City revenues rise. auditor sees 189 percent gain
City auditor J C Lilly reports general fund income this year may exceed early expectations by about 16000 bringing total near 1 284581. He notes 2 percent below last year’s collection pace and cites space shortages as old records crowd vaults across city facilities and the Potts Ingerton Building must be vacated by Aug 1. Simultaneously a radio program tomorrow features Texans for Truman leaders from San Antonio.
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City Hall
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Banks to Back Rural Texas Teachers Salaries
Banks including National and First National Bank of Fort Worth and Dallas plan to underwrite salary warrants for rural Texas teachers. Governor Beauford H. Jester said this ensures full salaries and a full school year if local banks do not carry warrants. Also notes Waco names temporary city manager Dr. A. P. Coyle.
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Austin
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Beauford H. Jester
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Sam’s hens wear spectacles to ease pecking and boost laying
Sam says a Capitol order house sold him glasses for two dozen hens. The birds see through colored lenses, stay placid, gain weight, and lay more eggs. He muses humans could benefit from rose colored views to reduce wrangling and foster tolerance and live and let live.
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