Texas leaders push highway funding and social reform
Gov Allan Shivers forms a special committee with private highway interests to craft a road program for the Legislature, backing a one cent gas tax hike. Public safety chief Garrison seeks 200 more highway patrolmen. 470 currently on duty. Also topics include abolishing Corsicana's Orphans Home, new Southeast mental hospital plans, and a Texas School for the Deaf dormitory upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Shivers
Texas Good Roads Association
Homer Garrison, Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
The
Texas Research League
Corsicana
State Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
Alvin H. Burger
Navarro County
Texas
Texas School of the Deaf
Austin
Insurance board faults Texas Mutual case
Associate Justice Robert G. Hughes cites fraud and lax enforcement in Texas insurance laws amid Texas Mutual Insurance Company of Beaumont case. Garland A. Smith says rules changed on real estate asset appraisals, warns laws have loopholes. New officials appointed. political scene grows in June with Shivers and Yarborough campaigns under way.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
Robert G. Hughes
Court of Civil Appeals
Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Beaumont
Garland A. Smith
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Hughes
Smith
Texas
Chisholm Trail book details Missouri Texan clash and cattle
Wayne Gard's The Chisholm Trail chronicles the 1866 to postwar cattle drives from Texas to northern markets. It covers Missouri resistance to Texans, key towns like Abilene Wichita and Dodge City, barbed wire ending frontier paths, and the trail’s lasting impact on beef, railroads, Chicago and Kansas City growth, and Texas recovery after the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Abilene
Kans
Chisholm Trail
Wayne Gard
University of Oklahoma Press
Gard
Dallas Morning News
Newton
Wichita
Caldwell
Ellsworth
Plains
Dodge City
Kan
Texas
Dickinson County
Chisholm
Northern Ranges
Yoming
Chicago
Kansas City
Quick Fountain Pen Repairs at The Standard
Local shop offers fast fountain pen repair services with same day turnaround. Technicians assess nibs, feeds, and ink systems, providing cleaning, adjustment, and minor component replacements to restore writing reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Standard
Rochelle Reservists Sail on Naval Training Cruise
One hundred eighty Naval Reservists from Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas left New Orleans on May 10 for a two week training cruise aboard USS Willett and USS Haas. Among them were Rochelle seamen Junior McCartney and Robert E Brown sons of local residents. The ships visited Miami on May 15 for Armed Forces Day and the reservists returned May 23 to inactive duty.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
New Orleans
Uss Willett
Haas
McCartney
W. J. McCartney
Route 1
Rochelle
Robert E. Brown
John S. Brown
Vera M. Allen
Miami
Railsbacks Headed to Camp Christian at Lake Brownwood
The Railsbacks Ronnie Mary Esther and Railsback left Sunday for Camp Christian at Lake Brownwood for six days of encampment sponsored by the First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Railsback
Ronnie Salter
Mary Esther Railsback
Camp Christian
Lake Brownwood
First Christian Church
Booth-Clibborn Preaches at Braay Gospel Tabernacle
Porland Oregon preacher and Salvation Army descendant William Booth-Clibborn spoke at Braay Gospel Tabernacle last weekend. His lineage traces to founder General William Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle
William Booth-Clibborn
Porland
Oregon
William Booth
The
Salvation Army
Braay
Pear Valley Visitor Returns from Corpus Christi Teaching
Miss Billa White daughter of Mr and Mrs Elward White of Pear Valley visits parents after serving as a teacher in Corpus Christi during the past term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billa White
Elward White
Pear Valley
Vacation trip for Brady couple and Duttons to Arkansas
Mr and Mrs W F Dutton of Brady accompanied their son Harold Dut ton and Mrs Dutton on a vacation trip to Arkansas last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eddie Vincent
Ed Vincent
Reno
Texas
Bonnie
Eddie
W. F. Dutton
Brady
Harold Dutton
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Myra Daniel Weatherford
The Weatherford family expresses sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for the many acts of sympathy shown during their bereavement. The family thanks all who extended kindness and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Daniel Weatherford
Start Treatment Quickly to Remove Clothing Stains
Quick stain removal advice from Texas Agricultural Extension Service emphasizes acting fast. It recommends cold water and warm soap for ice cream, running water for ink before it dries, and a glycerin water mix as an alternative. A booklet on removing stains is available from the Agricultural Information Office at College Station.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Information Office
College Station
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J. W. Reynolds
University of Texas
James B. Marley
Marley
R. A. Wahl
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Peru
Wick Fowler
Wick
Nicaragua
Nicara
Ed Gossett
Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
West Texas
Gossett
Fowler
Cactus Jack
John Nance Garner
Was
United States
Uvard
Ralph W. Hammonds
Lloyd’s of North America Insurance Company
98Th District Court
Houston
John Ben
Shepperd
Attorney General
Mark Wentz
Big Spring
Paul H. Brown
H. C. Pittman
Waco
Industrial Accident Board
Robert L. Hill
Alabama
Korea
Corean Party
St. Louis
Southern Baptist Convention
Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Bob Sawtelle
San Antonio
Sawtelle
Woodville Rogers
BY Martha Cole
Associated Press
McCul
Loch
Jefferson Davis
Commercial National Bank
Brady National Bank
Don F. Johnson
Gibbons Bldg
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co
Dallas, Texas
Burdick
American Legion Auxiliary
Old Cotton Yard
Brady, Texas
Shetland
Rawal Raptadi Mu Ime
Wee Table
Royal
Royal Typewrites Coy
NTA
Nas
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