Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas (2024)

Vol. 87 No. 245 An M. Roberts Media Newspaper The Longview News-Journal (USPS 319-000) is published daily including Sunday by M. Roberts Media, 320 E.

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Email releases to with the subject line as Datebook. WHAT HAPPENING Datebook Most Texans brag ginormous size.J.W. Flanagan always thought the state was way too big. It was February 1852 when JamesWinwright Flanagan, a Longview area state legislator, introduced legislation that would divide Texas into two states, East Texas andWest Texas, with the Brazos River being the dividing line. The Legislature defeated the proposal by a 33-15 vote.

But the East Texas solon was a bullheaded cuss. Twenty years later, by then a United States senator, Flanagan proposed that West Texas (about one-third of the state) be turned into an Indi- an reservation. That idea meet approval either. Flanagan was born in Al- bemarle County, Virginia, on Sept. 7, 1805.

His family moved to Kentucky a decade later and the young man worked as a horse-trader. Friend of Sam Flanagan earned a law degree and operated flatboats on the Mississippi River before moving to East Texas in 1843. He opened a mercantile store in Henderson, farmed and practiced law in the Rusk County seat. Flanagan was elected to the Legislature in 1851 and by 1855 was a state senator. While serving in Austin he introduced legisla- tion to create first asylums for the mentally ill and supported expan- sion of railroads in the state.

Flanagan was a close friend of SamHous- ton and, like Houston, strongly opposed secession from the Union in 1861. Flanagan earnestly opposed this (secession) reported the Galveston Daily News. the war be- tween the states he was a north- ern sympathizer, or The one-timeWhig became a Republican. Although a true-blue Union man, Flanagan operated an East Texas tannery during the Civil War and supplied leather goods to the Confederacy. Flanagan was a delegate to the Texas constitutional conventions of 1866 and 1868.

The next year he was selected lieutenant governor of Texas, then was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Flanagan served as a U.S. senator from 1870-1875. He served on the Post Offices and Roads, Labor and Educa- tion committees.

Completing his service in Washington, D.C., Flanagan returned to East Texas and bought a farm near Longview. He eventually built several brick structures and owned a dozen or more small farms on his proper- ty. By that time, Reconstruction had ended and Democrats again were the dominant political force in Texas politics. party being in such a hopelessminority, the senator (was)more interested in his legal practice, farming andmerchan- dising than unsuccessful political said a Texas newspaper. Comanche chief The New Orleans National Republican newspaper in 1872 had called Flanagan of the rising men of the In the hands of such men the destinies of our sunny land will not However, not everyone was a fan of the East Texas Republican.

In 1872, after proposing to turnWest Texas into an Indian reservation, Flanaganmet with U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant to suggest that a captured Coman- che chief be released to negotiate peace between Indians and the federal government. One East Coast newspaper like the idea, proposing instead that Flanagan as a hostage, and if the Indians prove hostile we may chop off the head, and so get good one way or the Flanagan was married three times and had 11 children. A son, DavidWebster Flanagan, was a Texas senator at the same time James Flanagan was serving as lieutenant governor.

The young- er Flanagan succeeded his father as president pro tem of the Texas Senate when James Flanagan became a U.S. representative. Flanagan died Sept. 19, 1887, at the age of 82. He was buried beside his first wife, Polly, in Henderson.

Van So Big latest book is Texas Tales, Book available at Gregg County Historical Museum and East Texas Oil Museum. His column appears Sunday. Email sbcglobal.net Solon tried to cut Texas down to size VAN CRADDOCK In Focus A SL ICE OF IFE FROM NEAR OR FAR of the BY JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Associated Press the last reunionfor members of the famed U.S. Armyjungle fighters called Ma- Three thousand volunteered for a dangerous secret mission duringWorldWar II amission so secret they told even where they were going. They hacked their way through nearly 1,000 miles of jungle behind enemy lines in Myanmar, then called Burma, fighting in five major and 30 minor actions against veteran Japanese troops.

is the last of the said David Allen of Rock Hill, South Carolina. among 13 of the original volunteers still alive. Five were in NewOrleans this past week, along with three menwho joined the unit as replacements or were at its final battle to take an airfield held by the Japanese. With the veterans weremore than 90 children, grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren. They filled ameeting room Tuesday at a NewOrleans hotel, gathering at round tables to reminisce and look at small black-and- white photos, articles about the campaign and their old reunions.

