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ship
■i’H
blage
of tjhi
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splaishi
inviatiioni
our athlete ^
marcs
they
ous.
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letic dtrou
South^es'
a ma,
row. ; ,
afternoon, when they leave
orr the Sunbeam^ let’s all go down to the
station and (mow them we’re interested in
their chances. In the past, no matter how
Small the game, we have always seen our
ll,,
afternoon, at 6:10, the
team wilj leave for
kt of their third straight
Terence Tr^ck champion-
frank Anderson’s asajem-
field men are some
iwest tracksters in re- football teams off at the station. The play-
,1 of them have been big ers tell us they appreciate this tremendous-
ational cinder pond. " ly, and the Interest is reflected in their
this conference, and at play.
throughout the nation, Many of fchis^year’s trackmen are mak-
set individual and relay ing-their last conference competition, and
onal and state publicity closing distinguished track careers.
Ujht.the school is tremend- Saturday at 6, the yell leaders will be
down to meet the Sunbeam. Get your
through a five year ath- roommate and the guy down the hall and
ey have brought us our only bring them down to the station. Let’s show
! Inference championship in our two-time track champions that they
•t-4-not once, but twice. This are all-time champs with us.
ttfillliy Statements on Petijoleum ...
. A Rtrf y Ujtomnnt made by John Su- 66 per cent that Mr. Suntan mentioned.
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man, \flce
ard Oil;
Great in*
Tn an
nrtmver m
panM cj
taxes loi
tempohdt )J
said tfutt
oil cojnp4l
the wiy
as <|ndof
insisting.
7"' Siitce
there N|j]
was dt
or 6n| of
company
iieve |hat
lacy-pack
use.
(•mint otade by John Su-
jldenjt am) dlructor of Stand-
Jersey, led lonu* of the
Obviously, then, Mr. Suman and other
advocates of the oil companies’ view must
look elsewhere to "bolster their argument.
oil p
qukk
are
repo
Texa
3i; IjMS,
werej col
also ijih
property
exaetj fi|[i
third! off
oiLcomp
$9,l80,0C
taxj, wb
p«
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Class astray yesterday.
ntompOraneou* question and They conveniently add the net Highway
Ion be said that the oil com- Motor Fuel Tax, which amounts to $86,-
>iited 56 per cent of the total 667,000, to the crude oil tax and ad val- c
a>, Utter, sttll speaking ex- orem tax. This total sum is $18l.64'i,000,
i|y ahd without notes, ho a figure exceeding Mr. Suman’s 56 per
Mloved personally that the cent^ 1 y
ivere paying too much in But the'oil companies do not pay this
;a:$es instead of not enough Highway Motor Fuel Tax out of their
i sljudehts in Great Issues was pockets. As each gallon of gasoline is pro-
iced, the state automatically slaps a four
cent tax on iti and the Federal Government
adds their onje and one-half cent tax. This
5 and one-half cents passes along from
the refinery to the bulk plants^ and from
there to the gas station and automobiles.
It is passed along as a hidden tax. Who
eventually pajys this 5 and one half cents ?
Eightfold John Q. Public and not the oil
companies. Anyone doubting this
■ j • r i I ■ •
jtiman was not using notes*
^slihility that he, by misto
figures on some other/state
preign countries wnere his
is. But we prefer to be-
Was using tlie same old fal-
rgumenl/that oil interests
SI
s the argument of the
can
athizers closely, evidence check the dial of any gas station pump
year
But
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U.!$.|tri lj(|
undeiNta
dlffoiorri
better cold t
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that Texas oil companies and convince themselves.
pkt jwliite fathers after all. So at mo d the oil interests in Texas
ill . TT j ,, paid $94,975 000 in ! taxes for last year,
If ! eor8 ’® • s paltry sum considering the state’s need
revenue and expenditures of „ tj. * j * • l zc
, ... i x for money. Instead of paying 56 per cent
fhe state’s taxes, the oil companies are
paying approximately 30 peir cent..;
We enjoyed Mr. Sumah’s talk and
gained much information aibout the oil
supplies about the world. We want him
and others like him to feel frjee to come to
our campus gnd talk
But these
ful about tr;
je i amounting to $85,795,000
op crude oil in Texas. It
At the total ad valorem or
was $27,540,000; since no
h i || ajvailable, let’s allow one-
$ Hum as property tax on the ’
By adding $85,795,000 and
jolie-third of the ad valorem *
I to
Ijhit the most the oil com-
ln| taxes is a figure of $94,-
T i
• ■■ y- | "
;hcj various fees, collections,
d, I wc find that TcIxam col-
(f $80)'648,000 in tixes last
ihjihla $04,975,000 is a part,
figure is far short of the
? :;K
visitors must be more care-
ing to sell Texans on the
idea.that thejf (the oil companies) are the
financial flesp and blood of the state when
honor goes to our resources
ng exploited.
Some of 110 8 per cent of farnreys, who
have had a high school education, might
get wlsotl U| and tell pur State Legisla
ture this sail mt fact. |
actually this
which are be
| urefessor complains that A true valuation of money those days
ji, billions and millions are not was given laut week by the counterfeiter
)IP !to the Knglikh, who use a who.turned himself in because there was-
ktetp. If It’ll opr money we n’t enough pmflt in coining 50 cent pieces.
