Hustler Gives Unofficial Badge To Governor Jester
Governor Beauford Jester accepts a playful unofficial badge from Charles Silvers amid a Capitol stroll. The hustler assures the gesture is not a bribe and praises the governor as a servant of the people. Silvers hints at a hustler concession at the governor’s ball later that night.
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Robert Looney
Austin American
Beauford H. Jester
Capitol Walk
Congress Avenue
Charles Silvers
Silvers
Beauford
Jester
Peoples
Ballistics Report Due In Teen Death Probe
A ballistics report on bullets that killed 15 year old Maxine Ragsdale is expected Wednesday by the State Department of Public Safety. Justice of the Peace Frank W. McBee forwarded the bullets to state laboratories Tuesday for testing along with fingerprints from a .22 caliber single shot rifle found in the death car.
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Maxine Ragsdale
State Department of Public Safety
Justice of the Peace
Frank W. McBee
Actress Joanne Dru Sues for Divorce from Dick Haynes
Actress Joanne Dru files for divorce from singer Dick Haynes alleging cruelty and seeks custody of three children. She requests $5,000 monthly support and $25,009 in attorney fees, with $3,000 for herself and $2,000 for the children. They married in New York on Sept. 21, 1941 and separated Dec. 30.
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Los Angeles
Joanne Dru
Superior Court
Dick Haynes
Miss Dru
Haymes
Richard
Joanna
Barbara
New York
Bill Lets Texas Millionaires Gift to Schools
Representative James K. Presnal of College Station plans a House bill to remove legal doubts about gifts to educational institutions. He notes there is no statute authorizing schools to accept gifts and says the bill would clear the way for capitalists to donate freely. He expects no opposition in the Legislature.
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Austin American Capitol
Texas
James K. Presnal
College Station
Texas A&m
Presnal
Hummingbirds Named World’s Smallest Birds
The smallest birds in existence are hummingbirds and they are found only in the New World.
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New World
Texas Faces Deep Freeze and Snow Across Regions
A Midwest blizzard ushers in a new hard freeze across Texas Panhandle and West Texas. Temperatures drop to 10 to 32 degrees with winds up to 40 mph in Amarillo. Snow and ice affect roads and schools. San Angelo reports outages while El Paso enjoys sun breaks.
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Centex
Midwest
Amarillo
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Dallas-Fort Worth
South Plains
West Texas
Texas
San Angelo
Dallas
el Paso
San Antonio
Bryan
Houston
Rio Grande Valley
Wichita Falls
Labor Opposed To Appointment Of Ben Ramsey
Texas labor groups oppose Gov Beauford H Jester's plan to name Ben Ramsey secretary of state Ramsey, a former state senator, faced objections from organized labor who warned of hostile filings and sympathy strike limits The governor planned to send the nomination to the Senate for confirmation and Brown's possible fate as state fire insurance commissioner was also discussed.
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Associated Press
S&s
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Paul Brown
Harlingen
Ramsey
Joe T. Steadham
Brotherhood of Railroad
Organized Labor
Secretary of State
Steadham
Joint Railway Labor Legislative Board
Senate
Jester
House
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
Brown
Marvin Hall
Brownsville
Western Powers impose counter-blockade on Soviet Berlin sector
Berlin January 18 Western Powers began a counter-blockade on the Soviet sector of Berlin. No shipments from the three Western sectors may enter the Russian sector without a permit issued by the Western authorities.
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Berlin
Jester Outlines Texas Reform Plan For Efficient Government
Shivers former Port Arthur senator turned lieutenant governor pitched a seven point program to revamp Texas government to boost efficiency. He argued against judiciary and executive overreach and urged a full time legislature annual budgeting a legislative council and longer tenure for officials to balance state and federal powers while limiting local encroachment.
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Shivers
Port Arthur
Jester
Texas
6200 to Hear Guest Tonight at Austin Events
The guest attends a series of official and social events in Austin including Capitol receptions and inaugural balls. He is to be introduced at the Exchange Club and Lions Club, with honors from Governor Jester and a Texana gift from Mayor Pro Tem Glass.
