Floyd Gibbons Leads Freelance Writer Pay Battle
New York reports Floyd Gibbons won a $1000 plus interest legal award after challenging film producers who underpay freelancers. The piece notes the fight and cites other writers like Walt Disney and Grantland Rice who joined the so called Floyd Gibbons Suing Circle. It mixes Hollywood anecdotes and contemporaries with humor about industry figures and a copyright disclaimer.
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New York
Floyd Gibbons
Gibbons
Walt Disney
Ed Anthony
Grantland Rice
Closing the Gaps in Texas Highway Improvements
The League of Texas Municipalities backs state aid to pave College avenue under the No 6 program after Bryan officials secured cooperation with the highway commission Addressing gaps in small town roads and urging changes in law to enable state funded improvements Overcoming the odds of federal aid the article argues for using auto license fees for local road work and warns of continuing rough highways in many communities.
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Bryan
State Highway Department
College Avenue
Texas
League of Texas
R . G. Williams
Highway Commission
League
Brazos County
Highway No. 21 paving completes eastward stretch from Bryan
Article celebrates the completion of Highway No. 21 east from Bryan linking Kurten to the Navasota river and enabling travel to Madison in all weather. It notes parallel improvements to feeder routes, anticipated work on Highway No. 6 to College, and plans to extend Highway No. 45 from Roans Prairie to Bryan, urging local unity to secure the extension.
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Bryan
Kurten
Navasota
Madison
Brazos River
College
Roans Prairie
Chamber of Commerce
Brazos County
Protecting Texas Flora Hearing On Misdeameanor Plant Protection
Women groups in Texas advocate plant protection laws to curb wholesale destruction of native flora. A Thursday public hearing will consider making it a misdemeanor to pick dig or injure any plant on private or public property without owner permission.
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Texas
Texas flora faces extinction risk from holiday woodland use
In Texas the destruction of native trees and shrubs for holiday decor prompts a proposed bill. Advocates led by Mae W. McFarland of Houston argue the measure protects owners while allowing limited scientific collection. Supporters include multiple women’s groups and garden clubs urging protection of blue bonnet and holly trees.
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Houston
Texas
Mae W. McFarland
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
United States Daughters of 1812
Daughters of American Colonists
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Garden and Nature Clubs
Gas Tax Evasion Proposal for Texas Faces Budget Tradeoff
The Houston Post argues for funding enforcement of the 4 cent gasoline tax with 300 000 dollars yearly to recapture about 2 500 000 dollars annually in lost revenue. It compares Texas to Oklahoma and urges lawmakers to test the plan for a year.
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Texas
W. M. Harman
Waco
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
George Sheppard
Oklahoma
Lone Star
Attorney General's Department
Houston Post
Hitler in Chancellorship and German Power Balance
The article assesses Adolf Hitler becoming chancellor of the German Republic and notes the coalition cabinet may limit drastic changes. It highlights Hitler's aims for monarchy, Versailles scrapping, anti Semitism and rearmament, while Von Hindenberg remains a stabilizing force in the new government.
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Adolf Hitler
German Republic
Hitler
von Hindenberg
Reichstag
von Papen
Hindenberg
Germany
Beavers sparse as Rio Grande open season runs
Rio Grande west of the Pecos shows few beaver captures during the one month open season. If you need to dispose of furniture or other items, an Eagle Want Ad can move it fast.
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Bob Davis
Irvin Cobb
Ireland
MacSwiney
MacSweeney
San Angela
Rio Grande River
Pecos
Franz Schubert Born in 1797 in January
A note from history marks the birth of Franz Schubert, renowned composer, on January 31, 1797, highlighting his influence in classical music. The entry notes his status as a notable musician and his lasting legacy in composition.
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Franz Schubert
Watson to Move to Arizona Enter Newspaper Business
Stanley H. Watson, long known in Texas and especially Washington county, plans to leave the state with farm interests and relocate to Arizona to embark on a newspaper career. Other notes include brick from Marlin bearing an A and M maker, Mrs. R. M. Wilson’s Dallas trip, and the College dairy adding Jersey Bull calf Princess Golden Fern from W. R. Spann with lineage to Bluchell's Golden Fern and Golden Fern's Fawn Princess.
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Houston
Stanley H. Watson
Washington County
Arizona
Watson
Texas
Lone Star
Goodwin Hall
M. Man
Marlin
Giesecke
R. M. Wilson
Dallas
B. F. Wilson
College
Jersey
W. R. Spann
Fredericksboro
Bluchell
Golden Fern
Cooper
Did you ever stop to think INA Did you ever stop to think INA
Ernest L. Peterson argues that newspaper advertising outperforms street hawking and other methods by reaching the broad home audience. He urges consistent local ads to boost sales, noting economy makes advertising essential for success.
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Ernest L. Peterson
Santa Maria
California
Daily Times
Illiteracy Report Marks End of Advisory Committee
The national advisory committee on illiteracy reports 4 282 753 illiterates with 100 000 in Georgia and 118 000 in Louisiana receiving aid. Appointed by President Hoover three years ago, the panel ends as other groups continue outreach to spread basic enlightenment.
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National Advisory Committee
Georgia
Hoover
Louisiana
Cincinnati Enquirer
Functional Society and the Profession in a Changing World
The column argues a shift from an acquisitive to a functional society guided by social welfare. It defines profession as a rule governed, public-spirited body and urges rapid organization of professional associations to replace selfish, profitDriven conduct with service oriented work. It cites government intervention in business and previews future discussions with local industry examples.
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Tawney
New Order
Annual Banquet For Bible Class Of CAB Chure
About 100 men attended the CAB Chure Bible Class annual banquet at College Avenue church. The event featured a red table setting, a band, multiple songs, and readings by members of the Young Mentors group. Speakers included Marshall Bullock and Rev. Roy S. Holloman, with Miss Maudelle Wiley as accompanist and the Woman's Missionary Society handling arrangements.
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College Avenue
Platee
Luther Hogan
Floyd Murray
Louisson
C. W. Carroll
Ana ™ Melson
A. L. Wheeler
Thomas R. Nelson
Jon Sidney Smith
Hudspeth
Sam Bass
Vic
Bill Griffin
Alfred Britten
Lock McNeeley
Jon Franklin
Ay Ware
Melvin McNeeley
Tom Robison
Altan T Lor
Lay Thompson
E. J. McBride
Will Ter
J. M. Bullock Jr
Horal Dansby
Marshall Bullock
Roy S. Holloman
Roy Hudspeth
Maudelle Wiley
Woman's Missionary Society of
Plan War on Wolves in Coleman County
Coleman county sheep men plan a drive against wolves. They met with the county commissioners court to discuss funding from sheep men the county and the federal government. County Commissioner Carl Lohn cited heavy depredations in the northwest part of the county.
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Coleman
Jan
Coleman County
Coin Commissioners Court
Carl Lohn
Couty
Now I Feel Full of Pep After Lydia E. Pinkham
An advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound steadies nerves improves appetite and sleep relieves headaches and backache and makes trying days endurable. It urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle today.
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Dorothy Dickson
London
Tatler
Sol Bloom
Congress
Broadway
Joe Frisco
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The
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