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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN TEXAS EVENING FORT OVER 200,000 DAILY A Owned SIXTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 161. FORT WORTH, the West JULY TWENTY PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS GOV. JESTER DEAD IN PULLMAN BERTH AT HOUSTON TRUMAN CANCELS CALL FO TAX INCREASE WASHINGTON, July 11 serious than a temporary deficit are vital President Truman Monday in the federal budget. portance," he said: , " for a to 1. Shun any boost. tax bowed to a where Repeal the tax. ex-the head off any But don't cut wages in order of rpora- "No major incrc - taxes prices, he advised; should be undertaken at this worker's buying Lengthen for were the and everyone gets hurt. repayment of were his requests to on Page 2. BARTON Gen. Dies at Lodge In Arizona Jester's Death Mourned By Fort Worth Leaders . e a national economy. ' In a stunning reversal of his stand. Truman sent to Congress a midyear economic report wiped clean of his past demands for wage or other business controls. Instead-stating that Jester. first tive. I 1 ment acute m some to die in am proposed 11 new laws to knew that the Rice e up and production, boost of his post had begun ernor was one . Texas consumer income and buying tell on his physical has ever had at the power. loosen He left the governor's mansion bar with played lending. j Austin the week-end for volley ball there and All the ideas were a heart checkup and a brief both took part home talent were not They tion in Galveston. But death He was a fePow included public works planning, before he could carry Shocked on Page J but not more public works; the out his plans. Brannan farm expansion of G. Penrose, state social securitv and jobless pay; executive INDEX extended stated Monday ' that Jester told Friday that Economy 'Still Strong.' was going to Galveston for Comics-Crossword . 16 Crisis action isn't needed. Tru- the heart examination. Editorial Page 10 man said, because the economy Spent Day With Him. Financial-Oil 7 still is strong and healthy. It can spent all day Friday with Theaters 6 hit a soaring annual output of the governor in Austin." Penrose Radio 19 PHOENIX. July 11 above in said. "He appeared to be normal 12-13 Gen. Barton K. years, he predicted. That in every respect." Sports president of the American In- one-fifth higher than today's The governor spoke of the stitute for Foreign Trade, died national production. heart checkup, it was understood early Monday at Oak Creek "But there is nothing healthy Penrose to be a normal, rou-Lodge, north of here. about more unemployment or examination. General Yount, wartime com- less production," Congress was general of the U. S | told. "Such trends can and must the committee- Shivers Hurries manding j ' Army Air Forces Training Com- be reversed by positive action, | . . . I mand, was on vacation. He was 66. private and public. Relaxation. LI I I governor, m second ana "Our own people insist upon t n a n d entertained a small group, the maintenance of AUSTIN, July 11 Gov. , tern chairman of ing actor Jimmy Stewart, at a not tolerate a davs Shivers, who succeed its important dinner Sunday mght. Mrs. Yount i " as governor He volunteered for service told Frank L. Phoenix law- | of I rtiprt Texas, told the governor's office World War II and was with the yer. that her husband had not in an dec would reach Austin from his I American Government in complained of ill prior to j was Woodville f a rm about North Italy, France and i \ the coun- Monday. He shortly It found the business ty's other state Democratic exec- : Shivers said he no imme- discharged the rank of of the Gen- outlook reassuring. But agreed utive committee member, stated , plans for taking the oath major. that federal action is for. that she was so shocked that she of office. GOVERNOR B E A U F O R D JESTER. ENJOYED OUTING since retiring f r om the Army in 1 9 4 6. Funeral arrangements are inWe may have the unique and could scarcely believe the j He said he was too shocked and fortunate experience of liquidat- had a splendid career of distressed by the news of Jes-ing major inflation without service to the public and the ter's death to make any plans at falling into a severe recession," state," Mrs. Smith declared. "He time. I council a fine man. one that will be senator G. C. Morris of Green- reported. i all of us. president pro tem of the I Estate Tax. Sincerely j will become acting lieu- ant chief of the Army Air Corps i sentence certain to win ! Fred Korth, Fort Worth attor- I tenant from 1938 to 1940. In 1941 he ' commanded the 3rd Force and from 1942-1946 was head of the training command. The