House group seeks to block sales tax
In Austin the Texas House moved toward forming an anti sales tax bloc as sponsors of a 2 percent sales and natural resource tax amendment debated pensions funding. A caucus drafted plan to oppose submission, with members proposing revisions and potential compromises while noting uncertain ability to block or reshape the revenue measure.
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Joe Skiles
Albert Derden
G. C. Morris
Dewitt Hale
John A. Kerr Jr
Bryan Bradbury
Bradbury
Williams Says He Hopes He's Last As He Goes to Death
A Dallas youth named Winzell Williams was executed in Texas electric chair at 12:10 a.m. after two reprieves. He spoke of hoping he would be the last to die under capital punishment and asked for final prayers from Father Hugh Finnegan before the current was applied. Williams, 19, had killed E. B. Atwood near Irving a year earlier and was captured the same day. Two Dallas men, Harvey T. Nealey and James C. Miles, awaited similar fate.
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Austin
Lee O’daniel
Winzell Williams
Dallas
E. B. Atwood
Dallas County
Williams
Texas
O’daniel
W. W. Ward
Hugh Finnegan
Atwood
Irving
Smoot Schmid
Harvey T. Nealey
James C. Miles
White Rock
House Acts to Halt Stolen Auto Sales
Austin report notes the Texas House passed a bill requiring a certificate of title to sell a car by 100 to 32. If the Senate approves, the law would take effect Oct 1. Sponsor Rep. Howard Hartzog of Port Lavaca called for reducing auto thefts, saying Texas is a hotbed for car stealing. Transpacific clipper passengers show 53 percent leisure, 42 percent business, 5 percent other reasons.
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Austin
House
Senate
Howard Hartzog
Port Lavaca
Texas
Harvard Freshman Guzzles Goldfish For Ten Dollar Bet
Cambridge Harvard freshman Lothrop Withington Jr. gulped a live goldfish in a dining hall bet, winning ten dollars as fellow students watched. He described slight throat irritation as the wriggling fish disappeared, then ate dried sole. Also noted is Mary Anne Talbot’s Navy service and Ann Southern’s claim about unpalatable on-screen kisses.
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Cambridge
Mass
Lothrop Withington Jr
Harvard
Withington
Boston
Labor Objects to Sales Tax Plan to Finance Pensions
Organized labor in Austin opposed constitutional amendments for sales or transactions taxes to fund pensions. The protest urged legislators to vote against submitting the plan, arguing lawmakers already hold authority to amend old age assistance and tax laws. It contends submission would cause delay and expense, while taxation would be debatable and better decided by the Legislature. The letter, signed by several union leaders, asserts tax questions belong in statutes, not in the Constitution.
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Austin
Alfred Petsch
Labor
Lee O'Daniel
James A. Shield
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
W. D. Gallagher
Locomotive Enginmen
Harry W. Acreman
State Federation of Labor
O. L. Kinsley
J. T. Stedham
W. J. Moran
Masons and Plasterers Council
New Jersey Man Begins Razing Property to Escape State
Samuel W. Rushmore a 67 year old inventor starts felling trees on his hilltop estate to sever ties with New Jersey over political tensions. He condemns state courts and endorses opposition to Sen Loizeaux and Frank Hague Jr. amid a public dispute and signs proclaiming Hague is the law.
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Plainfield
N. J
Samuel W. Rushmore
Jersey
Rushmore
Charles E. Loizeaux
State Senate
Frank Hague Jr
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Loizeaux
New Jersey
Hague
Midnight Curfew Urged to Curb Flaming Youth
Seattle Washington Justice Guy B Knott urged a midnight curfew for all persons under 21 to curb what he called flaming youth Today he suggested the measure while postponing assault charges against three youths involved in daily incidents He proposed a reasonable hour with midnight as the latest option to reduce recurring disturbances.
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Seattle
Wash
Guy B. Knott
Weather and social notes from Porter area gossip
Misses Bonnie Ray Hicks and Betty Marie Allen stayed with Mrs. Elbert Bennett. Many neighbors visited others and shared illness news while church attendance and preaching day were announced.
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Bonnie Ray Hicks
Betty Marie Allen
Elbert Bennett
Etta Bell Hicks
Ed Wilkinson
Lois Allen
Charlie Rogers
Charlie McCord
Mac Cooper
Claude McCord
Lola Morgan
Near Trenton
Willa Jean Hunter
Dorotha Jean McCord
Murry Lee Williams
Hugh Hunter
Ector
J. W. Gunter
G. D. Bennett
W. C. Anderson
Lora Cooper
Bonham
Jim Hicks
George Bennett
Doris June Hunter
Ellen Frances Rowden
Joe Rich
Laura Bess
Sherman Hospital
C. M. Russy
Dallas
George Hicks
Genelie Hicks
Mary Lee Fincher
Ina Lee Hicks
Jewel and
Maybell Gunter
Debtors Help Doctor Build A New Home
In Lemon Grove California Dr Ebon B McGregor moved into a two story home after six years of a debt payment plan. He asked about 50 patients to contribute labor toward building the house and none refused. Workers later finished the job as the doctor set each person’s own wages for the construction work.
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Lemon Grove
Calif
Ebon B. McGregor
Death rate from appendicitis called a disgrace
Atlanta speech at the Southeastern Surgical Congress labels the U S appendicitis death toll a national disgrace with 25 000 to 30 000 yearly victims mostly young adults He argues most deaths could be prevented and cites the United States having the highest rate among civilized nations.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Mont R. Reed
University of Cincinnati
R. Reed
Taft Seeks 90 Percent Cut of Stabilization Fund
Washington Senator Taft argues the treasury stabilization fund of 2 billion dollars could finance a European war and should be reduced to one tenth. He cites Morgenthau testimony that the fund has never exceeded 200 million and notes new powers expire June 30 alongside other measures awaiting action.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate Banking
Detached trailer ruled a building by federal judge
Federal Judge R J McMillan ruled a trailer is a building when detached from an automobile in a suit by executors of Edward Thomas to collect 15000 under a double indemnity policy. Thomas died in 1936 from burns from an oil stove explosion in his trailer, and the insurer refused double indemnity. The judge ruled for the executors. Every farm in Finland has its bath house.
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San Antonio
R. J. McMillan
Edward Thomas
Thomas
McMillan
Cash payments rare for U.S. car purchases
Records from finance companies show only about 25 percent of automobiles bought in the United States are paid for in cash.
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United States
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Call Haile
M. Johnson
H. A. James
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John Deere
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
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