Jester to Preside at Patriot's Day Dinner in Houston
Governor Beauford Jester will preside at a Patriots Day dinner in Houston on April 19 honoring Texas county chairmen of savings bonds campaigns. The event launches the Treasury's Opportunity Drives spring bond sales. Fred C. Morse Sr. chairs Travis County. Jester invited all county chairmen, praising their role in stabilizing the national economy by distributing the public debt.
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Travis County
Jester
Texas Auto Insurance Rates Cut Up To 25 Percent
Casualty Insurance Commissioner Joe P. Gibbs announced Texas auto insurance premiums will drop as much as 25 percent on certain coverages. Minimum premium falls from $12 to $10, full coverage and 80 percent collision down 25 percent, with other private passenger schedules easing 13.4 percent. Fire and theft costs ease about 13.8 percent. commercial vehicle rates cut 7.5 to 15 percent. Gibbs urged responsible driving to curb deaths and losses, noting Texas loses over $80 million yearly and about 2,000 lives in traffic accidents.
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Gibbs
Department of Public Safety
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Governor Urges Revision of Franchise Tax Law
Governor Beauford H. Jester with the secretary of state the attorney general and the state auditor asks the Legislature to consider emergency legislation revising the franchise tax laws enacted in 1907. Officials say revision will make collection more efficient and expeditious.
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Beauford H. Jester
Jester
Supreme Court Rebukes Lawyer over Rehearing Brief
The Supreme Court rebuked Fort Worth attorney Sterling Holloway by striking his rehearing brief from the record for disrespectful language. The document, filed for John Bryan Bryson Jr., relates to litigation with Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. and others. The court noted uncivil phrasing and incomplete disposition of remaining errors.
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Supreme Court
Sterling Holloway
Fort Worth
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John Bryan Bryson Jr
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Court of Civil Appeals
Emergency Funds Bill Passes State Institutions Aid
Governor Beauford Jester sent an emergency message seeking 800000 dollars for five months of food clothing and medicine for state eleemosynary wards. The Senate approved 960000 as requested by the State Board of Control. The House trimmed the total to 800000 and the Senate concurred to complete passage.
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Court Upholds Sentence in Reported Tarrant Incident
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence of Cleveland Stovall Jr. for a reported August incident at a wash house in Tarrant County. The court found no reversible error in the trial proceedings, preserving the knife point confrontation narrative involving a white woman.
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Tarrant County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Llano Senator Pushes Judge Pay Hike Bill
Llano Senator Carlos Ashley announced he would push Senate action on a bill to raise Judge Mace Thurman’s pay to 5500. The House sponsor Pearce Johnson of Austin steered the measure which ties the Travis County Court at Law judge’s pay to the county attorney Perry Jones, passing the House 131 to 0.
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Austin American Capitol
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Senate
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Austin
Travis County Court
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