O'Daniel Slashes 5 Million Dollar Budget Cuts
Governor O Daniel vetoed a liquor regulatory bill and slashed appropriations across departments including education, Insurance, Public Safety and the State Board of Liquor Control. Major cuts forced reorganization as the fiscal year begins September 1. Coastal sovereignty bill was killed to maintain Texas waters limits three marine leagues beyond shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Department
Insurance Commission
Labor Bureau
Public Safety Department
State Board of Liquor Control
Julian Montgomery
Highway Department
Railroad Commission
Industrial Accident Board
Beck
Texarkana
State Economy
Celaya
Brownsville
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
O’daniel
Land Office
Gulf
United States
Shivers
Port Arthur
Kinard
Venice purse snatcher drama ends in broken leg
Laurie Miller saved her purse from a youth Thursday in Venice while being dragged from a curb. She broke a leg in the fall. The note lists unrelated ads and notices including typewriter supplies, auto loans, and thanks from families for funerals and a fire loss.
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Venice
Calif
Laurie Miller
Miss Miller
Gasoline tax receipts reach 1.53 billion in 1938
New York report in Automotive Facts and Figures shows motorists paid nearly 1.53 billion dollars in gasoline taxes in 1938. About three-fifths of the total was collected at 380,000 filling stations with an average tax of 4.96 cents per gallon. Federal, state, county, and municipal taxes totaled 33.20 dollars per vehicle, about 28.77 for each passenger car and 59.52 for each commercial vehicle, excluding license fees and other levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Automobile Manufaturers’ Association
Cotton acreage steady from last year says Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department reported July 1 cotton in cultivation at 24,943,000 acres, 99.7 percent of last year. Abandonment stood at 1.1 percent, with state figures led by Texas at 8,980,000 acres. Production forecast and lint yield will be released August 8. Also noted, the first regular radio broadcasting in the United States originated from Dr. Frank Conrad’s Pittsburgh home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Frank Conrad
Pittsburgh
Less Red Tape to Speed Up Cotton Parity Payments
COLLEGE STATION Administrative affairs of the AAA moved toward simplicity this week with a new 1939 cotton price adjustment payment application blank. A. B. Vance said the form is the simplest ever used and will cut errors, suspensions, and save time and money. The parity payment, 1.6 cents a pound on normal yield, is expected to add about 22.5 million dollars to Texas cotton buyers power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
AAA
B. F. Vance
Vance
Texas
To Be Thin Join The Eskimos Ratio One Hefty in 3 000
Seattle report notes Dr Victor E Levine a Creighton University professor studied 3000 Eskimos finding only one overweight, a woman. He plans to live near Kotzebue River to compare living standards and health with earlier coast observations. Eskimos ill expect age and joy, with women dancing at 60 as lively as 18. Personal crises are rare among them.
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Seattle
Wash
Victor E. Levine
Creighton University
Omaha
Neb
Arctic
Kotzebue River
Additional cotton conservation payments begin around September
The program adds to the 2 cent per pound cotton conservation payment and is set to start around September 1 or shortly after cotton acreage allotments are verified. The timing hinges on confirming compliance with acreage limits.
Realty Licenses To Be Issued Oct. 20
In Austin Securities Commissioner D. Leon Harp announced that temporary licenses under the new realty law could not be issued before October 20. Dealers were urged to wait until after September 20 when the law takes effect, with regular yearly permits valid from January 1 to January 1 issued after November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
D. Leon Harp
Secretary of State’s Office
Dad Passes Out $5,000 As His First Born Arrives
BONHAM Edward M. Sweeney celebrated the birth of his first child a daughter by giving $5,000 in bonuses to his 100 employees across his four South Texas grocery stores in San Antonio Austin Corpus Christi and Gonzales. The gifts would not affect their regular Christmas bonuses.
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Dad
Bonham
Sweeney’s
San Antonio
Austin
Corpus Christi
Gonzales
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Typewriter
Sun Office
Sidney Watson
Stephens & Bryant
O. G. Alexander
Whitewright
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
Mrs. Haile
J. P. Bynum
Haile
Philco
Johnson Jewelry
Tom Barbee
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
Roy Norris
Jess Smith
Children’s Bayon
K. Walens
Priscilla
Batiste
Department Stores
Marquisette
Ernest Lilley
Denison, Texas
U.S
Bureau
T. W. Ayres & Sons
Gossard
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