The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 203, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 31, 1932 Page: 4 of 4
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$1.25
HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED
PORT HOUSTON LAUNDRY
Phone 515
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July 19, 1932.
BLANKETS and COMFORTS
Insurance Value
$2.39
Bath Towels
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DEPENDABLE SERVICE
Towels,
Believe
It or
Not
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Clearance of Men’s Suits
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Dec. 20. 1932.
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THE PEOPLE’S
$12.95
DRUGS
EXCHANGE
Cotton Harvesters
AT LOW PRICES
Men’s Hats
Riding Trousers
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Boot Pants
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One lot of Men’s Suits, all wool, $35 values $7.95
One lot of Men’s Overcoats, value $35
Heavy
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STAGE AND SCREEN COMIC TO
MAKE RADIO DEBUT WITH BING
CROSBY AND RUTH ETTINd
Station for economical and efficient
service.
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vision on state highway No. 57. S. P.
969-D, extending from the Jackson
Pay One-Third Down
Balance In Quarterly
Payments
NATIONAL
SECURITIES SERVICE
INC.
Listed Stocks and Bonds
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Turn west one block at B
& M freight depot, corner
of old Rugeley Gin lot.
Men’s Mallory Hats, silk lined,
water proof $3.50
Riding Trousers for ladies for
price of $1.95 and $2.95
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BUY
GOOD LISTED
SECURITIES
On The
NATIONAL
INVESTMENT!
PLAN
LESTER ELLIS
Res. Mgr.
Austin Building
Bay City, Texas
Phone 68 Res. 249
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AMERICAN LEGION STATION
Mack Brown Highway 60
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“LET US BE YOUR WASHWOMAN”
BILL JETER
Call For and Deliver.
It—
ing the road 20 feet wide instead of
18 feet.
rinc stale or Texas,
radio and stage headliners < State Highway Department.
Norman Brokcnshire, Chesterfield's Austin. Texas,
popular master of ceremonies, prom-18. P. 969-D.
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I minute
| followers.
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D<T>rnd- upon the service rendered by
the company.
COUNTY IS SAVED
ROAD MONEY
(Continued From Fam l)
One may wonder how. In a ;
great business depression. the cotton I
— LOWEST
PRICES
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Friendly Fice Lace or Riding
Boots for ladies or men. $5.00
When you drive in to the American Ix»gion Station for
any typo of Automotive service, it’s done with the ut-
tch and thoroughness. We have the most
modern equipment available and the finest of skilled
workmen to use it. Every type of garage service, ac-
cessories and supplies. Drive into the American Legion
ceaaarp to recall that. wheieas in the
eastern parts of the cotton belt a
farmer usually tills from eighteen to
twenty-five acres. the same farmer
. on the South Plains of Northwest
I Texas will plant perhaps 200 acres
of cotton. He can plant so much more
cotton per man due to machinery
than it would require a small army
of harvest hands. Thus the mechani-
cal harvester has a real place in tn.*
scheme of agriculture on the plains,
if for no other reason than to gath-
er the cotton crop promptly ahead of
the fall rains Northwest Texas has
already made agricultural history
s’ceweisrcK
Sheeting
Wearwell Sheets, 81x99, wide
hemmed, taped edge 79c
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Proposed Bill
Would Control
Fee Collection
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been the proving ground for
•nical cotton strippers, «■ they
for wheel combines and other
iters. The level stretches of fer-
md invite the extensive use of
1g machinery and in it farming
tient probably will reach its
ATTENTION FARMERS!
We have the exemption in-
voices so you can get your
state tax refund.
