Texas Senate Advances Economy Bill Against Allred
The Texas Senate moved Grady Woodruff's economy bill, aiming to shave 4 million dollars from departmental appropriations over two fiscal years. It targets salaries above 1500 annually and the abolition of departmental press agent roles. The chamber voted 20 to 6 to allow the measure despite Lt. Gov. Woodul's objections, signaling a possible Senate push to cut expenditures and shift responsibility onto Gov. Allred if vetoes occur.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Allred
Grady Woodruff
Senate
Walter Woodul
House
Young Tax Panel Hikes Texas Industry Bills
A 13 hour hearing before a house subcommittee on taxation and revenue produced a $10,000,000 omnibus tax bill. The measure would raise taxes on oil, sulphur, utilities, cement and amusements including movie admissions by 30 to 50 percent. Protesting citizens were given about 45 minutes in the early hours to speak.
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Alfred
Taxation and Revenue Committee
Texas
Tax plan fate hinges on governor and Senate
With the session half gone it is clear the Allied program of 15 million dollars in new taxes is sunk. Whether 3 to 4 million in increased levies pass depends on the governor's cooperation with the Senate. If Allred sticks to no tax cuts the Senate likely won’t levy new taxes. if he yields, the Senate may approve a tax increase.
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Senate
Allred
Senate ties vote to aid state loan shark victims
Lieut. Gov. Walter Woodul broke a rare tie in the Senate to back a resolution urging department heads to help workers escape Austin loan sharks. Senator Joe Hill said the sharks charge 100 to 300 percent interest and threaten reporters to reveal payment delays. The Austin Times has exposed about a dozen lenders preying on low-salaried state employees for months.
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Walter Woodul
Senate
Austin
Joe Hill
State Department
Woodul
The
Austin Times
Synthetic fuel to double speed of autos and planes
Chicago report on a prediction by Dr. Gustav Egloff that synthetic hydrocarbon fuels will double cruising speeds for autos to about 150 mph and airplanes to 400 500 mph within ten years. He cited fuels being 100 percent more combustible and urged new engine designs to handle higher pressures and temperatures. A quip from a mock opera scene follows about a dangerous operation.
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Chicago
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Gustav Egloff
Potato War lore and the spread of Irish potatoes
The piece traces how Andean potatoes reached Europe via Spain and Ireland, crediting Sir Walter Raleigh with popularizing the crop in Ireland. It notes the global surge in potato and corn cultivation, the Mayan maize origin, and cites Frederick the Great’s 1778 efforts to keep potatoes from Austria, framing the era as the New World gift to Europe.
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Ireland
Andes
America
Spain
Italy
Belgium
Sir Walter Raleigh
Cork
Sir Walters
Sir Walter
Guatemala
Mexico
New World
Europe
Frederick the Great
Foreign Countries Eye 20 Million Bale Cotton Crop
Foreign cotton nations may yield a larger crop than forecast with 20,000,000 bales projected by the New York Cotton Exchange, up from 19,500,000. weather in nine countries boosts outlook while the United States share shrinks. Egypt and India show changes, Brazil gains, Argentina suffers crop failure, China and Russia project sizable crops, Uganda and Greece forecast increases amid world market shifts.
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Dallas
New York Cotton Exchange
United States
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Egypt
India
Brazil
Argentina
China
Japan
Russia
Uganda
Greece
Potatoes and Peru: a history of the Papa
The article extols the potato as a vital food crop grown across varied soils from Peru to Ecuador. It notes 25 varieties, diverse colors and shapes, and the Andean farmer tending llamas and fields. It claims potatoes, rich in starch and nutrients, could sustain many ages and enrich global trade more than gold.
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Peru
Ecuador
Lamas
South America
Atahualpa
Longer Cotton Staple Boosts Farm Income
Washington reports that a minor increase of one thirty-second of an inch in cotton staple length could add about $8 million to growers’ income per year. The USDA notes no pre 1928 records and from 1928 to 1934 average gains reached one thirty-second inch, raising the 1934 crop value substantially. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department States
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