Six Year Old Admission Bill Expands School Entry
Texas bill by Rep Edwin O Nimitz would let all children who turn six by December 31 enroll in September, affecting about 8000 pupils and adding nearly 500000 dollars in state funds. He says the change drops age disparities without major burden to districts. The measure joins the Jefferson Orange delegation including Sen Jep S Fuller and Reps W C Ross Sr and Edgar L Berlin.
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Capitol
Texas
Edwin O. Nimitz
Orange
Nimitz
Rep. Nimitz
All New
Jefferson-Orange
Jep S. Fuller
Port Arthur
W. R. Cousins Jr
W. C. Ross Sr
Beaumont
Edgar L. Berlin
Port Neches
Quick Cure Claim for Creomulsion Bronchitis Relief
An advertisement urges prompt treatment of bronchitis and chest colds with Creomulsion. It promises quick action at the source, non narcotic formula, and a money back guarantee if not pleased after use by millions of customers.
Mad Dog's Bite Fails To Stop Orson Welles
Orson Welles, in Rome, says he must finish filming Othello despite a stray dog bite. The dog, shot by police after nipping others, was found rabid. Welles has 14 remaining injections to complete the anti rabies course.
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Orson Welles
Rome
Italy
Welles
Austinite Partial Victor in Appeals Court Decision
The Third Civil Appeals Court reversed a 53rd District Court judgment in Austin in a dispute over a promissory note. H R Lanford sued S B Parsons for note payment while Parsons argued lack of consideration and breach of an agreement restraining Lanford and Don Lanford from representing firms selling to Texas state bodies. The court ordered verdict for Lanford on the note minus proven damages, with a dissent by Justice Gray.
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Capitol
Third Civil Appeals Court
District Court
H. R. Lanford
S. B. Parsons
Austin
Lanford
Don Lanford
Robert G. Hughes
Raymond Gray
Washington Calls State Rail Panel
Texas Railroad Commission members have been called to Washington to consult Thursday with federal authorities on Texas oil production for national defense. Chairman Olin Culberson said the Petroleum Administration for Defense asked the three Texas officials to meet in Washington and they would travel from Houston after the statewide February disarrangement meeting ends Wednesday.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Washington
Texas
Olin Culberson
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Houston
Austinite Named Parks Head Aide
R L Barlow of Austin was named assistant executive director of the State Parks Board to succeed the late J L Goode. Executive Director Gordon K Shearer announced Fred McNiel will head construction and maintenance and FE B Camrade office operations with W R Orr named concessions auditor. Parks Board members conferred with legislators on plans to provide park facilities for Negro citizens and said further area investigations will be made.
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R. L. Barlow
Austin
State Parks Board
J. L. Goode
Gordon K. Shearer
Fred McNiel
FE. B. Camrade
W. R. Orr
Princess Margaret Scolded Over Fox Hunt at Pytchley
London reports Princess Margaret faced censure from royal committee after attending a fox hunt with the Pytchley foxhounds on January 6. The resolution says she cannot be aware of broad British opposition to fox hunting and would have acted differently if informed of public sentiment.
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London
Margaret
Ticis
League
Pytchley
Britain
February Break for Texas Capitol Workers
February offers a short 18 work day period with two holidays on the 12th and another date, plus weekends. State departments will observe holidays while packing 44 hours into five days, aligning toward a 40-hour five-day week as the expected next step after the last Legislature.
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Capitol
Texas Capitol
Del Rio Accident Fatal To Junction Grid Star
Junction High School halfback Charles Brite died in Del Rio hospital from injuries from a traffic crash Sunday. He was son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Brite of Junction. Four other Junction youths were injured when the car struck a tree.
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Junction
Charles Brite
del Rio
H. B. Brite
Jack Holt Seriously Ill in Santa Monica
Hollywood star Jack Holt 62 suffers heart ailments after a heart attack before the holidays and another recently. Doctors keep him under an oxygen tent as son Tim Holt, also a western film star, stays by his bedside in Santa Monica California.
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Jack Holt
Santa Monica
Calif
Holt
Tim Holt
Bids Sought on Centex Highway Projects
The Texas Highway Commission asked for bids January 23 to 24 for 381 miles of new highways totaling about 8.75 million dollars. Most are farm to market roads with 19 miles not. Three Fort Worth expressways account for about 4.23 million of the total. In Central Texas Williamson County features six miles of Farm Market Road 1331 from US 190 near Thrall to Hare, while Bastrop County plans seven and a half miles of Farm Market Road 1379 from US 290 to near String Prairie.
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Capitol
Texas Highway Commission
DeWitt C. Greer
Fort Worth
Central Texas
Williamson County
Thrall
Hare
Bastrop County
String Prairie
Kimble Stock Show Auction Sees Record Prices
At the Kimble County Junior Livestock Show Auction in Junction on Wednesday, 58 rams averaging 106 pounds sold for an average of 88 cents per pound, up from last year's 50 cents. The top price reached $1.47 per pound paid by the Junction Company for a 121 pound ram consigned by the Junction School.
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Junction
Ble County
Junction Company
Sabie Geen
First municipally owned airport established at Coeur d'Alene
The article notes the creation of the first municipally owned airport in the United States at Coeur d'Alene Idaho marking a pioneering public aviation facility.
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United States
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Unusual Texas Will Contest Accepted by High Court
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to review an El Paso will contest over Kah Burkett Grubbs. Relatives allege incapacity and undue influence and seek to exclude the will in favor of executrix Billive Slauson.
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Texas Supreme Court
Kah Burkett
Kah Burkett Grubbs
Billive Slauson
Omar H. Burkett
el Paso
el Paso Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Veterans Affairs Panel to Meet in Laredo
The Texas Veterans Affairs Commission will hold its next meeting in Laredo on February with a public hearing on the opening night inviting veterans to present their problems. State Chairman Rene Garza of Zapata announced the plan.
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Laredo
INS
Texas Veterans Affairs Commission
Rene E. Garza
Zapata
Tablets for adults and dosage details unclear
Fragmentary note mentions tablets for adults and a dosage question with unclear context. No identifiable names, places, or organizations are present to confirm specifics.
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