Word: texans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Blacksmith's Son. Except for the usual pride in being a Texan, Ben Hogan had little to start out with. He was the son of Chester Hogan, the town blacksmith in Dublin, Tex. It was cattle country and most of Blacksmith Hogan's business was shoeing cow ponies. A silent, left-handed runt of a kid, Ben learned how to ride and to fight with his fists...
When the Federal Government won title to the rich submerged oil lands off the California Coast, Texans feared their offshore oil properties would be the next target. They were right. Last week Attorney General Tom Clark, a Texan himself, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to give the Federal Government title to the Gulf of Mexico's offshore lands now being "illegally leased" by Louisiana and Texas to private oil companies. Estimated amount of oil in the 780-mile coastal strip: 10 billion barrels...
...jitters had already seized the troops awaiting air transport. Soldiers, ignoring orders, were fighting their way on to planes already on the field. Intermingled in the disorderly jam of troops, women dressed in soldiers' uniforms struggled to keep squalling infants from getting crushed. "My God," drawled a tall Texan, "they must think these planes are made of rubber...
...front, the Cadets have a big, burly group anchored by captain and potential all-American center Bill Yeoman, of Austin, Texas. End Dan Foldberg, another Texan, and brother of Army's famous Hank Foldberg, is the team's best pass receiver...
...three years in Dallas, Dorati has become a kind of Hungarian Texan (and a U.S. citizen) who knows how to get along with Dallas businessmen. He is also a fine musician who has helped carry many a Texan the long distance from San Antonio Rose to Bartók "without going out of my way to annoy them." Dorati has given Dallas world premieres of works by Paul Hindemith, Walter Piston and George Antheil. Some Texans now brag almost as much about their symphony orchestras as about the size of their state...