Texas Governor Faces Tax Fight Over Old Age Help
In a special session the Legislature is urged to raise funds for old age assistance and aid to the blind and dependent children. The Board of Control warns of suspension of payments after November 1 if revenues aren’t increased. Senator Cotten defends President Roosevelt against attacks, arguing taxes are necessary to fulfill promises to the needy while allowing some economy in other areas.
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Board of Control
Dallas
Senate
House
Clay Cotten
Palestine
Texas
Galveston
Nero
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warning Against Cancer Quacks in Texas
Texas warns against quack cancer cures as cancer deaths rise. Early diagnosis and trusted treatment by a competent surgeon or radium or X-ray therapies are emphasized, with advice to seek immediate medical consultation for symptoms like unusual bleeding, lumps, persistent sores, or chronic indigestion.
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Texas
Texas Notes on Faculty Additions and Civic Leadership
Friendly Texian reports the hiring of Gib Gilchrist as Dean of Engineering and Col Ike Ashburn as Executive Assistant to the President at Texas A and M. It notes Texas Congress members’ vacation and debates over special sessions, along with Governor Allred’s Atlantic City visit and flood control and crime prevention concerns. A state fingerprint bureau aids crime efforts and citizenship thoughts close the piece.
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Texas A. and
Gib Gilchrist
Ike Ashburn
Houston
T. O. Walton
James V. Allred
Texas
National Conference of Governors
Atlantic City
If All My Ships Return Home to Me
The speaker imagines ships laden with riches returning to a harbor, valuing a single ship’s safe voyage above gold. Ella Wheeler Wilcox expresses longing and enduring hope for a beloved ship, while praying for calm seas and safe passage for all, yet preferring reunion over wealth.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Oil firm hits water gushers near Lueders
Mare Oil Company struck a 3000 barrel water gusher while drilling for oil near Lueders. Nearby communities needing well water found the flow more profitable than oil, using river water to meet demand.
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Wichita Falls
Mare Oil Company
Lueders
Sportsmen Have 545 Special Laws Governing Them
A Texas study lists 545 applications of local game and fish laws affecting hunting and trapping plus 212 on fish. Most laws passed since 1925, with many counties enforcing closed seasons on doves quails turkeys deer and foxes. The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission notes open seasons limited to ducks and geese.
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Austin
Texas
J. G. Burr
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Burr
Game Commission
Cardus advertised for women's nourishment relief
An advertisement urges women to combat poor nourishment with Cardus, claiming it supports appetite, digestion, and nervous fatigue. It notes mothers recommend it for over fifty years and invites consultation with a physician if no benefit is felt.
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Cardus
Outlook Favorable For Hog Producers In Texas
Texas experts project smaller slaughter hog supplies for fall and winter 1937-38, with steady meat demand keeping prices near last year’s. A larger 1937 corn crop lowers feed costs, boosting hog feeding prospects, while heavier marketed weights and a bigger spring pig crop are expected. Local feed distribution remains uneven across hog regions.
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College Station
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
E. M. Regenbrecht
Texas A. and
M. Extension Service
Regenbrecht
Chicago
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