw
California
Brewster
Maine
McCarran
Nevada
U. S
Army Air Forces
Navy
Robert Taylors Amarillo Visit Stirs Little Fuss At Stations
Hollywood star Robert Taylor visited Amarillo flying in from Hollywood with Morgan Moree and pilot Ralph Cowser aboard an $80 000 Beechcraft. He paused at English Field for an autograph request from five people and planned a return trip next year. Taylor, married to Barbara Stanwyck since 1939, discussed career choices and upcoming projects while noting he avoids risky roles to protect his reputation.
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Lewis Nordyk
Robert Taylor
English Field
van Johnson
Frank Sinatra
Taylor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Morgan Moree
Ralph Cowser
Hollywood
Big Bull Ranch
Hemphill County
Moree
Cowser
Los Angeles
Texas Farmers Union to Hold 43rd State Convention in Amarillo
Amarillo hosts the 43rd annual Texas Farmers Union state convention with 400 to 500 members expected. The three day event begins with policyholder meetings and reservations this afternoon in the Amarillo Hotel Blue Mirrored Room. Principal speaker James G. Patton will address members Wednesday along with Homer Duffy Glenn J. Talbott and Dean W. L. Stangel. J J Berg of St Francis presides over sessions and invites attendance.
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Amarillo
Texas Farmers Union
Frank Overturf
Farmers Union Fire Insurance Company
R. Overturf
James G. Patton
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America
Texas Group
Patton
Dress Union
Homer Duffy
The
Oklahoma Farmers Union
Glenn J. Talbott
North Dakota Farmers Union
National Organization
Dean W. L. Stangel
Agriculture Department
Texas Tech
J. J. Berg
St. Francis
Texas Union
Berg
Halbott
Colorado Line Sought By Canadian River Gas
The Federal Power Commission announced that applications were received to construct and operate facilities to increase natural gas supplies for Denver and vicinity, and for Northern Colorado and Cheyenne Wells.
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Colorado Line
Canadian River Gas
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Denver
Northern
Colorado
Cheyenne Woo
Burning Need For a Nickel
A lighthearted local tale covers Jeff Wallentin and his mother at Borden Co Heap-O-Cream where smoke trapped shoppers. A quick nickel from the register helped Wallentin call the fire department as a neon sign blaze forced a small loss and the incident became a five cent ice cream caper.
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Jeff Wallentin
Mississippi
Wallentin
Gertrude Wallentin
Borden Co
Sybil
San Jacinto Bus Co
CIO Seeks to Overturn Injunction in Mine Workers Case
The CIO filed a friend of the court brief arguing government by injunction betrays democratic principles as it opposes John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers in the contempt ruling and $3.51 million fines. Hearings open today as Lewis and the government argue legality of the restraining order and temporary injunction.
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Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Roosevelt
Lee Pressman
Grilling of Haifa Blast Suspects Under Way
Ten Jews were seized for questioning as British troops comb Haifa for three men who blew up the Haifa police station last night. Four people died and about 150 were injured. The search ended after 872 individuals were screened. residents were described as generally cooperative. Arab officials urged Britain to take stern measures to curb violence in the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Britain
Holy Land
Willie Francis Reacts To Supreme Court Ruling In Electric Chair Case
Willie Francis, jailed in New Iberia, reflects on the Supreme Court's 5 to 4 decision allowing Louisiana to retry his execution. Sheriff Gilbert Ozenne notes Francis remains defiant and even jocular, trading remarks with a fellow inmate while awaiting the outcome of a second death sentence.
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New Iberia
Willie Francis
Gilbert Ozenne
Francis
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana
Ozenne
Willie
Paul Brown
Brown
St. Martinville
Ovenne
Supreme Court
Durands Begin 6000 Mile Alaska Frontier Trek
Milwaukee January 13 The Durands set out in a converted motor bus for a new frontier journey to Anchorage Alaska Their family of six and a dog leave Wisconsin after preparing since the Matanuska colonists era They plan two weeks in Ladysmith Wisconsin to outfit then travel south then north toward Edmonton Whitehorse and finally Anchorage with no expectation of returning.
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Milwaukee
Durands
Anchorage
Alaska
Gilbert Durand
Matanuska
Gilbert
Ladysmith
Wis
Leon Durand
United States
Edmonton
Alta
Whitehorse
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