Texas old age pensions trigger tax battle in Austin
A Texas debate over a 50 million dollar sales tax to fund Social Security pensions roils Austin as the House and Senate clash over old folks benefits. Governors, lawmakers, and lobbyists weigh the cost, with prospects of a special session and political maneuvering shaping the outcome. Dr. Sidney Lister becomes State Prison Board chair. local business leaders gain roles in South Texas development.
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Austin
Federal
Social Security Administration
Uncle Sam
W. Lee O’daniel
Santa Claus
Sidney M. Lister
Houston
State Prison Board
Joseph Wearden
Victoria
Denver Chesnutt
Kenedy
South Texas
Blackburn
Texas Bankers’ Association
South Texas C of C
Ray Leeman
O’daniel
Gerald Mann
Senate
House
Ross Hardin
Chaniel
Ferguson
Jim Ferguson
Tests in Raising Wild Turkeys Is Made Near Bonham
A Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission project near Bonham fenced fifty acres in the Fannin county land rehabilitation area to test semi natural conditions for wild turkeys. Forty eight birds from Southwest Texas were released with wings clipped and several hens nesting. If successful the program will expand to other areas to stock wild turkeys across the state.
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Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
United States Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Farm Security Administration
Games Department
Fannin County
Bonham
Pet deer blamed for stealing chickens at Harper ranch
Mrs Stevens caught a young pet deer eating chicks at the Stevens farm near Harper Texas. State Game Department biologists explain the herbivore sought protein missing from its usual diet, causing the unusual predation.
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Stevens
Harper
Texas
State Game Department
Steven
Livestock Movement From Texas Ranches Rises in April
Texas ranches sent 11 842 carloads of livestock to Fort Worth and beyond in April, up 30.6 percent from a year earlier. Cattle totaled 9 171 carloads up 34.7 percent, calves 1 057 up 32.1 percent, hogs 864 up 43.5 percent, while sheep fell 12.6 percent to 750 carloads. Flint Hills Kansas and Osage Oklahoma supplied most outbound shipments.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Fort Worth
Flint Hills
Kansas
Osage Country
Oklahoma
Violet Queen Ethel A. Coon Ships 100000 Bunches of Violets
Rhinebeck New York horticulturist Ethel A Coon nicknamed the Violet Queen sends 100000 violet bunches yearly to flower markets, sustaining a renowned trade.
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Ethel A. Coon
Rhineback, N. Y
Immigrant honored by Texas legislature for steadfast service
The Texas legislature memorialized and hung the portrait of Ernst Hoffmann, 88, a long time capitol employee who refused a pension and exemplifies rugged individualism. Born in Poland, he is praised as a good citizen who earned his own way for over thirty years in the capitol building. The Eden Echo notes such citizens reflect well on American society.
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Texas
Ernst Hoffmann
Capitol
Poland
Eden Echo
Harper to Junc tion highway advances with massive bridge work
The project moves forward as 50-foot steel beams are hauled to Devil's River site 14 miles west of Harper. A 300-foot long, 35-foot high bridge is under construction, signaling rapid progress on the Harp er to Junc tion route. The Brady Co operative Poultry Association ships near half a million eggs this season with about 4 000 remaining in the final week. About 6 500 hens have been sold to Brownwood's Southwestern Poultry Association at 12 12 cents per hundred undelivered. Dressing of turkeys continues daily with the end of the week near. New wool warehouse construction continues as an annex to the existing facility.
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Harper To Junction
Devil's River
Harper
Radio Post
Fredericksburg
Brady Co-operative Poultry Association
Brady
Southwestern Poultry Association of Brownwood
Eldorado Wool Firm Plans Santa Fe Track Expansion
Dorado Wool Company on the Santa Fe tracks will gain 5100 feet of floor space to store up to an extra half million pounds of wool. Contractor is W. W. Jackson. Eldorado Success reports the project.
Beverages Straw Inventor Promises Self-Flavoring Tool
Sigmund Scisorek of Burbank California has created beverage straws that impart flavor when dipped into sweetened carbonated water. Junction Baptist Church schedules weekly services including Sunday school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 45 p m with midweek activities and a sermon on the low cost of high living. A Seattle judge granted a divorce after testimony regarding household drinking and smoking limits. Chicago city council approved funds to buy sponge rubber mats for firemen to slide down poles.
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Sigmund Scisorek
Burbank
Calif
City Council of
Chicago
Gardner Brothers Arrested Over Barrel Of Beer Theft
Harry and John Gardner of Toronto were arrested after a trail of leaking liquid led to their capture for stealing a barrel of beer.
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Harry
John Gardner
Toronto
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Kimble County Abstract Company
Courthouse Square
Kimble County
M. E. Blackburn
M. C. Blackburn
W. N. Corry
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Sam Kimberlin
Clint Small
Tom Beauchamp
W. E. Stone
Galveston
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Texas Ranches
Turkey
West Texas
Livestock Motor Lines
R. A. Penmeng
Thrift
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Menard National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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J. J. Kellam
Seattle, Wash
L. L. Wasell
Ford
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