Denison Dam Start Earns $5 Million Appropriation
Members of the House appropriations committees reached a Friday agreement to recommend a $5,000,000 appropriation to start work on the Denison Dam on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The amount will be in the War Department civil sanitation appropriation bill, and the bill will be reported Tuesday and brought to the House for immediate consideration, says Majority Leader Sam Rayburn.
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Priday
Denison
Red River
Oklahoma
Texas
War Department
Sam Rayburn
Execution of Bennie Randall Will Not Be Delayed
In Austin on May 6, Judge T C Andrews said Governor O Daniel granted a 30 day reprieve for Bennie Randall the negro condemned for the assault of a 11 year old white girl in Colorado county The Pirate Prison Board will not extend the time to avoid a Sunday electrocution scheduled for tomorrow by order of the court
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Bennie Randall
T. C. Andrews
Pirate Prison Board
Guv O'Daniel
Randal
Andrews
Accident Deaths Be Broadcast Over State Network
State police director Homer Garrison announced a plan to broadcast traffic fatalities over a statewide radio network. A large bell would signal each death report to alert motorists and deter careless driving.
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Homer Garrison
Famous Economist Returns To Bonham For Cooking School
Mrs Arrevyn D French, renowned Southern home economist, heads a free cooking school in Bonham May 15 16 at the High School Auditorium. She will demonstrate balanced meals kitchen savings and home management with displays of ditches and cookware. Attendees will receive free samples gifts and consultations.
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Bonham
Arrevyn D. French
Marham
Parkland Hospital
Youne Allison Wae
High School Boys Die in Drowning Near Palestine
Searchers in Todd City area near Palestine dragged a lake for the bodies of WT Boies Jr and Drew Bizzell Prankston Bell school boys believed to have drowned while fishing that night.
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Usitee Frewe
Palestine
Todd City
Here
WT Boies, Jr
Drew Bizzell
Prankston
Mutual insurance firms charged in state suit over operation
Atty Gen Mann filed suit in district court against Globe Life Waco Texas Standard Life Waco Home Life Dallas and Lone Star Life Dallas alleging operating without authority. He sought temporary restraining orders to halt business until receivers appointed and to forfeit charters. The suit targets four mutual assessment life insurers in Dallas and Waco.
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Austin
Tex
Gerald C. Mann
Mutual Assessment Life Insurance Companies
Dallas
Waco
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Mann
Globe Life Insurance Company
Texas Standard Life Insurance Company
Revision OF Social Security Taxes To Save Millions
Washington May 6 House Ways and Means committee tentatively approves changes to the Social Security Act aimed at saving employers and workers over a billion dollars by 1943. The plan retains a 5 percent payroll tax split between employer and employee for three years, creates a new trust fund, speeds up pension payments to 1940, and allows state relief for payroll tax adjustments while advancing containment of government funds.
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House
Chaiman Robert T. Coughtan
Tor
Howe
the Treasury
Labor
Greenville fire devastates cafe and grocery on courthouse square
A May 6 blaze in Greenville caused heavy damage to W Davis Cafe and M Peek Grocery on the courthouse square. The Einitroaweh food store suffered water damage and Dry Goode store was struck by smoke. Details on cause remain undetermined.
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Greenville
W. Davis Cafe
M. Peek Grocery
Einitroaweh
Ware Dry Goode
Federal control of medical practice sparks liberty debate
Denton Texas May 6 A south bound passenger train collided with a stalled freight near Denton injuring engineer Hawes of Port Worth and fireman McDaniel of Denison. In Washington Senate leaders debate a federal subsidized health program with opposition from Dr W B Ellings of New York claiming rights would be violated.
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Denton
Tex
St Louis
Portworth
Fremen
Hawes
Hoy McDaniel
Denison Hawes
McCaivel
Denton Hoenital
Singing Convention Sunday Expected To Draw Record Crowd
A North Texas and Oklahoma singing convention draws a large, diverse crowd with quartets from Dallas, Paris, Chayson, Hunt, Sherman and others slated to perform. The event includes a radio broadcast on KRRV Sherman and promises tickets and meals for attendees.
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North Texas
Oiahoma
Paris
Chayson
Hunt Mounties
Hookers
Oklahoma
Stamps Copperaires
Tdatas
Crimp
Texas
Jaco
Sherman
Bennett
Tree
Deni
Hebel
Collinewille
Enloe
Cireenville
KRRV
Melone
Hinelish Rulers Set Sail on Goodwill Trip to North America
King Chorge and Queen Elizabeth depart Britain for Canada and the United States aboard the Empress of Australia. A military band plays as 17 warships form a salute, crowds cheer, and lavish royal luggage and films promise a grand voyage with champagne, cheeses, and 11 piece orchestra aboard.
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Portsmouth
England
King Chorge
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Canada
United States
Australia
Monte Carlo
Oddities in the News from Cities Across the Midwest
A collection of quirky incidents from Cleveland Detroit Flint and other locales includes a bird with a lit cigarette in a new nest, accusations of spousal schemes, a shoplifting baby allegedly aiding theft, a motorbike crash leaving injuries, and a Nebraska midget aiming to trek 400 miles to the York World Fair with an estimated 47180 steps.
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Charles Phono
York World
Mathe Nebo
Discharges Sought for State College Faculty Adhering to Communism
In Texas a Senate amendment to the state college appropriation bill would discharge any faculty member who advocates or believes in communism or any form of totalitarian doctrine. The measure targets support staff at state colleges and defines grounds for dismissal as promoting state supremacy over individual rights.
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Japan
Brithet
Prefety
Armencat
Chuar
Austin
Tex
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