House Votes Stock Sales Tax In 1933 Revenue Plan
The U S House passed a proviso taxing stock sales at a quarter of one percent to raise about 75 million dollars for the emergency budget. The measure also targets Americans trading on foreign exchanges to curb tax avoidance. The vote backed by Republicans and many Democrats, with New York Democrats opposing. The same session saw a tax struggle to fund a projected 7.241 billion treasury deficit and debates over postage rate increases. The stock tax item passed 147 to 63.
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House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Bankhead Highway Towns to Furnish New Right-of-Way
Towns along State No. 1 Bankhead Highway between Thurber and Pecos will contribute about 7000 to 7500 dollars for right of way for a Weatherford to Strawn 45 mile cut off. Eastland and Frio counties already secured, Parker 75 percent, Palo Pinto 80 percent. Some tracts in Palo Pinto and Parker require court action and Palo Pinto commissioners refused to buy.
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Cisco
Texas
Bankhead High Way
Thurber
Pecos
Weatherford
Strawn
Baird, Putnam
Eastland
Frath
Palo Pinto County
Parker County
Parker
Palo Pinto
Commissioners’ Court
Highway Commission
Pecos River Irrigation Suit Filed Over Water Share
Governor Sterling considers a 5000 deficiency appropriation to fund the Texas attorney general's push before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a fair Pecos River water division with New Mexico. Allred vows to sue to secure equitable allocation as Texas farmers demand irrigation water. A Supreme Court decision already sets each state to share interstate waters.
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Austin
Mar
R. S. Sterling
Attorney General’s Department
Supreme Court of the United States
West Texas
Pecos River
New Mexico
Texas
Sterling
Pecos
James V. Allred
Allred
United States Supreme Court
Three Drown When Car Falls Off Levee Road
Three teachers Harvey Chism Trenton Bailey and Mamie Kelly drowned when their auto left Levee Road and plunged into a creek near Tupelo Mississippi. Four others were saved.
Air Mail Pilot Killed in Cleveland Weather Crash
Foster Mallick, flying the New York to Cleveland night air mail, died in a crash near Cleveland during heavy rain before dawn. His body was found in the wrecked plane after a search when he failed to arrive on schedule. He had apparently switched off the ignition as he anticipated a crash.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Mar
Foster Mallick
New York
Mallick
Jobless Miners Forced to Eat Dogs In Arizona Village
Reported in Bisbee, Arizona, miners subsist by eating dogs amid harsh conditions. Copper industry officials warn tariffs are needed to protect domestic production and halt influx of foreign copper. A five-cent tariff bill has been introduced in Congress.
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Arizona
EL Paso
Mar
Bisbee
Ariz
Hoval A. Smith
Arizona Copper Commission
Southwest
Smith
Hussmann
United States
Congress
Urge flexible trust law to conserve oil
Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur testifies before the Senate Legislation Committee proposing a bill to allow oil gas and timber producers to organize to control production and prevent waste. Senator Nye’s bill would let the Federal Trade Commission approve these agreements and grant them legal enforceability.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Nye
Federal Trade Commission
Wilbur
Hoover
Congress
Progress Made In New Survey Of T. U. Lands
In Austin on March 31 the UT land re survey progress reported to the Board of Regents. Frank F. Friend of San Angelo directs the work surveying about 2 080 000 acres in West Texas including a 300 000 acre block in Crockett County. Large blocks in Winkler Ward Loving Crane and Ector counties are surveyed with some corners awaiting concrete monuments.
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Austin
Mar
West Texas
University of Texas
Board of
Regents
Frank F. Friend
San Angelo
Friend
State Board of Examiners
Force of Engineers
Crockett County
Winkler
Ward
Loving
Crane
Ector
Texas
Excess Fee Returns Help Taylor County Profit
Taylor County will net 4374.97 dollars from excess fees across four offices in the current audit. The tax collector leads with 1948 dollars, followed by the sheriff at 1104.28, the tax assessor at 1048.25, and the county clerk with 274.34. No other offices exceeded allowed excess fees under the 1931 law.
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Abilene
Taylor County
In the Company of Strangers Silence Is Safe
A brief aphorism notes that remaining quiet among unfamiliar people can feel secure, highlighting social caution. The line suggests restraint as a protective approach in unfamiliar company.
Bonus Payment To Local Vets Near $245 052
Wright S Patman reports that Val Verde County veterans would receive about 245 052 dollars from adjusted service certificates if a pending congressional bill passes. Proponents claim 2 billion dollars could be funded by Treasury notes, but Treasury and the president oppose the plan and the president cautions he would veto any bonus bill.
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Congress
Val Verde County
Wright S. Patman
Texas
Treasury
Hoover veto threat ends congressional action on soldier bonus
Rep. Fish of New York says President Hoover’s veto threat eliminates any chance for action on soldier bonus legislation. He calls Rep. Patman and Rep. Rankin's proposal to issue new currency to pay the bonus absurd to discuss.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Rep. Fish
New York
Wright Patman
Texas
Rankin
Mississippi
Brady Adopts Earlier City School Tax Payment Dates
Brady Texas reports a new school tax collection ordinance requiring payments between September 1 and November 30 or delinquency on December 1 with penalties. The move, under Texas Revised Statutes, aims to fund the school year from the start and reduce early fiscal strain.
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Brady
Texas
Mar
State of
Whisky cargo seized in Austin. Mexican halted car
A consign ment of 25 gallons of whiskey, likely from San Antonio or the Mexican border, was captured by city detectives when they stopped a Mexican and his dilapidated touring car in Austin. Seven of Theodore Zacra’s turkeys from his ranch near Crawford, Colorado, brought him more money than seven cattle.
