39th Legislature ends long session in Texas
Austin Texas The thirty ninth Texas Legislature adjourned sine die after a 65 day session with a $2 daily pay for the last five days. The senate passed over 30 local school and road bills in closing hours and relocated the prison system. A $15.9 million school aid plan failed to gain majority for final passage, prompting expectations of a special session within 10 days.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Texas
Davis
Robertson
Governor Ferguson Thanks Solons After Session
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson concluded the Thirty-ninth legislature with a gracious message praising the body as zealous and energetic. She expressed gratitude for courtesy and cooperation, wished them well, and signed off with good luck but not goodbye.
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Austin
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Executive Department
De Silva Gets Life Sentence Commutation in Texas
Governor Miriam A Ferguson commutes the death sentence of Newt De Silva of Beaumont to life imprisonment. De Silva, a World War I veteran, was convicted of killing C. A Abramson, a sailor at Port Arthur.
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Austin
Tex
Newt de Silva
Beaumont
Miriam A. Ferguson
de Silva
C. A Abramson
Port Arthur
Quake Destroys Chinese City Tallafu Yanninun
An earthquake and fire leveled the city of Tallafu in Yanninun near Shaanghai, destroying the 80,000 residents' home and leaving the area in ruins as reports arrived Saturday.
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Shaanghai
Tallafu
Yanninun
Ginning Report Shows Gain in 1924 25 Cotton
The census bureau announced on Saturday the 1924 25 season United States cotton production reached 13 618 751 equivalent 500 pound bales excluding merchandise. The report marks the final season total and reflects continued gains in Washington cotton output.
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Washington
United States
Matera
Census Bureau
Small Men as Lawmakers and Lobbying Concerns
The piece argues Texas needs capable lawmakers chosen from a patriotic base rather than driven by lobbyists and sectional bickering. It critiques salary boosts as insufficient, urges mass meetings to recruit qualified candidates, and notes reforms in game laws under the Wood-Wells bill with adjusted deer and turkey limits and new hunting zones.
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Texas
Ist
Austin
Tex
Turkey
Laredo
Longview
Texarkana
DeWitt
Caldwell
Guadalupe
Ban Saha
Mason
Gillespie
Llano
Kimble
Menard
Comal
McCulloch
Jirewn
Gerr
Burnet
Mills
Schleicher
Madwards
Five States Hit Hard by Tornado
Chicago reports a massive tornado path from Missouri through Indiana to the Ohio Valley, killing nearly a thousand, injuring over 3000 and leaving thousands homeless. Red Cross officials call it the greatest disaster since the 1918 Ohio Valley flood, with millions in property losses anticipated.
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Chicago
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio Valley
Red Cross
Washington
Culberson Dies in City of Washington
Former Texas Senator Culberson died in Washington on Thursday after years of illness. He had led Texas politics for three generations, served 23 years in the Senate, and retired in 1922 after becoming an invalid. A 1909 stroke began his long decline, leaving him largely secluded for months.
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Washington
Senator Culberson
Texas
Culberson
Huenda
Senate
Capitol
Shepherd Held for Murder in Chicago Indictment
Shepherd held after court failed to block his attorney and heir from meeting immediate venire on an indictment charging he killed young William N. McClintock, his foster son and benefactor, by typhoid fever poisoning.
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Chicago
Milam D. Shepherd
William N. McClintork
Lord Curzon Dies in London After Pneumonia Battle
Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the Marquis and former foreign secretary who served as lord president of the council, died Friday in London after a battle with pneumonia following an operation two weeks earlier.
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Lord Curzon
London
Marquis Curzon of
Congress Ends Stormy Special Session in Washington
The Senate adjourned sine die on Wednesday, closing the stormy extra session that began March 4 in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
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City OF Washington
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