Senate and House advance state budget measures in special session
The Texas Senate moved toward final action on major appropriations for mental hospitals special schools and juvenile institutions while tax measures await House action. One dissent in the Senate over a 39324 Central Purchasing Agency provision sparked debate as officials trimmed the bill and debated funding and federal aid implications.
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American Capitol
Texas Senate
House
Senate
Crawford C. Martin
Hillsboro
Appropriations
Ray Kirkpatrick
Trenton
Kirkpatrick
State Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
Youth Development Council
Gatesville
Gainesville
Ottis Lock
George Moffett
State Department of Public Welfare
Moffett
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Warren McDonald
Tyler
Morrow electrocuted For Deputy's Murder
James W. Morrow 29 of Fort Worth died in the electric chair at 12:09 a m in Huntsville state prison after a last-minute clemency appeal failed He smoked a cigar while strapped in and murmured a prayer guards observed a moment of remorse as the death house shift changed and he bid farewell to a guard not long before.
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Huntsville
James W. Morrow
Fort Worth
Harris County
Morrow
State Prison
E. F. Brauman
Dave Lanergy
Texas House delays floor debate on hospital funding tax bills
The Texas House postponed floor consideration of three hospital funding tax bills until Friday or Monday. The omnibus tax increase, natural gas levy, and one cent cigarette tax were mimeographed to save time. The measures, urged by Governor Shivers, would raise about 32 million dollars in 18 months, with the cigarette tax lasting seven years and the omnibus set to expire in 1951.
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Texas House
House
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Allan Shivers
County to vote on higher property tax for juvenile program
Travis County commissioners announce a summer election to raise property valuations and increase the 33 cent general fund tax levy to fund juvenile programs, county employees' pay, and libraries. County Judge Tom Johnson and four commissioners say current funds are insufficient to meet needs and keep services operating.
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Travis County
Tom Johnson
County Equalization Board
General Fund
Johnson
Constitutional
Arthur Swenson
Quintet Carrying $3,150 Suspected in Robberies
Detroit police arrested five people including four men and a 22 year old woman with 3150 dollars in a paper bag. Detectives linked them to two Boston hold ups and the Brink's robbery, but the group refused to discuss the source of the money, claiming it came from gambling. The five were booked for investigation of robbery armed.
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Detroit
Boston
Walter Wyrod
Brink's Inc
Court Bans Closed Road Access in Travis County Dispute
A temporary restraining order was issued by Judge Jack Roberts in the 126th District Court ordering Regan B. Dickard to remove a barbed wire fence from a private road through his land. The Crawleys, who bought 3.95 acres from Dickard in 1946, allege the fence blocks their only access to their home and damages amount to 1,000 for mental anguish plus 1,000 for deprivation and 5,000 exemplary damages. A hearing on the injunction was scheduled for February 16 at 9 am.
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Travis County
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
C. D. Crawley
Regan B. Dickard
Dickard
Crawleys
Agoming
Roberts
Ees
Juror Byrd Fined and Jailed for Drinking During Moonshiner Case
In Mobile Alabama on February 8 a federal court sentenced juror Mitchell J Byrd to 24 hours in jail and a 50 fine for drinking while deliberating the fate of a moonshiner and for not returning to court with the other jurors who found the defendant guilty.
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Mobile
Ala
Mitchell J. Byrd
All Ten Aboard Crashed Search Airplane Alive
In Yukon territory survivors of a C47 crash are located around the wreckage. Nine are seen with three injured from the nine earlier crash now reported alive. Air, ground and mountain troops mobilize to reach the 10 crew members, Canadians and Americans, amid sub arctic search operations.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
US Air Force
Yukon
Air Force
Iy Territory
Wednesay
Roy L. Holdiman
Air Force 10Th Rescue Squadron
Aishihik
Pan Lake
Cool Weather Forecast After Wednesday's 79
Cooler weather is forecast for Austin Thursday with a morning low near 50 and cloudy skies. The last quarter moon will be visible Thursday. A 63 degree low was recorded Wednesday at 6 am and a 79 degree high at 3 pm with no rain recorded locally.