American Institute for Foreign Trade, a non-profit institution, was founded at the wartime Thunderbird Field, a pilot training school about 16 miles northwest of Phoenix. The institute opened Octo- ward training students for careers in foreign trade. General Yount retired from the Air Force June 30, 1946. G E N E R A L H E R E F O R F O U R Y E A R S General Yount assumed command of t h e Flying Training Command in Fort Worth in the Texas & Pacific Passenger Building in June 1942 when the Army Air Forces the command i hot Monday afternoon, night here for all training Tuesday; highest afternoon the acclaim of business, Truman ney and president of the Young Shivers is 41, took his stand against any major i Democrats Clubs of Texas, ex- entered Texas politics by increase in taxes. pressed shock and amazement for the State Senate. He Only estate and gift tax rates told by telephone of Jes- youngest senator ever to should be raised, he said. He death. the oath of office, serving added that the transportation tax . sincerely distressed years f r om 1935 to 1947 on goods should be wiped out about the loss to the state and the "carry-over" of losses in Texas," he said. corporation taxes should be a personal liberalized. | friend and a man admired and swearing in as governor There are economic and social to be honest. Through work, apparently, he has which began almost 100 the service of native when his great-grand- Korth, who was a personal mother halted her covered wagon when he began his f i r s t t e rm as lieutenant governor. He has never met political defeat. her 1946 with an enrollment of deficits that would be far more i apparently, he has in which began almost 100 296 students from 45 states. The " ' program has been to- THE WEATHER 0. S. friend of the governor for some a Texas hill. Shivers campaigned for lieutenant governor on a platform that included higher teachers' salaries, a first class Negro university, f a rm to market roads, tricting, increased old age penan annual 60-day Legislature instead of sessions every two years, an expanded public health program and a revamped pardons and paroles system. Lava Splits Tiny In Half in Canaries TENERIFE, Islands, July tiny island of Monday was reported almost in half by a river of lava f r om an exploding volcano. The volcano is the third in recent weeks to burst through the earth's surface on the island and years, said he last saw him about Shivers was bom in Lufkin ' shower flaming rocks and lava on 10 days ago in Austin and had a long conversation with him at that time. Fine Executive Lost. Oct. 5, 1907. He attended school the surrounding countryside. in Woodville and Port Arthur, the latter city now being his official home town. Sun sets Monday at 7:40. Sun rises Tuesday at 5:30. Highest temperature Sunday 99; highest a year ago 91. Lowest . say is that it is terrible rising Fort Worth and Arch Rowan Fort Worth inde- | the former Miss Shary of Mission. pendent operator, Idaho Forest Fire BOISE, July 11 crew of 107 men is battling a forest f i r e in the Boise national forest 15 miles north of Idaho. Jester Swam And Played Ball Sunday AUSTIN, July 11 ernor J e s t e r had a pleasant day's outing Sunday with members of his staff and swam, played soft-ball and appeared to be in the best of health, associates said Monday. The governor went to Lake Travis for a ride on the new ocean-going cruiser placed t h e re recently by C. R. Stames, Austin hotel owner. Employes said t h e governor and Beauford Jr., his 10-year-old son, swam with other members of the executive office staff for nearly an hour, then went for the lake ride and later went to a lake campsite for an interoffice game. shocked employes related the governor played ball with them and later, a f t e r dinner on the boat, led group singing during t h e lake cruise. He appeared to be in perfect health, they said. The governor l e f t t h e party, went to the mansion to pack for the Houston t r ip and boarded a night train for t h e short relaxation t r ip alone. Chief Executive Was En Route to Galveston s e r \ i n g h i s s e c o n d t e r m a s g o v e r n o r of T e x a s , t h e r e S u n d a y n i g h t t o g o t o f o r a p h y s i c a l h a d p l a n n e d t o s p e n d s e v e r a l d a y s r e s t i n g d u t i e s d u r i n g t h e j u s t - c l o s e d 51st L e g i s l a t u r e , o n t h e c o a s t . L i e u t e n a n t S h i v e r s , w h o w i l l s u c c e e d J e s t e r l e s s t h a n s e v e n t h e " v e r a n d s t o c k m a n s t a r t e d t e r m w a s a t W o o d v i l l e . S h i v e r s i n S e c o n d T e r m . S h i v e r s w a s s e r v i n g h i s s e c o n d t e r m a s l i e u t e