Austin Court Upholds State Tax on Utility Gas Firm
Austin Court of Civil Appeals today upheld the right of the state to collect occupation taxes and penalties from Utilities Natural Gas, which has gathering lines in Refugio and Victoria counties and delivers all its gas to Central Power and Light of Victoria as its single customer.
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Austin
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
Utilities Natural Gas Company
Refngin
Victoria
Central Power and Light Company of Victoria
Townsend Delegates Claim Major Gains at National Convention
LOS ANGELES June 22 Townsend delegates report major gains for the Townsend old age pension movement in eastern states. Ohio and Pennsylvania show strong interest with four Ohio congressmen backing the plan and Pennsylvania noting a rise in Townsend planning. Florida May results cited as a 100 percent Townsend victory.
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Los Angeles
Townsend
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Florida
Joseph Robb
Charles M. Crosby
Charles Newell
Wife Is Given Okeh On Rifling of Pocket
In Sacramento California on June 22 Mrs Edith Swain 32 was acquitted of stealing 16.50 from her husband Dec Swains pants pocket. Acting Police Judge Silas Orr urged her to take what she could and said the money was partly hers under the marriage contract.
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Okeh
Bacramento
Calif
Edith Swain
Silas Orr
Swain
Dec Swain
Roosevelt Puts New Gear Into Nation’s Commerce Plan
Hyde Park June 23 Roosevelt announced a 3.78 billion dollar program to boost commerce and aid the needy. In a Hyde Park press conference he defended industry and farming as improved and outlined a new Commerce Department forecast of total incomes above 60 billion for the year. He said a fireside chat from the White House would air Friday at 8 30 pm and hinted at more details from recent Congress.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Iis Mar
Commerce Department
White House
Congress
Clerk Debutante Bride Hunt House in New York
Paul Gilson a 22.50 weekly clerk and his debutante wife searched for a home in Hunt House, New York, after marrying against a fortune. Mrs. Gilson is Dr. David H. Webster and Mrs. Webster's daughter from New York City and Stamford Connecticut. Webster warned of cutting the daughter off from a million dollar inheritance. The couple returned from an Adirondack vacation and stayed with Clarence Gray while house hunting.
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Cannon
N.Y
Paul Gilson
Gilson
David H. Webster
New York City
Stamford
Conn
Clarence Gray
Weather data and forecast for tourist readers
A weather summary lists total precipitation to date, monthly and yearly rainfall figures, sun and moon times, tides at Aransas Pass, and a nationwide table of high and low temperatures for many cities from Abilene to Shreveport. It notes cloud cover, clarity, and regional conditions for travel planning.
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Aransas Fase Lieht
Thureday
ein.Temn
Abilene
Ter
Albuqueranes
Alpine
Amarillo
Tex
Boston
Mase
Brady
Brownsville
Glear
Buffalo
Gherleston
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago
Corpus “Christi
Dallas
Cole
Des Moines
Yowa
Dodge City
Kan
Fort. Smith
Ark
Galveston
Helena
Mont
Houston
Huron
Laredo
Los Angeles
Louteville
Lubbock
Memphiz
Tenn
Miami
Bla
Minneapolis
Olahoma’ City
Okla
Omaha
Washington
D.C
Glenristemn
Rolo Spee
Clouty Vuida
Aircraft Executive In Critical Illness
Santa Monica California June 22 J H Wetzel fifty year old vice president and general manager of Douglas Aircraft company was reported unchanged today in a critical illness An emergency operation was performed on the veteran plane builder when peritonitis developed after an intestinal rupture doctors feared for his life
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Santa Monica
Calif
H. Wetzel
Douglas Aircraft Company
Child Bride Dies as Baby Is Born in Peru Hospital
A six pound baby girl was born alive by caesarean at a Peru Indiana hospital while the mother, fourteen year old Florence Keller Lahee wife of a local basket factory worker, died shortly after. The young mother passed away last night following the operation leaving the newborn in a hospital crib.
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Florence Keller Lahee
Peru
Power Production Shows Slight Drop
Electric power production in the United States for the week ended June 18 fell 0.01 percent to 1,981,115,000 kilowatt hours from 1,991,187,000 the previous week and was 10.1 percent below the 2,213,783,000 in the same week a year earlier, the Edison Electric Institute reported.
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Tric
United States
Eadison Electric Institute
Dog Saved From Gas Chamber After Photo Run In Paper
A brown and white dog named Brownie was scheduled for execution at the city pound. The dog's owner, Miss M Stefano of 402 Lamar Street, identified the dog after seeing its photo in The Light. The pound master, Fred Rodrigues, confirmed the dog was returned to its owner.
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M. Stefano
Lamar Street
Miss Stefano
Fred Rodrigues
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Glad
Francis E. Townsend
Colorado
L. A
BAG Utility Tak
General Electric
Akill
Bargest Electrical Manufacturing Company
Tris Thrifty
Thrifty
GE Thrift
Sanderson Electric Co
Travis
PRIC
Bride Hunt House
Ind
New York
Broadway
Trent
Madras
Frank Bros
San Antonio
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