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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
9
Jim Hollingsworth takes life easy after three months running a filling station. Mangrum grocery makeover by Weldon Binion and Jack Harper. Mr Mangrum directs from an easy chair. Petitions circulate in favor of a fair trade practices act in the Legislature.
The Supreme Court agreed to review the constitutionality of the national industrial recovery act. A New York poultry case chosen by the government as ideal for the purpose is expected to yield a final decision before term’s end in late May or early June. Arguments are set for May 2 as the court weighs NRA legality amid Senate finance committee inquiries into the act.
Judge R M Carter names Mayor J P Ball of Collinsville as receiver after a petition filed in Fifteenth District Court notes Collinsville owes about 34000 in bonds with 2040 annual interest and only 1500 annual income from 1935 taxes, amid ongoing suits. Ball bond set at 3000.
Indiana lawmakers enacted a 1936 requirement for all new automobiles to use shatterproof glass in windshields and windows. The law, approved after a 61 day session, takes effect January 1, 1936.
Fragmentary dialogue references a boy named Josh and a claim of genius. The text appears to discuss perpetual motion ideas and misheard phrases in a Hawbuck setting. No clear event or outcome is presented.
A Taylor ice cream factory setup at Craig's Cafe became operational on Wednesday. The system includes an 18 gallons per hour freezer a 60 gallon hardening cabinet and an 8 hole 40 gallon dispensing cabinet by Frigidaire. Hardening temperature is 10 degrees below zero. The plant will produce ice cream and frozen malted milk.
The Parent-Teacher Association elected officers at a special Grammar School meeting. Mrs H T Atterberry was named president with Mrs A L Jackson as 1st vice president, Mrs Ross May 2nd vice president, Mrs George German 3rd vice president, Mrs B W Newman secretary, Mrs R A Gillett treasurer, Mrs H P Donigan parliamentarian, and Mrs Kathryn Roddy publicity chairman.
The AAA fights back amid multiple attacks. Chester Davis says public utilities and business back a drive by processors and distributors against the cotton processing tax. Georgia Governor Talmadge supports mill owners while Alabama and Texas farm groups plan protests to counter alleged anti AAA efforts.
A Texas Masons committee awarded the contract for the first unit of a 15 000 marble monument at San Jacinto to honor early Texas Masons who helped found the order in the state. Dedication is set for April 22.
To prevent slips and uneven hanging, hang pictures face to the wall and twist the wire to form a cross. The method distributes weight and stabilizes the frame for a straight display.
Donald Hudgins of Whitewright Grammar School placed first in the state Health contest with a booklet entry and won a five dollar cash prize at a society sponsored event in Waco. About 1,000 booklets and posters competed, mainly from larger schools. first prize in posters went to Austin. Hudgins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hudgins.
Grayson County auto license collections for 1935 to date total 127,859.61 with 9,080 passenger cars and 1,065 trucks. County share amounts to 85,903.88 while the state receives 37,513.05 and county tax assessor-collector fees total 4,442.65. Road and bridge funds gain 25,771.16 from precincts one and two, with 3 and four receiving 20,616.93 and 13,744.61 respectively.
New Federal Land Bank loans through national farm loan associations will bear 4 percent interest, the lowest rate ever offered. Houston bank president A C Williams announced the 4 percent rate will apply for about two years, with 20 to 30 year amortization, while the Land Bank Commissioner keeps 5 percent on new loans.
Savoy City Council at a called session authorized bidding on 16000 bonds to finance a waterworks system. The PWA will purchase the bonds, providing 16000 loan and 5000 grant for a deep well 100 foot tower 65000 barrel tank and mains with a pump. Specifications meet sanitary and fire department needs.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration plans a wheat acreage control program this year to meet domestic and export needs. County Agent B F Gray was informed by State wheat agent John E Edmonds that May 25 will be a vote by growers on continuing the program. The plan retains core features of the current control method with added emphasis on shifting land to grass in drought and dust storm areas.
Contract will be let soon for erection of the new Bells school building. No work until after the current term. Bonds for financing have been sold per W Moulton. All pupils from Dugan Chapel district transferred to Bells for this term and next. transportation by bus.
Senate finance chief Harrison introduces a compromise bonus plan costing about 1.3 billion dollars to exchange adjusted service certificates for three percent bonds with optional 4 percent compounding interest. It blocks general pension laws for World War I veterans while seeking Roosevelt backing after a White House meeting.
Texas farm landlords are urged to waive the tenants crop share to allow a first lien for loans helping ten relief farm families become self supporting. State Relief Director Adam R. Johnson says landlords should not relinquish their one fourth share but allow a mortgage on the tenants three fourths. Relief officials say landlords not in urgent need may keep financing their own tenants. No responsibility is assigned for tenants whose landlords refuse waiver agreements.
General merchandise sales in small towns and rural areas for March 1935 rose 22 percent in dollar volume over March 1934 and 105 percent above March 1933. Daily average sales for March up 10 percent from February. First three months of 1935 show a 15 percent rise versus 1934, per US Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce data released by Harold M. Young in Dallas.
Louisiana moves to seize all Federal relief funds under Senator Huey Long. The measure, passed by the House, would put control of relief money under Long’s dictatorship and empower the Highway Advisory Board to supervise public works. Interior Secretary Ickes warns relief could be withdrawn. The plan imposes fines and imprisonment for unauthorized contracts or expenditure.
The last week of the May Queen campaign narrows to one candidate per grade except the second. First grade Janis Jane Horton leads with 863 votes as the contest closes Friday at 2 30 pm. The notes cover classroom themes, mumps outbreaks, live bunny Patsy, a turtle, Easter focus in grade three, a Hawaiian Islands unit in grade four, and the fifth to seventh grade contests with averages and a new sixth grade music club. A radio program aired on CRAZY station Kentuckytown featuring seventh grade students and staff.
A California inventor created an inflated rubber tube that can support 200 pounds in water by wrapping around a bather to aid rescues. The design weighs only ten ounces and aims to assist lifeguards and swimmers in distress.
Whitewright school board reelected most current faculty for 1935 36 with Spanish department to be discontinued. A. N. Gee not reappointed. home economics post awaiting salary aid decision. Names include H. W. Key W. S. Cunningham Gladys Ray Dorothy Tapscott J H Burma J T Bryant Jewel Kennemer N W Manning Kathryn Roddy Clyde Montgomery Mary Pumphrey Sallye Hamilton Carter Fletcher and school staff roles.
Rainfall in the first three months of 1935 in Texas was near normal overall, but subsoil moisture is depleted and dust storms worsened dryness. March totals averaged 1.85 inches at 227 stations, 0.23 inches below normal, while February and January showed mixed deficits and surpluses.
Sherman hosts the Grayson County Baptist Training Union convention with Rev. Hugh R. Bumpas and East Sherman Baptist Church as organizers. F. W. Peveto of Sherman serves as president as the meeting runs Thursday and Friday.
Washington agricultural officials said the AAA yesterday modified adjustment contracts. Restrictions on use of government rented land were lifted allowing farmers to plant food and feed crops for home consumption on any portion of rented acreage.
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