Safety wasted in cars tests reveal poor braking
Illinois survey of 26 000 passenger cars found only 11 percent had both good brakes and good lights, with 42.4 percent illegal brakes and 5.3 percent lacking or misaligned headlamps. Experts urged regular maintenance as the key to safer driving and warned many drivers ignore brake and headlight adjustments.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Division of Highways
W. C. Giessler
Henry Horner
Ernest Lieberman
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Washington
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Giessler
Free Pensions for Aged Hit by Educator
Dr. J. Douglas Brown of Princeton University, chairing the social security advisory council, warned Congress that free pensions for the aged could lead to regimentation and stagnation. testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, he condemned the pension and welfare bills as unworkable and parasitic and urged contributory social insurance as the best preventive measure.
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Washington
J. Douglas Brown
Princeton University
Social Security Advisory Council
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Brown
General Welfare Federation
Dairymen Warn Against High Protein Feed Around Freshening
Texas A and M College Extension Service advises dairy farmers to avoid high protein feeds like cottonseed meal for two weeks before freshening and ten days after to reduce milk fever risk. Extension veterinarians emphasize careful dietary management during transition to peak milk production.
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Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Nobody's Business in the Texas Legislature Taxes Debate
Conservatives in the Legislature hope public discussion on taxes will awaken voters to funding the state. They argue pensions for all inflame a minority, and that Texans can reject a broad tax plan. Aimed at a social security program for the truly needy, they claim the legislature could fix finances in 30 days without harming business.
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Texas
Whisky bill dead as attorney general says liquor sales illegal
Attorney General Gerald Mann issued an opinion to a House committee declaring that selling liquor by the drink violates the Texas constitution against open saloons. The leading Austin lawyers support this view and also question local option for race horse gambling, arguing the constitution allows local option only for beer and liquor sales.
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Gerald Mann
House Committee
Austin
Texas
Truck Bill Defeated By E B Hamilton In Hot Austin Battle
Hillsboro legislator E B Hamilton cast the deciding vote against a truck load limit increase after a 10 to 10 committee split. The House highways and motor traffic committee failed the bill 11 to 10, ending any chance for a favorable report unless printed on a minority report. The clash capped a highly contentious lobbying effort in Austin this session.
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E. B. Hamilton
Hillsboro
House
Hamilton
Homer Leonard
Austin
Fair Trades Bill Reported By Legislature
The fair trades practice act sponsored by independent drug stores passed subcommittee in both House and Senate with favorable reports. It bans loss leader sales and sets minimum prices. Endorsed by leading gubernatorial and legislative candidates in last July's election, it seems likely to enact.
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House
Senate
Hunter Withdraws From Texas Highway Commission Nomination
J C Hunter of Wichita Falls withdrew his name for highway commission chairman after East Texas senators pressed for an East Texan and threatened to block. Governor O Daniel faced a deadlock as canvasses showed East Texans held enough votes to deny confirmation. Hunter said he had been out of state before nomination.
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Hunter
Senate
J. C. Hunter
Wichita Falls
W. Lee O’daniel
Highway Commission
O’daniel
East Texas Senate
Next Highway Commission Nominee Hinted in Texan Rumors
The article notes infighting over Carl P. Collins rejection and suggests possible reappointment by O Daniel. Rumors revive names already mentioned plus John Wood of East Texas, whose term expired in February, with Wood cited as a former appointee of Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson.
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Carl P. Collins
O’daniel
Highway Commission
John Wood
East Texas
Wood
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Road Relief Projects Completed in Texas
Julian Montgomery announces completion of 1933 relief road projects across destitute areas, funded with 10 million dollars by PWA, ERA, and the Texas Highway Department. The program delivered more mileage at lower state cost despite longer execution than contracted work.
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Austin
Julian Montgomery
Public Works Administration
Emergency Relief Administration
Texas Highway Department
Montgomery
Boa Constrictors Kill by Suffocating Victims
A historical note explains that boa constrictors kill by squeezing the breath from their victims rather than crushing bones, detailing their method as suffocation.
Balance Sheet Caps Three Year WPA Work Program
Washington reports on the New Deal era Works Progress Administration showing a total cost of about 6.85 billion dollars from mid 1935 to January 1 1939. About 5.1 billion went to wages and 231 million to administration. localities provided 1.034 billion and the NYA added roughly 185 million. WPA projects reached an estimated 6.78 million workers over its lifetime with roughly 40 000 projects ongoing at any time and thousands of public buildings roads docks bridges schools and other facilities built or improved nationwide.
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Washington
Sams
WPA
Federal Treasury
NYA
Massive public works and forest recovery program details
The initiative reports extensive construction and improvement across canals, tunnels, fencing, hatcheries, monuments, and reforestation. It notes 400 miles of canal work, 320 tunnels, 7,000 miles of fencing, 96 hatcheries, 12,000,000 trees, 14,000 acres reforestation, 1,900 miles of firebreaks, and 2,240 miles of trails, plus major school and playground repairs and new facilities.
Barometer to Signal Good Fishing in Illinois
Lincoln Evening Courier editor Brainerd C. Snider designs a fisher man barometer to indicate fishing conditions at a glance. He surveyed fishermen across the Midwest Rocky Mountains and Caribbean. 94 percent reported better catches when pressure was low. An instrument maker then produced the barometer for anglers.
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Lincoln, Ills
Brainerd C. Snider
Lincoln Evening Courier
Snider
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Caribbean
A Year of Self-Surrender Blessings Quote
Henry Van Dyke proclaims that a year of self surrender will yield larger blessings than four-score years of selfishness, offering a moral reflection on personal virtue and long-term rewards.
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Henry van Dyke
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