O'Daniel backs sales tax plan to fund pensions
Governor Lee O'Daniel endorsed the Senate constitutional amendment proposing a 33 1/3 percent increase in natural resources taxes plus a 2 percent sales tax to fund social security programs in Texas. He argued counties would gain more in social security benefits than they pay in retail taxes and urged passage by the Legislature before adjournment.
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Austin
Lee O’daniel
Senate
O'Daniel
House
O’daniel
Texas
Tee
San Jacinto Monument
A. and M. College
College Station
War Department Gets Query on Air Raid Cellar
A Boston contractor sent a secret letter to the War Department seeking definite details on a bomb proof and gas proof shelter to be built behind a house. The design would connect to the cellar by a tunnel and be camouflaged by pines and shrubs. The customer’s identity and motive remained undisclosed.
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War Department
Wellesley
Mass
Europe
Atlantic
Boston
Judge orders bad taste for drunks in North Carolina
Reidsville newspaper reports Judge E. H. Wrenn orders that drunkards in his court be sentenced to drink eight ounces of castor oil to cure their habit. A physician advised the dose would not harm a person.
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Reidsville
N. C
E. H. Wrenn
I Give You Texas A Pilgrimage To Mexico City
Members of the Texas Lions goodwill pilgrimage tour Mexico City visiting La Reforma hotel the National Palace and the Zocalo. They view Diego Rivera murals detailing Mexico history from ancient tribes through Diaz era and modern oil expropriation. A vandal damaged mural section ends the readable fragment.
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Old
Mexico
City of
Texas Lions
Mexico City
National Palace
Maximilian
Empress Carlotta
Diego Rivera
Juarez
Diaz
Villa
Mexico visit shows vibrant markets and grand landmarks
A travelogue describes a single day in Mexico City with a market through Paseo de la Reforma, Chapultepec Park, bull-fight, and Palace of Fine Arts. Texas notes ponder Senate bids, attorney general race, and a Texas press association meeting in Greenville May 12 13. An “Oldest joke” contest entry closes the page.
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Paseo de la Reforma
Charles
Chapultepec Park
Charros
Fort Worth
Casa Manana
Palace of Fine Arts
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Mexico
Texas
Gerald Mann
United States Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
E. S. Shoaf
Wood County Democrat
Texas Press Association
Greenville
Citation No 46735 in Texas District Court 1939
Public notice commands the sheriff or constable to publish this citation in a Grayson County newspaper for four weeks and summon unknown heirs of James Nally and Mrs M J Nally, stockholders of a defunct Knoxville firm, and heirs of all parties. The suit seeks title and possession of East 38 feet of Lot 15 and all Lot 16 in Tom Ringo First Addition Sherman. Plaintiff T L Brice alleges 25 years possession and seeks judgment for title possession damages costs relief. Court date: third Monday in May 1939 in Sherman.
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Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
James Nally
M. J. Nally
Southern Building & Loan Association
Knoxville
Tennessee
15Th Judicial District
Sherman
T. L. Brice
James
Tom Ringo
R. Henderson
District Court of Grayson Co
City of
A. D
V. R. Henderson
Third cotton classification eyed for spinning quality
COLLEGE STATION There is a possibility of a third cotton classification for spinning quality or character. F E Lichte of Texas A&M says two existing grades do not reveal line traits spinners seek. He notes lint varies by variety and environment and urges consideration of a third class in variety selection and marketing plans.
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A. and M
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Spinning Characteristics Probed By Lichte Team
Lichte and colleagues discussed their work on spinning properties and outlined how their measurements illuminate the behavior of the system. The remarks highlighted experimental methods and the key conclusions drawn from the data.
Chicken thieves stage poetic thefts in Fannin County
In Bonham, northern Fannin County, chicken thieves raid sites leaving a hen and rooster and a paired verse. The thefts, described as felonies, mock the law by quoting a doggerel stanza about stealing from the rich and poor to “raise some more.”
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