Washington Commentary on Tariffs and Tax Loopholes
A Washington briefing discusses the Commerce Department analysis supporting Roosevelt tariffs, noting foreign banks hold $487 million in US short term assets while US receipts abroad total $1.082 billion. It also covers VFW reaction to tax deductions for contributions to the Economy League and hints at possible shifts in State Department leadership and Dill’s communications bill influence.
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Department of Commerce
Senate
United States
Commerce Department
Uncle Sam
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Economy League
League
Exservice
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
VFW
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Economy League
Bill Phillips
State Department
Senator Dill
Stock Exchange
New York
Furniture men to meet in Galveston convention
Trends in furniture will be displayed by many nationally known manufacturers at the Retail Furniture Association of Texas Inc convention to be held in Galveston on April 23 24 and 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Retail Furniture Association of Texas, Inc
Del Rio Reports .19 Inch Rain On Friday Shower
Del Rio recorded a Friday afternoon shower of .19 inch between 2 30 and 3 30 pm under H L Molyneux forecast. Yearly rainfall stands at 1.6 inches, 0.54 inches below normal, with April normal at 1.79 inches. Widespread showers are forecast tonight and Sunday, as surrounding towns report varying moisture.
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del Rio
H. L. Molyneux
Eagle Pass
Winter Garden Telephone Company
Sonora
Uvalde
Carta Valley
Vinegarone
Sanderson
Langtry
Spofford
Brackettville
Del Rio School Board Race Sees Low Turnout
Light voting in Del Rio Independent School District at 1 40 pm with only 90 ballots cast. Unopposed candidates T P Cook and Vern D Curry vie for three year terms while officials expect polling to close at 7 pm at Central Elementary. In San Felipe ISD 271 votes recorded by 2 pm as candidates Santos Garza and Andres Cortinas seek re election and several challengers enter the race.
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Cook
Curry
del Rio
del Rio Independent School
T. P. Cook
Vern D. Curry
del Rio Independent School District
Central Elementary
Garfield Avenue
Tom Miller
O. R. Weinert
Grover C. Poole
O. D. Finegan
Elizabeth Zuehl
San Felipe Independent School District
Gulf Production and Gulf Pipe Line raise 3 to 10 percent
An across the board wage adjustment for all field employees of Gulf Production Company and Gulf Pipe Line Company effective April 1 increases monthly pay by 10 percent in lower brackets and 3 percent in higher brackets. About 3,000 workers in Texas Louisiana and Arkansas are affected.
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Gulf Company
Houston
Gulf Production Company
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Colorado River Rises After West Texas Rains
Heavy rains in West Texas push the Colorado River higher with several feet rise at Austin and more than 10 feet reported upstream.
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Austin
Texas
Colorado
Young mother of 14 greets first child in Columbus
A birth in Columbus on April 7 makes Mrs. Cecil Henderson a grandmother at 28 as Mrs. Roland Reed and her husband welcome a daughter. The Reed couple, with the baby, mark a family milestone in local notes.
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Columbus
Ind
Roland Reed
Wool Clippings Bring 16 3 4 Cents At Texas Sale
In San Angelo on April 7 Wool clippings totaling about 255000 pounds sold by sealed bid and private sale at 15 3 4 to 16 3 4 cents a pound. Buyers from 20 to 25 firms bid as 1934 wool season gains momentum. E K Fawcett and George E ONeill of Del Rio attended with Tom Richey of A W Hilliard & Son reporting top prices.
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San Angelo
Tom Richey
W. Hilliard & Son
Cox Produce Company
Brady
Menard
Central Storage Co
E. K. Fawcett
George E. O'Neill
del Rio
West Texas
Texas voting strength at 1.27 million in 1933
Texas's estimated voting strength for the current election year is 1,270,000 electors, based on 1,105,508 poll taxes paid and a 15 percent exemption. Comptroller notes late returns and corrections may raise the total by about 5,000, with 27,762 exemptions filed.
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Texas
Austin
State Comptroller's Department
Insull Loses Final Fight Against Extradition to U S
Samuel Insull, Chicago fugitive, will return to the United States next week to face trial over charges tied to the collapse of his utilities empire. The Turkish government confirmed no appeal was possible, and the move hands custody to American authorities via Burton Berry, the vice consul in Istanbul.
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Washington
Samuel Insull
Chicago
United States
Turkey
State Department
Burton Berry
Istanbul
Insull
Kenan Bey
Bomb Plot Feared After Minneapolis Riot
Police guard city hall after a mob of 6000 unemployed stormed the building. A tip warned that 25 armed men were coming to upend the structure. The city council approved the mob demands including CWA continuation and higher allowances. Twenty injured in the rioting and twelve officers harmed by bottles and debris.
Borger Faces Housing Crunch Amid Job Boom
Borger endures a housing shortage as oil, gas, and carbon black plants operate around the clock. The shortage crowds scarce two and three room apartments, driving families into shacks with late model cars outside. Business improves, credits stay strong, and local trades report rapid turnover.
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Borger
Ad Iiea Borger
Boy with Two Teeth Sets Maintains Perfect Attendance
Fairfield High senior Joe Everette Newman, born with two sets of teeth, has not been tardy or absent in five years, according to school records. Teague is noted as the date April 7 in the historical clipping.
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Teague
Joe Everett Newman
Fairfield High School
Almond seeks tax collector post in Val Verde County
Lyle S. Almond, Del Rio resident and current tax collector, formally announced his candidacy for the office of tax assessor and collector of Val Verde County. The office will absorb the assessor role next January per Texas 1932 vote, with Almond having been appointed December 30, 1930 to fill a vacancy and reappointed in 1931.