n a n t g o v e r n o r . J u s t i c e of t h e P e a c e T o m M a e s of e x p r e s s e d b e l i e f t h e g o v e r n o r h a d b e e n d e a d a b o u t f o u r o r f i v e h o u r s w h e n t h e b o d y w a s f o u n d . M a e s e x a m i n e d t h e b o d y w i t h D r . H . L . E v a n s , a s u r g e o n o n t h e s t a f f of t h e S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c H o s p i t a l h e r e . E v a n s r e f u s e d t o t a l k w i t h r e p o r t e r s a b o u t t h e p o s s i b l e c a u s e of d e a t h b u t M a e s s a i d t h e c a u s e i s b e l i e v e d t o b e c o r o n a r y o c c l u s i o n . A S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c P u l l m a n p o r t e r , C h a r l i e J i m e r s o n , f o u n d t h e g o v e r n o r ' s b o d y a t 7:30 a. m . J i m e r s o n s a i d h e w e n t t o t h e b e r t h t o a w a k e n J e s t e r . "When I called him, he didn't j answer," Jimerson said. j gram for the insane and other The porter then summoned t h e of and to con-train conductor. O. D. Pierce, other Houston, who looked into t h e the just-end-berth and then called State session. way Patrolman W. B. Hawkins, Jester's f n e n d s credited h im who was at the station to meet having kept Texas in line the governor. the national Democratic or-ganization during the last to Rouse He had who said he had been his fight for waiting at t h e station since 7:05 state a. m., went tc the berth called to the governor, at to a same time shaking the f r om and to rouse Jester. the party organization. "Governor, this is Hawkins, j Stayed With don't you know me?" the When it came to the man called. Jester and the Democratic P a r ty When the governor made no in Texas, of which he was t he response, Hawkins called Capt. | titular head, stayed with Presi- Rose, head of the State ! dent Truman and the national Highway Patrol office here. j organization. Meanwhile, the conductor and I . last week declined an other trainmen felt the gover- f r om Speaker Raybum nor's pulse and said they were Monday f or year aso 72 Barometer the Senate. He was president pro 15 miles north of T . i He was my good friend and ANGELES, July 11 (JP).- the state has lost a fme execu- reported that a phases of the Air Force. temperatures near 100, lowest The general left Worth Jan. 1, 1946, when the training command headquarters were moved from here to Barksdale Field, La. On leaving Fort Worth the general said, "All of us will remember Fort Worth as a fine and friendly city which has contributed materially through its co-operation, in the defeat of our enemies." General Yount's Army career began at the age of 19 when he was appointed to West Point f r om He had served the j dershowers in extreme north por- I thoughT we world the Signal Corps and the not much change m tem- I Air Force. peratures. Reds Close All But One Road to Berlin BERLIN, July 11 Russians have choked off truck cargos for West Berlin to four an a the autobahn. All other highways to the city have been closed. A report to the American Military Government that all trucks must be unloaded for inspection indicated that this figure might be f u r t h e r reduced. An average of 30 Otrucks a day had been traveling the Helmstedt road lately. There has been no explanation yet f r om the Soviet military government for the "little blockade." Russian border guards said, however, they were acting on telephoned orders f r om their highest headquarters in Germany. One truck leaving the British zone with 10 tons of glass for Berlin took an hour to pass t he Russian check-point because of the unloading and loading provision. In the meantime no other trucks were allowed to pass. "If the Russians merely are attempting to prevent the importation of black market goods, they would have some reason to require this rigorous inspection," an American officer commented. "But since they have shut down at all points except Helmstedt, it seems obvious t h e r e a r e other motives." Some Allied officials indicated they believed the stoppage was a Russian move to force the Allies to meet Soviet trade terms in forthcoming east-west negotiaGreek Vessel Aground Greek steamer, t h e S. S. G. Kulukundis, went aground at Point Arguello on t h e Southern California coast early Monday and radioed S. O. S. signals. had promised to the Legislat u r e back into special session by next January if a constitutional Monday night in upper West Texas (West of the 100th cloudiness Monday afternoon, night and Tuesday; scattered thunder-showers in South Plains and Pecos Valley westward; not much change in temperatures. East Texas (East of the 100th cloudy Mon- \ senator Morris Next in