Texas Legislature Opens with Focus on Quick Budget Action
The Texas Legislature convened with permanent organization, committees named, and the Senate and Governor Neff notified of House readiness. Speaker Lee Satterwhite urged rapid passage of appropriation bills to avoid a special session, aiming to adopt the Board of Control budget as a working base. In Dallas, burglars entered the Dallas Roofing Co office after seeing an open safe sign, stealing a few dollars and stamps.
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Austin
Senate
House
Neff
Board of Control
Lee Satterwhite
Dallas
Dallas Roofing Company
Commission completes report on cattle industry
United Press reports that Coolidge's agriculture commission has practically completed the cattle industry study. After a breakfast with the president the report will go to the president tonight and then to Congress with recommendations for legislation to be considered this session.
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Washington
Coolidges
Wellington Farmer Sees Record Cotton Yield
F and Maston, a young farmer in Wellington, reports an exceptional 7 acre cotton crop. He has already gathered 83 bales and expects 12 more, crediting A and M College guidance and use of nitrate of soda and phosphate in seed bed preparation.
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Wellington
F. & Maston
Jie
Maxton
A. & M. College
Lorenz Trip Ends in Mexican Jail While Fishing
Madison Wis Jan 14 Major W S Lorenz president of the Wisconsin State Board of Control was wrecked at sea and detained in a Progreso jail Mexico after a fishing trip. Officials await word from Washington as the State department may weigh action. The party sailed from Pensacola Florida and faces an absurd charge, reports say.
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Madison, Wis
W. S. Lorenz
Visconsin State Board of Control
T.orenz
Progresso
State Department
Washington
Lorenz
Pensacola
Florida
Washington to Investigate Lorenzia Progresso Affair
The State Department has ordered an inquiry into the matter involving W. F. Lorenz and Progresso in Mexico, with officials at Washington evaluating diplomatic implications and possible next steps.
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Washington
State Department
W. F. Lorenz
Good Samaritan Parallels Rescue of Local Traveler
A woman, Mrs. Nov Wilkins, and her daughter were traveling when she fell ill near Graham Crawford County. An ambulance arrived within minutes with two physicians, and she was rushed to Allen Memorial Hospital for care, aided by quick Good Samaritans.
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Jericho
Bonham
Nov
Wilkins
Graham- Crawford Co. Storey
Allen Memorial Hospital
Honey Grove
Gainesville
First European School For Brides Opens In Vienna
Vienna, Jan 18. The first school for brides in Europe opens here to aid girls about to marry who lack domestic training. The four month course covers wife duties and rights, hygiene as wife and mother, child care, home hygiene, child training, social relations with servants, and the wife as citizen and producer. About half the entrants are young married women.
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Viena
Europe
Bonham Banks Elect Directors and Officers in Jan 33 Election
The Bonham banking scene reports election of directors and officers for three banks. First National Bank lists directors such as Zac Smith and J M Wells with officers including A B Scarborough as chairman and W Sweeney as president. First State Bank names directors and officers led by T B Williams as president and J J Wipens as assistant cashier. The Bonham Banks note capital and deposits as foundations, with commentary on banking roles and stability in the community. Austin J L Chapman resigns as State Banking Commissioner. Charles O Austin of Dallas to succeed Chapman.
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Botham
Wee
A. B. Scarborough
W. Sweeney
Zac Smith
Chas. Haussell
J. W. Haden
Dick Saunder
Roy Gags
Oivin Gross
The
First State Bank
Bonham
Austin
J. L. Chapman
Stat
Pat M. Nef
Charles O. Austin
Dallas
United States Richest Nation On Earth Per Capita
United Press reports figures from the census bureau based on 1922 compilations show the United States worth three hundred twenty billion eight hundred sixty two million dollars. The nation's wealth per person rose about one percent since 1912, aligning with population growth and keeping the country as the richest per capita on earth.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Real Estate Boards Urged to Enforce High Standards
H R Ennis, retiring president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, urged an convention in Dallas to wage war on unscrupulous practices and protect investors. He called for strong enforcement, ethics, and cooperation to lift the profession and ensure trustworthiness and growth.
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Dallas
Texas
H. R. En
Kansas City
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Ennis
Mom Ntou Busin
Tae Cutur
Unce
Offhar Ical Estate
Shoals Plan Moves Amid Senate Support And Commission Call
The document notes Congress weighing Muscle Shoals, with the Senate favoring government operation or expert commission study. Senator Jones re introduces the commission plan after its defeat, while other remarks urge trade and satisfaction with Bonham.
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Washington
Uate
Priva Leas
Senate
Jones
Submarine S-12 Grounded on Sandbar in New England Coast
On January 14 in Orleans Massachusetts an effort will be made during high water to free the submarine S-12 from a sandbar. Coast guard cutters and a naval tug standby. Thirty eight crewmen remained aboard overnight fearing transfer to small boats would fail.
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Gy United Press
Orleans
Mass
Coast Guard
McKinney Man Haefs Record in $8 Attendance
Fragmentary obituary note on a McKinney man tied to Civil War service and later life. Mention of attendance record and a dated age around January 11. Text is garbled with missing details and place names obscured.
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McKinney
Chu'ch
One Searcher Lost on Longs Peak in Colorado
Denver Jan 14 Thirty hours of searching the wastes of Longs Peak failed to reveal Herbert Sortland a member of the party seeking the body of Agnes Vaile Miss Vaile was found on the summit exhausted the guards reported it impossible to live in the driving snow with the thermometer 50 degrees below zero Winds and snow erased Sortland s tracks He turned back to aid others in the search and perished in the storm
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United Press
Denver
Long's Peak
Herbert Sortland
Agnes Vaile
Miss Vaile
Sortland
Cato Sells Calls Meeting For Centennial Board
Chairman Cato Sells announces a Texas Centennial Board meeting in Austin on January 19, the day before Governor Miriam Ferguson's inauguration. Executive committee to be named and plans set for a statewide educational campaign. Attendance expected to be strong. meeting viewed as pivotal.
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Cato Sells
Texas Centennial Board of One Hundred
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
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Sells
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