New Texas Laws Take Effect After Ninety Day Enacting Period
A batch of laws to Texas statutes becomes active August 30 with a later August 30 effective date for oil and related measures. Provisions include limits on wildflower theft, changes to marriage rules, legalizing prize fighting under regulation, parimutuel wagering at tracks, and potential beer sales if prohibition revision passes.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Education
State Tax Board
State Tax Commissioner
State Prison Board
August 1 Cotton Forecasts vs Actual Yields Over Nineteen Years
A study compares August 1 estimates with actual U S cotton production from 19 years. Most forecasts overestimate light crops, with ten instances where August forecasts were higher than eventual harvest. The article notes the August 8 estimate was 782 000 bales below the long term average and cites 1933 consumption at 14 132 000 bales. The world surplus on August 1 was 1 612 000 bales lower than the previous year.
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BMG
Rome
Hacdibietetes
Love wins as amour tops French word contest
Paris reports that the word amour received the most votes in a contest organized by Paul Morand for the Revue des Annales to determine the 10 most beautiful French words. Jeunesse, bonheur, idee s, charite and souvenir follow in order.
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Paris
Paul Morand
Revue Des Annales
Jeunesse
The Call to Repentance and Christian Experience
A sermon emphasizes universal repentance starting with Jesus and John the Baptist. It notes wickedness in the world, urges individual repentance toward God, and warns that mere church joining without true faith can fail to produce a joyous Christian life.
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Siloam
Jesus
Jerusalem
Titus
John the Baptist
Judea
Peter
Russia
Japan
Hitler
Germany
South America
America
Christ
Rotary Club meeting shortens president speech
At the Rotary luncheon president R. T. Pennington gave a thirty minute talk on The History of Rotary but business matters consumed time. Some members accused him of planning the delay yet he still delivered an informative abbreviated talk. Call The Sun when you have news.
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Rotary Club
R. T. Pennington
Pennington
Rotary
Editor Dreams of Demands from a Gate of Voices
A dreamer editor confronts a gate of publisher voices demanding a blizzard of edits and blame for misplaced names and obscured words. The surreal scene shifts to a closing line about Hamburg becoming a free port in 1189 under Frederick Barbarossa the Red Beard.
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Hamburg
Frederick Barbarossa
the Red Beard
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