Hicks Proves County Vegetable Grower Champion
W B Hicks six miles north of town proves county champion vegetable grower with top quality cabbage Irish potatoes onions and cucumbers. He grew mainly for home use but produced an abundant crop and among the largest. Hicks praises fertilizer and effort and notes his family details and connection to J P McKinney. Town residents praise fresh vegetables and thank him for the produce.
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W B Hicks
Hicks
Adies Vera
Dallas County
J P. McKinney
Hi Ks
Inquiries Open Into WPA Charges In Louisiana
An inquiry into all charges involving the WPA in Louisiana began with secret testimony in Baton Rouge. WPA investigator Rafe began proceedings Wednesday, noting Long's succession and wide national backing including Mayor Robert Maertz of New Orleans as the apparent preferred choice.
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WPA
Lou Aana
Begen
Baton Rouge
Rafe
Long
Legislative adjournment echoes in stalling pension funding
The Senate adjourned after a Lion prayer as Gov Coke R Blevenson and Lieut. Gov presided while the House, led by Speaker R Emmett Morse, faced late bill signing and routine business. Despite efforts, pension financing failed to advance with no special session planned.
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House
Houghton Brownlee
Austin
Coker Blevenson
Senate
Emmett Morse
Elent Goy Coxe
Steven T
Odaniel
Jesse F Martin
Colhe
Winfield
M Aisin Jr
Claude Jebell
Farm troubled by Senate provision on disposal of crops
A fragmented report notes farmers face a Senate provision regarding disposal of crops. It mentions merchants and a house vote, with unclear details about the perate house and 113 WADIA reference.
Delegates to Short Course At Council Meet
Delegates to the Short Course at Lubbock from July 12 to 14 will be elected at the regular monthly Home Demonstration council meet at the Chamber of Commerce office. Miss Clenn Yarbrough urges full attendance for quorum and final plans. Clubs must nominate their preferred community booth coordinators for the Fannin County Fair in September and notify the council.
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Lubbock
Home Demonstration Council
Chamber of Commerce
Clenn Yarbrough
Fannin County Home Demonstration
Yarbrough
Ray
Fannin County
Funeral Services For Mrs Hodges Held Wednesday
Funeral service for Mrs W G Hodges 73 was held Wednesday afternoon at her Savoy home with burial in Savoy cemetery. She died Monday in a Sherman hospital after a lingering illness. A pioneer Savoy resident for 60 years she survived by her husband and children.
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W G
Savoy
Hodges
Sherman
Bhe
Denison Dam Seen Crushing Flood Risk Across Red River
Officials cite Denison Dam as key to taming floods three times larger than 1906 and the greatest since 1843. Hearings note flood control for the lower Mississippi, adjustments to the dam alter watershed contours, reduce land needs, and enable low-cost electric power with Army Engineers and Roosevelt administration support.
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Red River Valley
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
Wishomingo
Oklahoma
Board of Army Engineers
Roosevelt Administration
Road Bond Bill Expands Indebtedness Assurance for Counties
The measure broadens present law to assume county and road district debts tied to land construction beyond state highways. Both houses approved a conference report led by Rep. A B Tarwsnter, aiming to allocate gasoline tax proceeds for 25 years to retire county and district debts from road projects and channel nearby roads into the state system. The plan could relieve up to 116 million dollars of indebtedness. Salt Lake City's unique radio wave haunted house on the Great Salt Lake flats draws sheep herders who say a stove and lights work off non connected power due to a nearby 60,000 watt station. The herders claim the radio waves energize the stove and lights despite no direct power link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stabin
District Court Trials Open With Burglary and Theft Charges
In District Court Judge Blackburn presides as criminal cases proceed. State of Texas versus Eby Baxter faces burglary charges. Earl Mol and Nub Lynch plead guilty to burglary with various sentences. W T Spencer jailed for burglary. Augusta Snow found not guilty on chicken theft.
