Whitewright ISD re-elects entire faculty for another year
At a Tuesday night board meeting of Whitewright Independent School District all faculty members across the high and grammar schools were re elected for another year. Supt. H. W. Key was already re elected. High school staff includes principal Jim Jernigan and colleagues Montgomery Roddy Latkey Ricketts Kennemer Cunningham Williams. Grammar school staff lists Newton Manning principal Lucile Sanders Sullivan Fletcher Pumphrey Hamilton Bedford Everheart. Building custodians P A Short and G W Ford were re elected. Mr and Mrs M D Boyd also re elected as Negro school teachers.
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Board of Education
Whitewright Independent School
H. W. Key
Jim Jernigan
S. T. Montgomery
Katherine Roddy
Jack Latkey
L. E. Ricketts
Jewel Kennemer
Tom Cunningham
Frances Williams
Newton Manning
Lucile Sanders
Mona_ Sullivan
Carter Fletcher
Mary Pumphrey
Sallye Hamilton
Herman Bedford
Sarah Everheart
P. A. Short
G. W. Ford
M. D. Boyd
O'Daniel Signs Soil Conservation Bill
Governor W Lee O Daniel signed the statewide soil conservation bill author Bailey B Ragsdale and Senate sponsor L J Sulak. The measure creates conservation districts under a state board with landowner votes. crop and land use rules may be enacted by nine tenths of landowners. The act seeks federal cooperation and takes effect immediately.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Bailey B. Ragsdale
L. J. Sulak
Senate
O’daniel
Ragsdale
Charges Against Five Truck Drivers
Sherman reports five truck drivers arrested near Denison by county highway officer A. E. Whiteacre. Justices E. A. Wright and M. M. Scholl imposed fines and costs totaling 344.35 dollars. Two drivers faced Tex as without railroad commission permits, fines 25 dollars plus 290.85 dollars in license plates, trucks impounded until Tulsa company pays. Trucks carried glassware to Denton. Three drivers fined 18.50 dollars each for truck overloading.
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Tulsa
Denton
Kennedy Maps Big Lint Deal Involves US Britain Trade
Ambassador Kennedy reportedly arranging a barter deal in which the United States would exchange about 10 million bales of cotton and over 100 million bushels of wheat with Britain for rubber and tin. The plan follows Senator Byrnes barter proposal, with British officials confirming negotiations and President Roosevelt's endorsement.
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London
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Britain
James F. Byrnes
British Board of Trade
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Towns alarm clock gets new job in Baxter Tennessee
Baxter residents will lose 15 minutes of sleep as Charlie Hughes, famed human alarm clock who has blown a bugle from an 18 foot pole for 15 years, takes a new job as Baxter post office mail messenger beginning May 1. He will report at 5:30 and move reveille to 5:15.
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Baxter
Tenn
Charlie Hughes
Charlie
Reveille
Women in Public Affairs Debate Echoes Voter Sentiment
A public forum weighs support for women participating in political life. Proponents argue inclusivity and capability, while opponents raise concerns of tradition and public roles. The discussion reflects evolving attitudes toward gender and governance in the community.
Roosevelt Outlines Plan for Three New Federal Agencies
President Roosevelt submitted a plan to Congress to reorganize federal agencies creating three new entities a federal security agency a federal works agency and a federal loan agency consolidating relief and social programs under one umbrella transferring Budget Bureau and other offices to the White House aiming to save 15 to 20 million dollars annually and placing oversight under presidential control with new administration posts and salaries.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Budget Bureau
White House
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Treasury
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
Civilian Conservation Corps
United States Employment Service
National Youth Administration
Federal Works Agency
Works Progress Administration
Work Projects Administration
Public Works Administration
United States Housing Authority
Bureau of Public Roads
Public Buildings Branch
The
Procurement Division
Branch of Buildings Management
National Park Service
Federal Loan Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC Mortgage Association
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Disaster Loan Corporation
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal National Home Loan Bank Board
Home Owners Loan
Senate
Pedestrians at Fault in Texas Car Accidents
AUSTIN nearly two thirds of street and highway pedestrian crashes were caused by pedestrians due to inattention confusion or impairments says Harry S. Phillips traffic safety engineer. First quarter Texas data show 64 percent pedestrian fatalities blamed on pedestrians and 36 percent on drivers despite a 19 percent drop in total fatalities. Phillips urges pedestrians to walk on the left facing traffic and stay alert after dark.
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Austin
Harry S. Phillips
State Highway Department
Phillips
Texas
Britain to Tax Arms Budget and Consider Conscription
London announces heavy new taxes to fund a gun swollen budget of about 6.18 billion and contemplates compulsory military training. Chancellor Sir John Simon says roughly half the outlay goes to armed forces and civil defense with potential full conscription if war comes. Prime Minister Chamberlain consults the King as Cabinet votes for conscription for 18 to 21 year olds, affecting over a million men while borrowing covers much of the defense bill and taxes rise on autos tobacco sugar estates and high earners.
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London
John Simon
Neville Chamberlain
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Farm Meetings Held Here and in Kentuckytown
Agricultural association meetings invite all interested in improving farming conditions. The Whitewright HD Club sponsors a meeting at the grammar school auditorium at 8 p.m. today, and Kentuckytown’s at the Kentuckytown schoolhouse at 8 p.m. Friday. County agents Jenkins of Collin, W O Teddlie, and Eunice King of Grayson will explain objectives.
