Thompson urges further slash in crude output
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson proposed a national defence cut of 500000 barrels a day in Texas oil production. The move would double the expected state revenue reduction, and he urged building a reserves up to 1000000 barrels a day while Austin schedules April 19 hearings to reexamine reservoir performance across Texas oil fields.
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Austin American Capitol Staff
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
R. S. Calvert
Thompson
Austin
Battle Over State Labor Statutes Opens With Hearing
A public hearing at 2:30 p.m. before the House labor committee launches a bid to repeal labor laws since 1941. Rep Blake Timmons of Amarillo pushes a revised act and state mediation service while Rep Marshall Bell of San Antonio warns of a hard fight and defends existing protections for union members and the public.
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Austin American Capitol
House Labor Committee
Blake Timmons
Amarillo
Marshall Bell
San Antonio
Timmons
Bell
Hearing on Ballot Slated Thursday
Public hearing at 2 30 p m Thursday before the House privileges suffrage and elections committee on measures to improve ballot secrecy. Bills by McGregor Yezak and Willis aim to let voters keep and identify their own ballot markers, with various methods to conceal numbers and prevent easy poll list linkage.
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Austin American Capitol
League of Women Voters
House
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Committee
Frank B. McGregor
Waco
Herman Yezak
Franklin
Phillip Willis
Kaufman
Willis
Price Daniel
Sleeping Beauty Play Opens at University Junior High
The Children's Theater of the Austin Recreation Department stages Sleeping Beauty dramatized by Charlotte B. Chor at University Junior High School auditorium Friday at 3 45 and 7 30 p m with a Saturday matinee at 2 30 p m Admission is 9 cents for children 25 cents for adults Tickets are sold at the door and through theater members Costumes were made by mothers of the child actors.
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Charlotte B. Chorpenning
University Junior High School
Children’s Theater
Austin Recreation Department
Austin Public Schools
House Swearing Rule Elimination Urged in Texas
Rep George Parkhouse of Dallas proposed a resolution to drop the rule forcing committee witnesses to swear before testimony. He called the requirement embarrassing to constituents and argued witnesses should be able to speak to committees without outside notarized identity proof.
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George Parkhouse
Dallas
Parkhouse
Fall Into Dog Leash Strangles Young Boy
Monterey California reports a fatal toddler accident as 11 year old Jonathan Jenkins dies after falling on a leash that became entangled around his neck while alone at home. Coroner Elmer Machado states the incident occurred when the boy slipped from a stool and his head looped the leash hanging from a window.
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Monterey
Calif
Jonathan Jenkins
Elmer Machado
Matthew C. Jenkins
Farmers Habits Reverse Ruling In Pool Room Beer Vote
Rep Bill Fly of Victoria reminded lawmakers that election days are near and warned that banning beer at pool rooms would hurt country support. The House reconsidered and passed Fly’s plan to permit beer sales in billiard rooms by a 74 to 50 vote.
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Austin American Capitol
House
Bill Fly
Victoria
Fly
Fry
House Panel Approves Sabine River Authority Bill
The House conservation and recreation landmark committee on Wednesday approved a bill to establish a Sabine River Authority for the Sabine watershed. A similar bill moved to a friendly Senate sub-committee for rewriting. Both measures would split the Sabine Neches Conservation District into two districts for the river watersheds.
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House Conservation and Reclamation Committee
Sabine
Senate State Affairs Committee
Sabine-Neches
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Bagwell
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Livingston
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Carter Products, Inc
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