Texas to vote on big homestead tax exemption amendment
Texas lawmakers approved sending a constitutional amendment to voters that would exempt homesteads from state ad valorem taxes up to 3000 dollars. The measure, a key plank of Gov Sterling's platform, would take effect in 1935 if approved, with about half of Texas homes predicted to qualify.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Homestea Ds
R. S. Sterling
Union
Hardeman Farmers Use Wheat for Hay in June
In Hardeman County farmers cut spring wheat to make hay for the first time in years. Some fields yield little grain, so owners are harvesting what they can. Hardware dealers report binders being repaired for the season and threshing expected to begin by June 10.
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Quanah
Hardeman County
Four-Legged Duck Report From Lamesa
Special to The News from Lamesa notes John N. Cook of Ackeley, 25 miles southwest, owns a duck with four active legs. Cook says the duck uses all four legs and appears healthy.
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Lamesa
John N. Cook
Ackeley
Cook
New 25,000 Bushel Steel Elevator Under Construction
In Chillicothe on June 6 a new all steel elevator with a 25,000 bushel capacity is being built at the C. M. Moore Milling Company plant. The 30 foot diameter and 30 foot high structure includes a Warehouse adjoining as grain production increases in the area.
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Chillicothe
C. M. Moore Miling Company
Echoes in a Looking Glass Limeade
In a reflective exchange Bunny questions a stranger while Puff protests amid a milling crowd. The dialogue hints at recognition and self consciousness as characters navigate a mirrored moment and social pressure.
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Bunny
Puff
Jane and Andre at Chicago World's Fair party
Jane Ward prepares for Muriel's party as Andre returns from Europe. They ride in the Furness coach to Jackson Park, tour the Midway, share a kiss on the Ferris wheel, and stroll the illuminated Court of Honor with Rosalie Isabel and Mrs. Lester observing.
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Muriel Lester
Jane Ward
Chicago
Jane
Andre
Paris
London
Muriel
Flora
New York
Galena
Washington Park
Jackson Park
Isabel
Rosewood
Mr. Furness
Rosalie
Mrs. Lester
Mr. Purness
Freddy Waters
Cairo
Cottage Grove Avenue
Midway
Teddy
Robin Bridges
Robin
Mgr
Furness
Pine Street
Fair Grounds
Freddy
Labrador
Court of Honor
Venice
John Phillip Sousa
MacMonnies
Grand Basin
Construction notes reveal heavy local building permits and pacing
Construction notes show last week totals of 1 642 149 and 22 375 to date with numerous projects. Frame and brick residences listed at 710 North Filmore 213 East Tenth 2313 Lipscomb 821 Travis 729 North Mirror and 2101 Lipscomb plus gas line improvements by Amarillo Gas Co. Spearman paving and four blocks underway with calgche and sidewalks project. Dumas Stratford Boise City gas line work to begin within days, lasting 60 to 90 days.
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North Filmore Street
F. A. Cleghorn
East Tenth Street
D. M. Huffman
Lipscomb Street
J. B. Archer
G. B. Moore
Travis
Harry G. Hollis
E. R. Cox
Harrison
Sixteenth Street
Amarillo Gas Co
Jackson
van Buren
North Mirror
Ross Williams
Rayte Fer
Guson
A. H. Brown
Carolina
F. C. Metz
Spearman
Gray County
Commissioners’ Court
Dumas
Robertson Honored Soldier and Texas Official
Civil and military leaders joined in paying tribute to Robert Lamar Robertson, World War decorations recipient and former Texas adjutant general, killed when his car crashed near Waco. The vast crowd gathered at his parents home for funeral services led by Rev. J. T. King of the First Methodist Church.
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Gonzales
Robert Lamar Robertson
Adjutant General of
Texas
Inspector General of
Robertson
Austin
Waco
J. T. King
First Methodist Church
Funeral trip draws Sterling to Gonzales
Governor Ross Sterling heads to Gonzales for the funeral of his aide W. W. Sterling and other adjutant general figures. A moonlit lagoon scene unfolds with Flora and Jane as a gondola carries Bert Lancaster and Flora's mother, before the group departs, unaware of the sight.
Baylor Alumni Plan Fund Drive for Brooks Memorial Organ
A Baylor University alumni committee met in Waco to raise forty thousand dollars for a large pipe organ in Waco Hall as a memorial to the late President S P Brooks. The group includes Mrs Cornelia Smith Frank E Burkhalter J E Burkhart Jr Mrs E B Ingram Mrs Cleo Frost Bowman Hubert Harrison Fred Barron and others from across Texas.
