Trust Fund for Use of Farmers Formed
Chicago report says a large permanent fund named the Farm Foundation will aid rural welfare in the United States. Frank Lowden announces 21 trustees will oversee agricultural research education and farmer cooperation, with Alexander Legge contributing about $400,000 and bequests totaling roughly $500,000. Additional organizers reportedly matched similar sums.
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Chicago
United States
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Farm Foundation
Legge
Lowden
Wink Boys Hit The Road In Youthful Travel Wish
Three Wink youths aged 12 and 13 ran away last Monday seeking El Paso. Bill Smith turned back in Pecos after missing a day of school and was reunited with his father. The other two boys continue toward El Paso while authorities search the route between Wink and El Paso.
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Wink
SU Smith
Harold Aldridge
Junior Selene
Eliso
Pecos
Bill Smith
el Paso
Jack Turner
Kolar
Jack
H. P. Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Davis
Bill
Jeff Smith
Magnolia Company
Anti sales tax bloc forms in Texas Legislature
Rep George W Winningham Mexia organizes an anti sales tax bloc for the 43rd Legislature. Initial responses show 25 against to 10 for the tax. He favors taxing labor saving machinery to fund relief bonds if needed. The sales tax debate gains momentum as Dewey H Waits tours Texas.
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Austin
George W. Winningham
Mexia
43Rd Legis
Winningham
Texas
Dewey H. Waits
Mississippi
Bill Short Life Speeds Back to Treasury
A one dollar bill circulates for less than six months before returning to the Treasury to be replaced by a newly minted note. The shorter lifespan highlights currency turnover and redesign cycles in circulation.
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Treasury Department
Poe sworn in as Texas Labor and Boxing Commissioner
Governor Ferguson appointed Charles H. Poe as the new Labor and Boxing Commissioner after a last minute push from San Antonio friends for Rep. Pat Jefferson. Judge O S Lattimore, who has sworn in every labor commissioner, administered Poe's oath.
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Capitol Dome
Chas. H. Poe
Ferguson
San Antonio
Pat Jefferson
O. S. Lattimore
Texas
Poe
Charter Moratorium Ruling Influences Texas Foreclosure Prospects
The U S Supreme Court's decision upholding a Minnesota moratorium on farm foreclosures signals an early Texas approach. The split five to four shows the legal question remains tight as Texas courts of appeals divide over validity, while Joe Greathouse of Fort Worth gains political prestige from the ruling.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Minnesota
Texas
State Supreme Coourt
Washington
Texas Courts of Appeals
Joe Greathouse
Worth
Supreme Court
Texas honors veterans with new Spanish War medal
A joint resolution of the 48th Legislature honors military veterans who served during war. The 43rd Legislature authorized a medal for Texas residents who served in the Army Navy or Marine Corps in Spanish War Mexican Border Mexican Expedition World War I veterans may request the form from The Adjutant General Austin Texas.
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Texas
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Austin
Texas adopts universal auto insurance forms
Texas leads in a new phase of legislation by prescribing uniform automobile insurance policies. Insurers may begin using the universal forms and must by July 1. The approved policy includes 110 endorsements covering all forms of auto insurance written in the state to date, with compliance required for any protection offered.
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Texas
Southwestern Life Insurance Compas
Legal Reserve
Southwestern Life
Southwest
TRE Commissioner OF Insurance
Texas Farms Use Electricity Figures From Census
Texas farms pay an average $109 yearly for electricity with 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour, serving 6 529 farms as compiled by the U S Bureau of the Census.
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Texas
U. Bureau of the Census
Parliameter Gransberry Gains Fame as Artist in Texas
Gransberry, longtime Texas House parliamentarian, has become a notable art painter. His works, exhibited at the Elizabet Ney studio, receive favorable remarks. He is a UT electrical engineering professor who began painting five years ago after accompanying Samuel E. Gideon on several trips. The show features colorful Northern Mexico scenes.
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Read Gransberry
Texas House of Representatives
Elizabet
Cuero Volunteer Fire Dept Reports Small Losses For Year
Cuero's volunteer fire department logged a total fire loss of 951.60 for the past year. City valuations exceed 3,000,000. Chief R F Heyer forecasts the record will stand out in state reports.
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Cuero
R. F. Heyer
Typhoid Costs Texas Half Million Annually
Sanitary Supervisor N F Chapman reports about five thousand Texans fall ill to typhoid each year with more than five hundred deaths. Losses run over a quarter million days and up to two million dollars in wages, plus medical and funeral costs. Prevention includes clean water, pasteurized milk, sanitary disposal, fly control, vaccination, and elimination of carriers. Flies spread typhoid along with other diseases. proper waste, covered garbage, sanitary privies, and screened houses reduce risk.
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N. F. Chapman
Texas
Neighborhood Flies as an Index of Sanitary Conditions
Observers note that each neighborhood raises its own flies, using their numbers as a practical gauge of local sanitation standards and public health status.
Extreme southern city tied to Falkland Island coordinates
A table of latitudes places Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands at 51 degrees 41 minutes 10 seconds south, cited as the farthest southern city on the globe.
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Port Stanley
Falkland Island
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