Jobless fund takes in more than it pays
Texas unemployment compensation collects about 1.7 million dollars monthly from payroll taxes while weekly unemployment benefits exceed 900 thousand dollars. Orville S. Carpenter notes delinquent 1936 and 1937 taxes boosted intake but warns growth could exhaust current income and deplete a 27 million dollar cushion.
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Austin
Texas
Orville S. Carpenter
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Carpenter
State Teacher Colleges To Get Building
Fort Worth Texas state teachers colleges to receive about 1 million dollars in PWA loans and grants after board of regents approval. Projects include dormitories at Denton Huntsville Alpine Nacogdoches Canyon San Marcos with sums ranging from 75 832 to 315 000 and 180 000 for a new boys dormitory.
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Fort Worth
PWA
Texas State Teachers’ Colleges
Board of Regents
Robert A. Stuart
North Texas State Teachers’ College
Denton
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Huntsville
Sul Ross Teachers College
Alpine
Stephen F. Austin Teachers’ College
Nacogdoches
West Texas Teachers’ College
Canyon
Southwest Teachers’ College
San Marcos
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Savage and Uncle Jim Briggs
Orangeville News notes a birthday dinner at Red River Sunday honoring Mrs Savage and her uncle Jim Briggs attended by Mr and Mrs John Savage and family plus assorted relatives and guests. Additional visits include O D Mayse Whitewright staying with daughter O V Wilder and Ervin Cross Wichita Falls spending the weekend here with Mrs Wilder and children. Mrs Laura McParland of Ector and her California son visited J D Richey, while Bernie Richey joined by Dolly Butler and Mac Reed from Trenton spent the Fourth on an Oklahoma outing. Aunt Mollie Smith stayed Saturday night with J D Richey and Roy Howell and Dallas relatives visited O V Wilder’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Savage
Joe Reneau
Red River
Savage
Jim Briggs
O. D. Mayse
Whitewright
O. V. Wilder
Ervin Cross
Wichita Falls
Paul Brown
Laura McParland
Ector
California
J. D. Richey
Bernie Richey
Dolly Butler
Mac Reed
Trenton
Oklahoma
Mollie Smith
Roy Howell
Dallas
Security Taxes Must Be Paid for Campaign Workers
Dallas Internal Revenue collector W A Thomas ruled Texas political candidates must pay social security taxes for campaign workers. He warned fines and imprisonment for noncompliance, outlining 1 percent withheld and 1 percent employer tax for one worker, plus an extra 3 percent for eight or more workers over up to 20 weeks. Returns for early 1938 delinquent. second quarter due by July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Internal Revenue
W. A. Thomas
Texas
Thomas
Mills Mystery In Texan Sales Tax Letters
Oklahoma resident Louise Hodges writes the Texas sales tax division asking if mills remain in use in Texans taxes. She jokes about collecting mills and campaign literature while recalling Texas Centennial and a campaign slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Oklahoma
Louise Hodges
Texas State Capitol
Texas
Mills
Veterans Say Farewell at Gettysburg Reunion
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania veterans of the Blue and the Gray bid farewell after a reunion they call the greatest time of their lives. Special trains carried the Civil War veterans home as sectional animosities faded on the battlefield. John M. Claypool, 92, commander of the Confederate Veterans, said he has never seen a reunion like this and was thrilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
St. Louis
John M. Claypool
The
Confederate Veterans
Important Dates For Candidates And Primary Voting
A compact list of campaign finance and election milestones from July through September. Key deadlines include campaign expense report dates, absentee voting periods, primary and second primary dates, precinct conventions, and certification by state and county officials. The sequence shows filing, reporting, canvassing, and certification actions across multiple dates and jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph Secretary of State
Austin
State Democratic Executive Committee
Veterans Bid Farewell After Gettysburg Reunion
About 1,000 veterans departed on first two trains as Gettysburg hosted a veterans reunion. Har r y L. Haines noted the $1,126,000 appropriation planned for the event may see nearly $500,000 returned to the Federal Treasury. Official attendance reached 1,918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claypool
Overton H. Mennet
West
Gettysburg
Army
Camp Hospital
Carlisle
Treasury
United States
Harry L. Haines
Blue Brown Boy Patch Becomes His True Self
A verse image describes two ladies meeting a boy with briar-scratched legs and patched blue clothes marked by nut brown patches. They tease him about patch color. he blushes and says, That ain't no patch, that's me. Lifted. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
Birth rate gain may turn country back to Indians
Washington report from the national resources committee notes Indians are the fastest growing racial stock in the United States. It cites 1930 child counts showing 46,680 Indian children under five versus 9,927,396 white children, and birth rates of 906 per 1000 for Indians and 481 for whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Resources Committee
United States
Started From Scratch: A Tale of Two Tramps
The first tramp boasts he began life without a cent, while the second claims he started without even a pocket. The exchange highlights stark contrasts in poverty and resilience through a brief dialogue about humble beginnings.
