No Special Texas Legislature Session Hinted After Stevenson Visit
Lieutenant Governor Stevenson suggested a session would be wasted without an agreed tax plan. He and Governor O'Daniel align with conservative ranch and business interests pushing for a sales tax to replace ad valorem taxes. Observers here credit the Stevenson endorsement as influential in his victory.
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Junction
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P. Pierce Brooks
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Texas Oath Clash Over Tax Bill Strategy
The Lieutenant Governor urged legislators to abrogate their constitutional oath and back a taxation bill, but observers doubt a House or Senate majority will comply. Jerry Mann, Attorney General, sued eleven rice millers for anti trust violations, seeking penalties from 863000 to 25905000, based on two months of evidence.
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Senator Cotten to head Texas gas utilities unit
Sen. Clay Cotten of Palestine will accept appointment as chief of the gas utilities division of the Railroad Commission after Lon Smith and Jerry Sadler discharged Olin Culberson, who held the post since 1933. Cotten will resign his Senate seat and the job pays $5,000 annually.
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Railroad Commission
Lon Smith
Jerry Sadler
Olin Culberson
Sadler
Culberson
United Gas System
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Cotten
Senate
Tom Beauchamp
Court of Criminal Appeals
O’daniel
Morrow
Red Cross Warns Home More Dangerous Than Highway
The Red Cross warns home and farm work hazards kill and injure far more than roads. Last year 35,400 deaths and 4,750,000 injuries led to a national safety campaign begun in 1935. This year over 1900 chapters join a campaign starting October 23 to check homes and farms for hazards and distribute safety check lists.
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American Red Cross
American Junior Red Cross
Stalin and Hitler linked by power and purge rhetoric
The article argues Stalin seeks world power through patient, ruthless tactics, likening his alliance with Hitler to a calculated move to dominate. It cites Eugene Lyons’s Cosmopolitan piece, warning that Stalin aims for a Moscow-centered empire and that war wards off resistance, while pacts and force replace ideology.
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Eugene Lyons
Moscow
Russian Empire
Russia
Lyons
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
Red Army
America
Health Hints Urge Diphtheria Immunization in Texas
Health officer urges parents to immunize children six months old or older with diphtheria toxoid to prevent deaths. Texas records show 1,279 diphtheria deaths in four years, mainly among under fours, avoidable with vaccination. Six months after dose, Schick test checks immunity. toxoid is painless and yields about 90 percent lifetime protection.
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Texas
Texas State Department of Health
Schick
Theria inoculation lowers diphtheria death toll
In the Texas records for 1935 the disease caused 457 child deaths, with 351 deaths attributed to diphtheria. The text notes inoculation efforts reducing mortality year by year, reflecting a trend toward fewer diphtheria deaths as immunization expands.
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Health department seeks diphtheria immunization for all
The Texas State Department of Health urges immediate immunization to prevent deaths from diphtheria, referencing past year figures of 1936 and 1937 and 1938 as context. The note stresses protecting loved ones by getting immunized now.
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Texas State Department of Health
Faith in the Future by Edgar A Guest
The poem declares faith in a future where war ends and humanity turns from conflict. It envisions a growing chorus of people including mothers, scholars, and religious seekers who reject war as nations cease to nurture hate. It emphasizes learning, art, science, and craft as sources guiding toward peace.
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London
Ivan Maisky
Russia
Germany
Josef Stalin
Hitler
Eaduane Dau
College Seat
Temple Pew
Reporter's Humorous Exchange Over Firing At City Desk
A reporter faces dismissal while quipping that readers will grasp his actions. The city editor replies that safety from harm will come once the firing occurs, highlighting a satirical newsroom moment.
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