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Austin
Mar
San Antonio
Theodore Zacra
Crawford, Colo
Fire destroys 4 room house in San Felipe
A fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed a four room frame residence in East Del Rio owned by Jesus Jiminez. Damage exceeded 1700 dollars. Flames surfaced through the roof as the alarm came in at 2 20. Firemen laid hoses a quarter mile before spraying water. no occupants were home at the time.
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San Felipe
East del Rio
Jesus Jiminez
Jiminez
Earthquakes Predicted On Texas Coast
Yoa kum Texas March 31 Y G Wade a postal employee who has predicted five quakes in 19 months warns tremors may strike along the Louisiana and Texas gulf coast Wade links predictions to matter shifts affecting gravitation and magnetism predicting southeast coastal shifting with pressure from northwest strata He cannot pin exact minute hour but aims to define area and time within months or a year Wade cited the 1931 Fall quake in Southwest Texas and explains Valentine quake as caused by shifting elevated areas and irrefutable strata formations around the Big Bend
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Yoakum
Texas
Mar
Wade
Louisiana
Texas Gulf Coast
Valentine
Big Bend
Mexico
Hawaii Law Enforcement Report To Senate Monday
Attorney General Mitchell announced he would report to the Senate on Monday on law enforcement in Hawaii. He said a thorough investigation has been completed. He declined to say if the report touches the case of Mrs. Granville Fortescue and other Americans charged with killing a Hawaiian for attacking her daughter.
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Washington
Mitchell
Senate
Hawaii
Granville Fortescue
Charles Faudly 104-Year-Old Man Cuts Third Set of Teeth
The St Louis resident Charles Faudly aged 104 is reportedly undergoing the unusual dental rite of cutting his third set of teeth, a remarkable note in local health and longevity stories.
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Charles Faudly
St Louis
Baby Jewel Survives Tornado After Home Collapse
Jewel, 22 months, rode a tornado that devastated four states and separated from her family near Birmingham. Found about 10 miles away, she survived while her parents and two sisters suffered fatalities. The child, nicknamed the orphan of the storm, was later identified by a relative and returned to the hospital. Funeral services for the two sisters were held with family unable to attend.
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Lanhorn
Jewel
Butler Remem
Bers
Mey
Peace Parley in Shanghai Near Accord
Japanese and Chinese delegates made progress in Shanghai negotiations for peace and withdrawal. Mutual concessions were reported on time limits for withdrawal with Chinese demands loosened to extend the deadline within the International Settlement.
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Shanghai
Mar
Fail to Identify Children Held In Kidnaping Probe
Hopewell New Jersey March 31 state policy head Norman Schwarzkopf says several children have been investigated recently in the Lindbergh kidnapping probe but none linked to the case.
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Hopewell, N. J
Norman Schwarzkopf
State Policy
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
San Jose Mission Land Bought After Legal Battle
In San Antonio on March 31 the county paid $100 to Thomas Jefferson Stewart and gained full possession of 1v acres near San Jose mission. Litigation lasting over a year began at the request of the San Antonio Conservation Society to start a historical park. Stewart, who ran a hamburger and soft drink stand on the land, refused to vacate but a compromise followed after an appeal. The payment reimburses moving costs and water connections Stewart installed.
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San Antonio
Thomas Jefferson Stewart
Bexar County
San Jose Mission
San Antonio Conservation Society
Stewart
Abilene Plans Five Point City Tax Collection Reform
Abilene proposes a three point plan to improve city tax collections. Mayor Lee R. York suggests study by the commission, including higher delinquent penalties, prepayment incentives, and allowed semi annual tax payments with the city paying interest on advance payments.
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Abilene
Muar
Lee R. York
Spinach Stirs Controversy In Medical Talk
Omaha reports a gleeful take on spinach from Dr Walter Alvarez of Rochester Minn in a Missouri Valley Medical Society address. He calls spinach rabbit food and warns roughage can trouble sensitive digestions, likening it to ostrich digestion.
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Walter (. Alvarez
Rochester
Minn
Missouri Valley Medical Society
Dr Alvarez
Record absentee voting fuels city election interest
Absentee ballots set a record as voters prepare for the city election Tuesday April 5. W A Hopkins county clerk reports fifty ballots cast with expectations that around 1000 may vote. Ten candidates compete with three mayoral hopefuls and seven commissioners seeking two seats. Balloting occurs at City Hall with poll tax receipts required to vote remotely.
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W A Hopkins
Jnc. Y Long
Geo. H. Garrett
Rufus Sterling
Donley County Votes on Road Warrant Plan
Donley County voters decide on funding for right of way for a State Highway No. 5 improvement. Approval covers warrants to buy land. state will spend 100000 to 150900 for the rerouted road, with no bond issue. New route bypasses 33 sharp turns and four grade crossings, shortening the path by four miles.
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Clarendon
Texas
Donley County
State Highway Department
Fort Worth and
Denver
Hedley
Hall County
Memphis
van Lendon
Amarillo
American Legion Meeting Tonight
A meeting of the American Legion is called for tonight at 7 30 in the Elks Club building officials announced today All ex service men are urged to attend
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American Legion
Elks Club
Weather Forecast for Del Rio Area and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the Panhandle. Frost expected in the southwest tonight and in the northeast section Friday. Northern portions stay fair and warmer. southeast cools slightly while northwest remains warm with frost in the far northeast. Temperature yesterday 88, high today 8? Wait parse: not coherent.
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Panhandle
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Lloyd Butler
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