Texas passes sweeping new laws set to take effect
A long list of Texas statutes becomes effective August 30 and January 1 1935 covering crime penalties oil and gas regulation education labor taxation and highway projects. Notable changes include legal prize fighting under regulation permits for pari mutuel wagering and revised marriage license waiting periods.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Education
State Tax Board
State Tax Commissioner
State Prison Board
The
Highway Commission
Texas and
Louisiana Intracoastal Canal
August 1 Cotton Forecasts vs Actual Yields Over 19 Years
Historical comparison shows August forecasts often miss final yields. Ten of nineteen August 1 estimates overstate the crop, with several years having light crops overestimated. The piece notes 1933 consumption at 14,132,000 bales and a world surplus of 1,612,000 bales less than the prior year.
Love wins as top French word in Morand contest
In Paris, the word amour received the most votes in a Morand organized poll for the ten most beautiful French words. Jeunesse bonhe ur bonheur and idee chacun follow in ranking with other terms like charite souvenir etoile reve and caresse listed in order.
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Paris
Paul Morand
Revue Des Annales
Jeunesse
Repentance: A Short Sermon on World Wickedness and Hope
A preacher urges personal repentance citing Luke 13 and the need for individuals to turn from sin. He contrasts global strife with personal faith and warns that mere church joining without complete repentance and trust does not yield true Christian joy.
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Siloam
Jesus
Jerusalem
Titus
John the Baptist
Judea
Peter
Russia
Japan
Hitler
Germany
South America
America
Christ
Rotary Luncheon Sparks Controversy Over President's Speech
At the Rotary Club meeting, president R. T. Pennington was set to deliver a thirty minute history of Rotary but club business discussions consumed time. Indignant members accused him of orchestrating the agenda to cut his speech, yet he still provided insights on Rotary's history before closing. Call The Sun when you have news.
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Rotary Club
R. T. Pennington
Pennington
Rotary
Editor's dream haunts a restless gate of voices and demands
A dreaming editor confronts a closed gate as hundreds demand their articles and wrongs corrected. Voices accuse him of misprints and omissions from soda fountains to hens, marriages to runaway horses, ending as he wakes in fright. Hamburg's status as a free port in 1189 is noted.
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Sun
Typewriter
Rev
S. L. Ball
Texas Liberal Legion
John M. Mathis, Sr
Hamburg
Frederick Barbarossa
the Red Beard
First National Bank
Wilson N. Jones Memorial Hospital
Sherman
United States
Porter M. Travis
S. Travis Street
Sherman, Texas
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