Brazos River Project Support From Texas Delegation
Congressman Buchannan discusses the Brazos River Project in a Herald interview via H. Cross. He says the Texas delegation and two senators back the plan to obtain federal funding, stressing data on self liquidating costs and dam plans to defend the project in Congress. Mrs. Laula Clinton spent the weekend in Houston.
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QO. H. Cross
Brazos River
H. Cross
the Herald
Buchanan
Cross
Texas
Congressman Buchannan
Appropriations Committee
Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Texas Board of Water Engineers
U. S. Geological Survey
Corgrese
Brazos Convention and Reclamation
State of
Congress
Waco
House
Board of Water Engineers
Johnson
Cross and Johnson
Laula Clinton
Houston
Chain Store Tax Bill Introduced By Jesse James
Representative Jesse James introduces a Texas House bill to tax chain grocery and retail stores with a stepped schedule. Exemptions cover lumber yards and oil stations while aimed at curbing chain store profits from distribution and aiding local merchants. James serves on the Revenue and Taxation committee as vice chairman.
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Texas
Jesse James
James
Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Eastern Star extends thanks after bereavement events
In a note of gratitude the Follis and White families thank friends for kindness after losses. Installation services were held Tuesday at the Masonic Hall with Alice McGehee presiding and Nadine Sapp initiated. Deputy Grand Matron Mrs. Erskin attended, receiving a corsage. refreshments followed. Mr. Erskin and others were mentioned, plus renewal of Herald by F. B. Hubner and reader support acknowledged.
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Oscar Follis
W. G. Follis
J. L. White
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Alice McGehee
W. M
H. E. Garner
W. P
Nadine Sapp
District 4
M. M. Erskine
Bryan
Erskin
A. Cook
W. B. Richard
George Newton Receives Five Texas House Committees
First term Texas Representative George Newton of Austin drew five key committee assignments from Speaker Coke Stevenson. He serves as vice chairman of Banks and Banking with Jesse James on the panel, plus Public Health Public Grounds and Building and Education and Insurance. Newton won a large majority in 1934 and visited his parents Dr and Mrs W R Newton here for the weekend.
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George Mayo Newton
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Jesse James
Newton
House
Veteran Civil War Soldier J W Ford Visits Cameron
J W Ford ninety a Civil War veteran once prisoner of the Union Army spent last Friday in Cameron with his son Patterson Ford of Lampasas and grandson Roy Ford. He lives at Buckholts and is among the county’s 14 Confederate veterans. Ford served under Jubal Early in Company B First Tennessee Cavalry in Virginia and was captured and held eleven months at Camp Morton Indiana weighing 82 pounds at release. Mrs Dan Hanna and her son from Houston have returned home after visiting Mrs Lena Baskin.
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J. W. Ford
Buckholts
Cameron
Patterson Ford
Lampassas
Roy Ford
Jubal A
Company B
First Tennessee Cavalry
Virginia
Camp Morton
Indiana
Mrs Fannin Returns From Belton Visit
Mrs. W. M. Fannin returns from Belton where she visited daughter Miss Myra Lee Fannin who was ill at Mary Hardin Baylor College. Miss Fannin is reported much improved.
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W. M. Fannin
Belton
Myra Lee Fannin
Mary-Hardin Baylor College
Miss Fannin
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Auspices
St. Rita’s Circle
The
F. B. Hubner
Herald
County Depository
County Commissioners Court
Milam County
Milam
Jeff T. Kemp
George Newton
George Newton of
Austin
Mrs
W. R. Newton
Dan Hanna
Small
Danna
Lena Baskin
Coleman Funeral Home
Billie Marek
James L. Coleman
Ford
Legisla
Ture
Sion
Terest
Bill Alex Bonds
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