Tax proposals threaten Texas citizens with new charges
Gov Beauford Jester backs a citizen’s tax to replace the poll tax while Sen C C Morris and Sen W A Shofner push a driver responsibility law. The latter would require all motorists to carry 5000/10000/1000 coverage or face license suspension and registration denial until damages are paid, potentially costing Texas drivers about 30 dollars per year per licensed motor vehicle. In Travis County 40000 vehicles could yield 1.2 million dollars, with broad national patterns cited as precedent.
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Beauford H. Jester
Senate
C. C. Morris
Greenville
W. A. Shofner
Temple
Jester
Austin
Travis County
Department of Public Safety
State Insurance Commission
Morris
Amendment On Tidelands Urged By Senator Bell
State Senator John J. Bell urged a federal constitutional amendment to secure state ownership of tidelands. He plans a resolution to Congress calling a convention to draft and submit the amendment to the states, with joint Texas Senate and House approval. Bell cites US v California and argues United States sovereignty should not override internal state rights. He spoke from Cuero and announced the plan from his office.
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Associated Press
Tidelands
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Bell
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Texas Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States
California
United States
Cuero
Agriculture Dept Reports Extra Export Allotment For Fats And Oils
The Agriculture Department announced an extra January to March export allocation totaling 109 million pounds of lard cottonseed oil soy bean oil soybeans and peanuts. Officials pursue the leak that tipped off traders as the probe by the production and marketing administration continues to identify the source of the information.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Production and Marketing Administration
Agriculture and Commerce Departments
State and
Defense Departments
Britain and Poland Sign Billion Dollar Trade Pact
Britain and Poland signed a five year trade pact in Warsaw setting a minimum goods exchange of 130 million pounds from each side, with sources noting possible reach to 150 million pounds. The agreement also includes settling pre-war debts and British property nationalizations as conditions.
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Warsaw
Poland
Britain
Guerrillas Hold Greek Town Despite Reinforcements
Front dispatches report 2,000 guerrillas still hold Naoussa in Macedonia on Friday. Government reinforcements beaten back, with an escape route to Yugoslavia 25 miles away remains open.
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Athens
Naoussa
Yugoslavia
Four Inch Sand Rain Soaks Texas Ranch Gauge
J C Doc Burleson of a Matador area ranch found his government rain gauge, 15 miles northwest of Matador, recorded four inches of sand during a long dry spell and bore no real dampness despite freezing rain.
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Matador
J. C
Burleson
South Plains
Jews and Egyptians Agree to Keep Forces In Check
Rhodes Jan 14. Jews and Egyptians reached a first definite step toward peace by agreeing to keep military forces in check during armistice talks. In a 15 minute session delegates approved a conference preamble pledging no new offensives and mutual respect while negotiations proceed.
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Jan
UN Security Council
Negev
Israel
Egypt
Yugoslavia Offers Copper to U S Firm
Belgrade sources say the Yugoslav government offered to sell 15 million dollars worth of strategic copper and lead to an American company. The move was disclosed Friday as officials discussed raw material exchanges and trade opportunities.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Tax To Replace Poll Levy Hailed By Governor Jester
Texas lawmakers push removal of poll tax via Kelley plan authorizing general registration 30 days before elections and renaming the poll tax as a citizen's tax if needed. Governor Jester says federal amendment would not affect Texas if Legislature acts and urges a broader registration law. Welfare ceiling removal discussed. director Winters notes no immediate grant spike but aims to ease liberalizing the program. Old age pension allocations total 31 million of 觀 total appropriations as rolls rise.
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Texas
Jester
Washington
Sen. Kelley
Gov. Jester
Senate
Public Welfare
John Winters
R. L. Proffer
Justin
Welfare Department
Fat Calf Wins Elgin Fair Grand Champion In Hereford Class
Robert Neidig of Elgin FFA captured the grand champion fat calf award with a Hereford steer at the Bastrop County Youth Fair opening. Alice Wagner 4-H won reserve in Hereford fat calves. several 4-H clubs and Elgin FFA members earned top placements in weight classes and best calves bred in Bastrop County. Norbert Winkler won best showman honors.
