Texas Oil Industry Faces Tax Hikes and Global Stakes
Vernon legislator R B Anderson told the House revenue and taxation committee that Texas oil and gas firms back paying a fair share of higher state taxes. He framed oil as a national security asset tied to foreign production, European recovery, and potential competition from Canada, warning debt to Texas reserves if depletion allowances are cut and Canadian oil expands. The testimony framed the industry as committed to supporting state finances while watching foreign markets and policy shifts.
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Texas
Saudi Arabia
Transylvania Oil
R. B. Anderson
Vernon
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Anderson
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
Canada
North America
United States
Congress
Washington
Shivers outlines Texas industry push and DC voting issue
Gov Allan Shivers promotes attracting industry to Texas outlining tax advantages and potential use of state officials as ambassadors. He lists climate labor relations raw materials and water transport as selling points while UT building plans and public safety facilities loom in Austin. In DC, efforts by the Austin League of Women Voters join national groups to push for a commissioner government and DC voting rights.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Shiver
Austin
Department of Public Safety
State Medical Association of Texas
State Teachers Association
America
Austin League of Women Voters
Congress
Washington
District of Columbia
Open Letter to House Burglar Bums About Lost Ring
A writer addresses unknown burglars who stole from his home. He mocks them and explains the futility of crime, then reveals Oak Island in Nova Scotia as a treasure lure, citing past searches since 1795. He offers to help them reform and ends by asking them to mail back his mother in law’s wedding ring.
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Missus
Eleastor
Oak Island
Mahone Bay
Nova Scotia
Halifax Chamber of Commerce
Jolly Roger
Captain Kidd
Sir Henry Morgan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor
Longest chess game moves and education Q A facts
The 1907 Duras Wolf game at Clarisdad ran 168 moves. Some say longest practical games reach 6237 to 7100 moves under rules. The Great Lakes distance from Duluth to Lake Ontario is 1160 miles. St Louis University and University of Chicago have dropped football. Infant baptism is not directly recorded in scripture. households were baptized, with Luke 18 15 Acts 16 15 33 and 1 Corinthians 1 16 cited as supportive passages.
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Cherney
Duras
Wolf
Clarisbad
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
System of Lakes
Lake Ontario
J. W
National Collegiate Athletic Association
St. Louis University
University of Chicago
Chicago
Amateur Photography booklets and home developing guide
A compact advertisement and Q A roundup promoting a booklet titled Amateur Photography. It stresses affordable, practical photography from exposure to mounting, notes income potential, and invites 25 cents by mail. Also included are brief historical notes on early Christian infancy references and a Q A on camphor and silver and WAC overseas service rates.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N.E
Washington, D. C
Hoover Claims U S Subversives at All Time High
Washington report outlines J Edgar Hoover testimony before the Senate on A bomb leaks and internal spy concerns. He cites a peak in subversive activity, details attempts to infiltrate telegraph and electrical industries, and confirms no government spy ring exists.
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Washington
J. Edgar Moorer
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoover
United States
Elizabeth Bentley
FBI
Communist Party
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Ferguson
J. Parnell Thomas
Valentine Notes and Gossip From Broadway Headlines
A collage of light celebrity gossip and Broadway chatter recounts a $100000 robbery at Billy Rose’s home, Benny Barry Gray on air clashes, Betty Hutton and husband Palm Springs plans, and playful quips about Danny Kaye and ants. The column lampoons industry trends and reviews with a breezy, satirical tone.
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Hollywood
Betty Hutton
Palm Springs
Betty
Husband
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England
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Hiss
Mrs. Chambers
Mary
Klaus Fuchs
USA
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London
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James Chadwick
Chalk River
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Denver
Britain
Moscow
Pat Sutton
Tennessee
Sutton
Brent Spence
Kentucky
House Banking and Currency Committee
Philip Philbin
Massachusetts
Philbin
Okeh
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Valentine
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Billy Rose
Gazettes
Lindy
Rose
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Freeman Chum's
Copa City
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Ruben Clein
Clein
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Orlando
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Times
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T. S. Eliot
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Associated Press
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