Government Hires Nearly Eighth of Those Employed
Dallas report from the United States Chamber of Commerce shows 6,142,000 of 46,697,000 employed in the US work for government. Federal, state, and local regular establishments total 3,500,000, with 2,642,000 on relief jobs. Labor's share of national income and 1936 wages noted.
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Dallas
United States
United States Chamber of Commerce
Roger Miller
Southwestern
Chamber
America Regains World Bread Basket Role
Chicago report states the United States has the largest exportable wheat backlog among major producers and has re entered the international market after a two year absence. The six year high wheat crop, valued at about a billion dollars, made the revival possible.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Three Out of Four Bank Robberies Inside Jobs
G men estimate that three of four bank robberies in 1936 were inside jobs. In the year 209 bank officials and employees were convicted of stealing bank funds, but only 73 robbers. Southern European countries manufacture sugar from raisins.
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Washington
G-men
United States
Texas Leads Nation in Farm Payments for AAA Program
Texas farmers received 36.8 million dollars in last year’s AAA conservation payments and will gain about 189 thousand more before all payments end, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported. Texas also had the largest total payout, with administrative costs totaling 1.02 million in state offices and 227 thousand in counties, bringing the statewide total to 38.24 million. Congress considered a 10 percent boost but did not pass it.
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Washington
Texas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Treasury
Probe of Vacancy Suits Requested
Senator Joe Hill of Henderson asked the Senate Investigation Committee to probe vacancy suits affecting about 200 Polk County citizens and related cases in Cass County. He warned that vacant land and homes could be seized to benefit vacancy hunters as oil prospects grow in Selby Houston Panola and Harrison counties. Hill urged the committee to uncover facts and press for protections for poor landowners.
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Austin
Joe Hill
Henderson
Senate Investigation Committee
Polk County
Hill
Wilburne Collie
Eastland
Albert Stone
Brenham
Andra Weinert
Seguin
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Cass County
Selby
Houston
Panola
Harrison
Gaines County
Texas
Senate
Mountain man sees a motorcycle and carless marvel
An astonished mountaineer in an isolated community witnesses a car pass by without engines, followed by a motorcycle that disappears around a bend. He exclaims in disbelief, telling his son that the contraption seems impossible and powerful.
CCC to Take 30 More Grayson County Boys
Thirty additional youths will be enrolled by the CCC in Grayson County Saturday according to Miss Martha Naylor in charge. Eligible youths from relief families who have passed their seventeenth but not their twenty fourth birthday may file applications at the county relief office Mulberry and Elm on Thursday and Friday.
Couple Loses Pension Plea In Texas Supreme Court
An 82-year-old Throckmorton man and his wife lost in their bid to compel the state board of control to grant them pensions. The Texas Supreme Court refused permission to file suit for mandamus, arguing the couple’s claim of eligibility and constitutional challenge lacked standing and lawful basis. The case marked the first old age pension suit of its kind in the state.
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Board of Control
Delays Death Leap to Light Up Cigar at City Hall
An unidentified man at Los Angeles City Hall delayed his fatal jump from an upper window by striking several matches to light a cigar. The smoker held the cigar between his teeth as he struck the matches before hitting the sidewalk.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Want Ads Offer Bargains From Grayson County Listings
Want ads advertise 25 cents for 25 words or less and 1 cent per word over. items include 39 acre farm for 300 cash, land tracts near Whitewright, well improved 140 acre farm west of Whitewright, farms in Grayson Fannin and Collin Counties, automobile loans, and Whitewright Hatchery resuming Aug 9 at West Main with custom hatching and book orders.
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Whitewright
Tom Lilley
R. H. May
Grayson, Fannin
Collin Counties
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Whitewright Hatchery
West Main
G. W. Ford
Aerial Photos of Grayson County Farms Planned
A telegram to B F Gray county agent reports aerial photographs of every Grayson County farm will be received from College Station soon. Taken three miles up, the photos will measure crops for federal farm program compliance using the chain method. The effort aims to save time in land measurement.
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Grayson County
College Station
B. F. Gray
Mr. Gray
Small plants drive much of Texas industry says report
The All-South Development Council notes that modest scale enterprises capitalized at 50 000 or less now account for 84 percent of the nation’s 190 000 industries. It urges a realistic view of industry as localized, customer-driven units and calls for policies that support moderate means investment while balancing large-scale plants. The piece ends with a note that milk from mammals contains 4 to 7 percent sugar.
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Dallas
Texas
All-South Development Council
United States
Arthur Coleman
Holland’s Magazine
Coleman
South
Join the Marines recruiting drive in Dallas
The United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office in Dallas announces an unlimited quota. Examinations for service are held in Room 822, Allen Building. Applicants aged 18 to 30 must meet height, dependents, and character criteria. a limited number of 17 to 18 year olds may enlist to learn drums and trumpets. Applications and full information are available on request.
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Dallas
United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Allen Building
Texas Rep Amos Proposes 25 Cent Oil Tax Per Barrel
Austin reports Fort Worth representative A E Amos will sponsor a 25 cent per barrel oil tax bill in the coming Texas special session. He seeks to raise oil tax from 2 percent to 25 cents per barrel and offset by cutting gasoline tax by 3 cents and imposing 15 cents per barrel on state refined crude. Proposals also include abolishing ad valorem taxes, funding old age pensions, and a $5 per ton sulphur tax.
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Austin
Texas
A. E. Amos
Fort Worth
Amos
Barber Quip Reframes Razor Battle In Crime Echo
A brief, darkly humorous exchange centers on a barber and victim as a razor metaphor highlights tension in a crime context. The line hints at a stubborn instrument of harm, underscoring a mood of danger and persistence.
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