Line THINK IT OVER Until I heard the doctors say b i g h e a r t u s u a l l y b r i n g s "There's danger in a kiss," m o r e h a p p i n e s s t h a n a b ig I had considered kissing you The closest thing to ; But now I know Biology certain Jester was dead. The governor occupied a lower a conference with officials of other states on the tidelands problem. He said then he had too berth on the Pullman car "Berk-ley," part of the Southern Pacific's night t r a in f r om Austin. The train had l e f t Austin at 11:30 p. m. Sunday night and arrived here at 5:15 a. m. Shivers informed t h e governor's office at Austin that he has not yet taken the oath of office and would stand by. A highway patrol detail sent to Woodville. The body was removed to t he Houston Funeral Home. Mrs. Jester in Austin. Mrs. Jester was in Austin at the governor's mansion. time out for the trip. Jester's administration of the governorship for two years and six months was marked not only by the internal s t r i fe that tore the Democratic Party, but by two legislative sessions that took great forward strides in advancing pub- The state's first major Negro university was founded during his first term, and legislation destined to improve the state's prison its system of state hospitals, and complete reorganization of the public school system Jester had been ill with a case was of food poisoning during the last Jester, who had campaigned strenuous days of the ture, but apparently had recovered from it. At the capitol, flags were mediately lowered to half-staff twice on a no new tax platform, had admitted the need for new taxes to finance these extensions. He had urged legislation for establishment of a tax commission and state offices were closed ' I employes gathered around t e l e ' type machines to read the news. "We iust can't believe it," one state employe said. The State Supreme Court at Austin postponed its Wednesday meeting until Friday. In the closing hours of the No Trace Found of Man Who Leaped Into River KANSAS CITY, Kan., July . , , said Monday no J e s t e r brought had been found of William the state budget into balance by 22, who leaped into t he vetoing $17,000,000 f r om one of from a bridge here the major appropriation bills. He His father, Glenn C. Oliver, reported the young man jumped out of their automobile and then amendment calling f o r annual , The session he promised would came angry refused be to consider a building pro- permission to t h e car. N E W F I R S T F A M I L Y O F T E X A S L t . G o v . A l l an S h i v e r s , w h o s u c c e e d s B e a u f o r d J e s t e r a s g o v e r n o r of T e x a s , i s s h o w n w i t h h i s f a m i l y i n a p i c t u r e t a k e n l a s t J a n u a r y w h e n a b i r t h d a y p a r t y w a s h e l d f o r A l l a n J r . , w h o i s c u t t i n g t h e c a k e w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e of h i s m o t h e r . S u e i s i n h e r f a t h e r ' s a r m s . g r o u p i s S h a r y , w h o w a s ill, Governorship of For First Time Because of The governorship of t h e State I ard B. Hubbard was the second of Texas changed hands Monday lieutenant governor to become for the f i r s t time in t h e history of the state through the death of the state's chief executive. Prior to the death Governor Jester, 40 men sat as t h e state's chief executive; 36 of which were elected to the office and four who succeeded the chief executive f r om lieutenant governors. Lieutenant Governor Shivers, who becomes governor through succession, will be the f o u r th man in t h e state's history to assume t h e governorship in this manner. In 1861 Edward Clark succeeded Sam Houston gover-chief executive when Richard Coke resigned in 1876 to enter the United States Senate. William P: Hobby succeeded James E. Ferguson in 1917 when Ferguson was impeached and Coke Stevenson assumed the governorship in 1941 when W. Lee O'Daniel entered the United States Senate. During Governor J e s t e r ' s tenure of office, he advocated a modernization of the succession syswhich was finally approved Under the new Shivers becomes governor, leaving his present post vacant with the provision that the president pro t em of the Senate, Senator G. C. Morris of Greenville, assumes t he duties of the Senate presidency and becomes next in line f o r t he governorship. As the Legislature has adjourned f r om its regular session, the duties of the lieutenant governor's office will be small in ber unless a special session is called. Senator Morris' present expires in 1951, thus giving the Senate a guiding officer during s. g r o u p i s S h a r y , w h o w a s not when resigned; by t h e 51st Legislature. or.
