Powerful Texas group plans Stevenson Pace ticket in race for governor
In Austin a Driskill Hotel caucus of Coke Stevenson allies mapped a 1940 ticket with Stevenson for governor and Will Pace for lieutenant governor. The plan hinges on Governor W Lee O Daniel's decision to retire or seek re election, with Stevenson’s circle betting he won’t run.
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Austin
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Driskill Hotel
Stevenson
Will Pace
Tyler
W. Lee O'Daniel
O’daniel
O Daniel faces uphill bid as governor’s term nears end
The governor’s pensions tax and reform programs are criticized amid a San Antonio hospital probe fallout. His wife urges resignation after a term, while Stevenson seeks re election as lieutenant governor unless O Daniel runs again. Opponents Thompson and Hines indicate runs, with Derden leading anti sales tax efforts. Odds favor O Daniel if he seeks a second term.
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Board of Control
San Antonio Hospital
Stevenson
O’daniel
Albert Derden
Ernest O. Thompson
Harry Hines
Dallas Court Rules County Tax Bill Violates Constitution
Fifth Court of Civil Appeals in Dallas holds the Legislature may not donate 8 million dollars yearly of State ad valorem tax money to counties for five years. The ruling voids the bill, reverses a Dallas district judge, and warns of an $800,000 general fund overdraft and possible cuts to hospital and relief services.
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Fifth Court of Civil Appeals
Dallas
John Rawlins
Dallas County Commissioners Court
Gerald Mann
Supreme Court
Mann
East Texas county votes $90000 bond for road in 1923
In East Texas a $90 000 bond issue passed in 1923 to build a road. The bonds issued serially carried 5 percent interest and the first series did not mature until 1939, meaning taxpayers paid interest over many years.
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East
Texas
East Texas Counties Cut Taxes Amid Waste Probe
A tax survey by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce shows 24 counties cutting rates in 1939 while three raised them. The path to modernization included obsolete roads replaced by a modern highway, with $70 000 interest on a $90 000 debt noted before principal payments. Farmers and businesses back the chamber’s drive led by Curtis Morris.
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East Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Texas
New Restrictions On Sale Of Rubbing Alcohol
The federal government will enforce new rules Feb 17 to curb rubbing alcohol misuse as a cheap drink. Pharmacists must register sales, display warning labels, and avoid loss leader pricing. sellers for internal use will face liquor tax rules.
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Denison Herald
Herald
Alcohol Tax Unit
Top Mental Age Reaches 50 Say Surgeon
Dr. W H Kiger of Los Angeles declares the mental peak occurs after age 50. He notes revised estimates place peak after 50 and that life expectancy rises beyond 60 to about 15 years and to 16 years at 65.
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W. H. Kiger
Los Angeles
Kiger
California Medical Association
Western Section
American College of Surgeons
Colorado Rattlesnakes Replace Groundhogs in Warm Spell
In Rattlesnake Buttes Colorado rancher Clint McClain notes rattlers emerging from winter dens to sun themselves on rocks. The item contrasts a jokey weather moment with a broader remark that Americans spend about 45 cents of every dollar on necessities.
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Rattlesnake Buttes
Colo
Clint McClain
Typhus in Texas Rises as Rats Foster Disease Spread
The 1939 typhus cases reached 538 in Texas, up from 497 in 1938, with endemic typhus linked to rat-infested buildings. Rats and their fleas drive human infection. economic damage from rodents runs high. Prevention hinges on rat control, building rat-proofing, and public assistance from health and agriculture departments.
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State Health Department
Texas
State Department of Health
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Firing of Women's Clothing Blamed For 1600 Deaths
A Metropolitan Life Insurance Company bulletin states about 1,600 American women burn to death annually due to clothing fires. It ranks causes: first stoves furnaces and grates, second inflammable liquids, third matches and cigarettes, then candles and electrical household items.
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Statistical Bulletin
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Baylor teachers condemn sales tax in state resolutions
Baylor County unit of the State Teachers Association passes resolutions condemning the state sales tax and endorsing a severance or production tax on natural resources. The measure, read by Seymour Schools Superintendent J. F. Kemp, attacks the sales tax as a poverty levy and backs tax on oil gas and sulfur resources and pipelines.
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Seymour
Baylor County
State Teachers Association
J. F. Kemp
Seymour Schools
O’daniel
Note to Congressman on Syntax as Ancient Conduct Charges
Edin burgh Dispatch cites a general knowledge note claiming syntax acted as a scale of charges for conduct errors in ancient times. The remark frames linguistic rules as penalties rather than communication tools.
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Edinburgh Dispatch
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Whitewright Lumber Co
Colorado
L. LaRoe & Co
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Baylor
Barbee & Bassett
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MU Public Service Company
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