Labor Dispute Before Supreme Court
Motions were filed in the Supreme Court in two major labor cases affecting both public and private employers. The Brown and Root injunction suit seeks permanent restraints on unions for alleged secondary picketing and boycotts, while the El Paso case challenges wage authority and the dissolution of an injunction delaying highway work. Named individuals include A C Gray and Edward Lopez among others.
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Supreme Court
American
Texas Federations of Labor
Brown and Root
Own and Root
el Paso Building and Construction Trades Council
Texas Highway Department
el Paso
Travis County DWI appeals affirmed by court
Twelve Travis County DWI cases were affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday. The rulings boost Travis County to more DWI appeal dispositions this year than the rest of the state combined, with J. D. Talley noted for a $200 fine while others carried $50 fines.
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Capitol
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Travis County
J.D. Talley
Ex-Denton Collegian Must Die Court Decides
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death penalty for McKee, convict ed of fatally shooting R L Allsten of Lubbock after his sweetheart’s father objected to their marriage. McGee’s insanity plea was denied. he had served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was taken into custody in Austin after the shooting.
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Richard W. Mcteener
Denton College
Court of Criminal Appeals
McKee
R. L. Allsten
Lubbock
McGee
Austin
Army Air Corps
Italy
Supreme Court Refuses Mandamus on Judges
The Supreme Court declined to allow C. F. Hill of Williamson County to file for mandamus against Chief Justice Roy C. Archer and Third Court of Civil Appeals members. The Third Court of Civil Appeals had just affirmed a Williamson County District Court judgment awarding $296 to Carl Leschber for corn sold. Hill sought to delay the mandate while pursuing a higher appellate order to revise that judgment.
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Supreme Court
C. F. Hill
Williamson County
Roy C. Archer
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Civil Appeals Court
Williamson County District Court
Hill
Carl Leschber
Leschber
Bequest to Stepson Ruled Different From One to Sen
The Third Court of Civil Appeals rules a bequest to a stepson is not entitled to full state inheritance tax exemption granted to a son's bequest. Arthur Hamilton of Dallas and others sued State Comptroller Calvert after $15,025.50 tax was collected on a 1947 bequest from Otis Phillips Sr. The trial and appellate courts upheld the tax and ordered transfer to general revenue.
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Third Court of Civil Appeals
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
Arthur Hamilton
Dallas
Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
Hamilton
Otis Phillips Sr
State General Revenue
Father Worried Over Soldier Son Drives Man to Tragic End
Wade A. Hilliard 46 of Fort Worth was found shot to death at home. Friends blamed his distress over son Mac Hilliard M4 in the Korean War. Justice of the Peace Whitby ruled death by own action. Hilliard owned a furniture store. previously part owner of shops in Houston and Childress.
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Fort Worth
Wade A. Hilliard
Justice of the Peace
Whit da
Hilliard
Korea
Mac Hilliard
First Cavalry Division
Houston
Childress
Anti Latin Discrimination Report At Texas Good Neighbor Event
Graciela Vallve a UT Good Neighbor Scholar faced anti Latin discrimination after a San Antonio Black and the Ball return coffee stop. A waitress allegedly refused service saying Mexicans or Latin Americans were not served. Commission will interview tavern operators amid concerns on cross border tensions and false El Norte recruitment reports.
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Good Neighbor
University of Texas
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Graciela Vallve
San Antonio
Austin
San Marcos
New Braunfels
Valive
Miss Valive
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Neville G. Penrose
Good Neighbor Commission
Commission
Hays County
Penrose
el Norte
Monterrey
United States
United Nations
Mexican Youth Federation
Siberian Oats Yield High in Alaska Trial
Russian oats brought by Henry A. Wallace in 1944 produced 72 bushels per acre in an experimental planting in the Atanaska Valley. The territorial experiment station announced seed will be distributed to Alaska farmers next year.
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Palmer
Alaska
Henry A. Wallace
Atanaska
Territorial Experiment Station
First Woman to Face Electric Chair in Texas
Emma Oliver, the first Bexar County woman convicted of murder, had her death sentence affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. She killed her man Kohn on February 24 after demanding $3 and being offered $1, then stabbed him. One prior woman died in jail before execution after electrocution replaced hanging in Texas.
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Emma Oliver
San Antonio Negro
Bexas
Herman Kohn
Court of Criminal Appeals
Kohn
Texas
Spence Resigns to Lead Colorado River Water District
Colonel Eugene V. Spence resigns as Texas interstate compact commissioner to become general manager of the Colorado River Municipal Water District at Big Spring starting Jan 1. The $10 million project aims to provide municipal water to West Texas cities, financed by revenue bonds with no government aid or taxes. Spence, a WWI and WWII veteran, previously led San Angelo and Big Spring city management and helped finalize an interstate Canadian River compact with New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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Eugene V. Spence
Texas
Colorado River
Big Spring
Allan Shivers
Houston
Col. Spence
State Board of Water Engineers
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Congress
Spence
San Angelo
Department
Eighth Corps
Camp Swift
West Texas
Police Association To Name New Officers
The Austin Police Association will elect officers for the coming year at a Monday night meeting. Joe Perry, the president, announced on Wednesday that the session begins at 7 p.m. in the 126th District Court room.
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Austin Police Association
Joe Perry
126Th District Court Room
Perry
US suspends Marshall Aid to Great Britain in 1951 action
Washington announces near complete suspension of ERP aid to Britain citing improved economic recovery and heavier defense burdens. The plan to reconsider if needed preserves continued access to existing allotments while Britain remains eligible for other American dollars to fund its rearmament program.
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Washington
United States
Britain
William C. Foster
Hartskell
London
Europe
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