Garner fears mohair rate will be cut in Senate
Uvalde Texas August 19 Congressman John N Garner urges Mohair producers to press senators to restore the 24 cent duty on low luster wools, warning that without a change the mohair duty could drop from 31 to 24 cents in the new law. He cites Farm Relief Act benefits and proposes a centralized marketing agency to cut carrying costs and improve prices.
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Uvalde
Tex
Senate Finance Committee
John N. Garner
House
W. W. Nipper
Brackettville
Texas Angora Goat Raisers’ Association
Senate
Garner
Goat Men’s Association
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Landrum
McLaughlin
Mohair Industy
Texas
Connally
del Rio
Enture
Mosquito Bite Fatal To Civilian Aviator
Henry E. Toneray 34 of Lone Oak Texas died in a Houston hospital from blood poisoning after a mosquito bite. A reserve air corps lieutenant, he was bitten August 11 at Palacios. Toneray served in the air service in World War I and piloted his own ship at his 1921 wedding.
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Houston
Tex
Henry E. Toneray
Lone Oak
Troup
Toneray
Reserve Air Corps
Palacios
United States
Farmer Attacked by Holdups Ends in Fatality
Bristow Oklahoma August 19 an unidentified man is dead and Frank Swindle is jailed after an attempted hold up and assault on James Stoneliff a farmer three miles north of Bristow One robber was shot by Stanclift when he blocked Stoneliff from running to a house for aid after beating him over the head to force reveal of the hiding place of the money Swindle identified by the farmer was arrested today
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Bristow
Okla
Frank Swindle
James Stoneliff
Stanclift
Stanelift
Swindle
Seventy Foot Whale Stranded Off Matagorda Island
A 70 foot whale ashore near Matagorda Island five miles west of Bass Cavallo and two miles from the lighthouse was captured by the lighthouse crew. The sighting followed reports of a vast redfish school off Deeres Point this week. The whale may be towed to Port O Connor. It is the first such sighting in these waters and draws crowds.
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Victoria
Tex
Matagorda Island
Bass Cavallo
Deeres Point
Port O'Connor
Roaches Declared Vermin Inducing Quick Kill Remedies
A promotional blurb urges using FLY-TOXN to kill roaches and other household insects. It claims seventeen diseases spread by roaches and promotes Mellon FLY-TOX from Rex Research Fellowship, highlighting ease of use and a perfume-like scent.
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Mellon
Scientific Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research Fellowship
Forest Fire Losses Peak Above Last Year Says Service
Forest Service officials estimate this year’s blaze losses will exceed last year, while a separate report shows last year’s fire damage totaled 4 428 500 acres in protected forests costing 8 583 620 dollars and 39 502 810 acres burned in unprotected areas costing 74 350 600 dollars.
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Washington
Forest Service
United States
Clarke McNary
Produced Pork At Eight Cents A Pound In Texas
Clifford Powers of Linton Texas produced pork at eight cents per pound under general farm conditions. He fed his own hogs with home grown Ka fir and other grains and sold feedstuffs to his hogs at a high price. He averages thirty dollars per acre for Ka fir and plans to finish twenty pigs for the fall market. Keeping livestock and home grown feedstuffs on the hoof proves farming pays.
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Clifford Powers
Linton
Texas
Mr. Powers
Bargain Te ball at The Music Palace
New toyball item regular 112 dollars offered at 90 dollars as part of Trades Day promotions at The Music Palace. Remember September 9th and ask for tickets when making purchases.
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THE
Music Palace
160 Acre Farm For Sale Near Fredericksburg Trade
For Sale or Trade listing describes a 160 acre farm one mile from Fredericksburg with 40 acres cultivated 35 acres tillable and a tenant house by an everlasting spring. Owner will trade for a residence in Fredericksburg or a small ranch. Call 479 for information.
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Fredericksburg
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