The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1955 Page: 3 of 6
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By VERN SANFORD
Taxas Press Association
AUSTIN —Senator Jimmy Phil-
lips batted .006 and then struck
out.
He broke the national filibus-
ter record; got himself a lot of
publicity; but failed by a 14-11
Senate vote to achieve his an-
nounced goal.' That was to get
the John Sealy Hospital at Gal-
veston one million dollars more
KJer year than set out in a House-
passed, general appropriations
measure.
The Angleton Senator not only
broke the state talkathon record
but went on to take national hon-
ors by holding he flood for a to-
tal of 23 hours and 35 minutes of
continuous debate.
., As finally passed by the Sen-
ate. the administration backed
$15 billion measure became the
largest general appropriations bill
in Texas history to clear both
houses After a few conference
committee agreements the bill
will be rendv for the Governor.
TAX SWITCH—It is apparent
that administration forces have
climbed aboard the "omnibus"
tax bill—and abandoned Gover-
nor Shivers’ two single-shot ve-
hicles
This opens the door wide for
increasing present taxes and per-
haps adding new ones
Governor Shivers originally
asked only a 2-cent hike in the
gasoline salrs tax and a 1-cent
increase in the cigarette tax
There ,is no question as to
where the money will come from
— the taxpayers’ pockets. The
problem is how to extract it.
Giles Probe
Investigation of veteran iand
deals continued.
A wi.ness before the Senate
Investigating Committee testi-
fied that former land commis-
sioner Bascom Giles and Law-
rence Jackson, secretary of the
veterans land board, raised no
objection to a block land oper-
ator buying up veterans’ rights
for the purchase of land by o*h-
crs.
Herbert Box of Georgetown,
the witness, told the committee
he was assured by Giles and
Jackson that it “didn’t make any
difference to the state who made
the payments.”
Three Georgetown veterans
testified that Box had paid them
from $3T> to $70 for signing ap-
plications, with the understand-
ing that they were not buying
land, but authorizing others to
buy.
Other Land Activity
Other developments in the
broadening land investigation in-
cluded:
1. Cecil Burney, special assist-
ant attorney general, said that
several branches of the federal
government are interested.
2 Giles, in district court here,
refused to answer questions about
two deals in which the state is
suing him and others to recover
$171,427. Giles’ attorneys said he
would not talk because co-de-
fendants had not been officially
notified that oral depositions were
to be taken.
3. Back to work on veteran
land deals went a Travis County
grand jury. A previous grand
jury had been dissolved because
of a legal question as to whether,
it was properly called.
4. Senator Phillips asked the
investigating committee to sub-
poena all baak records of Alvis
^andygriff, Austin lawyer whS
was the first executive secretary
of the veterans land board. Van-
dygriff has testified before the]
House Investigating Committee
that he was to receive $5,000 le-
gal fees in a Webb County deal.
5 Cuero Congressman John J
Bell told investigators that he
received more than $20,000 in
legal fees during 1951-54 from
no-sons mentioned in land deals.
Bell made the statement volun-
tarily, after some of his fees had
been mentioned in land testi-
mony.
Insurance Rule*
Insurance reform bills made
progress.
Finally passed by the Senate
and sent to the House was one |
measure requiring written exam-
inations for the licensing of legal
reserve life insurance agents.
Another bill passed first read-[
ing, but did not get enough votes
for immediate final passage.
THIMS TO TALK ABOUT
BY FRANKLIN J. MEINi
k Editor, American Poo plot Encyclopodia
E-Z TEiMS
MO MONEY DOWN
MONTHt^O PAY
THE WORTHAM JOURNAL, THURSDAY. MARCH 31.
SINCE 1040 MORE BRITISHERS HAVE
BECOME UNITED STATES CITIZENS
THAN ANY OTHER NATIONALITY.
State Board of Water Engineers
supervise city annexations and
incorporation is in a House com-
mittee.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank everyone
who expressed love and kindness
during the illness and passing at
Mary Carter. The attention of
the doctors, the hospital staff, the
blood donations, visits fronr
friends and for food, cards, and
flowers were deeply appreciat-
ed.
The Family of
Mary Carter.
NO MONTHLY CRAMPS...
not even on the VERY FIRST DAY1
INSTALLMENT BUYING ACCOUNTS fOK
THE MAJORITY Of SALES IN FURNITURE
AND AUTpMOBILES.
Doctors* fnts show amazing prsv.nlivs rollof
of pain, backache*. nervous footings
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ojce dcstsjqed btcausc j insects and plant diseases SAmonsj the most important insects
destructive fc msn, his crops and Ws domestic animals are the housetlcj.stabktlu, mosquito,
grasshopper, mormon cricket, periodical cicada, aphid, 5an.lose scale, sugaebeet leaf hopper,
iugtis bug, sugarcane bectkpkim curcuko.alfcjKa and clover uxtaI,stereo cereal beetle, weevil andmoth.
e Women and girls who
suffer from the function-
ally-caused cramps, back-
aches and headaches due
to menstruation—who feel
upset and irritable on cer-
tain "particular days”
every month—may be suf-
fering quite needlessly I
Such Is the conclusion
from tests by doctors In
which Lydia E. Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound
ming effect on
hou
em In action. It exert* a ra-
markiibty calming effect on
the uterus—without the us*
of pain-deadening drugs!
