Texas lawmakers push bills to collect delinquent taxes
In Austin the 49th Texas Legislature introduced nearly a dozen measures to chase millions in overdue taxes across cities counties and districts. House hearings are set for February 12 14 with proposals to enforce bank account assessments limit tax rolls on unpaid bank sums and deny vehicle licenses to tax delinquents while offering penalties relief and streamlined tax sales to recover unpaid taxes.
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Saan
Alma Sucer
Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
State Highway Department
Fire Damages Restaurant and Shops In City Districts
Fire damaged a restaurant at Buena Vista Street with about 1500 dollars in losses after spreading from a rear storeroom. A barrel used for roofing repairs caught fire at Merchants Ice and Gold Storage on East Houston Street causing 2000 dollars in damage. An auto repair shop near Broadway and 13th suffered a minor blaze with cars moved away. Merrill was revived after smoke inhalation.
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Buena Vista Street
Merchants Ice, and Gold Storage Company
East Houston Street
Broadway
13Th Atreet
Worem Merrill
Robert B. Green Hospital
Marriages Decline in January 1945 License Issuance
County records show January 1945婚 licenses total 564, down from 591 in January 1944. Clerk Fred Huntress reports the drop reflects fewer marriages than the prior year despite the same monthly reporting period.
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Fred Huntress
Gail
15th Strikes Record Blow At Nazi Oil
Allied bombers of the U S Eighth Air Force dropped 1957 tons of bombs yesterday on Nazi oil installations in an area 32 sities southwest of ienns. Ground action along Faith and Lighth army fronts remained patrol only across the front.
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Rome
U.S
Ith Airforce
Ienns
Eye Safety Expert To Talk in S A
Mitton Bowan of Cleveland Ohio eye safety consultant with the U S department of Indor will lecture on eye protection at Plaza hotel ballroom at 7 p m Monday February 18 after a prior tour of inspection through local war plants. An interview for Bow mans free plant inspection and discussion on reducing injuries may be arranged by contacting L G Plenet local agent for the national committee for the conservation of manpower in war industry in the Aztec building or by calling Garfield 8331 for Layton Venn consulting safety engineer
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Mitton - Bowman
Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Department of Indor
Will Loche
Plaza
Bowman
L. G. Plenet
National Committee For the Conservation of Manpower
Aztec
Garfield
Layton Venn
Selety
Rural Teachers Pay Bill Passes In Texas
AUSTIN Feb 1 Rural teachers receive a $300 raise for the current school year benefiting about 15000 rural teachers. Governor Stevenson signed the bill with unanimous approval, making it effective immediately as law. The act, amending the rural school equalization statute, raises state funds for miscellaneous expenses transport and tuition costs, about 1 575 000 in new money and 5 000 000 in unexpended funds. It marks the first wide application measure from the 49th general session that began January 9.
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Austin
Stevenson
House
Senate
Jo Ed Winfree
Houston
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Regents Await Senate Action On UT Board Nominations
Six nominees for the University of Texas board of regents were approved by the governor’s committee and sent to the senate floor, with final confirmation expected next week. Names include Dudley Woodward Jr and David Warren among others, while witnesses urged qualified leadership and growth of the university amid political clashes.
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Fort Worth
Ed B. Tucker
Nacagdacces
B. EB. Kirkpatrick
Brownwood
W. H. Scherer
Houston
Marin Sandlin
Executive Council
Ex-Stu
Legislature Pays Homage To Secretary
AUSTIN February 1 Five aides of the Forty-ninth legislature halted work in tribute to Bob Barker the senate secretary who died suddenly yesterday The House adjourned until Monday and all committee meetings were canceled The Senate did likewise Barker 72 longtime state official and dean of the capitol staff collapsed at his desk from a coronary occlusion Artificial respiration failed to revive him He was a respected figure in public life for 42 years and his portrait hangs in the senate chamber.
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Austin
Bob Barker
Senate
House of Representatives
Barker
Hances
State Senate
Capitol
Arti
Lfe
44 Poll Tax Receipts Fall Behind 1943 Totals in Bexar
Bexar county tax collector P. E. Dicklson said 1944 poll taxes issued were 8,684, fewer than 1943. Tax records show 1944 totals with 2,589 exemptions from 1844 and 2977 exemptions from 1842. In 1943 seniors over 60 could obtain four poll taxes on all holidays with exemption certificates required.
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Bexar County
P. EB. Dicklson
Sulidayi
General Refutes AWOL Total in European Theater
Paris Feb 1 Major General Milroy A Reckord said American soldiers absent without leave in the European theater totaled 5437 by December end, not 18000 as reported earlier. He added 2500 long term AWOLs were still at large and that daily returns have not been subtracted.
