Roosevelt Says Budget Deficit Unavoidable in 1938
President Roosevelt told Congress that the 1938 deficit will reach about 2.557 billion dollars, with receipts down and a total 35.335 billion dollar public debt forecast. He urged economy and possible new taxes, outlining steps to withhold unnecessary appropriations and liquidate assets to close the gap.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Robinson
McNary
Byrnes
South Carolina
Boileau
Wisconsin
Martin
Massachusetts
Taber
New York
Fish
Camp Fire Girls Organized Here
A public meeting in the reading room organized Camp Fire groups with 26 girls enrolling into Grammar School and High School units. Mrs. H. T. Atterberry chaired, Mrs. H. E. Hall spoke, and officers for the High School group were elected: Dru nette Farley president, Mary Dale King vice president, Madene Vineyard secretary, Dorotha Darwin treasurer, Sara Kathryn Atterberry reporter.
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Camp Fire Girls
Public Reading Room
H. T. Atterberry
H. E. Hall
Sherman
Camp Fire
Kathyleen Montgomery
Melba Compton
Frances Ivy
Dakonga
Hall
Margaret Benton
Pattie Everheart
Ann LaRoe
Mary Helen Maddux
Betty Jane Harper
Bessie Jo Russell
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Joanna Harrison
Margaret Hanna
Juanita England
Anna Ruth Johnson
Modene Vineyard
Drunette Farley
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Dorotha Darwin
Clyde Russell
Doris Nicholson
Frances Riddle
Margaret England
Ruby Pierson
Mary Kathryn Phillips
Martha Lee Bradley
Mary Dale King
Mary Alice Harrison
Marie Badgett
Barbara Jean Gordon
G. F. Clark
Guardian
Ed LaRoe
B. W. Newman
Madene Vineyard
Extra Assessment On Unrendered Taxes
Sherman news reports Grayson County tax assessor-collector Collier Yeary warns that May 1 closes rendering books and a 10 percent penalty will be added to unrendered property taxes. Last year 3,455 pieces were listed. non resident owners may render by mail. Field crews near completion and people urged to render at once to avoid the extra tax.
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Sherman
Collier Yeary
Grayson County
Rainfall totals and cotton replant fears after heavy rain
The city gauge shows 1.20 inches of rain fell from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday night. Torrential rain caused soil wash and packing. Farmers fear about half of the locally planted cotton may need replanting after the downpour.
Farm Production Control Is Again Being Considered
Washington reported the administration again contemplates definite production control as part of a broader farm program. Secretary Wallace and H R Tolley told a House subcommittee that additional legislation may be needed to secure farmers a fair national income, though the Supreme Court AAA ruling complicates how any control could be enacted.
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Washington
Wallace
H. R. Tolley
House
Agriculture Department
Tolley
Supreme Court
AAA
Uniform old age pensions favored in Senate action
A majority of the Senate voiced support for uniform old age pension payments for needy persons over 65 as part of a constitutional amendment. The equal payments provision failed 13 to 10 in the vote led by Senator Wilbourne D. Collie. The House, by a 102 to 14 vote, approved printing a minority Senate bill to appoint the state auditor by a legislative committee, effective May 1939.
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Austin
Senate
Wilbourne D. Collie
Eastland
Collie
House
McFarland
Sulak
Arlington
Stephenville
Coke R. Stevenson
Frank Rawlings
Fort Worth
Presbyterian Club Meets at Sherman Presbyterian Dinner
The Grayson Fannin County Presbyterian Men's Club held its quarterly dinner at Central Presbyterian Church Sherman Tuesday Rev Homer Akers led the devotional A P Wood presided The meeting covered sponsoring a young people retreat church finances and receipts and expenditures for the year Dinner served to 74 men
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Grayson-Fannin County Presbyterian Men’s Club
Central Presbyterian Church
Sherman
Homer Akers
Honey Grove
A. P. Wood
Denison
Frank Shiels
Leonard
S. S. Terry
Wilbur Carter
Earl McClure
Bonham
Dan Baker
Duff
9.6 Per Cent Gain In Cotton Acreage
Chicago brokers Clement Curtis & Company report a 9.6 percent rise in U S cotton acreage this season. All states show increases except Oklahoma with a 2 percent drop. Texas Arkansas Mississippi Alabama up 11 percent. South Carolina Georgia 10. North Carolina Louisiana 8. Tennessee 6. Missouri 5. Reports from correspondents to Clement Curtis.
