Prizes set for yard contest in Whitewright club
Friday Literary Club announces 20 divisions for annual yard beautification with 16 for whites and 4 for Negroes entries due May 11 judging May 12. Prizes donated by local Whitewright businesses and individuals. entry queries to Mrs Rhom T Pennington Mrs Grady Gillett or Miss Lena Mae Gowdy.
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Friday Literary Club
Mangrum’s
Stateville Grocery
Fleming Grocery
H. L. Gordon
Davenport Variety
Whitewright Lumber Co
L. LaRoe & Company
Waldo & Company
Johnson Jewelry
Palace Theatre
Manning & Meador
Cole & Davis Co
T. W. Ayer & Son
Short’s
Sanderson
Simmons
Brown's
Cull Reeves
Craig’s
Bennett’s
Kingly
Stephens & Bryant
O. L. Jones
Yeager
First National Bank
J. M. Simmons
Lester Haile
Pascal Farley
W. O. Houston
Smith's Grocery
Lee Norris
Sanders
W. R. Vineyard
Southland Ice Co
Pierce Cafe
Stateville
Barbee & Bassett
Community Public Service Co
Norris Declares Third Party May Draft Roosevelt
Washington reports Governor LaFollette calls Liberals to meet in Madison to discuss a potential national third party. Senators Norris O Mahoney and Representative O Connell debate timing, Roosevelt’s term, and a possible realignment with a possible effect on the 1940 elections.
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Norris
Roosevelt
Washington
Philip LaFollette
Madison
Wis
Congress
Ind
Nebraska
O’connell
Montana
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Strawberry Crop Better in Fannin County Bonham
Bonham reports a better strawberry harvest with fewer but higher quality berries. Growers earn about 1.50 per crate, with some reaching 100 crates per acre for around 150 dollars per acre. The smaller acreage is blamed on last August’s drought.
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Bonham
Governor hopeful Joseph Key promotes liquor by the drink
Joseph Key of Houston announces his Texas governorship bid and outlines a platform advocating no poll tax, liquor by the drink, local option, a one cent a day license for visiting cars, pari mutuel racing, marble and slot machines, state rights, local government, and old age pensions under county judges. He plans to visit every state area during the campaign.
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Houston
Joseph Key
Texas
Rain totals rise as April accumulates unexpectedly
Rain during the last week added 1.14 inches to April precipitation bringing the total to 2.89 inches. Measured by official recorder C. C. Cates, seven days of rain this month. Through April 17 total for 1938 reaches 21.91 inches, nearly twice the normal four month total. farmers seek dry weather for cotton planting and farm work.
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C. C. Cates
Grade Changes Given Approval At State Meet
Houston reports teachers of District No 1 Texas State Teachers Association favor state wide 12 year grades and appointive state superintendent by State Board. They support minimum 22 per capita funding, retirement act, and free textbooks. They seek certification reform, state tenure, rural supervisors, and a single salary schedule.
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Houston
Texas State Teachers’ Association
State Board of Education
State Board
State Association
Shooting range formally opens at Loy Park
Sherman reports the dedication of a WPA built public rifle range at Loy Park. County Judge Jake J. Loy boasted a 10 inch bull’s eye at 200 yards on the first shot while a second shot drew no holes. Company L 144th Infantry Denison will provide targets and maintain practice with safety rules to be set by the commissioners’ court.
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George Hagans
Commissioners’ Court
Burial Association to be Organized in Whitewright
A group of local businessmen met at Earnheart funeral parlor to study a burial association led by Glen Earnheart who has secured a temporary state charter. Attorney Jack Nossaman outlined supervision by the State Insurance Department, with a $5,000 bond and a plan to accept 500 applications before a permanent charter. Membership limited to healthy individuals ages one day to 70, with policies from $100 to $300 and flexible premium options. Policy pays cash upon death regardless of location. The assembly endorsed the plan unanimously.
