O'Daniel will announce special session decision Sunday
Governor O'Daniel said he would reveal next Sunday whether a special session on social security financing is advisable. He noted not enough replies favored a temporary consumers natural resources tax plan, and he warned against censorship while urging reforms like better budgeting, state auditor control, and consolidating funds.
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Austin
O’daniel
Texas
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Governor Considers Revenue Plan For Special Session
A fragment from a state discussion notes Governor's revenue proposal favored for a special session. It would be put in statutory form akin to provisions in S. J. R. 12, a constitutional amendment defeated in the regular session.
Texas Supreme Court may review tax remission ruling
A Dallas County challenge to Attorney General Mann's ruling on a state tax remission bill seeks to block county debts. Officials plan a quick injunction and appeal, with inter venors from other counties, aiming for Supreme Court review early next year. Local opinion favors upholding Mann's ruling.
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Supreme Court of Texas
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New Secretary of State Named by Governor O Daniel
M O Flowers of Lockhart with 18 years in politics becomes Secretary of State to succeed Judge Tom Beachamp who moved to the Court of Criminal Appeals last week.
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Caldwell County
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O’daniel
Tom Beachamp
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lonnie Alsup Demands Resignation Amid Pension Row
Rep Lonnie Alsup blind veteran from Panola County pushes for Adam R Johnson to resign as director of the public welfare department. Alsup, sponsor of the Welfare Board bill, says Johnson kept pension administration staff and failed to implement liberalization adding about 40 000 eligibles. Johnson says Alsup sought a personnel job, warns prompt reinvestigation of 120 000 pensioners to maintain federal aid, noting 40 000 additional pensioners would drop average checks from 8.25 to 4 or 5.
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House
Panola County
Adam R. Johnson
Public Welfare Department
Alsup
Welfare Board
Johnson
Pension Administration
Move to ban lawmakers taking state jobs in their term
Officials push for a new law to bar legislators from receiving state department appointments during their elected terms. The Constitution bans legislators from state office, and Attorney General Mann’s rulings have kept such posts vacant, despite the provision.
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Mann
Legislator Resigns For Fat-Paying Department Job
The passage notes that lawmakers may display zeal for a department during a session and then resign to take a high paying job with that department after the session ends. It cites Gov Allred and others as having ignored this issue in the past, with no legal or constitutional bar against such moves.
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Allred
Railroad Commissioner race heats with multiple strong foes
The race for Railroad Commissioner, held by Lon Smith, is seen as the hottest contest besides the Governor’s race. Reported candidates include Roy Hoffheinz, Harris County judge. Bill McCraw, former attorney general. and P. Pierce Brooks of Dallas, who once challenged Lt. Gov. Coke Stevenson in the last runoff.
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Lon Smith
Smith
Roy Hoffheinz
Harris County
Bill McCraw
P. Pierce Brooks
Dallas
Coke Stevenson
McGregor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day for Town
McGregor residents, eager for solo celebration, observed November 24 as the town’s Thanksgiving day by mayoral proclamation. The act marks a civic stand for an independent holiday meal.
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Mcgregor
G. W. Searcy
Cooling System May Double Plane Power
Washington reports a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics redesign at Langley Field Virginia could double engine power by altering cooling fins around cylinders. The change targets aircraft engines and, with a new wing design, may push speeds toward 500 mph, vastly surpassing foreign aircraft.
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Washington
America
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Sylvieter’s Black Eye Earned Protecting a Boy
A man recounts his black eye and explains he sustained it while shielding a small boy. The boy emerges as the speaker, revealing that the protector was himself.
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Sylvieter
Rachel
Government Forces Oklahoma Paper To Raise Advertising Rate
The Department of Justice sues Blackwell Publishing for 15000 civil penalty alleging continued undercutting of rates to help the Blackwell Tribune, despite a federal cease and desist order from Sept 5, 1936. Oklahoma City filing cites constitutional free press defense and a 20 day answer period.
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Congress
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