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Title | "The Fort Worth Star-Telegram" - July 11, 1949 |
Date | 1949-07-11 |
Identifier | po-march-nwp-fwst_1949-07-11 |
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Baylor University - Poage Legislative Library |
Original Collection | Caso March Collection |
Note | Original donor: Caso March |
Total Pagination | 2 |
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Language | English |
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OCR - Transcript | LARGEST CIRCULATION IN TEXAS EVENING FORT OVER 200,000 DAILY A Owned SIXTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 161. FORT WORTH, the West JULY TWENTY PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS GOV. JESTER DEAD IN PULLMAN BERTH AT HOUSTON TRUMAN CANCELS CALL FO TAX INCREASE WASHINGTON, July 11 serious than a temporary deficit are vital President Truman Monday in the federal budget. portance," he said: , " for a to 1. Shun any boost. tax bowed to a where Repeal the tax. ex-the head off any But don't cut wages in order of rpora- "No major incrc - taxes prices, he advised; should be undertaken at this worker's buying Lengthen for were the and everyone gets hurt. repayment of were his requests to on Page 2. BARTON Gen. Dies at Lodge In Arizona Jester's Death Mourned By Fort Worth Leaders . e a national economy. ' In a stunning reversal of his stand. Truman sent to Congress a midyear economic report wiped clean of his past demands for wage or other business controls. Instead-stating that Jester. first tive. I 1 ment acute m some to die in am proposed 11 new laws to knew that the Rice e up and production, boost of his post had begun ernor was one . Texas consumer income and buying tell on his physical has ever had at the power. loosen He left the governor's mansion bar with played lending. j Austin the week-end for volley ball there and All the ideas were a heart checkup and a brief both took part home talent were not They tion in Galveston. But death He was a fePow included public works planning, before he could carry Shocked on Page J but not more public works; the out his plans. Brannan farm expansion of G. Penrose, state social securitv and jobless pay; executive INDEX extended stated Monday ' that Jester told Friday that Economy 'Still Strong.' was going to Galveston for Comics-Crossword . 16 Crisis action isn't needed. Tru- the heart examination. Editorial Page 10 man said, because the economy Spent Day With Him. Financial-Oil 7 still is strong and healthy. It can spent all day Friday with Theaters 6 hit a soaring annual output of the governor in Austin." Penrose Radio 19 PHOENIX. July 11 above in said. "He appeared to be normal 12-13 Gen. Barton K. years, he predicted. That in every respect." Sports president of the American In- one-fifth higher than today's The governor spoke of the stitute for Foreign Trade, died national production. heart checkup, it was understood early Monday at Oak Creek "But there is nothing healthy Penrose to be a normal, rou-Lodge, north of here. about more unemployment or examination. General Yount, wartime com- less production," Congress was general of the U. S | told. "Such trends can and must the committee- Shivers Hurries manding j ' Army Air Forces Training Com- be reversed by positive action, | . . . I mand, was on vacation. He was 66. private and public. Relaxation. LI I I governor, m second ana "Our own people insist upon t n a n d entertained a small group, the maintenance of AUSTIN, July 11 Gov. , tern chairman of ing actor Jimmy Stewart, at a not tolerate a davs Shivers, who succeed its important dinner Sunday mght. Mrs. Yount i " as governor He volunteered for service told Frank L. Phoenix law- | of I rtiprt Texas, told the governor's office World War II and was with the yer. that her husband had not in an dec would reach Austin from his I American Government in complained of ill prior to j was Woodville f a rm about North Italy, France and i \ the coun- Monday. He shortly It found the business ty's other state Democratic exec- : Shivers said he no imme- discharged the rank of of the Gen- outlook reassuring. But agreed utive committee member, stated , plans for taking the oath major. that federal action is for. that she was so shocked that she of office. GOVERNOR B E A U F O R D JESTER. ENJOYED OUTING since retiring f r om the Army in 1 9 4 6. Funeral arrangements are inWe may have the unique and could scarcely believe the j He said he was too shocked and fortunate experience of liquidat- had a splendid career of distressed by the news of Jes-ing major inflation without service to the public and the ter's death to make any plans at falling into a severe recession," state," Mrs. Smith declared. "He time. I council a fine man. one that will be senator G. C. Morris