Connally Bill Proposes Higher Federal Old Age Payments
Texas Senator Connally introduces a bill to raise the federal share of old age assistance with a formula based on state income. Social Security Board Chair A J Altmeyer testifies in support, noting aim for equalized pensions nationwide. In Texas current pensions run about 14 dollars monthly, rising to 18.50 under recent state enactments, potential 27.85 under the Connally plan.
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Washington, D. C
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Committee On Finance
Connally
A. J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Senate
Legislature of
Wake Up Feet for Summer Comfort
Foot specialists advise a daily morning wake up for the feet before stepping into summer heat. Gentle rubbing or exercises improve circulation and ease the burden on the feet as daily activity begins. proper care can keep summer from becoming a misery.
Georgian Kills Calf to Recover Twenty-One Dollars
In Moultrie Georgia Eschel Sears killed his calf after it ate a $20 bill and a $1. He retrieved the cash from a barn crack and sent the notes to the treasury with the required affidavit to replace the money. The bills had been left by Mrs Sears during milking.
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Moultrie
Eschel Sears
Sears
Treasury Department
Rural Carriers Sell Defense Stamps Nationwide
Thirty two thousand rural mail carriers serve as agents for Defense Savings Stamps as sparsely settled districts show demand. Stamps range from ten cents to five dollars with albums provided for mounting and eventual exchange for Defense Savings Bonds. Carriers previously sold War Savings Stamps in 1917 and 1918.
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Defense Savings
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Port er News Socials and school notes from Porter
Sunday school attendance reached 39 with visitors welcome. Community dinner honored Claude Duckworth on furlough, with many locals attending from nearby towns. Families and relatives listed visited, traveled, and stayed over the week. School resumes after a summer session plan due to late cotton harvest. teacher is Mrs Audra Bennett. The Arctic tern set a record flight from Labrador to Southeast Africa in three months.
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Leon Booher
Frank Price
Ravenna
Jim Edens
Bells
W. J. Duckworth
Trenton
Roy Smith
Ector
Logan Johnson
San Angelo
Joe Ross
Joe Rich
Sherman and Denison
W. K. Alexander
J. M. Harper
Randolph
J. W. Gunter
Grandma Dale
Bonham
Carl Hicks
Carl Newton
Denison
Genette
Genelte
Willard White Jr
E. W. White
Robert Morris
Johnny Bowman
Mildred Ruth Duckworth
Tom Booher
Southland
Texas
Clovis
New Mexico
Morris Glenn Bowman
Joy
Billy Morris
Cotton
Audra Bennett
Whitewright
Fairy
W. D. White
Doris
Georgann Hunter
G. D. Bennett
Labrador
Africa
Still heavier taxes forecast by House Ways and Means
Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee forecast that Congress would later impose a general consumption tax and widen the income tax base. He urged parliamentary rules to advance a $3.5292 billion tax bill with only Ways and Means amendments, and the rules committee approved three days of general debate with limited amendments.
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Washington, D. C
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Cotton Becomes Substitute in Rayon Shortage
In New York a Rayon Organon report cites war causing a rayon fiber shortage due to halted imports from Britain. Domestic weavers now use cotton and wool as adulterants to all spun rayon fabrics, reversing the former substitute role of rayon for cotton and wool.
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New York
Rayon Organon
Great Britain
Stevenson Inaugural Fixed for August 8
Inauguration of Lieut. Gov. Coke R. Stevenson to the governorship is tentatively set for Friday August 8. Senator Houghton Brownlee, chairman of the joint inauguration committee, said the date will stand provided Gov. Lee O Daniel can carry out his schedule. Employees were moving O Daniel's files from his office.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Houghton Brownlee
Joint Inauguration Committee
Lee O’daniel
Coke Stevenson
O'Daniel
Senate Halts Sale of Cotton and Wheat Stocks
The Senate approved a measure to freeze all Government loan stocks of cotton and wheat during the European war. The rider, attached to a wheat marketing penalties bill, will keep cotton and wheat in warehouses, preventing sale in regular markets, and now moves to the House.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Oldest Sherman Loan Company Ad Promises Quick Car Loans
A vintage advertisement promotes low cost money borrowing with no red tape for car loans. It claims to save time money and worry and positions the firm as the oldest loan company in Sherman, tied to Star Credit Company near Grayson County State Bank with a sign in the lobby.
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Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mar
Travis, Sherman
Iceland Bases Show Our Resolve Against Nazi Advance
The Sun argues that Iceland occupation, with Icelanders’ consent, deters Hitler and protects North America. It warns isolationists say the move risks broader seizing of Azores, Cape Verdes, and other bases, and stresses need to extend training for selectees, guards, and reserves to sustain global defense.
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Hitler
America
Wheeler
Iceland
Portugal
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Germany
Greenland
Canada
Cape Verdes
Dakar
Holland
France
Atlantic
England
Martinique
French Guiana
Russia
North Pacific
Bering Sea
Vancouver
Pacific
Siberia
United States
Newfoundland
British Guiana
General Marshall
Army
Congress
National Guard
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Porter News
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Stevenson
U. S
Will Smith
Haile
S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency
Sun
McCormick- Deering
Fordson
Manning & Meadow
Arctic
Tropics
Hawaii
Alaska
Marshall
Japan
Stalin
the Sun
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