Texas bonds fund school, roads and transit plans across Texas
Texas officials announce bond issues and projects including a 340000 dollar senior high school in Trassaisville within six weeks, 84000 dollar school bonds bought by the state board, highway construction bonds in Navarre County, and plans to promote federal highway No 66. Rail and transport shifts include New street cars and buses for Plowston Electric, with agricultural notes on wheat and cotton outlook and oil prospecting in Freestone County. Governor Moody’s nomination for State Board of Pharmacy was rejected, and clerks’ association events are noted.
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Trassaisville
Moody
Willford Harrison
Wichita County
State Board of Pharmacy
Senate
Wise
Aldridge
van Zandt County
Galveston
Devol
Oklo
America
Amarillo
Texas Railroad Commission
Freestone County
Young
H. A. Cole
Marshall
Motion Picture Theater Owners of Texas
Ross Dorbanact
Jacksonville
A. W. Lilly
Greenville
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fort Worth
Session Votes Sat Raises Taxes and Appropriations
The special session increased the tax rate from 28 to 80 cents and approved a two year appropriations package totaling about 45 million dollars from the general fund after deductions. Net allocations include 24 209 080 for year one and 23 66N256 for year two with various state departments and institutions funded.
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Ted Faye
Etreatis
Jakes
Etate
Aed
Department
Itew Nies
Judiciary
Davis Mountain
Committees Study Flood Damage In New Orleans Area
Eleven flood relief committees in as many parishes began an intensive study of flood damage this week. Charles J. Denechaud relief director for the South Central Louisiana area directed the study as plans for reconstruction materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Charles J. Denechaud
South
Treasury Surplus Forecast in Coolidge Budget Talk
President Coolidge outlined the largest postwar surplus forecast by treasury officials at a semiannual budget meeting. He warned the potential margin of about $600 million could not be entirely turned to tax reductions.
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Washington
Treasury
Coolidge
Nation's Hero Reaches Home From Flight Stop
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived home at 9 p.m. hatless and with wind in his hair. He stood on the bridge and watched the maneuvers and said it is a great and wonderful sight and he wonders if he deserves this.
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U.S. S. Memphis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Tree Rings Tie Past to Pueblo Bonito History
The article explains how tree ring patterns reveal droughts and climate over centuries, enabling dating of Pueblo Bonito beams. It notes researchers sought a “connecting hub” linking living trees with ruins, and reports cross sections from 40 timbers showing cuts within two years and corroborating archaeological evidence.
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Avo
Denetise
University of Avdote
Theo
Stiely
Aterion
Wali
America
Mc Judd
Naelintel Geographic Society
Tuo Puutto Benita
Duetor Doughiss
Pueblo Benito
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Pueblo Sonito
Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Genito
National Geographic Society
Douchiss
Winged America trophy to Captain Lindbergh for first New York to Paris flight
The Winged America trophy, the top prize of the Aerial League of America, will be awarded to Captain Lindbergh for his distinctive achievement in making the first flight from New York to Paris. The statue features a winged aviator's head atop a 22 inch pedestal.
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Aerial League of America
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lindhereh
Mnie
Nungesser
Vavis
Burton Heads Insurance Agents Convention Leader
Fred M. Burton of Galveston was named president of the Texas Association of Insurance Agents, succeeding R. W. Thompson of Dallas, at the end of the association's thirty first annual convention in Dallas Friday.
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Dallas
Tex
Fred M. Burton
Galveston
R. W. Thompson
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Cemetery Centuries Old Found in Two States
Curiosity seekers report an abandoned burying ground near Chester Pennsylvania and Delaware said to be the oldest in the area with readable stones dated 1698 1704 and 1785 bearing Ford and Smith names. The two century old cemetery lies where the Mason and Dixon line crosses the property at Lawncroft on the Wilmington pike. A trees cluster guards a fading graveyard on a hill overlooking the valley as inquiries fail to uncover its history.
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Chester
Ford
Smith
Pennsylvanian
Delaware
Lawncroft
Wilmington Pike
Second Rise Floods 400000 Acres in Miss River Delta
Four hundred thousand acres have been reflooded by the second rise along the Mississippi River. Red Cross disaster relief director Henry M. Baker said Saturday that relief efforts continue as areas near New Orleans bear the impact of the flood.
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New Orleans
Henry M. Baker
Red Cross
Fleeing Chinese Crown Causes Lake Tragedy Near Anwhei
About 420 Chinese drowned in a small lake west of Pechin in Anwhei province during a night escape from Shanghai. The incident occurred as nationalist forces occupied the town on Friday, marking a deadly episode in the retreat.
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Shanghai
China
Pechin
Anwhei
Washington funds aid flood area farms
A fund of 1 750 000 will be made available by American business interests to supplement existing credit facilities for rehabilitation of agriculture in the Mississippi flood region.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Ambassador to Cuba resigns effective September 1
General Enoch Crowder has submitted his resignation as ambassador to Cuba to President Coolidge. The change takes effect September 1, with Crowder leaving diplomatic post to join other duties.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
Cuba
Coolidge
Origin of Shoemaking Traced Back to Egypt
A fragmentary article traces shoemaking origins to Egypt and Mesopotamia. It notes mummies in museums and references biblical figures, with mentions of Israelites sandals, Chaldeans, and Assyrians as early wearers.
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Egypt
New York
Yonan
Homer
Herodotus
Frank H. Wisetelly
Shalmaneser
Cabinet reception committee to welcome Lindbergh to Washington
President Coolidge named a cabinet reception committee to greet Captain Charles Lindbergh in Washington. Secretaries Wesley, Hoover, Wilbur and Pavis of the State Commerce Navy and War departments will lead the delegation on behalf of the nation and the administration.
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Wesley
Hoover
Wilbur
Pavis
State, Commerce, Navy
War Departments
Coolidge
Charles Lindbergh
Washington
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State Hoard of Education
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Plowston Electric Company
Tdana
Qropis
Poad
Navarre County
Mexico
Laredo
Texas Mexican and
Missouri Pacific Railroads
Robstown
Dan Moody
County and District Clerks’ Association
Corpus Christi
Wits
BR. L. Robertson
South Texas
Alta Vista
Corpus Christi I Bay
Col. B. H. Ropes
George 3B
Terrell
Commissioner of Agriculture
Captain Lindbergh
White House
President Coolidge
National Capital
Lindy
Lindbere
le Hourget
Muais
Champrigne
Burton
William P. Richards
United States Marine Corps
General Cabully
Nicaragua
Kelso
Daas
Men Reat
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