Whitewright Sun News Notes on Taxes and Jurors
The Whitewright Sun discusses oil tax issues in Texas, women’s jury service attitudes, and bootlegging limits. It notes 27 of 48 states restrict women from juries, opposes universal eligibility, and cites a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling limiting search authority for liquor. It also highlights pension misstatements, rising fire insurance rates, and HOLC foreclosures while touching onion acreage declines and a Coke Stevenson bill proposal.
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Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Stray Dogs in Whitewright Prompt Public Debate
A reader asks for humane guidance on stray dogs that roam Whitewright. The letter notes too many loose dogs and suggests options like reporting to the Mayor or building a dog proof fence while avoiding cruelty.
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Whitewright
Oil price rise puzzle and gasoline spread noted
A refinery recovers about 25 gallons of gasoline from each barrel of crude. When crude rose by 10 cents per barrel, gasoline jumped one cent per gallon, or 25 cents per barrel. The Texas Railroad Commission seeks the 15 cent differential, but cannot determine it. Gasoline retailers report only a one cent rise, implying oil companies capture the extra 15 cents.
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Texas
Mexico
Texas Railroad Commission
Legislature weighs site for pardons board HQ row
The Legislature debates headquarters for the Board of Pardons with the House backing Huntsville and the Senate favoring Austin. Board members prefer living in Austin, while Huntsville would attract qualified Texans willing to move there.
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Board of Pardons
House
Huntsville
Senate
Austin
Lawmaker Eyes Big Bend Land Purchase for Park
The note suggests acquiring several hundred thousand acres for inclusion in Big Bend National Park and notes Texas faces a 14 million dollar deficit to guide lawmakers considering Mr Stevenson's bill. A garden fisheing worm inconsistency is mentioned as a humorous aside. Also referenced is a Dallas walkathon promoter’s show closed by court injunction after four days and an invite to Gray son County to operate if fines are paid, indicating regulatory actions and penalties.
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Big Bend National Park
Texas
Stevenson
Dallas Walkathon
Grayson County
Why We The We Skeleton Dragged From Closet
Picayune Mississippi notes a classroom discussion about editorial voice and pronoun use. It argues editors speak for a group, not just themselves, and warns against ego or personal attacks in discussing issues.
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Picayune High
Administration and Supreme Court Power Clash Amid New Deal Era
The United States News notes the Supreme Court has validated only 73 of 24,902 Congress acts, with 12 of 16 major decisions in the last four years. Under Roosevelt, Congress claimed new federal powers while courts resisted. The president aims to shift court attitude as alternate schemes to bypass the court emerge.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
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Illinois
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Dallas Times Herald
Drunken Driving Debate at Austin Legislature
A protest against current drunken driving legislation argues the law should not only punish drivers who are dead drunk. The speaker characterizes the proposal as foolish and calls for broader enforcement.
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Austin
Driving While Drunk The Dallas Journal Opinion
A Dallas Journal opinion asserting that drunk driving is caused by the drunk individual not by alcohol and condemning lenient laws. It argues that a self confident driver using alcohol causes collisions with vehicles, poles, trains, and pedestrians and calls for stricter driving laws to curb such behavior.
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Jehu
Dallas Journal
Who Pays Cost in Strike Case
The Denison Herald explains who bears the financial burden of strikes. Investors may lose dividends and contracts, communities lose purchasing power, and strikers' relatives and families bear reduced income and worry. Strikers themselves pay with lost pay, time, and social strain, prompting the question if strikes are worth the cost versus peaceful negotiation.
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Denison Herald
Car Bought in 1916 Runs Strong in 1937
Geneseo Illinois Albert E Miller has taken out his twenty second license on his 1916 touring car. The antiquated model, he says, is still hitting on all six cylinders. It may be an ugly duckling compared with streamlined 1937 models, but Miller is satisfied.
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Geneseo, Ill
Albert E. Miller
Miller
Texas wide title aim of ugliest boy
Fort Worth report notes Joe Frederick, Groveton senior, claims the ugliest man title on Texas Christian University campus and invites contenders from Texas colleges to submit proof to a disinterested judge via the Skiff newspaper. A separate tenant and owner exchange humorously critiques a leaky roof and weather forecasting.
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Fort Worth
Joe Frederick
Texas Christian University
Texas College
Groveton
Skiff
Perfect Husband as Fanny Brice Sets 10 Qualifications
Chicago notes Fanny Brice lists 10 features for the perfect husband inspired by Mario Chamlee, advising women on relationships. She prefers a partner who is comforting, traditional, grows with her, respects her career, compliments appearance, shares humor, and earns respect. Brice also offers four tips for women to manage expectations and maintain interests both together and apart.
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Chicago
Fanny Brice
Man
Mario Chamlee
Metropolitan Opera Company
One Term Limits Debate Reflected in Voter Exchange
In a light exchange at a polling place, one voter questions single-term limits for lawmakers. The other voter counters that effectiveness depends on the term’s location and context. The dialogue captures a slice of civic discussion on term limits.
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Aunt Betty
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Hugh Trotter
Gomer May
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