News Men Protest Roosevelt Order
Washington reporters protest Roosevelt rules barring access to next month’s United Nations food conference at Hot Springs Virginia. The standing committee argues press access is essential for timely on the ground reporting. Copies were sent to Roosevelt Hull and Elmer Davis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capital
Hot Springs
Standing Committee
Office of Censorship
Mr. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
United Nations
House
Senate
Texas measure to curb loan sharks heads to governor
Texas House approved a Senate bill designed to curb usurious lending practices by restricting rates and tripling loans. The measure, aimed at habitual lenders, sets a 19 percent annual cap and would empower the attorney general and local prosecutors to pursue injunctions against violators.
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Amarillo
Texas
Weaver Moore
Houston
House measures loan sharks out of business stance stance
The bill imposes a service fee of one dollar per fifty dollars on loans but excludes renewals. Injunctions may be filed in the defendant’s residence county or any county where he does business. Representative Emmett Morse of Houston cites a historic chance to purge loan sharks from the market.
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Emmett Morse
Houston
Courthouse Deeds and Marriages in Port land Area
Court transfers list deeds with buyers and amounts across several blocks and lots in Morningside and Mirror areas. Marriage licenses issued include Jimmie Toodle with May Patterson and others in the Portland region. Cemetery labor shortage prompts appeal to War Labor Board as grounds upkeep fears rise.
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J. Ridgeway Zelley
Patrick C. Beirne
Oliver Eakle
Clarence F. Brown
R. E. Vance
Holland
N. G. Mason
R. B. Stultz
Morningside
W. R. Meadows
G. M. Barnes
Elmer L. Talbot
C. T. Berry
Mirror
Jimmie Toodle
May D. Patterson
Martin J. Mitchell
Elizabeth Rowell
Gordon
Skutt
Betty Northrup
Eugene R. Wilmoth
Betty Crawford
Gerald L. Moat
Marion Louise Marsden
Portland
Ore. U.P
War Labor Board For Relief
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Austin
Boston
U.P
Massachusetts
Courthouse Records
Teddi Sherman
Harry Sherman
Chisholm
M. J. Chisholm
S. Grant
Montgomery Ward
B. Factory
F.O.B
Winthrop
Mahogany
New England
Sheraton
F. O. B. Factory
Polk
Anna
Brandon Suits
Brandon
Brandons
Lasalle
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver-Eakle Bidg
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