Texas to be in the black within a few years says comptroller
A Texas comptroller survey projects state finances improving by 1941 with total general revenue gains. It cites a $2.749 million surplus from retiring relief bonds and eliminating the Confederate pension fund deficit, while reporting a return of funds to the general revenue. The report notes long-run tax shifts and rising property valuations.
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R. S. Calvert
Department
Calvert
General Revenue Fund
Sheppard
O’daniel
Lockhart
General Fund
School Fund
Confederate Pension Fund
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller's Department
Joseph Sayers
House Appropriations Committee
Sayers
Rose Species Count and New Varieties Report
Botanists debate the total number of rose species with estimates from thirty to 4,266 for Europe and Western Asia. The American Rose Society notes 3,414 new varieties listed over 22 years, an average of 155 per year.
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Europe
Western
Asia
American Rose Society
Washington exploration credited to Capt Robert Gray in 1792
The article notes that the first exploration of Washington State was conducted by Captain Robert Gray in the year 1792. This historic voyage established early contact with the region and laid groundwork for subsequent colonial and American interests in the area.
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State of
Washington
Capt
Robert Gray
Deformity and Fortune of Tom Thumb in Barnum Era
Fort Worth Star Telegram recounts P. T. Barnum discovering a diminutive child in Bridgeport, the rise of Gen. Tom Thumb, and his wealth then decline. Lavinia Warren, Prime Mary, and Tom Thumb’s later life, fame, and ultimate death are sketched along with the couple’s widow’s later fate.
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Fort Worth
Barnum
Charles
Tom Thumb
Lavinia
Prince
Mary
Coney Island
Cotton bagging program continued at least another year
The Surplus Marketing Administration will extend the cotton bagging program for US cotton for at least one more year. Texas A and M Extension Service notes a million wrapgings may be used this year with 25 cents paid per wrapping to six contracted manufacturers.
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College Station
Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
F. E. Lichte
Texas A. and
M. Extension Service
United States
Texas
Britain Bags 1 967 Nazi Planes in Year
The Air Ministry reports nearly two thousand German aircraft were shot down in the first year of the war. Fighter pilots claimed 1 771 kills and anti aircraft batteries 196, with 1 500 destroyed since raids began June 18.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
Ministry
England
Britain
Fighter Command
Radium Prices Fall Amid New Deposits Found
Radium remains costly at $120 per milligram despite new deposits in Central Africa and the Great Bear Lake area. The Geiger-M mueller counter helps locate radium by its ticking, revealing it in hospital plumbing sewers incinerator ashes and even a roadway paved with hospital ashes.
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Central
Africa
Great Bear Lake
Canada
Geiger-Mueller
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Glen Earnheart Benefit Association
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