Treasury Plans 10 Fight Illegal Rum
The Treasury will borrow 750 prohibition agents from the Justice Department to aid the Internal Revenue Bureau. Acting Secretary Morgenthau and Attorney General Cummings announced the move to curb rum running and moonshine, with agents empowered as internal revenue officers.
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Washington
Treasury
Justice Department
Prohibition
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Morgenthau
Cummings
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Officers
Wouldn't Die for Dear Old Wotz Quote
The line follows a joke about a father’s college man status and a rotten football team revealing campus sports banter.
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Wotz
Wallace Discusses Cotton Reduction in Alabama
Secretary Wallace spoke at the Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham urging support for the national cotton reduction program. He outlined a 40 percent acreage cut, payments up to 18 dollars an acre, and discussed option checks totaling 48 million dollars to holders of government cotton options. He urged unity to back the program despite unequal impacts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Bankhead
Flowery Want Ads and Rentals in Whitewright
Flower line ads by Mrs L LaRoe representing E D Barlow florist Greenville. For rent 150 acre Eagle Lake Oklahoma farm with two houses on highway. Cream wanted at market price from North Texas Seed Company. Sale or trade cottonseed meal and hulls plus buys corn oats wheat from Kimbell Milling. Stray pigs owner may reclaim by description and pay feed. Space for ads 25c making 25 words. Rental of 17 acre Northeast Whitewright home place with bermuda pasture.
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L. LaRoe
E. D. Barlow
Florist
Greenville
Eagle Lake
Oklahoma
T. E. Barbee
Kimbell Milling Company
Whitewright
Bermuda
C. J. Davenport
The Family Doctor on Overcharges by Quacks and Ethics
A columnist laments medical charges from quacks and flashy specialists, noting four $750 cases paid in advance for presumed skill. He urges ethical druggists and doctors, arguing honesty prevents overcharging and protects patients from financial wrecks.
Tariff Policy and Farm Prices Debate in Prewar Era
The discussion centers on tariffs as a cause for low farm prices before the war. The secretary argues that turning the nation into a creditor and curtailing imports worsened conditions, noting the neglect of earning foreign payments to repay loans. He links high tariffs to reduced demand for farm products abroad.
State expense is larger this year
Texas government costs for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 1933 rose notably above the prior year despite economy efforts by the Legislature. Total expenditures exceeded 24 million dollars, up from just over 22 million, with increases in several departments and institutions reported by Comptroller George Sheppard. Highway Department figures are not included.
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Austin
Texas
George Sheppard
Highway Department
Rail fares cut to 1.8 cents a mile starting Jan second
Passenger traffic rose after round trip coach fares fell to 2 cents a mile. Western and Southwestern railroads decided to reduce to 1.8 cents per mile beginning Jan 2. H W Siddall, chairman of the Transcontinental Western Passenger Association, announced the change from the former 3.6 cents.
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Chicago
Western and Southwestern
H. W. Siddall
Transcontinental Western Passenger Association
Woodin Suffers General Collapse In Arizona
Tucson Arizona Secretary William H Woodin suffered a general collapse and was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday. He is on leave of absence.
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Tucson
Ariz
William H. Woodin
Treasury
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Lester Haile
Heartielt
J. R. Oliver
Earl Hill
North Texas Seed Company
W. H. Murley
F. W. Hudson
Sherman Steam Marble and Granite Works
W. Lamar St
Sherman, Texas
Manning, Clark & Meador
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager, Mgr
Sherman
John Joseph Gaines, M. D
Sun Office
Clarence Martin
D. C. Watson
America
Barbee-Pennington Insurance Agency
Sun
Woodin
Awnris Tra
Nicholson’s Grocery
T. W. Ayres & Son Dry Goods—Ready-to-Wear—Furnishings
Ludwig
Baldwin
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