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Austin
Capitol
Exchange Club
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Country Ub
Beauford Jester
Taylor Glass
Guest
University of Texas
Gregory Gym
San Antonio
Fred W. Catterall Jr
W. Luther Thompson
Catterall
E. P. Cravens
Charles Sumners
Daniel E. Grieder
Jester Hosts Inaugural Reception Week in Austin
The Jester led inaugural events in Austin with receptions at the Country Club and Capitol, a grand march at Gregory Gym, square dances at the Union Building, and balls at Dorie Miller Auditorium Stephen F. Austin and Driskill Hotels. More than 100 volunteers aided General Chairman Nash and Vice Chairman Perry.
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Gregory Gym
Union Building
Dorie Miller Auditorium
Stephen F. Austin and
Driskill
Austin
James P. Nash
E. H. Perry
Edward Clark
George B. Butler
Nick J. Ferris
K. L. Berry
Roger Busfield
Harold Hoefgen
Charles E. Green
J. C
Rash of Secret Vote Bills Loom in Texas Legislature
In the Texas Legislature a push toward secret balloting gains momentum with plans to alter ballots by blackened corners or perforations. Voter fingerprint schemes and statewide voting machines are discussed as methods to ensure ballot secrecy.
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Texas
Polio Strikes Two and Half Year Old Robert Wallace
Two and a half year old Robert H Wallace diagnosed with infantile paralysis at Brackenridge Hospital. An iron lung and respirator are ready outside his room and three polio nurses assist him, funded by the March of Dimes. The campaign shows slow progress toward its goal as the county records its second polio case this year, with a prior fatal incident.
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Robert H. Wallace
Robert
Harden Wallace
Brackenridge Hospital
March of Dimes
Max Werkenthin
Lewis F. Hatch
Travis County
Weather Freeze Impacts Texas Crops and Livestock
County agents report varied effects from recent moisture and freezes across Texas. Oats and wheat weathered the storm in Burnet, grain patches improved in Fredericksburg, and ice aided small grains in Blanco. Stock tanks stayed dry in some areas while Bastrop and Lee counties saw water in tanks and relief for winter feeds.
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J. C. Sawyer
Burnet
Fredericksburg
Henry Grote
Blanco County
O. L. Patterson
Patterson
San Saba County
A. B. Ford
Lee County
B. O. Spivey
C. A. Stone
Bastrop
Lockhart
Bob Mason
Llano County
C. V. Robinson
Two-Truck Collision Kills Seven Near Coalinga
Seven people were killed and four injured in a two truck crash at an intersection five miles east of Coalinga California. Police said one truck carried about 10 people believed to be a family of Mexican cotton pickers. The other driver died. Among the dead were four children a girl about 17 and an older woman.
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Coalinga
Calif
Jack Carrington
Fresno
Austin Veteran Lost in Scotland in B29 Crash
First Lieutenant Robert A. Fritsche of Austin, a WWII bombardier, was aboard a B29 that crashed near Lochgoilhead Scotland. Twenty Americans were killed. survivors unlikely. Fritsche formerly trained at Scampton England and Salina Kansas, later returning to Austin after service and working at Capitol Chevrolet.
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Austin
Scotland
Robert A. Fritsche
R. W. Fritsche
East 50Th Street
Lochgoilhead
England
3011St
Scampton Field
Lincolnshire
Salina
Kaw
Fritsche
RAF
Europe
Yugoslavia
Capitol Chevrolet
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Julie Ann
Texas
Lutheran Concordia College
Tips Engine Works
Frank
Clarence
Norris
Leroy
Marvin
Gilbert
Gerald
Beulah Fay
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Charles Richardson
Cook Funeral Home
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Richardson
Weed-Corley
E. L. Sparks
Wayne Browning
David Boatright
George Schwarzer
Don Kuykendall
Ed Mansfield
Darneil Mansfield
Westbrook Radio Clinic
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Everett Westbrook
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Dallas Weather Bureau
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Country Club
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March OF Dimes Hope
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Contexas
Roy Huckabee
Georgetown
LaGrange
Henry Tischler
E. Mary
Merrill Lynch
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