Suit to Test New Tax Law Draws Attention
Dallas County Tax Collector warns the new graduated discount on 1935 taxes may reach the Texas Supreme Court. The statute offers 3 percent in October, 2 percent in November, and 1 percent in December. A mandamus suit could force acceptance and trigger appeals.
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Texas
Jewell Davidson
Dallas County
Supreme Court of Texas
Dallas News
Ed Cobb
Lubbock
Davidson
State Association of Assessors and Collectors
Dallas
Cobb
Supreme Court
Longer terms for officials urged in Dallas speech
United States comptroller of the currency J F T O Connor urged extending presidential term to six years and congressional terms to four, speaking at a Dallas clearinghouse luncheon and delivering the commencement address at Southern Methodist University. He also proposed unicameral government universal adoption and declined to comment on the NRA ruling.
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J. F. T. O'Connor
United States Comptroller of the Currency
House of Representatives
Dallas Clearing House Association
O'Connor
Southern Methodist University
Nebraska
Supreme Court
NRA
Reilly Loses Suit To Hold Bruno Fund
Edward J. Reilly failed in supreme court to impound the appeal fund for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He sought $22,398 in counsel fees but Justice Charles C. Lockwood denied a receiver and questioned entitlement since funds were raised by popular subscription for Hauptmann's appeal. A stray line notes the common cicada name locust.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward J. Reilly
Supreme Court
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reilly
Hauptgann
Plemington
Charles C. Lockwood
Monterrey Warns of Tourist Rush on Pan American Highway
Seniehold Petty reports the Mexican Automobile Association fears a sudden surge of motorists when the Pan American highway opens. They urge a three month wait to avoid bridge delays and hotel shortages, noting current facilities along the route cannot handle large crowds.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Mexican Automobile Association
Lions’ Aur Rotary
Laredo
International Bridge
The
Victoria
Villa Juarez
Valles
Tamazunchalo
Jacala
Academy of Music Faculty Recital at Municipal Auditorium
The Academy of Music and Art faculty will present a varied program at Municipal Auditorium at 8 15 tonight. Instructors include Dorothy Hail Pitman dramatic reading Helen Hood art dancing Mrs Lewis Bussey piano and accordion Mary Frances Akard piano and Martha Barnhardt costume design demonstration. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Academy of Music and Art
Municipal Auditorium
Dorothy Hail Pitman
Helen Hood
Lewis Bussey
Mary Frances Akard
Martha Barnhardt
Poison Not Spider Cause of Death in Lisowsky Case
Worcester where autopsy on Stephen Lisowsky Jr. indicates death from poisoning after narcotic overdose. Medical examiner Dr. Frederick H. Baker found no evidence of spider poisoning, despite a Black Widow spider found near the bed.
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Worcester
Mass
Stephen Lisowsky, Jr
Frederick H. Baker
Los Angeles
Lisowsky
Navy officer visits Judge Riggs in Amarillo
Lieut. Comml William Ludlow U S Navy and his bride visited County Judge J N Riggs yesterday. The officer is a friend of Judge Riggs son Lieut. Comml Ralph Riggs who ushered at the couple’s Syracuse wedding. Ralph Riggs, a 1913 Amarillo High School graduate, was later named to the Naval Academy.
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William Ludlow
U. S. Navy
Navy
Judge Riggs
Ralph Riggs
Young Riggs
Syracuse
N.Y
Washington, D.C
Ludlow
U. S
Amarillo
Naval Academy
Cardui Build Up Her Strength in Winston Woman's Testimony
Mrs. A S Curtis of Winston Virginia says Cardui restored her strength after weight loss and fatigue. She began using it on advice from her aunt and has continued to take it when feeling run down. Cardui is claimed to improve appetite and nutrition and thousands of women testify to its benefits. If it fails to benefit you, consult a physician.
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Cardui
A. S. Curtis
Winston
Rayburn seeks dam on Red River near Denison
Rep. Rayburn of Texas urged Harry Hopkins to approve a proposed 40 million dollar flood control and power dam on the Red River near Denison as a means to reduce unemployment. He called a very satisfactory conference but declined further comment. Rayburn and other flood control supporters pressed the Army Engineers to request funds from the work relief administration.
