Calamity clause cannot remit Texas poll taxes says AG
Attorney General Grover Sellers says the calamity clause does not apply to remission of poll taxes. He cited a 1931 Texas Supreme Court ruling that a public calamity must originate locally and involve property and life loss. The opinion supports Gov. Stevenson against a special legislative session on soldier voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Grover Sellers
Coke Stevenson
Sellers
State Supreme Court
Texas
Attorney General
Stevenson
Rice Country Girls Amass Great Record
China Texas January 15. China High School girls basketball team hailed as the nations best by coaches and writers. Coach C C Alexander praises the squad as the best he has seen. They hold a 50 game streak after an 86 to 6 win over Sour Lake and a 53 to 5 win over Orangefield. Barbara Self scored 32 points in eight minutes as China built a 43 to 1 lead. They seek competition as they prepare for East Texas champion Avinger on January 28 and 29. Alexander previously coached Kil dare High and once ran a 100 game winning streak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Texas
Rice Country
China High School
C. C. Alexander
Alexander
Sour Lake
Orangefield
Barbara Self
Avinger High
Avinger
Kildare High
Manpower Shortage Hits Jap Air Force
Centerville Delaware January 15 Admiral William F Halsey said Japanese air squadrons in the south Pacific are flying without officer pilots due to a shortage. He noted fliers have fewer hours and less training and quipped that Jap ships would be sunk if fleets met. He described Jap troops as tough when well fed and uniformed and easy to beat otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Del
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Preston Lea Spruance
Halsey
Handful of German Planes Raid England
German raiders sent about a dozen planes over England with some reaching London triggering an alert and heavy gunfire along the Thames. One Nazi craft was shot down as earlier high flying planes crossed the southeast coast. bombs fell with no reported casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Thames
English
Abe Martin Returns to Coaching at Paschal High
Abe Martin resumes coaching after retiring from high school ranks. He accepts the head coach position at Fort Worth Paschal High, to begin in January. Martin has spent nine seasons since 1930 at Texas Christian University and area schools including El Paso High and Lufkin, winning seven district titles and posting a 67–10 record with the Panthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Martin
Pascal High
Martin
Texas Christian
el Paso
Lufcia
Panthers
Turn Pro Pitch Urges Beretti From Notre Dame
Holyoke Transcript-Telegram quotes Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame back, saying he plans to turn professional after the war and end his college career.
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Holyoke
Mass
Holyoke Transcript-Telegram
Angelo Bertelli
Silar
Notre Dame
MacArthur’s Rear Headquarters in Washington Revealed
Navy war correspondent tours MacArthur’s Washington base at the Pentagon and Navy building. The general’s office shows corporate style with simple decor, no trophies, and a khaki uniform. MacArthur lives in a hotel apartment with RS. MacArthur and son Arthur, Christmas late, gifts include tom tom drum and antiaircraft gun. The writer suggests MacArthur is receptive to potential presidential run but prefers Roosevelt re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Corporation
New York
Africa
General Eisenhower
London
European Theater of Operations
General MacArthur
Corporation
George Washington
Lincoln
MacArthur
Forward
Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Army
RS. MacArthur
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Arthur
Corregidor
Little Arthur
New Guinea
Santa Claus
Pacific
Roosevelt
State Department reorganizes with twelve new offices
The State Department names Norman H. Davis chairing the American Red Cross, Ambassador Myron Taylor, and Dr Isaiah Bowman as leaders. Twelve new major offices are created including geographic regions Europe Far East Near East Africa and the American republics to coordinate relations. A wartime economic affairs office and three divisions for aviation shipping and telecommunications are also formed to improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Myron © .Taylor
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
Far East
Near East
Africa
Department
Snowflakes Share Hexagonal Core Amid Varied Shapes
Snowflakes display a common hexagonal lattice yet form diverse patterns due to subtle changes in humidity temperature and air currents. Scientists note consistent symmetry emerges from molecular ice crystal growth while external conditions produce wide variety in overall appearance.