of Green- reported. i all of us. president pro tem of the I Estate Tax. Sincerely j will become acting lieu- ant chief of the Army Air Corps i sentence certain to win ! Fred Korth, Fort Worth attor- I tenant from 1938 to 1940. In 1941 he ' commanded the 3rd Force and from 1942-1946 was head of the training command. The American Institute for Foreign Trade, a non-profit institution, was founded at the wartime Thunderbird Field, a pilot training school about 16 miles northwest of Phoenix. The institute opened Octo- ward training students for careers in foreign trade. General Yount retired from the Air Force June 30, 1946. G E N E R A L H E R E F O R F O U R Y E A R S General Yount assumed command of t h e Flying Training Command in Fort Worth in the Texas & Pacific Passenger Building in June 1942 when the Army Air Forces the command i hot Monday afternoon, night here for all training Tuesday; highest afternoon the acclaim of business, Truman ney and president of the Young Shivers is 41, took his stand against any major i Democrats Clubs of Texas, ex- entered Texas politics by increase in taxes. pressed shock and amazement for the State Senate. He Only estate and gift tax rates told by telephone of Jes- youngest senator ever to should be raised, he said. He death. the oath of office, serving added that the transportation tax . sincerely distressed years f r om 1935 to 1947 on goods should be wiped out about the loss to the state and the "carry-over" of losses in Texas," he said. corporation taxes should be a personal liberalized. | friend and a man admired and swearing in as governor There are economic and social to be honest. Through work, apparently, he has which began almost 100 the service of native when his great-grand- Korth, who was a personal mother halted her covered wagon when he began his f i r s t t e rm as lieutenant governor. He has never met political defeat. her 1946 with an enrollment of deficits that would be far more i apparently, he has in which began almost 100 296 students from 45 states. The " ' program has been to- THE WEATHER 0. S. friend of the governor for some a Texas hill. Shivers campaigned for lieutenant governor on a platform that included higher teachers' salaries, a first class Negro university, f a rm to market roads, tricting, increased old age penan annual 60-day Legislature instead of sessions every two years, an expanded public health program and a revamped pardons and paroles system. Lava Splits Tiny In Half in Canaries TENERIFE, Islands, July tiny island of Monday was reported almost in half by a river of lava f r om an exploding volcano. The volcano is the third in recent weeks to burst through the earth's surface on the island and years, said he last saw him about Shivers was bom in Lufkin ' shower flaming rocks and lava on 10 days ago in Austin and had a long conversation with him at that time. Fine Executive Lost. Oct. 5, 1907. He attended school the surrounding countryside. in Woodville and Port Arthur, the latter city now being his official home town. Sun sets Monday at 7:40. Sun rises Tuesday at 5:30. Highest temperature Sunday 99; highest a year ago 91. Lowest . say is that it is terrible rising Fort Worth and Arch Rowan Fort Worth inde- | the former Miss Shary of Mission. pendent operator, Idaho Forest Fire BOISE, July 11 crew of 107 men is battling a forest f i r e in the Boise national forest 15 miles north of Idaho. Jester Swam And Played Ball Sunday AUSTIN, July 11 ernor J e s t e r had a pleasant day's outing Sunday with members of his staff and swam, played soft-ball and appeared to be in the best of health, associates said Monday. The governor went to Lake Travis for a ride on the new ocean-going cruiser placed t h e re recently by C. R. Stames, Austin hotel owner. Employes said t h e governor and Beauford Jr., his 10-year-old son, swam with other members of the executive office staff for nearly an hour, then went for the lake ride and later went to a lake campsite for an interoffice game. shocked employes related the governor played ball with them and later, a f t e r dinner on the boat, led group singing during t h e lake cruise. He appeared to be in perfect health, they said. The governor l e f t t h e party, went to the mansion to pack for the Houston t r ip and boarded a night train for t h e short relaxation t r ip alone. Chief Executive Was En Route to Galveston s e r \ i n g h i s s e c o n d t e r m a s g o v e r n o r of T e x a s , t h e r e S u n d a y n i g h t t o g o t o f o r a p h y s i c a l h a d p l a n n e d t o s p e n d s e v e r a l d a y s r e s t i n g d u t i e s d u r i n g t h e j u s t - c l o s e d 51st L e g i s l a t u r e , o n t h e c o a s t . L i e u t e n a n t S h i v e r s , w h o w i l l s u c c e e d J e s t e r l e s s t h a n s e v e n t h e " v