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Washington
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
Harry Hopkins
Red River
Denison
Army Engineers
Work-Relief Administration
Governor Allred Plans Short Vacation in Dallas
Governor James V. Allred said he would take a mid June vacation to rest and fish after a long legislative session. He stated his mind was in a fog and that he had cleared his desk of legislative matters while affirming Texas laws were sufficient to control production.
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Dallas
U.P
James V. Allred
Texas
TWO HIGHWAYS TO BE WORKED
Potter County will repair two highways with contracts awarded yesterday. Austin Bridge Company to rebuild a Turkey Creek bridge under Ted Blackburn supervision with a $1,230 plan including a west bank retaining wall and creosoted piling. Klock Construction Company to resurface West Tenth Avenue toward Highway 66 supervised by Commissioner Joe Gray.
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Potter County
Ted Blackburn
Mark Parker
Austin Bridge Company
Turkey Creek
Klock Construction Company
West Tenth Avenue
Amarillo
Joe Gray
Presbyterians End Annual Assembly in Montreat
The 75th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church adjourned at 1 P.M. in Montreat North Carolina after a closing session that approved routine reports from committees on women’s work synodical records theological seminaries historical foundation Bible cause and the Mountain Retreat Association. A judicial commission ruled against sustaining Dr. J W Lehman’s complaint vs the Synod of Texas, offering no factual report in dismissal.
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Montreat
N. C
75Th
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Synodical Records
Theological Seminaries
Historical Foundation
Bible Cause
Mountain Retreat Association
J. W. Lehman
Synod of Texas
Miss Davidson III Reported Ill. Tax Office Seeks Rest
Potter County tax collector Miss Jewell Davidson III fell ill at her office yesterday. Her physician ordered her to rest at home. condition not believed serious. Also describes sepia ink made from ink sacs of octopus and cuttlefish.
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Miss Davidson III
Jewell Davidson
Potter County
Vaughan Class Barbecue Draws Ellwood Park Crowd
Nearly 300 attend a Vaughan Sunday School class barbecue at Ellwood Park in Polk Street Methodist Church honoring Sam D. Vaughan, teacher for 11 years. Hosts from a recent membership contest organize the event at 7 p.m. John Snider grills beef with trim mings while S. F. Rose Jim Webb Marion Hill and Hubert Cole deliver boxing stunts short talks.
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Ellwood Park
Vaughan
Polk Street Methodist Church
Sam D. Vaughan
John Snider
S. F. Rose
Jim Webb
Marion Hill
Hubert Cole
Planning Board Seeks Road Work on Highway 103 Route
The Texas Planning Board asked the Bureau of Public Roads and the Texas Highway Department to construct Highway 103 from San Augustine via Lufkin to Crockett. The resolution by E. L. Kurth of Lufkin ties the plan to forest allotments in the Sam Houston units and cites $4,880,000 in Congress appropriations for unemployment relief funding.
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Texas Planning Board
Bureau of Public Roads
Texas Highway Department
San Augustine
Lufkin
Crockett
E. L. Kurth
Angelina
David Crockett
Sabine
Sam Houston National Forest
Congress
Oil Worker Dies From Gas Burns Near Kilgore
Edward Rosa 53 production superintendent for Hughes Oil Company died in a local hospital from burns after lighting a gas torch at an oil well six miles southwest of Kilgore. Rosa, married, had moved from Ohio two years ago.
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Kilgore
U.P
Edward Rosa
Hughes Oil Company
Here
Rosa
Ohio
Railroad Week Opens June 1 with Panhandle Santa Fe plans
National Railroad Week launches at 8 a m Monday June 10 with locomotive whistles across western railroads signaling the start In Amarillo local railway workers join in the celebration Three lines Panhandle and Santa Fe Fort Worth and Denver and Rock Island include radio programs a parade educational tours and speeches The week runs through June 15 and local committee chairman is W E Goodlee with J W Mode and Herman Clutter assisting
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Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
James V. Allred
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Fort Worth
W. E. Goodlee
Panhandle
Santa Fe
J. W. Mode
Fort Worth & Denver
Herman Clutter
Rock Island
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