House Votes To Delay Further Consideration
In Austin on March 10 1956 the House delayed action on an old age pension liberalization bill until April 6 risking a difficult path through the Senate and possible gubernatorial veto. The plan would raise benefits from about 105000 to 160000 monthly grants and loosen eligibility while boosting natural gas and carbon black levies. Rep E H Thornton Jr of Galveston led the postponement to await revenue estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House
Senate
E. H. Thornton, Jr
Galveston
No Action Taken on Stakes Appointment
The Senate held an executive session and announced no action on gubernatorial appointments. A secret session was scheduled for tomorrow. The Committee on Governor's Nominations recommended Judge W. N. Stokes of Vernon for the Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals.
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Austin
Senate
W. N. Stokes
Vernon
Amarillo
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast And Temperatures
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Thursday fair and slightly colder. West Texas west of the 100th Meridian also fair and colder in the north. New Mexico fair with little temperature change. Temperature readings show a range with highs near 70s and lows in the 40s to 60s, including yesterday’s figures.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cave-In Traps 9-Year-Old Frank Cummins
Frank Cummins, 9, lies in critical condition after a sand bank buried him for about five minutes at a barrow pit in northwest city. Rescued by two American Smelting and Refining Company workers, he has sand removed from mouth and throat and may have inhaled sand into his lungs.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Frank Cummins
Cummins
Kate Berger
North West Second Avenue
Fisk
C. R. Holt
Pete Cummins
American Smelting and Refining Company
Ex-Sheriff Charged In Embezzlement
Falfurias March 10 J H Ballard former Brooks County sheriff and tax collector for 14 years before resigning earlier this year is free on 2500 bond on embezzlement charges. Ballard now residing in San Antonio came to Falfurias voluntarily and waived examining trial and awaits April grand jury action.
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Falfurrias
J. H. Ballard
Brooks County
Ballard
San Antonio
Rebel ship shells Spanish freighter off Ouessant
The navy ministry said the Spanish freighter Conde Ze Zubiria was bombarded and chased to the edge of French waters off Ouessant by an insurgent armed trawler. Brest authorities sent a hydroplane to the scene. the trawler reportedly halted the attack and the freighter moved toward Brest.
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Paris
Navy Ministry
Conde Ze Zubiria
Ouessant
Maritime
Brest
Noted Educator Dr Washburn To Speak At Canyon Event
Dr Carlton Washburn renowned traveler and educator will address the Northwest Texas Conference for Education at Canyon Friday and Saturday. He will speak in Amarillo High School auditorium at 8 15 p m on Mental Hygiene in School with no admission charge. His Friday main address at 7 30 p m in Canyon will be Remakers of Mankind. Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra opens the program with a 45 minute concert.
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Amarillo
Carleton Washburn
Northwest
Washburn
Texas State College
Canyon
Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
J. A. Hill
Cummings Testifies on Roosevelt Court Plan Before Senate Panel
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings defended President Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He argued for a judiciary open to social reform and more youthful judges, while facing sharp questions from Borah and other critics.
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Washington
Homer
Cummings
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
Key Pittman
Dem
New
Senate
Supreme Bench
William E. Borah
Rep
Idaho
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Borah
Principal in Assault Case Tries Death by Own Action
Beatrice Gottlieb, a professional golfer once linked to a Duke of Windsor victory, was found unconscious in her Forest Hills apartment hours after Cary Phelan was acquitted of a criminal assault. She remained in critical condition at Queens General Hospital, hospital officials saying an overdose of a sleeping drug caused the attempted self harm.
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New York
Beatrice Gottlieb
Queens General Hospital
Forest Hills
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Queens County
Cary Phelan
Miss Gottlieb
Rockaway Beach
Phelan
Joyce Bushel
Extension of Tax Returns Approved
The House adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution authorizing the IRS to grant extensions of time up to June 15 for filing windfall tax returns. The tax, enacted last year, sought to recover much of the old AAA processing taxes in cases where the tax burden shifted to others but was not paid due to AAA invalidation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Rio Grande Compact Extension Asked
Governor Clyde Tingley asked the legislature to ratify an extension of the Rio Grande compact among Colorado Texas and New Mexico The extension would be contingent on Texas dismissing or holding in abeyance its Supreme Court action over river waters for New Mexico
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Santa FE
N. M
Clyde Tingley
Rio Grande
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Supreme Court
President Faces Relief Problem
President Roosevelt plans to request a relief appropriation for the next fiscal year within 1.5 billion dollars as states push for continued high spending. WPA data show 2 billion spent this year with 2.1 million workers currently employed, while governors warn cutting rolls shifts costs to state and local governments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Lehman
New York
CWA
FERA
Insurgent Advance Halted by Reds in Spain
Veteran government troops stopped an insurgent push through Guadalajara province after two days of reverses. The defense line was said to be holding with gaps closed as tanks armored cars and artillery aided by General Miaja reinforced the northeast Madrid front.
