Statewide game bills face hurdles in 51st session
Federation backed universal fishing license would replace all special licenses at 1.65 with exemptions for under 17 and residents not using artificial baits. Regulatory powers measure would create a State Game Commission with biologist recommendations. Universal hunting license would issue two deer tags and crack down on tag laxity to curb depredations.
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Department of the Interior
99 Year Sentence Upheld in Beer Tavern Shooting
The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the conviction and 99 year sentence of Zara Modgling for the pistol slaying of Ray Roberts last June 19. The slaying followed an argument in a beer tavern between Temple and Belton where Modgling worked, court records show. The court found the state's evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Zara Modgling
Ray Roberts
Temple
Belton
Secret ballot hearing set by House panel thisThursday
The House privileges suffrage and elections committee meets at 2:30 pm to discuss a secret ballot bill with the Texas League of Women Voters backing Phil Willis and Doyle Willis. Proposals include perforated stubs and identification held by voters, plus two alternative ballot bills by McGregor and Yezak.
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Public Health Committee
Jim Lindsey
W. R. Chambers
Petticoat Lobby
Texas League of Women Voters
Phil Willis
Kaufman
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Frank McGregor
Waco
Colorado
Herman Yezak
Franklin
Exchange Club Hears Dr Edwin H. Rian
Dr Edwin H. Rian of Trinity University San Antonio spoke at the Exchange Club on How to Keep America Free. He tied the four freedoms to a Moses decalogue and argued life family private property and a good name protect liberty and fight man centered philosophy leading to slavery and communism.
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Moses
Edwin H. Rian
Trinity University
San Antonio
Exchange Club
Rian
America
49 Persons To Take US Tests Saturday
Forty nine stenographers and 89 typists are set to take civil service exams Saturday at 8:30 a m at Nixon Clay College. Examinations for seamstresses meat market supervisors telephone operators and office appliance repairmen at Camp Hood were announced. Additional tests include radio engineers for Washington D C and nationwide, and for teachers and teacher advisers in Indian Affairs bureaus for Alaska and other states. Further details and forms available from A E Davis at the Austin Post Office.
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A. E. Davis
Civil Service Commission
Camp Hood
Washington, D. C
United States
55 Year Sentence For Boy Upheld
The court upheld the 55 year penitentiary sentence for 17 year old Isaac Roberts of Cleburne convicted of murder in the death of his uncle Marvin Pitts on June 16, 1946. Roberts, on parole from Gatesville Training School for Boys, was under Pitts custody at the time and claimed he was not quite 15 then. Records show he was 17 on June 21, 1948, and tried July 7 that year. rehearing was denied.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Isaac Roberts
Cleburne
Roberts
Marvin Pitts
Gatesville
Pitts
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