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Paris
Uet
Milroy A. Reckord
U. 2
An Arshal
Reckford
Stans and Biripes
Lace
Simpson Takes: 61,708 Nazis
U.S. Army headquarters in Germany reports Lieutenant General William H. Simpson says Allied forces have captured 61,708 German prisoners since the German offensive opened December 16. Total prisoners reported since D-day reach 268,082 and 64,86 since December 16.
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U. 8
SFB
Germany
Wilam” H. “Texas
Bill
Simpson
U. S. Sth
Amy Hes
Ex Masse Hoodlum Trials Urged
San Antonio officials urged a new method to try hoodlums in mass to clear county courts. Judge W W Brecrary and Assistant District Attorney Russell Wine cited 19 indictments before the Bexar county grand jury with twelve tied to gasault and West Side gang activity. They proposed a bill to allow mass trials similar to federal courts, noting current pace would take three months per dozen hoodlums. Other indictments covered theft over 50, forgery, assault to murder, burglary and several theft by swindle.
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San Antonio
W. W. BreCrary
Russell Wine
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Gasault
Wine
Dong
McCrory
Halle
Labor Fight Looms in One Light's Angi Bureau
In Austin on February 1, public hearings are set for February 14 on H B No 12 to outlaw the closed shop and a union membership plan in Texas. Letters pour in from partisans, while labor leaders keep strategy vague. A preliminary skirmish saw pro union forces lose a bid to move the bill to the labor committee. The measure draws sharp opposition from insurance interests and others who warn it could clog courts with claims and lack data to set rates.
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Angi Bureau
Austin
State Affairs
Labor Committee
Weaver Moore
Houston
Moore
Tan
Insurance Company
Liberals Propose Joint Use of Bases
A Liberal party resolution urges joint use of sea and air bases by northern and western Europe and the eastern Mediterranean to deter aggression after the war. Britain backs the plan as a strategic move to secure regional stability.
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Great 'al Party
Europe
London
Britain
Town of ENGINO to get an unofficial mayor
In the unincorporated San Fernando Valley town of ENGINO, residents face a campaign to appoint an honorary mayor on February 19. Candidates Tom Brenneman Mischa Auer Paul Munt and Billy Elliott stage events, with Brenneman seen as the front runner due to Hollywood Breakfast popularity. Auer broadcasts from a market soapbox. Munt uses unconventional tactics. Fillett appeals as Red Ryder.
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Mort Greens
Brenneman
Morris
Auer
Ao Baolne
Munt
Fillett
Red Ryder
Ventura Boulevard
Quads' Father Killed in Action
Gainesville Ga February 10 7 Pvt Charles Lee father of quadruplets born here last summer is dead in Germany The War Department informed his wife that Private Lee died in action during the recent offensive Lee was given emergency leave from Camp Blanding Florida when the four boys were born and went overseas shortly afterward Two of the babies died soon after birth and the other two remain at a hospital
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Gainesville
Charles Lee
Germany
War Department
Lee
Lea
Camp Blanding
Flo
Inquests Open After Two Sudden San Antonio Deaths
Justice of the Peace Frank Vaughan held inquests into two sudden deaths in San Antonio on Thursday. The verdicts returned stated death by natural causes for Mrs Lena Beck of Yorktown who collapsed Wednesday while shopping with her niece at the 3 G Penny store on East Houston Street. Elder Gipson, 35, died at his home on Carter Street. the inquest was incomplete as a verdict had not been announced. Police and investigators reported details from Gipson’s family.
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Justice of We Peace
Frank Vaughan
San Antonio
Lena Beck
Yorktown
Houston Street
Otto Keller
Kayton Avenue
Elder Gipson
Carter Street
Gipson
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AllNions
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd
Orange
Suipfelt
Jor
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
San Antonio, Texas
S.A
House Appropriations Committee
Charley Pigg
Waxa- Hachie
Dents
Dalles Scarborough
Abstone
Claude Carter
Marlingen
Woodward
Warren
Terrell
University of Texas
O'Daniel
Brerenson
Angus G. Wynn
Tad Boss
Rainey
Tucker
Kirkpatrick
Schorer
Board of Regents
Jane McCallum
Ben Ramey
Fiore
Zorn
Ang Drugetore
Zemo
Br. A. D. Zucht
Bowston
Allounttem Gunter Weled
Glu
Outton
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Frost National Bank
Ai Fannin Dizi
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Valliant & Sons
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New York City
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