Council House Fight History From Maverick Memoirs
Eye witness account by M A Maverick resident of San Antonio recalls the 1840 Council House fight between Comanche warriors and San Antonio citizens and soldiers. The siege near Market Street led to many deaths, captures, and fierce bravery by women and settlers. Maverick notes the aftermath and subsequent efforts by early Rangers to quell Comanche depredations.
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Home Color Print Co
IRS
M. A. Maverick
San Antonio
Council House
Maverick
Market Street
Main Plaza
Julian Hood
Bexar County
Thompson
G. W. Gayce
Tom Howard
Matilda Lockhart
Lockhart
Matilda
San Antonio River
Bowen’s Island
Commerce Street
Soledad Street
Jenny
Texas
Samuel A. Maverick
Samuel Maverick
Farm relief plans clash with Hoover era policies
The piece surveys farm relief ideas competing for passage in Congress and possible adoption by the incoming Roosevelt administration. It explains the debenture plan offering half the tariff in bounties, the equalization fee via an export corporation, and the newer voluntary allotment plan aimed at lifting farm incomes while limiting output, noting criticisms and likely political paths. It discusses projected impacts on prices, production, and consumer costs, with reference to past vetoes and legislative iterations.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover
White House
Federal Treasury
United States
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
Treasury
Senate
House
Fulmer
Farm Board
Urgent plan for excise taxes on farm goods debated
The piece outlines a Roosevelt era proposal linking an excise tax on domestically consumed farm products to a voluntary acreage limit. It details how taxes would flow from processors to a national fund, how farmers would enter contracts, and how certificates could shift income between producers, with counties implementing allotments and a potential crop insurance-like bonus. It notes support from farmers and some urban groups, plus opposition over costs, bureaucracy, and implementation challenges.
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Roosevelt
Topeka
Internal Revenue Bureau
Federal
State
Smith
Jones
United States
Department of Agriculture
Congress
133 to Receive M A Degrees at University of Texas
One hundred and thirty-two UT students filed applications for the Master of Arts degree in June 1938, the largest number ever to apply for the M A degree in one session.
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University OF Texas
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Judge Robinson
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