Washington Snapshots on Capitol Hill and White House Clash
A Washington snapshot outlines key policy clashes between Congress and the White House. Topics include taxes labor act spending and foreign affairs with observers noting rising tensions and hints of a broader conservative counter campaign. An unpublicized Saturday night gathering of New Dealers signals strategic moves against the Garner movement and a third-term discussion under way.
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Capitol Hill
White House
Congress
New Deal
Washington
Flood lights installed at Mason rodeo grounds
Mason announces its third annual rodeo with a new $20 000 park feature including a grandstand arena and flood lights for night performances. Events run June 20 22 with a parade on day one and a free barbecue on day two.(CS)
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Mason
Conference aims to appease business on labor act
The article reports a plan to avert an Act revision by Congress by guiding amendments through administrative changes. London notes that Britain tests bombproof shelters by placing goats inside while shells are dropped. A local wit says politicians scapegoat businessmen when new laws or taxes arise.
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Labor Board
Congress
London
Palace presents Starlight Over Texas and Lucky Night showings
The Palace Theatre screens Starlight Over Texas with Tex and his pals Annanias and Pee Wee in a Mexican murder mystery after a stage coach robbery. Also on the bill are Lucky Night with Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor, The Hound of the Baskervilles with Basil Rathbone, Down in Arkansaw, Gracie Allen Murder Case, and Broadway Serenade with Jeanette MacDonald. A final note mentions tiny watch screws measuring .034 inch in length.
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Texas
the Palace
Tex
Annanias
Pee Wee
Mexico
Ananias
Kildaire
New York
Palace Theatre
Myrna Loy
Robert Taylor
Cora Jordan
Miss Loy
Bill Overton
Taylor
Cora
Playboy Bill
Sherlock Holmes
Basil Rathbone
Richard Greene
Wendy Barrie
20thCentury-Fox
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Uled
Gracie Allen
Palace
Miss Allen
George Burns
Black-Draught Tonic Promises Fast Digestive Relief
An advertisement extols a spicy all vegetable tonic laxative named Black-Draught. It claims to tone lazy bowels and relieve headaches biliousness sour stomach belching and loss of appetite with simple directions and gentle prompt action.
Littell's Liquid A calcium sulphurate solution for itching
Calcium sulphurate remedy Littell's Liquid A relieves itching from minor skin irritations prickly heat and insect bites. Locally it soothes eczema itching at Kallenberg's Pharmacy where a bottle costs 50 cents.
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Kallenberg’s Pharmacy
Stomach Comfort Cure Offered at Keidel's Drug Store
An advertisement promotes Alka losine-A to relieve indigestion gas gall bladder pains and high blood pressure by restoring potassium balance. A month’s treatment costs $1.50 with a money back guarantee offered by Keidel's Drug Store.
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Keidel
Lightning Strikes Kill Hereford Cattle in Llano County
Ray Martin, a Polled Hereford breeder in Llano County, suffered heavy losses when lightning killed three registered cows and one calf. Four head were found dead under a tree in a pasture, and it appeared the strike occurred a few days earlier.
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Llano
Ray Martin
Llano County
Martin
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Big Boy” Williams
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