Legislature Asks Texas Tidelands Rights Backed by Congress
The Texas Legislature unanimously approved a message to Congress urging passage of tidelands ownership legislation. The resolution supports Texas claim from annexation and calls on the President and attorney general to acknowledge state rights. Senator John Bell said the move strengthens support for Texas members of Congress. Copies were ordered sent to all Congress members, state governors, the President, and the attorney general.
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Texas
Congress
Tidelands
House
Senate
United States
John Bell
Cuero
US Army denies tank shipment to Germany
FRANKFURT Germany Feb 22 The US Army denied East German claims that 734 tanks landed at Bremerhaven saying no rolling equipment has been unloaded since last December only passenger cars and trucks have been unloaded and no replacement tanks have arrived The East German government had accused the American command of continually pouring heavy war equipment into Germany and published a list of alleged unloading days through December and January.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bremehaven
W. A. Schilletter
Public Information Division
Texas Lawmakers Press Taxes While Cutting Personal Expenses
Texas legislators in a special session passed 26 million dollars in new state taxes yet cut personal costs. The comptroller’s 30 day estimate of 235 465 dollars for the session has fallen short as staff sizes shrink and fewer clerks and secretaries are employed. House officials say expenses run lower than the initial projection with only 145 secretaries and reduced miscellaneous items.
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International News Service
Texas
Carrie Frnka
House
Allan Shivers
Frnka
Pinka
Pearce Johnson
Austin
House State Affairs Committee
Damage suit trial ordered in Travis County
Survivors of Frank H. Michael can pursue their damage suit against Elwyn E. Utz of Tyler and others in Travis County. The Third Civil Appeals Court on Wednesday upheld the lower court and denied Utz’s plea to move the case to his home county. Michael died in a collision with Utz’s truck at Walnut Creek Bridge on the Dallas Highway north of Austin.
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Frank H. Michael
Elwyn E. Utz
Tyler
Travis County
Michael
Utz
Walnut Creek Bridge
Dallas Highway
Austin
San Antonio
Texas
Port Exports Hit 22 Million Liters In 1949
Portugal exported 22,282,000 liters of port between January and November 1949 marking one of the country's major export items. This figure highlights port wine's prominence in Portugal's trade during that period.
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Portugal
Six Million Needed to Mount China Invasion
Premier Yen Hsi-shan said the Nationalists could mount an invasion of the mainland for six million dollars in cash plus equipment for 400000 additional troops to reach a force of one million. He warned Formosa could fall to communism if funds are not found and cited Soviet communism as the main adversary. The Nationalist Air Force also raided the China coast, bombing power plants and distributing anti-Communist leaflets.
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Taipei
Formosa
Yen Hsi-shan
China
Yen
Hainan
Nebraska Ranchers Plan Planting 179000 Trees Next Spring
Nebraska ranchers and farmers announce a tree planting program to set out more than 179000 trees during the upcoming spring season. The effort aims to bolster windbreaks and soil conservation across rural areas.
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Nebraska
Supreme Court Sends Libel Suit Back for Retrial
The Amarillo district court must retry J. O. Fitzjarrald's damage suit against Panhandle Publishing Company, publisher of Amarillo Times, after the Supreme Court ruled the prior verdicts erred on libel and privilege. The court found some articles were not libelous per se and that privilege did not apply to untrue reporting harming a public official.
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Amarillo
J. O. Fitzjarrald
Panhandle Publishing Company
Amarillo Times
Supreme Court
Fitzjarrald
Hall County
Raymond Ballew
Fitzgarrald
John H. Sharp
Burglary Found in 1907 Cornerstone Box
In Oklahoma City on February 22 a 1907 burglary was revealed when a $20 gold coin vanished from the St. Luke's Methodist Church cornerstone. The box reportedly held the coin and other mementos and was broken into before sealing, then moved to the new site. The Rev. William H. Wallace Jr. noted 20 silver dollars had been placed in a separate box and guarded during the relocation.
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St. Luke's Methodist Church
William H. Wallace Jr
St. Luke's
Wallace
Newsboy's accuracy triggers false burglar alarm
In Waco on February 22 a newsboy’s throw allegedly struck a door bell at a drug store on 25th Street and Washington Avenue. Police found no burglars, noting a tightly folded newspaper against the door likely set off the alarm.
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Waco
25Th Street
Washington Avenue
Volunteers for Air Raid Defense Sought
SAN FRANCISCO February 22 The Western Air Defense Command called for 50000 volunteers to man a tight air raid warning and aircraft spotting system along the Pacific Coast. Major General Hugo P Rush warned a new war could begin with a sneak attack and said the network already exists and will be expanded soon as an adjunct to radar warning.
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San Francisco
Western Air Defense Command
Hugo P. Rush
Pacific Coast
Rush
Western Air Defense
Patient Cop Finally Grabs His Suspect
St. Louis police Sgt Moses Norris captured a burglary suspect after months of work at South Kinlock Park. Fingerprints from the scene matched the 57th suspect, James C. Davis Jr. He confessed the post office robbery and a federal warrant was issued.
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ST. Louis
Moses Norris
South Kinlock Park
James C. Davis Jr
Bill for felony penalties on child molestation advances
The Criminal Code Commission completed two proposed laws expanding sex offense penalties. One bill makes it a felony to entice a child to a vehicle for fondling, not requiring actual contact. Another would felony indecent exposure to a child under 16. Two other bills broaden aggravated assault penalties involving children or women.
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American Capitol
Criminal Code Commission
Moose meat dinner prank ends with gravy shoe sole
Benny Davis, president of the Omaha Fish and Wildlife Club, hosted the annual moose meat dinner. Leather shoe soles were covered in gravy and placed on guests' plates as a parody of Paine. Davis found his steak replaced by a gravy-soaked shoe sole, and his reaction darkened the joke.
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Omaha
INS
Benny Davis
Omaha Fish and Wildlife Club
Thomas Paine
Davis
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