Tax Measure For Social Security Defeated In House
A band of representatives blocked S T R 12 and voted 91 to 56 against suspending rules to revive the constitutional resolution. The measure aimed to finance old age pensions and teacher retirement via sales and utility taxes. Leaders vowed further attempts Monday or Tuesday, needing two thirds to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Band of Representatives
S.T.R
House of Representatives
W. Lee O’daniel
Senate
House
Coronado Fete Receives $250000 Federal Backing
Legislation directing federal participation in the Coronado four hundredth anniversary celebration advances after favorable reports from Senate foreign relations and House foreign affairs committees. The bills authorize a $250000 federal appropriation and establish a commission chaired by Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead to manage plans spanning Texas Panhandle New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma and Kansas. New Mexico lawmakers expect final enactment soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Southwest
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Dennis Chavez
Carl Shatch
New Mexico
J. J. Dempsey
Texas Panhandle
Arizona
Oklahoma
Kansas
Coronado
Congress
John Garner
William B. Bankhead
State, Interior and Commerce Departments
United States
Death Record for L A McClellan in Spearman
Mrs L A McClellan aged 72 died in Hansford County after a long illness. She leaves a large family including five sons and five daughters with 31 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Union Church in Grover with local pastors officiating and burial in Gruver Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Mount Cairn
Hansford County
Union Church
Grover
LeRoy Brown
Spearman Methodist
H. A. Nichols
Chillicothe
Methodist Church
Tom McBrayer
Gruver Methodist Church
Will Harris
Gruver
Earl Thompson
Lubbock
John Collard
S. J. Daily
H. L. Wilbanks
Fred Brandt
Spearman
S. H. Hi
Dave McClellan
Elmo McClellan
Ted McClellan
Lawrence Gruver
Paul Higgs
Walter Wilmeth
Howard Hunt
Orewe McClellan
Dallas
Thompson Sees Return to Reason in Texas Speech
Col. E. Thompson of the State Railroad Commission told the Sheriffs Association of Texas convention that a return to reason in Texas will come from renewed citizen interest in public affairs. Dallas traffic officer W. T. Binford urged stricter driver license laws to remove dangerous motorists from highways.
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Galveston
Col. E. ©. Thompson
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Sheriffs Association of Texas
W. T. Binford
Dallas
Royal welcome planned for Lake Marvin opening
Canadian boat club prepares as Lake Marvin opens with a jam boree to attract thousands. Mrs Jack Lawrence is elected commodore of the club auxiliary with Elizabeth Schoot as vice commodore and other officers named. Judges named for boat races and Miss Lake Marvin selection. opening program mentions dignitaries and a two night ball at the recreational building.
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Lake Marvin
Canadian Boat Club
Jack Lawrence
Elizabeth Schoot
Hemphill County
Calvin Isaacs
Norman Magill
Carl Studer
Jim Poindexter
A. B. Cameron
J. M. Johnson
Frank Phillips
Jeff Bentley
Amarillo
C. W. Allen
Dick Martin
Orin Gross
Carter Mathews
FE. Hooker
Howard Amberg
Alan Furman
Dave Shanks
Perryton
Sherman White
Pampa
John R. Caylor
Bill Wilson
C. Luker
Soil Conservation Service
Boat Club
Panhandle
H. H. Finnell
John McCarty
Gene Howe
Measure Goes to Governor Now
The Texas legislature approved the controversial fair trade act with amendments. The Senate passed it 20 to 11 and the House concurred 91 to 34. The bill lets manufacturers and merchants set minimum retail prices by contract for standard goods.
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Austin
Senate
House
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers meet here
Directors and members of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association begin arriving for the quarterly regional meeting. Amarillo president Joe T. Sneed says over 200 visitors expected for a Saturday barbecue at the Kruser ranch and a country club dance. Discussions include the Argentine beef situation, range program for 1940, land vacancy bill, beef grading and advertising.
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Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Joe T. Sneed
Amarillo Cattleman
Tri-State
Kruser Ranch
Canadian River
Hap Johnson
Panhandle Live Stock Association
Amarillo Country Club
Typical Father Honored Here At Panhandle Event
Ray E. Sheffy of Dimmitt was named Typical Father of the Panhandle at the Paramount Theater event sponsored by the Globe-News. Mason King of Globe News MC’d the program and presented gifts worth over 100 dollars as part of Father’s Day remembrances honoring local fathers and families.
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Paramount Theater
Ray E. Sheffy
Dimmitt
Panhandle
Amarillo
Mason King
The
Globe News
Mr. King
Globe-News
Father of Three
King
Mr. Sheffy
Land Dispute Settled With Immediate 28000 Acres Auction
Austin reports the Texas House passed a Senate bill for immediate sale of 28 000 acres on the Texas Oklahoma Panhandle boundary. Once signed, settlers may begin perfecting titles at once, lifting the land from earlier sale restrictions. The dispute involved Texas and Oklahoma with a 1930 Supreme Court ruling in Texas favor. the land spans Lipscomb Hemphill Wheeler Collingsworth and Childress Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Panhandle
Texas-Oklahoma
House
Senate
Texas
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Lipscomb, Hemphill, Wheeler
Collingsworth
Childress Counties
Rare Putter Exhibit Displays Fry Collection in Amarillo
A display of Fred X. Fry’s golf putters, numbering over 200 on show at the Southwest Sportsmen’s Show in Amarillo, features pieces from a 300-item collection. The exhibit, carried by Montgomery Ward’s window, includes unusual units like a two-handle club and a weather vane putter, tracing Fry’s path from Oakland to Pebble Beach and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred X. Fry
Montgomery Ward & Company
Golf
Potter
Amarillo
Francis Xavier Frederick Henry Fry
Pacific Grove Muni
R. B. Vance
Montgomery Ward
Fry
Mr. Vance
Mr. Fry
Southwest Sportsmen
Fred
Everett Club
Washington
Oakland Municipal
Oakland
Pacific Grove
Pebble Beach
Del
Edward VII
Fred X
Scotchman
Van
Soil Conservation Projects in Plains Move Forward
The Plains erosion programs led by H. H. Finnell aim to demonstrate soil conservation methods to farmers. Projects span five years across about 25 000 acres in Dalhart Channing He and Clayton and Mexico and Guy. Engineers tractors and similar equipment will staff demonstrations with a technical supervisor on hand for farmers to observe and copy.
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H. H
Finnell
Ollow
Dalhart
Channing
Clayton
Mexico
Guy
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Foreig Berlain
Tientsin
Polic
Portant
Chamberlain
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