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Madrid
Guadalajara
War Office
Ren
Jose Miaja
Spain
Chrysler Begins Court Move to Oust Sit-Down Strikers
Chrysler Corporation filed for injunctions to eject sit-down strikers at nine plants affecting over 55,000 workers. UAW president Homer Martin denounced the methods as ineffective. A temporary injunction was sought to curb alleged trespass while unions and employers pursued final settlement talks with General Motors and Hudson plants also facing action.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Martin
General Motors
Wyndham Mortimer
Maintin
Hudson
Hudson Motor Car Co
Chrysler
A. N. Doll
Hudson U. A. W. A
Texas Town Boasts Singing Mouse Exhibition
McKINNEY Texas March 10 Princeton a small North Texas town near here hosts a singing mouse that also eats bird seed Mr and Mrs Walter B Gantt bring the animal to entertain an audience In jest someone suggested feeding seed to the cage and the mouse resumed its song after the morsel was placed inside
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McKinney
Chicago
Princeton
Texas
Walter B. Gantt
Canaries
Rome Fails To Find General Pozzi
Inquiries in Rome failed to identify any Italian General Pozzi as Madrid reports claimed a general led Italian reinforcements against Madrid. The war ministry denied listing such a general and the press ministry dismissed rumors of large Italian forces in Spain as an attempt to embarrass Italy.
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Rome
Pozzi
Madrid
War Ministry
Spain
Italy
Intensive Hunt for Slain East Texas Sheriff
Jefferson March 10 A soft-footed killer shot Sheriff Alex Brown in his bedroom as he undressed for bed. The popular East Texas lawman died from buckshot leaving officers with no clues and a broad manhunt underway. Federal alcohol agents aided and the DPS dispatched Ranger Capt. Purvis to assist the investigation.
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East Texas
Jefferson
Alex Brown
Brown
Federal
Alcohol Unit
State Department of Public Safety
H. B. Purvis
Austin
Bob Goss
Kilgore
Rush Beasley
Smith County
Bill MacMur
Accused Killer Dies Before Reaching San Quentin Cell
Samuel Whitaker, 62, a Los Angeles theatre organist convicted of murdering his wife in a staged holdup for life insurance, dies of a heart attack at San Quentin prison hospital four days after commitment. Whitaker had hoped God would strike him dead if guilty.
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San Quentin
Calif
Samuel Whitaker
Whitaker
Los Angeles
Leo L. Stanley
Ethel Whittaker
James Fagan Culver
Whittaker
Culver
Alabama Votes Legal Liquor Ends 22-Year Dry Era
Alabama counties including Jefferson Mobile and Montgomery favored repeal in a county option vote. Statewide count left some counties dry while others voted wet, allowing state stores to sell liquor in repealing areas. Alabama becomes the 43rd state with legal liquor as remaining dry states are Georgia Mississippi Tennessee Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson
Mobile
Montgomery
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kansas
Oklahoma
Heavy buying by local stockmen at Panhandle Hereford auction
Amarillo cattlemen led by Joe Sneed dominated the 21st Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association sale at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show. Eighty two animals sold for 14354 dollars, 519 dollars above the 1936 sale and near the record figures since 1930. Bulls averaged 173.31 dollars, females 186.30 dollars. Sneed purchased 14 bulls for 2305 dollars for future service.
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Amarillo Cattlemen
Joe Sneed
Amarillo
Sneed
George Nance
Canyon
Stan Superior
J. L. Bivins
Nance
Baby Beef Sale At Amarillo Fat Stock Show Today
Nearly 150 well finished baby beeves will be sold by Earl Gar tin at 9 30 oclock in the Tri State Fair sales pavilion. Grover B Hill urges buyers to arrive early to secure seats as the crowd is expected to be large and the calves are of high quality.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Earl Gartin
Tri-State
Grover B. Hill
Rioting Breaks Out At Coast Plant
Rioting erupted at the California Packing Company plant in Alameda as about 200 pickets clashed with 25 patrolmen escorting non-union workers. Tear gas bombs were used and water hoses turned on protesters, injuring at least two officers in the melee.
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Alameda
Calif
California Packing Company
Dallas Terminal Head Re-elected
J. A. Somerville was reelected president of the Union Terminal Company at the annual stockholders and directors meeting. Other officers reelected include J. A. Hulen of Fort Worth as vice president Murrell L. Buckner as vice president and general manager and A. B. Tier as secretary auditor.
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Dallas
J. A. Somerville
Union Terminal Company
J. A. Hulen
Fort Worth
Murrell L. Buckner
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State Senate
House of Representatives
Senate Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
Albert Stone
Brenham
O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
Carlton Washburn
Northwest Texas Conference For Education
West
Homer Cummings
Allan Campbell
GMC
Victor Lehmberg
Mason County
Jack Keim
Tulia
William O. Adams
Edwin Dawson, Jr
Bill McSpadden
Tierra Blanca
Fred Vogel
Hugo Lowenastern
H. A. Hubbard
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Coast
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