Senate bill seeks change in Social Security old age pensions
Senator Tom Connally of Texas introduces a measure to alter old age pension funding. The plan would pay two thirds by the federal government and one third by states up to $15 monthly, with $15 and above split equally by state and federal funds. He argues the current matching system favors rich states and harms poorer states, noting unequal benefits across California and Arkansas.
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Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Senator Connally
Congress
House of Representatives
House
California
Arkansas
Thirteen White Dwarf Stars Found by McDonald Obseratory
Thirteen of the 24 known white dwarf stars have been discovered by the McDonald Observatory alone. Dr Otto Struve, observatory director, has reported to University of Texas officials.
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McDonald Observatory
Otto Struve
University of Texas
Texas deer harvest rises in 1939 hunting season
Unseasonably hot weather did not stop Texas from a higher deer kill in 1939 than 1938, with estimates near 40 000, and reports show many bucks were taken, large and healthy. The season produced good buck numbers, scarce turkeys, and improved dove results, while quail suffered from dry conditions. A notable find was Bryan Skelton’s three horned Ozona buck with a six inch spike on its forehead.
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Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Game Department
Bryan Skelton
Temple
Ozona
Mr. Skelton
Balmorhea FFF Show and Sale Set for Feb 17
The first Balmorhea FFF livestock show and auction sale will be Saturday February 17 under Robert Metz Jr. at the FFA feeding pens on the high school grounds. Judging begins at 10 am with about 25 boys showing roughly 14 fat fine wool lambs and 13 calves. The auction follows to help boys close out their projects, with additional hog and poultry projects represented.
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Robert Metz, Jr
FFA
Citizens State Bank of Toyah Announces Voluntary Liquidation
At a September 30 1939 stockholders meeting in Toyah Texas the bank resolves to close the business pay all depositors and creditors in full distribute remaining assets pro rata among stockholders surrender its corporate franchise and have officers and directors execute necessary papers for the liquidation E B Daniel E B Daniel Jr C A Daniel Georgia Daniel and M McAlpine sign as directors
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Citizens State Bank of Toyah
Toyah
Texas
Citizens State Bank of
Texas soils and water programs urged for district status
Fort Worth area Chamber notes potential cuts under Roosevelt’s plans threaten CCC camps in Texas and water facilities. Residents in Toyah Valley support forming a district to let Soil Conservation Service and Water Facilities Act operate jointly, while highways and Big Bend Park push gain local backing.
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Roosevelt
National Budget Bureau
Water Facilities Act
Soil Conservation Service
Louis F. Merrill
Fort Worth
CCC
Balmorhea
Soil Conservation Office
Marfa
Texas
Toyah and
Madeira
New York
Board of Directors
Texas Cattle Sales, Inc
Midland
Pecos
Chambers of Commerce of
Dallas
Big Bend Park
Trans-Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Big Bend
Texas Counties Boost Auto Sales in 1939 Report
Texas' 16 most populous counties boosted passenger and commercial car totals in 1939 with 66,277 passenger cars and 12,376 commercial cars sold, a third above 1938, per the University of Texas bureau of business research. A separate notice seeks magazines and books for a Mexican school library, grades one to seven, phone 531W.
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Texas
Autortive
University of
Officials Reply To Pecos Group After Sugar Bowl Trip
Supt. R Henry Blackwell received a courteous reply from Frank L Werner assistant general passenger agent for Texas and Pacific Railway. Werner thanked Pecos party leader Claude Livingston Gilmer and others for their courtesy after a high school student officials and football coaches group visited New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
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R. Henry Blackwell
Frank L. Werner
Texas and Pacific Railway
Supt. Blackwell
Pecos High
New Orleans
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Pecos, Texas
Toyah Motor Co
Toyah, Texas
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E. H. Menking
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Reynard
Texas Game Department
Sterling City
Panhandle
Wellington
Knox County
Wichita
Oklahoma
Brown County
W. L. Roper
Switzerland
Sale
E. B. Daniel
E. B. Daniel, Jr
C. A. Daniel
Georgia
Daniel M. McAlpine
Your Chamber OF Commerce
M. L. Swinehart
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Cues and New Activities Committee
Weatherford
Carlsbad
N. M
Caverns
Texas Bureau of Business Research
T-P
Werner
Claude Livingston
Gilmer
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
N.Y
George Maley
Louis Roberson
Reeves County, Texas
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