Texas farm income up 23 percent in June sales rise
Texas farm cash income totaled 131 858 000 in June, up 23 percent from May 1948 and 29 percent below June 1947. Wheat led with 38 769 000, while the Red Bed plains posted a 95 percent month increase to 24 346 000.
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Austin
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
Red Bed Plains
Black and Grand Prairies
Edwards Plateau
East Texas
South Texas Plains
Rio Grande Valley
High Plains
Trans-Pecos
Coastal Prairies
Lower
Trans- Pecos
Texas Prairies
Bureau
New Weapons For Farmers In Bout Against Weevil
Farmers in 1948 gain access to more insecticides including benzene hexachloride chlorinated camphene and DDT with chlordane in final tests and calcium arsenate still recommended. National Cotton Council urges准备 stock for severe infestations and county agents provide guidance while odd tips on lemon juice and fruit handling appear in the same piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cotton Council
Government Woman Again Challenges Withholding Tax
Westport Connecticut Miss Vivian Kellems a cable grip manufacturer renews a court challenge to the income tax withholding law. She states she will not withhold taxes from her workers and asks President Truman and Secretary Snyder to indict or seize her—claiming workers should keep full wages and that testing constitutionality could lower prices and curb inflation.
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Westport
Conn
Vivian Kellems
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Kellems
Miss Kellems
Treasury
How Poor Dishonest Boy Made and Lost 8 Million Dollars
New York report on Joseph Weil known as the Yellow Kid, a Chicago bred con artist who fleeced the public for eight million dollars. He sold a fake tapeworm cure and ran stock frauds, rigged bets, and oil schemes, then recounted his exploits with little remorse. He earned money by deceiving bankers and prospered through long years as a confidence man, now 70 and reformed.
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New York
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Weil
Indianapolis
Two Continents
The Light Grace Nell Crowell
The speaker affirms belief in Jesus life death and resurrection as proof of immortality. She speaks of an empty tomb and a radiant light beside it that transcends death and validates eternal life through faith in Christ.
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Grace Nell Crowell
Jesus
Joan of Arc Executed by Burning at the Stake in 1431
The historic figure Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431 marking her execution. The event has long been cited in records detailing her bold trial and martyrdom during the Hundred Years War.
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Joan of Arc
Eastland Seeks Court Help for Bond Burden
Eastland Texas, county seat of Eastland County, faced mounting bond payments after wartime oil boom growth. Overspending on streets and improvements left a shrinking tax base as residents left and values fell, pushing the city toward bankruptcy as reported by the Denton Record Chronicle.
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McKinney Examiner
The
Examiner
Eastland
Denton Record Chronicle
Eastland County
Texas
Texas constitutional amendment on salary basis for law officers
House Joint Resolution proposes amending Section 61 Article XVI to require all sheriffs deputies county law enforcement officers including those who serve as assessor and tax collector and their deputies constables and precinct officers to be paid a salary beginning January 1 1949 in all Texas counties with authority for commissioners courts to choose fee or salary for other officers and directs submission to voters in November 1948 with ballot wording for and against the amendment and governor to issue proclamation.
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House
State of
Texas
State of Texas
Commissioners Courts
Commissioners Court
A. D
Constitutional Amendment H J R No 35 Exempts Home Res Tax
The document outlines an amendment to Article VIII of Texas Constitution to exempt three thousand dollars of assessed value of all residence homesteads from state taxes. It requires passage by voters and ties effect to House Joint Resolution No 24. Voting machines will present yes or no on the amendment.
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House
State of Texas
State of
Texas
A. D
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Saylor Vaughan
Sherman
Chase Chevrolet Co
Christ
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Helen George
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Lulu Bates
Starlight Operetta
State Fair Park Casino
Dallas
State Fair
Koe S Ervey
Dollas
Casino
Ous
Bireley’s Beverages
Denison
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