Freezing March Weather Brings Frost and Doubt to Crops
A local weather prognosticator warned of March frost after a February thunder event. Temperatures fell to 28 degrees early Sunday with hydrants frozen and some indoor lines failing. Fruit crops’ survival is debated, while vegetables escaped major damage. Snow briefly fell Monday, then melted. A late frost capped unseasonable weather but caused little extra harm. Rain totals: 3.09 inches in March, 5.92 inches year to date. Farmers face ongoing planting and replants as cotton planting season begins.
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Sunman
Fruit crop damaged in Grayson area after freeze
Farmers report to Grayson County agent B F Gray that fruit crops in Grayson Fannin and Collin counties are about 50 percent damaged by sub freezing temperatures. He notes that exact damage is hard to gauge as fruit seemingly unharmed now may later fall from trees.
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Sherman
Grayson, Fannin and
Collin
B. F. Gray
Grayson County
Abandon Marketing Plan for Texas Onions
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced the abandonment of a proposed federal marketing plan for onions grown in Texas. The AAA cited light crops and satisfactory prices this season as reasons. Secretary Wallace had tentatively approved the agreement.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Texas
AAA
Wallace
Townsend Seeks $5 Million From Followers
Dr. Francis Townsend, elder pension advocate, urged followers to lend $5 million, pledging total assets of $500 and an unsecured promissory note as collateral. The plan offers a 4 percent note repayable in 24 months to fund promotion of his Townsend plan in Congress. He calls it an extraordinary, selfless loan to benefit lenders and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis Townsend
Congress
Townsend National Weekly
One-House Legislature Measure Disapproved in Senate
Austin reports the Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee rejected a proposal to replace the bicameral system with a unicameral legislature. Senator G. H. Nelson of Lubbock argued it would cut costs and simplify lawmaking, and gave notice of a minority report.
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Austin
Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee
G. H. Nelson
Lubbock
Relief money to drink faces Clifton Forge in unusual plan
Clifton Forge Virginia will require any relief recipient caught using funds for whisky to wear a placard stating the offense. Mayor and police court judge Frank H. Wheeler ordered the device after his docket showed four relief workers arrested for drunkenness.
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Clifton Forge
Frank H. Wheeler
Wheeler
Funeral services for William Walker Caylor at Kentuckytown
Funeral services for William Walker Caylor 69 are set for 2 30 this afternoon at Kentuckytown Baptist Church. Rev Cleophus Chumbley and Rev J A Henderson will officiate. Burial will follow at Wittitee Cemetery with R R Waldo in charge. Caylor died 10 40 Wednesday at his home after a three year illness from paralysis. He was born April 10 1867 in Aquone North Carolina. He married Martha Howard July 6 1887 in Aquone and moved to Texas in 1902. He worked as a millwright, carpenter, then farmer and was a longtime Baptist. Surviving: his wife five sons W L Caylor Bonham R C Caylor Chicago J G Caylor Lockney Drewie Caylor Oklahoma City Paul Caylor Whitewright. four daughters Mrs Ben Savage Mrs J P Darwin Mrs R L Powell Mrs Don Farmer. Son Troy Caylor died Feb 25 1935.
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William Walker Caylor
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Cleophus Chumbley
J. A. Henderson
Wittitee Cemetery
Kentuckytown
R. R. Waldo
Ernest McCoy
W. Stephens
Lonnie Darwin
Henry Phillips
Jim Hardcastle
Newell Skaggs
Mr. Caylor
Whitewright
Aquone
N. C
Thomas
Martha Caylor
Martha Howard
Texas
Bells
Caylor
The
Baptist Church
W. L. Caylor
Bonham
R. C. Caylor
Chicago
J. G. Caylor
Lockney
Drewie Caylor
Oklahoma City
Farm parity reached as March prices exceed pre war levels
Washington reports show farm prices in March at 28 points above the 1909 14 average with most products higher than prewar levels except eggs peanuts and horses. Farmers pay more for feed seed grain and fertilizers with seed 2 12 for the same dollar prewar costs and machinery up 49 points above prewar levels.