C. M. AMOS
Boot Pants for men
for $1.59 to $2.95
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,<■ agent and
’N The Traveler* of Hartford
For Every ClaM of insurance
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Paris A. Smith
Office Second Floor Austin Building
Office Phone 68—Res. 547
Turkish Bath
Weight, 22x44
i Dear Sir: •
■ For your information we quote you
1 minute passed by the state highway
i commission on December 8 relative
jto county fiarticipation in the above
j project:
ypaf "It is ordered by the commission, j
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growers of Northwest Texaa had the No. 66H0 dated Aug. 4. 1932. tlvnt Mat-
money or the nerve to invest thou -i agorda County be not required to pay
sands of dollars Ln Mechanical cot-:,u proportionate share of one-third
ton harvesters. as reported In an ir- Lrf the cost of the concrete pavement
title in The News Sunday and in ijOn F. A. P 609-B Highway No. 60 as;
detailed rounty by county report on set forth in minute No. 5877 dated1
Wednesday's agric ultund’a review j April 23. 1932, and that an appro-
pogc It is still further surprising to priation of $51.937 94 state funds be!
find some 400 of these machine h.ir- made to supplant die county funds
vr-.t< >■» in actual use at a time when originally called f
cotton harvest hands are taking • 5X77. This action is taken by
pay as low a« Z* per t ' *
pounds. Large cotton farmers are
buy inog machine harvesters be-
cause these enable them to meet a
Sc cotton price, while thousands of
cotton pickers, making nothing from
. their own cotton, have been forced
iftto the fields of other farmers to
■takjtnrlr for a bare living. Thus the
coaRict between machine and h:i- *<
mam hands goes on apace, with the
mrahine actually making a notable
find during one of the moat dis.us-
trail periods of .*• fanning Indus-
Leo Carrillo. muster of emotions'
and portrayer without rivals of Lat- 1
in-American roles of the kindly, lov-;
able variety, has a custom-made role'
in "Men Arc Such Fools," written
especially for him by Thomas Len- :
non. Featured with Cirillo in this!
RKO-Radio Picture to be shown at
the Queen Theater in Palacios on
Thursday and Friday are Vivienne
Osborne. Una Merkel and Josephine
Cawthoni. The large supporting cast
Fidelity & Deposit Ct». of Maryland
For Fidelity and Surety Bonds
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the year’s outstanding fifteen-1
shows to hia thousands o' Hon. W E McNabb,
“Like Chesterfield." says County Judge.
Brokenshire, “this new lineup n sure [ Bay City, Texas.
going to satisfy.*'
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for in minute No ,
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hundred commission for the reason that Mata-
gorda County s share of the cost of
thia work was to be derived from
bonds which have not been sold."
Minute 7198
Yours truly,
Gibb Gilchrist,
State Highway Engineer.
Men Are Such Fools”
72x84 Part wool, double heavy weight $1.95
100 Per Cent white cotton filled full size Comfort. . $1.95
Extra heavy weight cotton blanket—
Extra large size, double
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The New Aliisknn Market offers you the finest quality
nieata available ut unusually low pricea. Our prices
are low only became of our buying power. We take
great pleas tire in offering you thewe fine meats at such
extraordinary low prlcea.
! includes Tom Moore. Earl Foxe, Paul
Hurst, Eddie Nugent, Albert Conti,!
. P‘,rCHS1 al11^ others. William
^rr Such Fools” takes its ti-
■e J^^rrom a line uttered by one of its
S ^characters. It Is Joe Darrow, night
Lwciub proprietor and a devil with the
’ women, who says to his latest flame,
---'"When it comes to women we men!
are such fools."
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Mr. P. F. Campbell of Palacios, waS|
was a business visitor to Bay City,
Thursday.
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The Matagorda Pharmacy has always en-
deavored to carry in stock nationally
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known proprietaries for the people of Bay
City at prices as low as is consistent with
I the quality of goods.. When in need of
ing in the Drug line always see your
ist first.
