Farm Relief Bill Outlook Sees Over One Billion Dollar Cost
Washington details show Congress considering farm legislation with outlays surpassing one billion dollars. Key items include 500 million for soil conservation payments, 125 million for tenant aid, 100 million for all risk wheat crop insurance, and 100 million for an ever normal granary. Plans also touch on Great Plains drought relief, seed loans, rural rehabilitation, and other agricultural agency funding. Federal farm spending has averaged about one billion annually across recent years.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Resettlement Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Commodity Credit Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Bootleggers of Gasoline Take Millions
New York report says gasoline bootleggers evade tens of millions in taxes annually. Over four years 281 tax evaders in fifteen central states were convicted for fraud in the oil trade. Dealers mix kerosene into gasoline and misrepresent oil quality. Some tanks of known brands held bootleg fuel, and tax-refund loopholes aid evasion.
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New York
American Petroleum Institute
Central States
That Cured Him
A humorous exchange describes how a neighbor kept hens in his yard. The speaker reveals he hid eggs under a bush, then let the neighbor see him gather them, leading to no further trouble.
M CRAW WINS OKAY TO CLAIM GREEN TAXES
The Supreme Court allowed Texas to file a complaint against New York Massachusetts and Florida to determine Edward H R Green's legal domicile at his death last June For taxing purposes Texas argues GreenEstate totals and potential inheritance taxes severely affect its own claims Texas cites a 42348500 estate value and possible levies across federal New York Florida and Massachusetts totaling over 2 0 million.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Edward H. R. Green
Green
Hetty Green
New York
Massachusetts
Florida
Billy Rose Signs 100000 Contract To Stage Fiesta
Fort Worth report Billy Rose signed a contract with the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta organization to stage a major amusement show with a 50000 production fee and up to 100000 in total earnings through receipts and new money. The 1936 Frontier Centennial provided the blueprint with a return staff and likely appearances by Paul Whiteman and Everett Marshall as well. James F. Pollock was named secretary manager of the Fiesta.
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Fort Worth
Billy Rose
Whiteman
John Murray Anderson
Rauel DuBois
Albert Johnson
Carlton Windker
Ned Alvord
Paul Whiteman
Everett Marshall
Casa Manana
James F. Pollock
Car Accident Blamed In $15,000 Damage Suit
Sherman Curlee Cummings and wife sue Benjamin I. Siva for $15,000 for injuries to Mrs Amateen Cummings from a Bells crash on November 16 1936. They claim Cummings drove into a ditch during street repair, throwing his wife to the car top and causing permanent injuries. They also seek $660 for damage to the Cummings car.
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Cummings
Standard Drivers License Law Explained by Safety Council
CHICAGO Ill W H Cameron of the National Safety Council answers puzzled motorists in 24 states considering standard drivers license laws. He cites life saving results in 20 states and the District of Columbia, explains who needs exams, farm exemptions, learner permits, and how licenses can be revoked for violations.
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Chicago
Ill
W. H. Cameron
National Safety Council
Cameron
District of Columbia
New England
Eastern Seaboard
South
Midwest
Far West
Lower income households dominate purchases of cars and refrigerators
A Department of Commerce market study shows over half of automobiles and mechanical refrigerators in nine cities were owned by lower middle class families. Incomes below $3,000 supplied most buyers, with more than half of autos and many refrigerators from those earning $1,000 to $3,000 annually. Cities include Burlington Vermont Casper Wyoming Des Moines Iowa Erie Pennsylvania Frederick Maryland Lansing Michigan Oklahoma City Oklahoma Kentucky Paducah and Portland Oregon. Electricity use for lighting is high across the board, with most families earning $1,000 or more using electric light and many under $500 also using it. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Burlington
Casper
Wyo
Des Moines
Iowa
Erie
Frederick
Ducah
Portland
Ore
Uncle Sam Looks to Texas in Battle To Rewin Markets Lost
Porter A. Whaley of the Texas State Manufacturers' Association urges Texas led effort to regain sulphur markets lost to European production subsidies. He cites that Texas once produced about 40 percent of world supply in 1931 while 1935 exports fell by more than half, aided by tariff barriers and subsidies abroad. He names Texans like J. T. Claiborne Jr., R. K. Shirley, Roy B. Johns, and T. J. Knapp as leaders in the push for cheaper, secure sulfur supplies for U. S. farms and industry.
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Sam
Texas
San
America
Europe
Italy
Mr. Whaley
Lone Star
New York
U. S
J. T. Claiborne, Jr
Tarrant County
Freeport Sulphur Company
R. K. Shirley
van Zandt County
Roy B. Johns
Johnson County
T. J. Knapp
Galveston County
Uncle Sam
Sons of
Porter A. Whaley
Texas State Manufacturers’ Association
Inset
Sardinia
Ewing Galloway
Brazoria County
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The
Sun
Typewriter
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
First Nat'l Bank
Ned Moore
Philadelphia
Girard
Girard College
Safety Council
Whitewright
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
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