Governor Breaks Record for Signing Bills and Honors
In Austin on March 17 the Senate adjourned after a six minute session in honor of St Patrick's day and Senator Kellie's sixty fourth birthday. A second special session may be called as Representative Mobley seeks to push fourteen measures, with the Governor expected to act on platform demands and other laws. The bank guaranty issue draws Speaker Marshall's opposition to deposit time or interest guarantees and loan limits based on bank capital stock. A Senate committee reported against the infre jurors bill but approved Hudspell's experiment stations bill for Tom Green and El Paso counties.
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Austin
Kellie
Senate
Mobley
Kennedy
Marshall
Hudspell
Tom Green
el Paso
Vote on Kennedy Resignation Resolution Amendment Adopted
The Hill Gaines resolution demanding the Speaker's resignation was amended to omit moral turpitude and adopted with a roll call tally listing numerous members by surname and party. Present and not voting and absent members are noted, with several pairs and crossings referenced.
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Kennedy
Hill-Gaines
Ares—Anderson
Baker
Hood
Panola
Bailengee
Darett
Bell
Bogard
Bosw Hi
Bowman Branch
Briscoe
Brookshire
Brookerson
Brownlee
Cable
Canales
Cathey
Chaney
Crawford
Crockett
Washington
Cureton
Currey
Dalby
Dotson
Gaines
German
Gilmore
Graham
Hamilton
Childress
McCulloch
Harman
Hill
Horger
Jennings
Lively
Luce
Maddox
Marshall
Maxwell
McCallum McLain
Moller
Morris
Nelson
Hopkins
Kaufman
Nickels
O'Bryan
McLennan
Pharr
Rabb
Ralston
Reedy Robertson
Erath
Robertson
Roberson
Davis
Schofield
Self
Smith
Stamps Stead
Stephenson
Stepter
Strickland
Tarver
Terrell
Trenchmann
Turner
Vaughan
Westbrook
Noel—Adams
Aston
Bierschwale Bowles
Brooks
Brown
Buchanan
Burns
Caves
Cox
Crisp
Mitchell
Elliott
Fant
Fitzhugh
Flournay
Fuller
Geisen
Goodman
Haxthausen
Highsmith
Jackson
Johnson
Keebie
Lawson Leach
McGown
Meeks
Munson
O'Bryant
Pearson
Perkins
Porter
Ray
Rayburn
Reid
Ridgway
Roach Spradley
Standifer
Bexar
Turney
von Rosenberg
Waarmand
Walter
Werner
Wortham
Bartlett
Mobley
Schlater
Jenkins
McKinney
Stratton
Pierce
Driggers
Bostick
Aye
McDonald
Wilson
Are
Odom
Mason
Governor Signs Many Bills in One Day
Austin March 17 The governor yesterday set a signing record by affixing his name to thirty six bills mostly local measures highlighting a busy legislative end run.
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Austin
Recommendations for modernizing Texas bookkeeping system
In Austin on March 17 the special session may review expert accountants’ recommendations from Tergard for a modernized state bookkeeping system. The report proposed method changes and staff reductions across departments and urged efficiency improvements.
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Austin
Tergard
Negro assailant sought after attack near Tokio school
A posse with hounds fails to locate the suspect and the victim, the young daughter of W. T. Simmons, remains in critical condition under physician care in Waco. Authorities extend the search to the city, believing the assailant may be there.
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Waco
Tex
W. T. Simmonson
Tokio School
Exchange National Bank Opens Accounts For All Depositors
Exchange National Bank invites new accounts of any size from $1 to $1,000 offering equal courtesy and service. The bank emphasizes serving the public in financial matters with satisfaction to all ages and means. Officers listed include A. J. Nance president J. R. Christal VP J. C. Coit Cashier R. L. Bass Assistant Cashier. Directors are A. J. Nance J. C. Coit J. R. Christal A. M. Bush E. F. Bates C. A. Williams A. C. Owsley Dr. J. M. Inge and R. L. Bass.
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A. J. Nance
J. R. Christal
J. C. Coit
R. L. Bass
A. M. Bush
E. F. Bates
A. C. Owsley
Dr. J. M. Inge
Fred Morris Released on Bond After Murder Case
Fred Morris returned home after being released from Tarrant County jail on a ten thousand dollar bond for the killing of Otto H. Meyer. The bond was readily filled and could have been double the amount. Morris left with attorney J W Sullivan and his father-in-law G P Davis, and mingled with friends the next morning as he planned to resume his affairs in town.
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Fred Morris
Tarrant County
Otto H. Meyer
Morris
J. W. Sullivan
G. P. Davis
B. C
Blees Wins Second Prize in Fort Worth Horse Show
Ula Blees, a three year old mare owned by W F Woodward of Denton, captured second in the three-year saddle horse class at Fort Worth. Seventeen entries from Texas, Kentucky, Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee competed, with notable runners Miss Hunt and Gay Belle. The field featured show horses from lines that attend major meets nationwide.
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Fort Worth
W. F. Woodward
Denton
Texas
Kentucky
Colorado
Dallas
Wealthy farmer murdered in ambush near Haskell
A. L. McLemore, a wealthy farmer, was shot in the back then killed with a second shot to the head as he tended fruit trees on his farm near Haskell Oklahoma. Bloodhounds from Muskogee aided a citizen posse in pursuit of the assassin.
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Haskell
Okia
A. L. McLemore
McLemore
Musiogee
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Exchange National Bank
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Clas
Okla
Bloodhounds
Posse
THE
First National Bank
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