Oklahoma Governor Urges Sweeping Tax Overhaul
Governor Phillips urged the 18th Oklahoma Legislature to overhaul the tax system, abolish institutions, and mandate a balanced budget. He proposed new taxes, tax reforms, and multiple constitutional amendments including a mandatory budget balance and redistricting, with focus on reforming schools, welfare, and state agencies.
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Phillips
Oklahoma
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Jimmy Dubose
Washington
Colorado
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House of Representatives
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Tulsa
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Capitol
Hailey reports 1940 Pontotoc county farm achievements
C H Hailey county agent presents an 80 page annual report detailing 1940 Pontotoc county farming progress. Highlights include 22 four H clubs 290 head fat stock show 50 trench silos and 1500 acres terraced with numerous demonstrations and county fairs. outlook calls for calf feeding, soil and livestock improvements, and better markets amid national defense shifts.
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Pontotoc County
C. H. Hailey
State Extension Division
Hailey
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Corbin Ranch
Muskogee
Muskogee State Free Fair. “Pontotoc County
State Ends 1940 Traffic Year With Fewer Deaths
Oklahoma finished 1940 with 480 highway fatalities, down five from 1939, as Walter Johnson credits a December safety campaign for saving 21 lives. The year saw December deaths of 64 in 1939 versus 43 last December, and eight states posted declines.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Young Killer Granted Parole After Nine Years In Prison
SEATTLE Jan 7 Bert Niccolls who became a killer at 12 was freed today with a high school diploma earned behind bars. At 21 he looks frail yet studious and will start as a machine shop apprentice after executive parole by Governor Clarence D Martin.
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Seattle
Herbert Niccolls
Niccolls
Clarence D. Martin
Cheam Planning Service Proves Popular With County Farmers
The USDA blueprints for farm buildings are in demand among Pontotoc county farmers. At C. H. Hailey's office a catalogue offers plans for homes barns and more at ten cents per sheet. Farmers may inspect the catalogue and order plans for homes barns and a dairy barn.
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Cheam Planning Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Pontotoc County
C. H. Hailey
Hailey
Census Bureau Reports Five Million Jobless March Snapshot
The Census Bureau found 5,110,270 persons jobless and seeking work last March. It also counts 2,380,062 on public emergency projects and 1,789,144 with undetermined status, amid estimates by groups on unemployment ranging up to 12 million.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Work Projects Administration
National Industrial Conference Board
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Federal
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Shipping Losses Drop in Week Ended Dec 30
The admiralty reports seven merchant ships totaling 37 556 tons lost to enemy action in the week ending Dec 30. Three British ships 18 208 tons and four allied vessels 19 384 tons. Losses are about half the war rate, while Germany claimed to sink 130 163 tons, nearly four times the actual figure.
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London
Admiralty
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