Texas Tax Bill and State Finance in 1935
The article reviews the 1935 Texas tax landscape and state finances based on the State Auditor’s May 15 1935 report. It notes total county city and district tax collections of 294 673 931 with potential total near 300 million and possible 325 million including recent appropriations. It explains large discrepancies between direct appropriations and total receipts, attributing them to constitutionally mandated lump sum allocations to departments, highways, schools, liquor laws, and other funds. It also highlights a September 1 1935 deficit of 11 225 936 across General Revenue and Confederate Pension funds and explains a difference between receipts and expenditures due to funds in school and special accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
General Revenue Fund
Confederate Pension Fund
Texas Tax Journal
Jimson weed value and new fluorescent lamp science
A University of Oklahoma student studies jimson weed with a value tied to atropine at eight dollars and eighty-two cents an ounce. Dr. L J Buttolph describes a fluorescent mercury lamp using invisible rays to produce bright color light and high efficiency, with a fluoride of mercury lamp design different from neon signs.
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Jimson
C. P. Dill
Hollis
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Texas
Asia
Europe
New World
Jamestown
Virginia
Heart on Wrong Side Saves Life in Death by Own Action
Mayo Clinic proceedings discuss Congenital Dextrocardia with a case of a woman who attempted suicide by aiming at what she believed was the heart on the left chest, not realizing the heart’s right-side placement could save her life. The report notes this condition is uncommon but often asymptomatic. Also reported is a land-walking fish found in Siam.
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Rochester
Mina
Mayo Clinic
The Last Mile Of Hauptmann And A Church Note
The preacher reflects on Bruno Hauptmann's execution for the Lindbergh baby crime and urges honesty and justice. He notes Hauptmann’s alleged money and actions after the kidnapping, and portrays the funeral as strange. He invites boys and girls to a 7 o clock church program and jokes about tax humor while praising Sunday offerings and a forthcoming choir night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Department of Justice
Bar of Justice
B. W. Newman
Doc Layman
Joe Johnson
Clay Horton
Pig Jones
Treasury
O K to Sell Radio for Drink but Cow Proves Issue
Mrs Amelia Valatis testified that her husband sold the radio and other household goods to buy drink. When she found Bessie the cow also sold for 35 dollars, she endured it no longer. Judge Edward Scheffler placed Martin Valatis on six months probation to abstain from whisky and to return Bessie.
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Chicago
Iil
Amelia Valatis
Edward S. Scheffler
Bessie
Martin Valatis
A Clever Answer on a State Exam Question
A student taking the state teachers’ examination puzzled over the query on total education spending for a year. He finally wrote a witty answer, “In the year 1492 None,” showcasing a humorous misunderstanding of budget figures.
Hauptmann cremated as guilt doubts persist
In New Jersey the body of Bruno Richard Hauptmann was cremated after a funeral service in a locked chapel. His widow Anna Hauptmann vowed that someone will pay for his death as authorities kept to the six-person limit and prepared to preserve the ashes in a bronze urn.
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Bruno
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Anna Hauptmann
Hauptmann
New Jersey
John Matthiesen
D. G. Werner
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Ce Met
Nentree
L. J. Buttolph
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General Electric Company
Siam
Nea
G. C. Mns
First Baptist Church
O. K
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
Yorkville
Lloyd Fisher
Bronx
Fresh Pond
Just
J. L. Leatherwood
Bonham
Lem Tittsworth
Gomer May
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