Senate Row Over Pay Costs State $310 Daily
Texas lawmakers heatedly debate daily pay rates with five days of Senate talks costing $1,550 at $310 per day while the House quick resolves to $10 pay and contemplates drastic budget cuts. Senator DeBerry proposes shrinking judiciary salaries to four years ago, potentially eliminating district judges. Representative Ford urges sweeping reductions and opposes new taxes. Ben Oneal opposes abolishing the ad valorem tax, proposing a capped general revenue levy with funds for schools and pensions.
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Austin
Senate
House
Mill
Tom DeBerry
Bogoto
Texas
J. B. Ford
McGregor
Ford
A. P. Johnson
Coke Stevenson
James F. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ben Oneal
Wichita Falls
Average Texas motorist pays 27.80 yearly gas tax
The Texas Good Roads Association reports the average motorist pays 27.80 in gasoline tax annually based on 556 gallons used per year. Of this amount 5.56 goes to the federal government, 5.56 to the school fund, and 5.56 to refund county bonds, with 11.12 spent on road construction and maintenance.
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Houston
Texas
Texas Good Roads Association
American Petroleum Institute
World cotton consumption rises but falls in November
World consumption of American cotton in November reached about 1 159 000 bales, down from October’s 1 168 000. For Aug 1 to Nov 30, total consumption stood at 4 473 000 bales, up from last season’s 4 018 000 and two years ago’s 3 555 000. The decline from October to November exceeded the seven year average.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Bureau of Investigation
Jake Fleagle
Lamar
Colo
Anti-Trust Charges Filed In Gasoline Price Fight
Nine major gasoline firms including Cities Service Gulf Refining Fleetwing Pure Oil Refining Shell Union Oil Consolidated Oil Standard Oil of Ohio and The Texas Company face federal anti trust charges filed in Cincinnati by independent dealers and filling station operators. The suit alleges producers conspired to lower retail prices below wholesale costs to force competitors out of business and asks the court to restrain price fixing.
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Cincinnati
Cities Service Oil Company
Gulf Refining Company
Fleetwing Corporation
Pure Oil Company, Refiners, Inc
Shell Union Oil Company
Consolidated Oil
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Texas Company
Good Samaritan Faces Unexpected Revelation
A humorous exchange reveals a helper’s misjudged moment when he told Mrs. Tuff her husband was dead, only for the truth to surface that he had merely lost all his money. The remark prompts reflection on tact and discretion in delicate news.
Fingerprint system seals criminals with world reach
Washington reports the U S division of identification leads a global crime fingerprint network under J Edgar Hoover. The bureau links France Britain Germany and others for rapid identifications. Maintains 4 475 contributors and aims to expand internation use across borders.
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Washington
Homer George Edwards
United States
Birmingham
Ala
Frank Taylor
Washington Is An Agency Known As the Division of Identification
U. S. Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Edwards
Massachusetts Case Upholds State Highway Insurance Rule
Boston federal court ruled that state law requiring automobile insurance to operate on public highways is valid. Joseph Poresky of Clinton challenged the registration on that basis, but the court held the legislature may regulate highway use.
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Boston
Joseph Poresky
Clinton
How To Be Miserable
A tongue in cheek guide promotes cultivating misery by fake reasons and endless self-pity. It suggests tears arise from neglect and envy, with steps that praise a perfected sad state and ends with an odd personal attribution by Margaret Childress.
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Margaret Childress
Baptism Scene Ends With Humorous Misunderstanding
A man drunkenly enters the baptismal font with twins and jokes about names. The minister asks for genders and proposed names. the father clarifies he meant Kate and Sidney, while the crowd escorts him out.
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Kate
Sidney
Peabody hens lead to discovery of $40,000 still
A group of Peabody men faced investigators after several hens became intoxicated from mash. Authorities traced the incident to a hidden still valued at about $40,000, unraveling the illegal setup in Peabody.
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Peabody
Mass
Malden Ends 9 O'clock Curfew For Children
MALDEN Mass after many years the long standing 9 o'clock curfew for children is ordered discontinued the change ends a long standing timetable for youth in the city.
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Malden
Mass
Bayer Tablets Promise Quick Pain Relief On Tablet
Bayer tablets dissolve rapidly to deliver fast relief for headaches neuralgia and other pains. The ad emphasizes speed and safety of this over the counter remedy and targets readers seeking immediate comfort.
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France
England
Germany
Hoover
United States Division
Dean
Doans
Dyer & Jones
Bayer
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