Texas Social Security Fight Heats Up In Legislature
Austin lawmakers near a decision on how to handle social security funding as the 46th Legislature nears the end of its regular session. The Senate backed a 2 percent sales tax plan with broader natural resource levies, while the House pushed a gross receipts tax on business. Gov. O'Daniel championed a $40 million sales tax aimed at pensions, asserting it would keep pensions out of politics. Hearing on the Senate plan set for Tuesday night. measure would go to voters this year and expire in 1942 unless renewed.
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Austin
Senate
House
O’daniel
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Ross Hardin
Limestone
Senate tax plan and possible sales tax substitute
Observers think the Senate may amend the House bill by adding a sales tax provision to the gross receipts section. If the Senate rejects the House plan, a larger omnibus tax bill could pass, raising $10 to $12 million on natural resources. A special session is being discussed as tax legislation seems unlikely to pass in regular session.
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Senate
County Road Bond Bill Faces Opposition Split
Opponents led by Texas Good Roads Association reject a compromise on the $200,000,000 County Judges Road Bond Bill. They urge using surplus bond retirement funds to build new roads rather than pay off depreciated bonds and seek fairer distribution to counties. Bond speculators backing the plan oppose directing funds to new roads to avoid devaluing their holdings.
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Jake Loy
Grayson County
Texas Good Roads Association
Gas rate cut battle ends in Austin appeals court
Railroad Commissioner Ernest Thompson wins again as the Austin Court of Civil Appeals upholds the ruling reducing Lone Star Gas rates from 40 to 32 cents per thousand cubic feet for about 200 towns. The gas company will appeal. case may drag years. Legislature costs cited at about 675000 with a proposed 150000 increase.
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Ernest Thompson
Lone Star Gas Co
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
M. B. Blair
Reading in Bed Is Okay If You Sit Up
Boston doctors at a New England optometrists congress advise reading in bed only when sitting upright with pillows. Dr Howell E Estey warns reclining places heavy strain on eyes, causes glare, drowsiness, and excessive head blood flow, urging a 10 degree gaze angle.
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Boston
Howell E. Estey
New England Council of Optometrists
Estey
Doctor Declares Indigestion Is Hard to Diagnose
Portland doctors cite indigestion as a diagnostic challenge with possible organic causes in over 40s. Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur notes chronic cases among men over 40 and women past 40 often stem from deeper issues, while under 40 cases are usually functional. He cites dietary habits as a common trigger among traveling salesmen who quicken meals and seek pills.
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Portland
Orc
Solomon
Dwight L. Wilbur
San Francisco
Mayo Clinic
The
Oregon Medics
Cotton Classing Service Offered in Texas for 1939
About 200 Texas cotton improvement groups are to use the free classing and market news service of the USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics in 1939. Texas A and M Extension agronomist E. A. Miller notes this is nearly four times 1938 usage and predicts over 900 groups served in the region. The service provides free classification of samples and a news bulletin on current cotton prices by grade and staple. Applications begin after planting. forms are available from the Division of Cotton Marketing in Austin El Paso or Dallas or via county agents.
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College Station
Texas
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
E. A. Miller
Agronomist
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
BAE
Miller
Division of Cotton Marketing
P. O
Austin
U. S. Court House
el Paso
Dallas
Cotton Belt Seeks To Abandon Texas Branch Line
ST LOUIS. Trustee Berryman Henwood of the Cotton Belt Railroad filed in federal court to seek authority to abandon 40 miles of branch line in Texas from Corsicana to Hillsboro built in 1888. Once productive, traffic shifted to highways and operations last year ran a deficit of 20000 dollars.
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St, Louis
Berryman Henwood
The
Cotton Belt Railroad
Texas
Corsicana
Hillsboro
Henwood
Typewriter Supplies For Sale At Sun Office
Sun Office offers typewriter carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. Includes assorted sizes and brands suitable for business use and archival copies.
