Metopon Drug Aims to Ease Cancer Pain for Patients
CHICAGO and AUSTIN report a new non-addictive morphine derived drug metopon promises better cancer pain relief. Developed by Virginia Michigan and U.S. Public Health Service researchers, metopon is an oral capsule not an injection, with less nausea and clearer mental effects than morphine. Old age pensions in Texas rise slightly to 28.92 in June, with 194,148 recipients and a pending constitutional amendment to lift the ceiling on state social security spending, potentially reaching 200,000 pensioners by 1949.
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Metopon
Chicago
Virginia
Michigan
U.S. Public Health Service
Treasury Department
Bureau of Narcotics
Massachusetts State Health Department
Journal of the American Medical Assny Siates
Austin
State Welfare Department
Texas
House
Behling
Senate
State Welfare Commission
Proposed Texas amendment creates funds for Confederate pensions and higher education bonds
A historical document outlines a proposed Texas constitutional amendment adding Sections 17 and 18 to Article 7. It imposes a 2 cent property tax for a Confederate pensions fund and a 5 cent tax for bonds to finance construction and equipment at state colleges. The plan authorizes bond issuance, with limits on rate, term, and total property tax, and allocates funds among several institutions of higher learning.
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State of
Texas
Tex
Comptroller of Pubic Accounts
Agricultural and Mechanicals of Texas
University of Texas
The
Agricultural and Mechanical An S Texas
University Texas
Ford plans startling 1948 car line
Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company, outlined at Kansas City that changes in the 1948 car lineup would be as revolutionary as the Model T to Model A switch. He spoke with top executives and met 600 dealers during a plant tour in Missouri.
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Kansas City
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Sailor Writes Mother From Bakersfield Home Front
Intercepted letter from a Bakersfield California sailor to his mother describes enlisting in the Navy due to admiration for ship cleanliness. He notes this week he learned who keeps ships so clean and tidy, signing with Love Junior.
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Bakersfield, Calif
Navy
Love
Junior
Texas constitutional amendment on school funds and bond issuance
Provisions authorize reallocating five cent ad valorem tax funds to teachers colleges and universities for new buildings and permanent improvements. authorize bonds up to 5 million for AM College and 10 million for UT, payable from Permanent University Fund income, with a special August 1947 election to vote on the amendment. Governor to issue proclamation and $10,000 appropriation for publication costs.
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F. Austin State
Eachers College
Sul Ross State Teachers College
West Texas State Teachers College
Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts of
State of Texas
State Comptroller of Public Accounts
Board of Directors
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Permanent University
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Everyteds
John Tarleton
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Tive Service
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sherman
Dee G. Patterson
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank
Sherman, Texas
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Appiance
Community Public Service Company
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