Terrell resigns Texas railroad commission chairmanship
C V Terrell resigns the chairmanship of the Texas railroad commission in favor of Ernest O Thompson. Terrell notes urgent private affairs and will stay as a member until January 1 when Jerry Sadler succeeds him. Thompson already chaired the panel and oversees oil proration hearings amid ongoing terms.
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Lon A. Smith
Sadler
Terrell
Railroad Commission of Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Roosevelt
Commission
Texas
Nature’s Honest Landscape Inspires Inner Sunlight
The speaker extols nature and landscape for their sincerity and relentless earnestness. They express love for the earth as a source of inward brightness rather than outward glare, quoting Thoreau’s reverent view of nature’s honesty and music.
O'Daniel Booed at Texas Convention Runoff
Governor nominee W Lee O'Daniel faced boos as he rushed the microphone to defend a pensions plank. The convention floor nearly erupted into a riot delaying the vote allowing floor managers to push a vague pension plank, after which he denounced newspapers and reporters.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Fort Worth
O'Daniel Campaign Pledge Draws Beaumont Backlash
The issue was clearly drawn at Beaumont where O Daniel promised $30 monthly pensions for all seniors over 65. Voters, delegates, and advisors voiced disappointment as the governor nominee delivered a platitudinous address focused on generalities rather than practical plans.
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Beaumont
O'’Daniel
O'Daniel
Roosevelt
Texas
O’daniel
Platform sparks clash over pensions in state politics
The platform courted Roosevelt's leadership and praised Gov Allied while urging industrial growth, budget restraint, and continued schools and roads funding. It called for immediate social security provisions and pensions for seniors under state and federal laws, triggering sharp controversy over meaning and precedent.
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Roosevelt
Gov. Allied
United States
Texas political platform clash over pensions and poll tax
The column notes O'Daniel's pledge of $30 monthly pensions, while the Texas platform bars such payments citing state and federal constitutions. A plank to abolish the poll tax is rejected by delegates. Speeches by veteran Democrats urging racial exclusion influence the outcome.
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Texas
O’daniel
United States
O Daniel's Texas Platform Faces Internal Conflicts
The Texas platform shows no clear stance on pensions gambling whisky taxes or farm relief. O Daniel is torn among Rawlings Dallas conservatives and various interest groups, with a looming two year struggle as he faces a cautious legislature and divided advisers.
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O'’Daniel
Texas
Beaumont
O'Daniel
Frank Rawlings
Fort Worth
Carl Collins
Dallas
Corrigan Parts With Transatlantic "Crate" For Exposition
Douglas Corrigan formally parts with his $900 trans Atlantic Voyager the “Crate” leaving it in the hands of Golden Gate Exposition officials as the experimental license expires in three days. He rented the craft to the exposition which opens next February and said he would remain to brighten the show and tend the display.
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San Francisco
Douglas Corrigan
Corrigan
Boy, 2, Dies After Drinking Wine From Shelf
New York report states a two year old boy died of alcoholism after consuming wine his father had bought for movers. The child urged his three year old brother John to drink as well. The article also notes the Eskimos christened Lindbergh's world flight plane Ting missartog meaning big bird.
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New York
Patrick Lyons
John
Eskimos
Lindberghs
Ting-missartog
Big Show’s Loaded With Ace Features
Denison hosts Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus on September 30 with 950 spectators. Five elephant herds, 837 menagerie animals and hundreds of horses perform. Gargantua the Great, a 450 pound, 5 ft 6 in giant gorilla with 9 ft arm span, tops the lineup as a newly added attraction.
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al G. Barnes
Floto Circus
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Denison
Gargantua the Great
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Barnes and Sells-Floto
Mighty Touring Jungle Show Promises Grand Opening Spectacle
The engagement featuring Bring Em Back Alive Frank Buck draws huge crowds as the Big Show unveils a massive spectacle. A jungle caravan of captured animals arrives for an opening reception by a Maharajah and court, with Bengal lancers, Terrell Jacobs, Mabel Stark, Reckless Ralph Clark, the Flying Connacles, Antoinette Concello, Lucio Cristiani, the Rieffenach Family, and 70 clowns. Performances at 2 and 8 pm with doors opening an hour before.
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Frank Buck
Bengal Lancers
Terrell Jacobs
Mabel Stark
Royal Bengal
Ralph Clark
Flying Concellos
Antoinette Concello
Lucio
Rieffenach
Clarence Bruce
Old Age Insurance Aims to Give Women Break
Miss Mary Dewson of the Social Security Board said many working women will receive a better break under the old age insurance plan because they tend to earn less and work shorter times. She noted the benefit is weighted toward workers with the least earnings, and even with low pay, part time or piecework covered by the act can build up benefits to prevent dependency in old age. Japan has one mile of seacoast for every 9% acres of land.
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Washington
Mary W. Dewson
Social Security Board
Dewson
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