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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
8
A travelogue recalls a winter trek in Mexico with a Mount Orizaba view high in the mountains. The group of 40 Liang friends visits a tropics valley with crops and haciendas, sees a purple lake and a cable railroad, and notes a native boy sliding down a rail for 50 centavos amid vivid tropical scenes.
The oil wells across Texas halt as prices drop, with Eastern magnates aiming to cut Texans' income by about 100 million dollars yearly. The state railroad commission responds by ordering production stoppage. An older joke closes the piece with a bandaged man claiming Smith blocked the fight.
Fort Worth observes the railroad commission order banning hire trucks on Sundays. Inspectors stopped over 150 trucks at two stations between Fort Worth and Arlington and near Alvarado, with no violations found. Most trucks handled perishables or private property, many routes shifted to alternate highways, and operators reported adjusting schedules to meet the rule.
A new UT laboratory under joint university and WPA auspices will clean classify and catalogue skeletal remains potsherds arrowheads and other finds from twenty years of UT excavations Two researchers Dr Marcus S Goldstein and A D Kreiger lead skeletal and archaeological work with relief staff for study specimens from the late J E Pearce era stored for analysis.
Dr J G McAllister chairman of the anthropology department said funds and staff have not been adequately housed and studied. The new laboratory will operate at no cost to the University and make materials more accessible. A similar laboratory has operated since last fall in San Antonio handling archaeological materials from Texas field crews on the University WPA project valued at $181 000.
A Georgia church welcomed a new minister delivering his first sermon. A Black janitor listened from a back corner as the eloquent sermon and all encompassing prayers moved the congregation. Afterward a deacon asked what he thought explaining the prayer was notably solid.
An opinion column argues for federal takeover of state and local taxation and housing finance, criticizing New Deal programs. It discusses a New Mexico project and Austin apartment costs by race, noting rents, construction costs, and potential economic impact on private business, labeled in the Texas Tax Journal.
Thomas J. Donahue orders buys at Sweetwater Texas and ships four hundred mixed cows to Eastern States. He plans to visit Wise weekly for the balance of the season, offering fair prices to local growers who sell cattle. Contact Charley Shults at Liano to arrange sales.
Over the past year Illinois fields have pushed crude output to 300000 barrels daily by August 1 at prices lower than Humble's postings. Since April Humble lost 10000 barrels per day to Illinois crude, adding to prior declines. By August 11 total crude moving below Humble prices reached about 668000 barrels.
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