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Typewriter
Sun Office
Fannin County Fair to Move to Modern Enlarged Grounds
Bonham Texas plans lay out a new 53 acre site called the Walker place two miles north of Bonham across from the airport. The fair boards will tear down the old buildings and relocate to a modern plant, with a WPA grant potential to fund about $20 000 of the project.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Texas
A. G. McRae
Highway 78
Walker Place
Deets Dorough & Co
Fair Association
Porter News Roundup From Weekend Rain and Local Visits
Community endured another heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday. Randolph juniors staged a play Wild Ginger on Tuesday. We report the death of Henry Bowen. Several locals visited Bells and Bells area, and many youths spent time with family and friends. Funeral services for Henry Bowen were held Friday afternoon.
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Randolph Juniors
Porter
Henry Bowen
Lora Mae Cooper
C. E. McCord
Etta B. Hicks
J. C. Woodson
Bells
Margaret McCord
Enterprise
Mooher
Mattie McCord
Billy Wayne
Joy Morris
Elbert Bennett
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Charlie Rogers
B. E. Rowden
Betty Jo Rich
Betty Marie
Melva Colleen Allen
Claude McCord
J. T. Robinson
Integrity as the real service value in leadership
A quotation from Donald A. Adams stressing that true service derives from sincerity and integrity, not price. It highlights ethical leadership as a priceless asset guiding trustworthy actions and decisions.
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Donald A. Adams
CARDUS Says Women 93 Percent Helped by Medicine
Questioned in 12 Southern states, 98 of 100 users declared CARDUS helped them. It is described as a good appetit e stimulator and aid to digestion aiding resistance and reducing periodic pain from functional symptoms due to malnutrition.
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Cardus
Jokes about Bill's trousers and a scuffle over luck
The exchange features Bill's shiny trousers and seven years bad luck fears. Fred asks about Bill's eye injury, which is slowly mending after a quarrel with his wife who threw the tablecloth at him.
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Bill
Fred
Patient Requests Reading and Rice While Recovering
Ailing patient recovering from pneumonia asks repeatedly for food and is served only a spoonful of rice. Moments later he requests to read and asks for a postage stamp, showing a desire to engage in reading during convalescence.
Panhandler jokes about two hats branch office
A panhandler was seen on a street corner holding a hat in each hand. A stranger asked about the two hats. The bum grinned and said business has been so good he opened a branch office.
Fortune teller predicts Hitler death on a Jewish holiday
A fortune-teller told Adolf Hitler that he would die on a Jewish holiday. He asked why, and she answered that any day he dies will be a Jewish holiday, implying the fate would coincide with such a holiday.
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Hitler
Owl injures Miss Nellie Brown in capture incident
Miss Nellie Brown sustained painful injuries after an encounter with a large horned owl whose talons clutched her during a capture attempt. The bird’s wings spanned about 34 inches, detailing a dramatic moment reported by local observers.
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Nellie Brown
Paris trip joke ends with French pheasants joke
A Kansas woman returning from France described Paris as a gay place but said what pleased her most were the French pheasants singing the mayonnaise. The fringe item notes a local spectacle planned for a bank window display.
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Kansas
France
Paris
Explorer flatters chief with distant empire tale
The explorer bows to the savage chief and delivers a grand greeting from the Great White King. The chief cuts in asking why the visitors cannot improve the poor radio programs they send.
Farmer’s Epitaph Quip Highlights Fatal 60 MPH Claim
An automobile crash killed the driver as witnesses testified about speed and road conditions. The coroner spoke with a nearby farmer, Mr. Swiggert, who quipped that the young man died trying to get 60 miles out of a 10 mile road, underscoring the humor amid tragedy.
God knows I’m hungry says hungry child
Four year old Harry asks if God knows everything. His aunt confirms. He presses if God knows every little thing. She says yes. Then the boy adds with firm conviction that God knows he is hungry.
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Harry
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