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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
2
The Agriculture Department announced it will support the 1949 grain sorghum crop at 70 percent of the April 15 parity price. The 1948 crop support was $2.31 per hundred pounds, or 77 percent of the 1948 parity price.
The Texas tidelands case moves to the U.S. Supreme Court for March 28 as Attorney General Tom Clark seeks permission to sue Texas over 3,000,000 acres of submerged land. The hearing will decide Supreme Court jurisdiction and bypassing lower courts with a similar Louisiana action set for the same day.
Representative Miller B. Walker paused action on his bill to legalize billiard rooms as objections focus on a beer sale clause. He promised to return with changes and seek a vote on Tuesday after further negotiations.
The County Court at Law faced a flood of twelve DWI complaints from city and state patrols after a wet weekend. Two amendments clash over billiard room sales and a 21 year age minimum. House already passed Miller's second reading bill as dry forces oppose the beer sales provision. The measure would tax each billiard table with revenue split between cities and state, estimated at 1 to 3 million annually.
State Auditor Cavness urged major overhauls in the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and the parole division of the secretary of state. He recommended transferring the parole division to the board and criticized inconsistent parolee reporting and incomplete records. Cavness noted 105 clemency violators unapprehended as of Aug 31, 1948 and proposed 20 parole offices to oversee about 100 parolees each.
Dr. N. Jay Rogers of Beaumont resigned from the State Board of Optometry Examiners alleging unfair treatment of applicants and calling for legislative reforms and a full probe of board complaints. Governor Beauford H. Jester accepted the resignation as the Senate countdown toward confirmation ended without action. He and his brother own the Texas State Optical Company with offices in major Texan cities.
Benjamin R. Wood aged 66, chief of the engineering division of the North Pacific Division of the Corps of Engineers, died suddenly aboard a train from Washington to Portland Sunday.
The Brazos River District warns it may default on bonds this year and halt its entire construction program unless the Legislature appropriates 509000 in tax donations not levied. Attorney John D. McCall says four dams and power facilities at Whitney Dam could be halted if default occurs. The district faces a Supreme Court ruling on pledged credit and notes ad valorem taxes exceed a 20 year donation.
Senator G. C. Morris pushes a bill to allow Texans to buy full coverage wind and hail insurance. The measure, set for debate March 21, would remove existing deductibles of 50 and 100 dollars, letting anyone pay for full protection.
Texas Good Neighbor Commission faces abolition despite a House investigating committee report on alleged racial discrimination in Three Rivers. Rep. J. F. Gray vows to press the bill regardless. The committee’s Three Rivers hearing extends 15 days with no report Tuesday. Latin Americans accuse a Three Rivers funeral home chapel denial for Felix Longoria burial.
Senator Carlos Ashley led a move under the last half of session rule to suspend a constitutional provision to allow a general bill. A four-fifths vote is required. The House delayed applying the rule to its bills for 14 days. Ashley won a 27 to 0 vote for the measure aimed at revising hearing procedures in suspension cases for dentists, prompted by the State Board of Dental Examiners.
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