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Austin
Mercury
Navy bomber record flight sets distance mark
A twin engine Navy plane landed at San Francisco Airport after a 5060 mile non stop flight. The Navy said it was a record for bombers launched from a carrier. Commander Thomas Robinson of Mountain View California said the previous 4880 mile record was surpassed and predicted the next flight would likely break it.
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San Francisco
Navy
Thomas Robinson
Mountain View
Calif
X-ray Mobile Unit Sits at Chamber of Commerce
The IB X-RAY BOX SCORE reports 385 X-rays performed on Wednesday with 14 504 total to date. The mobile unit will be stationed on Congress Avenue at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday.
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Congress Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Reds Draft German Youth Into Gestapo
In East Germany the Volkskammer enacted a law creating a state security ministry and a secret police aligned with the MVD. All youths must join the Free German Youth or be barred from sports, travel, and schooling as the regime promotes internal espionage and anti Americanism under Ulbricht.
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Berlin
Germany
Red Gestapo
Hitler
Volkskammer
People’s Chamber
Soviet Zone
Ministry of State Security
Russia
MVD
Gestapo
East Ger
Free German Youth
FDJ
Walter Ulbricht
The
Chamber
Armed Pair Robs Bank in Phoenix
Two armed men robbed the Bank of Douglas in Phoenix early Wednesday, escaping with more than 116000 in cash and silver. Police and the FBI hunted for the suspects, believed to have fled in an old black sedan after forcing the janitor to open the vault and taking small denomination bills.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Bank of Douglas
Holdun
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wise
Dallas Negro Home Damaged by Blast in White Neighborhood
A white frame bungalow in Dallas was damaged by a blast believed to be dynamite late Wednesday night. No one was hurt. Horace Boenner, 57, reported that he, his wife, and mother in law were asleep when a charge thrown from a passing car landed in a vacant lot beside their home. Detectives Holloway and Pope investigated the incident as part of a widening move by three Negro families into the area.
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Dallas
Horace Boenner
Dallas News
Boeners
Boenner
H. C. Holloway
Ee S Pope
Rail Services Slashed Again To Save Fuel
Washington reports that John L. Lewis and coal operators broke off wage talks ending any chance for an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 50 percent cut in passenger service and 25 percent in coal freight to curb the strike impact. USW CIO funds aid miners as Truman considers federal court action to restart a full five day workweek.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Philip Murray
CIO
USW
Murray
Lewis
United Mine
Northern and Commercial Producers
Southern Coal Producers Associations
George Love
Cole
OC K
Acheson Rejects Peace Overtures Toward Russians
Secretary of State Dean Acheson rejected new American peace overtures to Russia in the Cold War saying past experience shows agreements with the Russians are insufficient. He supported world peace goals but dismissed the Baruch plan and any new approach, noting Russians are realistic and move when faced with facts.
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Dean Acheson
Russia
Acheson
McMahon
Tydings
Senate
Baruch
US Offers Needy Dry Egg Surplus
The government released 115 million dollars worth of dried eggs and dried milk from stock for distribution through federal, state and welfare agencies. About 73 million pounds of eggs and 169 million pounds of milk are available with agencies paying transport costs. Storage sites include a cave near Atchison Kansas and warehouses nationwide.
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Washington
Atchinson
Kans
Agriculture Department
Bergstrom housing project approval denied by officials
Bergstrom Air Force Base officials denied Tuesday that a 480 unit housing project had been approved in Washington or that a private builder had been chosen. Base officials emphasized the decision has not been finalized and details such as location and builder remain unsettled. The project would be FHA financed and use Wherry Act provisions for private construction on a military installation.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Washington
Air Base
Burton Wilder
Associated Press
Eighth Air Force
Fort Worth
Earl A. Thompson
Wilder
Ashley B. Packard
Bergstrom
Coleonel C. H. Scott
Eighth Air Force Public Information Officer
Scott
Air Force Headquarters
Eighth Air Force Headquarters
Thompson and Associates
Federal Housing Authority
27Th Fighter Wing
San Antonio
Bertram E. Giesecke
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