Hailstorm Causes Major Damage in Whitewright
A hailstorm lasting about twenty minutes at 12 30 Monday night caused heavy damage to homes and businesses in Whitewright. Roofs at Kirkpatrick Pharmacy and a Patterson Dossey residence required replacement, windows at the high school and multiple buildings were broken, and crops suffered severe losses with cotton total loss and damaged corn. Many gardens and fruit trees were stripped or damaged, and insurance coverage is prevalent though total losses will take days to estimate.
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Vegetble Gardens
Whitewright
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Minnie Patterson
W. W. Dossey
Kirkpatrick
Patterson Place
Sun Office
Dallas Man Killed Near Bonham in Apparent Robbery
The Eddie Branch a 27 year old Dallas man was found shot to death near Bonham with a loot robbed pocket watch missing. The borrowed car used to travel from Dallas to Wylie was later found near the crime scene. Two witnesses saw two men exit the car and head into nearby woods. Branch's funeral was arranged for Tuesday in Wylie.
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Bonham
Theddie Branch
Dallas
Wylie
Branch
Lula Branch
Palace Theatre Offers $20 Cash Giveaways Next Tuesday
The Palace theatre announces a $20 cash prize will be given away next Tuesday at 9 o'clock with a prize offered each Tuesday for several weeks. A $10 prize from last Tuesday, unclaimed, will be added to the next draw making it $20.
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The
Palace Theatre
Judge Advocates Reintroduction of Whipping Post
Judge Joseph E. Corrigan of the New York Criminal Court urged restoring corporal punishment as a crime deterrent. Speaking to the Chicago Bar Association and the John Marshall School he argued parole fails and whipping post offers effective treatment with no taxpayer cost.
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Chicago
Joseph E. Corrigan
New York Criminal Court
Chicago Bar Association
John Marshall School
Grayson County Names New Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Opal Roberson resigns as Grayson County home demonstration agent and Miss Jane Hightower of Weimar is named to succeed her. Roberson came from Houston mid March to fill the vacancy left by Miss Mattie Wilroy who moved to Edinburg. Roberson departs for Houston to join the Houston Post as home economics and agricultural expert. Hightower moves from McAllen after teaching high school home economics. She is a Denton Woman's College graduate with a B A S degree in 1927 and has prior experience in Corsicana Orange County and McAllen.
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Miss Hightower
Sherman
McAllen
Denton Woman’s College
Corsicana
Playground Ball Opens With High Scoring Brothers Clash
Christian A and Baptist A top standings with wins over Baptist B and Methodist. Baptist A edged Methodist 5 to 1 in a pitchers duel. Christian crushed Baptist B 19 to 3 as D Barbee hit two home runs. Methodist blasts Baptist to 52 from 6 with 33 fifth inning runs set by M's bats and Baptist defense costly with numerous errors.
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S. T. Montgomery
Baptists
Methodist
Manning
J. T. Bryant
Christians
Thornhill
Baptist
D. Barbee
Christian
Baptist A
Baptist B
W. L. Pet
Newt Manning
Methodist Playground
Sidney Watson
Methodists
Buzzy Thornhill
Andy Sanderson
Pig Jones
Roy Blanton
L. Adams
Thomas Sears
Blue Eagle Ready Applications Open At Whitewright Post
Applications for the NRA Blue Eagles have arrived at the Whitewright post office. Gen. Hugh Johnson notes the eagle stands for code compliance and fair competition, with each industry receiving a group specific eagle upon code approval. No obligation is required to apply. The five Scandinavian nations signed a 1932 treaty of friendship pledging nonaggression.
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NRA
America
Whitewright
F. A. King
Hugh Johnson
United Effort
United States
Daylight Saving Time to Begin Next Sunday Across Regions
The nation will shift to daylight saving time on the last Sunday in April, with clocks moved forward one hour to extend evening daylight. Rural areas oppose the change citing earlier farm starts, while New York and many cities have adopted daylight saving since 1918. Connecticut bans public clock changes to daylight saving, though most workplaces follow it. New Hampshire towns vary with Concord Manchester and Nashua starting the day an hour earlier.
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New York
East
Middle West
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and Grain Market
New York City
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Concord
Manchester
Nashua
Very Tactful Napkin Tie At Smart Restaurant
A customer sat at a table in a fine restaurant and tied a napkin around his neck. The manager asked a boy to instruct him politely that the gesture was not proper. The boy asked the customer if he preferred a shave or a haircut.