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Chicago
Ill
Clement, Curtis & Company, Grain and Cotton Brokers
United States
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Missouri
Clement & Curtis
Healthy man predicts death buys coffin then dies
In Orange New Jersey Giuseppe Fiore warned friends of his death day and bought a coffin and burial suit. Despite his health claims, rain fell as he was buried at St John’s Cemetery, fulfilling his stated fate.
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Orange
N. J
Christopher Street
Guiseppe Fiore
St. John’s Cemetery
Fiore
Man keeps car, sends wife home to parents
An Oklahoma man in Garland kept his auto while planning to dispose of his wife after missing a car payment. He wrote to the dealer that he would send his wife home to parents to cut expenses and make the car payment.
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Garland
Oklahoma
Father says poverty kept him from seeking aid after girl’s burn
In Los Angeles Seferino Jiminez told sheriffs he could not afford a doctor when his five year old daughter Esther burned in boiling water. Dr. Bernard Brownfield pronounced her dead after a later visit. The report notes cultural quips and a cartoonish exchange between a husband and wife.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Seferino Jiminez
Esther
Jiminez
Bernard Brownfield
Vivian Echols Heads Student Group at C I A
Vivian Echols of Whitewright was elected class president for the sophomore year by about one thousand freshmen at Texas State College for Women in Denton. She previously led Lowry Hall as student council president and is a college choir member with planned appearances in Abilene and San Angelo.
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Texas State College For Women At
Denton
Vivian Echols
Whitewright
Echols
Whitewright High School
Lowry Hall
Corsicana
Fort Worth
Abilene
San Angelo
West Texas
Whitewright FFA Wins Jersey Herd Judging at State Meet
The Whitewright Future Farmer livestock judging team took first place in Jersey herd judging at the State FFA contests held Monday at A and M College. Coach Johnnie Bean announced the result. The dairy division saw Whitewright third place overall, with team members William Howard Harrison Buck Howard and Billy Smith.
Four Year Terms of Office Measure Passed by House
The Texas House approved a constitutional amendment to set four year terms for Representatives and county and district officers and extend current terms by two years. The measure passed 107 to 32 and was followed by swift approval of Lon E. Alsup's proposal for state aid to the needy blind at 15 dollars monthly and dependent children at 12 dollars monthly, with acceptance of federal funds and a second rejection of a property classification amendment. An enabling act, tying to adoption of the amendment, was approved earlier by the House.
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Austin
House
Harry L. McKee
Lon E. Alsup
Alsup
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Harris County
West Texas
Stevenson
Department of Public Welfare
Sulak
Palace shows new features with star lineups
At the Palace Theatre the feature tonight and Friday is On the Avenue starring Dick Powell and Frances Langford. Saturday brings Might Trove with Noah Beery Jr. A preview and Monday shows When's Your Birthday with Joe E Brown and Marian Marsh. Next Thursday and Friday preview Now and Forever starring Shirley Temple Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard.
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Palace Theatre
Dust Storm Triggers Two Egg Lays in One Day
Alliance Nebraska report shows farmer Jay Vances noting a dust storm caused a false night. After the storm, hens resumed laying, producing a second batch of eggs within hours as skies cleared.
Causes of New London blast blamed on gas pipes
The U S Bureau of Mines report to Governor Alfred Saturday cites leaky gas pipes faulty construction and poor ventilation as the causes of the London School explosion in New London on March 19. More than 400 lives were lost.
