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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1929
Page
13
The Westbrook measure requires all public schools in Texas to display United States flags and provide proper instruction on respect and care for the flag. Passed by the Senate without opposition, the bill targets all public schools in the state.
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as safe for babies and children with a few drops easing fretful feverishness and colic. It asserts doctors approve and warns against imitators, noting the Fletcher signature on every bottle.
An old advertisement claims pyorrhea causes heart trouble rheumatism anemia and nervous issues. It promotes Creosene as a home treatment with six ingredients to stop gum soreness in seven days teeth tighten in eight weeks and offers a money back guarantee.
A New York speaker scoffs at critics who cite precedent against Hoover entering Washington for a vacation. He recalls Hoover’s long fishing trips to South America and argues that a president who enjoys downtime cannot be blamed for its burdens. The speaker dismisses the notion of a holy man’s vacation as baloney and stresses the difficulty of governing when one does not want to work.
President-elect Hoover begins a two day motor trip through Florida floodlands and hurricane areas to inspect drainage projects and relief needs. He travels 600 miles from Miami toward Clewiston via Overglades and Lake Okeechobee with Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin and Florida leaders observing.
Investigation of the general land office nears completion in Austin. Only a report of the money checking records and testimony of Commissioner J. L. Robison remains to be read. The committee has heard from Governor, attorney general, and UT regents as part of the inquiry.
A measure introduced in the senate by Tom Patriri of Tyler would require colleges to honor tuition promises and guarantees of employment after program completion. It would allow students to sue for the full tuition and a 10 percent penalty if the college fails to meet its contract.
Austin Feb 15 The Texas Senate moved prison reform and consolidation bills to special order. Two measures win favor with committee reports. one by W. Cousins of Monuments and another by T. Holbrook of Galveston. Holbrook would empower a relocation of prisons with state officials to buy or sell facilities, aligning with Governor Moody. Cousins would place the system on seven farms near Houston with Barrington as central HQ. Moody prepares a special message urging legislators to back the Holbrook plan as the road bond issue remains on the Monday agenda.
Naval radio station at SEATTHU Washington warned Feb 16 that the freighter Alloway lay adrift near Uninink Dass in the Aleutian Islands and menaced navigation. Coast Guard Cutter Chelan failed to tow her after unsuccessful attempts.
Austin Feb 15 Representative B B Quinn of Beaumont, author of a joint resolution to extend a state officer term, filed a minority report on two major subjects after a coast war amendments committee kill. Williamson pharmacy bill passed, restricting drug licenses to registered pharmacists and prohibiting general merchants from selling drugs in broken packages. Merchants may display "drugstore" only if they sell drugs but lack a pharmacist, they must not use "pharmacy" unless employing a registered druggist. The two investigating committees will likely do little work this week as highway inquiry recessed until Wednesday. five investigators adjourned subject to call.
In an Austin February opinion by Comptroller Terrell the attorney general’s department held that a county depository may hold credits for the state and county accounts even if represented by checks or drafts. The ruling says a depository may accept tax collector checks and drafts for collection and credit the account only when cash is actually received.
Reported thefts occurred at Brown Candy Company on Vuxo Street. Thieves opened two cars and removed Let's Go candy among other items. Police notified. extent of loss not yet determined.
Hamburg expert Koel Melcholz and Meighsbank president Dr Alalom Sehnett led the reparations committee in a study of Germany’s postwar finances. They indicated one or two additional sessions are needed to finish presenting their case.
Poultry expert Dr. TG D LeClear presented a short course on poultry and rabbits at the National Exposition Center near Mayfield Park. He spoke Friday night at Thurmay Tarrett's Auditorium on St Marys Street opposite the Bluebonnet Hotel and again at 9 am Saturday at the courthouse.
The finance committee yesterday approved the purchase of two full blocks of ground in Austin for a possible site of the new state office building. An appropriation of $350,000 was approved to complete the growth and preparation of the site.
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