Highly Fluid Debate Over Governor Name Picks in Texas
The Texas governor faces a fluid confirmation fight as Sid ney Latham of Longview stalls in the Senate along with other nominees. Gary Hae defends Latham while a Senate committee weighs whether to send the nomination back to the floor or stall it for further talks.
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Five Areas Exempt From Brownout Rule Across Regions
The Pacific Northwest and much of Texas remain exempt from the brownout cessation, with appeals and decisions pending for remaining areas. Louisiana utilities and California face related appeals while exemptions extend until June 30, and WPB will recheck fuel use by five exempted companies to gauge potential coal or fuel savings by reducing lighting in certain sites.
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Southern lawmakers back forest project funding plan
Rep. Gibson of Georgia announced plans to seek 1.5 million dollars for next year and 1 million annually for 20 years to develop forests in two demonstration areas. The effort drew southern support at a meeting, with Luther A. Johnson of the delegation among backers.
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Luther A. Johnson
Burning Plane Turns On Pilot Who Bales Out
Col. William H. Beatty of Fort Worth and Birmingham described his ordeal after bailing from a blazing P-47 near Paris. He parachuted free as the plane dived, but the tail struck his left leg tearing off shoe and golosh. Civilians and a nurse aided him before transfer to hospitals in France and the United States.
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States
Volksstrum Called to Aid Germany Home Front
Nazi propaganda and Goebbels spokesman warn of sacrifices as Volkssturm mobilizes to defend the Reich. Berlin reports chaos at stations and Moscow broadcasts claim panic and mounting pressure from the Russian advance.
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Germany
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Berlin
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Adolf Hitler
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Damages Awarded To Heirs Of Thacker
A Dallas jury awarded $38,181.10 to the heirs of Paul Thacker after his fatal collision near Gainesville involving his car and a trailer truck from E. L. Transport. Thacker died and the suit was filed against the trucking firm by his wife and daughter.
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Music Group Calls Off Waco Meeting
The Texas Music Educators Association cancels its Feb 8 to 10 Waco convention clinic due to an order limiting gatherings. D O Wiley and Raymond T Bynum note prior wartime measures and ongoing efforts in support of the war, education, and charity drives including a pledge to raise funds for crippled children.
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Senate closes testimony on U S Mexico water treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee finished hearings on the U S Mexico water treaty with California figures signaling broad support. Sen Hiram Johnson and Sen Sheridan Downey led California advocates while Gov Earl Warren and A G Robert Kenny pressed irrigation interests. Charles A Carson cited Arizona Colorado River Commission and Gov Sidney Osborn backing the treaty to limit annual Mexico water shares. Imperial Valley distrusts ratification though.
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Nazi Vehicles Destroyed In Week On Western Front
Allied air forces destroyed or damaged 7 328 German road and rail vehicles during the week long German withdrawal from the Belgian bulge. The RAF said the figure was incomplete.
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Governor Stevenson Praised by National Selective Service Chief
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey congratulates Gov. Coke Stevenson on his interim administration of selective service in Texas and praises the excellent administration.
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Coke Stevenson
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Man Who Married 8 Times Tells What Women Go For
Francis Van Wie, the man with eight wives, describes what women seek in a husband and why his hat and job as a street car conductor boosted his appeal. He faces bigamy charges in San Francisco. authorities won't reveal which wife funded his fare.
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Mabel Joyce
Sadie Levin
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Josephine Foreman
Evelyn Brown
Captive Germans May Form Government
The Army and Navy journal reports in Washington that captured German generals could be organized into a provisional government, a tactic similar to Stalin’s approach in Poland and Hungary as noted by an unofficial service publication.
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Army and Navy Journal
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Sam Houston State Teacher College President to Speak at A and M
Dr Harmon Lowman president of Sam Houston State Teachers College Huntsville will deliver the commencement address at informal graduation exercises at Texas A and M College on February 2. The announcement came from College Station on January 27.
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Texas A. & M. College
Harmon Lowman
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Call for full war information and end to home front politics
Palmer Hoyt, Portland Oregonian publisher and former OWI official, urged a public war information drive at a joint Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce meeting. He called for factual military and domestic fronts coverage, censorship debate, and international news openness to defeat isolationism and pursue global peace.
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Argentina
Postmaster Nominations Approved for Texas Towns
The Senate approved nominations for Texas postmasters including Maggie M. Burkett for Andrews Cecil R. Chamberlain for Goree Walter L. Taylor for Morton Jennie Joe Barnett for Paradise Leta B. Eidson for Stanton George L. Barber for Talco and Bertha K. Martin for Tatum.
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Goree
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Paradise
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Stanton
George L. Barber
Talco
Bertha K. Martin
Tatum
Confession Details Looting of Frontline Trains in France
Paris January 27 signed confessions read at a court martial described how small railway battalion groups tailed supply trains to the front. One defendant said four men formed a team to loot cigarettes and goods from box cars while others hid the cargo for later sale to black market buyers in five or six deals.
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Funeral rites set for Santa Fe chamber official
Funeral arrangements were being made in Santa Fe for John D. De Huff secretary of the Santa Fe chamber of commerce. DeHuff died here late Thursday.
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Mexico plans tank steamers to ship petroleum
Enrique Solano Lopez says Mexico will acquire tank steamers of 6,000 tons each to distribute petroleum to Mexican ports and potentially export. He just returned from the city where arrangements for the purchase were made.
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