Word: tex
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other churches salaries have been reduced, with unemployed brothers and hungry parishioners to care for. One thoroughgoing economy was lately proposed-to omit the annual General Assembly next May. To save $25,000 in delegates' expenses the Assembly will be held in Columbus, Ohio instead of Fort Worth, Tex. But beyond that the Presbyterians will not go. Indeed, last week, fighting for their Assembly aroused some of them to higher fervor than they have displayed in many...
South. At Raleigh, N. C., the Southern Conference championship was really settled in the semi-finals of the tournament. Five South Carolina sophomores, four of whom played together at Athens, Tex. High School, led by a tall clever forward named Benny Tompkins and his left-handed high-scoring brother Freddy, ran up a lead of 15 to 6, then loafed until North Carolina caught up and passed them, 18 to 15 at half time. 'South Carolina, completely upset, failed to score for 20 minutes; then scored six points to tie in the last four minutes, won the game...
...Angelo, Tex., A. W. Billingsley, deputy U. S. marshal, searched for a fugitive all day. That night he dreamed he found him. Waking, he dressed, went to the place of his dream, found his man crouching in a closet...
...dole" not very different in principle from Socialist recommendations; 3) Domestic Allotment which, when enacted, will take money from one class to give to another class; 4) Inland Waterways Corp., a perfect example of government-in-business. Because the War Department ordered the transfer of troops from Fort Russell, Tex. to Kentucky, Tom Connally, Texas' long-haired, small-footed Senator, raced to Secretary Hurley to protest "this arbitrary, autocratic and unwarranted action." He was, he said, "coldly and bluntly told that it was no function of the Federal Government to protect the U. S. border from raids, revolutions, thieves...
When the Amateur Athletic Union suspended Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson, the one-girl track team of Dallas, Tex., on suspicion of having sold an automobile testimonial (TIME, Dec. 19), many an observer reflected that if ever it was logical for anyone to make a living from athletic ability, it was logical for Babe Didrikson, expert exponent of all sports. Last week, while the A. A. U. pondered her case, she announced that they need ponder no longer, that she would turn professional out & out. The Southern A. A. U. soon announced that she was exonerated, reinstated. But logical Babe Didrikson closed...