The vast army of radio fans who |
are always looking for something;
!new in the broadcast sky will be
treated to a stellar display when
Chesterfields 1933 programs go on
next week. Six nights a week—ev-
ery day except Sunday at 9 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, stars of com-
edy, music and song will come
through the Columbia Broadcasting
hX^p°i’rrX‘‘r,e,rt C°art'tO’CO*’1'«lr”«dy made
Tom** Howard and his partner. Geo. 1 whe? ,oj.eY,er *“ve dle lie to th?se nat‘‘ "rld ,n“ke changes in depart-
Shcllon are new to the ether waves. Tu , , bullli‘‘'d ®b°ut statements that ments and services, under a proposed
An exclusive Chesterfield find, they ,h® L,a?0 w“s “ desert. It bill to be discussed at the meeting
are reported to have turned down'w,n fu,r‘her hl’U,r>', ““ co‘- “ M ‘ .....
some attractive stage offers, taclud- to^ ,hi» leading all
ing one with “Of Thee I Sing," for “*
an opportunity to present a new
i comedy team idea on the radio. The-
ater goers ail over the world arc
familiar with Howard's famous com-
edy sketch "The Spy,’ 'Introduced in
the Greenwich Village Follies" ofj
1928. It subsequently won the N. Y.
critics award as the best comedy
•ketch of the year and was trans-!
| lated into many languages. Howard
jis a real “scoop" for Chesterifeld. In partment coxering
jthe past ten year, the famous com- are as follows and. mostly, self
’editin'* time has been filled to ca- planatory.
parity with stage and movie produc- The State of Texas.
turns, and he was finally persuade,! state Highway Department,
to carry his Inimitable drolleries into Austin. Texas.
the realm of radio. The team of How-
and Shelton makes its radio debut S. P 969-D.
on Tuesday night. Jan. 3 and will Hon. W E. McNabb
j be on every Tuesday and Friday County Judge.
thereafter. An added feature on those Bay City. Texas.
(two nights will be Elizabeth Barth- Dear Sir:
Please be advised that the follow-
ing action was taken by the state
! Turn HowmsTs Drcdl Cornedj Will
Contrast In Chesterfield's Brand
Casts With Pepular Stager* and
Hot Band
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I well, novelty singer, in special vocal
numbers.
Ruth fitting, who as Chicago s highway commission on July 2 mak-
|"bw*ethtart of the Air" rose via ' MBf ■
Zicgfield's Follies and other stage
successes to be America's "Queen of
the Air," will continue singing those
heart-throb ballads for Chester leld
fans on Mondays and Thursdays.' .
The voice that made “Ten Cents n • are hereby made to be expended
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opens up the new year for Chester- gineer through the construction di-
field the evening of Jan. 2. ■ »->-*----- »>
Bing Crosby, who seems to con-
jquer all fields of popular entertain- County line to an intersection with
ment. makes his debut as a Chester-, Highway No. 58. a
| field »tar next Wednesday night. The miles, for the construction of
in the “Big Broadcast," and other, improvement.
i pictures. » L»uin>w*in ir.v.n- _____
ing of the song "Please” from that' improvement exceed
movie outsold all other Brunswick ] estimate Matagorda Comity shall fur-
re<<H<i» during the month of -Octo- nish its proportionate share of the
ber. and for the past nine months'additional cost, which is one third.)
] C'tosf ' —— tl — —- L._.... I — AT—
I best sellers among individual vocal-
ists.
A nightly feature o' Chesterfield’s
stellar series will be Lennie Hayton’s I
, ( h < hestra. Hayton is another Ches-
terfield discovery—one of Broadway's ed and the state appropriated $118,-
younger succesmes. Under Chester- 973.24 for that part of Highway 57.
■ field's sponsorship Hayton will make distance of 5.949 miles, thus assuming
his first appearance as a star con- the entire cost of Matagorda Coun-
duclor. well qualified by his expert- ty's part of 57. at the same time inak-
ence as former assistant conductor
for Paul Whiteman and musical ar-
ranger and accompanist for various j The State of Texas,
County commissioners would have
authority to fix compensations of all
county o'ficials not to exceed $4000 a
year and authority to combine, elimi-
much bandied about statements that ments and services, under a proposed
down|W'" make further history
parts of Texas in production of this
great crop and almost equalling the
record of 1926.—Dallas News.
Friday and Saturday at Waco of the
State Taxpayers' Association of Tex-
as. Secretary George B. Latham said
Wednesday. Under this bill to be sub-
mitted by a subcommittee, he said,
all fees would go into the county’s
general fund for administration by
the county commissioners.
