Texas Cuts Local Debt $19 Per Capita in Past Decade
Texas reduced its state and local debt by $19 per capita since 1932, while the U S debt per person fell only $3. Between 1932 and 1940 Texas declined from $134 to $115 per capita, compared with the national drop from $157 to $154. Texas’ debt reduction led the nation by a wide margin, with figures showing a 14.77 percent drop versus 2.2 percent for the United States.
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Texas
United States
James C. Tucker
Barcus, Kindred & Company of
Austin
Tucker
Well rounded Texas income regarded as stabilizing factor
Texas cited as a well balanced income state in a survey by James C. Tucker of Barcus Kindred & Company Austin. The report lists cash farm income 655 million in 1941 manufacturing 1 530 billion in 1939 lumber 1 225 million board feet oil 493 126 million barrels worth 488 1947 in 1940.
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Texas
James C. Tucker
Barcus, Kindred & Company
Austin
Tucker
Social Visit Ledger From Moulton Area
Local residents and family members from Ganado Yoakum Schulenburg Houston San Antonio San Marcos Danbury and Foster Field visited relatives in Moulton Yoakum and area over the past week and weekend. Notables include Mr and Mrs John Kubena Mrs Lee Hull and Mrs B F Ware Mrs B F Ware returned from Houston after weeks in Carlton Johnsons home.
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John Kubena
Ganado
Moulton
B. F. Ware
Houston
Mrs
Carlton Johnson
Local Families Send News From Hallettsville and Posts
Mrs Emil Darilek Sr and Mrs Emil Darilek Jr spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Otto Pagel of Hallettsville. Pvt C T Johnson from Sheppard Field Wichita Falls visited his mother Mrs B F Ware and relatives. Lt Boyce Rehmet on fourteen day furlough with parents before transfer to Seattle. Von Lienen and Meitzen delivered primary election returns to Hallettsville and visited relatives. Vince Rehmer and family traveled to San Antonio to see son Jesse after an appendectomy. Pvt John L Kramerbauer at Camp Robertson Arkansas reports reading The Moulton Eagle. Pvt George Pavias transferred from Camp Livingston to San Antonio and notes soldiers miss home the most.
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Emil Darilek, Sr
Emil Darilek Jr
Otto Pagel
Hallettsville
Pvt
C. T. Johnson
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
B. F. Ware
Boyce Rehmet
Vince Rehmet
Seattle
Washington
George von Lienen
Dicke Meitzen
Vince Rehmer
San Antonio
Jesse
John L. Kramerbauer
Camp Robertson
Arkansas
George Pavias
Camp Livingston
Pavlias
Amendment to Texas Constitution Article V on new courts in large counties
The Texas Legislature proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize counties with populations over 200,000 to establish courts with exclusive or concurrent civil, criminal, or probate jurisdiction. It sets election timing for 1942, ballot wording, gubernatorial proclamation, and a $10,000 appropriation for publication and election costs.
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Texas
State OF
State of Texas
Texas State Aid Bonds Outlook Under Gasoline Tax Shift
A Texas bond study by James C. Tucker analyzes state aid highway bonds tied to the 1 cent of the 4 cent gasoline tax. It notes trucks and buses pay 28 percent of tax while passenger cars pay 72 percent, and that interest could be paid if 1941 receipts drop only to 29 percent. Options include counties levying taxes to cover deficiencies or refunding maturing principal.
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Texas
James C. Tucker
Barcus, Kindred & Co
Austin
Texas Highway Department
Texas School Aid Funds Rise 14 Million in Ten Years
State aid for Texas schools grew from 32 605 013 in 1931 to 46 633 496 in 1941, a 43 percent rise. The four funds include available school rural aid vocational and free textbooks, with notable jumps in rural aid and vocational disbursements.
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Texas
James C. Tucker
Barcus, Kindred & Company of
Austin
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Clyde Jones
Donald Bunting
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Anton Culak Jr
E. J. Svoboda
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