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As the Shreveport mayor for two four-year terms, Thomas promoted the construction of the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium,<ref name=lahist/> originally a memorial to [[World War I]] service personnel, which was restored in 1994.<ref>[[Eric Brock]], "Municipal Auditorium Now Being Restored," ''The Shreveport Times,'' September 17, 1994.</ref> From 1948 to 1960, the auditorium staged the Louisiana Hayride [[Country music]] program. [[Elvis Presley]] performed at the auditorium on several occasions between 1954 and 1956. While Thomas was mayor, W. K. Henderson launched KWKH [[Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caddohistory.com/louisiana_hayride.html|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=caddohistory.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> Thomas was active too in building the viaduct on Market Street, the Cross Lake Reservoir (the city's principal water supply), and the construction of ten parks and playgrounds.Thomas worked for the purchase of Barksdale Field.<ref name=lahist/>
As the Shreveport mayor for two four-year terms, Thomas promoted the construction of the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium,<ref name=lahist/> originally a memorial to [[World War I]] service personnel, which was restored in 1994.<ref>[[Eric Brock]], "Municipal Auditorium Now Being Restored," ''The Shreveport Times,'' September 17, 1994.</ref> From 1948 to 1960, the auditorium staged the Louisiana Hayride [[Country music]] program. [[Elvis Presley]] performed at the auditorium on several occasions between 1954 and 1956. While Thomas was mayor, W. K. Henderson launched KWKH [[Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caddohistory.com/louisiana_hayride.html|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=caddohistory.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> Thomas was active too in building the viaduct on Market Street, the Cross Lake Reservoir (the city's principal water supply), and the construction of ten parks and playgrounds.Thomas worked for the purchase of Barksdale Field.<ref name=lahist/>
==Death==
Thomas died in Shreveport at the age of sixty-eight and is interred there at Forest Park Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas6.html#1WG0OKAD9|title=Index to Politicians: Thomas, K to N|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=December 29, 2010}}</ref>
Thomas died in Shreveport at the age of sixty-eight and is interred there at Forest Park Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas6.html#1WG0OKAD9|title=Index to Politicians: Thomas, K to N|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=December 29, 2010}}</ref>