The effectlveneea of Lydia
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gave amazing
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This second bill, by Senator
Scary Bracewell of Houston,
would require legal reserve life
companies to have $250,000 cap-
ital and $125,000 surplus.
At present, the requirement is
only $25,000 to $100,000, depend-
ing on whether a limited or full
capital stock company is oun-
ce rned.
To All Poultry and Livestock Raisers
Coma To
Farmers Cooperative Feed Store
And Gat Your
L'dners Worm and Insect Treatment
Kill All Lice and Worm* by Feeding it to Your Stock and
Chickens. . .'$1.00 A BOTTLE.
Gas Everywhere
Representatives from 500 Pan-
handle area farm families swarm-
ed the legislature to support two!
bills that will make natural gas
available to them
| j At present, the area produces
two mi,lien feet of gas a day,
but the farmers can’t buy the (
gas to run irrigation pumps for
drouth-hit wheatland.
One measure pushed by the
group would require gas, com-|
panics having wells on irrigated j
farm land, to sell gas to run the
pumps
Another would give royalty,
owners the right to either sell
their shine of the gas or to use
" f o' i’t: gat ion pumns
Water Progrant
Final Senate approval has been)
given a proposed constitutional1
anKmdment calling for a $100
million state aid program for lo-|
cal water conservation. If the I
House approves it, it will go tot
the people Sept. 20. A state prop-1
I erty tax of three cents per $100
I value would finance the bill.
i
Tidelend Lease*
First major leasing of tide-
lands since late 1953 will take
place May 3 when the School
Land Board puts 186,000 acres on
the block. The Board will also
offer for leasing 160,000 acres of
other land.
Shivers Invited
Gov. Allan Shivers will attend
a May 4-5 Washington conference
out of 4 of the cases ... .
ev&n on the very first and
worst day of the periodI di
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prove* Lydia Fink ham's mod-
ems whom it has
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lief from crajr. pa and weak-
ness . . . feel better both be-
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Qet either Lydia Plnkham's
Compound, or new, improved
Tablets, with added Iron I
U/tla
Lydia Plnkham'e la won-
erful for "hot flashes" and
other functional dletreae of
the "changs of life,’* tool
has a quirting ef-
fect on the Mar-
ine contraction*
(seechart) wMok
may often oonao
menjlTual pnbet
of Democratic governors. Spon-
soring the session is the Demo-
cratic National Committee. Shiv-
ers said the invitation came from
the National Committee Chair-
man Paul M. Butler.
Gu Conservation
A conservation bill to regulate
natural gas prices at the well-
head is moving forward. House
members voted 89 to 52 to have
the bill printed after its com-
mittee was unable to agree.
City Annexation*
Two measures governing city
annexations have bee*n initiated
'n the legislature.
One, giving a city first rights
to incorporate areas within five
miles during a 2-year period, has
been sent to the Senate.
Rep, Joe Pool’s bill to let the
ATTEND THE REVIVAL
AT THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
April Isl-IOth
Rev. Howard Lee, Evangelist
Gordon Watson, Singer
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
WORTHAM
Conic Drive America’s Best-Selling Car!
GOING TO GROW A GARDEN THIS YEAR?
Complete and official resist rat ions for Deeember, 1951 and January, 1955
(the first two complete months for which comparative l.
registration figures are available on ’55 models) show that
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MORE PEOPLE ARE BUYING
_ ELECTRIC
MpHOME FREEZER
J
55 CHEVROLETS
7
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/
Fresh vegetables know no
season anymore when you have
an Electric Home Freezer. Vege-
tables are fresh frozen and you
can have them on the table the
year around. Meats, fowl and
even pastries stay fresh and
sweet for weeks and weeks.
THAN ANY OTHER CAR!
VI
SOLD ON EASY TERMS BY YOUR DEALER
OPERATED WITH
IT’S EASY TO SEE WHY CHEVROLET’S THE BEST-SELLER!
It'« the only low-priced ear with
file beauty aild quality of Body
by Fisher . . . High-Level Ventila-
tion System . . . (> engine-drive
choices, including America's most
modern (and lowest-priced!) VII
. . . 12-yolt electrical system . . .
the sure-footed smoothness of
Glide-Ride Front Suspension and
Outrigger rear springs . . . the
ease of Rail-Race Steering, (ionic
and see how all these exclusive
features put Chevrolet way, way
out ahead of its field !
SALES LEADER FOR
19 STRAIGHT YEARS
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY
A Taxo* Company — Operated by lexent — Serving Text** Ciflion*
COMPLETE and OFFICIAL figure* show that again in 1954-for the 19th straight year—MORE
PEOPLE BOUGHT CHEVROLETS THAN ANY OTHER CAR!
BATES MOTOR CO.
WORTHAM, TEXAS
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Simmons, Mildred. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1955, newspaper, March 31, 1955; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1059976/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.