Commissioners To Get Blame For Tax Raise Judge Says
County Judge Roy Hofheinz of Houston stated the county commissioners court will bear the blame for higher state ad valorem taxes because the state automatic tax board set the maximum rate in a secret session yesterday. Taxpayers will see higher bills at the window this fall but won’t know the cause, and Hofheinz argued the closed meeting harmed public notice and input. He contrasted the secret action with the governor's open budget guidance to residents to participate and help keep county rates down.
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Austin
Roy Hofheinz
Houston
County Commissioners Court
State Automatic Tax Board
Hofheinz
Govrnor
Members Bonhi Band To Attend Abilene School
Several Bonhi Band members plan to join the fourth annual school of music at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene Texas from August 21 to September 2. Dan McAnally Richard Lipscomb and Tommy Svoboda are enrolled with others hoping to attend. Reservations may be made by calling W E Crelia at 418 M. High school junior high and college students teachers directors supervisors and band orchestra and glee club enthusiasts will attend. Classes include conducting interpretation harmony voice baton twirling drum maturation and solo coaching with section drills and individual instrument help.
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Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Tex
Dan McAnally
Richard Lipscomb
Tommy Svoboda
W. E. Crelia
Glee Club
Home Club Canners Achievement Event Set For Tuesday
Public invited to view county canning achievement display Tuesday at 2 in the former Babcock Bros building. Fannin county Home Demonstration and 4-H members showcase one jar of fruit and one jar of vegetables each with cash prizes in divisions. Grace Neely, A&M College, speaks on Problems in Food Preservation and Nutrition.
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Fannin County
Babcock Bros
Oleta Yarbrough
Neely
Miss Yarbrough
Texas lawmakers wary of FDR Garner split impact
Texas congressional delegation faces a dilemma over a potential FDR Garner split in the 1940 presidential race. Loyalty to a Democratic chief, friendship with Sam Rayburn, and close ties to Garner complicate choices as queries arrive from Washington.
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Texas
Franklin D Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Gueries
Rayburn
House
Sam Rayburn
Bonhem
Carner
Council Plans To Glamorize Cotton Goods
National Cotton Council and El Paso area leaders map a plan to glamorize cotton as a sales magnet. E O Jewell cites Memphis advertising figures showing 750000 dollars spent monthly on competing goods. He warns psychology favors rivals and urges counteractive efforts to boost the South’s top crop. See COTTON GOODS Back Page.
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el Paso
Four Highway Workmen Killed In Rock Slide
STAHLSTOWN Pa Aug 5 Four safety crew members died in Laurel Hill tunnel during rock scaling on the $65 million dream highway project. Three men were killed by a falling rock weighing tons. the fourth died later at a hospital after being seriously injured. DUPONT Ohio UP A blind carpenter Samuel Timmons built a 10 by 18 foot chicken house using his carpentry skills.
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Love Rock
Laurel Hill
Dupont
Ohio
Samuel Timmons
Property tax increase to fund schools and pensions
Port Worth Texas August 5 property owners face an added tax of eight to ten million dollars next year as the State Automatic Tax Board set the rate at 77 cents, up 28 cents. The split provides 35 cents to general revenue, 35 to schools, and 7 to Confederate pensions. The school fund, aided by higher assessed values, is projected to realize about eight million dollars, with the total likely rising next year.
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Texas
State Automatic Tax Board
General Fund
BB Cobb
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Priday
Cobb
Dallas panel studies Texas government defects for reform
A Texas committee on modernization and reform, chaired by X. Carson of Dallas, begins a survey of current government defects and proposes remedies. Members include lawyers, professors, teachers, and business leaders from across the state, aiming to spread the program statewide.
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Texas
X. Carson
Texas Bar
George C Hester
Georgetown University
N.S
Galveston Oyster Season Forecast Promises Large Output
Galveston August 5 The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission reports Galveston Bay oysters are the best in five years. Oysters season runs September to May. FEF Holliday, manager of the Galveston Chamber of Commerce, says next season's production will be the largest in several years.
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Galveston
Texas
German beer goes on sale in Manitoba stores
In Winnipeg Manitoba German made beer entered provincial liquor stores as an experimental order prompted by a petition from signers who pledged to buy it Joan Turnbull chief liquor commissioner stated the move was experimental.
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Joan Turnbull
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Ansset
Genham
Bonham
Tvanhee
Jes, Moore
Chandler
Moore
Sheriffs Board First Meeting Set for Aug 7
The Sheriffs Association of Texas will hold its first meeting of the year on August 7 in Fort Worth. Directors plan routine business and early preparations for the 1940 convention, with a focus on identifying experts and coordinated efforts. Board members include Hood of Refugio, Daniel of Edinburg, Kim Brafy, Arnold of New Braunfels, Schmid of Dallas, Adamn of Amarillo, and Biaggne of Galveston, with Adams as president.
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Brafy
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Representative Fieldin Resigns to Join Texas Unemployment Agency
Austin Aug 5 Fieldin representative from Mount Pleasant resigns after a second term to become a claims examiner with the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission. He began work with the commission on Friday.
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Fieldin
Mount Pleasant
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
War Department Tells Gov Phillips Dam Will Be Built
A War Department reply to Oklahoma Governor Phillips supports the Red River dam project near Denison. The letter, prompted by a protest, notes congressional authorization and warns that pursuing the issue could affect other flood control works in Oklahoma.
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Cleveland man urges quarantine on Japan war-makers
Abr Pickus, a Cleveland activist, claims to have informed all US senators that more than 99 percent of Americans favor quarantining Japan and other war-making nations. He frames his letter as strong public support for resistant measures.
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Cleveland
Japan
Peasant Women Trained To Drive Tractors In Moscow
In Moscow young Rusan peasant women are learning to drive tractors and prepare to replace men in emergencies while thousands of men undertake spare time military training. In Alameda County California a one day millennium saw no divorce or annulment filings, far fewer than the daily average of eight.
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Alameda
Calif
Alameda County
Commodity Loans Authorized In Final Session
Washington reports Congress in final adjournment push as Senate and House conferees finish the third deficiency bill. The final draft moves to the House and authorizes 119 million dollars for the commodity credit corporation to loan to farm producers, leveraging limited funds this year.
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Congress
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Remember the Sabbath Order Keeps 5 000 Trucks Off Sunday
The Texas Railroad Commission’s Remember the Sabbath order aims to keep 5,000 trucks off crowded highways on the first Sunday of the ban. A state police chart compares weekend fatalities to other times, urging caution. Exemptions include newspapers and movies, bakery products, livestock, agricultural goods, emergency food deliveries, and oil field equipment in emergencies.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Houston Forged WPA Checks Cost Merchants Sums
Forrest V. Sorrells Secret Service agent reports forged WPA pay checks in Houston. Merchants lose about 500 dollars monthly as checks are stolen and cashed, with losses averaging 600 dollars per month from acceptor liability. Names of individuals are forged on monthly WPA checks and payments total the reported sums.
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Houston
Ho’ ' Forrest V. Sorrells
Sweeping Changes in Social Security Law Involve Tax Saving
Falls Paso reports mental patients may be housed in jail cells at high daily costs if funds run short, amid eleemosynary bill disputes. Austin officials note vetoes could trim beds by 685, shifting care burdens to counties. Washington coverage shows House approved major social security reform to save about $995 million over three years, pending Senate approval and presidential sign.
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al T. i
Paso
Joseph F. McGill
Charles W. Castner
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