Night Warden Witnessed Seventy Executions at Texas Prison
Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Hunt County officer T. T. Easley, now night warden, has watched 70 inmates die by electrocution since 1930. He supports capital punishment, while fellow inmates describe the wait as the hardest part. The piece tours the death row cell block, debunking myths about the electric chair and noting quieting scenes as condemned men turn to Bible verses before their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Penitentiary
Huntsville
Hunt County
T. T. Easley
Texas
Easley
O. K
Willie
S. D. Chestnutt
Texas Prison Board
John W. Vaughn
Caedo
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Reporters on Grayson Club Work Named
Grayson County 14 Home Demonstration Clubs will be publicized by 11 club reporters trained at a Grayson County Council for Farm Women's Clubs session led by Mrs. Fred Riddle. The reporter group was chaired by Mrs. H N Clark with Mrs. H B Roberts, Mrs. P C McClendon, Mrs. Floyd Harris, Mrs. B M Dean, Mrs. L McFarland, Mrs. C L Spalding, Mrs. C W Phillips Jr, Mrs. Minnie Phillips, Mrs. Oscar Price, and Mrs. M C Cannon selected. February clipping studies named Whitesboro, Burke, Whitewright and Dripping Springs as outstanding. for March Whitesboro, Oak Grove, Sadler and Bethel. Score cards for the 1938 achievement contest were prepared, with a loving cap as the prize for the winning club. Eggs and money covered council expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Harris
Bethel
B. M. Dean
Kentuckytown
L. McFarland
Ethel
C. L. Spalding
Sadler
C. W. Phillips Jr
Whitewright
Minnie Phillips
Whitesboro
Oscar Price
Burke
M. C. Cannon
Ellsworth
Dripping Springs
Oak Grove
Swain Pleads in Night as Father Names Transit Routes
In a late hour moment Swain asks how to leave, while a tired father peeks around the door declaring options including Bus No. 75 Train No. 40 or any taxicab as possible means to depart. The exchange frames a tense domestic scene with transport imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
Curing Sick Minds With a Paint Brush
London report on Professor Segal using painting as therapy for mental illness and nervous disorders. His method, not a physician, helps a backward boy gain concentration and begin reading. Since then he has treated more patients with hand labor based approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Professor Segal
Segal
Governor race in Texas shapes up with Crowley and others
Austin reports Karl Crowley of Washington entering the governor race with McCraw and Thompson drafting platforms for release in days. Ferguson may trigger a Mrs. Ferguson bid, while Crowley faces doubts. Other updates cover the Highway Patrol shakeup, Col. Edward M. House funeral, and legal rulings in Graves eligibility as Texas politics buzzes toward 1939 plans.
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Austin
Karl Crowley
Washington
Post Office Department
Bill McCraw
Ernest Thompson
Texas
Jim Ferguson
Ferguson
Jim
Crowley
Thompson
McCraw
Court of Criminal Appeals
Harry N. Graves
Graves
Waxahachie
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
U. S
Highway Department
Dallas
Lone Star Gas Co
Jail Commission
el Paso
New York
Mexico
G. H. Nelson
Tohoka
Atlanta
Hotel Bill Sparks Bosses Bargain Warning
A salesman laments a hefty hotel bill on his expense account prompting his boss to urge restraint on future hotel purchases. The exchange highlights cost control and budget discipline in business travel.
Labyrinth of the Eye Solved by Harline at Penn
H K Harline of the Johnson Foundation at the University of Pennsylvania solved the eye labyrinth by isolating single nerve fibers and attaching them to circuits to study brain signals. Different fibers report varying light responses, including temporary brightness and adaptation, with implications for vision and perception. Professor Dimitri P. Krynine from Yale notes motion research in soil mechanics alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Harline
Johnson Foundation
University of Pennsylvania
Harline
Dimitri P. Krynine
Yale University
Western farmers gird for insect battles this summer
Farmers in 20 Western States prepare for insect control as crickets hatch earlier than usual. Sundance Wyoming plans to halt the pests at city limits with hot oil and a tin fence to protect crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundance
Wyo
Gold Turned Into Radioactive Mercury In 5.5 Million-Volt Smasher
Dr Lee A Dubridge of the University of Rochester says the proton stream in the 5,500,000-volt atom smasher disintegrates gold and, by extension, other elements. He notes this reverses the alchemists dream of turning metals into gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee A. Dubridge
University of Rochester
New York
Monument Sinking As New Instruments Detect Slow Settling
Researchers report that the Washington Monument is sinking at a very slow rate while Pisa's Leaning Tower shows a gentle sway. The finding relies on newly developed measurement instruments revealing movement not visible to the naked eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Monument
Pisa
Vitamin Hormones Boost Plant Root Growth Found
A vegetable scientist identifies aneurin, a B-1 form acting as a vitamin hormone, at Caltech, doubling root numbers when injected. Separately, earthquake forecasts by seismologist R C Hayes warn rising barometers point to land quakes, falling barometers to sea quakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Institute of Technology
R. C. Hayes
New Zealand
Federal weed control proposal from state Grange head
Ralph W. Moore of Granger argues for Federal weed control to protect farmers from weed menace. He jokes about weed census by FWCA and criticizes lack of study of weed life cycles, suggesting weed suppression would harm crops and praising a belt of weeds to counter dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Moore
Granger
Texas State Grange
Federal Weed Control Administration
Washington
FWCA
Dallas Journal
Considerate Boss Gives Ride Amid Illness
A office boy asks to go home citing a bilious attack and faintness. The boss grants permission and offers a lift in his car, explaining he is headed to the same game. The exchange shows concern and practicality in a workplace vignette.
Back Again A Scot Buys A Hat After 15 Years
A Scottish man with a long standing habit visits the only hat shop in his neighborhood and sighs with heavy heart that he must buy a new hat after fifteen years of wear. He remarks to the shopkeeper, here I am again.
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Timberline
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