Governor Seeks End to Confederate Pension Levy
Governor Jester urges suspension of the two cent Confederate pension tax. He notes a $2,946,000 fund balance and forecasts no need for extra taxes for years. Six Confederate veterans remain in Texas and 891 widows. Last year pension payments were $643,205 while the tax raised nearly a million dollars. He asks the Legislature to empower the Automatic Tax Board after Jan 1, 1953 to levy portions of the two cent rate as needed.
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Texas
Jester
Automatic Tax Board
Tax Board
Frank Merritt Hurt in Wreck
Austin merchant Frank Merritt, 60, was injured Monday in a collision nine miles east of Garfield on US 290. He suffered head lacerations and bruises but was not in serious condition after being taken to St. David's Hospital. Charles Wayne Vaughn of Monahans drove the other car. his wife and their 4 year old son Harold Eugene were slightly injured.
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Frank Merritt
Austin
Garfield
Max Westerman Jr
W. R. Meredith
Merritt
St. David's Hospital
Merritt, Schaefer and Brown
US 290
Charles Wayne Vaughn
Monahans
Vaughn
Harold Eugene
Local police recover 93 percent of stolen autos in 1948
Ninety three per cent of stolen automobiles and 21 per cent of other stolen property was recovered during 1948 by local police.
STAZE Cream For False Teeth Aids Chewing
Thousands of readers report easier chewing with STAZE toothpaste style cream in a tube. The ad promises a tight seal to keep out food particles and offers a 35 cent price with a money back guarantee.
Big Guns Highlight Army Day At Camp Hood
Army Day program at Camp Hood features a dramatic firing display by the Second Armored Division known as Hell on Wheels. The 2:30 p.m. event includes 105 mm and 155 mm self propelled howitzers, 76 mm tanks, rocket launchers, mortars, a helicopter, liaison planes, and coffee and buns for guests. Hood baseball teams, inter-base games, Baylor University matchups, and sixteen boxing bouts follow the open house.
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Camp Hood
Army
Hell On Wheels
Second Armored Division
Hood
Baylor University
UT Dean Tells Parley Teachers Must be Free
L. D. Haskew dean of education at the University of Texas urged at the National Conference on Higher Education that teachers deserve free untrammelled search for truth and the right to pursue where truth leads, while warning that academic freedom does not justify half baked sensationalism.
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Chicago
L. D. Haskew
University of Texas
National Conference On Higher Education
National Education Association
Small Craft Warning Issued on Gulf Coast
The Weather Bureau ordered small craft warnings at 3 p.m. from Lake Charles Louisiana to St. Marks Florida. Northeasterly winds were forecast to rise to 30 to 35 miles per hour Monday night.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Lake Charles
St. Marks
Fla
US Weather Bureau
Spanish expedition to Tejas yields San Pedro Springs sighting
On this day in 1709 a party led by Captain Pedro Aguirre left San Juan Bautista Mission for Tejas territory to ally with the Tejas against the French. Father Olivares and Fathers Espinosa and Olivares documented the journey and recommended founding missions at San Pedro Springs, later linking to San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo.
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San Juan Bautista
Tejas
Aguirre
Colorado River
Olivares
San Pedro Springs
San Antonio de Valero
Alamo
Shrine Circus Officials Announce Ben Hur Temple Committees
Shrine officials released the Ben Hur Temple circus committee list for the April 29 to May 5 event at City Coliseum presented by the Polack Brothers. The Chariot magazine will publish a special circus edition this month.
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Ben Hur Temple
Shrine
City Coliseum
Polack Brothers
Scottish Rite Temple
The
Chariot
Stewart Harkrider
Holland Page
Tot's Topple From Bed Hurts Pop
A five month old baby fell from a bed Sunday night in Houston. The father, J. M. Proctor Jr., 30, rushed to aid the child but slipped on the kitchen floor. He grabbed the refrigerator, ripping the door off and toppled the 200‑pound box onto himself, suffering a compound jaw fracture a deep facial gash and multiple bruises. The baby was not injured.
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Houston
J. M. Proctor Jr
Proctor
Houston football end dies of polio at naval hospital
Bobby Holbrook a 28 year old UH sophomore football end died Sunday at the US Naval Hospital Houston from poliomyelitis. A native of Three Rivers he moved to Houston last summer and played football for the Cougars last fall and pitched in spring baseball. Survivors include wife Martha Ann, a son Bob by and father R M Holbrook. Funeral set for Three Rivers Tuesday.
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Houston
Bobby Holbrook
University of Houston
US Naval Hospital
Holbrook
Three Rivers
Cougar
Martha Ann Holbrook
Bobby
R. M. Holbrook
Union Vote Ordered At Texas Fruit Co op
The National Labor Relations Board ruled the Texas fruit co operative Texian Citrus Exchange in Weslaco is under its jurisdiction and ordered an election among about 25 to 275 workers to decide representation by the AFL Citrus Cannery Workers and Food Processors Union.
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Texas Fruit Co-op
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Texas Fruit Cooperative
NLRB
Texian Citrus Exchange
Weslaco
AFL Citrus, Cannery Workers and Food Processors Union
Jury Selection Begins in Texas Death Trial
Jury selection started Monday afternoon for the murder trial of Vance West in Jourdan ton. A special ven ue of 80 jurors was summoned after the court overruled a postponement request. A defense motion was denied despite a defense delay claim tied to a Virginia witness expected to arrive Wednesday.
Tug Mercury salvage debated after deadly Mississippi sinking
Salvage experts in New Orleans debated whether a $250,000 tug Mercury of Houston could be raised from 60 feet of Mississippi River water after it sank early Sunday. Deckhand Paul J. Dozier, 40, of Morgan City, Louisiana, lost his left foot and suffered a severe right foot injury when crushed between the tug and a barge.
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New Orleans
Mercury
Houston
Texas
Paul J. Dozier
Morgan City
Sinking sinks hope as crew reports dawn disaster
Captain Leo Broussard of Berwick Louisiana recalls the ship sinking after the crew slept through alarm. One man woke to find the decks awash and the vessel taking on water. The incident leaves officers seeking rescue and safety solutions.
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Leo Broussard
Berwick
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St. Louis
Metropolitan East Daily
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Terminix
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Charley Duffy
A. F. Jones
Albert H. Clapton
M. E. Smalley
Rex Shields
Ronald Zachman
Ed Jackson
Boo Gorman
Earl Podolnick
C. T. Aselton
Ernie Burks
Harry Fredrich
Lambuth Cox
Harry Odell
Arthur Seaholm
Chanters
Thomas Stephens
Marion Toole
Joe K. Wells
Louis Groos
Frank Evans
W. L. Darnell
Lee Casey
Bedouins
Pat Adelman
L. C. Stromquist
Frank Swartz
Harley DePew
Bill Leet
Patrol
Frank Kerbow
Adenle Parker
Ed Voight
Bevo Beaver
Louis Hausman
Lucien Dean
J. T. Browning
Dave Shipwash
Jack Lamb
Chester Sikes
Marion Coleman
Charles Howell
Louis Baethe
Harold Eichenbaum
Roger Busfield
Charles R. Legott
Albert Wade
Coliseum
R. W. Dodd
Gilbert Morris
R. J. Lewallen
Glenn Cater
Arnold Bengston
C. L. Mitchell
John H. Kavanaugh
Willie Kocurek
F. E. Withers
Everette Kelly
Travis C. Cooke
C. M. Wilson
Murray D. West
C. D. Shafer
W. W. Blackman
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Kercheville Motor
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San Marcos, Texas
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