Townsend Plan Aims National Test In Chelan Era
Chelan County Townsend supervisor Isomb Lamb outlined a nationwide trial of the Townsend old age pension set to begin by April 1. The Chelan test would pay $200 a month to eligible seniors chosen by cities, funded by a $1 denomination bond system and a 2 percent transaction tax. Retailers, wholesalers, and workers would accept bonds and stamps to prove tax payment. By April 1, the plan seeks 100,000 pensioners nationwide based on the Chelan model.
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Chelan
Wash
Isomb Lamb
Chelan County
Townsend
Lamb
United States
Plan
Blonde 18 Takes Pal Home Learns He Is Her Father
In Cleveland a skee ball game led 18-year-old Dorothy to meet Bert the candyman. He was 45 and ran a candy stand at the circus’s last stand. Dorothy realizes Bert is her father after meeting her mother, now Mrs. Max Reisner of Cleveland.
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Blonde
Pal
Cleveland
Ohio
Dorothy
Bert
Bert Ibberson
New York
Max Reisner
Electric Robots Wait on Buyer at Keedoozle Shop
Memphis a novelty store opening around March 6 led by Clarence Saunders features a machine driven shopping concept called Keedoozle. Electricity conveys purchases to the customer and totals the bill at the cashier while items tumble from conveyor belts.
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Keedoozle
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Wall Street
Mr. Saunders
Officials urged to publish regular reports in city governance
Austin report by J. T. Barton of the University of Texas Bureau of Municipal Research outlines the duty of public officials to provide frequent clear reports. It cites 58 Texas cities studied, methods recommended, and a program outline to help municipal authorities inform citizens who fund services and debt. Public reporting is urged to empower democracy and informed decision making.
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Austin
J. T. Barton
University of Texas Bureau of Municipal Research
Barton
Bureau
State Planning Board
Texas
Red Squill Baits for Rats and Safe Handling Tips
Red squill poisons described as effective against rats with multiple bait formulas. Prebait with nonpoisonous mixtures, then place poison stations where rats feed. Use about a level teaspoon per spot on cardboard or in tied paper bags. Keep pets away and avoid ground floor exposure. Formulas include red squill with lean hamburger and cornmeal or with canned fish and oatmeal, or red squill with cornmeal and water. Rotating formulas helps prevent rat suspicion.
Kids Win Sit-Down Strike in Teasing Mexia Theater
In Mexia Texas 700 school children staged a sit-down protest at a special movie showing after delays caused the feature to be cut short. The youngsters booed the short films shouted lousy shorts and refused to depart until more entertainment was provided. The manager refunded admissions to waiting adults as the lights dimmed and the show continued.
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MEXIA
Farmer records 186 eggs from 300 hens in one day
In Donley County a farmer reported gathering 186 eggs from under 300 hens in a single day. Rayburn Smith Jr. of the local Future Farmers of America chapter is unfazed, noting his White Leghorn hen laid three eggs in one day when kept penned separately.
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Clarendon
Donley County
Rayburn Smith Jr
Future Farmers of America
Auto Loans Offer Refinancing for Sherman Readers
Auto Finance Company advertises quick loans and refinancing to reduce monthly payments, requiring license, receipt, and car inspection. Also a card of thanks from the Morehead and Jones families. Plus a Whitewright Texas election notice for two city commissioners to be chosen April 6, 1937 with officials named.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
R. S. Morehead
O. L. Jones
State of Texas
Grayson
Whitewright
Texas
City of
W. H. Horton
B. S. Montgomery
J. W. Henry
J. M. Wright
F. M. Echols
Jesse Wallace
Early serum therapy may curb pneumonia deaths
Dr Russell I Cecil of New York reports on 160 Type 1 pneumonia cases where serum given within 24 hours cut death rate to about one sixth of untreated cases. He argues rapid typing and early serum use could reduce pneumonia to a mild infection with limited single-lobe involvement and fewer complications, noting potential applicability to other types. The piece ends with a brief note about the Prebelof Islands seal rockery.
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Chicago
Ill
United States Bureau of Census
American Medical Association Journal
Russell I. Cecil
New York
Dr. Cecil
Cecil
Local Visit Gossip From Orangeville And Nearby
Orangeville News reports social visits as Claud Donihoo of Bonham spent the weekend with his parents and family. Louise Brown stayed with Alma Wilder on Saturday night. Lenwood Garner and baby from Medlin town visited relatives Sunday. Fred Howe and daughters Magdalene and Eva Gene spent Tuesday afternoon with O. W. Wilder. Loy and family from Ector called on sister Mrs. John Savage Sunday. Imogene Jones stayed with cousin Joe Charles Barry near Trenton Sunday night. Cecil Watson and family from Whitewright visited relatives last week. Lois Wilder stayed Saturday night with Magdalene Howe.
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Claud Donihoo
Bonham
Sam Donihoo
Louise Brown
Alma Wilder
Lenwood Garner
Baby
Meddlintown
Fred Howe
Misses Magdalene
Eva Gene
O. W. Wilder
Loy
Ector
John Savage
Imogene Jones
Joe Charles Barry
Trenton
Cecil Watson
Whitewright
Lois Wilder
Magdalene Howe
Mahurin News Briefs from Sherman and Bonham Visits
Mrs. Andy Rouse is on the sick list this week. T. C. Hall Aaron Burris and son James visit Sherman Saturday. Oland Bush and son Leon visit Bonham Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Olson Bartley and Ross Bartley visit Bonham Monday. Alma Hall spent last week in Sherman. Mrs. Ed Patridge and family visit Sherman Sunday night. Bob Clevenger of Denison visits brother Frank Clevenger.
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Andy Rouse
T. C. Hall
Aaron Burris
James
Oland Bush
Leon
Sherman
Olson Bartley
Ross Bartley
Bonham
Tom Hall
Leon Bush
Alma Hall
Ed Patridge
Bob Clevenger
Denison
Frank Clevenger
Prisoner seeks full term to finish Xray course
An inmate at Northeastern penitentiary in Lewisburg Pa asked the Prison Bureau to forgo 480 days of good behavior credits and serve a full five year sentence instead. He is studying to be an Xray technician and fears graduation would come too soon if released next June. the bureau cites legal complications but will accelerate his training where possible.
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Washington
Northeastern
Lewisburg
Prison Bureau
A New Farm Worry Dalhart Striped Bugs Threaten Chicks
In Dalhart Texas Northwest Panhandle farmers fear striped bugs invading pastures and crops after last year’s losses to poultry. While bugs stay on land they are harmless, but they swarmed stock tanks drawing chickens to fall in. W L Mitchell of Dallam County found a remedy by screening his tank.
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Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
W. L. Mitchell
Dallam County
French parachute design claims faster opening and slower descent
A newly invented parachute in France for aviators is asserted to open more quickly and descend more slowly than the parachutes currently in use, suggesting improved safety and performance for air crews.
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France
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