e r a n d s t o c k m a n s t a r t e d t e r m w a s a t W o o d v i l l e . S h i v e r s i n S e c o n d T e r m . S h i v e r s w a s s e r v i n g h i s s e c o n d t e r m a s l i e u t e n a n t g o v e r n o r . J u s t i c e of t h e P e a c e T o m M a e s of e x p r e s s e d b e l i e f t h e g o v e r n o r h a d b e e n d e a d a b o u t f o u r o r f i v e h o u r s w h e n t h e b o d y w a s f o u n d . M a e s e x a m i n e d t h e b o d y w i t h D r . H . L . E v a n s , a s u r g e o n o n t h e s t a f f of t h e S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c H o s p i t a l h e r e . E v a n s r e f u s e d t o t a l k w i t h r e p o r t e r s a b o u t t h e p o s s i b l e c a u s e of d e a t h b u t M a e s s a i d t h e c a u s e i s b e l i e v e d t o b e c o r o n a r y o c c l u s i o n . A S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c P u l l m a n p o r t e r , C h a r l i e J i m e r s o n , f o u n d t h e g o v e r n o r ' s b o d y a t 7:30 a. m . J i m e r s o n s a i d h e w e n t t o t h e b e r t h t o a w a k e n J e s t e r . "When I called him, he didn't j answer," Jimerson said. j gram for the insane and other The porter then summoned t h e of and to con-train conductor. O. D. Pierce, other Houston, who looked into t h e the just-end-berth and then called State session. way Patrolman W. B. Hawkins, Jester's f n e n d s credited h im who was at the station to meet having kept Texas in line the governor. the national Democratic or-ganization during the last to Rouse He had who said he had been his fight for waiting at t h e station since 7:05 state a. m., went tc the berth called to the governor, at to a same time shaking the f r om and to rouse Jester. the party organization. "Governor, this is Hawkins, j Stayed With don't you know me?" the When it came to the man called. Jester and the Democratic P a r ty When the governor made no in Texas, of which he was t he response, Hawkins called Capt. | titular head, stayed with Presi- Rose, head of the State ! dent Truman and the national Highway Patrol office here. j organization. Meanwhile, the conductor and I . last week declined an other trainmen felt the gover- f r om Speaker Raybum nor's pulse and said they were Monday f or year aso 72 Barometer the Senate. He was president pro 15 miles north of T . i He was my good friend and ANGELES, July 11 (JP).- the state has lost a fme execu- reported that a phases of the Air Force. temperatures near 100, lowest The general left Worth Jan. 1, 1946, when the training command headquarters were moved from here to Barksdale Field, La. On leaving Fort Worth the general said, "All of us will remember Fort Worth as a fine and friendly city which has contributed materially through its co-operation, in the defeat of our enemies." General Yount's Army career began at the age of 19 when he was appointed to West Point f r om He had served the j dershowers in extreme north por- I thoughT we world the Signal Corps and the not much change m tem- I Air Force. peratures. Reds Close All But One Road to Berlin BERLIN, July 11 Russians have choked off truck cargos for West Berlin to four an a the autobahn. All other highways to the city have been closed. A report to the American Military Government that all trucks must be unloaded for inspection indicated that this figure might be f u r t h e r reduced. An average of 30 Otrucks a day had been traveling the Helmstedt road lately. There has been no explanation yet f r om the Soviet military government for the "little blockade." Russian border guards said, however, they were acting on telephoned orders f r om their highest headquarters in Germany. One truck leaving the British zone with 10 tons of glass for Berlin took an hour to pass t he Russian check-point because of the unloading and loading provision. In the meantime no other trucks were allowed to pass. "If the Russians merely are attempting to prevent the importation of black market goods, they would have some reason to require this rigorous inspection," an American officer commented. "But since they have shut down at all points except Helmstedt, it seems obvious t h e r e a r e other motives." Some Allied officials indicated they believed the stoppage was a Russian move to force the Allies to meet Soviet trade terms in forthcoming east-west negotiaGreek Vessel Aground Greek steamer, t h e S. S. G. Kulukundis, went aground at Point Arguello on t h e Southern California coast early Monday and radioed S. O. S. signals. had promised to the Legislat u r e back into special session by next January if a constitutional Monday night in upper West Texas (West of the 100th cloudiness Monday afternoon, night and Tuesday; scattered thunder-showers in South Plains and Pecos Valley westward; not much change in temperatures. East