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Lyle S. Almond
del Rio
Val Verde County
Almond
People of
Texas
Mr. Almond
John W. Almond Sr
Lyle
San Antonio
A. & M. College
College Station
Lyle Almond
Funeral Services for Mrs Cook Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Cook who died at the Santa Rosa Infirmary in San Antonio will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with Rev Charles Nixon presiding. She was 47, wife of T P Cook chief of the U S Immigration Service, born in Springfield Missouri and taught there before marriage in 1915 in Seattle. The couple lived in El Paso and Naco Arizona before settling in Del Rio in 1920. Survivors include her husband three sons Charles Billie and Robert and two sisters Mrs James L Gregg of Columbus Ohio and Mrs Gordon Coil of Colorado Springs Colorado Mrs Gregg expected to arrive Saturday.
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Nellie Cook
Santa Rosa Infirmary
San Antonio
First Methodist Church
Chas. Nixon
Charles
Billie
Robert
James L. Gregg
Columbus
Ohio
Gordon Coil
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gregg
Railroad Reports Lowest Net Income Since 1898
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company posted a net income of 3,698,671 for 1933 in Chicago on April 7, the lowest since 1898. This compares with 7,545,007 in 1932 and 61,036,803 in 1929, its best year.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Legion postpones flag raising after bad weather
The flag raising ceremony planned for Sunday at the Municipal Swimming Pool is postponed until Sunday April 15. The American Legion sponsors the event and announced the delay on Saturday due to unfavorable weather.
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American Legion
Chamber sees signs of recovery but warns on pending proposals
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports encouraging signs of business recovery across the nation. It notes progress from last year's recovery legislation that strengthened the banking structure and boosted employment and wages, while cautioning that upcoming proposals could threaten the momentum.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National councils to aid in price complaint adjustments
One hundred twelve consumers councils will be formed nationwide to aid in adjusting local price complaints. Frank Walker, director of the National Emergency Council, says the plan will run experimentally until its workings are determined. The councils operate under the consumers division to gather pertinent information.
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Washington
Frank Walker
National Emergency Council
Mail Robbery Convicts Sentenced to 27 Years Each
Fort Worth reports O. D. Stevens W. D. May and M. T. Pettijohn were convicted in the $72 000 mail robbery last year and received the maximum penalty of 27 years in prison and a $10 000 fine in Federal Court today.
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Fort Worth
O. D. Stevens
W. D. May
M. T. Pettijohn
Miss Josephine Dunn Named Honorary Representative at Ball
Governor Ferguson selects Miss Josephine Dunn daughter of R J Dunn for the cotton ball and pageant at Texas A and M College on April 6 her escort will be State Representative George D Butler of Bryan Dunn a freshman at Texas State College for Women Denton majors in voice her father is bandmaster at A and M Several legislators and wives including Lieut Governor Edgar Witt Senator Albert Stone and Senator Nat Patton expected to attend
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A. and M
Texas
Edgar Witt
Waco
Albert Stone
Breham
Nat Patton
Crockett
Barrow Fled With Kidnapped Chief After Slaying Officer
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker abducted Percy Boyd, Commerce police chief, after killing Cal Campbell in Miami Oklahoma. They released Boyd after 14 hours and fled toward the Kansas Missouri border with Hamilton as a companion. Federal agents joined the pursuit as officers widened the search.
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Kansas-Missouri
Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Bonnie Parker
Percy Boyd
Commerce
Okla
Cal Campbell
Miami
Boyd
Bonnie
Hamilton
Kansas
Beaumont Boy Claims World Ailment Title
Beaumont boy Bobbie Bridges claims a global tally of illnesses as he announces the world ailment championship. His list includes bronchitis injuries and several childhood diseases, while the family physician notes the list is not complete.
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Beaumont Boy
Beaumont
Bobbie Bridges
Quincy
Howard Holzagra
Bobbie
Bridges
Buckholts Goose Sparks Fear Among 20 Hunting Dogs
Buckholts April 7 A. T. Raby a fox hunter keeps about 20 fine hunting dogs but his watchful goose steals the show. Passers by fear the bird more than the dogs as it chases autos and people near the Shiarp settlement south of Buckholts where his home stands.
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Buckholts
A. T. Raby
Shiarp
Mr. Raby
Weather update with cloud cover and showers likely
A party cloudy to cloudy forecast with probable showers tonight and Sunday. Yesterday’s high reached 72 with a low of 59. This morning’s minimum was 63.
Weather Outlook Shows Showers Southeast Tonight
The forecast indicates probable showers in the southeast tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions in the Panhandle tonight.
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Southeast
Panhandle
Best Texas Unsettled with Likely Showers West Tonight
A weather outlook from the forecast bureau notes unsettled conditions over Texas with likely showers focused in the western counties tonight and continuing through Sunday. Impacts include possible light showers and cooler temperatures across the region.
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U. S. Fleet
Pacific
Atlantic
San Pedro
Cal
San Felipe
Colorado River
Boston and Eastern
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Victor Pierce
Texas Wool and Mohair Company
Roy Hudspeth
Robert Halbert
J. A. Whitten
Eldorado
U. S
City Hall
Minneapolis
Legion
May Queen
Zephyrs
May
Mildred Hanes
Salem College
Winston-Salem
N. C
South
Consumers Councils
Girl
Missouri
Oklahoma
Fort Scott, Kan
Clyde Barrow
Phantom Desperado
Campbell
Grapevine
Buckholts Goose
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