Texas Senate probes stall as lawmakers walk out
The Texas Senate investigating committee collapsed its Austin session when Senator Joe Hill and Chairman Tom Holbrook departed, breaking a quorum amid cross-examinations of Land Commissioner Bill McDonald. The panel, seen as biased after drifting into politics, likely will not reconvene before the primary elections.
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Austin
Senate Investigating Committee
Texas
Joe Hill
Tom Holbrook
Weinert
Seguin
Hill
Bill McCraw
Tom C. Clark
McCraw & Clark
Holbrook
McCraw
Gov
Allred
Harry Hines
Henderson County
First Texas Tenant Wins Farm Loan Under Bankhead Jones Act
Clarence Clark of Van Zandt County becomes the first Texan tentatively approved for a land purchase loan under the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act. He will receive 6003.50 dollars to buy 141 acres and improve it with a 3 percent interest rate and forty year terms, with no down payment required. Clark plans five twenty acre fields with crop rotation and aims to pay out in ten years. He has farm experience and a well equipped homestead including livestock and crops.
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Clarence Clark
van Zandt
Texas
Clark
United States
Farm Security Administration
van Zandt County
FSA
Extension Service
Bill tightens rules for assessment risk companies
Rep. Howard S. Smith of Hopkins County drafts a bill to regulate mutual assessment life insurance firms. The measure targets widespread abuses while noting many companies remain reputable and face stiff competition. The 1933 act shielding mutuals from general insurance rules is cited as enabling policy limits and concealed conditions that nullify benefits.
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Austin
Howard S. Smith
Hopkins County
Howard Smith
Claude Callan quotes on son in law’s cheerfulness
The speaker notes their son in law tries to keep them from the blues with a cheerful disposition. Despite his optimism a bank note payment yesterday left them blue, though he comforted them by saying not to worry and that they worry too much.
Coeds Decide Love and 25 Dollars a Week Enough for Marriage
Dodge City junior college coeds calculated a 25 dollar weekly budget for marriage and honeymoon expenses. They proposed at least 500 dollars in assets before vows, with monthly allocations for food cloths rent utilities laundry insurance savings entertainment taxes and miscellaneous totaling the plan.
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Dodge City
Kan
Five-Suit Bridge Decks Spark New Confusion in Card World
In New York the emergence of five-suit bridge, called the bridge player's nightmare by Ely Culbertson, splits opinions. The 65-card game introduces royals as a new suit with sixteen cards per player and a reversed bidding system, promising complex play and widespread debate.
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New York
Bedlam
Ely Culbertson
Howard Schenken
The
Four Aces
Europe
United States
England
Culbertson
Cheerful Son-in-Law Brightens Strained Home
A family recounts how their son-in-law kept spirits up during hard times. He helped cover rent and gas, shared meals, and offered hopeful encouragement as worry over a grocery bill loomed. The scene centers on his cheerful presence and support.
Payday comes after 24 years in Huntington
John Moore finally collects $5.21 wages owed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad after 24 years. He was prompted by a letter to the main office and the paymaster found the yellowed check among old files. Rounding out the item, Sun office advertises typewriter ribbons and carbon paper for sale.
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Huntington
W. Va
John Moore
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Moore
Typewriter
Sun Office
Invention of the Accordion and Confederate Army Plans
A fragment notes Damian of Vienna credited with the accordion invention and mentions the Confederate Congress organizing an army in 186. The text is incomplete and cryptic with missing details about dates and full context.
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Damian
Vienna
Confederate Congress
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