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State of
Texas
Eby Baxter
Cieerge PP Blackburn
Baxter
Ftate of
Earl Molfell
Etate
Nub Lynch
Slate
W T Spencer
Raily
Alate
Texan
Augusta Snow
Seek Beauty Theme Guides Benham Camp Fire Event
The Benham Camp Fire girls set Friday’s council fire at Simpson Park from 7 to 8 pm with Seek Beauty as the theme. Principal speaker Mrs Peeler will discuss Seek Beauty, and a color fire will be featured. A Wood Gatherers practice and Trail Seeker ranks are planned, with a 5 pm council fire preparation today.
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Benham
Carp
Simpson Park
Jesse Smith
Guard Girls Association
Mra Ray Peeler
Sue
Peeler
Domestic, ambitious woman seeks growth and travel
A woman described as domestic and outspoken eyes a life of work, travel to Cuba and France, and observation of tech life. She values honesty, stamps, sports, and educating her son while pursuing business work and advising young girls to define goals. She is born in Dead City and educated in Dodd City with a stint at Metropolitan Business College in Dallas.
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Dead City
Dodd City High School
Ttc
Metropolitan Business College
Dallas
Public figure Cherished for public ties and people appeal
Abstract notes describe a person devoted to her office across her business career. She values public contact and enjoys interactions with people, expressing that she likes everyone and that others like her in return.
Pumpers Overwhelm Cleaners Bargs and Elkins in One Night
The Southwest Pumpers defeated Cline's Cleaners 17 to 14. Pumpers collected 14 hits aided by 11 errors by the losers. Burtalierd allowed five hits while Sloan hit a home. Richardson scored once in the seventh and fifth innings. Batting honors went to T Moore with two singles and a triple in five trips. Coble also contributed a triple.
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Southwest Pumpers
Cline’s Cleaners
Erreurs
Burt al Iered
Sloan
T Moore
FF Pump
Herringe
Levis Se
Fle
Grammer Ib
Murvate
Moore
Ladford
Cline'’S
Ed Pichardson
Tver Ib Barvots
Od If
Big Fourth of July Celebration Planned at Park
Mr Taylor announced that the Northeast Texas event will be staged by park concessioners without using Bonham funds. Admission will be free and prizes total 100 dollars from the path commissioner. Contests include old fiddlers, bathing at a natural amphitheatre, water carnival and ball games.
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Texas
Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Bonham
Path
Benham
E Tk
Wichita Fall
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texarkana
Nta
Oklahoma
Penham
Palo Duro Park
Amarillo
Nazi Decree Costs Fortune of Kellogg Heiress
An Nazi decree deprives Hugo and Rudolf Raisner, once of Romerstadt, Czecho Slovakia, of an estate valued at a fortune. The action, reported by United Press, follows confiscation measures under the regime.
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Kellogg. Idsho
Hugo
Rudolf Raisner
Romerstadt
Czecho-Slovakia
House Approves Bill To Purchase Two Thousand Nine Hundred Airplanes
Washington June 22 The House restored 37 008 000 in funds for 1283 airplanes to its 292 000 000 supplemental War Department appropriation. The bill provides total funds for 2 290 planes to be purchased in 1940. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
War Department
Senate
Elkins Grocers to Clash with Barq's Sherman in City League
Elkins Grocers of Quincy will host Barq's Beverage Battery of Sherman in a bi city league softball clash tonight. The open Thursday date for Forham city league remains, with Shermanites traveling to face the grocers. In other notes, Rev I T Potter ran a classified ad seeking sermon topics rivaling motoring and fishing columns but has yet to receive replies.
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Elkins Grocers
Barq's Beverage Battlery of
Sherman
Forham City League
Shermanites
Quincy. Mich
I T Potter
Britain and France plan joint Far East command
British and French experts favored rapid agreement to coordinate air and land forces in the Far East under a single British commander. The plan centers on Singapore as the hub funded by Britain’s new 45 million dollar Singapore bank.
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Paiese
Far East
Great Britain
Singapore
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