Texas briefs on mills, airports and desks across the state
W R Russell opens a fabric plant in Denison to make undergarments for all ages. A Dallas Lit tle Rock airport site near Clarksville, with 125 to 250 acre tracts, is to be municipally owned after a government inspection. Mohair mills in Sanford Maine use Texas mohair. a Koongora coat and other high grade products emerge from Edwards Plateau. Texas milk plant investments total five million dollars 1928 to 1982 boosting production. thirty nine creameries employ 402 workers. A Texas school desk factory began in 1927 with 26 thousand dollars capital now 200 thousand. output exceeds 70 thousand desks yearly. 60 skilled workers in two large buildings supply desks chairs and library tables to many states.
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Clarksville
Dallas
Little Rock
Arkansas
Texas
Sanford
Maine
Edwards Plateau
United States
New York
Kansas City
Global telephone totals by region and country leaders
World telephone count on January 1 stands at 35 836 467 with the United States holding 20 201 576. Europe leads with Germany at 9.19 percent of world total, followed by Great Britain and France. North America totals 21 886 301, Asia 1 249 540, Oceania 794 448, South America 619 825, Africa 247 091. Germany has the most in Europe, followed by the UK and France.
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American Telegraph & Telephone Company
United States
North America
Europe
Asia
Oceana
South America
Africa
Germany
Great Britain
France
Markers Planned For Chisholm Trail Across Texas
Permission granted to place markers marking the Longhorn Chisholm Trail from the Red River bridge north of Quanah to the Mexican border. P P Ackley of Elk City Oklahoma announces markers will be set soon with cooperation from the Texas State Highway Commission. Iron posts will bear Texas highway numbers supplied by the State Highway Department.
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Texas
Red River Bridge
Quanah
P. P. Ackley
Elk City
Oklahoma
Texas State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Texas Gasoline Tax Revenue in 1931 Rises
Texas collected 30,514,558 dollars from gasoline taxes in 1931, up 987,460 from 1930. At four cents per gallon the state ranked fourth nationally. Higher rates in some states reduced revenue as motorists drove less and bootlegging rose. with a new federal one cent tax and state increases to five to eight cents, bootlegging may worsen.
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Texas
Money in blue bells for a Montgomery farmer
Ben Cluxton of Montgomery county earns about 1800 yearly from bluebells a wild crop that thrives in fields. The method uses entire plants pulled without roots to re-seed, with stems shipped in clusters. Fields near Mr. Cluxton are leased to increase output and prepare blooms for sale.
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Ben Cluxton
Montgomery County
Mr. Cluxton
Texas Highway Commission Awards Road and Bridge Projects
The Texas Highway Commission awarded road and bridge contracts totaling nearly 2.5 million dollars. Much work is let under the emergency federal highway aid to relieve unemployment. The program requires local labor and World War veterans be given preference, with minimum wage terms of 30 cents an hour for common labor and 45 cents an hour for skilled labor.
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Texas Highway Commission
Texas Leads In Number Of High Schools
Texas sustains more high schools than any other state, a fact often cited to counter claims of lagging educational progress. Despite being outpaced in population by four states, Texas maintains a larger number of high schools than New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio, underscoring its strong commitment to secondary education.
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Texas
Lone Star
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Pedestrians Right of Way at Crossings Upheld
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirms pedestrians have right of way at crossings, including green lights, and remain in the cross until the curb. Motorists must wait until crossings are clear, regardless of signal changes during a crossing. Texas Garden at World Fair to showcase Lower Rio Grande Valley produce at Chicago Century of Progress opening June 1, 1988.
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United States Court of Civil Appeals
District of Columbia
High Court
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Lake Michigan
Lower
Rio Grande
Chicago
Gulf Pacific Highway Aims to Link New Orleans to Seattle
The Gulf-Pacific Highway Association formed in Mount Pleasant with officers from Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana. The plan calls for a federally designated route from New Orleans through Baton Rouge Shreveport Jefferson Daingerfield Mount Pleasant Paris Hugo Antlers Atoka Coalgate Ada Seminole Oklahoma City Calumet Geary Watonga Seiling Woodward Liberal and Denver to Seattle and beyond. Supporters say the project would boost South West trade and provide a scenic touring route for Pacific slope visitors to the South.
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Gulf-Pacific Highway Association
Mount Pleasant
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Jefferson
Daingerfield
Paris
Hugo
Antlers
Atoka
Coalgate
Ada
Seminole
Oklahoma City
Calumet
Geary
Watonga
Seiling
Woodward
Liberal
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pacific Slope
East Texas Iron Ore Tract Leased by Midcontinent
A note from Ore City Upshur county reports Midcontinent Iron & Steel Corporation has leased 5 000 acres of land across Upshur Marion and Cass counties with 17 000 acres in Upshur containing iron ore seams from three to twenty seven feet deep. The firm also leased land in Cherokee county near Rusk. The article notes historical Civil War era smelting in Marion county and discusses potential regional steel industry growth and economic impact if Texas built a steel plant to capture Southwestern demand.
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Ore City
Upshur County
Midcontinent Iron & Steel Corporation
Dallas
Upshur
Marion
Cass
Cherokee County
Rusk
East
Texas
Marion County
Jefferson
What is the law in Texas questions answered
Answers cover civil suit filing with cost bonds or pauper's oath, bonds and deposits, practice of medicine licensing, who pays civil costs, suspended sentences limits and exceptions, execution rules on dissection consent, nursing charges, execution fees, burial, and witnesses. Includes details on who may witness executions and who may receive a suspended sentence.
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Board of Examiners
War Memorial Statues Unveiled in Crowell on Armistice Day
On Armistice Day two statues were unveiled on the Crowell courthouse lawn honoring a Doughboy and a Sailor. They stand on concrete pedestals with a captured German cannon between them on a concrete foundation. Funds were raised by the Gordon Ford Post, American Legion.
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Crowell
Texas
Gordon Ford Post
American Legion
Texas Cottonseed and Products Value in Texas
The value of cottonseed and cotton seed products produced in Texas in 1932 exceeded 50 million dollars. It is estimated that the total ultimate value of all products manufactured from Texas cottonseed last year will reach about 385 million dollars, reflecting items from rayon to fertilizers and foods and noting much of the value is added outside the state.
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Texas
Primer on World War I Debt Repayments and Defaulters
A compact history of postwar foreign debts shows 15 nations defaulted on December 15 with 24.996 million dollars owed while six others paid in full totaling 98.686 million. France Belgium Hungary Poland Estonia were defaulters. Czechoslovakia Great Britain Finland Italy Lithuania Latvia made payments.
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Belgium
Hungary
Poland
Estonia
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Finland
Italy
Lithuania
Latvia
Greece
Armenia
Cuba
Nicaragua
Liberia
Romania
Russia
POAR
UOMO
Denegeenene Esesesssenec Neres
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New York Times
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