Senate OKs Texas Customs Chiefs Nominees
The Senate finance committee approved the nomination of Sam D. W. Low as collector of customs at Galveston Texas and called for confirmation of Victor Russell as collector of customs at Port Arthur Texas. Both nominations by President Truman now await Senate action.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Sam D. W. Low
Galveston
Texas
Victor Russell
Port Arthur
Truman
Senate
Vets Bonus Plan Faces Setback in Texas Legislature
The proposed cash soldiers bonus failed again in the Texas House, 65 to 65 on a reconsideration vote. Sponsor J. A. Benton and supporters vow to continue, with a new financing plan via cigarette and alcohol taxes to raise about 22 million yearly toward retiring 300 million in state bonds.
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Austin American Capitol
Jimmy P. Horany
Archer City
J. A. Benton
Wylie
Benton
House
Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Constitutional Amendments Committee
James Sparks
Sherman
Benton and
Horang
Manford Cracks Down in Texas House on Dilatory Tactics
Speaker Durwood Manford, sidelined by illness, presided over a long Texas House session on the Gilmer Aikin program. He urged work, limited amendments, and quelled delays as a crowded gallery watched the education debate. Manford, returning after illness, noted improved appetite and a return to form.
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Manford
Durwood Manford
House Gallery
Gilmer-Aikin
Austin
Senate
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
Retirement Age For Miners Cut
Washington April 7 John L Lewis and Senator Bridges as trustees of the United Mine Workers pension fund reduced the retirement age for coal miners from 62 to 60. The change follows a compromise and study by an actuary and lawyers with Bridges noting miners prefer work while able.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
United Mine Workers Pension Fund
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
Bridges
van Horn
United Mine Workers
Russell R. Reagh
Edward R. Hale
Arthur L. Brown
Italians Quit Village After Geysers Erupt
Basiasco a North Italian hamlet of 1000 residents was evacuated after geysers of methane gas and mud erupted from cracks in the earth. A pillar 5000 feet high was reported, and authorities cited fire and explosion danger from the flammable gas. No petroleum was detected.
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Milam
Italy
Basiasco
Fate of Douglas left eye in doubt after accident
In Southampton England on April 7 the fate of US Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas’s left eye remained in doubt after he snagged it with a fish hook while trout fishing. Surgeon Sir Stewart Duke-Elder examined him at the Southamton Free Eye Hospital and scheduled another visit for Saturday. The hospital said the eye’s condition remains serious.
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Southampton
England
Lewis W. Douglas
King George’s
Stewart Duke-Elder
Douglas
Southampton Free Eye Hospital
Anti Trust suits filed over retail stove prices in Texas
Attorney General Price Daniel filed three anti trust suits in 126th District Court led by Judge Jack Roberts against Chambers er rege national manufacturers and Edwin Flato Company. The cases accuse price fixing and territory controls to pressure independent retailers and threaten penalties or shipment discontinuation to enforce higher margins on kitchen ranges and other appliances.
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Price Daniel
Chambers Er Rege National
Edwin Flato Company
Texas
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
Flato Company
Chambers
Flato
Ase
Willis E. Gresham
Clinton FoShee
Edwin N. Bellee
County Okehs Law Library Approved for Travis County Court
County Commissioners Court approves establishing a law library in the courthouse aided by a new $1 civil suit fee excluding delinquent tax cases. Funds will buy furniture and books and pay a librarian. Sponsored by a County Bar Association committee including Gibson Randle and others. Location room yet to be chosen.
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Travis County Law Library
County Commissioners Court
Travis
el Paso
Beauford H. Jester
The
County Bar Association
Gibson R. Randle
J. Harris Gardner
Harry Wear
David Tisinger
Charles Herring
Texas Wolves To Be Guarded
Raymondville April 7 Texas fiesta officials faced a flirtatious challenge as Miss America 1948 Bebe Shopp accepted an invitation to the onion event. With nearly every eligible South Texas bachelor wanting the escort, officials requested protection from Homer Garrison head of the State Department of Public Safety. Garrison replied by sending a company of Rangers to escort Bebe.
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Raymondville
Texas
Willacy
Fiesta
Bebe Shopp
South Texas
Homer Garrison
State Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Bebe
James I. Scott Charged in Grocery Store Burglary
Complaint filed Thursday charges James I. Scott 35 of 1142 Nile Street in Justice Blakeslee's Court with burglary tied to the W. S. Ross grocery store break in on March 29. Five cartons of cigarettes and butter and meat taken from the store.
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James I. Scott
Nile Street
Justice of the Peace
Travis Blakeslee
Scott
W. S. Ross Grocery Store
Clark and Lyle Headed to Corpus Christi Dinner
Attorney General Tom Clark and Representative Lyle of Texas depart by plane for Corpus Christi to address a Jefferson Day dinner on Friday night. They travel with their wives and former State Senator Alvin J. Wirtz of Austin.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Lyle
Texas
Corpus Christi
Alvin J. Wirtz
Austin
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Texas Customs
U. S. Rubber Co
Capitol
W. 6Th Ph
Fareweil
Scarbrough & Sons
Castile
Russell Stover
Kitchen Stove
Austin American Capitol Staff
County
Okehs Law Library
James Scott
Clark
Corpus Party
Austin Orthopedic Appliance CO
Congress
Porcelain
ACORN
R. K. Shannon
G. W. Shelfer
Zale
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