Bill Receives Lukewarm Reception and Possible Veto
Washington reports the House approved a 1933 75 million dollar domestic allotment loan bill under suspension of rules. Roosevelt seeks swift action and a New York summit with Cotton Ed Smith while Morgenthau and Steagall push temporary relief measures for farm mortgages. Speaker Stevenson names A L Baker as livestock committee chair in Texas legislature.
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Garner
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
New York
Agriculture Committee
Cotton Ed” Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Steagall
House Banking Committee
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Congress
Hoover
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nec
Mrs. J. E. King Appointed to Governor's Staff in Texas
Mrs. J. E. King of San Antonio is named to the governor's staff with duties extending throughout Wilson County and surrounding areas, reflecting widened responsibilities and official recognition.
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J. E. King
San Antonio
Field Rep Visits, Reports on Local USDA Loans
Myron F. Ward, field inspector for the crop production loan office, reviewed Wilson county loans with the county committee. About 72 percent are paid, $8,390.85 total loans. few farmers used the program last year as loans started late. Congress is considering next year’s policy, with a Washington decision expected soon, aiming to aid farmers if timely.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Ward
Washington
Col Taylor Nichols Dies At Camp Mabry At 3 PM
Col Taylor Nichols 45 longtime Texas Guard officer and assistant quartermaster general died of a heart attack at his Camp Mabry home after falling ill at the Adjutant General's Department. He served since 1930 and was to retire soon. Survived by widow and three children. Governor Ferguson appointed Lawrence McGee to succeed him. Nichols' career spanned World War I service and Texas National Guard leadership.
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Texas
Taylor Nichols
United States
Camp Mabry
Colt. Nichols
Adjutant General's Department
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Lawrence McGee
Dallas
Lampasas
Signal Corps
United States Army
Robstown
141St Infantry
Texas National Guard
Governor Backs Sales Tax and Major Budget Slash
The governor endorses a three percent sales levy with few exceptions and calls for a $46,015,741 revenue need as part of a sweeping budget reduction plan.
Ferguson proposes Texas sales tax to ease debt
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson urged a three percent tax on all commercial sales with few exceptions to cut about 15.1 million dollars in biennial appropriations and restore the state's credit. She cited deficits rising from 8.66 million to 11.95 million and argued the plan would average seven and a half dollars per capita.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Senate approves Carr for 81st district judge
The Texas Senate unanimously confirmed Governor Sterling's appointment of Hon. S. B. Carr of Floresville as judge of the 81st judicial district, to succeed W. O. Murray. Carr, a Floresville attorney for 20 years, took the oath at Karnes City and has since presided over the winter term. He reports strong local cooperation and courtesy from officials and lawyers. The next term will cover Cotulla in LaSalle County. Texas Agriculture official J. E. McDonald and aides visited Floresville, noting plans for a federal/state onion industry investigation in the area. Investigators from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will examine the local onion deal, with collaboration from the state department, to review all aspects of the onion situation.
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Chronicle-Journal
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Cotulla
LaSalle County
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Rio Grande Valley
W. A. Canon
J. M. Dutton
State Department of Agriculture
McDonald
U.S
State Departments of Agriculture
U. S. Department
Washington
Agricultural Department
Indian Relic Exhibit Lecture at Local High School
Major Powell, a prominent Indian trader with the nation’s largest collection of blankets toma hawks head-dresses and relics will personally lecture and display the exhibit at the high school auditorium Monday January 23 at 3 o'clock Floresville Parent-Teacher Association beside the event listings.
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Major Powell
United States
Floresville
Burke Couple Hosts Event in San Bassa
Mr and Mrs Martin Burke of San Bassa are noted for hosting a gathering described as a gay 9 Ra a, reflecting local social life and community ties.
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Martin Burke
San Bassa
Ferguson Is Inaugurated Governor of Texas
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson is sworn in as governor, becoming the nation’s sole woman ruler of a state. She admonishes lawmakers as burdens on the masses begin under her new administration.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
United States
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Native Stockdale Native James Reported In Austin
James, a native of Stockdale, Texas, is reported in Austin on January 16 in connection with an ongoing local matter. The brief item notes his origin and current city without further details.
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Is A Native
Stockdale
National Head Of American Legion Auxiliary Visits In Texas
National president Mrs S A Blackburn of Kentucky spent three days in Texas on a ceremonial tour visiting Houston Corpus Christi Floresville and San Antonio The Corpus Christi stops included a breakfast at the Country Club an open meeting at the Nueces Hotel luncheon and a district reception led by Mrs Frank Spiller and Mrs E W Franklin The visit highlighted advocacy for national defense and organization achievements across the United States
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American Legion Auxiliary
S. A. Blackburn
Kentucky
United States
Texas
Houston
Corpus Christi
Floresville
San Antonio
Corpus Christi Country Club
Nueces Hotel
Frank Spiller
Austin
E. W. Franklin
14Th District
Abolish Fee System Proposed in Texas Senate
In Austin on January 16 a Texas senate resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to end the fee system for paying state county district and precinct officers and switch to salaries. Signed by 25 of 32, the measure would be submitted to voters if the House backs it with 100 votes, needing two thirds in each chamber. The day also featured events around Miriam Ferguson’s inauguration and proposals to repeal the Dean law amid ongoing prohibition debates.
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Texas
Texas Senate
Senate
House
Miriam A. Ferguson
Gus Russek
Schulenburg
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