Tax Hearings Dominate Texas Legislature in April 12 Session
Austin reports a busy day as House and Senate committees advanced tax and redistricting measures. Key actions included hearings on a 2 percent gross receipts tax for airlines and a $5 vehicle levy for buses and street cars, plus a substitute for a constitutional amendment on poll tax exemptions for service members. A redistricting measure and other fiscal proposals moved toward floor action.
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Lubbock
Texas
Austin
House
Senate
House Revenued
Casella Tablets Promised To Restore Youthful Vitality
An advertisement touts Casella Tablets as a simple inexpensive remedy for aging adults seeking renewed vim and zest. It claims nothing harmful, offers a money back guarantee, and notes benefits for both men and women with dosage guidance and drugstore availability.
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Mark Halsey
Adv
Undersecretary of Commerce Resigns
Wayne C. Taylor resigned as undersecretary of commerce and asked President Roosevelt to move him to international economic and social work. Roosevelt nominated Alfred Schindler to succeed him. Taylor, once chosen by Jesse Jones, said he would devote his remaining years to public service in international affairs. Reports say Taylor was to take a post in the State Department or head the Export-Import Bank, where Warren Lee Pierson had just resigned.
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Washington
U.P
Wayne C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Alfred Schindler
St. Louis
Taylor
Commerce
Jesse Jones
State Department
Export-Import Bank
Warren Lee Pierson
German POWs Return to Work After Diet at Camp Pickett
248 German prisoners at Lyndhurst POW camp, mostly Navy men, resumed work after a one day bread and water diet. They had staged a brief sit down strike Monday claiming underfeeding. Camp officials said feeding followed Geneva convention rulings.
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Camp Pickett
U.P
Lyndhurst
Edinburg Man Dies After Car Truck Crash Near Elsa
L G. Hardee, 72, of Edinburg, died in a hospital from injuries in a crash near Elsa. His companion J T. DeLoach, 82, was injured.
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Edinburg
L. G. Hardee
Elsa
J. T. DeLoach
Hardee
Connally Presses U N Council Autonomy For US Delegate
Senator Connally of Texas urged that the US representative on the proposed United Nations council be allowed to vote without reference to Congress. He said prompt emergency action by the council is essential and that US membership is needed to preserve world peace.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
United States
United Nations Council
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
International Rotary Club
Nazi Resistance May Delay Relief Efforts in Europe
United States Congress heard that prolonged resistance by isolated Nazi units could delay UNRRA relief for Europe. Roosevelt reported that Allies must “clean up pockets of resistance” before broader aid arrives, though even full program would supply only two percent of needs. Russia stands as the largest 1944 debt, owing about 1.3 million, with 1945 assessments also unpaid.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
Roosevelt
U. S
UNRRA
Russia
United Nations
Shaw Counsels Caution On War’s End In Europe
In London April 11 George Bernard Shaw said he would not celebrate the end of the European war V‑Day. He warned the war would not be over and would continue long against Japan.
Supreme Court to Review Dallas County Tax Case
On April 11 the Supreme Court agreed to review a Dallas County case raised on state petition, involving payment of the gross receipts tax on motor carriers, after an application by the state.
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Senate
House
Weaver Moore
Houston
Fred Mauritz
Canada
Tribune
Austin
Sen
Wardlow Lane
Panola
L. J. Sulak
LaGrange
James Stanford
Kyle Vick
Waco
Alton York
Bryan
W. C. Graves
Dallas
Supreme Court
Dallas County
Liberated Soldiers Prepare For Leaves
Sixty two American and British soldiers, third largest group of military prisoners, released from Japanese camps in the Philippines, arrived aboard an Army transport to begin home leaves. The group includes 46 Americans and officers such as Maj. John E. Brinkmeyer and Lt. Col. Frank R. Loyd, with listed addresses in San Antonio Corpus Christi Clovis Eliasville and Laredo.
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U.P
Philippines
Wae A. Boyle
Joshua
Tex
John E. Brinkmeyer
Lamont
San Antonio
John E. Carville
North St
Corpus Christi
Jimmie W. Findley
Eliasville
James M. Hamilton
Wallace St
Clovis
N. M
Frank R. Loyd
Thomian Blvd
Clarence A. Wharton
Laredo
Mid-Continent Petroleum declares dividend in May record
Directors of Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp declare a 50 cent per share dividend on the capital stock payable June 1 to stockholders of record May. In prior years 40 cents was paid in June and $1 in December.
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New York
Mid-Continent Petrolum Corp
Car Kills Soldier Near Sand Prairie
On April 11 in Dallas a car struck 4-Sgt. Joseph Rybka and Sgt. William H. Owers while they walked along the highway near Sand Prairie. Rybka died from injuries. the driver fled the scene.
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Dallas
Joseph Rybka
Hensley Field
Sand Prairie
William H.owers
Rybka
KFYO Radio Schedule Listing From The Avalanche Journal
A historical broadcast lineup lists KFYO 1340 on your dial with morning shows such as Musical Reveille News By Air Breakfast Club My True Story Aunt Jemima Housewives Listening Post and Noon News Edition. It also features Afternoon Noon Time Music Markets and various musical variety programs with names like Glamour Manor Hawaiian Echoes and Swingtime.
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Trbursdat
Ocks
Echols
Breakfast Club
Jemima
Housewives
Eds
Tom
Hollywayl Mertin
Glamour Manor
Morton Downey
Star
Everlite Rangers
John B. Kennedy
Snoop
Gcoop
Burnature
Herrice Terry
the Pirates
Dick Tracy
Jack Armstrong
Avenues News
Raymond Gwins
Gilery
Coe i
Renade
America's Town
Fred Werine
Ray Henle
van Cleave
Siqn
Un-Fest tion of the News an's Breakfast in
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a local events gathering titled Un-Fest tion of the News an's Breakfast in. The readable text hints at a community meeting or social breakfast with informal discussion.
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The
Newsan
Mexican Air Force 201st Squadron Joins MacArthur Forces
Mexico City reports the 201st squadron the first overseas unit of the armed forces has been incorporated with General MacArthur's forces. The government announced the integration today.
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Mexico City
Mexican Air Force
Mexico
MacArthur
New Redistricting Bill Moves Onto House Calendar
A Texas redistricting bill, approved by the committee, advances to the House calendar. The substitute by Rep. S. J. Isaacks keeps large counties from gaining seven seats, preserves big city representation, and leaves 119 of 127 districts unchanged.
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Austin
House of Representatives
House
Harley Sadler
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
Hilton separations end six months apart in El Paso
C N Hilton and his wife Sam Gabor Miss Hungary of 1936 have signed a separation and property agreement after a six month separation in El Paso. The hotel operator and his wife are named in the accord.
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Hiltons
EL Paso
C. N. Hilton
Sam Gabor
Hungary
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