Shivers urges temporary taxes to save Texas state hospitals
Gov Allan Shivers urged the Legislature to enact a broad based temporary tax to raise about 25 million dollars to operate state hospitals and special schools for 19 months and start a long range hospital building program. He proposed levies on oil and gas, whisky, cigarettes, autos, cosmetics, radios, cement, and utilities and urged funds be placed in a special emergency fund. This move follows his plan to fund the long term building program while avoiding deeper deficits.
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Treasury
Capitol
Texas
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See H Bomb as Check in Arms Race With Russians
Readings show mixed reactions to the Truman hydrogen bomb decision. Senators Millikin Lucas and McMahon urged speed and support, while Rep Cole warned of executive overreach, arguing Congress must fund and decide. Cost estimates range from 100 million to 4 billion dollars. McMahon declined to state a figure. Page 4.
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Anderson
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Oklahoma
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Missouri Free from Chesapeake Shoal After 15 Days
The 45000 ton battleship Missouri freed herself from a Chesapeake Bay shoal off Point Comfort after 15 days. Navy salvage crews used tugs and beach gear cables to move the ship toward deep water. Admiral Allan E. Smith reported the operation as a success.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
United States Navy
William D. Brown
Old Point Comfort
Brown
Oday
Admiral Smith
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
Ice Coat Paralyzes North Texas
A heavy ice coat up to over two inches paralyzed North Central Texas with as many as 45 communities isolated as telephone and telegraph lines failed. Banks of ice formed on lines between Bonham and Denison, and highways from Gainesville to Abilene became hazardous. Dallas Fort Worth saw spotty outages while forecasts warned of continued freezing rain and only modest warming expected later.
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Texas
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Gainesville
Bonham
Honey Grove
Wolfe City
Savoy
Dallas
Fort Worth
Naval Air Station
US Weather Bureau
East Texas
Pecos Valley
John W. Zimmerman
Wichita Falls
Cloudy Warm Spell Expected With No Fronts
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures on Thursday and today. P W Reynolds of the US Weather Bureau at Amarillo Air Terminal says moderate temperatures are expected for the next two days with no incoming frontal weather and no moisture in prospect. High today near 51 then 60 tomorrow. overnight low 23 tonight and 16 last night.
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P. W. Reynolds
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Reynolds
Police Force Now At Full Strength In Amarillo
Amarillo’s police department returns to full strength of 115 officers. Seven new members joined yesterday: Carter, McCarley, Bowe, Hardin, Hallcom, Garrett, and Elliott. Elliott moved from the fire department. A new firefighter, Bridges, was added. Applications for exams for both departments are still being received, with next tests set for February 28.
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Amarillo
Daniel O. L. Carter
Jackson
Delmar
McCarley
Polk
Wayne E. Bowe
el Rancho Hotel
Kenneth H. Hardin
Lamar
Ernest A. Hallcom
Hill
Marvin H. Garrett
Birmingham
Carmen Elliott
West Seventh
Mr. Elliott
Fire Department
Billy Bob Bridges
Hastings
City Personnel Department
What a Winter Cotton Blooming in Dublin Ga
This winter has been unusually warm and sultry in Dublin Georgia causing last year's cotton stalks to bloom again. Normally the stalks are killed by cold, but mild weather has revived growth and surprised farmers.
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Dublin
Lubbock Schools Sued by Negroes
Discrimination against Negro students is alleged in a suit filed yesterday against the Lubbock Independent School District and others. The case, Gwendlyon Ann Butler et al v. R W Matthews and the district, claims failure to offer similar courses for Negro and white pupils. Dallas attorneys P Simpson Tate and C B Bunkley, representing the NAACP, filed the case with US Commissioner Olive Fluke.
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Lubbock Independent School District
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R. W. Matthews
P. Simpson Tate
C. B. Bunkley
Dallas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Olive Fluke
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy with rising temperatures across Amarillo and vicinity. Highs around 51 today and 60 tomorrow with a 39 degree low prior to this morning. West Texas sees mostly cloudy conditions with occasional rain from Pecos Valley eastward and a touch of freezing rain in the upper valley today. New Mexico forecasts fair conditions in the west and north, partly cloudy southeast today through Thursday with light drizzle in the southeast corner and little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos
New Mexico
Poll tax list to hit 17 500 says Cole
Potter County expects about 17 500 eligible voters for 1950 with 13 500 paid poll taxes and 4 000 exemptions after 1949 registrations close. Cole notes record non presidential year turnout possible. Randall County reports about 1 500 voters with 164 exemptions amid audits of former tax official records.
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Cole
Hubert Cole
Potter County
Pete Kinkead
Randall County
Tyler
R. M. Ailred
FBI Tracks Shirt Theft At Acme Freight Office
Local FBI office lists recovery of four stolen sport shirts as an active case. The burglary occurred Monday night at the Acme Fast Freight office, with the shirts stolen from a box in interstate commerce, bringing the matter under federal jurisdiction. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Acme Fast Freight
Sow Dies Rescuing Piggies From Fire
CHICAGO Feb 1 UPI reports a sow sacrificed her life to save her litter in a barn fire. Deputy Sheriff Jack Wenning said the mother hog made three trips out with a pigling each time, then returned a fourth time and did not come out.
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Chicago
UPA
Jack Wenning
Bandits Run Rampage Across Four Plains Cities
Panhandle officers追 were alerted to a two-man bandit pair in Lubbock Plainview Amarillo and a Pueblo Courts stop in Amarillo after midnight. They used similar methods at each site stealing cash totaling small sums and cash plus checks. Descriptions and ages given by victims point to two men about 25 to 30 with light complexions and similar builds. None could identify the getaway car.
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Amarillo
Plainview
Pueblo Courts
North East Eighth
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Regal
Here
Payne’s
H. T. Wilkins
H. 8
Branfield
Pallas
Pioneer Courts
C. J. Harding
Hoyt ‘Curry
Quake Shakes Reggio Calabria No Damage Reported
A sharp earthquake struck Reggio Calabria in southern Italy yesterday but caused no damage or injuries according to dispatches.
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Italy
Rome
Reggio Calabria
Met Opera Voices Clash Over Next Season Contracts
Lauritz Melchior and Helen Traubel accuse the Metropolitan Opera of delaying or denying contracts for the upcoming season. Both artists say negotiations were mishandled, with Melchior and Traubel feeling slighted as they await preliminary terms and plan responses.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Lauritz Melchior
Helen Traubel
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Melchior
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