Garner for President and U S Reparations Policy Debated
New York dispatches report William Randolph Hearst backs John Nance Garner for the Democratic presidential nomination while Calvin Coolidge is named as the Republican hope. Separately, the Hague reparations conference absence signals a push to force Europe to ease the economic tangle or face U S withdrawal backed by Senator Borah views.
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William Randolph Hearst
John Nance Garner
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Texan
Garner
Calvin Coolidge
Congress
Kipling Born in December 1865 Historical Note
Today In History marks British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling born December 1865. The event anchors a page noting his birth date and literary impact.
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Rudyard Kipling
Garner and Hoover push tax reform and cost cuts in era plan
Speaker Garner of Texas proposes a 200 million plan to offset the treasury deficit by closing tax loopholes and avoiding new taxes, while President Hoover moves to consolidate federal bureaus to cut government costs. Both leaders stress reducing evasion and waste as paths to fiscal relief.
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Congress
Treasury
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Federal Road Aid Boosts Texas Highway Work in 1931
Texas relied on Federal aid to build and upgrade 11 038 miles of highway in 1931 led by 7 939 miles of new road construction in the state. Of these, 1 168 miles were paved and 758 miles concrete with 3 034 750 dollars an emergency loan to be repaid from future allotments. If Congress does not modify the loan, Texas and other states face slower highway programs and less federal funding in the next five years.
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Jonzo Wasson
State Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Commerce
Wasson
Congress
Tariff Reform Favored by Hull to Aid World Trade
Congressman Cordell Hull of Tennessee argues that tariff reform is needed globally to restore international business before war debt revision. He says the Smoot Hawley tariffs have damaged US business and caused unemployment, while retaliation by foreign nations worsens the case.
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Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Prospect School Christmas Party Closes Term
Prospect School closed for holidays with a program and a Christmas tree. Children delivered their parts well despite short preparation. Each child received multiple presents and fruit and candy were shared with parents and friends. School resumes January 4. Mrs. J W Beal called a meeting of the Prospect Home Demonstration Club to plan a December 30 party at 7 PM.
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J. W. Beal
Prospect Home Demonstration Club
Etex Quarterly Meet Set in Nacogdoches January 11
The regular quarterly meeting of Etex region chamber managers and secretaries will be held in Nacogdoches on Monday January 11 with Bob Hall host. Secretaries of affiliated chambers are invited to join in discussions on unemployment relief public health issues and the 1932-38 program of work. Previous meetings have been valuable to participants.
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Etex
Nacogdoches
Bob Hall
Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Etex Chamber
Fence Off Plot to Study Bitterweed
In San Angelo on December 26 a plot of ground was fenced off on a ranch for the study of bitterweed, a poison range plant. The effort aims to evaluate the plant and its impact on grazing lands.
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San Angelo
Bitterweed Control Efforts Under Locke Ranch Plan
John Read reports in Tom Green County and the Locke ranch in Schleicher County readying plots for weed control. Bitterweed has not yet appeared this year and is unlikely to cause last winter’s damage. Tom Bond and Will Hill lead field work for the initiative from the Ranch Experiment Station near Sonora.
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John Read
Tom Green County
Locke Ranch
Schleicher County
Tom Bond
Will Hill
Ranch Experiment Station
Sonora
Bethlehem Tableaux Pageant At St Andrew’s S S
The St Andrew's church school presented a Christmas Eve pageant Bethlehem Tableaux in the Parish House to a large audience. Santa Claus then visited, distributing many gifts. Rev and Mrs W W Daup received numerous presents from the congregation.
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House of St. Andrew’s Church
Santa Claus
W. W. Daup
Brazos County couples file intention to marry
Claude Diggs and Rosa Twigs along with W. A. Giesinger and Annie Mae MacLesky filed notice of intention to marry Monday with County Clerk Jess B. McGee in Brazos County.
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Claude Diggs
Rosa Twigs
W. A. Giesinger
Annie Mae MacLesky
Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
KIWANIS OF VALLEY PLANS BIG MEET IN MERCEDES
Valley Kiwanis members meet in Harlingen to organize hosting 1200 delegates for the 1932 Texas Oklahoma district convention set for October 23 to 25. The event would be the largest convention in the Valley to date.