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Earnheart
Glen Earnheart
Jack Nossaman
Mr. Earnheart
Texas
State Insurance Department
Whitewright
Association
Nossaman
Barnheart
British income tax hits record high in peacetime
London reports a 27 percent income tax rate to fund a vast wartime budget, with higher tea and oil duties and gas taxes. Sir John Simon says the $4.72 billion need for the year ending March 31, 1939 will be filled by the tax increase, tea tax rise, and oil duties, while two million small earners gain a concession.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
John Simon
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Life editor freed of obscenity charge
Roy E. Larsen publisher of Life was acquitted in Bronx special sessions of obscenity in publishing still pictures from the Birth of a Baby. Three justices concurred with the decision. Justice Bernard A. Lozicke said the defendant’s motion to acquit was granted after careful consideration of all the facts.
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New York
Roy E. Larsen
Life
Bronx
Bernard A. Lozicke
Rural Lines To Buy Power at 1.3c KW in Texas
The Rural Electrification Administration announces in a bulletin dated April 22 that five Texas rural electrification projects will purchase electricity from Texas Power & Light Company at 1.3 cents per kilowatthour when developed. The projects are No. 11 Kaufman No. 50 Grayson No. 52 Fannin No. 53 McLennan and No. 63 Navarro.
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The
Rural Electrification Administration
Texas Rural Electrification Projects
Texas Power & Light Company
Kaufman
Grayson
Fannin
McLennan
Navarro
Local WPA sewing room payroll and garment costs
Thirty three workers and one supervisor at the WPA sewing room in Whitewright earn a total $905 monthly. Miss Mildred Holcomb supervises the project with wages paid by WPA. city lights, fuel, and incidentals funded by Whitewright and local merchants. WPA provides cloth and the eight month garment cost fluctuated month to month.
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WPA
Mildred Holcomb
Stella A. Lance
Angie M. House
Ruth Miller
Clara E. Brown
Bessie P. Queener
Eula P. Maserany
Lizzie Roper
Jewel B. Moss
Lyda M. Brown
Ada B. Henslee
Angie Dean
Nannie N. Rhody
Rachel I. Johnson
Nannie M. Roach
Mrs. Roy B. Trotter
Sallie B. Hopper
Nettie M. Sanders
May J. Waldrop
Lula A. Lisman
Ethel I. Perry
Gennita S. Anderson
Ruby E. Coffman
Lois O. Smith
Jessie I. Magers
Liva I. Taylor
Claudine H. Turner
Road Supervisor to Reside in Whitewright Apartment
F C Dangeleisen project supervisor on the Whitewright Ely road project and W E Huggins timekeeper for 157 WPA workers will relocate to Whitewright and occupy the J C Gillespie apartment for the remaining work period. Progress remains slow due to recurring rains as rock work advances east of Ely toward Enterprise school with about three miles to Oak Hill Cemetery.
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F. C. Dangeleisen
Whitewright-Ely
W. E. Huggins
WPA
Whitewright
J. C. Gillespie
Ely
Enterprise School
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ford Pays Visit to White House
President Roosevelt and Henry Ford spent two hours in a private discussion at the White House, then spoke with reporters as Ford left for New York. Officials declined to reveal topics, noting no statements would be issued. G Hall Roosevelt said the talk contained nothing of commercialism.
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Ford
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Oval Room
Union Station
New York
Stephen T. Early
G. Hall Roosevelt
Decoration Day Observed at Vittitoe Cemetery
Decoration day for Vittitoe Cemetery south of Kentuckytown will be observed Sunday May 1. A program has been arranged for 2 p m.
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Vittitoe Cemetery
Kentuckytown
Uncle Sam Seen As Biggest Egg And Butter Man
Washington reports Uncle Sam is among the nation’s largest buyers of dairy and poultry, spending about 35 000 a day over nine months. Through the surplus commodities corporation, an arm of the Agriculture Department, the government buys produce when prices fall to boost prices and distributes goods to needy families via state relief agencies.