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Waco
Waco Hall
Baylor University
S. P. Brooks
Earl B. Smyth
Dallas
Smyth
Gornelia Smith
Frank E. Burkhalter
Baylor
J. E. Burkhart, Jr
Houston
E. B. Ingram
Fort Worth
Cleo Frost Bowman
Mineral Wells
Hubert Harrison
Longview
Fred Barron
Aleph Tanner Carter
Wichita Falls
Harvey Baugh
Austin
Eugene Wood
San Antonio
Wright McClatchy
Olney
Nell Brown
Big Spring
J. M. Cook
Amarillo
Harvey B. Carlton
Dr. Milford ©. Rouse
Pease River City Vanished Myth From Copper Boom
June 6 traces of Pease River City vanish 18 miles southeast of this city. The single rock dugout inspired tales by a New England promoter about steamboats and a coming metropolis. Locals recall a General McClellan debacle in the 1870s as a warning about the copper venture. The mine site later served as a favorite picnic ground.
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Quanah
Pease River City
New
McClellan
Charity conditions in Memphis improved says Davenport
Bascom Davenport told the Memphis City Council this week that charity cases fell from about 365 people in 65 or more cases after city intervention on May 1. He cited three able bodied men and four widows still depended on city aid, with plans announced to end charity work by June.
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Memphis
Bascom Davenport
Davenport
Memphis Baptists Open Revival Meeting Sunday
Memphis June 17 The pastor and members of First Baptist Church will begin an eight day revival Sunday extending through the following Sunday The meeting will be in charge of local workers The church has asked E T Miller the pastor to do the preaching This will be the fourth meeting of this nature Miller has conducted in five years as pastor in the city.
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Memphis
First Baptist Church
E. T. Miller
Miller
Vatican clash fuels radio attack on papal church
Rome report says Catholic action against society is a strong organization taking orders from a foreign power. Priests are accused of ingratitude to Fascism while the Vatican treaty anniversary looms and Pope Pius XI promotes liberty of conscience.
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Rome
Catholic Action Against Society
Pius XI
Vatican
Traffic officers to wear blue uniforms under new bill
In Austin on June 7 the governor approved a bill re enacting the traffic officer uniform rule as a rider by Sen W A Williamson of San Antonio. The measure requires blue uniforms for officers making traffic arrests in precincts of 8000 people or less, reviving the former blue blue or grey rule.
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Austin
Criminal Appeals Court
W. A. Williamson
San Antonio
Ross S. Sterling
Earthquake Shocks England Rattling London Overnight
England was shaken from end to end at 1 30 this morning as a quake sent thousands into the streets in alarm. No damage reported but messages poured in from the midlands South Wales and northern counties. City residents felt tremors in beds and windows rattled throughout London.
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London
England
Midlands
South Wales
City of London
East Texas Parley Drafted in Dallas Meeting
A group of East Texas oil men including proration opponents drafted an agreement at an all day session in Dallas to present to executives of major producers and pipelines. Tom E. Cranfill led the meeting and will head a committee to take the proposal to Houston for W. S. Farish of Humble Co.
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Dallas
East Texas
Tom E. Cranfill
Houston
W. S. Farish
Humble Company
Woman found dead with pistol near in Dallas yard
Mrs. Antonia Marschall, 72, was found dead today in her Dallas backyard with a bullet wound in the chest. Grandsons John and Billie Marschall found the body. She leaves four sons including Max Marschall of San Angelo.
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Dallas
Antonia Marschall
John
Billie Marschall
Max Marschall
San Angelo
Largest oil shipment sails from Port Aransas tomorrow
Corpus Christi June 7 four tankers will lift the largest single day's shipment of crude oil from Port Aransas. They will load out more than 500000 barrels. The John D Archibald, the Standard Oil fleet carrier with 155000 barrel capacity, is among the tankers.
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Corpus Christi
Port Aransas
John D. Archibald
Standard Oil
No Extra Help Sought in Panhandle Harvest
In Hardesty Oklahoma by June 7 Meri workers seek harvest work but the Hardesty Chamber of Commerce reports no extra harvest help will be needed by local farmers.
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Hardesty, Okla
Meri
Okla
Homa Panhandle
Hardesty Chamber of Commerce
Ali
Chamber of Commerce
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