Fear Expressed Is First Step To Dictatorship
Gov O Danial warned that letting government regulate everything threatens democracy and risks dictatorship. He spoke to over 7 000 people at the San Jacinto battleground memorial base on Buffalo Bayou marking Texas independence 103 years ago today.
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Bandit Collects From Merchant On Installment Plan
Houston April 21 A cheerful Houston grocer R B Marshall faced an installment plan high jacker who killed the bandit after a sequence of robberies. The gunman robbed Marshall of 30 dollars then demanded the rest of the money and later returned with a shotgun to collect final payment. The bandit’s body was identified as Ray Mulkey an ex convict from Tulsa.
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Burtons Wray Wins Damages Suit Over Sewer Pipes
Burton Wray sued the city of Reidsville for 2000 dollars claiming sewer pipes damaged his land. A jury awarded Wray 559 dollars for increased land value. In Ann Arbor antiwar meetings split student groups over neutrality and Roosevelt policy.
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Barber Bill Recalled For Constitutional Corrections
In Austin on April 21 the barber minimum price bill was recalled from the governor for corrections after Gov O Daniel veto and an attorney general ruling that the measure violated constitutional limits. Rep Travis Dean said amendments to overcome Manns objections will be offered next week. Police later arrested a 35 year old former convict in Dallas in connection with the death of Wallace Houston in Kyle.
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WPA Allocations Approved For Texas Work Projects
President Roosevelts WPA allocations for Texas include school gymnasiums and athletic facilities in Winona Smith County 31048 sanitation devices in Angelina County 15404 and Smith County 11384 sewer improvements in Houston Forest Hill and Mason Park additions 6078 malaria control drains in Greenville 33316 school facility upgrades in Clarendon 8957 Flint common school district facilities 45024 Cle burne water plant upgrade 8329 Arlington street improvements 7975
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Sheriff Lafreniere Sanchez Sentenced to Federal Prison
Zapata County Sheriff Ignacio Sanchez was sentenced by Judge James V Allred to 13 months in Leavenworth for smuggling after a jury conviction yesterday.
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Slaying Case and 79 Percent Salary Aid in Texas
District Attorney Tom Hartley prepared to file charges in the slaying of Velma Montague and the shooting of P. C. Humphrey. Montague, a prominent businesswoman, was found dead near Edinburg. Humphrey survived gunshot wounds. In Texas, only 79 percent of state salary aid and transportation funds will be paid this year, forcing some districts to shorten terms as budgets assumed full aid.
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Rural school bill boosts 11 260 000 budget for Texas
The Texas House passed the rural school appropriation totaling 11 260 000 dollars with funds designated for teachers salaries high school tuition and transportation aid. The measure also includes 250 000 for administration by the education equalization division and 10 000 for the state auditor to audit grants.
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Poland Refuses to Join Britain Russia Peace Front
The Polish government told Britain and Russia it will not participate in efforts to draw Russia into an anti aggression peace front. Poland will not block Russian troops or planes over its territory, while Danzig marks Hitler’s 50th birthday with no reported disorders.
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Grasshoppers swarm Coalinga as armed townsfolk fight invasion
BILLIONS OF HOPPERS FILL CALIFORNIA s San Joaquin Valley town Coalinga mobilizes to repel the horde. A barbed mash poison is fed and residents crush insects as wingless swarms advance in from the outskirts.
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Texas receipts tax would hurt small business says Fort Texas group
R C McCain of Daingerfield, president of the Fort Texas Taxpayers Association, warned today that passage of the proposed cross receipts tax now pending in the Texas Legislature would result in unjustified injury to business.
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House Passes Bill to Extend Roosevelt Monetary Powers
The House approved a measure to extend President Roosevelt’s monetary powers for two more years including authority to devalue the dollar. The bill would prolong the two billion dollar stabilization fund and silver purchases while facing Republican criticism over gold and currency policies amid wartime era tensions. The extension would run until June 30, 1941.
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Future Queen Elizabeth Pleased With Silk Stocking Gifts
Princess Elizabeth birthday gifts include silk stockings and a movie camera from the Duke of Windsor. In Texas, a legislative committee plans to probe charities soliciting funds from aged pensioners, with hearings likely after May 9 and evidence gathered in Dallas.
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