Bond Issue Vital to Texas Will Not Tax Property
The appeal urges voters to approve an August 26 amendment granting the Legislature power to issue up to 20 million in bonds to continue relief under President Roosevelt's recovery program. Texas relied on federal funds for relief, and failure to pass would withdraw aid and shift burdens to local communities, with Milam County cited for relief spending since 1933.
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Texas
Roosevelt
Milam
Milam County
Congress
Witt Will Support State Bond Issue
Lieutenant Governor Edgar Witt of Waco urges adoption of relief bonds after outlining Texas relief needs. He cites crop failures, possible 80 percent fed in Panhandle counties, high unemployment, and reliance on National Recovery Act reemployment. He argues bonds would be safeguarded against waste and corruption.
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Austin
Edgar Witt
Waco
Texas
Panhandle
Golf Tournament Here Sunday August 13th
A flag tournament for Central Texas golfers will be staged at the Cameron Country Club on Sunday, August 13th. Invitations are being sent to Tem ple, Googetown, Lampasas, Belton, Taylor, Giddings, Elgin, Caldwell, Calvert, Bryan and Rockdale. An entrance fee will be 50 cents golf balls are to be given as prizes.
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Central Texas
Cameron Country Club
Temple
Googetown
Lampasas
Belton
Taylor
Giddings
Elgin
Caldwell
Calvert
Bryan
Rockdale
Fire damages filling station at West Main and Nolan
Fire of unknown origin damaged the filling station at the corner of West Main and South Nolan streets north of the Catholic church Tuesday morning.
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West Main and
South Nolan Street
Salty Singing Convention Announces August Meeting
The Salty Singing Convention will hold its quarterly meeting at Milano on Sunday August 20. Judge Jeff T. Kemp announced the plan on Thursday.
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Milano
Jeff T. Kemp
Death notices for Ralph Head former Cameron resident
Ralph Head 85 former Cameron citizen died Sunday August 6 in Tyler Texas after an infection of the head. He lived in Cameron with his parents for years and was married to Eleanor Upjohn. Funeral services were at Memorial Park church in Troup with interment there. He is survived by his wife three children his parents three brothers and two sisters.
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Ralph Head
Cameron
Tyler
Head
Eleanor Upjohn
Tucker
Memorial Park Church
Troup
Texas
Ralph, Jr
Margaret
Patsie Jean
D. B. Head
W. B. Head
Jacksonville
Claud
Billie
John Mamerly
Alto
Faye Head
Local Option Election Ordered in Milam County
Milam County commissioners call a local option election for August 26 to decide on 3.2 beer and wine sales under a Texas constitutional amendment. The move follows a county petition and a prior dry vote in December 191%. Absentee voting tickets are not yet available. Miss Tabbie Robinson returns from a two week visit with sister Mrs Mort Lyles in Temple and friends in Kemper.
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Texas
Commissioners Court
Milam County
Tabbie Robinson
Mort Lyles
Temple
Kemper
Repeal Rally Planned in Cameron Milam County
A Milam county repeal drive will hold a big rally on the Cameron Court House Lawn Monday evening August 14 at 8 oclock. Joseph W Bailey Jr congressman from Dallas will be the principal speaker outlining the August 26 vote on the legal sale of 5.2 beer and light wines and the case for controlled sale versus bootleg liquor.
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Milam County
Court House
Cameron
Joseph W. Bailey, Jr
Dallas
Bailey
Longs Move from Cameron to Waco for New Home
Mr and Mrs R J Long and family relocate from Cameron where they have lived for years to start a new home in Waco. They were active socially and religiously in Cameron and Mr Long served as an agent for Humble Oil and Refining Company with many county friends wishing them success in the new location.
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R. J. Long
Cameron
Waco
Long
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Dry forces hold first Cameron rally on church lawn
A union service by Cameron churches will be held on the lawn of the Methodist church Sunday night with Rev. Arthur W. Jones of Austin delivering a sermon. The public is invited to attend this rally as the first public dry forces rally in Cameron.
