Senate debate on World War bonuses includes WWI veterans
In Austin on January 18, Senator George Moffett urged including World War One veterans in any Texas state bonus for World War II veterans. The House caucus discussed a total bonus of 300 to 400 million dollars, paying 10 a month for domestic and 15 for overseas service, with average around 60 dollars. Moffett warned adding WWI veterans could raise the cost to about 500 thousand dollars and argued for equal treatment of all veterans.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Geooge Moffett
Chillicothe
Roger Q. Evans
Denison
Moffett
House
Senate
Sen
Beauford Jester
Shabby Conditions In Leprosarium Charged
Aurora Quezon daughter of the late president visited the central Luzon leprosarium at Novaliches near Manila. Newspapers say more than 600 lepers endure starvation rations and scant medical care, surviving mainly thanks to kind officers and men of the U S Army.
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Manila
Aurora Quezon
Quezon
Central Luzon
Novaliches
United States Army
Hillsboro Leader Fred Williams Wins JCC Distinction
Alfred Williams, president of the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce, is awarded the Junior Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award for his Hillsboro activities in 1946.
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Hillsboro
Alfred Williams
Greenville Railroad Veteran Recalls 40 Years At The Throttle
An 83 year old retired engineer, Tom J. Dryer, recalls 40 years at the throttle and 1,440,000 miles. He missed only two days in his last year of railroading at 72 and notes a single crossing collision in Arkansas. He remembers small Baldwin engines, 19 by 24 inch cylinders, and hauling eight or nine coal cars on Big Cat Hill. He kept a throttle record for 19 months without a shop overhaul and he faced hard work, bridge fires, and cattle on the right of way. Now he works with Masons and talks with crews to stay connected to old railroading communities.
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Greenville
Jan
Tom J. Dryer
Dryer
Arkansas
Big Cat Hill
Daingerfield
Hughes Springs
East Texas
Tinter
Beter
Dallas
Denison
Jester to Move In as First Lady at Texas Governor’s Mansion
Gov-Elect Beauford Jester and wife plan to occupy the Texas governor’s mansion after inauguration Tuesday. The mansion has lacked a formal first lady since 1942, with the family’s daughter-in-law and later Mrs. Coke Stevenson serving unofficial roles. Joan Jester will join in June after Corsicana High School graduation, remaining to finish her senior year as queen.
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Austin
Texas
Beauford
Cou Coke R. Stevenson
Coke Stevenson, Jr
Scottie
Jester
Joan
Corsicana High School
Veteran North Texas Peace Officer Dead
Dix ie Saunders 83 known as Uncle Dixie, veteran North Texas peace officer, died at his Bonham home after 50 years as deputy sheriff, constable and city police member. A Kentucky native, he lived in Fannin County 75 years with a wife and two children surviving.
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Bonham
Dixie Morgan
Dixie)Saunders
North Texas
Saunders
Bonham City
Kentucky
First Christian Church
Fannin County
Youths Confess Bank Robberies in Missouri
FBI reports two Ozark youths confessed to staging bank holdups at Diamond and Sarcoxie on Jan 7. Burl Martin Evans, 23, was arrested in Monett with a .22 revolver. he implicated 14 year old Jack Dan Peabler, of Mountain Grove, who was detained in Salinas, California, with $1,583.91. Evans had $500.
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Kansas City
U.P
FBI Today
Ozark
Diamond
Sarcoxie
Banks
Burl Martin Evans
Monett
Dan McDonald
Roy Dix
State Patrol
FBI
Jack Dan Peazler
Mountain Grove
Peabler
Salinas
Calif
Evans
Luncheon report on Lubbock TB association building
Mrs. R J Alien outlined plans for a new building for the Lubbock County Tuberculosis Association at a Friday luncheon of directors. The site is secured and construction awaits material and labor availability. Funds from Christmas seals and bangles sales totaled 7445.91 with 3378 donors.
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Lubbock
County Tuberculosis Association
R. J. Alien
Th ‘Association
Hilton
J. W. Rollo
C. Alvin
White
J. A. Winslow
Alexander
McCleary
A. S. Meinecke
Happy As Larks Prisoners Songs
In Sangamon county jail east wing sixteen prisoners sang joyfully over three days. Jail committee chairman Paul Hannon noted an off-note buzzing from a file and saw cutting bars. after the tools were removed the songs stopped.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
Paul Hannon
Hannon
Radar control experiments spark hope for 300 planes an hour
Experts say radar based air traffic control could allow landing of up to 300 aircraft per hour at large airports. In Lubbock Texas the Avalanche Joy notes milk left on a doorstep degrades in flavor and nutrition due to sunlight exposure.
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Lubbock
Texas
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