O'Daniel Attacks Minority Bloc Over Tax Stand
Governor Lee O’Daniel used a Sunday radio broadcast from the mansion to attack the House minority opposing a sales tax constitutional amendment for social security funding. He labeled the omnibus tax bill a Dodge Brothers Coup and urged lawmakers to back the Senate plan, warning of broader political cost if funds aren’t found.
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Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
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House
House of Representatives
O’daniel
Dodge Brothers
Chinaman
Address changes save copies of The Sun
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Eight Army Mules Executed Quietly After Reprieve
Fort Dix New Jersey quietly carried out the execution of eight aged army mules two weeks ago, despite a congressional fuss and a War Department reprieve sought by veterans groups. Officials cited infirmity and cruelty as reasons, stating only age and sickness justified their destruction. The report also notes a 200 year old Swedish coin weighing about 44 pounds and measuring roughly one by two feet.
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Fort DIX
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War Department
Army
Sweden
Daniel Sealed Doom of Sales Tax, Writer Believes
Austin opinion argues Gov. W Lee O Daniel misjudges Texas political history. His threats to purge lawmakers over sales tax attempts backfire by strengthening opponents and eroding face among supporters. The piece cites Roosevelt and Bailey as cautionary examples for gubernatorial overreach.
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Daniel
Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Fdr
Roosevelt
Congress
Joe Bailey
Governor O'Daniel presses sales tax stand in battle over pensions
The governor warned legislators that he would veto their local bills if they refused the sales tax constitutional amendment. In most cases the reply was defiant, inviting a legal fight before voters next summer. The stance suggests O'Daniel favors embedding the tax in the constitution over funding old age pensions.
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Senate
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Texas
O’daniel
Austin
Porter News Social notes from Porter area rural life
Farmers cutting grain and a good rain Friday night are reported. Numerous visits and family gatherings follow with mentions of Ina Lee Hicks, Doris Jean Hunter, Dorotha Jean McCord, and many neighbors. A note on preserving vitamin C in juice ends the item.
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Ina Lee Hicks
Groom
Ellen Bowden
Doris June Hunter
Dorotha Jean McCord
Jennie Irl Hicks
Whitwright High School
M. L. Williams
Maybell Jewel
Estelle
Rayburn Gunter
Mattie McCord
Etta B. Hicks
Jim Hicks
Margaret McCord
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Charlie Rogers
B. E. Rowden
Lewis Cooper
Larry
George Hicks
Doris Jean Hunter
Ellen Francis Rowden
Willa Jean Hunter
Joe Rich
F. M
Leo
Orvil Howell
F. C. Williams
W. C. Anderson
M. M. Shaw
J. T. Robinson
C. C. Morgan
Lynn Cooper
M. M. Cooper
Two College Boys Find Romance of Sea Much Overrated
Two college boys told the House merchant marine committee that life at sea chasing whales is harsh and unromantic. Robert Randall of Harvard and Edgar Larsen of Rutgers described meager pay, scarce food, and restrictions on shooting whales, while Captain H M Mikkelson argued wages for gunners are high and discipline tough. The sea’s stink and hard living were underscored, with sailors urged to endure and persevere in whaling.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Robert Randall
Orvington
N. Y
Harvard
Edgar Larsen
Newark
N. J
Rutgers University
America
Norway
Larsen
Norwegian Union of Whale Gunners
H. M. Mikkelson
Antarctic
New York
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