Las Vegas and Artesia New Mexico Municipal Funds Discussed
Reading machine fragments show New Mexico municipalities including Las Vegas Artesia Socorro Corpus Christi and Austin debated finances and readings. A House vote failed to pass a rule suspension delaying final passage with labor bills near calendar. The negro university bill passed and was signed by Gov Jester hours after Senate concurrence.
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New Roswell
Municipal
Eae
Las Vegas
Bell
Senate
Stalin resigns as Soviet armed forces minister
In Moscow on March 3 Prime Minister Stalin stepped down after six years as minister of the armed forces due to pressure from his main work. Marshal Bulganin will assume the post while Stalin retains other high offices including presidium membership and party leadership roles.
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Associated Press
London
Stalin
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin
Moscow Radio
Moscow
The
Communist Party
Orgburo
Corpus Christi Man Barred From House
A Corpus Christi man faces a barrier to membership in the House over a claim of an invalid district. Daniel argues seating the claimant would violate the constitutional cap on members and misrepresent district representation. Schraub admits intent to breach the constitution, citing past redistricting practices since 1921.
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Corpus Christi
House of Representatives
Daniel
House
Schraub
House Elections Committee
Weather Plane Lands Safely After Radio Silence
A U S Army weather plane reported missing for hours on a flight from Stephensville Minnesota to Bermuda landed safely at Bermuda at noon. The Coast Guard said the aircraft had been out of radio contact with Newfoundland and Nova Scotia during the flight. An advertisement lists auto control electric irons medical weight item priced at $6.00 from Kings at 1020 Broadway.
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New York
Stephensville
Mid
Bermuda
Coast Guard
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Raw Weather Bulletin Spans Snow Storms Across Northeast
Weather conditions stretch from New York to Florida with heavy snow in the Northeast and subfreezing readings in the South. A gale wrecks the Oakey L Alexander off Cape Elizabeth as cold spell persists into the midweek, while Florida braces for freeze conditions and northern lakes face continued snowfall.
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Florida
New York State
Maine
Cape Elizabeth
Oakey L. Alexander
Miami
Gulf
St. Lawrence Valley
Midwest
North Dakota
Solon Warns Against Dispute With Soviet
Sen George of Georgia warned that if the United States takes over Britain’s commitments in Greece it must clarify that it follows its own foreign policy not Britain’s. He urged avoiding any open rift with the Russians in the region as Secretary Marshall and James Byrnes prepare to testify on Balkan peace treaties.
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Washington
Sen
George
James F. Byrnes
Marshall
Texas park visitors rise in January totals reported
The state parks board reports 62,818 visitors to Texas parks in January. Ickenzie Park at Lubbock led attendance with 18,000 visitors, followed by 5,276 at San Jose Mission Park in San Antonio, 4,032 at Bastrop State Park in Bastrop, and 3,348 at Corpus Lake Park in Corpus Christi.
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Austin
State Parks Board Today
Texas’ Parks
Ickenzie Park
Lubbock
San ‘Jose Mission Park
San Antonio
Bastrop State Park
Bastrop
Lake ‘Corpus - Park
Corpus Isti
House committee backs school fund per capita plan amid debate
The House Constitutional Amendments committee favored basing the school fund per capita on attendance rather than census. Opponents warned the bill could wreck the system. The committee also approved a partitioning measure to avoid double inheritance taxes and an amendment replacing a seven cent pension fund levy with two cents for the fund and five for improvements at state colleges. Rep Preston Smith said the schools amendment was inadequate but better than nothing.
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Austin
House
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Marshall Bell
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Jolons Seek To Safeguard Military Funds
Senate votes to reduce military budget to 4 500 000 000 amid Truman proposal for 37 500 000 000 in government spending. House Republican committee asserts a 6 000 000 cut can be made without compromising national defense or essential services. President's plan and tax cut pledge central to dispute.
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Jolons
Truman
Martin
House Republican Steering Committee
House
Senate
Senate plan targets surplus for debt but House opts partial use
The Senate voted to apply all receipts from the sale of surplus war goods to debt reduction. The House promised only an unspecified portion of surplus revenue to reduce the 259 billion dollar national debt. Wherry aimed to place the receipts within a 2.6 billion dollar debt-cut figure.
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House
Senate
Sen
Wherry
Rneb
American civilian shot in Stuttgart streetcar attack
A Monahans Texas civilian was shot in the thigh by a gunman who opened fire as he stepped from a streetcar near Stuttgart. Military police authorities were investigating the incident.
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Marvel Drury
Monahans
Texas
Stuttgart
London Daily Mail reports heiress inheritance rumor
The London Daily Mail notes a village registrar’s claim about the Woolworth fortune inheritance to a fourth husband. The snippet mentions Crystal Salt & Peppers at $1.00 and King’s Jewelry with 1020 peers priced at $1.20.
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London
Teseday
Daily’ Mail
Artes Switzer
Woolworth
Ind
King's
Truman visits Mexico pledges support for weaker nations
President Truman arrives in Mexico City for a three day goodwill visit and declares the United States will not be indifferent to what occurs beyond its borders while reaffirming a non interventionist doctrine. He meets Mexican President Miguel Aleman at the national palace as crowds cheer.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Associated Press
ICO
City
Truman
Mexico
United States
Miguel Aleman
Americas
Execuve
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Seeaans Serarcieel
National Palace
U.S
Walter Thurston
Rafael Fuentes
Aleman
Nominees To State Boards Are Okayed By Senate
The Senate committee on governor's nominations approved Gov. Beauford Jester's picks for UT Board of Regents A and M College Board of Directors Education Board and State Prison Board. Appointees include James W. Rockwell Waco Darden Tobin Tobin and Krueger. Stewart's and Wemple's resignations noted.
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San Antonio
Tyree Bell
Dallas
C. C. Krueger
Coke Stevenson
Senate
Tobin
D. F. Strickland
Stewart
Fred Wemple
Midland
New
Norwegian Parliament rejects Russian base request
In a secret Feb 15 session, Norway’s Parliament voted 101 to 11 against a Russian proposal for military bases on Spitsbergen. The opposition, all Communist, abstained or opposed the move, preserving Arctic sovereignty. The decision was released in an official statement from Oslo.
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Oslo
Arctic
Spitsbergen
Texas House Revenue Panel Schedules Seven Tax Hearings
The Texas House revenue and taxation committee set seven tax bills for public hearings this month after withholding action on other measures. A subcommittee report urged postponement and noted no immediate need for new taxes. Hearings are planned for March 10 and March 17 with various proposed levies.
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Associated Press
Austin
Ham
Committee On Revenue and
House
Appropriations Committee
Jewe Instilee
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Panhandle Regions
Partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change today across Lubbock West Texas and the Panhandle and South Plains. Colder conditions expected Wednesday with cooler readings observed in official Weather Bureau records and station data across the area.
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Lubbock and
Vicinety
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Oye Weather Bureau
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Clase
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Dorsey B. Hardeman
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Bowen
Abner L. Lewis
Houston
Elster Haile
Walter C. Strong
Parrish
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Genevieve Smit
Secretary of State
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Fred Kohut
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