Legislature Squeezes 17 Million From Budget
The Texas legislature cut general revenue appropriations by about 17 million for the next two years, reducing total allocations to roughly 74 million amid consolidations, fewer new agencies, and tax reforms including a 2 cent minimum oil tax and extended intangible levy on pipelines.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin
Guiding Star
Democratic Party
Oklahoma
Small
Woodward
Senate
Aikin
Stanfield
Puryear
Rogers
House
Highway Commission
Natural Resources Commission
Texas Railroad Commission
Early Wheat Load From Oklahoma Reaches Fort Worth Market
First ear of 1933 crop wheat from Grandfield Oklahoma arrived at Fort Worth terminal market about 10 days early. Shipment graded Number 1 dark hard wheat with 62 pounds per bushel and 13.80 percent protein. Potishman notes Oklahoma wheat varies, some testing 52 pounds per bushel. Dalhart notes Dalham County forestry corps has 16 men with several rejections on physicals.
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Fort Worth
Fiorth
Grandfield
Oklahoma
Leo Potishman
Transit Grain and Commission Company
Potishman
Dalhart
Dallam County
Federal Forestry Corps
Joe Burrow
Carter’s Lower Pile: Digestive Aid Claim in 1982 CM
Fragmentary ad text promotes Carter’s Lower Pile as a remedy to wake the liver and bile flow without calomel. The copy mentions digestive benefits and foul breath, with references to Carter’s product line and a 1982 CM imprint.
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Malta
Couzens Claims 30 Senators Dominated by Power Interests
In Washington on June 1 the dispute between Senator Couzens and Senator Barkley over power interest influence escalated during the Helvering nomination debate. Couzens apologized for his May 11 remark and the two men sparred about naming the 30 senators, with Barkley urging disclosure while Couzens cautioned he might err.
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Washington
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Guy T. Helvering
Kansas
Internal Revenue
Helvering
Sena
Morgan Partners Face Pecora Hearings On Holdings
Morgan partners described large profits possible from United Corporation holdings in 1929 and 1930. George Whitney testified Morgan & Company helped place unsecured loans for United Holding group and listed income taxes paid by partners from 1919 to 1929. The day included mention of clients sold United and Niagara Hudson securities, a midget incident with a Morgan visit, and questions on holding company regulation and influence on operating firms.
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George Whitney
United Corporation
Morgan
Whitney
Morgan & Company
United Holding Group
Pecora
Harvey C. Couch
Arkansas
Reconstruction Corporation
Morgan Partners
Dot” King
New York
John C. Hackett
Hackett
Drexel & Company
United Corporation Securities
Niagara- Hudson Power
Couch
Niagara-Hudson
Owen J. Roberts
United
Supreme Court
Niagara
R. B. Mellon
J. Henry Roraback
O. P. van Sweringen
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Dohm W. Kephart
Wiliam O. Schaffer
Gifford Pinchot
Lyn Grat
Fletcher
United and Companies
Columbia Gas and Electric
Niagara Hudson
United Gas Improvement
Young Whitney
The
Owen D. Young
General Electric
Young
Pécora
Mr. Young
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Witney
Rockefellers
Morena
Mr. Morgan
Leonard Keyes
John W. Davis
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Stomach Agony Relief Offered by City Drug Stores
Persistent indigestion sufferers urged to try Dares Mentha Peperin claiming rapid relief in five minutes and lasting improvement in weeks. Available at all four City Drug Stores and other druggists.
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Dares Mentha Pepeir
Tax Bill Changes Seen as Senate Hears Labor Clash
Washington June 1 The Senate Finance Committee will rewrite the administration’s industrial recovery public works tax bill after final arguments sparked clashes between steel and labor groups. Secretary Ickes proposed a Copper Marland oil bill substitute granting the President wider power to regulate oil and allocate market demand while authorizing bans on interstate petroleum commerce violative of law.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Ickes
House
Ways and Means
Finance
Finance Committee
Robert P. Lamont
American Iron and Steel Institute
Secretary of Commerce
Lamont
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Organized Labor
Lewis
Banker Whitney Discusses Loans to Utilities
The dialogue features a person questioning if a bank would lend $10,000 to him given his connection with J. P. Morgan & Company. Whitney replies that such loans are normal banking business and the bank would welcome the business.