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Kiwanis OF
Harlingen
Valley
Mercedes
Millionaire Wall Street Trickster Rice Roams Between Prisons
A profile of George Graham Rice born Simon Jacob Herzig, famous for checkered prison runs and huge fortune. It notes his defences against income tax evasion, alleged brilliance vs. rascality, and habit of operating from upscale hotels while maintaining vast offices on Broad Street. It contrasts his life with bank practices and hints at his upcoming parole.
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George Graham Rice
Wall Street
Rice
Simon Jacob Herzig
Clapham Green
Atlanta
Lower East Side
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Daily Mail
Holiday guests depart Fort Sam Houston couple leaves
Lieut and Mrs Preston Newbery of Fort Sam Houston were holiday visitors at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs M W Sims Jr and left today to return to San Antonio.
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Preston Newberry
Fort Sam Houston
M. W. Sims, Jr
San Antonio
Daily Bible Thought The Golden Rule reflection
The message urges treating others as one wishes to be treated and urges application of Luke 6 31 in daily conduct. It emphasizes ethical reciprocity and compassionate behavior across all interactions and relationships.
Texas Woman's College plans first annual staff named
The Texas Woman's College outlines plans for its first annual with editor in chief Adline Sanders and staff including Gussie Buchanan, Irma Harris, Jennie Glass and Mable Zimmerman. Eminent Commander C E Saunders announces the annual Christmas observance for Knights Templar at 11 o clock. R B Skains from Wheelock reports his daughter Lucy and Carrie Skains visiting in Houston. son C T Skains bound for bed due to injuries from Thornton wreck while serving as mail clerk. James Ray returns from Galveston for wrist injury from a soda bottle explosion at the bottling works.
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R. B. Skains
Wheelock
Lucy
Carrie Skains
Houston
C. T. Skains
James Ray
Galveston
Remembering the sacrifices that built our modern freedoms
A reflective tribute honors past generations whose toil and sacrifice enabled today’s opportunities across commerce, navigation, exploration, and aviation. The speaker notes we owe a debt to these men and women and must push forward the horizons they opened.
Mechanical cotton picker raises alarm over employment
The Federal Labor Department reports a mechanical cotton picker capable of stripping four rows at once could displace over eighty percent of labor now used in harvesting. While past devices failed, supporters claim practicality may reshape the South’s economy by concentrating returns and increasing unemployment unless production adjusts.
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Federal Labor Department
Washington
South
Eli Whitney
Real folks judge by inner worth not wealth or status
A letter from Les Akers argues against snobbery and classism. He condemns people who value money and social standing over character, praising those who measure others by inner qualities instead of riches. He laments a culture that ties self worth to paying power and calls for humility.
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Les Akers
Bold leadership trusted by voters in wartime style call
Editorial argues public demands decisive action from leaders in Australia Britain and the United States. It praises Hoover for clear choices on taxes and debt while urging politicians to act boldly despite fears of unpopularity. It cites Britain’s 90s era confidence in Romney era push for reforms and warns leaders must do what voters want not what they fear.
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Great Britain
United States
Hoover
Congress
England
Doles
Esmen
Chrisian Science Monitor
Impact of labor saving machines on employment
A Houston Post Dispatch excerpt argues that the wheat combine and similar machines reduce farm labor demand and push unemployment, noting regional differences between wheat and cotton. It warns machine adoption outpacing new industry growth may cause destitution, while urging acceptance of progress as workers shift to other lines.
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Houston Post-Dispatch
Portrait of Dr Charles H Parkhurst Shown in New York Clergy Rooms
A portrait of Dr Charles H Parkhurst hangs in the rooms of the Clergy Association of New York. Parkhurst gained worldwide fame for his campaigns against political corruption and vice.
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Charles H. Parkhurst
Paul King
Te Clergy Association of
New York
Parkhurst
Vice
Father of Radio Marconi Honored in Global Broadcast
The father of radio, Guglielmo Marconi, was celebrated in a world wide broadcast where forty nations paid tribute in a historic hook up, hailed as one of the greatest communications feats ever made.
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Guglielmo Marconi
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