Oilmen attack US crude import policy at IPAA meet
In Fort Worth on October 3, IPAA delegates from 43 states heard officials accuse the government of aiding foreign crude imports at the expense of domestic producers. J E Warren of Midland, elected IPAA president, leads a push for tighter import limits amid forecasts of more and cheaper oil entering the U S market.
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Independent Petroleum Association of America
US Senate
J. E. Warren
Midland
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Warren
Seattle
Wash
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Denver
Colo
Carl B. King Drilling Company
Fred W. Shield
San Antonio
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Shield
Congress
Senate
Russell B. Brown
Washington
Poll Tax Repeal Advocates Form State Committee
A Texas group seeking repeal of the poll tax held a Monday night meeting to plan a state wide campaign ahead of the November constitutional amendment election. Former Mayor Tom Miller was named chairman with Mrs Will T Decherd as co chairwoman and Stuart Long as treasurer.
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Will T. Decherd
Texas Council of Methodist Women
Cochairman
Stuart Long
Fagan Dickson
Harry Griffith
Federated Women's Clubs
G. Ward Moody
American Legion
Bert McDaniel
Waco
Amvets
Creekmore Fath
Democratic Finance Committee
Rogers Kelly
Senate
Brother-in-Law Held In Slaying at Ackerly
Hosea Cobas 32 was killed in a Sunday morning shooting at Ackerly. Calixtro Carrasco 27, Cobas’s brother in law, is held on a murder charge after a dance hall argument. Deputy Jim McCoy reported the incident from Stanton.
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Big Spring
Hosea Cobas
Ackerly
Jim McCoy
Stanton
Calixtro Carrasco
Cobas
Surgeons Meet Here Socialized Medicine Debate
Texas surgeons heard Dan Moody condemn socialized medicine as a march to a totalitarian state and urge more doctors more hospitals and broader health insurance. The Texas Surgical Society meet at Driskill Hotel opened Monday with Dr W W Firor of Johns Hopkins warning that cancer remains largely incurable and that X rays have limited value.
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Dan Moody
Austin
Texas Surgical Society
Driskill Hotel
Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Washington, D. C
Driskill
W. W. Firor
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins
Firor
Former Midland County Clerk William Sparks Dies at 71
William J. Sparks, 71, former Midland County clerk from 1908 to 1917, died Monday. He had led a real estate insurance and abstract firm since 1922.
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Midland
William J. Sparks
Sparks
Eighteen Criminal Cases Scheduled For Trial Friday
Eighteen criminal cases against nine defendants were set for trial Friday in the 126th District Court. Key figures include Raymond M. Hanks of the Corpus Christi field office facing seven indictments for false statements in a refund claim and forgery, with three $1,000 bonds posted Monday. Other defendants face burglary, narcotics, theft, DWI, failure to stop, and swindling charges. The district attorney, Bob Long, lists cases against William B. Croppleman, Charles Scott Dickerson, Henry Sullivan, Perry Dixon Jr., Weldon Johnson, Alton McCarver Jr., David G. Hurry, and Gilbert Grant.
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District Attorney's Office
126Th District Court
Raymond M. Hanks
Corpus Christi
Comptroller's Department
Hanks
Bob Long
William B. Croppleman
Charles Scott Dickerson
Henry Sullivan
Perry Dixon Jr
Weldon Johnson
Alton McCarver Jr
David G. Hurry
Gilbert Grant
Insurance Tax Fight Given Up
Steve Heffington Travis County tax collector has given up collecting 10000 in taxes from Great American Life Underwriters. He transferred case data to Bexar County tax collector and sent a tax notice to the Springfield Ohio company based on 1600000 in securities on deposit with the State Treasurer. Heffington said records show the out of state firm doing business in Texas, while the company claims to be a Texas corporation with a San Antonio home office.
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Steve Heffington
Travis County
Great American Life Underwriters Insurance Corporation
Heffington
Bexar County
Springfield
Ohio
Texas
Body of New Mexico Man Found in Auto
Brownwood Texas October 3 police identified Owen J Carson 55 Artesia New Mexico as the man found dead in a closed automobile with a hose to the exhaust. Cards showed he belonged to the Artesia Kiwanis Club and the Shrine Temple in Albuquerque and an eight page letter was found addressed to relatives.
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Owen J. Carson
Arestia
N. M
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Artesia Kiwanis Club
Shrine Temple
Albuquerque
Taxpayers Rush To Pay 1.28 Million in Travis County
Travis County property owners hurried to pay a 1,277,129 dollar county and state tax bill due on Saturday. Tax Collector Steve Heffington projected about 93 percent total collections, with 751,064 to county government, 438,753 to state, and 87,312 to miscellaneous funds. He will address delinquent taxes after the current rush.
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Steve Heffington
Heffington
Bond Forfeiture Suits Postponed
Four forfeiture suits filed by the district attorney against bondsmen for missing defendants were reset for trial in early December. The actions seek forfeiture of four $500 bonds involving Joe C. Baker, John C. Smith, and Walton Jr. cases. Judge J Harris Gardner ordered the delays to allow bondsmen more time to locate the defendants.
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J. Harris Gardner
53Rd District
Long
Kenneth R. Lamkin
J. L. Reed
Joe C. Baker
Jee
M. L. Eilers
Wright Stubbs
John C. Smith
Eilers
Lillian Eilers
Ae Walton Jr
Central Texas Weather Forecast and River Levels
The Weather Bureau reports Austin area partly cloudy and warm with highs near 101 degrees and lows around 63. Forecasts for surrounding Texas cities list highs and lows, rainfall totals of 0.60 inches in 4 hours and 28.59 inches since January 1, along with Colorado River stage readings at Montopolis 2.6 feet and Lake Buchanan at 1010.62 feet.
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Austin
Texas
Sday
Brownsville
Laredo
Corpus
Colorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Colorado River
Abilene
Fort Worth
Hse
Amarillo
Alveston
Auston
el Paso
Hearing Set on Five Truman Judicial Nominations
Senate judiciary committee announced a public hearing for Wednesday on five federal judge nominations by President Truman. John C. Pickett of Cheyenne Wyoming for the 10th Circuit, Ben Connally and James V. Allred for South Texas district seats, James M. Carter and Harry C. Westover for Southern California district posts. A subcommittee will conduct the hearing.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
President Truman
John C. Pickett
Cheyenne
Wyo
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ben Connally
James V. Allred
Texas
James M. Carter
Harry C. Westover
California
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