Roosevelt Utility Message Sparks Debate On Holding Companies
Anti administration forces view the presidents utility message as a push to abolish holding companies across industries. Democrats say the reference targets only utility holding companies with major executives present. The Wheeler Rayburn bill to outlaw utilities holding companies after 1940 faces House interstate commerce committee scrutiny. A Norris resolution in the Senate would let the FTC probe the alleged propaganda campaign.
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Duane Wilson
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr Roosevelt
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler-Rayburn
Senate
George Norris
Nebraska
Federal Trade Commission
House
Charles A. Wolverton
New Mexico
Divorce of couple without children ends homestead exemption
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed that when a man and wife with no children divorce, the homestead estate created by marriage is dissolved and ceases to be exempt from debt and state property tax. The ruling, written by Chief Justice Cureton, upheld a El Paso County case for the State National Bank of El Paso against Nathan W. Tantone. The decision notes a different rule if children exist.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
C. M. Cureton
el Paso Court of Civil Appeals
State National Bank of
Fl Paso
Nathan W. Tantonet Ax
el Paso
Cureton
Ako
J. C. Epperson
Hidalgo County
Epperson
Supreme Court
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York
First State Bank of Temple
Soviet Unlocks Farm Life with Kulaks Allowed
The Soviet government flags two changes as collectivization nears completion. It will let collective farmers own more personal property and opens a path for former kulaks and their children to join collectives if their class viewpoint is reformed. This move aims to reward peasants and rehabilitate dispossessed kulaks.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Moscow
U.P
Philco
Sacramento Hopes for Mather Field Revival
Sacramento officials push for rehabilitation of Mather Field under renewed War Department defense funding. Once a major World War I era air corps training base on the Pacific Coast, the site may gain a barracks for training army reserves amid regional support.
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Sacramento
Cal
U. S. War Department
Mather Field
Air Corps
Paefe
Coast Army
Possum Comes to Town Plans to Stay Awhile
Glynn Lynn captured an opossum near the lake in Thompson Park and plans to take the wild animal to the county zoo. The sighting comes from the Panhandle town and involves local wildlife in the city area.
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Possum
Panhandle
Glynn Lynn
Thompson Park
City
Lynn
Robes From Klan Wardrobe Sought as Odd Souvenirs
National inquiries pour in for discarded Ku Klux Klan robes stored in Tullahoma Tennessee. A Baltimore widow sent a receipt for a dues dues belonging to her late husband and asked for several robes to be used as long underwear. Hartford Connecticut and a Canadian also expressed interest. About 75 outfits remain, stored for eight years after the Klan disbanded.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
Baltimore
Hartford
Conn
Canada
KKK
Drought Drives Celery Marsh Plans for Eight Acre Lake
Norwalk Ohio March 14 Thousands were spent years ago to drain celery marshes at Celeryville. Now the marshes are drying as the water table falls. Celery growers plan an eight acre lake with a 12 foot depth and may seek federal irrigation aid to protect crops.
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Norwalk
Ohio
U.P
Celeryville
Here
Guiding Your Child and the Negative Phase
Alice Clarissa Richmond discusses how toddlers and adolescents show negativism as they adjust to growth. Parents often mistake this for behavior to punish rather than a normal stage. A loose rein with quiet firmness is advised as the best approach to foster development.
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Alice Clarissa Richmond
Harry
Courthouse Deeds and Vehicle Registrations Listed
Deeds transferring property in Amarillo and West Texas towns are announced along with 1935 car registrations and a 1934 marriage license. Notable names include Fidelity Union Ins Co J A Dunniven Donald C Han num WF McNutt and Ray Sherwood Celia Reynolds.
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Fidelity Union Ins. Co
J. A
First National Bank
CE Allison
I. V. Bentley
Plymouth
Gust Barkas
J. W. Longstreth
Ray Sherwood
Celia Dee Reynolds
Bureau Approves Relief Projects in Texas
The Texas Relief Commission approved relief projects totaling 45 779 60 dollars, employing 499 people. The largest were Fannin County road and gymnasium work worth 24 416 dollars and Tyler County highway projects and emergency crop loan staff at 12 382 dollars. Adam R. Johnson announced Oscar Wise as Shackelford County administrator.
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Austin
Texas Relief Commission
Fannin County
Tyler County
Adam R. Johnson
Oscar Wise
Shackelford County
Woman mails 42 year old letter found in papers
Mrs. W C Wolfe of New Philadelphia received a letter written in 1893 by Mrs Laura Cree of Cambridge Ohio. The missive was never mailed until 189? when found during a paper rummage. Mrs Wolfe said she was in her teens when it was penned and immediately mailed it after signing.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
W. C. Wolfe
Laura Cree
Cambridge
Wolfe
What to Do About Acid Indigestion
Scientists say many people mislabel their stomach trouble as weak stomachs when it is acid indigestion. A simple remedy is Phillips Milk of Magnesia after meals, which neutralizes stomach acidity quickly and relieves headaches and pains.
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Phillips’ Milk
Phillips
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Michigan
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Delaware
Wolverton
T. Gordon Wilson
Blackburn Bldg
Polk
Schulte United
Stuttgart
Ark
Arkansas Rice Growers’ Cooperative Association
Polk ST
Narizon
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Courthouse Records
Magnolia Petroleum Co
S. P. Vineyard
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Bureau
Narizop
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