Fee System to Be Locked Inito By Committee
AUSTIN June 18 Investigations into the Texas public officers fee system aim to verify claims and curb fraud rather than set crime costs. Chairman W B Collie Eastland cites past savings with a 32 percent cut in fees between 1932 and 1934 and notes expenditures rising to 8250 000. Senator Tom DeBerry sponsors a constitutional amendment to abolish the fee system in counties over 50 000 population with a vote set for August 25.
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Austin
Texas
W. B. Collie Eastland
Senate
Cellie
Collie
Tom DeBerry
Boga‘a
Local Cannery Notes and Summer Happenings in Lanasco
Government cannery runs full schedule with Mrs. Guy Neal supervising green beans greens and plums. Mrs Grace Ward attends summer school in Commerce. K B Foster grandson from Dallas summer visit. Mr Claude Vaught discusses Texas Centennial at night school. Zella Routt hosting visitors. Wicker siblings from Nocona visiting. Clyde Arkee and Buck Davis relocate and host relatives. Nazarenes fundraise for Hudsonville church. Kuklehan filling station near Highway 78 nears completion. Heavy rains halt work and grazing. land leasing and Sub Marginal men affected. Sandy and Creel Wauk rivers rise. Edgar Woods visiting Dallas. Agnes Starnes with father C J Guarnes travels to Ardmore Oklahoma. Anonymous notice.
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Guy Neal
Grace Ward
Commerce
K. B. Foster
Dallas
Claude ‘Vaught
Texas
Buck Davis
Big Girl
H. W. Hunt
Gkinkiias Clivice
The
Nazaren
Hudsonville
Howard Kuklehan
Highway 78
Old Tinsere
Edgar Woods
K. B. Fos
Agnes’ Starnes
C. J. Guarnes
Ardmore
Okla
Is the crawfish a fish or just a crawfish in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia on June 17 Magistrate Hard Thayer questions whether a crawfish counts as a fish after two boys are arrested for netting oil fish. The boys insist they were catching crawfish that look like tadpoles and claim they are not fish. The case is postponed for a week as the state game warden investigates and Thayer weighs the question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Thayer
Walter
Cannery Works Steady as Farmers Lag Behind
Sherman June 17 A small crew at the yellow cannery is preparing string beans and squashes for canning. New equipment and cleaned quarters aim to raise output, though operations proceed slowly as farmers fail to bring in vegetables due to weather conditions.
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Sherman
Yelleg
Colleen Moore Seeks Divorce in Los Angeles
Colleen Mecore, screen actress, filed for divorce from Albert P. Scott a New York broker in Los Angeles on June 17. She alleges extreme cruelty and jealousy. The couple wed in Fort Pierce Florida on February 15 1985 and separated in January. This is Moore’s second marriage with a prior divorce from Yuhi McCormick in 1931.
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Colleen Moore
Los Angeles
Cal
Colleen Mecore
Albert P. Scott
New York
Nes Ned O
Fort Pierce
Pla
Miss Moore
Beereviously
Yuhi McCormick
Aim
Unclear report on goose champion in Grovsrade village
A garbled item from Berlin dated June 18 describes a goose with unusual leg growth hatched near Frankfort-en- Oder and becoming a potential champion. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent details or a clear outcome.
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Berlin
Grovsrade
Frankfort-en-Odse
Omnibus Local Visit Notes From Sherman Area
Local residents report visits from Dallas Bonham and Corsicana and Sherman this week. Names include Mary Etta Glover Cecile Davis Nina Butler W H Harper Tom Newell Margarett Wel lingsworth Lucille West Ethel Cooner and Beulah West among others.