Chafing Cowmen Propose Plan to Cut Cattle Numbers
American National Live Stock Association delegates at their 47th annual convention in Denver endorsed a plan by California rancher Hub Russell to reduce cattle numbers voluntarily to boost beef availability. He urged selling heifers and cutting production to avoid a postwar market crash and to ensure more beef in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
American National Livestock Association
California
Association
Hub Russell
Russell Brothers
Maricopa
Calif
Russell
Congress
Office of Price Administration
War Meat Board
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tex
John Arnold
Birney, Mont
Texas Weather Yesterdays Odd Cold Snap Across Regions
The Dallas weather office said a cold front bypassed Dallas and moved into the Waco area causing divergent winds. Dallas registered 43 degrees while Waco had 39 as snow and ice reshaped central Texas. Longview reported five inches of snow, Corsicana six inches, and Houston saw snow for the first time since 1940 with melting underway. Traffic and bus routes were affected as temperatures dipped across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Waco
Panhandle
Deep
Louisiana Line
Houston
Texas Plains
Longview
Corsicana
Malakoff
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Shreveport
San Antonio
Farmers Warned Continued From Page One
Jones discusses August and September crop outcomes for 1943 noting sub soil moisture aided growth. He cites a 33 year drought record from the station showing 19.30 inches annual pasture total. table appears on page 9, section two.
Births for Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Earp and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kight
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Earp of 706 Hub Homes on the birth of a son weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces at 1:07 a.m. Saturday at their residence. the father works for Wilson & Company and the birth was reported by Portersistrand clinic. Also to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kight of 1518 Thirty-fourth Street on a son weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. the father works for Furr Food Stores and the birth was reported by Portersistrdnd clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Earp
Hub
Wilson & Company
Portersistrand Clinic
L. A. Kight
Thirty-fourth Street
Portersistrdnd
Furr Food Stores
Naziland Raid and Invasion Air War Reports
Allied and German air actions dominate the day with 87 ton explosions per minute in Naziland, a record seizure, and a daylight assault on France by about 1,400 Allied planes. Soviet and Norwegian reports describe jet-like German craft, while U S airmen claim precise heavy bomber work and several pilots credited with fighter victories.
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Fionally
Hanover
Air Ministry
RAF
Norway
Black Sea
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Littlefield
U.S
France
U. S
Leonard B. Roper
Bullard
Tex
Gerald Montgomery
Allied Air Strikes Hit Yugoslav Supply Lines and Mos tar Airfield
American Fortresses and Liberators with fighter escort attacked the Mos tar airfield and bar racks in Yugoslavia, targeting Nazi supply networks for Partisans. Light bombers and fighter-bombers hit Adriatic shipping near Sibinik, scoring four hits and burning a 5,000 ton merchant vessel. Extended patrols and British artillery supported Fifth and Eighth Army fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Yugoslavia
Mostar
Adriatic
Sibenik
Texas railroad commission warns on oil prices and independence
The Texas railroad commission says Washington holds oil prices down as big companies buy smaller firms. If this continues, independent oil operators face elimination, harming the hope to prevent a U S oil monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission of Texas
Washington
Commission
United States
Uncertain Causes Dominate Air Cadet Fatalities
Air Forces report shows engine or structural failures account for 12.4 percent and miscellaneous causes 2.2 percent of fatal accidents. Undetermined causes make up 37.4 percent. Prewar cadets had higher survival rates than now with wings earned uninjured and no fatal crashes.
Parade Plans War Loan Drive Across Lubbock Area
Parade coordination proceeds with multiple military facilities in Lubbock and three or more bands to participate. Meetings set for Monday at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday at 2 p.m. outline rural and city drive structures with quotas and house to house campaigns. Individual buyers are urged to support Series E F and G bonds as the city delays the main push until late January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Ralph E. Holmes
Lubbock Army Airfield
Norman B. Olsen
South Plains Army Airfield
F. M. Monroe
Texas Technological College
Texas Technological College; Maj
Emmett Lee
West Texas
Maj
B. C. McCasland
39Th Battalion
Texas Defense Guard
Wright
M. B. Hilburn
Roy Boyd
Red Cross charters two more Swedish ships for grain to Greece
Two additional Swedish ships join ten vessels already engaged in grain relief for Greece. The International Red Cross, through the American Swedish News Exchange, announced the development on January 15 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Red Cross
Greece
Swedish News Exchange
Two Levelland Drivers In Lubbock Crashes
Police identify two Levelland men Lavern Muller 25 and Melvin Hargrove 30 after a 5 PM collision in front of St Marys Hospital on Nineteenth Street. A second wreck at 4 30 PM at Tenth Street and Texas Avenue involved Eugene Freeman 46 and Virgie Gatlin 43 with no injuries. Central station firemen battled a car fire at 1 25 PM on Main Street. Rites held for Jim N Power prominent Post merchant and former Garza County sheriff who died Thursday.
