Realtors Meet Discuss Redistricting and Tax Reform in Texas
At a luncheon meeting plans emphasized redistricting needs in Texas with Harold Legge and Ben King discussing appraisals. Austin attorney William Trenckmann urged redis tricting by population and George W. Sandlin pushed a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem tax citing a 80 percent revenue source from property tax and a projected $100 million state surplus. If voters reject the amendment next Tuesday, the state tax board could restore the levy later.
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Harold Legge
Ben King
William Trenckmann
Austin
Texas
Ecene
Aansaend Ptaintets
Denab
George W. Sandlin
Sandlin
State Tax Board
Unemployment in Texas Manufacturing Falls Sharply in September
Texas Employment Commission data show manufacturing insured unemployment down 42.5 percent from September 1947, with 2,379 of 395,500 workers paid. Mining claims dropped 44 percent to 179, and all industry claims fell 34.7 percent to 6,081. Women accounted for about 47 percent of payments, while first payments dropped from 3,045 to 2,213.
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Texas Employment Commission
TEC
See Cove Bate Somes W Barr Tvoren Ras
See cove bate? somes W. Barr, tvoren ras.
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Cove Bate
W. Barr
Tvoren Ras
Rep West Condition Unchanged Amid Hospitalized Illness
Washington October 2 The condition of Representative West of Texas was described as unchanged by attendants at Walter Reed Hospital. The Texan suffers from a glandular illness and had not been reported in critical condition.
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Washington
Representative West
Texas
Walter Reed Hospital
Dehydration Plant Feasibility Discussed in Central Texas
F M Nuse outlined preliminary plans for a meeting in Austin to study a cooperative dehydration plant for livestock feed. He spoke with Austin area farmers and livestock representatives at the Chamber of Commerce and invited county representatives to discuss feasibility. No date was set for the general meeting.
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Texas
F. M. Nuse
Austin
Nuse
Austin Chamber of Commerce
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