Texas Eyes December 17 Protest Over Federal Road Aid Cut
Texas highway boosters led by R L Bobbitt plan a mass meeting in Austin on December 17 to oppose President Roosevelt's proposal to cut 1939 federal road funds by nearly half. They warn a five year delay in the highway program would cost Texas about 12.27 million dollars and say gasoline and motor vehicle taxes exceed annual road appropriations. The piece also notes Texas Supreme Court rulings upholding a chain store tax and anti trust laws, and discusses political maneuvering around pensions plans and the Ferguson Forum revival, plus notes Padre Island ownership and public safety leadership changes.
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R. L. Bobbitt
The
Highway Commission
Texas Good Roads Association
Bobbitt
Texas’ Supreme Court
Gov. Allred
District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Dan Moody
Ferguson Forum
Jim
Fergusons
Waco
Clarence Farmer
Fort Worth
Doss Hardin
Limestone
Farmer
Hardin
Ross Hardin
Bill McCraw
Bill McDonald
Allred
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
McDonald
W. H. Richardson Jr
Texas Public Safety Commission
Albert Sidney Johnson
Dallas
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Pension "jackpot" clause attacked in court suit
Colorado pension officials who placed the $45-a-month old age pension in the state constitution filed suit in district court seeking a declaratory judgment to void the so called jackpot clause. The provision would require pension administrators to distribute any year end surplus after pension payments, with about $800,000 expected to accumulate by end of 1937. The article also contains an unrelated dialogue excerpt.
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Denver
Colorado
Texas prison board discharges doctors and trims staff
The Texas prison board announced the discharge of Dr. W. B. Veazey and B. T. Lilly effective December 1 as part of a broad retrenchment. The board also cut pay for part time physicians, dismissed 25 guards, and approved consolidating prison farms to save money. A new dormitory and an industrial farm project were authorized, amid Governor Allred’s prior warning that Veazey would not receive clemency due to a dispute over a convict’s report.
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Houston
Texas Prison Board
W. B. Veazey
van Alstyne
B. T. Lilly
Joseph Wearden
Victoria
Veazey
Lilly
Weardon
James V. Allred
Wallace Urges U S Unity Against Recession War
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace called for cooperation among business, labor, agriculture and government to counter the recession. He outlined steps to raise industrial production by 40 percent in three years, including housing revival, tax reform, farm legislation, a wage and hour law, cheap credit, continued government spending, and trade agreement programs.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Wallace
Washington Evening Star
Roosevelt
Controversy Over Snowball Incident In Schoolyard
A mother alleges Dr. Morgan assaulted her son Donald after he threw snowballs at the doctor. The account claims the doctor seized the child and kicked him during the incident, prompting parental concern and calls for review of conduct in the school setting.
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Donald
Dr. Morgan
Northwestern psychologist charged with choking boy in Chicago
Dr. J. B. Morgan, a Northwestern University psychology associate professor and author, was free on his own recognizance after being charged with assault and battery for choking and kicking a 10 year old boy. The allegations emerged from his son’s mother Mrs Faith Sherman of Evanston.
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Chicago
J. B. Morgan
Faith Sherman
Evanston
Morgan
Northwestern University
Boy Declines Hunt and Breaks Leg at Home
Cameron, George Hanel, son of F. J. Hanel of Hoyte, declined a hunting invite saying he would stay home to play football. He ended up in the hospital with a broken leg after the outing went ahead without him.
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Cameron
George Hanel
F. J. Hanel
Hoyte
Public weighs in as inspectors cite pump shortages
Weights and measures officials from Texas cities attend a three day school in Dallas. Two state inspectors from Dallas to Abilene found only three of thirty gasoline pumps delivering proper measures. Some pumps were reported to be a half gallon short.
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Dallas
Texas
Abilene
Rex and Lil Marigold Name Swap Playful Exchange
Rex questions Lil Marigold about her name and corrects the pronunciation. The pair exchange a witty line, highlighting a light moment of wordplay and character interaction.
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Rex
Lil—Marigold
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