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Washington
AAA
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Lemke Proposes Moratoriums for Home Owners
Representative Lemke of North Dakota after backing the farm mortgage moratorium act pushes a bill with Senator Frazier to let home owners refinance at low rates. The proposal covers federal loans under HOLC and private company loans and aims to aid city homeowners following a Supreme Court decision.
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Washington
Lemke
North Dakota
Supreme Court
Frazier
Home Owners Loan Corporation
The Children By Pearl Strachan in Christian Science Monitor
A reflective verse condemns war’s shadow on children and mothers. The speaker warns while nations build weapons and recruits, the duty of citizens to protect youth remains urgent, lest today’s sleep become tomorrow’s sorrow in a nation at risk.
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Pearl Strachan
Christian Science Monitor
Farm Tenant Loan Measure Killed in House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee voted 13 to 11 to kill a $50 million bill to provide loans for tenant farmers to own farms. Sponsored by Rep Marvin Jones of Texas, the measure aimed to bridge Northern and Southern views, but was dropped after President Roosevelt indicated plans to attack farm tenancy issues this year.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
House Committee
Marvin Jones
Texas
Rainbow on the River and more at the Palace tonight
At the Palace thea tre thea tre tonight and Friday is Rainbow On the River starring May Robson and Bobby Green. Saturday Bob Allen appears in Law of the Ranger. Preview Monday Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald in Rose Marie. Tuesday and Wednesday Burgess Meredith and Margo star in Winterset. Thursday and Friday next week Lily Pons Jack Oakie and Gene Raymond in That Girl from Paris.
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Palace Theatre
May Robson
Bobby Green
Bob Allen
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette McDonald
Penitentiary Population Reaches 6245 in Texas
Huntsville leads with 1237 inmates and Ramsey farm next at 945 as Texas prison population hits 6245 on March 23, up two from the August record. Eastman 747, Central 615, Harlem 499, Clemens 476, Dar rington 747, Retrieve 437, Blue Ridge 388, Wynn 278, Goree women 122, asylum 31. Increase linked to about a month without pardons.
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Huntsville
Texas
Ramsey Farm
Eastman
Central
Harlem
Clemens
Darrington
Retrieve
Blue Ridge
Wynn
Goree
Asylum
Grayson Would Share Two Legislators Under Redistricting Plan
Grayson County would share two representatives with other counties rather than one, while retaining one seat itself, under a House subcommittee redistricting bill based on the 1930 census. Grayson would join district 41 with its own rep and floaters in districts 38 and 42 with Collin, Rockwall, Cooke, and Wood and Rains in other counties. Fannin would gain its own rep in district 50, Collin in district 43, and Denton in district 44, with Hunt holding a sole seat in district 39 and a floater in district 34.
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Grayson County
House
Grayson
Collin
Rockwall
Cooke
Fannin
Denton
Hunt
Wood
Rains
Sherman
Senate Passes 100 Million Crop Insurance Bill
The Senate approved a $100,000,000 crop insurance measure to create a federal corporation in the Agriculture Department to insure wheat crops starting in 1938. Participation would be voluntary with premiums and losses payable in cash or wheat. coverage and rates vary by locality.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Peak of Population Predicted for 1950 at Penn State
Dr. Oliver E. Baker of the U.S. Department of Agriculture told Penn State faculty and students that the nation’s population is expected to peak around 1950, reaching between 135 and 140 million due to a declining birth rate and restricted immigration. He noted births peaked in 1921 at about 3,000,000.
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State College
Oliver E. Baker
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania State College
Baker
Farmersville raid solved as victims ID two suspects
The large looting in Farmersville on the night of March 24 is declared solved after Miss Willie Miller and Mrs. Lewis Miller identified two men who locked six people in an ice vault. Prisoners Bill Garrett of Kaufman, previously jailed in Dallas County for car theft, and B. H. Huddleston face burglary charges.
