Whitewright Red Cross Roll Call Surpasses $155 Quota
Whitewright exceeds its 1941 Red Cross Roll Call quota of 155 dollars with 159.53 dollars turned in by Monday evening. Additional contributions received after Monday but before press time appear in a separate column. Jesse Wallace canvassed business districts and Mrs. Floyd Everhart organized a residential group of volunteers.
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Red Cross
Whitewright
Jesse Wallace
Floyd Everheart
T. E. Sears
A. L. Jackson
R. E. Hickman
W. E. LaRoe
T. H. Cunningham
J. C. Gillespie
Fred Cook
Ben Patterson
H. L. Crittenden
Gomer May
Glen Earnheart
J. L. Johnson
R. P. Childress
Emory Christian
Few New Bills For Legislature Are Indicated
A survey of measures before the Texas Legislature in January shows few changes from two years ago. Proposals include raising the legal truck load from 7000 to 20000 pounds, redistricting House seats by the last census, abolishing or merging the agricultural commission with A M College, consolidating state departments, and extending the interstate oil compact for two years with little opposition.
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Austin
House
Senate
Agricultural Commission
A. & M. College
Lawmaking debates loom over next state session
Proposals include extending gas tax allocations for road bonds, liquor sale by the drink, and legalization of pari mutuel horse race betting with potential 2 to 3 billion dollars in revenue. Other items cover revamping election laws creating a state utility and conservation commissions, fair trade penalties, civil service rules, poll tax repeal, large appropriations near 200 million, social security financing ties, new state office building, and moving Rangers back to the Adjutant General's department.
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Utility Commission
Conservation Commission
Railroad Commission
Civil Service
Cial Security
Public Safety Commission
Adjutant General’s Department
Think You're a Pretty Good Speller Try These
An Austin spelling contest pitted 11 college professors against 11 laymen in a luncheon club event. Only two of the professors managed to spell all the words correctly, highlighting the difficulty and challenge of the competition.
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Austin
Reading list stumps Texas faculty in college quiz
Presidents Rainey and McGill led a group of professors in a quiz where lay readers struggled with a long list of tough words. The exercise highlighted difficulties with pronunciation and recall among the university scholars.
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Homer Price Rainey
Texas University
William McGill
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