U.S. CANNOT MATCH TEXAS PENSION PLANS
A Texas study concludes the federal government cannot match a universal $30 monthly pension for everyone over 65. It warns that only needy seniors would qualify for federal aid and examines the impact on federal grants and state administration under different setups. The piece contrasts national funding limits with Texas’s 5 percent share of the population and discusses central versus local administration.
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Austin
State of
Texas
Federal Social Security Board
Congress
Kansas
Dancing Vices Assailed by Texas Baptist Leader
Corpus Christi minister Rev. T A Binford warned at the Baptist Pastors and Laymen’s Conference that virtue is not safe in ballrooms. He denounced dancing gambling bank nights and liquor, urged keeping dancing from colleges and universities, critiqued sexual immorality and lewdness, and condemned gambling and betting in horse races.
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Dallas
T. A. Binford
Corpus Christi
Binford
Baptist General Convention of Texas
A and M College awards $2 million dormitory program
Texas A and M College at College Station awarded contracts by the board of directors meeting in Dallas for a $2,000,000 building program. Bellows Construction Co. of Houston gets $1,338,000 for 12 dormitories and a mess hall, C Wallace Plumbing Dallas gets $228,697, Curtis Electric Austin $75,830. Start in 10 days, finish by Sept 1, 1939. Additional dining hall and Prairie View projects also approved. Gibb Gilchrist residence grant noted.
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Texas A
M. College
College Station
Adolphus Hotel
Dallas
Bellows Construction Co
Houston
C. Wallace Plumbing Co
Curtis Electric Co
Austin
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
Prairie View
Gibb Gilchrist
Tack in Lung 10 Years Is Removed
Raymond Reilly a Tulsa high school student removed a swallowed upholstery tack stuck in his lung for a decade at Temple University Hospital Philadelphia. Doctors said one of the oldest foreign bodies to be extracted from a lung. He faces no charge if his parents cannot pay.
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Philadelphia
Raymond Reilly
Tulsa
Raymond
Temple University Hospital
Tavern Owner and Patrons Arrested DENISON
Denison area raid leads to the arrest of a tavern owner bartender and 10 patrons on drunkenness and liquor sale charges. Officers say beer was sold to intoxicated individuals and to minors ages 13 to 18. County jail custody and a possible injunction to close the establishment were noted. Traffic hazards observed as vehicles were moved from the highway approach.
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Denison
Liquor Control Board
Billy McElroy
Sherman
Mr. McElroy
Tom Warren
James Messick
John Bass
Wesley Barnhill
Barnhill
Want Ads Include Flowers and Wood Delivery
Classified notice notes floral funeral designs by Myrtle Badgett with contact number 101 and a pricing scheme of 25 cents for up to 25 words plus ten cents per word over. Also advertises heater wood at $2.00 a rick delivered in Whitewright by H M Rich with phone 933 4.
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Myrtle Badgett
Whitewright
H. M. Rich
First Lesson Art Teacher Sparks Fire Rescue Question
A classroom quip has a teacher asking which five pictures to rescue if the National Gallery were ablaze and a pupil answering the five nearest the door. In a shop exchange a loyal grocer clerk asks about Spanish onions and a customer insists they be non insurgent sourced.
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National Gallery
U. S. Gives Away 7.5 Million Garments To Needy
Washington reports the largest peacetime clothing distribution is underway. Government bought 7.5 million surplus garments costing 15 million dollars to spur employment. About 1.1 million suits and overcoats go to destitute unemployed, relieve recipients without jobs, and WPA workers plus old-age pensioners. No one who can afford to buy clothing will receive it.
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Washington
WPA
Pensions at Bargain Rates Fall Through in Frederick
Frederick MD two slickers offered $60 monthly pensions for $20 to cover stamps and other items but found no buyers among elderly residents. J Shelton Turner Frederick County Welfare Board secretary said the scam stalled when a wary townsman checked with his banker for approval.
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Frederick
J. Shelton Turner
Frederick County
Powell Signs Seven Year MGM Deal At 600000 Per Year
Hollywood William Powell, after illness, returns to MGM with a seven year contract reportedly worth 600000 annually. Effective February 1, the deal pays 200000 per picture for three projects each year. It blocks outside radio work and ends his planned producing partnership with agent Myron Selznick.
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Hollywood
William Powell
M-G-M
Powell
Myrna Loy
Myron Selznick
Scotsman Marries Actress in Humorous Bid for Talent
A Scotsman tells his mother about his bride, denying she can sew or cook or do housework. When asked what she can do, he answers she is a grand singer, prompting the mother to quip about buying a canary.
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Jock
Mither
Four engagements test Dora's fitness for life
Quote contrasts Dora's readiness with her history of four engagements, implying she has faced multiple romantic or social entanglements. The remark suggests resilience and experience in personal battles.
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Dora
Canaries and Cats Share Tiny Houston Home on Relief
Chris Ecker, 81, lives alone in a one room garage apartment with 77 canaries and four cats. He survives on 1.60 dollars weekly in relief money. He keeps the animals tethered and indoors, claiming no trouble or jail record after a long life of work. Houston wonders if the pets are friends or simply companions.
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Houston
Chris Ecker
Chris
Canaries
Germany
Shiner business so good with black eye ad
In Miami a beauty shop operator advertised for black-eye customers and saw a flood of clients. A. D. Allen, a former makeup artist, ran the ad promising to paint out the eye with guaranteed results. Business boomed until he canceled the ad because it harmed his regular clientele.
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Miami
Fla
A. D. Allen
Allen
University Richer After Leases Sold
The University of Texas grew richer by 703 600 dollars after auctioning leases to West Texas oil lands. KeWanee Oil Company of Tulsa paid 123 000 dollars for a 160.9 acre tract, a new high, and netted the school the largest single auction result in its history. The firm also paid 107 000 dollars for 165.9 acres in Ector County, the second highest amount ever recorded for a lease.
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T. W. Ayres & Son
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H. T. Atterberry
Penn Apartments
Emmet Penn
W. M. Gates
Allen T. Short
Mae Hall
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
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E. R. Alexander
Joe Alexander
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
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H. E. Barrington
Throckmorton
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Marcus Aurelius
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