Texas Senate probes pardons board amid recusal questions
In a three hour Austin hearing the general investigation committee grilled Pardons Board member Abner Lewis and scrutinized actions of investigator Fred Kohut and several lawmakers. Committee members pressed Lewis on conversations with an ex convict and whether he sought Department of Public Safety input.
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Austin
General Investigation Committee
Texas Senate
Abner Lewis
Fred P. Kohut
Lewis
Houston
Kohut
Department of Public Safety
Safety Department
Too Soft Hearted for His Own Good in Pardons Inquiry
Houston investigator Fred P. Kohut described Abner Lewis chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles as tender hearted. Kohut said he and Lewis were too soft hearted in clemency cases and noted their long friendship dating to a 1920 Harlingen investigation. He added he never worked for Jo Ed Winfree Sr. and did not take fees, calling helping convicts a hobby.
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Houston
Fred P. Kohut
Abner Lewis
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Kohut
Lewis
Austin
Harlingen
New York
Georgia
Texas House Tax Shuffle Sparks Committee Reassignment
The Texas House moved to re refer Rep. Woodrow Bean's 25 million dollar natural resources tax bill to the Appropriations Committee after a 74 to 60 vote. The tactic triggered a flood of motions on other tax measures and even a call to abolish the Revenue and Taxation Committee as lawmakers pressed amid bills on negro university funding and labor reforms.
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Austin
Texas House
Woodrow Bean
el Paso
Revenue and Taxation
House Appropriations Committee
House
Sam —_ Hanna
Dallas
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Bean
Chamber
Houston
Senate
Veteran Pressman's Long Career Closed
Owen Roberts a 78 year old Amarillo pressman died at his sister's Denver home after a long career with The Amarillo Globe-News and other Denver papers. Born 1867 in St Joseph Michigan he worked 51 years in pressrooms including Rocky Mountain News. Funeral Saturday at Moore Mortuary Amarillo with burial in Fairmont cemetery Denver.
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Owen Roberts
Amarillo
Moore Mortuary
Seventeenth
Parkson
Weaver
Inletimenl
Fairmont Cemetery
Denver
Mr. Roberts
Amarillo Globe-News
Roberts
Amarillo News-Globe
St. Joseph
Mich
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain News
Amarillo Sun
Amarillo News
Hughes
Martha Hansen
J. Roberts Riley
Roy
Geraldine Poley
San Francisco
Reddoch Describes Attempt on Life in District Court
Oran Reddoch testified as the state opened its case against Fred Farris for assault with intent to murder after the Dec 22 shooting at a service station 901 North East Eighth. Farris sat emotionless as Reddoch described the moment and movements of the shooting behind Farriss.
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Fred F. Farriss
47Th District Court
Farriss
Oran Reddoch
Reddoch
North East Eighth
Farris
Four power pact eyed to curb German aggression in Europe
London reports Foreign Secretary Bevin announced plans for a Moscow four power pact with the United States France and the Soviet Union to curb Germany and re educate it in democracy while cautioning against high expectations. Paris says Ramadier disclosed talks among Britain France and Russia to form a triple alliance potentially completing a three way entente.
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London
Ernest Bevin
U. S
France
Soviet Union
Moscow
Murnane
House of Commons
Bevin
Germany
Britain
Moscow” Because “We Have Terrific Difficulties To Face.” Bevin
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Paris
Paul Ramadier
Prance
Russia
Ramadier
Prospects for Moscow Big Four Conference Opening
In the near future officials foresee a successful outcome from ongoing negotiations among three parties creating an excellent atmosphere for the Big Four conference opening in Moscow two weeks hence.
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Moscow
England Thawing Brightens Britain Amid Crises
Weather improves across England with rising temperatures easing transport snarls and allowing some brewers to resume production. Northern areas saw a subsiding blizzard while coal convoys move by rail and sea though about 50 lines remain blocked. Two million workers may shift to night work within a month to address fuel shortages.
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London
U.P
England
Scotland
Trafalgar Square
Prodigal Sun
Badgers to Trip West for College Tourney
Amarillo College basketball backers have funded a trip to Compton California for the Western States College Tourney. An noon audit shows over 3000 dollars in the fund with about 900 from a Nat Tuesday benefit dance. Eighteen players and three others will depart tonight by train to the West Coast to face the Compton Tartars in opening action Tuesday night.