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Levelland
Lubbock
Lavern Muller
Melvin C. Hargrove
St. Mary’s Hospital
Nineteenth Street
Tenth Street
Texas Avenue
Eugene Freeman
Twenty-first Street
Virgie W. Gatlin
Central Station
Main Street
Jim N. Power
Garza County
First Presbyterian Church
R. C. Tennison
Power
Reds Plunge On Front In Major Soviet Push
Guerrillas in the Rovno province aided Vatutin's right wing 46 miles across the frontier past Sarny and routed German infantry while capturing several towns. Thousands of Russians held for forced labor were rescued in a coup. Berlin reported a new large Soviet offensive in the Leningrad area as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rovno
Old Poland
Vatutin
Sarny
Berlin
Red Army
Leningrad
Chennault Named Louisiana Game Warden
Gen Claire Chennault said he preferred being a game warden to governor or senator and was named a Louisiana game warden. A letter from Ben Chase of Waterproof prompted the reply. The state conservation department mailed him a commission and badge for Tensus parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Claire Chennault
Louisiana
U. S
Ben Chase
Waterproof
Chennault
State Department of Conservation
Chungking
Tensus Parish
Rankin to Leave Pastorate Here Tonight Farewell Sermon
Rev. Larry Rankin pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church on Sixteenth Street and Avenue J will preach his farewell sermon tonight at 8 o clock. His family including Mrs Rankin and daughters Dale and Judith Ann plan to move Monday to Washington state, stopping in Los Angeles and other California points en route. Rankin came to Lubbock eight months ago from Roanoke Virginia where he served as pastor for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Rankin
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Sixteenth Street
Avenue J
U S Liberators Claim Hits On Japanese Vessels Off China
The 14th U. S. Air Force in China likely sank a 1106 ton gunboat and a 2700 ton freighter in a sea sweep off the south China coast. Mitchells damaged a Japanese installation on Weichow Island in Tonkin gulf. Fighter bombers hit four Japanese pack trains over Slangling and Tengyueh in western Yunnan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U. S. Air Force
China
South China
Weichow Island
Tonkin Gulf
Joseph W. Stillwell
Slangling
Tengyueh
Yunnan
FDR Urges Brotherhood Week Observance
President Roosevelt asks Americans to observe Brotherhood Week February 20 to 26 pledging renewed devotion to the nation’s fundamentals. Dr. Everett R. Clinchy of the NCCJ released the message in New York. He says the observance promotes understanding and justice so freedom and equality flourish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
New York
Roosevelt
Everett R. Clinchy
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Instructor and Two Cadets Die In Pampa Plane Crash
A flying instructor Lt. John S. Cook 23 of Breckenridge Texas and two student pilots Cadet Raymond J Pierick 21 of Des Moines Iowa and Cadet Edward J Pinchak 23 of Cleveland Ohio were killed when their twin engine training plane crashed ten miles north of Pampa Army Air Field. Cook survived by his wife who had been living at Pampa along with Mrs Pinchak.
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Pampa
Pampa Army Airfield
Johns. Cook
Breckenridge
Tex
Raymond Joseph Pierick
Des Moines
Edward John Pinchak
Cleveland
Cook
Marines Relax After Bougainville Beachhead Relief
The last units of the third Marine division finished establishing a Bougainville beachhead in the Solomons and were relieved by an Army division. Marines are relaxing at a new island base, according to correspondent Theodore C. Link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
Third Marine Division
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Theodore C. Link
St. Louis
Two Die From Asphyxiation In Todd City Room
Palestine Texas January 15 Justice of the Peace Joe Martin returned a verdict of death by asphyxiation for Henry Allen Pollock of Jefferson and Herschel Norman Cox of Longview. Their bodies were found in a room at Todd City near here last night, Sheriff Arnold Broughton reported.