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Agricultural Association
Kentuckytown
Whitewright
HD Club
Grammar School
Jenkins
Collin County
W. O. Teddlie
Eunice King
Grayson County
Four Texans Slain In Feud Over Straying Chickens
PARIS Texas four people were shot to death near Emberson Lamar County on a Wednesday feud over chickens. J W Snow 79 his wife 75 and daughters 50 45 were killed along with Dee Chandler 46 a neighbor. Leo Dennis husband of a slain woman was wounded severely. Authorities hunted a 38 year old farmer accused of threatening to wipe out the family. The shooting occurred about 1 pm but was reported later.
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Paris
Emberson
Lamar County
Oklahoma-Texas
George Robertson
J. W. Snow
Leo Dennis
Snow
Willie Kemper
Dee Chandler
Paris Hospital
Boys May Swap Air Guns for Cameras
Texarkana Humane Society offers to trade cameras for boys air rifles to advance the clubs program protecting birds and animals. Participants must sign a pledge not to own such weapons again.
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Texarkana
Texarkana Humane Society
Oliver Dryer
Petition shows enough Grayson County names to call beer election
A Grayson County group led by The Grayson County Drys reports that a petition to require an election on beer and 3.2 per cent wine is signed by more than the 10 percent required. The draft calls on the county commissioners court to set a date to decide whether manufacture sale and exchange of such liquors should be permitted or prohibited. Each signer provides a name address and proof of qualified voter status.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Grayson County Drys
Honorable Commissioners Court
Texas
Health Day Activities Silent Call to Texas Parents
Dr Geo W Cox State Health Officer urges observance of Child Health Day in Texas with emphasis on annual school child medical exams by a family physician. Early detection of vision, tonsil, dental and postural defects prevents later illness. regular dental visits and simple early exercises reduce future health problems.
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Geo. W. Cox
Murder charge filed in death of Sanger woman
Merlin King 34 of Sanger faces a murder charge plus a prior driving while intoxicated count after a Sherman accident killed Mrs. Bertha Skinner of the Dixie community. Skinner died Sunday night from injuries after Kings car collided with a vehicle driven by Harper High of Sherman. Bond set at 2000 for murder and 500 on DWI. King held pending grand jury action.
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Sherman High School
King
Jess Wall
Justice of the Peace
Fred Mooty
R. C. Slagle Jr
Skinner
Transfer Caraway Case to Suggs Court
Six indictments against R. B. Caraway, former district clerk, were moved from Judge Carter’s court to Judge J. T. Suggs Jr. in the fifty ninth district. The charges include five counts of misappropriation and embezzlement involving funds from his office. Trial is set for the June term. the auditor reported a $5,009.67 apparent shortage. The county will be reimbursed. Trinity Universal Insurance Company of Dallas acted as surety on Caraway’s bonds.
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T. F. Aston
Sherman
Trinity Universal Insurance Company of
Dallas
Commissioners Court
Caraway
Pension racket operators seek money from aged donors
A Texas legislative committee led by Rep. Travis S. Dean is probing self styled pension organizations. Local old age pension leaders urge delaying contributions until the inquiry concludes. Federal authorities are reportedly reviewing the groups as Grayson County residents receive mail requests for one dollar donations claiming a large payoff per senior voter.
Grandpa Was Right Winters Used to Be Colder
ATLANTA. United States Weather Bureau official J B Kincer told the American Meteorological Society that long term records show winters are not permanently warmer. He described a climate cycle with a warm dry phase followed by a cooler, wetter period and cited past winters 1917-18 and 1935-36 as exceptions to a broader warming trend.
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Atlanta
J. B. Kincer
United States Weather Bureau
American Meteorological Society
Kincer
United States
Cost-of-Production Farm Measure Is Pigeonholed
The House agriculture committee pigeonholed a cost-of-production farm bill written as a substitute for the administration program. It failed 17 to 6 though the Senate panel had approved it unanimously. Sponsored by Massingale and Lemke, the plan would set farm prices at cost of production plus 4 to 6 percent for crops used domestically.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Massingale
Dem
Oklahoma
Lemke
Rep
North Dakota
Agriculture Department
Texas House Again Considers Sales Tax Levy Plan
A constitutional amendment for a 2 percent natural resources tax replaces an earlier failed measure. The House committee backs a one cent per 50 cent sale tax with options for merchants to absorb small purchases, aiming to raise about 27 million dollars annually chiefly for pensions. Debate centers on votes and shifting revenues from pensions to the general fund. Rep Blankenship argues to keep pension funds intact. Poage in Washington favors higher natural resource imposts over a sales tax.
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Austin
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Senate
House Committee
House
General Fund
Representative Blankenship
Dallas
Aids
Poage
Waco
Washington
Texas
Sheppard Proposes Pay Rise for Army Recruits
Washington chairman Sheppard of Texas introduced a bill to raise base pay for army recruits from 21 to 30 dollars monthly and to boost pay in lower grades. He also proposed authorizing 5 million dollars for land purchases at army posts, listing Fort Bliss and Leon Springs among possible acquisitions.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Army
Fort Bliss
Tex
Leon Springs
City Housewives Deputized as Chicken and Cow War Begins
Clarendon mayor announces housewives are dep utized city marshals with authority to execute chickens found on their premises. He also notes the city marshal has a stall at the pound and will provide room and board for stray cows at a dollar per day.
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Clarendon
T. F. Connally
Two Boys Drowned in Gun-ter Lake Fright
Travis Odell Neill aged 9 and Donald Lee Neill aged 14 drowned at Gun ter Lake twelve miles west of here when a fishing boat overturned during a large wave. Their uncle Herman McDonald escaped after swimming to shore and said the youths tipped the boat in fright. He attempted to rescue them but nearly drowned.
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