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Washington
Sam
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Grasshoppers threaten Grayson County crops
R R Reppart and County Agent W O Teddlie surveyed Baxter Barr farm near Carpenter's Bluff and found up to 100 grasshoppers per square foot. Eggs remain to hatch, with 10 days to two weeks before migration. Government poison is to be distributed via mixing stations in Sherman, with farmers supplying half the bran or an equivalent substitute and paying for mixing.
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Sherman
Teddlie
Fire destroys dwelling on Bond Street in Seagoville
A seven room frame dwelling on South Bend street owned by Mrs. Pearl Trotter of Seagoville burned Saturday afternoon. Occupants Mr. and Mrs. Alton McDowell and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. English were away when neighbors spotted the blaze. Firemen prevented spread to nearby houses. English lost kitchen furnishings and clothing, McDowell insured, building uninsured.
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South Bend Street
Pearl Trotter
Seagoville
Alton McDowell
J. C. English
English
McDowell
Corn Belt Farmers Rally Against Federal Crop Control Law
Thousands of farmers in the corn belt launched protests against the federal crop control program with planned mass meetings to register dissatisfaction. They call the measure interference and question planting guidance as crop time arrives. The report notes rising unease about outcomes if the program continues. A separate odd item mentions a Warsaw tailor winning a 26 inch mustache title and a cancer ranking shift over 25 years.
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Chicago
City awards contract for new water well in Whitewright
J. L. Myers & Sons of Denton will drill an eight inch well to 1200 feet adjacent to the current pumping plant. The project includes a turbine pump and 10 inch surface casing with production tests and depth constraints. Total well and pump cost about 8000 dollars funded by cash from the general fund and 6000 dollars in securities to be paid over six years.
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J. L. Myers & Sons of
Denton
Whitewright
Woodbine
General Fund
Sherman Receives WPA Road Project Approval
Sherman officials announce a blanket WPA road plan totaling 1 515 227 dollars for Grayson County. Federal funds amount to 902 356.71 dollars with sponsors contributing 612 870.59 dollars. The project plans 246 miles of farm to market roads, including graveled, sledged stone base, and asphalt surfaced segments, to begin if continued post July 1 and run about a year and a half.
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Sherman
Works Progress Administration
R. F. Daniels
Grayson Commissioners’ Court
Jake J. Loy
WPA
San Antonio
Mrs. Katie Knox resigns to join Angelina County agent post
Home economics teacher Mrs. Katie Knox of Whitewright High School resigns after being appointed county home demonstration agent for Angelina County. She starts May 16, continues at Whitewright School until then, and moves to Lufkin. Knox came from Woodson in February to fill a vacancy after Miss Lurlyne Travis left for Canton schools.
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Katie Knox
Whitewright High School
Angelina County
Knox
Lufkin
Whitewright
Woodson
Lurlyne Travis
Canton
Happy Landing at Palace Features Star Sonja Henie
Palace theater presents Happy Landing tonight and Friday with Sonja Henie ice star and Don Ameche. Also showing Drift Fence with Buster Crabbe, Romance in the Dark with Gladys Swarthout and John Boles, Thank You Mr Moto with Peter Lorre, and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm starring Shirley Temple next week.
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Palace Theatre
Happy Landing
Sonja Henie
Don Ameche
Palace
Buster Crabbe
Zane Gray
Gladys Swarthout
John Boles
Peter Lorre
Mr. Moto
Shirley Temple
Texans Temperate Drinkers During 1937
Texas shows the lowest per capita liquor consumption among 26 states under license control in 1937. Distilled Spirits Institute data indicate Texas used 3,935,296 gallons of whisky liquors and gin, averaging 64.4 gallons per person, compared with the District of Columbia at 3,757 and Kentucky at 0.887.
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Austin
Texas
Liquor Control
Distilled Spirits Institute, Inc
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Kentucky
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Shooting Range
Sherman Wpa
Grayson County
Uncle Sam
Warsaw
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