; It our. way, -,j What can you buy with fifty cents? •
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This Lojrelei on a rock so bare,
She dpegn’t seem to have a care.
Let this hot fool the sailor bold,
Sneak
and fewer baby girls. Jf ^ hereel J-
The commonest solution for the '
problem of the extra female has nurse, skilled <
been polygamy, the system under w hen I n^d a
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which a man has several wives. The sixth jj*0
this young baby s
system Certainly has obvious Imer- children a 'd..nT^.
its. I think ten wives would be bringing my 8 ppfrp
about right, if all remained deduct- my cigars,
ible for income tax purposes. The seven tl
Under polygamy you would niar- dance at hqm
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Latest Western Outlaw Epic
Re-glorifies Younger Brothers
lly HERMAN C. (JjOM.OH a sweet young thing with a inir-
J ri| petual smile, They nr® iforoed to
The V
iwrs) star
and Janls
The binthdrh
i fund of the l|rbll
etjal yeais kgo
RETAIL SALISIN
Joa-Mor 1949 Compered With
ami .white ej le
the Ives of < M
Now, in kmi
urn mnnln w)
turns UKiiin
r Hrothers (War-
Wayne Morris
(t'amiius).
Warner are unduly
hers Younger. Hev-
they filmed "Pad
Ml .
Men of Mlssi)U > l l 1 ’ a hammy, tdnek
whleh whitewashed
se "good'' had men.
Ing with the west-
Ich Is eurrently
sweeping Hollywood, W n Ir n e r|s
b the lives of the
Youngers, this time in technicolor.
Unfortunately 4
with as unhapn
last.
Aside front th
typed penor
they have come up
y n version as the
e stretched, ntereo-
nces, listless direc
tion, and vapip script, TYB can
take fpr
tern” atrociiie!
male desperadc
the worst of "wes-
it creates a fe-
(Janis Paige), a
netual smile, They «r« foroet
Lave by a hostile crowd which
has been stirred up by villain Fred
Ulark, an M-PInkerwm detective
who owes a game leg to the bro
thers,
After a aalomi brawl, a ponse-
mrtlaw chase, and a hank robbery,
the Youngers manage to square
things with the law ami the town-
folk, and retire to Missouri to
farm the land.
If the countryside whleh (they
tilled was as barren in rimourcos
and good soil us this film is bi
entertainment value, we have do
doubts that the Youngers turned
again to robbing hardworking folk
for a living.
Should they turn out any more
like this ohe, the Warners can be
accused of doing the same, only
they do their robbing in a more
subtle manner at the box-office
instead of in trains, and stage
coaches.
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lit Ml til Ml
beautiful i|nd Ji-artless wench who
causes the Youngers untold ang
uish.
To make a trite story short, the
Youngers, (Wayne Morris, Bruce
Bennet, Robert Paige, and James __ x v
, „ Holick rurchases
tjon of marrying off/ _
brother Jim'to Geraldine Brooks, n Hli|p.l*4>fit 0v*OC6t*V
^Brown) on parple, ride into town
With the in
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Official Notice
SCHOOL OiK AORUTLTCRE
Agricultural sophomores who took Dairy
Husbandn 202 in
those sophomores
the first semester and
(who are now taking *
D. H. 202 are eligible to compete in the
Sophomore Patty Cottle Judging Contest
Saturday motmipg; May 21, beginning at
S a.m.
It will aid i<> Ijtle organization of the
stupent who is interested
leave his name with
the secretary <if (he Dairy Department
in Room 213 jAfirnlture Butldinx any
time prior to day 20. /
A. I- DARNELL
Pro ’earn r of Dairy Husbandry
The Hillcrest Grocery, 2011 So.
College Road, was sold recently by
R. C. Fussell to its former owner,
E. A. Holick. The Hillcrest store
was a member of the Fussell chain.
The store will remain open this
week while all details of the trans-
action are completed and will open
Monday morning, May 16, under
the Holick management.
The deal was made after Holick
expressed desire to get back into
business. He lives behind the store
and owns the building.
h(i*iiiiir'i’it im msii ■•in
as
eSgnth would be a secretary
Accountant. She’d keep
i'fhe! lar _
!| the ipnjth I would take to s
event*. And she’d never
tions like: “Why don’t the;
that main if he is stealing
The tbn ;h would be a glamorohs,
talentec cmyersationalist. I’d take
Ser along when the boss invited
e to his house for dinner.
I t|jii)k with ten wives like that
man jmuld have a happy home.
In ■| / ’ r
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Nurse’s Purse N
M SAN DIEGO, May 10 i-OW—A
San Diego nurse has a ronewed -
faith in the honesty and kindness
of the human race.
Sibyl J.- poxby lost her purse *f
yesterday while shopping,
r A ffew hours later she found
1 the purse on her front porch, the
$60 in cash and $133 worth of
jewelty intact. She said there w»a
no note U indicate who had return
ed the purse.
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