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C. A. Nelson
Austin American
Elgin
Bastrop County
FFA
Elgin Ffa
Alice Wagner
Bastrop
Charles Kuhn
Paige
Gordon Probst
James Behrens
String Prairie
Norbert Winkler
Smithville
Marvin Willhelm
Frank Voelker
Charles
Robert Kuhn
Billie Joe Willenberger
Heine Neidig
Elgin Fta
Marvin Will- Norbert Winkler
Chinese Reds List 8 Terms For War End
The Chinese Communists publish eight terms for peace, signaling total surrender by Chiang Kai-Shek's regime. Mao Tse-tung, announcing from Yenan, threatens further blows as they claim to have entered Tientsin and call for a democratic coalition government and the abolition of the Kuomintang’s legitimacy.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Tientsin
Shanghai
Mao
Yenan
Kuomintang
Last of AF Funds Spent On New Planes
The Air Force spent the last 109 million dollars of its funds Friday on 158 jet all weather or night fighters and light trainers. Navy spending reached 80 million for planes with presidential approval noted. Air Force bought 48 Northrop F 89 and 110 Lockheed F 94 night fighters. light trainer decision pending likely Fairchild T 31.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Iln
Truman
Northrop
White House
Grumman
Fog Halts Traffic Across Central Texas and Lubbock
Heavy fog blankets Austin area halting buses and delaying flights. Branded routes out of the city, plus routes through Georgetown and Temple, Nix and Greyhound report delays. Forecasters expect lingering fog with clearing by morning. Poor visibility also reported in Lubbock with ice storm remnants fading.
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Waco
Braniff
Greyhound Bus Lines
Georgetown
Temple
Austin Weather Bureau
Central Texas
Lubbock
South Plains
West Texas
Associated Press
Texas
Harry Blanding
Temple Telegram
Antitrust suit challenges AT T and Western Electric
Government files civil antitrust action in Newark New Jersey to break up AT T and Western Electric alleging a conspiracy to monopolize the telephone equipment market. It seeks three competing Western Electric firms and AT T entering the equipment market, arguing higher costs and withheld improvements. The case prompts a stock drop and is defended by AT T and Western Electric executives in New York.
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Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Justice Department
Department
Bell
Federal District Court
Newark
N. J
New York
Leroy A. Wilson
Bell System
Wilson
US to deny arms aid to neutrals in Cold War
The United States announced a policy barring arms or defense supplies to nations staying neutral in the Cold War. State Department spokesman Michael McDermott said Washington lacks surplus weapons to aid countries unwilling to join collective defense with the United States. Officials noted the move counters Swedish reports on possible aid without alliance membership.
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Washington
United States
Michael McDermott
State Department
Department
United Nations
McDermott
Sweden
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Acheson Wins Unanimous Senate Support for Secretary Nomination
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed Dean Acheson for secretary of state in a 13-0 vote after he described communism as fatal to freedom. Swift confirmation is expected in the Senate as he prepares to succeed General George C. Marshall on January 20.
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Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Russia
State Department
Senate
No. 1
George C. Marshall
Truman
Clark proposes broad Wartime espionage law overhaul
Attorney General Clark on Friday night formally proposed tightening espionage laws and legalizing wire tapping for national security. He sent a bill to Speaker Rayburn and Senator McCarran featuring no time limit for espionage indictments, expanded definitions of national defense information, and penalties for mishandling defense material. The plan authorizes wire taps by federal security agencies under AG rules and allows obtained evidence in court for government cases.
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Washington
Clark
United States
FBI
Army
Air Force
Navy
Justice
Aged Woman Marries Negro in Unlikely Wedding
A 90 year old wheelchair bound bride, Mrs Adriana Eugenie Nicholson, wed her 28 year old Negro chauffeur Allan Lee Gastard Woods in Los Angeles after three judges and a chapel cleric refused. The couple pursued a license on their third try following a psychology exam confirming her competence.
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Los Angeles
Adriana Eugenie Nicholson
Allan Lee Gastard Woods
Rumors Claim Tojo Alive Stir Rural Japan
A CAP report from Tokyo dated January 14 describes fantastic rumors among rural Japanese that former Premier Hideki Tojo remains alive. A second rumor suggests Tojo and six other war criminals were hanged, with their remains flown to the United States.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tojo
United States
Truman accepts invitation to inaugural ceremony
President Truman received a formal invitation to his own inauguration and replied that he hopes to be present weather permitting. The invitation was delivered by Melvin Hildreth, chairman of the inaugural committee, with an RSVP request.
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Washington
Truman
HST
Melvin Hildreth
RSVP
Mr. Truman
Indictments in Gonzales cattle rustling case spark wider probe
A Gonzales County grand jury indicted four men on charges of cattle theft and receiving stolen property in a fast moving probe into a suspected regional cattle rustling ring. Texas Ranger Lowman and officers said arrests may expand to LaGrange and other Central Texas counties as investigations continue.
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Gonzales County
Ellison
Clarence Smith
Gonzales
Texas
Lowman
Victoria
Central Texas
LaGrange
Fayette
DeWitt
Hays
Lavaca
Travis
Wman
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