Four Legislature Seats Up for Special Election on Nov 8
The November 8 election will fill at least four legislative vacancies. In East Texas, the district including Anderson Freestone Henderson Kaufman Navarro elects a successor to Senator James E Taylor. House seats for Nokes and Willis vacancies draw candidates Fred Meredith and others. Districts Bailey Briscoe Castro Floyd Hale Lamb Palmer Swisher cover the remainder.
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Associated Press
State Board of Education
James E. Taylor
East Texas
Anderson
Freestone
Henderson
Kaufman
Navarro
George Nokes
Corsicana
Phil Willis
I B. Holt
Olton
Fred Meredith
Terrell
Willis
Kaufman County
Austin
Nokes
Holt
O. F. Dent
Spring Lake
Harold M. LaFort
Plainview
Joe Jennings
Bailey, Briscoe
Castro
Floyd
Hale
Lamb, Palmer
Swisher Counties
Hoboes to Convene in Rochester This Week
Rochester news brief notes the annual hoboes convention opening Thursday with about 200 members expected. Jeff Davis, king of the hoboes, says many delegates will attend despite reluctance to conventional work while some have prospered enough to travel by air.
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Rochester
N. Y
Jeff Davis
Knights of the World
Texas beer tax drops as cigarettes and liquor rise
Texas beer tax stamps fell by about one quarter due to heavy prior purchases, while cigarette and liquor stamp tax revenues increased in August. Treasurer Jesse James reported cigarette taxes at 2,142,902 and liquor stamps at 557,763, with total three month average near 36 million annually.
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Austin American Capitol
Jesse James
Treasury
Texas
All Leather Shoe C and C Value Offer
An all leather shoe advertised at 2.98 includes heel cover and platform. Describes black or brown elk finished leather in AA to B width sizes 4 to 9. Promotes suitability with suits and sport dresses and highlights coin dex perforations and wedge heel platform.
Texas Begins Billion-Dollar Biennium With Administrative Overhaul
The state starts its first 1 billion dollar biennium amid sweeping reforms. Half the workers move to a five day work week as new boards take over eleemosynary affairs and the University of Texas medical branch expands with Southwest Medical Foundation in Dallas.
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Gainesville
Gatesville
Brady
Gilmer-Aikin
Southwest Medical Foundation Medical College
Dallas
University of Texas
Lamar College At
Beaumont
E. V. Spence
Board of Water Engineers
Tri-State Water Compact Commissioner
General Land Office
New
Veterans Land Board
The
Land Office
Eleemosynary
Board of Control
Hospitals and Special Schools Board
Hearing on Race Wire Postponed in Texas Suit
A temporary injunction hearing to halt transmission of horse race news in Texas has been postponed to Sept. 7. The suit by Attorney General Price Daniel targets Western Union Telegraph Co and A G Coggins of Little Rock. The delay was mutually agreed to allow more witnesses from Panhandle to Beaumont.
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Associated Press
Texas
126Th District Court
Jack Roberts
Price Daniel
Western Union Telegraph Company
A. G. Coggins
Little Rock
Ark
Attorney General's Department
Panhandle
Beaumont
Willis Gresham
Gresham
Roberts
Western Union and
Coggins
State Wins Award For Driver Training
Texas received a national meritorious award from the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies in New York for its high school driver education program. Governor Sniv ers office was notified. The state reports 364 high schools teaching driver education to 24,023 students and over 500 teachers qualified to teach in special college courses.
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Austin American Capitol
Texas
Allan Snivers
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
New York
Texas Safety Association
Bascom Giles Sets Hearing on Ransom Island Park Lease
Land Commissioner Bascom Giles schedules a hearing for Sept 7 in Aransas Pass to decide if the 200 acre Ransom Island can remain a public park under a 50 year lease granted to Aransas Pass. The hearing assesses if conditions to reinstate Kier’s lease have been met after delays caused by a 1942 hurricane.
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Austin American Capitol
Bascom Giles
Ransom Island
Aransas Pass
City of
Ray E. Xier
Giles
Kier
Austin CAP Lights High Goal for 1949
Bill Lacy proposed high goals for the Austin Civil Air Patrol and praised the Colorado Wing at Lowry Air Forces Base Col as the nation's top unit after a summer encampment at Tinker Field Okla. Lacy led Austin cadets. cadets Bill Enders Jr and Sidney Wilson reported on camp activities. courses included jet aviation flying safety and military drill. The Austin CAP will elect officers at the September 14 meeting.
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Bill Lacy
Austin
Civil Air Patrol
Tinker Field
Oklo
Lacy
CAP
Colorado
Lowry Air Forces Base
Col
Bill Enders Jr
Sidney Wilson
Austin Cap
Union and Employers Pessimistic on Dock Strike Talks
In Honolulu the union and employers tempered optimism about the New York negotiations set to begin September 7 to end Hawaii's dock strike. The 123 day strike continues as both sides agreed to meet with US Mediator Cyrus Ching, following the CIO Longshoreman’s and Warehousemen’s Union initial optimism about securing peace on the mainland.
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Honolulu
New York
Hawaii
Cyrus Ching
CIO International Longshoremen’s and
Arrest of Beaumont man in fatal hatchet attack
Galveston police seize Abbie Mouton 31 accused of beating another Black man to death and splitting his skull with a hatchet. The arrest comes after weeks of statewide pursuit.
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Galveston
Abbie Mouton
Beaumont
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