Ferguson weighs another governor bid on Roosevelt third term
Former Texas governor Miriam A Ferguson says she may run for governor if public demand exists and would back a Roosevelt third term. Her platform includes a half percent gross receipts tax to fund social security programs, aging discrimination relief, and broad budget cuts. She asks voters to mail views and pledge support in the July primary.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Roosevelt
Texas
Ferguson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What Is and Is Not Allowed by Law in Contests
A Southwest Retail News summary explains federal and state rules on contests and prizes. It defines lotteries as any game with a chance element and warns that using the mails to promote a lottery is illegal, with examples of guessing contests and other chance based promotions deemed unlawful.
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Southwest Retail News
the Sun
United States
Whitewright Election Notice March 1940 Mayor Term Two Years
Grayson County Texas notice announces Whitewright mayoral election to be held at city hall on the first Tuesday in April 1940 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Officials include W. H. Horton presiding judge J. M. Wright assistant judge C. C. Dillon and Mrs. Allen T Short as clerks. F M Echols mayor directs. Attest Jesse Wallace city secretary.
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Grayson
Whitewright
Texas
City of
W. H. Horton
J. M. Wright
C. C. Dillon
Allen T. Short
F. M. Echols
Coffee Goes Scotch in this Spice Cake
A vintage recipe describes Coffee Spice Cake with shortening sugar molasses eggs and spices baked with pecan halves. It includes a Coffee Scotch Frosting using coffee sugar corn syrup and egg whites beaten to stiff peaks.
Prohibitionists Won’t Endorse Texas Governor
In Fort Worth the Texas W C T U president said the group does not endorse candidates for state office. She noted they prefer Christian men and focus on laws shaped by representatives, while expressing a wish for a prohibitionist governor.
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Austin
Claude de van Watts
Temperance
Farm certificate plan unlikely to move in Congress
Washington reports that the House Agriculture Committee is unlikely to act this session on Secretary Wallace's farm certificate plan. The scheme would require processors to buy certificates in addition to paying market prices for the commodity. Chairman Jones of Texas said he did not know when the committee would next consider the legislation.
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House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Wallace
Jones
Texas
Absent Mindedness Plank Carrying Dialogue
A brief humorous exchange shows a worker insisting he is carrying a plank to the mill while the boss asks why no plank is visible. The dialogue highlights a lapse in memory with a witty rural flavor.
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