Texans at Capitol discuss taxes and revisions
Associated Press reports a tax revision plan proposed to Congress by Secretary Mellon. It calls for halving the maximum surtax rate, cutting normal rates, repealing the estate tax, the auto truck tax, and several gift and arts taxes. The plan aims to reduce the nation tax bill by about 290 million to 300 million over two years while maintaining key revenue changes. Senator Stewart notes 116 state legislators urged repeal of inheritance provisions.
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Coolidge Names Hanford McNider Assistant Secretary of War
President Coolidge honored the American Legion at the Omaha convention and paid a second tribute by naming Hanford McNider as assistant secretary of war. McNider, a former national commander of the Legion, is cited as the appointee.
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Real Bear Jinx at Baylor Bears Seeks New Home
Waco October 19 For sale one bear about five months old fairly gentle no catch to the above Apply Jim Crow assistant football coach or Boots Marshall student manager Baylor Bears If not sold soon it will be given away or paid to remove it The bear will not roam Baylor athletic field before the next conference game with Texas A and M
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Frisco plans 1 million dollar rail extension in Texas
At Fort Worth on October 19 the Texas Railroad Commission heard the Quanah Acme and Pacific request to build a 28 mile extension from Mc Bain to Floydada. Frisco controls Q A P and aims to shorten markets to Texas and Oklahoma. Santa Fe opposes, citing waste concerns. briefs due December 1. witnesses included Sam Lazarus of St Louis.
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Plainview
Seven Locarno Treaties Publicized by Capitals
London reports the Locarno security conference produced seven treaties, led by a mutual guarantee pact joining Germany Belgium and France. Germany pledges not to trespass on France or Belgium or mobilize in the Rhineland. France and Belgium vow not to violate Germany’s western frontier. Britain and Italy pledge aid for any injured party if violations occur, with disputes to be handled by League mechanisms once Germany joins.
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Mystery shrouds disappearance of Uvalde minister
San Antonio reports Rev. J A Lacey, Uvalde minister, who vanished October 7, remains unfound as friends chase clues. A bus line station master recalls a man matching his description buying fare toward Corpus Christi, but hotel records show no stay there and travel timing makes Brownsville arrival unlikely.
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Wealthy Archer County rancher shot at Dundee bank
Herbert Griffin, wealthy rancher, was seriously wounded in a shooting outside the First State Bank at Dundee. Tige Griffith, a Dundee farmer, confessed to firing and was arrested and jailed in Archer City. The incident follows Griffin's recent murder trial acquittal in a related boundary dispute with Hugh Reilly and ties to prior cases in Young County and a reversal by the criminal appeals court.
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Pioneer San Antonio business leader dies suddenly
San Antonio October 19 B F Dittmar a pioneer resident and longtime prominent figure in local business life died suddenly today in San Antonio His death ends a long association with the city’s commercial development and public affairs.
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Thirty Nine Solons Oppose Special Session Vote Split
AUSTIN Oct 19 The Texas Legislature moves toward a higher opposition to a special session with 89 against 14 and eight undecided New declarations from D. Hollowell Milam and T J McBridge Tyler show opposition and call for investigations and disease control while noting concerns over_agro law and declared duties amid a coast region foot and mouth outbreak amid calls for funding and enforcement measures
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400 Homeseekers From Missouri and Kansas Arrive in Texas
A train carrying 400 homeseekers from Kansas and Missouri arrived in Laredo. They toured plantations in the Laredo district by car, were hosted in Nuevo Laredo, and will proceed to Catarina Ranch in Dimmitt county after visiting Bart. The ranch recently put 25,000 acres on the market for colonization.
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Repeal of inheritance tax urged by Texas group
A Texas delegation led by House Speaker Lee Satterwhite and State Senator Stewart asked the House Ways and Means Committee to repeal the federal inheritance tax in a new tax measure. The drive comes as Oklahoma and Texas reports also cover oil, cattle, and public notices.
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Crime wave hits New York after gang takedowns
In New York on October 19 a renewed crime surge followed the break up of two major gangs. Six major robberies occurred, including a jewelry heist worth 200000, a safe robbery and a shooting. Only one arrest, John Dunn, a one legged man wounded in a deli chase. Police had hoped the wave would subside after the Cowboy and Rothenberg gang arrests. Early today robbers, some masked as police, robbed Samuel Goliman and his wife of 5000 in jewels and 250 in cash, with more hold ups and a shooting at Michael Garney’s East Side restaurant nearby.
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Rothenburg
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Weather forecast for Amarillo region and surrounding area
The forecast calls for Tuesday with rising temperatures. West Texas will warm, eastern New Mexico mostly sunny with warmer conditions in the east. An extensive high pressure system centered over northwestern Kansas dominates the eastern Rocky Mountain region and Plains, bringing freezing temperatures into the Texas Panhandle and southern Nebraska with widely scattered precipitation and fair, rising temps tonight.
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El Paso Wins Southwestern Railway Association Meeting
El Paso was awarded the association's annual meeting with about twenty railroad representatives present. P T Cola of Colton Belt was re elected president joined by A R Walker of Katy as secretary and O C Haworth of Southern bisiffe lines as agricultural VP with R G Buford of Katy as industrial VP. The group discussed colonization and settlement in the southwest noting Texas’ upcoming colonization drive while California and Florida attract attention as new lands.
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Baltimore elects New Primate Rt. Rev. John Gardner Mur
Rt Reverend John Gardner Mur of Baltimore is elected as the new primate and chairman of the national church at the church’s triennial convention in New York. The election marks a key leadership shift for the denomination.
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Moody Ahead of Grand Jury Probes Texas Highway Dept
Attorney General Moody appeared before the Travis county grand jury as Joe, a member of the State Highway Union, said he is willing for any appeal before a grand jury. Miriam A Ferguson urged swift action on suspected wrongdoings. Burkett signaled openness to a grand jury probe and praised county administrators while noting most judges and commissioners reported satisfaction with highway administration.
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Interstate Commerce review denial in Kansas City Southern case
The Supreme Court in Washington denied today the challenge by Kansas City Southern to the valuation of its properties by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A Southern instance involving Los Angeles Lake Railway is to be brought before the court shortly as the case proceeds. W. J. Warvell served as solicitor for the parties.
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