Texas Senate passes prison centralization bill in altered form
In Austin on March 6 1944 the Senate approved the Beck substitute for the Graves house bill establishing a centralized penitentiary plan. The House may refuse to concur, sending the measure to conference where the bill stalled previously. Debate covered site selection and governor influence with a vote of 17 to 11.
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Austin Site
Senate
Austin
Sena
Beck
Osw
Lieuien- Sot Covernor
Enemker
Larnes General
Cammissioner
General Land Office
Frrors & Site
Denver May Take Hand in Rail Row
Washington March 4 Interstate Commerce Commission permits Trenver chamber to intervene in pending proceedings where Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad seek control of Denver and Salt Lake. Salt Lake company controls the Moffat line through the continental divide near Denver.
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Denver
Washington, D. C
Jupp
Trenver Chamber
Tummerece
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hio Grande
Senate to Hear Bills on Employment Aid
Washington March 6 the Senate Commerce Committee ordered three employment support bills by Senator Vega Democrat New York to expand federal government job programs. The action aims to widen job aid and training efforts nationwide.
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Fabhington
D. C
Vega
New York
Senate
Commerce
Ee FE
Senate approves three bridge bills over Red River
Washington March 6 Senate commerce committee approved three bills by Senator Thomas Democrat Oklahoma enabling construction of three free bridges across the Red River linking Oklahoma and Texas.
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Senate Committee
Washington, D. C
Senate Commerce
Thomas
Demerat
Oklahoma
Red River
Texag
Phytogin Promoted For Athlete's Foot In Ad Copy
An old ad touts Phytogin as a cure forAthletes foot and related toe skin conditions with a money back guarantee and a promise of ten applications. The copy credits clinics and advertisers as authorities and urges readers to ask their physician for Phytonis.
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America
Record Flight by Capt Boris Sergievsky Sets Twin Motor Bomber Mark
Captain Boris Sergievsky, Russian airman and chief test pilot for Sikorsky Aircraft, today set a world aircraft record for twin motored bombing planes. The record was established at North Beach in Queens New York.
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Boris Sergievsky
Sikorsky Aviation Corporation
North Beach
Queens
Court Proceedings in Burnett County Court At Law No 1
Case entries show didge McCollum Burnett with Theatrical Agency E Epstein moved from Dalles county. case dismissed. The State of Teaste H Kenner noted. Winding: instructed verdict of me quidtal. L Low referenced with swindling. defendant’s bond forfeited.
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Didge McCollum Burnett
E Epstein
Dalles County
Thirty-Seventh District Court Docket Summary
In the Thirty-Seventh District Court Judge W B Anderson presides as Mars Wikson et al. sue George Ruish et al over trempay claims. Frank William Elis, a minor, is removed from proceedings. The State of Texas v Dick Wend over swindling and bad checks is dismissed on district motion. Frederic G. Oppenheimer vs Henry A Mann concerns a deed dispute. judgment favors Foster Savers. Forgery and passing are noted, bond set at $500 and release on two games.
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W. B. Anderson
Mars Wikson
George Ruish
Frank William Elis
State of Texas
Dick Wendover
District of Tarry
Frederic G. Oppenheimer
Henry A. Mann
Foster Savers
Local Court Dockets Mount Diverse Civil and Criminal Matters
A chaotic court docket lists cases across districts including Fifty-Seventh Civil suit by Mrs Alice Lee Tomme to cancel a lien in Seventh District Court with Judge Frederick Stevens. Edward Green dust for damages in Ninety-Fourth District. murder trial in Bute of Texas. multiple traffic fines and drunkenness charges. names appear like Frank Tayden Nestor Guerra C A Bragg and many others with numerous defendants and penalties. The document shows a wide array of pending cases, county clerical notes, and assorted criminal and civil actions with judges W W McCrory and Frederick Stevens referenced.
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Alice Lee Tomme
Ve. L. E. Schilling
Treasury Figures Given by Hatcher
Treasurer Starchey reports February activity shows expenditures totaling $17. The balance remains unclear. The ledger records a cash shortfall and a payment of about $37,000 to settle February costs. The overall year balance reflects prior deficits and an overage above planned funds.
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Starchey
Toda Sp
Road Association to Meet in Del Rio
The highway association will hold a meeting in Del Rio on March 27 to act on officers of the organization, according to word received at the San Antonio chamber of commerce.
