Payroll Records Urged By Dallas Social Security Head
Ernest L Tutt head of Dallas Social Security calls on employers to keep accurate payroll records for workers covered by Social Security. He stresses the need for each employee's full name and social security account number to ensure accurate quarterly tax returns and wage credits for future retirement benefits. Employees should provide their details at hire and can obtain SS account number forms at post offices or Social Security offices in Dallas. Duplicate cards can be requested by mail using a duplicate form.
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Dallas
Ernest L. Tutt
Social Security Board
Tutt
Allen Building
Relief Office Is Moved To North Side of Square
The Sherman relief commission office relocated Wednesday from 119% East Houston to 119% West Houston on the north side of the square across the hall from the former site. Miss Martha Naylor serves as supervisor of the office. The Sun lists typewriter paper for sale.
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Sherman
The
Texas Relief Commission
East
Houston
West
Martha Naylor
American Income Up as Costs Dip in Early 1939
The Commerce Department reports Americans had higher incomes in January and February 1939 than a year earlier, with living costs 3 percent lower. February wage, dividend, interest and relief income reached 5.09 billion dollars, up 115 million from February 1938, while a seasonally adjusted income index slid from 84.2 to 83.9.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
All May Vote on Amendment
Texas Attorney General Mann ruled that voters need not own taxable property to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment about a social security tax if the amendment goes to the people next summer. The opinion said property ownership rules for bonds do not apply to a statewide constitutional question.
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Austin
Mann
House
Hollering and Drinking Hard on the Voice
Doctors in Hygeia warn constant talking and loud noise injure the voice causing tiny hemorrhages that may lead to tumors. They note even a single alcoholic drink dilates mucous membranes, creating a “whisky throat” from engorged capillaries. The report also cites New York real estate valued at $16,650,297,000.
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Chicago
Ill
New York
Debating Door to Door Sales Curbs in Cities
Rotarian Magazine presents a clash between S S Hoover former Green River mayor and Herbert J Taylor president of Club Aluminum Co over banning uninvited door to door sales. Hoover cites resident annoyance and convenience of local shops while Taylor argues direct selling advances civilization and creates jobs, urging personal freedom for housewives to buy.
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S. S. Hoover
Green River
Wyoming
Mr. Hoover
Herbert J. Taylor
Club Aluminum Company
Taylor
How Many Learn It Young Mother Quote
A viral exchange between a young mother and a nurse questions the hardest lesson for new mothers. The nurse quips that others have perfect children too, highlighting common parental insecurities.
Just the Ends for a Girlfriend's Anniversary Gift
A dialogue suggests a playful gift idea for an anniversary. One person proposes a suitable present for a girlfriend who loves reading. The other suggests book ends as the item, noting she reads them before starting.
Want Ads and Farm Listings in Whitewright District
Classified notices offer wiring services from Johnson Jewelry utilities for prompt service at reasonable prices. Farm sale opportunities from Tom Barbee and Stephens Bryant. Funeral designs by Haile's Greenhouse. M Johnson White Leghorn chicks and custom hatching by Whitewright Hatchery managed by Mr. and Mrs. Ford.
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M. Johnson
H. A. James
Whitewright Hatchery
G. V. Ford
Comparisons of British and American Life
W M Logan writes from Edinburgh in 1939 on British life’s easygoing pace versus American urgency. He notes British lassitude in dry cleaning delays and radio timing, contrasted with unhurried, friendly shopkeeping and the tea habit as a symbol of steadiness, though he admits some cultural gaps.
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W. M. Logan
Eagle Lake
Edinburgh
Scotland
Oklahoma land oil bids for reservoir area
The state school land commission on Monday decided to solicit oil and gas lease bids on 21 tracts totaling 3 957 acres in the basin of the lake to be formed by the Denison Red River dam. Gov Phillips opposes granting federal mineral rights in lands made reservoirs by federal dams in Oklahoma. The parcels lie in Johnston Marshall and Bryan Counties.
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Oklahoma City
State
School Land Commission
Denison Red River
Phillips
Oklahoma
Commission
Johnston
Marshall
Bryan
Granddaughter asks grandpa if he was in the Ark
A child asks her grandfather if he was aboard Noah’s Ark. He replies that he was not, and she follows with the blunt question why he wasn’t drowned. The exchange captures a humorous family moment and provides a rustic punchline.
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Little Ann
Community Roundup Notes Softball Scores and Local Visits
Porter and Orangeville played softball Thursday with Porter winning 36 to 20. Local residents share visits and stints with family and friends, including Ellen Bowden, Juanita and Neva Howell, and Claude McCord's group. Weather remarks mention a big rain and expectations of better days ahead.
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Porter
Orangeville
Juanita Howell
Ellen Frances Bowden
Melva Colleen Allen
Juanita
Neva Nell Howell
Joe Rich
Laura Bess
Sherman
Floyd Ford
Bonnie Ray Hicks
Junior Hicks
Leo
Arvil Howell
Elbert Bennett
Whitewright
Ellen Francis Bowden
Elmer Anderson
James Norris
Joy Morris
Billy Joe Morgan
Trenton
M. M. Cooper
Maybell
Jewel Gunter
Charlie Rogers
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Manning & Meadow
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Ringling
the Radio
British Broadcasting
ASK
R. O. Tooley
van Alstyne
Porter News
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Sudan
Lester Haile
Help Wingo
Chas. A. Wingo
Gomer May
V. R. Vernie Henderson
V. R
Vernie) Henderson
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