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Paul Huffimndy
Catton
Oklahoma City
Minnie Downs
Bonham
O. Ellison
Wichita Falls
Mary Etta Glover
Snersman
Jesse P. Luton
Dallas
W. R. Lyon
Cecile Davis
Nina Butler
Sherman
W. H. Harper
Savoy
Tom Newell
Margarett
Myrtle Wellingsworth
Beulah West
Lila White
Lucille
Ben Allen
Dalas
Travis Cole
Jerry Miller
Will Tidwell
Ethel Cooner
Windson
Beulan West
Bryan Baker
Geo. Baker
Aus Cole
Elizabeth Baker
Helen Morgan
Annelle Saye
Henry Thomas
Bonhan
W. F. White
J. F. Banta
Lon Gale
H. L. Allen
Wahnona Dulaney
Arthur Self
Oma Ruth Ware
Ed Smith
Honey Grove
Wek
Charles Pratt
Babcock Bros
Leon Early
Tennie McDaniel
Margaret Harvey
Corsicana
Freak German brown trout with owl like head caught
In Muskegon on June 18 Otto Hartman netted a German brown trout near Holtsa that measured fourteen inches. The odd fish had unusually large eyes a blunt face and a protruding jaw giving it an owl head appearance. Scientists study strange eye traits linked to low mood diets and genetics.
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Muskegon, Mich
Holtsa
Otto Hartman
New Deal Eyes Small Cost Bridges to Employ Millions
Washington reports President Roosevelt endorses a shift to low cost projects under the $4.0 billion relief program. He favors many small wooden bridges and limits average cost to $1,200 per worker to employ up to 3.5 million for a year, while continuing large projects like the Passamaquoddy Bay and little Colorado river developments. He warns monumental works like Boulder Dam are unlikely.
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Washington
New Deal
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration Dea
PWA
Passamaquoddy Bay
Maine
Little Colorado River
Ickes
Boulder Dam
Grand Coulee
Mixed Gift Packages From Martins Ferry Return Trip
A Cleveland bound former resident sent gift packages to a Martins Ferry high school graduate and a girl. The girl received men’s athletic shorts while the boy got a daintily wrapped dance set.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
Cleveland
Thedford's Black-Draught Promoted for Regularity and Health
Clean system for health by relieving constipation before illness, Thedford's Black-Draught helps thousands of men and women stay at work or enjoy recreation. It tends to establish regularity of bowel movements. Mrs. Victoria Cooper of Joffesboro Arkansas says it makes her more regular and cleanses her system. She uses a dose for about two nights and feels it acts well.
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Thedferil
Victoria Cooper
Joffesboro, Ark
Ickes Pushes Big Works Plan Amid Public Works Clash
Secretary Ickes worked to preserve local public works within the $4.0 billion relief program. He argued the full $900 million authorized for non federal jobs could be used despite White House speed aims. Ickes defended the effort as reporters pressed questions about leadership and project costs while Howkins continued state training for works progress directors.
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Washington
Ickes
White House
Harry L. Howkins
Works Progress
Howkins
Roosevelt
Harry
Pretty Boy Floyd Friend Convicted in Hermanson Murder
Adam Rich etti, once aligned with the late Pretty Boy Floyd, was found guilty of murdering City Detective Frank Hermanson. The Union Station plaza massacre, in which five men died, is linked to the case. The jury urged the death penalty.
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Kansas City
Adam Richetti
Pretty Boy
Plum Sale Ad with Contact in Bonham
Extra nice ripe plums advertised at fair price. Call 2004 ring 3 for Bonham contact CHAS G NUNN at 298 300 302 C.
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Bonham
Chas. G. Nunn
Ford Sales 65 Percent Better Than Last Year
Dearborn Michigan June 1 1931 Retail deliveries for the year to date of Ford V eight cars commercial cars and trucks passed the half million mark during the last 10 day period. May deliveries show Ford trucks and commercial cars were 66 percent ahead of the same five months last year and the best period since 1930.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Amateurs Suffer No Fatal Aviation Accidents in Switzerland
In Switzerland the amateur aviation scene reported substantial progress with no fatal accidents among hobby pilots last year. This marks a notable safety improvement for non professional flyers.
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Switzeland
Man Dies After Sting From Unknown Insect
In Sulphur Oklahoma on a June day W R Meadors of Davis died within minutes after being stung on the ear by an unidentified insect. He rushed home to tell his wife to apply a remedy but his face and body turned black before Dr J C Luster arrived minutes later.
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Okla
W. R. Meadors
Davis
Here
Meadors
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