Visible equipment grant sought for soil conservation program
Temple lawmakers push a 10 million dollar state grant to purchase visible soil conservation equipment. Sen W A Shofner and Rep Lamar Zivley lead the measure in the Senate and House respectively, arguing the nonrecurring grant would boost statewide conservation, rainfall management and federal cooperation.
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Fred Williams
Austin American Capitol
Temple
State Soil Conservation Service
W. A. Shofner
Wing
Lamar Wivney
Shofner
Zivley
Soil Conservation Service
Texas
State Soil Conservation Board
Car Accident Victim Identified as Mrs Heisinger
A woman injured in a January car crash in Galveston was identified as Mrs. Mickey Heisinger 24 of Houston. She remains unconscious in a local hospital after the vehicle driven by two sailors went over a seawall and burst into flames, with prior purse clues giving conflicting names.
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Galveston
Mickey Heisinger
Houston
State Aid Ceiling Hike Plans Aided By Hiked Rolls
The State Department of Public Welfare reports rolls growing by 900 people per month, threatening to erode the $35 million annual aid limit for old age, blind, and dependent children. Legislators push to remove the ceiling via constitutional amendment while officials warn of looming budget strain if funds don’t rise.
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Austin American Capitol
John Winters
State Department of Public Welfare
Winters
Senate
R. L. Proffer
Justin
Charles R. Jones
Bonham
General Revenue Fund
Texas
Election Code Revision Bill Drawn Up
A Texas Senate bill by Jimmie Phillips and a companion House bill by Tom Whiteside propose appointing a three member committee to revise digest and recodify all election laws. The plan envisions a governor lieutenant governor and speaker chosen panel paid 25 dollars daily from a 17000 dollar appropriation.
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Texas
Senate
Jimmie Phillips
Angleton
Tom Whiteside
House
Beauford Jester
Whiteside
Phillips
Police Car and Bike Auction Nets $298
A police auction at M. O. Browning's on Sixth and Red River Streets raised $298.25 for the city. Four of six autos were bought by Browning, including a 1933 Plymouth coupe and a 1933 Ford coach. Bicycles and parts brought the remainder as buyers such as Sam Novy and H. A. Culpepper purchased items.
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M. O. Browning
Sixth
Red River Streets
R. D. Thorp
Browning
Sam Novy
H. A. Culpepper
Joe Cook
Tom Kouri
State Guard Board To Meet Saturday
Members of the Governor's State Guard Advisory Board will meet Saturday morning and hold a joint session Saturday afternoon with the executive committee of the Texas State Guard Association. They will be luncheon guests at noon at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel with listed officers including Lt Gen Claude V. Birkhead Brig Gen J Watt Page Col Ike Ashburn Col Kirk Mallory Col Ernest K White Col Ray C Allen Col Lloyd M Bentsen Col S N Ekdahl Col Edward D Konken Col Allen D Rooke Maj Gen K L Berry adjutant general and Brig Gen William H Martin assist adjutant general attending.
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Governor's State Guard Advisory Board
Texas State Guard Association
Stephen F. Austin
Claude V. Birkhead
J. Watt Page
Ike Ashburn
Kirk Mallory
Ernest K. White
Ray C. Allen
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Jefferson Chemical plans July research in Austin labs
Jefferson Chemical Company will install equipment in newly located Austin research laboratories and begin its work program in July. Renovation of the Holland Page buildings at the Holland Page plant starts in February under the Austin Development Foundation oversight. Charles H. Novotny will supervise remodeling to ready for lab equipment. about 75 technical staff families will relocate from New York and Port Neches after schools close for summer, with a payroll estimate of 1,000,000. Colonel Willard Chevalier of McGraw-Hill Publications is invited to visit Austin for a public address.
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Jefferson Chemical Company
Holland Page
Austin Development Foundation
Austin Hotel
Charles H. Novotny
Austin
New York
Port Neches
Jefferson
C. B. Smith
Willard Chevalier
McGraw-Hill Publications
Lawmakers to Lead Bastrop Lee Delegation Against Camp Swift Plan
Senator William T. Moore and Representative Harry Whitworth will head a 50 man Bastrop and Lee Counties delegation to protest the Swift Camp acquisition by the State Game Commission. They will urge returning land to original owners rather than creating a state game preserve. The Bastrop lead is Bower Crider with Lee County’s W H Joiner will lead their group.
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Austin
Bastrop
Logan
Game Commission
Howard Dodgen
Bower Crider
Lee County
W. H. Joiner
Giddings
Music Teachers To Meet for Woodwind Clinic in Georgetown
Three Central Texas towns Georgetown Taylor and Temple host a one day woodwind clinic in Georgetown on January 29 conducted by University of Texas oboe instructor Joseph Blankenship. Teachers and students will join discussions and observe demonstrations as part of UT music department consultant services.
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Central Texas
Georgetown
Taylor and Temple
University of Texas
Joseph Blankenship
University
Blankenship
Valier Returns from Official Mission in European Production Study
Valier has just returned from an official mission focused on studying production activities in Europe. The trip examined industry practices, logistics, and potential collaborations for future projects and policy insights.
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Valier
Europe
Bill to create five man highway commission for Central Texas
Senator W. A. Shofner of Temple plans a pet bill to replace the three member highway board with five members. He proposes five districts North South East West Central Texas with one representative from each district. He argues Central and North Texas are currently excluded from representation and notes differing social and economic conditions among regions.
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Austin American Capitol
W. A. Shofner
Temple
Texas
Shofner
Commission
Central
North Texas
Waco
City Attorney Sidelined By Illness Pleurisy Attack
Assistant City Attorney W. T. Williams Jr. directed city legal affairs as Trueman O'Quinn was ill at home with a pleurisy attack and influenza. He had been sick since last weekend and remained away Thursday.
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W. T. Williams Jr
Trueman O'Quinn
O’quinn
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