Governor Stevenson Proposes $71 Million Texas Budget Plan
Governor Coke R. Stevenson recommends $71,000,000 for state operations over the next two years, about $9,000,000 above current appropriations. He urges funding for old age assistance, higher salaries for low wage workers, and higher pay for rural teachers, plus postwar economic planning and highway construction. He outlines tax readjustments and legal reforms while promising further recommendations on gas conservation and insurance tax. The message stresses wartime priorities and a coordinated plan with lawmakers.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Board of Control
Economic Planning Commission
State Service Office
Texas
Romance With POW Affects Geneva Rules Probe
Nineteen year old Eva claims engagement to Italian prisoner Delfino Rosatti, 24, interned at Chambersburg Pa. Army officials say the marriage may violate the Geneva convention and provost marshal general edicts. Fort Slocum officers note POWs should be repatriated in their captured status. Rosatti was captured in Tunis.
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White Plains
N. Y
Eva
Chambersburg
Fort Slocum
Corp
Delfino Rosatti
Tunis
Improbable Cotton Fabric Rise Warned by WPB
Washington January 11 The War Production Board predicts civilian cotton fabrics will not increase until after Europe hostilities end. WPB cotton chief George H Lanier Jr says limited supply may persist due to ongoing military demand and relief needs in liberated areas. He cites industry manpower shortages as the main obstacle.
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Washington
War Production Board
Europe
George H. Lanier, Jr
WPB
Lanier
Tires Scattered After Truck Door Opens on Highway
Officers search for dozens of tires strewn along the Idna to Victoria highway after the Brown Motor Express truck rear door swung open. A dozen tires were recovered by finders.
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Victoria
Idna
Wool Vest With Pockets Saves 10 American Airmen
Ten airmen survived a sea jump thanks to an old wool vest improvised with pockets by bombardier Lt. Louis Jones and his wife. They stored sulfa drugs bandages morphine syrette a knife and fishing tackle in the vest used by Lt. Joe E. Phalon after his crew mate’s plane failed. Phalon and nine others were rescued after jumping from a B 29 base overseas.
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Pratt, Kan
Louis Jones
Pratt Army Air Base
Jones
Joe E. Phalon
Phalon
Subzero Wave Over Midwest Abating
Subzero weather largely ended across the Midwest as temperatures rose from the Dakotas to Oklahoma. Forecasters predicted a mild spell for several days with moderating conditions reaching the southeast and Gulf states, while warmer weather was seen spreading from the Plains to the East by late afternoon.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Chicago Weather Bureau
Southeast
Gulf States
Midwest
East
Pacific Ocean
Plains States
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Tech Library Adds Books On Politics
Texas Tech library expands its holdings with works on U S foreign policy and global affairs. Emma Lillian Main, acting librarian and cataloguer, announced additions including Walter Lippmann’s U S Aims and Postwar Plans of the United Nations by Lewis Lorwin, Henry A Wallace’s Christian Basis of World Order, Sumner Wells Time for Decisions, and Edward R Stettinius Lend Lease Weapon for Victory.
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Sumner Welles
Lend Lease
Edward R. Stettinius
Postman Overshoes and Raincoat Catch Fire in Box Blaze
Tulsa firemen investigated asmoldering mail storage box on a street corner and discovered the flames came from a blaze in an adjoining wooden newspaper box. The mailman’s overshoes and raincoat were singed but no injuries reported.
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Tulsa
U.P
Clip planed crash toll rises at Port of Spain harbor
Six bodies are still sought after the Pan American African clipper disaster at Port of Spain. Eight more bodies were found, totaling 17, with parts of the right wing and engine recovered. Four passengers and three crew members survived the night crash at the British American Naval base, en route to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo.
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Miami
Fla
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
FDR Applauds Ration Boards On Third Anniversary
President Roosevelt praises members of the nation's rationing boards for selfless service in price control and rationing during wartime. Chester Bowles reads the message on a broadcast marking the boards' third anniversary nationwide.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Price
Chester Bowles
FHA To Appraise Vet Loan Plans
The Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration will use FHA facilities to appraise and review loans to veterans under GI Bill section 505. FHA will still accept applications to determine first mortgage eligibility for insurance while processing. VA guarantees may cover up to 20 percent of the purchase price or a maximum of 2000 dollars for a second loan. Veterans should apply to private lenders for the loan and obtain a certificate of eligibility from VA.
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Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
G.I
Inquest Ongoing Into Death At SPAAF
Coroner’s inquest into Pfc. Edwin C. Fiala of South Plains Army Airfield continues in Lubbock after death Thursday in a hospital at Lubbock Army Airfield. Judge D W Robertson, justice of the peace, said medical testimony from Army doctors is pending. home address Newark New Jersey and body at Rix Funeral Home.
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Edwin C. Fiala
South Plains Army Airfield
Lubbock Army Airfield
D. W. Robertson
FHA Plan Details For Appraiser Contact In Lubbock Bank
The document outlines steps for preparing a loan for FHA appraisal. It instructs to contact Judge A. Raley Jr., FHA representative, at the Lubbock National Bank Building for details of the plan and how to proceed with readiness for FHA review.
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FHA
A. Raley, Jr
Lubbock National Bank
Take Off Ugly Fat With This Home Recipe
An inexpensive home remedy promises rapid weight loss using four ounces of liquid parcel concentrate mixed with grapefruit juice to a pint. A daily dose of two tablespoons twice a day is claimed to slim the figure without exercise or starvation, with a money back guarantee if results fail.
Four American Warships Transferred to French Fleet
Paris radio reported that four American warships were transferred to the French fleet at Toulon. The brief dispatch carried no further details or explanation.
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London
Paris
Toulon
Truman resigns Senate seat to become Vice President
Vice President-Elect Harry S. Truman resigns from the Senate of Missouri effective January 18. He will take the oath as vice president on January 20. Governor Phil M. Donnelly is expected to name state Senator Frank Briggs as Truman's successor.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
Frank Briggs
Truman
Measure To Dry Up Arkansas Introduced
A bill to repeal the 1935 Thorn liquor act and return Arkansas to bone dry status was introduced in the house by Rep. Henry H. Pickering of Ashley County. A similar proposal failed in 1943 after a hard floor fight. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Henry H. Pickering
Ashley County
Tech Course On Child Development Planned One Semester
Dean Margaret W Weeks announces a new one semester course Introduction to Child Development open to Texas Tech women students of all divisions. The course has no prerequisite and is not listed in the 1944 45 catalogue. Other offerings include Development in Infancy and an advanced Nursery School Education course.
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Texas Tech
Margaret W. Weeks
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