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FEDERAL OFFICIALS-CCNGRESSMEN. 71
FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
State Director, Julian Montgomery, Fort Worth.
Housing Division.
Jas. T. Halle Jr., district manager housing di-
vision, Dallas.
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD.
District Examiner, J. W. Chester, Little Rock,
Ark.
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF LITTLE ROCK.
Chairman of Board, Gilbert J. Leigh, Little Rock:
Vice-Chairman, Will C. Jones Jr., P. O. Box 2159,
Dallas.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION.
William H. Clark, State Director, Gulf States
Building, Dallas.
T. B. Yarbrough, Special Assistant to State Di-
rector, Fort Worth.
HOME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION.
Regional Office-Joseph R. Smith III, regional
manager; A. M. Frazier, regional counsel. Dallas.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
Chief Accountant and Auditor, George W. Vale,
Houston.,
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
American Commissioner, L. M. Lawson, El Paso.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COUNCIL.
State Director for Texas, H. P. Drought, 1006
Frost Bank Building, San Antonio.
Administrative Officer, Marion A. Olson, 1006
Frost Bank Building, San Antonio.
SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD,
Regional Director, Osear M. Powell, Maverick
Building, San Antonio; Executive Assistant, Sher-
wood Avery, San Antonio.
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION,
State Director, Lyndon B. Johnson, 603 Little-
field building, Austin.
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION.
Central and Northern Texas.-W. P. Andrews,
loan agency manager, Federal Reserve Building,
Dallas.
Southwestern Texas.-Lucius C. Andrews, loan
agency manager, Federal Reserve Bank Building,
El Paso.
Southeastern Texas.-Ike Ashburn, loan agency
manager, 2505 Gulf Building, Houston.
Southern Texas.-Otto Meerscheidt, loan agency
manager, 300 Alamo Bank Building, San Antonio.
RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION, REGION B.
Regional Director, Region VIII, D. P. Trent,
3221 Commerce street, Dallas.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Regional Administrator, Oran H. Allred. Room
101 U. S. Courthouse, Fort Worth.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.
Read Johnson, manager regional offices, Cotton
Exchange Building, ballas, and Smith-Young Tow-
er, San Antonio.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Commanding General.
Major Gen. H. J. Brees, Eighth Corps Area Head.-
quarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Quartermaster Corps.-Col. Rudolph E. Smyser,
Quartermaster, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Corps of Engineers.-Lieut. CoL Edwin H. Marks,
U. S. Engineers office, Galveston.
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION.
State Office.-H. P. Drought, State administrator,
Smith-Young Tower. San Antonio.
Robert J. Smith, deputy State administrator,
Smith-Young Tower, San Antonio.UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS IN TEXAS.
(Fifth Circuit.)
Northern Texas District.-District Judges, James
C. Wilson, Fort Worth; William Hawley Atwell,
Dallas; T. Whitfield Davidson, Dallas. Clerk of
District Court, George W. Parker, Dallas. U. S.
Attorney, Clyde O. Eastus, Fort Worth. U. S.
Marshal, James R. Wright, Dallas.
Southern Texas District.-District Judge, Thomas
M. Kennerly, Houston. Clerk of District Court, L.
C. Masterson, Houston. U. S. Attorney, Douglas
W. McGregor, Houston. U. S. Marshal, M. Frank
Hammond, Houston.
Eastern Texas District.-District Judge, Randolph
Bryant, Sherman. Clerk of District Court, Ann H.
Patton (acting deputy March 1, 1937), Sherman.
U. S. Attorney, Steve M. King, Beaumont. U. S.
Marshal, Stanford B. Stiles, Texarkana.
Western Texas District.-District Judges, Charles
A. Boynton, El Paso; Robert J. MeMillan, San An-
tonio. Clerk of District Court, D. H. Hart, Austin.
U. S. Attorney, William R. Smith, San Antonio.
U. S. Marshal, Guy McNamara, San Antonio.
TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
Below is a list of Texas Congressmen. The name
of each Representative is preceded by the number
of his district, and followed by his Texas home
address:
1-Wright Patman, Texarkana.
2-Martin Dies, Orange.
3-Morgan G. Sanders. Canton.
4-Sam Rayburn, Bonham.
5-Hatton W. Sumners, Dallas.
6-Luther A. Johnson, Corsicana.
7-Nat Patton, Crockett.
8-Albert Thomas, Houston.
9-Joseph J. Mansfield, Columbus.
10-(Vacancy due to the death of James P. Bucha-
nan, Feb. 22, 1937.)
11-William R. Poage, Waco.
1p-Fritz G. Lanham, Fort Worth.
y-W. D. McFarlane, Graham.
14-Richard M. Kleberg, Corpus Christi.
15-Milton H. West, Brownsville.
16---R. E. Thomason, El Paso.
17-Clyde L. Garrett, Eastland.
18-Marvin Jones, Amarillo.
19-George H. Mahon, Colorado.
20-Maury Maverick, San Antonio.
21-Charles L. South. Coleman.
U. S. SENATORS FROM TEXAS.
Morris Sheppard, Texarkana.
Tom Connally, Marlin.
TEXAS BOUNDARY LINE.
The boundary of Texas by segments, including
only larger river and coastline bends, is as follows:
Miles.
Sabine River, Lake and Pass..............180.0
Red River .................................. 480.0
Rio Grande............................ ... 889.0
Coastline ...... .........................370.0
Sabine River to Red River .................. 106.5
East Panhandle line....................... 133.6
North Panhandle line. .................... 167.0
West Panhandle line....................... 310.2
Along 32d parallel......................... 209.0
Total ......................... ...2,845.3
Following the smaller meanderings of the rivers,
these are the boundary measurements:
Sabine River, Lake and Pass............... 292.0
Red River .............................. 726.0
Rio Grande ... .....1,569.0
Coastline (tidewater)............ ........ 624.0
The five fixed segments given above....... 926.3
Total .............................4,137.3
While the tidewater coastline is given as 624
miles, the entire coastline measured in steps of one
mile is 973 miles for the mainland and 709 miles
for the islands.Specialists for Over 20 Years in
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