Governor Ferguson Pushes Tax Measures to Raise Bond Relief
Governor Miriam A Ferguson asks Texas lawmakers to raise revenue to fund a sinking fund for retiring state bonds. The plan includes tax options such as a wagering tax on horse races and a luxury tax, and would create a nine member relief commission. Debate centers on the bond authorization, with a House panel proposing reductions from 16 million to 6.5 million.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Coke Steven
Ferguson
Seson
Tukage
Steie Relief Commission
Het. Hemant
Etvernor
Livatenwat
Chainoun
Industrial Accitents Board
Texas Judicial Council
Bat
House
Thief Breaks Into Store and Drops Eggs and Sardines
In Springfield Mass a thief broke through a shutter of a grocery plaza and fell into a pile of eggs smashing many dozens. He opened several cans of sardines and took crackers before fleeing with $4 in pennies and six carrots of cigarettes.
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Bpringfield
Mass
Crovery Plaza
Amany Them
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Report
Treasury figures from Washington DC dated February 1 show receipts of 22 dollars. Expenditures reach 50,861,599.1 dollars with a balance of 4,281,369.98 dollars. Customs receipts for the month and fiscal year totals are listed, with the year’s receipts at 4,544,890,277.3 dollars and expenditures at 5,202,385,851.04 dollars, including emergency spending. The excess of receipts over expenditures is 18,426.63 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington, D.C
Treasu
Pebrusty
Congress Debates Jenkson Utility Bill and Misc Bids
Debates focus on a utility bill and an appropriation measure linked to wireless and irrigation issues. The session lists committees including banking commerce justice and labor considering various bids and a proposed federal monetary authority. A Naval subcommittee invites the Secretary of the Navy and two assistants to review airplane contracts.
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Jenkson
Labor Committee
Hugh 8. Johnson
Aphrommintes
E. Wond
Sears Row
Nate
Jetnson
Billy Dassed
State
Commierce
Justice and Labor Departments
Naval
Woman given suspended term in Fort Sam Houston murder case
Mitlie Gheey, 26, fatally shot her common law husband during a holiday party. A Ninety Fourth District jury returned a five year suspended sentence on December 27. Judge McGrory advised restraint from wild parties and bootleg liquor. Witnesses testified Gheey could not recall details of the shooting, and she wept as the verdict was read.
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Mitlie Gheey
Guy Puckett
Fort Sam Houston
Duthee
McCrory
Bhp
Weil
Bexar County
Ladon
Puckett
Mittle Greer
Cor Yore
le Lummis
Han
A Mother’s Health Secret Taught Ten Years Ago
A mother testifies to a doctor’s simple method that maintains perfect health for her and her three children for a decade. She praises Nujol in two forms plain and Cream of Nujel, noting absence of complications or harm. Readers are invited to share their Nujol stories with Eisner Incorporated New York City.
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Ffere
A. Sullivan
Sherman Avenue
Merider
Sul- Tyan
Chile
Freddy
Eisneo Incorporated
Clark Avenue
New York City
NRA to Withdraw Blue Eagle Over Labor Violation
Washington report on the NRA considering removing the Blue Eagle from a laundry owner for employing underage workers under 16. Admin Hugh Johnson plans to oppose a 20 hour workweek, while a national board warns against tolerating such labor relations. Estimates show even a 4 hour week may not absorb unemployment amid industrial slack. A conference panel weighs payroll impacts and potential shifts to 26.6 hours, with critics urging changes. In Denver, a separate case awards an interim decree after mental cruelty charges in a divorce.
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Washington, D. C
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
House
National Compliance Board
Eblid Ihor
NIRA
Man Connery
Massachusetts
Wes
William Corren
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Albert Dean
General Motors
Conference Board
Madame Warrie Robards Held in Bank Robbery Case
Coleman Texas officers plan to question Madame Warrie Robards a 47 year old alleged mentalist and clairvoyant in connection with a 23139 robbery of the First Coleman National Bank. Robards was arrested in Fort Worth after prior refusals to travel from Austin through North Texas towns. Indictments were returned against John Newton and Marie Newton, with charges of firearms related to the Coleman bank loot. Also noted is a Third Division reunion to be held at the Gunter Hotel with former members now serving at Fort Houston.
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Coleman
Texas
Coleman County
Biadame Warrie Robards
First Coleman National Bank
Ropards
Clair
Fort Worth
Faii
Austin
Fort Fem Honston
Gunter Hotel
Cadetsprefer civil life over another year in air service
Four cadets at Kelly Field signaled a choice to leave active service for civil life after graduation. They may be commissioned as second lieutenants in the air corps reserve after discharge. A new policy requires cadets to serve one additional year with tactical units before reserve commission and another year on active duty.
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Kelly Field
Walla No
Air Corps Reserve i
Bern
Reserve Corps
Four Americans Freed by Spain After Pardons
Four Americans sentenced for assaulting an oil guard here were released from bail after being pardoned. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. Clinton B. Lockwood of West Springfield Massachusetts Roger F. Mead of New York and Edmund A Blodgett of Stamford Connecticut.
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Spain
Palma
Mallorea
Clinton B. Lockwood
West Springfield
Mass
Roger F. Mead
New York
Edmund A. Blodgett
Stamford
Conn
Bomb damages Guban Electric showrooms in Havana strike
A dawn blast heavily damages Guban Electric showrooms on Galiang street Havana as a called general strike sparsely disrupts the capital. The Light's Free Rental Directory February edition is available at Pigaty Wiggy stores.
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Havana
Guban Electric Company
Galiang Street
Connecion
General A Sbrike
Ary
Elect Company
the Light
Robbery Suspect Identified in San Marcos Bank Heist
George Reily of Leavenworth penitentiary has been tied to the May 22 1983 San Marcos bank robbery in which three bandits armed with machine guns seized 72000 and abducted two officials and a depositor. Ay Ly Bints, bank president, identified Kelly's photo as the robber and a woman said to be the gang's wife may have been present in a car during the holdup. Sheriff M M Wren plans to question Kelly at Leavenworth.
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George
Reily
Leagbnworth Penitentiary
L & Ife
Charles Forsehel
Okletama City
Ay Ly Bints
Ban Matcos Bank
Kelly
M. M. Wren
San Marcos
Leavenworth
Money Granted for Projects in Valley
Federal grants totaling 76,693 were released to Texas projects as FWA allotments were withdrawn from non qualifying municipalities. Funds supported a church in Ban Benito with 39,700 and aid for Cameron County Relief at Brownsville plus Hidalgo County Corporation at Edinburg with 20,000.
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Washington, D. C
US Public Works
Texas
Ban Benito
Cameron County Relief Corporation
Brownsville
Hidalgo County Corporation
Edinburg
TRON, ATEEL STRONGER in New York reports buoyant steel demand
New York reports stronger tron and steel activity as car makers and mines boost production. The Iron Age notes the industry enjoys buoyancy unseen since last summer while national production averages rise to 28 percent of capacity from the prior week.
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New York
Tron
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