Lower Colorado River Authority Buys Texas Power Assets
The Lower Colorado River Authority agreed to purchase transmission and distribution facilities of Texas Power and Light Company in 16 Central Texas counties for five million dollars. The deal shifts distribution to cities, rural cooperatives, and the Authority’s own dam power, aiming to avert a potential conflict with the private firm.
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Austin
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Texas Power and Light Company
Texas
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Maryland
Senate group to continue inquiry on French aircraft purchases
The Senate military affairs committee voted to extend its probe into French airplane purchases to assess tighter rules for guarding U S military secrets. Gen Malin Craig testified about a French army officer aboard the latest type Douglas bomber that crashed Monday in Los Angeles. Craig’s remarks were described as profoundly confidential by Len Morris Sheppard of Texas.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Miltary Affairs Committee
United States
Malin Craig
Los Angeles
Craig
Len Morris Sheppard
Texas
No Solicitation of Funds or Other Activity Allowed BRB
The report notes Senate action on relief funds from a WPA appropriation and mentions restrictions on solicitation or other activity. French and Spanish front reports describe thousands of refugees fleeing Nationalist advances, with crowded roads, injuries, and dire humanitarian conditions.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Lerthus
Thiatt
Vraroe
Chee
Norteasters
Spain
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NETex Cooperative Gins forms, buys Wolfe City mill
Northeast Texas cooperative gins organize NiTex Cooperative Gins Inc and purchase Wolfe City Cotton Oil mill to operate under the new corporation. Officials include R A Graham of Greenville as president and J W Brock of Blue Ridge as vice president. Directors list shows D P Munn Forne, W T Stoddard, Lanham, Tom Hymer, Hugh Green, and others. The venture explores locating a mill in Bonham, with uncertain timing and potential brand naming.
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Texas
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Wolfe City
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Bonham Cooperative
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Gins
Stoddard
Bonham
Netex Co-operative Gins Incorporated
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Greenville
J. W Brock
Broadfoot Plans Texas Port of Entry Move
Broadfoot announces a port of entry plan to govern Texas trucking. The policy proposes tolls or fees per mile for lax trucks, aiming to regulate cross border commerce and traffic flow within the state.
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Broadfoot
Texas
Christian Churches Hold Worldwide Pellow Shep Dinners
Readable text notes Christian churches organize worldwide dinners on February 1. The fragment hints at a central Texas location and weather disruption but specifics are unclear.
County wide road plan meeting set for February 15
WPA officials Gus Thomasson and R F Daniels plan a county wide rally in Fannin to discuss building a connected hard surface road system funded largely by WPA money. Judge Couch and Commissioners hear the proposal with Honey Grove leaders pledging support and talks of issuing bonds to raise funds.
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Gus W. Thomasson
WPA
R. F. Daniel
Sherman
Fannin County
O. L. Couch
Commissioners Court
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Mr. Daniels
Mr Daniels
Mr. Thomasson
Honey Grove
Keen
M. Thomasson
Community program honors president and aids paralysis fund
Local event organizers announce a program and ticket sales to celebrate the president’s birthday while raising funds for paralysis research. Attendees include notable residents and a push to buy tickets to support the cause.
Cow and cat fight ends in Nebraska injury
Friday incident at a Nebraska farm saw a cow stepping on a calf's tail. The cat scratched the cow, which kicked and fractured John Proud's leg while he attempted to help his wife.
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Bartley
John Proud
Mr Proud
Proud
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