Barron Pushes Ad Valorem and Income Tax Plan
Representative Elbert Barron seeks voter approval for a constitutional amendment to create an income tax and repeal the ad valorem tax. He reports House and Senate pledges, with dates set for August and the 1932 general election, and argues a graduated tax aligns with equal and uniform taxation.
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Austin
Elbert Barron
Barron
House
Senate
Deerry
Constitutional Amendment Committee
Pilot Grove News brief highlights and social notes
Dallas visitor S. F. Garland calls Pilot Grove home in this round of community notes. Families attend funerals, births, and school events. local residents visit relatives in Sherman Denison Paris and Van Alstyne. a basketball thriller between Howe and Pilot Grove ends in a five overtime win for Pilot Grove with Hugh Garland scoring.
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S. F. Garland
Dallas
Buster Aldridge
Trenton
A. L. Scott
Eula Andrew
Sims Wortham
C. C. Hazelip
Randolph
Nora Dennis
Sherman
Jim Wilson
A. L. Conner
Leslie Andrew
Gunter
Boss Garland
Simmie Ward
Tioga
Martha Hunnicut
Jim Robertson
Cletis Moats
van Alstyne
Howe
Pilot Grove
Hugh Garland
Oro Bell
Anna
Dean Brown
Charlie Anton
Ernest Andrew
Farm Land Prices Rise as Land Banks Boost Demand
The Federal Land Banks report renewed interest and purchase of farm lands amid low prices. With past deflation following last year’s drought, a 1931 upturn in farm land values is likely. Investing now suits tenants with the energy to run a farm, as ownership remains a long term goal for many.
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Federal Land Banks
Fort Worth
Woman Bests All South Carolina Farmers in Cotton
Mrs. C. H. Mathis of Blackville, a nurse-turned-farm wife with two children after her husband’s death nine years ago, won the state best five-acre cotton field prize at a Columbia banquet. She received a $750 check, besting 843 contestants.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
C. H. Mathis
Blackville
Texan abandons snake oil business after FDA doubts
In Cleburne Texas a man who once boiled rattlesnake oil for a livelihood has given up the trade. FDA chief E C Boudreaux recalls the case noting there is no market for rattlesnake oil and that enforcement has ended the snake oil era. He offered the oil for experimental use but found no buyers.
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Cleburne
Texas
E. C. Boudreaux
New Orleans
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Boudreaux
Washington
F. J. Cullen
Administration
Garment Uses 46 Yards Indigo Denim for Workwear
South Dakota Paper notes a roomy garment requires 46 yards of 2.20 weight indigo white-backed denim, marketed as expressly made for hard workers and to keep them at work.
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South Dakota
Home Demonstration Work Produces Almost Four Million
Texas farm wives and girls on over 30 000 farms in 119 counties generated 3 876 595 dollars in 1930 from food clothing and home furnishings with canning leading at 1 575 415 dollars and poultry 549 293 dollars. There were 21 161 women in 1 225 clubs and 14 170 4 H girls in 1 115 clubs. average family income rose by 110 dollars per participant. Demonstrations boosted living standards and farm income while the British air force plans 225 to 250 new airplanes.
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College Station
Texas
Mildred Horton
Extension Service
Texas A. & M. College
United States Department of Agriculture
Miss Horton
Not So Bad After All
A dialogue contrasts a policeman and a real estate man on hardship and perception amid 1930s economic strain. Despite saying he is poor, the officer notes rising living costs and a higher salary, while the era’s deflation means bought power may be up. Retail trade figures show small declines yet similar volumes to prior year. Also: a ram with mismatched horns heads to Krakow exhibit, and Liverpool licenses seek in-store radio loudspeakers.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Wives Advised To Shun Trouble Talk At Dinner
Cleveland Judge Alvin J. Pearson, who handles over 2,000 divorce cases yearly, issued simple marital rules. For wives the three: avoid feeding husbands table talk of troubles, do not sacrifice home comforts for visitors, and never let him eat from a tin can. The third rule for husbands follows.
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Cleveland
Alvin J. Pearson
Cuyahoga County
Don't Nag or Sleep Till Differences Are Settled
A homely admonition urges that one should avoid nagging or neglecting a spouse. It counsels settling all disputes before bedtime to ensure harmony and avoid lingering tension.
Our Simile Corner in a News Tone
A compact, dated style piece catalogues similes about money, social status, weather, and politics. It uses sharp, humorous comparisons building a brisk, observational mood and notes the ironies of poverty and public life with period voice.
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