O'Daniel backs sales tax amendment as Texas House nears end
Gov. W Lee O Danial expressed confidence the House would approve Senate Joint Resolution No 12 a constitutional update to raise a 40 million tax burden to provide 10 million more for old age pensions The plan adds a 2 percent sales tax with small increases in natural resource taxes The House passed the 120 day session amid many amendments removing food clothing medicines and ice from the tax and the fate now rests on a final vote before adjournment
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
House of Representatives
Senate
House
O'Daniel Opposes Townsend-O'Daniel Tax Substitute
Gov O Daniel and the special interest lobby reacted as the House debated an amendment replacing the sales tax with the Townsend O Daniel transactions tax. Abe Mayes of Atlanta backed the substitute claiming enough votes, while O Daniel sent a rebuke urging support for the Senate sales tax resolution. The episode exposed panic power play and potential pension impacts.
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O’daniel
House
Townsend-O'Daniel
Abe Mayes
Atlanta
Mayes
Senate
O'Daniel
Anti Bloc Stands Firm Over Sales Tax Vote
The next test is set for Wednesday as the Senate resolution returns for a vote. If proponents reach 100 votes, it passes to the Senate for concurrence or non concurrence of House amendments and likely heads to a conference committee. Pro-tax advocates are expected to guide revisions toward the original Senate form.
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G. C. Morris
Greenville
Albert Derden
Marlin
Leighton Cornett
Clarksville
DeWitt Hale
Farmersville
Bob Woods
Marshall
House
Senate
Senate spar over college building funds in economy drive
The economy program faced a major jolt as the Senate added over 7.5 million dollars to the state college appropriation for new buildings. The House carried about 15 million, the Senate 25 million, and a conference committee is expected to pare back much of the increase, allowing the economy program to survive in part.
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Senate
House
Conference Committee
Tex rise in campus building funds and legal rulings
Gov Allred issued a deficiency warrant to pay 75000 for a campus building at John Tarleton College Stephens ville while Attorney General Gerald Mann ruled the Legislature cannot legally appropriate money to settle the deficiency citing the constitutional ban on paying claims without prior appropriations. Mann also addressed criticism of slow probes into mutual assessment insurance firms as he pursued receiverships against four such companies. The session weighs Gov O Daniel’s next move on Highway Commission chair with recess appointment limits and pending Senate rejections of Carr Collins J C Hunter and Jim West. Senate confirmed Dr W B Veazey to State Health Board and the optometry bill passed the House with the advertising ban stripped out.
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John Tarleton College
Stephensville
Allred
Gerald Mann
Mann
O’daniel
Highway Commission
John Wood
Carr Collins
J. C. Hunter
Jim West
Senate
W. B. Veazey
Huntsville
State Health Board
Texas
House
O'Daniel Pushes Tax Plan For Old Age Pensions
Governor W Lee O Daniel urged passage of SJR No 12 the sales and natural resources tax amendment to fund old age pensions and social services during a Sunday radio address He linked the measure to a Mother's Day program from the Texas House and said the House should act this week He claimed only nine votes were needed to adopt the resolution and warned lawmakers not to adjourn without helping the elderly He also pressed national lessons from the war and urged Texans to renew religious commitment.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
House
Hall
House of Representatives
Texas
O’daniel
O'Daniel
America
Greenville Republican to run for Congress against Rayburn
G. C. Morris, a Greenville representative who has led anti sales tax forces, plans a bid for Congress next year challenging Sam Rayburn of Bonham, the Democratic floor leader. An oil portrait of Tom Connally, Texas junior senator, was hung in the House with ceremonies last week.
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G. C. Morris
Greenville
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Tom Connally
Texas
Five Reasons People Drink Probed by Northwestern Expert
Northwestern University physiologist A C Ivy lists curiosity social pressure escape appetite and habit and addict in as the main motives behind drinking. He says curiosity draws a first taste and social pressure along with custom pushes one to drink, while escape and habit grow into a continued pattern.
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Northwestern University
A. C. Ivy
Ivy
S. Ivy
Circus Banter Sparks Tall Tale From Performer
A playful exchange unfolds as a circus owner asks about the performer's role and is teased with a self described tallminded joke. The performer declares to be the tallest midget in the world, turning the dialogue into a lighthearted quip about size and showmanship.
Nervous Suitor Seeks Pension from Father Over Daughter
A lighthearted exchange unfolds as a hopeful suitor confesses a five year courtship to the father. The father sharpens his reply asking what pension the applicant seeks, hinting at a humorous stalemate in a domestic drama.
Congress Gets Cotton Crop Insuring Plan
Washington reports the Agriculture Department submitted a plan for cotton crop insurance to Congress to protect about 2.5 million farmers from weather, insects, and disease losses. The plan mirrors a wheat-insurance program with county and local committees setting separate premiums, and specifies 50 or 75 percent yield protections with exclusions for neglect or theft.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Texas
Bell
Brazoria
Brazos
Denton
Hardeman
Hunt
Jones
Lubbock
Nacogdoches
Nueces
Outside truckers must pay $100 to serve Waxahachie
Waxahachie officials approve an ordinance requiring all outside bread lumber and cold drink salesmen and others offering goods or services from non Waxahachie plants to hold a $100 annual license. The law becomes effective in 10 days and aims to require foreign firms profiting locally to pay proportionate city taxes. Revenue is projected to exceed $1,000 in the first six months, with semiannual payments of $50.
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Waxahachie
Times Were Better Say All Ages Quote by Horace Greeley
A quotation comments on the enduring notion that past eras seemed better. Attributed to Horace Greeley, it reflects a general belief about historical perceptions across generations. The line underscores nostalgia and shifts in societal memory.
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Horace Greeley
Oil land bids threaten Denison Dam dispute grows
Oklahoma City reports oil and gas lease bids on 3957 acres in three counties as the State School Land Commission, including Gov. Leon C. Phillips, weighs into the Denison Red River dam controversy. Don Welch predicts oil rights value could inflame federal costs while State Senator John MacDonald says the bids won't affect the dam.
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Oklahoma City
Denison Red River
State School Land Commission
Leon C. Phillips
Don Welch
Madill
Phillips
Welch
John MacDonald
Durant
Cotton Bagging Supplies Stocked For Current Crop
The agricultural department notes last year only 50,000 cotton bales were covered with bagging in the South. This year 900,000 coverings are on hand and the Department of Agriculture expects and hopes for broader use across the crop.
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Department of Agriculture
Expansion of all cotton covers use in Texas gins
The program expands use of all cotton covers beyond one-variety communities to many gins across Texas and beyond. Lane Cotton Mills in New Orleans makes the covers at about 73 cents each with 28 cents subsidized by the government, reducing ginnery cost to 45 cents. The subsidy was meant to offset farmer losses from lighter material, but many buyers now factor cover weight into bale prices. Extension service workers urge broader adoption within two months.
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Texas
Lane Cotton Mills
New Orleans
Department of Agriculture
United States
A humorous exchange on a spotless husband
A wife defends her husband claiming he has no bad habits and stays home. The visitor asks about smoking and she says he only smokes in moderation, enjoying a single cigar after dinner and not more than two cigars a month.
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