Thompson Will Appear Today On Depletion Allowance Fight
Treasury plans to cut oil and gas depletion allowances face sharp opposition in the House Ways and Means Committee as lawmakers from oil states warn of stunted exploration. Treasury argues price drives exploration and expects $200 million yearly in added revenue.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Ernestompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Boggs
D-La
Combs
D-Tex
Simpson
R-Pa
Russell B. Brown
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Frank M. Porter
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Senator Lock Names Baby as Senate Mascot
Five day old Jim Rudolph Lock, son of Senator Ottis Lock and wife of Lufkin, was chosen as the first Senate mascot for the special session. He was born last Thursday and is named for former Senator Jim Taylor and Senator Rudolph Wein Seguin.
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Jim Rudolph Lock
Senate
Young Lock
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
Lock
Jim Taylor
Kerens
Rudolph Wein
Seguin
Phone Walkout Delayed 16 Days At US Request
Washington February 7 A nationwide telephone strike was postponed for 16 days by the Communication Workers of America to allow more bargaining on wages and benefits. About 100000 workers were set to walk out with 220000 more idle unless a settlement is reached by February 24.
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Washington
Communication Workers of America
CEIO
Joseph A. Beirne
Cyrus S. Ching
CWA
Ching
Bell Telephone System
Beirne
Bell Employees Protest Strike Delay
Nearly half of the CIO Communications Workers Local members walked off two Illinois Bell exchanges in Chicago to protest the delay of a nationwide telephone strike. About 250 telephone equipment installers staged the walkout mid afternoon, led by Local 26 president Stanley V. Swenson, who said the action lacked official authorization and that workers would likely return Wednesday.
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Chicago
CIO Communication Workers
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Stanley V. Swenson
CIO Division Six
SWA
Swenson
Austin Barber Oscar S. Rosenberg Dies at 65
Oscar S. Rosenberg 65 of 1404 West Sixth Street died Tuesday in a local hospital after a life spent as an Austin barber since 1901. He was a member of Central Christian Church Hill City Lodge No 456 A F and A M Scottish Rite Ben Hur Shrine past patron of Travis Chapter 472. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Weed Corley Funeral Home with Dr M E Sadler and the Rev John Barclay. He is survived by wife Mollie Spencer Rosenberg two nephews Albert Glaser Haigler Rosenberg and three nieces Gretchen Babel Minnie Adams Margie Wr, all of Austin. Honorary pallbearers will include Shrine Band members and Central Christian Church elders.
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Oscar S. Rosenberg
West Sixth Street
Austin
Central Christian Church
Hill City Lodge
Ben Hur
Travis
Weed- Corley
M E. Sadler
Fort Worth
John Barclay
Memorial Park
Hill City Lodge No
A. F
A. M Rosenberg
Mollie Spencer Rosenberg
Albert Glaser
Haigler Rosenberg
Gretchen Babel
Minnie Adams
Margie Wr
Shrine Band
Seeing Eye Dog Talk At Austin Kennel Club Meeting
Miss Nell Scales of Austin discussed the Seeing Eye Dog Institute work and trained Leatha the seeing eye dog during the Austin Kennel Club monthly meeting in City Hall. Judges for the all breed dog show on April 6 were announced: Rees Davies, Anton Korbel, Adelaide Baer, and L. C. Mount.
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Nell Scales
Austin
Seeing Eye Dog Institute
Austin Kennel Club
City Hall
Leatha
Rees Davies
Anderson
Ind
Anton Korbel
Belmont
Calif
Adelaide Baer
San Antonio
L. C. Mount
Fort Worth
Postal official resigns over stamps scheme
Harold F. Ambrose, senior post office aide and in law to Senator O Mahoney, quits amid a probe into a stamp investment scheme. About 400000 dollars invested, with investors losing over 200000 after early profits vanished. no proven law violation yet.
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Washington
Harold F. Ambrose
Jesse Donaldson
Ambrose
Post Office Department
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Baltimore
New York
Justice Department
Gas and Cigarette Tax Proposals Advance in House Panel
The House committee cleared gas, omnibus and cigarette tax measures after hearing industry reps. A proposed natural gas tax would be graduated 1 1 to 2 cents per cubic foot, targeting $30 million annually with funds split between the school and hospital funds. The panel kept revenue from carbon black and sulfur taxes, and eliminated the cigarette tax increase and a sulphur rate cut.
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James P. Horany
Archer City
Horany
General Revenue Fund
James P. Swift
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Texas Life Convention
Homer Leonard
Texas Brewers
Robert T. Donahue
Cabot
Continental
United Carbon Companies
B. J. Pittman Jr
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Employers Casualty Company
Joe M. Moore
Capital Stock Fire and Casualty Companies
Jerome Sneed
American Mutual Alliance
Workman Killed in Gin Stand Accident Near Wellington
Perry Kennedy, 17, was fatally injured Tuesday when he was caught in a gin stand while working at a gin in Quail, about 12 miles west of Wellington. A verdict of accidental death was returned by Justice of the Peace W. G. Hite. no witnesses were present.
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Wellington
Perry Kennedy
Quail
Here
Justice of Peace
W. G. Hite
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