Lawmaker Threatens To Leave Legislature On June 17
A veteran House member announced he will quit the Texas legislature on June 17, amid a funding deadlock and rising bills. The unnamed representative cited inadequate pay and hotel costs, while power moves by Rep Jimmy Horang sought to cut budget items to bridge a million revenue gap. House and Senate adjourned after a brief session as leaders weigh a July 1 quitting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Austin American Capitol
House
Jack Ridgeway
San Antonio
House Rules Committee
Jimmy Horang
Archer City
Durwood Manford
Senate
Manford
Allan Shivers
Last public defiance in 1865 Richmond Texas rally
A Georgia paper notes a mass meeting in Richmond Texas denouncing peace with the Yankees. Citizens urged resistance, called for arming Negroes, and urged 80,000 western troops to stand firm while Kirby Smith and Magruder led the last rebels before Texas capitulated to General Granger.
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Georgia
Richmond
Texas
Lee
Mississippi
Kirby Smith
Magruder
Granger
Battleship Texas finances show steady receipts and costs
State Auditor C H Cavness reports Battleship Texas Commission has a 23526 cash balance and earns about 45000 yearly. Donations total 91307 with 92886 in costs for installation and dedication. Operating income 75919 versus maintenance 50813. Audit notes improper social security withholdings and calls for refunds. The ship remains a state shrine with commissioning of a Texas State Guard Reserve unit flagship.
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Austin American
Texas Navy
C. H. Cavness
Texas Commission
Texas
San Jacinto Battlefield
Houston Ship Channel
Texas State Guard Reserve Corps
House Honors Heroes of French Beachhead
Representative R E Blount of Big Spring urged the House to remember D Day five years after Omaha Beach was opened in Normandy. He asked if we have kept faith with the Americans who died in World War II and urged dedicating D Day plus five and every day to preserving the American way of life. The chaplain led a prayer for peace and the House stood.
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R. E
Peppy) Blount
Big Spring
House of Representatives
Omaha
Normandy
Christ
Solon Finds Other States Happy With Drivers Responsibility Law
Rep J K Aynesworth of Waco fights House action on a motorist financial responsibility bill and cites a nationwide poll of insurance commissioners. The survey asserts no rate increases in Idaho Minnesota Illinois North Dakota Virginia Wisconsin Maine Kentucky New Hampshire Colorado Indiana Iowa California Maryland New York and Nebraska.
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Solon
J. K. Aynesworth
Waco
Aynesworth
Durwood Manford
Manford
Idaho
James Hubbard
Minnesota
Armand W. Harris
Illinois
Harry B. Hershey
Department of Insurance
North Dakota
Otto Kruger
Virginia
George A. Bowles
Wisconsin
John R. Lange
Nebraska
Bernard R. Stone
Maine
Guy R. Whitten
Kentucky
Charles J. Baught
New Hampshire
Simon M. Sheldon
Colorado
Luke J. Kavanaugh
Indiana
New York
Robert A. Dineen
Peace time Army draft list shows many eligible yet few called
Col Morris Schwartz of the Texas selective service notes 5 000 potential 1-A draftees aged 19 to 26 grow each month as vacations begin. Federal economy slows drafts. Texas has not shipped draftees since January though 495 000 have registered since last August.
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Austin American Capitol
of Texas
Morris Schwartz
Selective Service
Texas
Congress
Schwartz
11 Year Old Boy Drowns at Granger Reed Lake
An 11 year old boy Barey C. Thomas drowned at Reed Lake Granger around 3 15 p m after lunch and swimming. Firemen Bill Arthur and Hubert Gorubee recovered his body in 13 feet of water about an hour later. Funeral services were incomplete Monday night.
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Granger
Reed Lake
Barey C. Thomas
Bill Arthur
Hubert Gorubee
Asphalt Sources in Lakes and Rock Outcrops
Asphalt is found in lakes and in rock-like outcroppings and is also produced during petroleum refining.
Runnels Field Spacing Adopted by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission on Monday adopted spacing rules for Texas fields. The Gieseche Field in Run nels County uses 560 330 feet spacing after Easter Wood Production Company filed the request. Other orders include 16 acre proration units for Antelope Field in Clay County at Shell Oil Company request, water flooding permission for Lower Marble Falls reservoir under Griffin Sanders and Watson leases in Kirk Field, Coleman County for Coast Oil, and repressure with gas for Queens Land under W L Hobbs Lease at Clara Couch Field Crockett County for McCurdy McElroy joint account.
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Railroad Commission
Gieseche
Runnels
Commission
Antelope
Clay County
Shell Oil Company
Marble Falls
Griffin
Sanders and Watson
Kirk Field
Comanche County
Coast Oil Corporation
Queens
W. L. Hobbs
Clara Couch Field
Crockett County
McCurdy-McElroy
Reappointed To River Panel In Texas
Governor Beauford Jester reappointed three Central Colorado River Authority directors Cal Averett George Pauley and H E Evans for six year terms expiring January 1 1955. He also named and reappointed officials to the Pecos River Compact Commission Texas Municipal Retirement System State Board of Nurse Examiners and the San Antonio River Canal and Conservancy District.
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Beauford Jester Monday
Central Colorado River Authority
Cal Averett
Coleman
George Pauley
Valera
H. E. Evans
Talpa
Texas Municipal Retirement System
State Board of Nurse Examiners
Pecos River Compact Commission
San Antonio River
Port Arthur
Catherine Elizabeth
Fort Worth
State Board of
Nurse Examiners
Frances Brush
Temple
Laura Cole
San Antonio River Canal
Coeducational Baths in Ancient and Medieval Times
The article notes that baths in ancient and medieval periods were commonly used by both men and women, highlighting shared spa practices and social norms of public bathing across eras.
Painter To Speak At Memorial Service In Dallas
Dr. T. S. Painter president of the University of Texas will be the principal speaker at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children memorial service in Dallas next Sunday at 3 15 p m. Bequests will be honored and 15 new benefactors added to the 113 already named including Fred L Gorham of Smithville.
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T. S. Painter
University of Texas
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Dallas
Fred L. Gorham
Smithville
Soul Work and Soul Matter in Village Beliefs
The passage notes headhunting of some tribes to collect soul matter for the stock in village soul belief. It is believed this spiritual stock is necessary for the propagation of animal and cereal life.
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