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Amarillo
Compton
Cal
Regal Co
West Coast
Badgers
Compton Tartars
Amarillo A. & M
House Passes Negro School Bill in Texas Legislature
In Austin the Texas House approved a Senate bill to establish a system of higher education for Black students. The vote was 122 to 12.
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HOUSE
Austin
Senate
Texas
Legislature Grapples With Tax Bills And Hearings
The Revenue and Taxation Committee blocked hearings on tax measures until a state funding survey is finished. Representative Bean claimed a sub-committee report would push hearings indefinitely. The House overrode table motions and debated suspending rules to allow discussion for both sides. Multiple lawmakers sought re referrals or removal of bills amid a flood of tax bill moves.
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Revenue and Taxation Committee
Bean
Beauford H. Jester
Wonder Drug Streptomycin Cures Military Tuberculosis
The Navy reports streptomycin cured a rare military tuberculosis case at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital Oakland. The patient is Pfc. Raymond J. Berry, 20, Colorado Springs, a Marine veteran, now symptom free and weighing 165 pounds.
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Oakland
Cal
Navy
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Raymond J. Berry
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bond papers advertised for sale at Russell Staty
Advance skating classes announced for Thursday night at Roller Palace located at 6th and Jefferson. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance mentioned in the notice.
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Russell Staty
Taylor
Roller Palace
6Th and Jefferson
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Pro- war court fines two sailors for cigarette sales
In Yokohama a war crimes court fined Capt. Christian Tugerson and First Assistant Engineer Raleigh D Huebner, both of Houston Texas, 500 dollars for selling five cartons of cigarettes to Japanese. Tugerson also was found guilty of selling 37 dollars for 700 Japanese yen.
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Yokohama
U.P
Christian Tugerson
U. S
Pocket Canyon
Raleigh D Huebner
Houston
Tex
Torgerson
Red Ideologies Sold In Atomic Book Plant
Floyd D. Lucia testifies before the House Un American Activities Committee that Communist sympathizers were selling ideas at the Allis Chalmers plant where atomic bomb parts were built across a partition. He links union activity to postwar strikes and antiwar propaganda amid wartime divisions.
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Red Ideologies
Washington
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Allis-Chalmers
Floyd D. Lucia
Milwaukee
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Lucia
Truman
Russia
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
United Electrical Workers
CTO
Senate Labor Committee
William J Grede
Grede Foundries, Inc
Howse Labor Committee
UnAmerican Activities Committee
UAW
Electric Control
Hawley
Manhattan
Livestock Show Opens as Panhandle Arrivals Begin
Panhandle livestock move toward Amarillo for the Fat Stock Show with Donley County 4 H Club leading 16 calves. H M Breedlove says arrivals start tonight and peak expected tomorrow as 325 calves compete and more stock breeders may join. Deadline to qualify is Sunday at 1 PM with junior bred livestock registered by then.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Donley County
H. M. Breedlove
Clarendon
J. R. Gillham
Weather report for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with cloudy skies, cold temperatures, and occasional light snow this afternoon. Some cloud break expected tonight, more cloud clearing and warming Friday. West Texas sees mostly cloudy skies with light snow in the Panhandle and light rain near Del Rio Eagle Pass. temperatures slowly rise with lows around the low to mid twenties and near freezing in the far east. New Mexico shows partial clouds with possible light rain or snow in the north and west. warmer tonight and Friday. The 6:30 AM 24 hour high was 26, low 15, noon 28.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
del Rio-Eagle Pass
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
North Portion
Divide
Snow Today Then Warmer Forecast for Amarillo
Amarillo residents faced a five day cold stretch with lows around 15 to 22 degrees and highs near 33 to 46. Light snow was possible in the Panhandle as warmer temperatures are forecast to arrive later, ending the deep freeze.
Lava Stream From Etna Slackens Rate of Progress
The lava flow from a new Mount Etna crater slackened its advance as it carved deep ravines on the mountainside. The stream threatened Paseo Pisciaro but the village now appeared out of danger as the mass diverted through existing channels.
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Etna
Palermo
Sicily
Mount Etna
Paseo Pisciaro
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