Rayburn Sees Disappointment From Extra Session
Representative Sam Rayburn travels to Texas saying the extra session will disappoint the public more than any prior. He criticizes the farm bill as weak relief and warns tariffs raise costs for farmers on hides shoes sugar and other goods. He notes upcoming Interstate Commerce Act questions and railroad consolidation efforts for Congress.
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Washington
D. C
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Shenandoah Valley
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
Texarkana
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House
Senate
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Valuation Reform in Interstate Rate Making
A speaker urges revamping Section 15 A of the Interstate Commerce Act to clarify rail rate setting. He references the Supreme Court O Fallon decision and calls for an honest valuation of railway property with a fair return, detailing Congress’s intended factors for valuation and rate determination.
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Supreme Court of the United States
O.fallon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Denison Movie Operator Sues for 90000 Damages
J A Cuff a Denison moving picture operator files a 90000 damage suit alleging a combination restraining trade. He names Dent Theaters Inc Publix Theaters Paramount Famous Lasky Corp and individuals L L Dent Dallas L M Rideout Sr. and Jr. The suit claims denial of equal rights to first run pictures caused financial loss and forced retirement from business.
Hard Knocks and Love Licks by Rev S L Ball
The speaker extols talking as a great human endowment while warning that unnecessary talk causes misery. He notes talk spans spoken, written, and broadcast forms and urges thoughtful communication amid global progress and rising education.
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S. L. Ball
Minimizing Unnecessary Talk in Daily Life
An excerpt argues that books magazines newspapers radio and everyday conversations are filled with useless chatter. The author urges readers to avoid low value discourse and strive for more edifying communication in all settings.
News and the stories editors publish
A reflection on editorial choices and what counts as news. The passage discusses the role of editors in publishing both pleasant and troubling content, noting marriages and travels get covered while quiet, honest life often does not. It emphasizes sensational events like infidelity and divorce as newsworthy.
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John
Mary
New York
London
Paris
Jones Avenue
Editors and bootleggers shape what people read
The text argues editors publish what people want, likening editors to bootleggers supplying customers. It questions whether editors should remove the "bad stuff" and provide more "good stuff" worth reading for the public.
Fullblood Indians to Stage Baseball at Old Settlers Picnic
Twenty full blood Choctaws will play daily baseball games during the five day Old Settlers’ Picnic and Reunion beginning August 6 in Sherman. Judge Allie S. Noble, secretary of the Old Settlers Association, also notes a stamp dance as part of the Indian activities with the Hames Carnival Company providing amusement.
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OLD Settlers
Willie Grady Sentenced to Death for 1928 Assault
Greenville reports Willie Grady, a 20 year old Negro, convicted November 1 1928 of attacking a white woman on October 9 1928, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Huntsville on July 26 by Judge Grover Sellers. Grady denied guilt in court and was to be moved to Huntsville immediately.
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Greenville
Willie Grady
Huntsville
Grover Sellers
Eighth District Court
Grady
Those Little Troubles in Tariff Voting
The piece argues Congress now faces complex tariff details and buck passing. It notes a high duty on maple sugar but a low duty on honey, creating economic conflict among farmers across Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota and Vermont and prompting Republican frustration.
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Congress
Hancock
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Citation by publication in estate case Grayson County Texas
Public notice commands the sheriff to publish for at least ten days in a Grayson County newspaper. It announces John M. Scott as temporary administrator of A J Scott deceased, with a hearing on letters of administration at the Grayson County Court on the first Monday in August 1929.
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Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
A. J. Scott
John M. Scott
Sherman
J. L. Doggett
A. D
Grayson Co
Lucile Wilson
Government regulation sparks regional disputes over sugar and livestock
The Tulsa World quotes criticism of ad valorem rules favoring cane sugar and beet sugar growers, arguing that localizing regulation by neighborhood creates serious bias. It notes concerns from beet sugar men and goat raisers about unequal protections and calls for even treatment of various producers.
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Vermont
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