Raymond Hamilton Captured At Howe After Bank Heist
Slippery Raymond Hamilton of the Clyde Barrow gang was captured by Grayson and Sherman officers in Howe after a bank robbery in Lewisville. A Wichita Falls man, 21, was with him. $1,000 was recovered. Hamilton, already serving 263 years, denied involvement in a Grapevine slaying and claimed no recent contact with Clyde Barrow or Bonnie Parker.
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Sherman
Raymond Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
Dallas
Howe
Wichita Falls
First National Bank
Lewisville
Denton County
Hamilton
Little Elm
Frisco
Collin County
Collier Yeary
Roy McDaniel
Grayson County
Posseman
Howard Gunter
Gunter
Hastham
Major Crowson
Houston
Grapevine
Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Lancaster
Clyde
Bonnie
Americans Trek from Mexico as Law Cuts Jobs
In Mexico City 77 Americans entered the country to work last year while 1,198 left, prompted by a new rule requiring 90 percent of a company's employees to be Mexican. The policy aims to bolster local employment and reduce foreign labor.
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Mexico
D. F
Sherman to Vote on Government Change
Sherman voters will go to the polls June 15 to decide if the council commission manager form should be replaced by the aldermanic system. The city commission passed the third reading of the ordinance calling the election and setting the ballot wording from a 600-signature petition.
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Sherman
City Commission
Layman elected Rotary Club president at Whitewright luncheon
At a Friday Rotary Club gathering Dr. F D Layman was chosen president for the coming term. C J Meador became vice president, Gomer May secretary, W E LaRoe treasurer, with H P Donigan and Clay Horton as directors. Dr. Fender addressed the club on law observance and legislative ethics.
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Rotary Club
F. D. Layman
C. J. Meador
Gomer May
W. E. LaRoe
H. P. Donigan
Clay Horton
R. T. Pennington
J. Meador
Gomer
Five new teachers elected by board in Whitewright
Whitewright Board of Education elects five new teachers to replace five veterans as the 1934 35 school term opens. New hires include Mrs D M Roddy Miss Clyde Montgomery John Burma D W Smart and Mrs Jewel Kinnemer.
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Whitewright
Board of Education
D. M. Roddy
Clyde Montgomery
John Burma
Sherman
D. W. Smart
Melissa
Jewel Kinnemer
Commerce
Smart
H. W. Key
Supt. F. W. Smith
Kinnemer
Burma
Roddy
Montgomery
J. T. Bryant
Sallye Hamilton
Mary Pumphrey
American Legion Picnic Dates Set
At the Preston Everheart post meeting the 14th annual American Legion picnic was scheduled for July 11 12 13 and 14. Plans aim for one of the best programs in picnic history with outstanding speakers and new attractions. The post also announced a forthcoming drawing for an electric refrigerator.
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Preston Everheart Post
American Lego
American Legion
The
Post
Legion Boys
Retail sales rise in Texas in March gains
Texas retail sales show a 57 percent jump in March across 85 establishments, with a 41 percent rise over February and 40 percent higher dollar sales for January through March. Easter buying shifted to March, prices up about 20 percent, improving purchasing power and collection of outstanding accounts from 28 percent in March 1933 to 37 percent this March.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Second Suspect In Robbery Case In Grayson Jail
Sherman Oklahoma reports a second suspect in the Whitesboro bank robbery Calvin Henry Smith of Roff denied bond after a hearing before Justice of the Peace W S Buster. Smith is jailed as investigators pursue two prison fugitives identified by photos as band members who looted $13220 and took three hostages. Sears Anderson bank official testified the 38 year old suspect helped guard the money and fled north toward Red River. The article notes the distance between the White House and the capitol is a mile.
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Sherman
Whitesboro
Calvin Henry Smith
Roff
Okla
Justice of the Peace
W. 5S
Buster
Grayson County
Sears Anderson
Red River
Smith
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Bonham Sunday
Blue Eagle
Ed Caster
Brooks
Denton
F.D. Layman
Sue Stephens
Susie Noe
Mae Hall
Gertrude Schooling
Kate Fulton
Miss Stephens
Miss Fulton
Miss Noe
Sun
Miss Schooling
Miss Hall
W. L. Stowers
R. C. Vestal
F. E. Douglas
J. L. Reeves
R. A. Gillett
Grayson Jail
White House
Capitol
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