Senators Move to Cut Texas Government Costs
In Austin the Senate Finance Committee led by Senator Redditt of Lufkin outlines at least ten objectives to trim state spending. Goals include cutting a 2 million dollar annual travel bill, eliminating idle state jobs, consolidating departments, creating a legislature controlled state auditor, and placing funds in a single pool. The plan targets corporates funding like the highway fund and college local funds, with specific cuts to salaries above 115 dollars monthly and a push for early appropriation measures. The committee vows precise reductions despite broad opposition from agencies and travel demand remains high with 800 state cars in service.
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Austin
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Redditt
Lufkin
Roberts
Pettus
Aikin
Paris
Beck
Texarkana
Lemens
Rainbow
Commission
Mental illness tied to alcohol and syphilis, Texas official says
Austin report by Health Officer Geo. W. Cox warns over half of hospital beds hold mental or nervous patients. He cites organic causes, general paralysis from syphilis, and alcohol as factors, urging early treatment, better living, and childhood mental health training to cut insanity rates.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Turkish MP seeks cinema ban for under-16s
Ankara reports Dr. Fuat Unay introduces a bill to bar children under 16 from cinemas citing detrimental effects on brains nerves and feelings. Cinema owners warn half their patrons are under 16 and may force closures.
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Ankara
Turkey
Fuat Unay
M. P
Unay
Turkish Society For the Protection of Children
Educator Phelps on Happy Marriages and Character
The article cites William Lyon Phelps in Good Housekeeping calling for early marriages and character built through home religion. It notes marriage as a tested art, outlines rules like kissing on return home, sharing a bedroom, and using religion to shape character.
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Dr. Phelps
Harper
University of Chicago
Phelp
Good Housekeeping
Going Soft Dulls Athletes and Minds Says Progressive Farmer
The piece warns that lax training and disuse dulls body and soul, likening it to fatty degeneration of the spirit. It cites backsliding and religion tempered to mere prayers as pathways to softness, urging continual effort and action as vital to vitality and purpose. A modern poet’s line and Rev. Holland’s counsel close the reflection.
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Rev
J. W. Holland
Progressive Farmer
Paying Up For Prosperity Philosophy In The Exchange
A sensational exhortation celebrates paying debts as a path to personal relief and wider prosperity. The piece argues debt repayment clears conscience, lightens minds, and boosts morale, urging faster adherence to the practice of paying up. It notes the addressograph’s 1892 invention as a historical aside.
Oregon Enacts First Gasoline Tax in 1919
Oregon becomes a pioneer in fuel policy by approving its first gasoline tax in 1919. The levy marks a milestone in state revenue measures for road and infrastructure funding during the postwar era.
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Oregon
Danger in the Air From Struck Matches
A compilation of alarmingly deadly gas incidents across cities showing how lighting a match to inspect leaks caused explosions and fatalities. Examples include Chicago, Grandfield, Pendleton, St. Ambrose, St. Charles, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and Arkansas City, with injuries and deaths among housewives, motorists, and families.
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Chicago
Grandfield
Okla
Pendleton
Ind
St. Ambrose
Quebec
St. Charles
New York
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Arkansas City
Kan
Government jobs and farm experience questioned
A Bonham Favorite editorial urges that government posts rarely go to practical farmers. It cites a Rio Grande Valley farmer earning over 3000 dollars yearly from 20 acres for ten years as proof that real farming success does not guarantee government teaching roles. It critiques trained theorists over hands on workers in the Department of Agriculture.
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Trenton Tribune
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Department of Agriculture
Bonham
U S Buys 8 467 300 Bushels of Apples
Washington The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation reports purchases of 8,467,300 bushels of surplus fresh apples for relief. The Agriculture Adjustment Administration lists 5,627,637 bushels bought for 3,362,097 dollars and 7,386 tons of dried apples valued at 1,229,530 dollars, equivalent to 2,839,663 bushels.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
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U. S
Sun
Leto
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
McDowell Garage
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