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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
2
Published in Llano weekly issue by Collins & Collins under the 1878 act. Second class jail matter entry appears in the post office records. Subscription details include advance price of $1.50 for the period.
The piece weighs in on whether men gossip more than women, arguing many gossip through financial worry and idle chatter while urging verification before repeating rumors. It also notes the value of honest, home life and concludes with farmers seeking general rains to sustain crops as the season dries.
The writer notes quarries and finishing plants operate steadily to meet orders while unemployment fears loom. He urges public utilities to voluntarily lower prices on essentials, arguing prices remain high compared with postwar levels and that public pressure could force relief.
The text notes happy vacation days and appeals to those able to enjoy ideal climate and scenery described as God’s chosen land, attracting many tourists to experience natural advantages.
A local column critiques wasteful gas use for school transport in Llano and argues families must tighten budgets amid a broader call to balance public and individual finances. The piece endorses Austin’s building boom and praises Senator Connally for nominating John Garner at the Chicago convention.
Senator Moses signals GOP push to repeal the eighteenth amendment or allow a referendum on beer and light wine. The issue promises heated debate at the upcoming conventions in Chicago as prohibition dominates party discussions.
The bonus advocates won a hearing date in Washington as Congress prepares to vote on the bonus on June 13. Members in the lower house face re election pressures while The News urges government economy and insists the soldiers deserve payment of a just debt.
The speaker mocks President Hoover proposing to raise the RFC capitalization to three billion dollars and to create Home Farm Loan Banks as relief measures. The critique questions how these new institutions would function and doubly doubts Republican prosperity.
In a Park Park game benefiting the Llano Cowboys of the Hill Country League two women led teams. The Pants, managed by Mrs. Allen Johnson, defeated the Pajamas, managed by Mrs. Roy B. Ticks, 16 to 7. The Pants featured strong infield plays and sharp hitting from M Norton Babannan and H Ammanny, while Smith pitched effectively and Palvado was tagged in the fourth.
W W Markham of the American Association of State Highway Officials cites April data across 49 states showing 205 221 employed on highway projects despite reduced contract volumes. He notes part time hours and shorter weeks keep workers on payroll while total spending falls, arguing road work sustains employment across regions.
A correction corrects last week's note on the Young Matron's Circle meeting. Mrs J L Renick and Mrs Raymond Rogers are identified as hostesses.
Coke Stephenson age 18 named among forty Texas delegates at large to the Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago in June. Governor Ross Sterling and Senator Tom Connally also chosen as delegates at large while Senator Morris Sheppard excluded. Delegation pledged to vote as a unit for John Garner. For the first time since 1918 Texas shows anti-prohibition sentiment by proposing to repeal the eighteenth amendment amid disorder at the convention.
A reporter style fable narrates a chaotic day as a boy borrows a neighbor's newspaper. Bees swarm, a clothes line injures a passerby, a watch breaks, a pane shatters, a milk churn overturns a kitten mishap, a fire starts from an iron, a doctor bills twenty five and fifteen dollars, a baby falls ill, a daughter elopes with a laborer, and a dog bites a neighbor while calves damage nightshirts. The moral urges subscribing to the home paper and avoiding borrowing.
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