Labor Bill To Become Law In Texas This Year
Gov Coke Stevenson filed the Manford Bridgers bill with the secretary of state without a signature making it law 90 days after adjournment. The measure requires annual union registration, limits fees, bans certain deductions, and keeps filing of working agreements private with access only to state officials and courts. Labor leaders criticized the decision and hinted at possible legal challenges.
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Coke Stevenson
Secretary of State
Manford-Bridgers
Railroad Brotherhood
AFL
CIO
Joe T. Steadham
Brotherhoods
Harry W. Acremann
State Federation of Labor
Rocky Davis
Steadham
Organized Labor
Texas
Generals Save A Lieutenant In Panama Bay Rescue
In Panama Bay near Balboa Canal Zone on April 6 Maj. Gen. Hubert Harmon and Brig. Gen. Russell Randall joined a rescue for Lieut. Clarice R. Rumph a 23 year old Brownsville Texas pilot who parachuted after engine trouble They found her after dark with a rubber boat aided by Navy craft and a PT boat Rumph was uninjured and brought to safety aboard the PT boat.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Sixth U. S. Air Force
Clarice R. Rumph
Brownsville
Tex
Panama Bay
Hubert Harmon
Sixth Air Force
Russell Randall
Fighter Command
H. S. Williams
Frank M. Andrews
U. S
Rumph
Panama
Allied Bombers Attack Shipping and Antwerp Raid
Allied air forces pressed a multi theater assault, bombing shipping in the English Channel north of Dieppe and near La Touquet, while American Fortresses and Liberators targeted the Erla Aero Works at Antwerp. British and American raids caused fires and claimed good results despite heavy enemy defenses and weather disruptions. The Paris radio reported hundreds killed in a raid on Paris and warned closures of theaters and cancellations of events.
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London
Royal Air Force
Antwerp
Belgium
English Channel
Dieppe
la Touquet
Britain
Kiel
Europe
Brest
Paris
Otis Migat
France
Central Presbyterian Meeting Wednesday
The Central Presbyterian Church will hold its annual congregational meeting on Wednesday April 7 at 8 o clock in the Fellowship Hall. Members may vote on the budget and elect new trustees and elders. The nursery will be open for children during the meeting. During the past year church indebtedness was wiped out.
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The
Central Presbyterian Church
Convict Eludes Officers Again in Texas Prison Break
Wily George Dillon a 30 year old convict who escaped with six others from Retrieve Prison Farm remains at large after a dramatic breakout. Two other escapees are still free while four of the group have been recaptured. Dillon and Harold Watson were briefly detained in Lane City before Dillon broke free and fled on a motorcycle. Watson awaits transfer to the farm as officers pursue the others.
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Angleton
Tex
U.P
Wily
George Dillon
Liberty
Wharton County
T. W. Lane
Wharton
Dillon
Harold Watson
Lane City
Lane
Leo Phillips
Harris County
Russell C. Gilbert
Tack Letters- A friendly dog seeks home in Canyon
A good natured dog described as not fussy about food and healthy is available for adoption. He can be seen at 306 Seventeenth Street in Canyon. Mailing address Box 215 Canyon or call 149 West Canyon. Mrs Lacy Alter.
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Seventeenth Street
Canyon
Lacy Alter
Soldier Seeks Cello For Study In Town
A soldier at Amarillo Field requests help locating a cello for use in town. He guarantees careful handling under any arrangement and asks readers to call 2-1086.
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Amarillo Field
Bicycle found near Rock Island underpass on West Third
A reader reports finding a bicycle two blocks west of the Rock Island underpass on West Third Avenue and asks the owner to identify it. Contact LEO HERRING at 4009 East 11th Ave after 2 P.M. for return.
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Tack
Rock Island
West Third Avenue
Leo Herring
East 11Th Ave
Coat Found on Bus in Polk Street Area
A rust colored child’s coat was found Saturday afternoon around 5 o'clock on the North Polk and South Tyler Bus. The finder seeks the owner and can be reached at 1509 Polk Street or by calling 9023.
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Tack
North Polk
South Tyler
Help Wanted Notices and Personal Inquiries
Classified brief listing several small ads: a request for room and board in exchange for housework from a working girl, a Collie puppy or large dog seeking a home, a 40 year old man seeking female correspondence ages 22 to 35, and a summer yard work position offered at 398 Taylor Street with a response address Box 44 Lewis Hotel.
Draft of Fathers May Be Delayed by Public Opinion
Washington April 6 U P The pressure of public opinion pushing youths from draft deferred factory jobs into military service may delay the drafting of fathers. Selective Service Director Hershey said fathers unlikely to be drafted before July 1 and that physical disqualifications or job placement could affect deferments as two reasonable grounds. House hearings on the Austin Wadsworth National Labor Service bill opened as the Senate committee reviews it.
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Washington
U.P
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Army
War Food Administration
Land Army
House Military Affairs Committee
Austin-Wadsworth National Labor Service
Senate Military Affairs Committee
American Air Forces Probe Jap Shipping in Pacific Raid
American airmen in the southwestern Pacific tracked Japanese shipping to block reinforcement efforts around Australia. MacArthur planes hit Kavieng and Buka, with a cruiser beached at Kavieng and a significant strike on ships, while China reports repelled attacks and the 10th U S Air Force bombed the Thilawa refinery near Rangoon. Extravagant medieval European footwear noted in a separate item.
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Pacific
Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Guinea
MacArthur
Buka Island
Solomons
China
Hwajung
Hunan
Hupeh
Shihshou
Ouchihkou
Shanghai
Kiangsi
10Th U. S
India
Thilawa
Blondie and Western Stars Double Bill at Liberty
Wild Bill Elliott stars in Fron tiers Of 49 and Penny Singleton appears in Blondie Goes To College on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at the Liberty Theater in a two film program.
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Wild Bill Elliott
Penny Singleton
Blondie
Liberty Theater
Liberty Joun
Wild Bill Elliot
Frontiers OF
Go to a Movie Its Showtime Burst
Local theater promotes show time with bold colorful message. The advertisement urges audiences to attend today and enjoy available film screenings and concessions at the venue.
Screen Schedule Highlights Films and Cartoons for Today
The listing covers Casablanca, Chetniks, For Me and My Gal and South of the Border showtimes, starting today through Wednesday. It includes Donald Duck and Popeye cartoons, Merrie Melodies, Adventures of Smilin Jack chapters, and War news updates with multiple daily screenings.
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Gal
Judy Garland
George Murphy
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Smilin’ Jack
Ted Husing
Paramount News
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Double Trouble
Roy Burke
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