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Austin
London School
New London
United States Bureau of Mines
Alfred
Department of the Interior
Play at Little Rock by school Friday night
Miss Dorothy Buttrill announces a performance of The Little Clodhopper at the Little Rock school Friday night. The student cast presents the play as part of the school program.
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Little Rock
Little Clodhopper
Little Rock School
Dorothy Buttrill
Bonham Youth Killed in Three Car Collision
Dorman Jones an 18 year old Bonham resident died in a wreck on highway 82 west of Bells when his pickup collided with a car driven by E A Douglas of Three persons were injured and treated at Wilson N Jones Hospital in Sherman. Passengers Miss Maxine Roberts Miss Aline Brown Miss Emma gene Sears Miss Frances Smith and Ray Smith sustained minor injuries. The Jones car sustained heavy damage and Mr Jones was said to have a fractured skull. Douglas car and the truck were badly damaged.
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Dorman Jones
Bonham
Bells
Highway 82
Sherman
E. A. Douglas
Whitewright
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Mr. Douglas
Maxine Roberts
Aline Brown
Pink Hill
Emmagene Sears
Frances Smith
Trenton
Ray Smith
R. W. Jones
Jones
O. L. Jones
Douglas
Sherman Democrat
Clyde Craig
Craig
Marshall
Miss Roberts
Katy
Denison
Grandson of J L Boone Wins Teaching Fellowship
Hugh Macaulay, senior in SMU School of Commerce, Dallas, has been awarded a teaching fellowship in the Accounting Department at Northwestern University for the 1937 38 academic year. He is the son of Mrs A B Macaulay of Dallas and grandson of Mr and Mrs J L Boone of Whitewright.
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Dallas News
Hugh Macaulay
School of Commerce
Southern Methodist University
Department of Accounting
Northwestern University
Chicago
A. B. Macaulay
Dallas
J. L. Boone
Whitewright
Norris Seeks Popular Vote for U S Constitutional Amendments
Senator Norris of Nebraska proposed that constitutional amendments be ratified by a popular majority in two thirds of the states. He urged replacing the amending clause to speed reduce costs and submit amendments to the people, noting current three fourths state legislative ratification makes adoption hard amid opposition. He planned to introduce the proposal in the Senate at noon yesterday.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Nebraska
Senate
Federal outlays surpass six billion in fiscal year
Treasury data show outlays from July 1 to April 19 totaling 6.036 billion dollars, up from 5.751 billion a year earlier. The rise is attributed largely to security and national defense spending.
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Washington
Treasury
New York to Pay $75 Per Childbirth in State Plan
Albany N Y A bill would refund 75 dollars toward each childbirth in New York State with payments to doctors and hospitals. The measure awaits action by the Senate and Governor Herbert H Lehman.
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New York State
Albany
N. Y
New York
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
Grayson County Farmers Receive Crop Payments
Additional crop checks totaling 7000 were received by county agent B. F. Gray, bringing Grayson County federally funded crop payments to about 336000. The announcement confirms the current payment total for local farmers.
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B. F. Gray
Grayson County
Special Session Predicted For Texas Legislature
In Austin the Texas Legislature faces a May 11 adjournment with about 20 major measures and hundreds of bills stalled in suspension. Governor Allred is expected to call a special session as key items remain undecided, including liquor control, tax changes, senior colleges, state auditor, and various constitutional amendments.
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Austin
Texas
Allred
Second State School Fund Payment Reaches Grayson County
Sherman reports the state school board sent a second monthly per pupil apportionment totaling 11352 to Supt. E. A. Miller for Grayson County. The amount equals 2 per pupil for 5676 pupils, with a prior 3 payment, bringing the year’s per pupil total to 13 and leaving 6 more to be paid.
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Sherman
State School Board
Grayson County
E. A. Miller
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