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Cameron
Methodist
Arthur W. Jones
Austin
Jones
No Tickets Available for Absentee Voting in Milam County
With one day left before the August 26 election Milam County voters had no absentee voting tickets by Thursday noon. County Auditor Conn R. Isaacs sought election supplies, but printers failed to include tickets in the initial order. State printers reportedly punished a few Texas plants by withholding tickets. a local option ticket will also be printed, and no absentee vote has yet been cast.
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Milam County
Conn R. Isaacs
Texas
Boycott condemned as dangerous tactic in NRA stance
The article notes General Johnson’s plea against a blanket consumer boycott of firms not yet NRA emblem adopters. It argues boycott harms small employers and risks employment, urging fair dealing and opposing collective pressure to drive nonsigning businesses from commerce.
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New York Herald Tribune
Grace Morrison Poole
NRA
National Recovery Administration
Johnson
Code Violators Warned on NRA Recovery Hours
Washington reports Administrator Hugh S Johnson warned retailers that changing hours or cutting open times violates the recovery act and undermines employment goals. He urged full cooperation and said stores must keep hours at 52 or more weekly, with higher hours requiring more staff.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Texas Officials Urged to Attend Austin Meeting on Relief
Governor Ferguson directs ten meeting of judges and mayors in Texas to discuss relief and unemployment aid. The council, to avert grave consequences if the bond issue amendment fails, will be held at the Austin Hotel roof at ten o clock Friday morning.
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Chas. C. Smith
Jeff T. Kemp
Ferguson
Austin
Texas
Arizona Repeals Prohibition By 3 To 1 Vote
Arizona voters supported repeal of the 18th amendment by three to one, making the state the twentieth to abandon nationwide liquor prohibition. The move mirrors a broader wave led by Michigan in April as states shift away from the dry policy.
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Arizona
United States
Michigan
Cameron Leaders Hear NRA Address at Mexia
Cameron delegates joined East Texas Chamber of Commerce members in Mexia for a Monday session. Reagan McCreary chaired as Curtis Morris summarized the factors behind the National Recovery Act. J C Crampton of Dallas outlined act provisions and explained its implications.
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Cameron
NRA
Mexia
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Reagan McCreary
Calvert
Curtis Morris
J. C. Crampton
Dallas
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Co-Operating Grocer Aids NRA In Cameron Ad
Cooperating with the National Recovery Administration, Green and Roedeker grocers display in Cameron’s Herald to promote stabilized business. The ad notes profits are essential and criticizes below cost selling while praising progressive merchants for using legitimate newspaper channels.
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Grocer Aids Nra
National Recovery Administration
Green & Roedeker
Grocers
Cameron
The
Herald
Thompson slain in Belton after parole from 1928 case
Hy Thompson the Belton man once tried for the Carlton Fewell murder at a skating rink was shot dead early Thursday on the Belton outskirts. He had served part of a 35 year sentence and was paroled. a couple in another car fired buckshot as he approached his car, killing him instantly. no arrest reported.
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Hy Thompson
Milam County
Carlton Fewell
Belton
Mr. Thompson
Young Fewell
Thompson
W. G. Gillis
Fewell
Miss Rischar Leaves For Home In Idaho
Miss Rischar, longtime resident here with her brother Dr Eduard Rischar and sister Miss Rose Rischar, left Tuesday for Chicago to visit a brother and attend the Century of Progress. She will later return to Conor DeLane Idaho and friends here regret her departure, hoping for a future visit.
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Matchen Rischar
Eduard Rischar
Rose Rischar
Chicago
Century of Progress
Conor DeLane
Idaho
Miss Riechar
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DelLcoa
Texas State Co For Women
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Miss Jetton
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DRY Forces
National Covenant of Recovery
Miss Rischar
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