The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1953 Page: 5 of 12
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THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1953
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By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
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A two-edged crusade by the
Texas Democrats against the
Loyalists and the Republicans
is now officially begun.
Governor Allan Shivers called
the signal at Mineral Wells and
urged his kind of Democrats to
begin the struggle immediately.
There are two aspects of the
campaign—first, domination of
the elections next year; and
second, control of the party ma-
chinery in the presidential year
of 1956.
Every observer at the Miner-
V al Wells session of Texas Dem-
ocrats interpreted Shivers’ re-
Palace
Theatre
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wall Jr,
are cordially invited to at-
tend one of the following fea-
tures this week.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Sept. 17-18
“Francis Covers
The Big Town”
DONALD O’CONNOR
FRANCIS, The Talking Mule
SATURDAY
Sept. 19
Tort Apache’
JOHN WAYNE
HENRY FONDA
SUNDAY-MONDAY
Sept. 20-21
Thunder Bay”
JIMMY STEWART
JOANNE DRU
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Sept. 22-23
“ Sweethearts
OnParade”
RAY MIDDLETON
LUCILLE NORMAN
marks to mean that, if neces-
sary, he will run for governor
again to gain the objectives.
“If 1952 was the year of de-
cision for the Democratic Party
of Texas,” Shivers said, 1954
will be the year in which the
decision is ratified—or rendered
empty and meaningless.
“It is the simple fact of po-
litical life that victory is nev-
er secure. It must be won again
and again—and yet again, for
each test is a new game, and
there is no prize for second
place.”
As Shivers spoke, his sup-
porters in many parts of the
state were reorganizing their
forces at precinct level to car-
ry on the fight next year.
Opposing campaigns were al-
so moving—those of the Loyal
Democrats and of the Republic-
ans. Not in modern Texas his-
tory has there been so much
political activity so far ahead
of the elections.
Speaking along with Shivers
at the Mineral Wells gathering
of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee was Wright Mor-
row, national Democratic com-
mitteeman from Texas, who is
not recognized by National
Chairman Stephen Mitchell.
Morrow said he supported
Eisenhower last year because
the Republican nominee “came
nearer embracing the true Dem-
ocratic principles.”
“We,” Morrow told the group,
“are the real Democrats.”
* * *
Jack Porter of Houston, Re-
publican national committee-
man for Texas, conferred in Den-
ver with President Eisenhower
about building up a strong GOP
in this state.
Following the confab, Porter
said, “the president impressed
me with being in hearty accord
with the building of a strong
Republican party in Texas.”
Also discussed between the
two was the president’s visit
to Texas next October for the
dedication of the new Falcon
Dam.
* * *
While Shavers was making
up his mind whether to call a
special session of the Legisla-
ture, there was considerable im-
provement in the drouth situ-
ation.
All but 48 counties in the
western third of the state were
cut off the emergency list by
the State Drouth Disaster Com-
mittee. Originally, 152 counties
had been included.
No more orders for emergency
feed will be taken from the 104
counties that were removed from
the list.
Rains that brought relief to
a considerable part of West
Texas were given as the rea-
son for reducing the area to
remain within the drouth de-
signation.
* * *
Drouth relief was Shivers’
consideration in the matter of
whether to call a special ses-
sion.
Rains helped in many coun-
ties, the governor said, “butj
sections where the worst drouth,
hit haven’t been helped much.
There’s nothing out there to
help. The grass roots are gone.”
Another problem for the spec-
ial session was that of increas-
ing teachers’ salaries, but lit-
tle progress has been made
long that line, Shivers said.
He thought the matter ought
to be settled, but “not a lot can
be accomplished at a special
session unless a compromise
can be worked out ahead.”
Meanwhile, the State Comp-
troller notified the Board of
Education that there was a net
cash balance of $2,966,134 in
the available school fund on
Washing
$sit*
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A move is under way in Wash-
ington to hold together the
team of businessmen and Fed-
eral research experts who plan-
ned the slashing of $14,100,000,-
August 25.
Promptly, the Board voted
Texas schools an additional dol-
lar per head for the past school
year, 1952-1953. That raised the
per capita apportionment to
$69.
* * *
Created by the last session
of the legislature, the Texas
Commission on Alcoholism has
begun to implement its plans
to tackle the question of prob-
lem drinkers.
“Alcoholics are people who
can be brought back to sobrie-
ty,” Roy German, speaking for
the commission, said in a talk
here.
Education of the public, he
added, will help more and more
people to understand that an
alcoholic is a person who can
be helped.
Through the cooperation of
local groups, German declared,
the commission is determined
to carry on its program of in-
forming the public about what
alcoholism is, what the meth-
ods of treatment are, and what
can be done in the line of pre-
vention.
000 from appropriations asked
last winter by President Truman.
The team consisted of 40 ex-
ecutives and accountants loaned
by business, and 40 govern-
ment experts supplied by the
General Accounting Office.
These 80 men analyzed the Tru-
man* spending proposals for the
House Appropriations Commit-
tee, and made recommendations
for possible economies.
Tax Liabilities Cut
As a result, $1,400,000,000 was
slashed from the Truman re-
quests for fiscal 1953 and $12,-
700,000,000 from the requests for
fiscal 1954. That meant that the
Federal tax liability of each of
the 40,000,000 families in the
United States in fiscal 1954 was
reduced by an average of $314.
The cuts will not produce a
corresponding reduction in Fed-
eral expenditures for 1954, be-
cause a large part of the reject-
ed appropriations was scheduled
for spending on aircraft and
other “hard goods” in 1955 or
later. However, the reductions
will result in $12,700,000,000 less
Federal spending in 1954 or la-
ter years if none of them is
restored.
Committee Asks Action
The House Appropriations
Committee has asked that part
or all of this temporary staff of
80 experts be employed again
next year. The committeemen
urged that directives setting up
the program for the experts be
prepared while Congress is in
recess. They want the govem-
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DR. P. A. PRESLAR
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CHILDRESS, TEXAS
411 Ave. B., N. E.
BOX 869
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And Maintained
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Income Taxes
Audits
AFfON WILLINGHAM
PADUCAH, TEXAS
Up Stairs in County Bldg. East Side Square
Phone 387
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Big traffic jam in front of the
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Seems a 5-gallon can fell off
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From where I sit, this was just J
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TREES IN ALABAMA
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If the temporary staff is as, producing state of the South, ac-
successful next year as it was
last year, committeemen say,
they can give Congress invalu-
able aid in its program for bal-
ancing the budget.
U.S. PARK VISITORS
A record total—41,516,664 per-
sons—visited U.S. National parks
and monuments in 1952, the
Yearbook for 1953 of the Ameri-
can Peoples Encyclopedia re-
ports. This was about twice as
many visitors as were reported
in 1941.
If you had flea-power you
could jump over a 90 story
building.
cording to the American Peoples
Encyclopedia.
A tincture is an alcoholic so-
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Tungsten has a higher melting
point than any other metal.
TELEPHONE 438
BOX 97
ALFRED W. DAVIS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Paducah, Texas
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for the
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And the 10th is a 150-Watt Kitchen Bulb
A bagful of value... ten new Westinghouse lamp
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j TAX INCLUDH)
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• Fill empty sockets
• Replace burned-out bulbs
• Discard dark, dirty bulbs
• Keep spare bulbs on hand
Eyes are priceless ...
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There’s a great deal more to the
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MAIN & EASLEY ST.
PADUCAH
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1953, newspaper, September 17, 1953; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018554/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.