The taxpayers' association of which
D. M. Jones is president has invited
legislators. officials-elect, tax ex-
! perts and interested citizens to the
| meeting. Mr. Latham said. Dr. J. C.
.. Hardy, president of Baylor, Belton,
thu transaction and tPhe Baptigt Genp?ral Conven.
ex" | tion of Texas, will speak at 2 p.m.
’ Saturday on “A Restudy of the Prin-
ciples of Tax Support of Education."
This pre-forty-third legislature
conference. Mr. Latham added, may
submit some six or seven bills to
the legislature. These include the fees
and compensation measure, a law to
change the scholastic age from 6 to
18 to 7 to 17 years, a measure to ex-
tend the intangible assets law to all
common pipe line carriers and utili-
ties; a law to fix one rendition value
for all purposes in county, city and
precinct and such value to be deter-
mined by the county commissioners,
this assessment for all purposes to
.an initial
appropriation of $79,315.59. state funds
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nation-wide hit over night der direction of the state highway en-
ing an appropriation for the construc-
tion of concrete pavement on that
1 part of highway 57 covered by the
above nroiect I “,,s "“’’'“•■■■’’■■I ■“> «■* purposes u> w
In Matagorda County .an Initial **. rnade t*r°UBhf thJ« ® bil1 K
------ extending interest and penalties to &
the end of 1933. a bill to appoint a 5
committee of five—three laymen and I s?
two lawyers—-on judicial reform to u
report in a year; a bill to use the .-e- g
ceipts of the gasoline tax to pay road I &
and school bonds, interest and sink- 5
, T a distance of 5.949 in“ funtb' ‘
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romantic baritone's latest triumphs I crete pavement on condition that soid
win- in Hollywood, where he starred ! county will furnish $39,657.75 for such I w?i.’
‘Big Broadcast,” and other|improvement, and with the further!
Crosby's Brunswick record- j understanding that should the cost of
. ~ . 2 ' i cAvv^-d the foregoing
during the month of -Octo-j nish its proportionate share of the.
iby's recordings have been the Minute No. 6300.
Yours very truly.
Gibb Gilchrist,
State Highway Engineer.
Aug. 16. 1932.
Then the minute 6300 was amend-
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Bay City—
$1.W
ROUGH DRY—20 pounds
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Guaranteed
Laundry
Service
LOOK!
GOOD GAS
Always on
TIME
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Mellie Simi Leckie, teacner of pl-
ane) Margaret Leckie Miller. J
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I FOR RENT— Two furnished apartm- i
' ents. all convleniences, garage— Mi s.;
15c
Drive a few blocks and save
the difference.
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Radio Stars for the New Year
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Reading from left to right, Tom Howard, George Shelton, Ruth Etting, Bing Crosby, Norman
Brokenshire and Lennie Havton.
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SILK. HOSIERY
I have the local agency for the Real
Silk Hosiery Company and will ap-!
prectate an order for silk hosiery *or
men and women, and other articles;
as shirts, pajamas, lingerie, ate., J
Margaret Carr, Phone 333. 9tf
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HOME MERCHANTS
CLASSIFIED ADS
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FOR SALE; At a bargain, ladles dia- f
mond ring. Call Tribune. 2tf!
FOR RENT: Apartment and garage.!
Call 24$. tfd|
■FOR TSOT: ~Two or' three
1 apartment All conveniences.
! 491. Also room and board.
HAMILTON STUDIOS
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IUR STUDIO WILL BE OPEN ON
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G. A. Moore.
FOR RENT —Furnished room with or
without garage. Phone 249.
REPAIRING
Tennis rackets restrung with popu-
lar itrings at popular prices. Prompt
and efficient service assured.—Moy-
es Livengood, phone 376 .
QUILTING: Prices very reasonable.
See Mrs. Harris on West Eighth,
Phone 524. 8tf
CHRISTIAN
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Fifth Street,
dial invitath
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 203, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 31, 1932, newspaper, December 31, 1932; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1362773/m1/4/?q=b-58: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.