WPA Expenditures Cited By Drought In Texas
Texas WPA outlays over three years totaled 113 million with federal share 85 million and local cooperation 28 million. Projects ranged from road work to school buildings and sewing rooms, employing about 85,500 workers today and peaking at 125,827 in February 1936.
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San Antonio
Works Progress Administration
Texas
H. P. Drought
Lake Trammel
Sweetwater
WPA
Texas State Tax Board
Distribution of surplus commodities funds and projects
Distribution figures show allocations for surplus commodities amounting to 1 519 969 dollars, operation of canning plants at 1 735 188 dollars, and miscellaneous projects totaling 106 307 dollars. The data highlight federal or organizational spending across these categories and reflect budgeting priorities.
Rabies in Dogs and Human Risk Highlighted
Health officials explain rabies transmission from friendly dogs and the dangers of misreading stages. Early behavior shifts may occur, with licking spreading infection through skin breaches. vaccination and Pasteur treatment offer high survival if started promptly. Dogs biting a person should be confined ten days while observers check for rabies at the Pasteur Institute in Austin.
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State Health Department
Pasteur Institute
Austin
Pink boll worm quarantine ordered in Kleberg County
Governor James V Allred issued a proclamation imposing a movement ban on cotton and cotton seed from Kleberg County due to light infestation by pink boll worms. State entomologist J M Del Curto may extend the quarantine to Nueces County as authorities plan hearings to set infestation limits and protect next year’s crop.
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Austin
Kleberg
James V. Allred
J. M. del Curto
Nueces
Rio Grande Valley
del Curto
Man Drives Tractor to Doctor After Foot Injury
Hyle Ford a 33 year old farmer drove his tractor over fields and highways to reach medical aid after the shaft on his combine cut his foot off four inches above the ankle. Physicians tied off severed blood vessels and said Ford was in critical condition but expected to recover from shock.
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Dixon, II
Hyle Ford
Ford
No Matter How Little Youve Had Youre Drunk Says Science
Emergency Hospital doctors define drunkenness by impaired driving ability not by volume. Since 1933 police chiefs adopted medical tests for intoxicated drivers, with about 60 percent of tested individuals deemed too drunk to drive. The process begins with questions, then signings, followed by eye pupil checks, reaction tests, tremors, gait, balance, breath, and a Romberg test that proves hardest to pass.
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Dallas
Claude Trammell
International Convention of Police Chiefs
Romberg
General Welfare Should Be Question For 1940 Campaign
In Texas pension policy, the next two years will test how state programs fit into broader planning. The piece argues for county home rule, merging city county functions, and a sustained general welfare focus in the 1940 campaigns, with reform leading to streamlined local government and cost reductions.
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Austin
Texas
Sobriety Tests and Mental Attitude Recorded by Doctor
The Romberg stand with eyes closed and heels together tests balance while the doctor notes mental attitude as normal to acute delirium. Police request sobriety tests after automobile accidents when driver condition is in doubt, though rarely used for simple drunk and disorderly charges.
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Romberg
Shame List in Window Charges Debtors at Camden Grocer
Camden New Jersey grocer Robert Bierbaum posted a debt notice in his window to collect 2700 owed by customers. The sign lists seven names with addresses and amounts, promising closure unless debts are paid within 24 hours. He reports immediate cash payments and pressure on others to settle.
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Camden
N. J
Robert Bierbaum
Bierbaum
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Kleberg County
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Denton
Texas State College For
Leo Friedlander
Board of Control
J. C. Wilson
Sherman
Raymond Brooks
Times Herald
Queen Elizabeth
Earl of
Leichester
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
First
Nat'l Bank Bldg
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
Grayson Co
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