London Locals and Tax Debates in Deep South
Local notes report visitors from San Antonio and Camp Wood plus Tea Cup residents seen in town. Trustees reelect teachers. Bud Cooper returns from Temple Sanitarium. Reflections on bank suspensions, embargo on gold shipments, and colonial currency muddle blend with sermons at Baptist Church. Tax reforms target gasoline and oil production with a new enforcement division. Comptroller warns of multi‑million losses from evasion. Confederate benefits debate widens with rising claims under a strained system.
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Tate Jarvis
Duck Wootan
Ba-Cummins
Lola V. Cummins
San Marcos
San Marcos Teachers College
Bud Cooper
Temple Sanitarium
Luther Walton
Jones
Bill
U.S
House
Comptroller’s Department
Wasoline
Sheppard
Moore
Greenville
Alfalfa Thrives On Texas Farms With Demonstrations
Farmers across Texas embraced alfalfa after 63 county demonstrations last year. 665 men grew hay on 13 192 acres, averaging 2.68 tons per acre, with many producing grazing as well. Cost under a penny per bushel saved 1 439 983 bushels of stored grain, worth about 83 071 dollars. Over 17 512 farmers butchered 53 431 hogs with county agent help, while more farmers adopted demonstrated methods nationwide. Dairy herds benefited from permanent pastures averaging 2 1/2 acres per cow, enabling grazing year round in East Texas. Mrs S Tomlin of Mt Sylvan Club aids 85 percent of farm families, canning 13 beef cattle this winter. Kitchen improvement contests spurred 1521 kitchens modern in 1932. Philip Joseph visited Winters, Balinger, and San Antonio earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
S. Tomlin
Mt. Sylvan Home Demonstration Club
Smith County
County Home Demonstration Council
Smiths and Nelms Host Abilene Visitors With Wilsons
Mr and Mrs W C Smith and twin daughters of Abilene visited Mr and Mrs Carl Nelms and Mrs Horace Wilson the first of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Smith
Abilene
Carl Nelms
Horace Wilson
Peace and Taxes Quote on War Costs and Budgets
The piece asserts that supporters of world peace also favor tax reduction. It notes that war expenses dominate national budgets with 72 percent of federal funds spent on debt, veterans, and the military, arguing organized destruction burdens every citizen’s pocketbook.
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Friends of World Peace
Army
Navy
Oklahoma Proposes Year Moratorium on Higher Learning
State Senator H P Daughtery of Chelesa introduces a plan to pause state colleges for one year. The saved funds would close the University of Oklahoma Oklahoma A and M College and half the teachers colleges and junior colleges, and be redirected to common schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
H. P. Daughtery
Chelesa
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma A. & M
Wisdom Nuggets From a Shanghai Almanac
From a Chinese Almanac published in Shanghai these aphorisms urge kindness and restraint. Do good, keep quiet, guard reputation, and cultivate a generous outlook for personal and communal gain.
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Shanghai
Tragedy at Country Schoolhouse Ends in Death
A stage tragedy at a country schoolhouse 16 miles north of Lamesa turned fatal when a shotgun used with a bank cartridge to simulate a bomb exploded in the hands of Mil lard Webb the school principal. Mary Lee Turner 15 a performer in the drama was fatally injured.
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Lamesa
Millard Webb
Mary Lee Turner
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