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Collin County
Farmersville
Willie
Lewis Miller
Bill Garrett
Kaufman
Dallas County
B. H. Huddleston
Reporters' Right To Gather Public Data Is Affirmed
Florida Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that newspaper reporters may inspect public records at reasonable hours as citizens. The ruling upheld an injunction favoring Beach Publishing Company of Miami against Miami officials led by Manager L. L. Lee.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Beach Publishing Company of
Miami
L. L. Lee
Hope to revive Fannin County Fair in Bonham
A local paper begins a feeler to gauge Fannin County sentiment on reviving the Fannin County fair, begun in 1925 with eleven exhibitions and a five day run. It was financially strong early on, placing over $3,000 in the bank, with later years also profitable except 1935 due to bad weather.
Two Elections Planned in Whitewright This Week
Whitewright voters will go to the polls twice this week with a school board election on Saturday and a city commissioner election on Tuesday both at the city hall. Incumbents Do J. Meador and G C Stateville seek re election to the school board while Guy Hamilton and R T Pennington seek re election as city commissioners.
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Whitewright
Do. J. Meador
G. C. Stateville
Meador
Stateville
W. L. Stowers
Guy Hamilton
R. T. Pennington
Sign-Up Nears Completion in Whitewright Area
Arthur Badgett district committeeman in charge of the government soil conservation sign-up program for the Whitewright area said Wednesday that signing had been nearly completed in his district. He will be in Whitewright Saturday afternoon to accommodate any who haven't signed. Some first signers had not filled all sheets due to instruction changes. farmers who did not sign on five sheets are asked to see him Saturday afternoon to complete signing.
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Arthur Badgett
Government
Whitewright
Badgett
New Deal Laws Upheld by Court in Landmark Ruling
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision read by Justice Brandeis, upheld three New Deal measures. It found the Railway Labor Act constitutional, sustained the Washington minimum wage law for women, and validated the revised Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage moratorium law.
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United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert Page Wright
Bedford County
Louis D. Brandeis
William Lemke
Rep
North Dakota
Sun Office Merchandise Listing
Typewriter carbon and pencil carbon offered along with typewriter paper at the Sun office.
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Sun Office
Whitewright Scout Troop Reorganized
Citizens at Whitewright city hall reorganize the Boy Scouts with B. W. Newman as scoutmaster and Newton L. Manning Mack Pierson as assistants. Four patrols formed with eight members each. senior patrol leader Jack Lewis Yeager and troop scribe Hamilton Vestal named. Budget set at 200 dollars. Camp Fire group planned with both men and women invited.
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Whitewright
B. W. Newman
Newton L. Manning
Mack Pierson
J. R. Waldrum
John Reeves
Sidney Watson
J. T. Bean
James Hughes
The
Jack Meador
Lone Eagle
Dale Watson
Wolf
Lucian Vestal
Flying Eagle
Jack Lewis Yeager
Hamilton Vestal
State Committee Warns Farmers of Cotton Crisis
COLLEGE STATION The state agricultural conservation committee urges Texas farmers to join the 1937 Agricultural Conservation Program to curb potential cotton overproduction. Chairman George Slaughter cites risks from rising cotton acreage and notes carry-overs at seven million bales, two million above normal, while highlighting program benefits including fertility improvement and insurance-like payments.
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Triple A
Slaughter
Child Dies From Mad Dog Bite Near Whitewright
Ruby Aline Simpson six daughter of J E and Mrs Simpson of Pilot Grove southwest of Whitewright died in Sherman hospital from rabies after a mad dog bite February eighteenth. Funeral at Van Alstyne. Survived by parents three brothers Gerald Ray and J B, a sister Wanda Lee, and grandparents Auten of Jameson and W C Simpson of Pilot Grove. The dog knocked her down and bit twice on the face before being killed near Nobility.
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Ruby Aline Simpson
J. E. Simpson
Pilot Grove
Whitewright
Sherman
van Alstyne
Gerald
Ray
J. B. Simpson
Wanda Lee Simpson
County WPA Library Project Approved in Grayson County
Grayson County will reopen 15 library units under a WPA project approved by officials. Funding from Washington is needed before opening. In the meantime readers may access free books in the courthouse reading room on the lower floor.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Dick O’brannon
Washington
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Townsend
Caesar
Fannin CO. Fair
Federal District Court
Whitewright Scout
WPA
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