Texas (East of the 100th cloudy Mon- \ senator Morris Next in Line THINK IT OVER Until I heard the doctors say b i g h e a r t u s u a l l y b r i n g s "There's danger in a kiss," m o r e h a p p i n e s s t h a n a b ig I had considered kissing you The closest thing to ; But now I know Biology certain Jester was dead. The governor occupied a lower a conference with officials of other states on the tidelands problem. He said then he had too berth on the Pullman car "Berk-ley," part of the Southern Pacific's night t r a in f r om Austin. The train had l e f t Austin at 11:30 p. m. Sunday night and arrived here at 5:15 a. m. Shivers informed t h e governor's office at Austin that he has not yet taken the oath of office and would stand by. A highway patrol detail sent to Woodville. The body was removed to t he Houston Funeral Home. Mrs. Jester in Austin. Mrs. Jester was in Austin at the governor's mansion. time out for the trip. Jester's administration of the governorship for two years and six months was marked not only by the internal s t r i fe that tore the Democratic Party, but by two legislative sessions that took great forward strides in advancing pub- The state's first major Negro university was founded during his first term, and legislation destined to improve the state's prison its system of state hospitals, and complete reorganization of the public school system Jester had been ill with a case was of food poisoning during the last Jester, who had campaigned strenuous days of the ture, but apparently had recovered from it. At the capitol, flags were mediately lowered to half-staff twice on a no new tax platform, had admitted the need for new taxes to finance these extensions. He had urged legislation for establishment of a tax commission and state offices were closed ' I employes gathered around t e l e ' type machines to read the news. "We iust can't believe it," one state employe said. The State Supreme Court at Austin postponed its Wednesday meeting until Friday. In the closing hours of the No Trace Found of Man Who Leaped Into River KANSAS CITY, Kan., July . , , said Monday no J e s t e r brought had been found of William the state budget into balance by 22, who leaped into t he vetoing $17,000,000 f r om one of from a bridge here the major appropriation bills. He His father, Glenn C. Oliver, reported the young man jumped out of their automobile and then amendment calling f o r annual , The session he promised would came angry refused be to consider a building pro- permission to t h e car. N E W F I R S T F A M I L Y O F T E X A S L t . G o v . A l l an S h i v e r s , w h o s u c c e e d s B e a u f o r d J e s t e r a s g o v e r n o r of T e x a s , i s s h o w n w i t h h i s f a m i l y i n a p i c t u r e t a k e n l a s t J a n u a r y w h e n a b i r t h d a y p a r t y w a s h e l d f o r A l l a n J r . , w h o i s c u t t i n g t h e c a k e w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e of h i s m o t h e r . S u e i s i n h e r f a t h e r ' s a r m s . g r o u p i s S h a r y , w h o w a s ill, Governorship of For First Time Because of The governorship of t h e State I ard B. Hubbard was the second of Texas changed hands Monday lieutenant governor to become for the f i r s t time in t h e history of the state through the death of the state's chief executive. Prior to the death Governor Jester, 40 men sat as t h e state's chief executive; 36 of which were elected to the office and four who succeeded the chief executive f r om lieutenant governors. Lieutenant Governor Shivers, who becomes governor through succession, will be the f o u r th man in t h e state's history to assume t h e governorship in this manner. In 1861 Edward Clark succeeded Sam Houston gover-chief executive when Richard Coke resigned in 1876 to enter the United States Senate. William P: Hobby succeeded James E. Ferguson in 1917 when Ferguson was impeached and Coke Stevenson assumed the governorship in 1941 when W. Lee O'Daniel entered the United States Senate. During Governor J e s t e r ' s tenure of office, he advocated a modernization of the succession syswhich was finally approved Under the new Shivers becomes governor, leaving his present post vacant with the provision that the president pro t em of the Senate, Senator G. C. Morris of Greenville, assumes t he duties of the Senate presidency and becomes next in line f o r t he governorship. As the Legislature has adjourned f r om its regular session, the duties of the lieutenant governor's office will be small in ber unless a special session is called. Senator Morris' present expires in 1951, thus giving the Senate a guiding officer during s. g r o u p i s S h a r y , w h o w a s not when resigned; by t h e 51st Legislature. or. |
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