Children and other descendants were collecting autographs and listening to memories. It was the first reunion for Ethan Glen Byrne, 15, of Hamilton, Alabama, and his grandfather Rick Lowe, whose father was a Marauder. Lowe was in his teens when his father, Delbert P. Lowe, died. He began researching Marauders several years ago and learned about the reunions.

He came because it was the last. wanted to honormy he said. The unit won a Presidential Unit Citation, six Distinguished Service Crosses, four Legions of Merit, 44 Silver Stars and a Bronze Star for everyman in the regiment. Their shoulder patch was adopted by the 1st Bat- talion of the 75th Infantry Ranger Regiment. And their families are pushing a pair of bills to award the Congressional GoldMedal to Marauders.

A war correspondent created the nick- name, after Brig. Gen. FrankMerrill, because the formal namewas amouthful, according to the 2013 history Marauders: The Untold Story of Unit Galahad and the Tough- est Special ForcesMission of WorldWar Themen of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) were a thoroughlymixed bag. Somewere seasoned jungle fighters. Others were city boys without much service.

Still others, some of them joining when the unit was training in India, were like the leaving the stockade for danger and a pardon. Allen said he was a when he was drafted. Robert Passanisi, 94, of Lindenhurst, New York, said patriotism and family solidar- ity were his reasons for volunteering. He had two brothers serving in Europe. somehow felt that me doingmy part would relieve my he said Tuesday.

Gilbert H. Howland, 95, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, said he was among 124 vol- unteers out of 500 gathered in a Puerto Rico stadium. guys weremy he said. want to be with any strange STARS NEIGHBORS People Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy welcome 2nd baby boy Claire Danes andHugh Dancy have wel- comed a baby boy. A publicist for the actors told The Associated Press on Friday that the couple gave birth Mon- day in New York.

This is the second child for the 39-year-old actress and 42-year- old actor. They are already parents to their 5-year-old son Cyrus Michael Christopher. The actors have been married since 2009. Danes, the actress, has won three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globes. The British actor Dancy starred in the TV series Filmmaker, Armstrong sons defend sons of Neil Armstrong are defending Damien docudrama about the moon landing after conservative pundits decried the lack of emphasis on the American planting on the lunar surface.

In a joint statement Friday, Rick andMark Armstrong, along with author James R. Hansen, denied that film is can in the the they said. story is human and it is universal. Of course, it celebrates an America achievement. It also celebrates an achievement all said the Armstrongs and Hansen.

filmmakers chose to focus onNeil looking back at the earth, his walk to LittleWest Crater, his unique, personal experience of complet- ing this journey, a journey that has seen somany incredible highs and devastating Though includes several shots showing the Amer- ican flag on the moon, it does not depict the flag planting. After the film premiered earlier this week at the Venice Film Festival, some commentators on social media who seen the movie criticized the film. They were re- acting largely toRyan Gosling, who stars as Neil Armstrong, telling reporters in Venice that the accomplish- ments countries and Chazelle said the decision around the flag planting political but aesthetic. The La filmmaker was moti- vated to portray the risks and challenges of the moonmission through the eyes of Armstrong. local Jones FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Famed World War II unit have final reunion Surviving members of the famed WWII Army unit David Allan, of Rockhil, S.C., left, and Robert Passanisi, of Lindenhurst, N.Y., shake hands Tuesday during a gathering of remaining members, family and history buffs in New Orleans.

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Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas (2024)

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