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Cnites Rtare Highway No. 90
del Rio
San Antonio
Chain store tax bill defeated in Texas House
The Texas house committee on revenue and taxation rejected a bill to tax chain merchandise establishments operating five or more units at one half of one percent of gross receipts annually. Minority reports were filed by R. L. Reader of San Antonio and Ray Halder of Lancaster. Representative Eugene Giles of Austin introduced the measure, while Polk Hornaday of Hadingen had planned to merge and advance a graduated tax proposal.
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Texas
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
House
R. Il, Reader
San Antonio
Ray Halder
Lancaster
Eugene Giles
Austin
Polk Hornaday
Hadingen
Anti-Seine Law Court Test At Galveston
In Galveston on March 6 the anti Seine law was under fire in the Court of Civil Appeals while the state game fish and oyster commission prepared charges against a Port Bolivar fisherman for violating the law by dragging a shrimp net in Galveston Bay.
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Galvesto
Court of Civil Appeals
state game, fish and+ nyster commission
Ing Justice of the Peace Court
Port Bolivar
Galveston Bay
Bobbitt Out for Attorney General
Attorney General R. L. Bobbitt announced his candidacy for the office today. He was appointed to the post by Governor Moody last September after the resignation of Llaude Pollard and had served as Webb County district attorney and speaker at the Fortieth Legislature.
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Austin, Maren G
R. L. Bobbitt
Element
Moody
Wets and Drys Clash Over Prohibition in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills California March a scene unfolds as wets argue for repeal while drys push for prohibition. The speaker notes 90 million Americans remain disengaged and wish both sides would stop and return to work. Aerial press reports suggest a temporary relief would trigger a celebratory spree before sobering up.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dr. Arthur Hadley, Former Yale President, Dies
NEW HAVEN CONN March 6 Dr Arthur Twining Hadley former president emeritus of Yale University died during a world cruise in Kobe Japan. He was years old and had sailed from New York on December 3 aboard the Empress of Australia. The death was reported here last night by a noted writer and lecturer, his death followed by a period of illness.
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New Haven
Conn
Arthur Twiningadler
Yale University
Kobe
Japan
Ap the Uni
Pueimuis
Elechey
New York
Australia
Four Die Nine Hurt in Boston Hotel Fire
Boston reports a deadly hotel fire with four dead including a man named Dan and a woman and two children. Nine people were injured and taken to City Hospital, while 85 residents were rescued after flames swept through the Clover apartment complex on Shasmut Avenue in the South End, a fireman among the injured.
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Boston
Dan
City Hospital
Shasmut Avenue
Seefinn
Solon Office Probe Looms in Washington D C
March 6 report says Arthur L Feubel secretary of the American Tariff League was summoned by the senate lobby committee for questioning over alleged establishment of a headquarters in a senate office building room assigned to Senator Grundy and others. John Lerch and Warren E Doane were linked to the office plan.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur L. Feubel
New York
American Tariff League
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate
Grundy
Mepuhuxtan
Pennsylvania
Walsh
Montana
Faubel
John Lerch
The
League
Warren E.i Doane
Philadelphia
Manufacturer
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Grouchy
International Bank Information Sought in Washington
The house banking committee in Washington unanimously approved two resolutions calling on Secretaries Townsend Stimson and Mellon for information on how the Federal Reserve Board participates in forming the Bank of International Settlements.
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International Bank
Washington, D. C
House Banking Committee
Stimson and
Mellon
Federal Reserve Board
Bank of International Settlements
Hughes to Occupy House on R Street in D C
Washington dispatch reports Chief Justice and Mrs Charles Frans Hughes will occupy the big stone house on R Street after Aden Cannon, daughter of a noted speaker of the house, leaves the premises. The move cements ties between the Hughes family and the capital political circle.
Royalty Oil Contract Awarded to California Firm
Washington March 6 government royalty oil from the Kettleman Hills area will be delivered by the Mi Refining Company Jet Fellows Calif at a bid of 32.57 a barrel. Numerous business listings appear in the day’s classified section.
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California
Mid-Oil
Washington, D. C
Leagen
Kettleman Hills
Mi | Refining
Jet Fellows
Calif
Elite San Antonio fashion shown in rhinestone gown critique
A vivid description details a refined San Antonio audience admiring a Dior style gown by Wolff & Marx with sheer chiffon, velvet belt, seed pearl bodice, and rhinestone accents. Accessories include an envelope pearl bag, antique gold bag embroidery, Normandy bonnet, Swiss lace straw, crystal ear drops, 16‑button gloves, Chanel gloves, and a crystal necklace replicating a $10,000 necklace.
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San Antonio
Wolff & Marx Company
Normandy
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