Bobbitt Named Texas Highway Commission Chairman
Robert Lee Bobbitt was named to lead the Texas Highway Commission, succeeding D K Martin. He avoided comment on plans to route a highway through King Ranch lands, a long-running dispute among ranchers and towns in the cattle kingdom. Bobbitt takes office February 1 and will earn $3600 annually plus travel expenses. the retiring associate justice already earns $4000.
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Robert Lee Bobbitt
Texas Highway Commission
King Ranch
D. K. Martin
Cattle Kingdom
Highway Commission
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Bobbitt
Bobbith
Gu Ash
A. Hines
Barly
Wilh
Bobbiit
John Woods
Genter
Ferguson
San Antonio
Toad Group
Prise
Allcred
Justive
S. Slatten
Borbitt
Allred
Gibb Gilchrist
State Highway Department
Gilelist
Bobbitt Sont
Paurtin Court
W. 8
Judge Slatton
Slatton
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Af Hialion
Edward W. Smith
Bobbits
Smith
Slaton
Johnson, Rogers
San
Backache cure ad and political transition notes
Newspaper fragment combines an advertisement for Voan's Pills claiming relief for kidney caused backaches with a partisan political notice about judicial and highway appointments. It also mentions Creomulsion cough remedy and a Baltimore socialite wedding, all from the era’s tone and prose.
Tax Returns Being Filed In Early 1940s Report
Dallas reports tax returns are being filed though mailed only Monday. Michigan's Gov Frank Murphy aims to avert a GM strike by direct talks with UAW officials. Negotiations focus on sit down era plant vacating and union representation. Major plants idle with thousands out of work as talks continue in Detroit and Lansing.
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Dallas
Néreseal
W. A.thomas
United States
Cal Sector of Internal Revenue
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
James F. Dewey
United States Department. of Labor
Gensaya
General Motors
Dewey
Hope TS
William 5
Knudsen
Fisher ‘Body
Flint
Mich
Murphy
Corporatio
Union
AL Flint
Mien
George E. Boysen
Fire Alliance
Boysen
Associated Press
Planta
UA. W. A
General’ Motors
United Automobile Workers
James P. Dewey
Board of Strategy
Tewey
Willam &. Knudsen
Leg Kerwin
Washington
Alfred B. Sloan Jr
New York
Homer S. Marlin
Minion
Connarblee For Industrial Organization
John D. Brophy
John
L. Lewis
Martin
Michigan House of Representatives
Lansing
Edward B. Black
Detective Testimony On Quick Hands At North Prove Street
City detective E. E. Zinsmeyer, assigned to shop and junkyard cases, testified Thursday that the hand is quicker than the eye. In a North Prove street store, a man of color attempted to sell a jet a foot mat and a hatchet he had grabbed, then fled with the items.
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E. E. Zinsmeyer
Zinsmeyer
North Prove Street
Swatkowski Changes Name to Dale by Court Decree
Judge Everett Johnson of the Fifty seventh District Court decreed that Swatkowski, now Dale, may pronounce his own name as Alexander. The change, approved Wednesday, eases his army duties where the name proved a hindrance.
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Mesander
Swatkowski
Alexander
Everett Johnson
Fifty-seventh District
Dale
Calotabs Help Nature To Throw Off a Cold
Calotabs are presented as a reliable cold remedy aiding nature by cleansing the intestinal tract. A single dose acts as purgative and diuretic, with effects spanning the first to fourth night if needed, offered in a household package at twenty five cents or ten cents for smaller sizes.
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Dana
Commission
Af Hicks, Clekse and Lange
U. S. Slatton
Lear Sky
Alfred
Harry Hines
Bandone
Armone
Dan
Wilma Elizabeth Lewis
Baltimore
Indag
Henry King
Radio Orchestra
Yeader
Justice of the Peace
Julius Raven
Fannin
Thomas
Frank Murphy
Michigan
P.&g. Soap
Wondersoft
Bente
Lise
Aes Drug
Houston St
Woodburys Creams
Walgreen's
Parke-Davis
AbBott’s
Parke-Davia
Abbott
Fi-Az
AbaettiIbog
Jergen
Pringe
Albert
Raleigh Tobacco
Olafsen
Sherry
Muscatel
Sauternes
VICK
Paislay
FABER
Tyron
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