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Palestine
Texas
Justice of the Peace
Joe Martin
Neches
Henry Allen Pollick
Jefferson
Herschel Norman Cox
Longview
Arnold Broughton
Todd City
Ferry Group Officer Dies In Plane Crash
Dallas report says John M. Reiber, an officer with the 5th Ferrying group, was killed in a trainer plane crash near Gonzales Texas today. His wife lives in Dallas and his parents Mr and Mrs Martin R Berber of Denver, Colorado, survive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
John M. Reiber
Gonzales
Texas
Love Field
Reiber
Martin R. Berber
Denver
Colo
Man Found In Hotel With Throat Cut Dies
A 40 year old man identified as Tom A Maxwell died in a Houston hospital less than 24 hours after being found with his throat slashed in a hotel room. Police said he lived in Irving, Texas near Dallas. No coroner's verdict had been reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tom A. Maxwell
Irving
Tex
Dallas
Nazi Propaganda Denounced Over Polish Food Rations Claim
The Polish Telegraph Agency denounced a Berlin broadcast as outright and deceptive Nazi propaganda claiming an immediate increase in food rations for workers in Poland's vital industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
Poland
Allied merchant ships sail on time during holiday period
The War Shipping administration reports that every Allied merchant vessel due to sail from an Atlantic coast port between December 15 and January 15 did so on schedule despite a serious crew shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Atlantic
War Shipping Administration
Honor Grad From San Marcos Navigators Class
Robert J. Gordon, 20, of North Hollywood California, was named outstanding student of the 1944 first class of navigators who received wings and commissions today at the Army Air Forces Navigation School in San Marcos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Robert J. Gordon
North Hollywood
Calif
Army Air Forces Navigation School
RAF Fighters Down Japanese Flight Over Burma
RAF fighters intercepted a large formation of Japanese planes over the Mayu peninsula in western Burma and shot down 15 attackers. The communique said six were probably destroyed and many damaged. Two RAF planes failed to return. one pilot is safe, the other believed to have reached safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Mayu Peninsula
Burma
U. S. Morally Unprepared For Peace Says Hanes
John W. Hanes former undersecretary of the Treasury warned that Americans will fund victory but lack a morally sound federal fiscal policy. He said the 1944 election issues were political economic and moral and compared postwar readiness to Pearl Harbor. He spoke at a luncheon for the Women's National Republican Club's 23rd anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
Women
National Republican Club
Pearl Harbor
Two Die In Blast and Fire At Gatesville
Miss Dorothy Gibson of Charleston West Virginia died from burns after a gas explosion wrecked a two story frame hotel in Gatesville Texas. An unidentified soldier also died from injuries and was taken to military authorities. Fire Marshal Raymond Ward reported the charred woman’s body found inside a room as firefighters stopped the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
Tex
Dorothy Gibson
Charleston
W. Va
Raymond Ward
Ward
Moscow Says Franco To Send More Men
Moscow radio quoted a Lisbon dispatch claiming General Franco and Hitler's headquarters have a secret pact to send large Spanish volunteer units to the Soviet front. The report says Falangist officers, once disbanded, have been assigned to form these units and recruit for the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
New York
Francisco Franco
Hitler
Russia
Lisbon
Franco
Good Behaviour Wins Texas Escapee Pardon
Loreto Suarez, 45, received an unconditional pardon from Texas after 25 years of good citizenship. He was arrested December 8 on an old escape case from Huntsville penitentiary where he served a two year theft term. The pardon followed officers' request and cited his support of his wife and a child with infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Loreto Suarez
Texas
Suarez
Huntsville
Coke R. Stevenson
Roosevelts Launch March Of Dimes Fund Drive
In Washington on January 15 Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt placed two dimes on the line for the capital's annual mile of dimes to fight infantile paralysis. Officials expect to surpass last year's $40,600 record as the event proceeds this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Offic Cials
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Raymond Clapper
Thomas C. Kinkaid
State Department
Naziland
Harry L. Leva
Mio
Leva
Parade
Bill Mabry
Mabry
Abilene
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Slide and Seagraves
Clark Johnson
17Th ST. Church OF Christ
Ferry Group
Roosevelts
Regular Army
Kaey Sie
Chicago
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