Need of aged figure at thirty dollars a month says Leonard
Austin TexasPublic Welfare Board Chairman Marvin Leonard told the Senate during its old age administration investigation that the normal need for pensioners is $30 a month unless a reason to vary exists. He said deductions include other income and gifts ignored, with relatives' aid counted only if actually received. He denied instructions to reject cases for nonfinancial reasons and noted delays from the Federal Social Security Board reinvestigations. He projected faster work with prescribed forms and no fixed cap on pensioners, citing rolls of about 121 thousand in 1939 and 1940 with 18 thousand new pensioners added that year.
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Marvin Leonard
Texas Public Welfare Board
Senate
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Leonard
Federal
Social Security Board
Welfare Department
Federal Social Security Board
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Joe Hill
Henderson
Clem Fain
Livingston
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Grandfather Eligible For U S Draft Service
Sherman report notes Ernest V. Jay of 205 East Mulberry may be drafted. Born December 30 1904 he was two and a half months short of 36 when he registered October 16. Jay is an automobile salesman and former Sherman police officer. His order number is 1426.
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Will Leslie
Draft Board No. 2
Sherman
Jay
Wheeler Renews Feud Over Lease Bill in Capitol Spat
Senator Burton Wheeler accuses the Roosevelt administration of weakening national aerial defenses to aid Britain while President Roosevelt rebukes him for comforting Hitler. The exchange coincides with support for lend lease by Rep. Wadsworth as Gen. Wood opposes the measure as a war bill. Wheeler cites Army plane shortages as of Jan 1 amid broad political fireworks in Washington.
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Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Britain
Wheeler
Adolf Hitler
Germany
England
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William E. Dodd
Europe
Reichschancellor
Texas House Sees Bill To Relegalize Horse Race Betting
A Texas House bill to relegalize horse race betting under a pari mutuel system was introduced by Rep John J Bell with signers Howard Hartzog Fred Harris and Pat Dyer. The session also saw a non related resolution urging the Attorney General to probe farm implement prices for possible antitrust violations. Odds on multiple births are listed at 87 to 1 for twins and far higher for triplets and quintuplets.
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Senate
Texas
Tom W. Deen
Floydada
Mop Up on Tobacco Tax States Collect 1940 Revenues
The federation of state tax administrations estimates 1940 tobacco tax collections may top 100 million dollars based on 21 states reporting 70.464 million. Eight states levy five to three cents per pack. 15 states charge two cents. federal tax is 64 1/2 cents per pack.
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Chicago
Federation of State Tax Administrations
Federation
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Arizona
Conneticut
Iowa
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Kentucky
Massachusetts
New York
New Hampshire
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Washington
Luxury Isn't Happiness Luxuries and lasting joy
An elderly storyteller recalls how simpler, cheaper items like an ice box, phonograph, radio, carpet, and rug brought happiness in the past. He notes that growing wealth and possessions have not bought greater happiness, and questions whether modern luxury truly increases contentment.
Too Cold to Snow Myth Read in December 50 Below
The article debunks the tale that snow cannot fall when temperatures plunge. It explains snow can occur even at extremely low, moist conditions and notes historical examples like snow at the South Pole where extreme cold still produced snowfall.
As They Come What’s the difference between ammonia and pneumonia
A quip contrasts two ailments and substances. One line jokes that ammonia comes in bottles while pneumonia resides in chests, reflecting a pun on medical terms and household chemicals.
She Was Different Novel Excerpt Voices Family Confusion
A new maid explains to her mother that she and her sister are both different from each other and from her, expressing that they are not alike in any way. The dialogue highlights family tension and individual uniqueness.
For Sale Farm Tractors and Farm Equipment
Two extra good F12 tractors with tools priced at 695, one regular Farmall with tools at 495, one Fordson at 40. Lots of cultivators planters and busters at various prices. Whitewright Hatchery offers custom hatching 1.50 per tray eight dozen eggs per tray and accepts eggs day or night while chicks come from blood tested stock.
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Fordson
Manning & Meadow
Whitewright Hatchery
G. V. Ford
Notice to Debtors and Creditors L P Sears Estate
All parties owing debts to the late L P Sears are notified to call on the executors Oran L Sears and H H Sears at Whitewright Texas for settlement. Creditors presenting accounts against the estate should do so at once. Also includes auto loan and financing ads and a card of thanks for Don Smith obituary sympathy from Joe Smith and family.
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L. P. Sears
Whitewright
Texas
Oran L. Sears
H. H. Sears
Don Smith
Joe Smith
Barrett names new county purchasing agent in cost cut plan
C H Barrett, former Grayson County clerk, was hired by the commissioners court to handle all county purchases and assist with relief matters at $150 a month. The changes separate auditor and purchasing duties, a move praised by County Judge Jake Loy as a step for economy and efficiency.
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Jake J. Loy
Waldrop
R. C. Neaves of
Sherman
B. M. Whiteacre
James A. Woodruff
Citizens National Bank
Denison
Barrett
Loy
Still Up Jokes From a Fractured Dinner Table
A humorous exchange turns on a precarious household moment as a mother and child wonder if the father fell. The line about the ladder and curtain rod delivers a dark, comic image of a family mishap.
Wilhelmshaven Built on Oldenburg Land in 1853
Wilhelmshaven, Germany emerges as a great seaport after land purchase from the Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1853, shaping its coastal role and regional development.
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Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
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