Civil Rights Issue Sparks Texas Congressional Debate
Texas members of Congress face a tight choice on President Truman's civil rights program. Most back continuing current racial customs but prefer states' rights on poll taxes and lynch laws. Key figures include Rayburn and Johnson amid southern protests and two $100 plate dinners with Truman in Washington.
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Tex Easley
Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Congress
Truman
Rayburn
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
House
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Fortune
Megeve Ski Towns Suffer From Mild Winter Snow Shortage
Megeve France reports low spirits due to lack of cold and snow this winter. Tourism revenue from foreign visitors has fallen short, leading to canceled events like the skiing grand prix. Hotels saw far fewer guests with many shops holding unsold goods as cost of living rises. In contrast Greytown Nicaragua records 334 inches of yearly rainfall.
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Megeve
France
Alps
Dudley K Brummett Declares 30th District State Senate Run
Lubbock attorney and World War II veteran Dudley K Brummett announced Saturday his candidacy for state senator from the 30th district. A 28 year old married former tech student and Texas University Law School attendee, he served as a pilot on B 17 missions over Germany and was a POW until the war's end. He pledged to represent all district residents in the Texas Senate and has held roles in the Junior Bar of Texas and local civic groups.
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Daniel
Robert Lee Bobbitt
San Antonio
Laredo
Oscar Holcome
Houston
Richard C. Bush
Waco
Texas
Edgar Witt
Indian Claims Commisser
H. L. Williford
Cal
Judy Balaban
E. V. Headlee
Headlee
Odessa
B. H. Blakeney
Midland
Moss
Olin Johnston
U. S
South Carolina
Johnstons
G. B. Vance
Bryan
Ralph D. Pittman
de Leon
Wichita Falls
Texas State Society
City Hall
Lydia Cage
Division of Child Welfare
State Department of Public Welfare
Austin
Nancy Green
Lubbock County Tuberculosis Association
Harold Martin
Rabb Harrison
Robi. J. Allen
Wm. F. Blakeslee
Herbert Brasher
W. T. Milam
Bill Roberts
O. P. Hawkins
Church Women’s Federation
Gene Quest
Lions Club
Jack Thomas
Jaycees
John W. Wilson
Earl Kerr
Community Chest
Vincel Larsen
Virginia Robinson
L. T. Healer
Department of Welfare
Grace Padley
Lubbock
C. A. Bestwick
John Spikes
Walter Davies
Ottis Isom
Perry Corley
R. O. Short
Miss Cage
Dudley K. Brummett
Army Air Corps
Brummett
Attorney General's Department of Texas
Supreme Court of Texas
Texas Tech
Tech
University of Texas Law School
Army
Mineral Wells
Germany
Hamburg
Senate Hall of Texas
Senate of Texas
Dickens County
Junior Bar of Texas
State Bar of Texas
Junior Chamber of Commerc
The
Methodist Church
Texas Prisoner of War Club
Creeb
Air Corps
United States Army
Albany AFL strike hits two city hotels
AFL workers walk out at the DeWitt Clinton and the Ten Eyck in Albany forcing guests to fend for themselves. Bartenders chefs housemaids and bellhops at DeWitt join 260 Ten Eyck staff who began the walkout last Tuesday night seeking a shorter work week.
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AFL
Albany
DeWitt
Clinton
Ten Eyck
Bishops Press Equality in Black Higher Education
African Methodist Episcopal bishops wrapped a three day Dallas session urging full equality in higher education for Black students. They oppose segregated schools and advocate Negro attendance at the same colleges with the same faculties, citing the need for true parity in opportunities.
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Dallas
U.P
African Methodist Episcopal Church
D. Ward Nichols
New York
University of Texas
Univer of Oklahoma
Texas oilmen complete 100 wells in week
In Austin on February 21 UP-Texas reports 100 wells finished last week to push 1948 totals to 861, surpassing 668 in the same period of 1947. The week included four wildcat oil wells and seventeen gas wells, with 866 oil, gas and dry wells plugged.
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Texas
Austin
Wildcat
Severteen
Chain Gang Fugitive Arrested While Working On Song Puzzle
Robert N. Wade 31 of Orlando Florida was captured in Gloucester after being tracked by police as a Florida chain gang fugitive. He was found at a bar attempting di a grams for the song I'm My Own Grandpaw and admitted escaping from a Tallahassee robbery sentence. Wade said he came north to go straight.
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Gloucester
Mass
Robert N. Wade
Orlando
Fla
Florida
Wade
Tallahassee
Navy Needs 70 000 Recruits by July 1 Says Sullivan
Secretary Sullivan announced the Navy must recruit or reenlist 70 000 men before July 1 due to short term enlistments. Also noted is Lake Titicaca forming part of the Bolivia Peru boundary.
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NAVY
Washington
Sullivan
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia
Peru
House To Become Memorial To Author Of Pledge To The Flag
Melrose Mass February 21 1909 The Upham House built in 1703 is linked to Phineas Upham one of Melrose earliest settlers James Bailey Upham a descendant The Upham Family Society sponsors restoration with an estimated expenditure of 15000 Before completion the project aims to honor the pledge to the flag and note early English marine insurance contracts recorded in 1583.
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Melrose
Mass
Upham
Akea
Phineas Upham
James Bailey Upham
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