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J. P. Morgan & Company
Whitney
Texas Senate kills hug-the-coast road right of way resolution
The Texas Senate killed a resolution granting Hug-the-Coast Highway Association officials the right of way for a private scenic road across shallow Gulf waters. The House had passed the measure led by Rep. W. E. Pope of Corpus Christi. Also noted, electric heating was installed in new Chester jail cells in England.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Hug-the-Coast Highway Association
Gulf of Mexico
House
W. E. Pope
Corpus Christi
Chester
England
Four Hurt After Ranch Home Explosion Near Dalhart
Four persons including a woman suffer severe burns in an explosion at a stone ranch house by Eklund dam northwest of Dalhart. A man upstairs was thrown from his bed while a baby in the next room remained unhurt though its bed rollers fell out. The group had been playing dominoes at a dining table lit by an old fashioned coal oil lamp, which is suspected to have exploded.
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Dalhart
Eklund Dam
Here
Tariff Powers to President Teed to Negotiate Reciprocals
Washington June 1 A tariff bill described by Speaker Rainey would grant the President authority to negotiate reciprocal tariff treaties with foreign nations and proclaim them effective without Senate approval. The measure may go to Congress this week after the railroad bill passage.
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Washington
Rainey
Senate
Congress
Andrews Named to Pardon Board in Texas
Governor Miriam A Ferguson appoints T C Andrews of McKinney as chairman of the board of pardons and paroles, succeeding J O Woodward after Hamiltons death. Andrews previously joined the board of regents for state teachers colleges but resigned to accept the pardon board post.
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Andrews
Pardon Board
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
T. C. Andrews
McKinney
Board of Pardons and Paroles
J. O. Woodward
Coleman
Tragic Crash Near San Bernardino Kills Three
A March Field bomber piloted by Lieutenant McHenry crashed in fog over the San Bernardino mountains en route to Crissey Field San Francisco killing three aboard. McHenry said he saw a hole in the fog between foothills and attempted to gain altitude but struck the earth. A second March Field plane, an observation ship piloted by Lieutenant Trimble, arrived safely at Las Vegas Nevada, clarifying there was no mid air collision.
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March Field
William Trimble
Las Vegas
Nev
Treaty Aims At Immunity From Prosecution
Mr. Davis reiterates American desire for strict arms supervision praised by delegations as a real security contribution. Japanese delegation silent on the issue. Nine hundred pupils from 93 public schools in England recently cruised the Mediterranean.
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Davis
England
Mediterranean
Bandits flee after gun battle near Siloam Springs Arkansas
A gun battle in Siloam Springs ends with three bandits escaping in a car stolen in Kansas. a posse pursues toward Maysville and the Cookson hills as authorities trap the area and seek two men and a boy missing since morning. bullets shattered downtown windows and an ammo box bearing a Tulsa store name was tossed from the fleeing car.
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Bob la .Follette
Siloam
Springs
Ark
E. J. Wood
Kansas
Siloam Springs
Underhill
Maysville
Oklahoma Line
Cookson Hills
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Chelsea
Spavinaw Hills
Kirk Prather
Kansas Prison
Bushyhead
Tulsa
Longest Term Session Ends With Tax and Budget Shifts
The Texas legislature closed after 143 days with a $ deficit despite a 25 percent spending cut. A conference report merged tax assessor and collector roles, approved funding for pink bollworm relief, cattle tick eradication, and Galveston Harris Chambers county farmers, and raised tuition while allowing institutions to keep local funds.
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Miriam A. Ferguson
West Texas
East Texas
Galveston
Harris
Chambers
Palo Duro Park project plans move forward in canyon area
Federal plan details outline army inspections and park work expected within two weeks. Canyon and Claude leaders push for park access routes while Col. Oscar Seward is named state general park engineer. County Judge S. B. Orton warns locals no local jobs are available as federal conservation workers handle hiring.
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Canyon
Claude
L. P. White
Clyde Warwick
B. Orton
Fred Wortham
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Park
Washburn
Oscar Seward
Amarillo
Palo Duro Park
Chairman Corp
S. B. Orton
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