Churches Schedule with Morning and Evening Services
Sunday school begins at 10 a m with morning worship at 11 a m on the topic As Clay Is Molded. B T U follows at 7 PM and TM. Evening worship convenes at 8 PM with the subject Caught led by pastor L O Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Evans
Dr Wrenn Webb Leads Union Service Message
Pastor Dr B Wrenn Webb outlines Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 10, communion meditation at 11, and an 8 pm union service with the Methodist and Central Christian Churches. Theme focuses on Christ and human suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Methodist and
Central Christian Churches
Union services continue through July at churches
The Methodist Church will not hold Sunday evening services. A union service with the Presbyterians will be held at the Presbyterian Church through July, then August evening services will rotate back to the Methodist Church. Pastor Joe M. Connally announces the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Joe M. Connally
Missionary Society Meeting Set With Splendid Program
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church meets Monday at 4 p.m. at Mrs. T. E. Sears's home with devotions by Mrs. Sears. Mrs. Sears leads Spiritual Life, and Mrs. B. Wrenn Webb heads the program with Mrs. Bryant Penn, Mrs. Rhom Pennington, and Mrs. Joe Hembree. Foreign topic Rapid Changes, National topic Review and Outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
T. E. Sears
Sears
R. L. Sears
B. Wrenn Webb
Bryant Penn
Rhom Pennington
Joe Hembree
Pig Scores Highest in I Q Test of Barnyard Animals
Achilles the pig leads an experiment at Appleton Wisconsin showing smart behavior to electric fences. Fond du Lac researchers J K Aylward and Harold Sheridan report pigs learn quickly, grabbing meals once and recalling the shock, while cows need multiple tries. Horses avoid risks, sheep evade limits with wool insulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Achilles
Eastern University
J. K. Aylward
Harold Sheridan
Fond du Lac
Alyward
Sheridan
Died in Carlisle hospital. two Civil War veterans fall
Cooper, 91, a Civil War veteran who came for the 75th anniversary of the North South struggle, died Monday in an oxygen tent at the medical corps headquarters in Largo, Florida. Earlier, Daniel Price, 90, of Marion, Indiana, died in Carlisle hospital of bronchial pneumonia as veterans prepared to depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Largo
Fla
Medical Corps
Daniel Price
Marion
Ind
Carlisle
Reverend J R Atchley To Speak On Pensions Here
Rev J R Atchley of Lewisville will speak in Whitewright at 2 30 Saturday on old age pensions per an Sun notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Atchley
Lewisville
Whitewright
The
Sun
Early Trial and Justice in Foreign Lands
The piece notes Panama trials for fugitives proceed quickly with witnesses present. It recalls a safebreaker who began a six year sentence hours after capture in 1935. It also states Chinese Turkestan justice is controlled by the ruling race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Collier’s Weekly
Chinese Turkestan
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Carter
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America
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H. A. Brooks
W. Hull
Denison
Earl Tatum
Claud Thompson
L. LaRoe
Hannah
Sherman
Floyd Bassett
Allen T. Short
W. T. Sears
Martha Jo Sears
T. E. Barbeett
Tom Barbee
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Athens
Oliver
Chevrolet
McCormick
Manning & Meador
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
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Farmer Jones Cash Store
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Denison, Texas
Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Society
Gettysburg, PA
John W
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General Electric
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