Whitewright Sun notes on elections and codes
The Whitewright Sun surveys political hints and policy ideas including open competitive farm manager jobs with high salaries, an NRA like automobile code limiting speedometer tampering, and Mrs. Ferguson as a possible gubernatorial candidate advocating universal 65+ pensions and a general sales tax to fund them. The piece urges farmers to contact their congressman and notes upcoming campaign dynamics.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Sam
NRA
Condemned Slayer Contends He Paid Debt in Horror
Mack Gates, attorney for John W. Vaughn, 37, argues to enjoin Vaughn's scheduled execution after the electric chair failed to function, saying Vaughn has suffered cruel and unusual punishment. Gov Allred ordered a one week reprieve as the chair was repaired. 8,000 petitioned to commute the sentence.
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Huntsville
Mack Gates
John W. Vaughn
State Prison
Max M. Rogers
Vaughn
James V. Allred
Death House
W. W. Ward
Allred
Johnnie Banks
Waid
Banks
Gates
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Rogers
Houston
Sunday Services May 1 at usual hours with no evening preaching
Sunday schools at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 6 30 p.m. A visiting speaker will lead the morning service J M Connally pastor guests from the church. no night preaching event scheduled for May 1.
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Epworth League
J. M. Connally
Pensions and tax fights cloud Texas cotton future
The piece notes that unless the leadership falters, pensions to all and sales tax questions may fade from focus. It cites the $4.5 million monthly state cost for Ferguson proposals, far above current old age aid, and includes John C. Thompson of the Texas Cotton Ginners Association criticizing the farm program as unfair to cotton farmers. He argues the bill is unclear amid 25 pages of March regulations and multiple April amendments, and accuses Congress of approving it for jobs.
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Ferguson
Texas
John C. Thompson
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
Oklahoma Ginners
Oklahoma City
Thompson
Legumes and nitrogen fill needed on tired land
The State Press argues field peas and other legumes offer feeding value and fix nitrogen, boosting soil fertility. It warns farmers with stranded acres should avoid leaving land barren and notes county cotton cutbacks and the inadequacy of government checks to compensate profitless, idle fields.
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Treasury
Dallas News
Sunday Services and Evangelistic Rally Planned
Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent W. T. Simmons. Morning worship at 11 with a sermon titled Three Capital L's in the Christian's Life. B. T. U. at 6:30 p.m. directed by Mack Pierson. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. sermon The Simplest Answer to What Must I Do to Be Saved. Evangelistic rally for District 13 at the First Baptist Church, Denison, and Grayson County Workers' Conference, Tuesday May 3. Dr. J. H. Cozad of McKinney will preside. Leslie O. Evans, pastor.
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J. H. Cozad
McKinney
Leslie O. Evans
First Presbyterian Church Sunday program announced
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads 10 am Sunday school and 11 am Mrs Margreta Fender Boyd reviews Dr Henry Emerson Fosdick's Successful Christian Living. Junior Church theme How Jesus Did His Work at 11 am. 7:30 pm The Christian Way of Conquest. Mrs Boyd praised as a splendid reviewer inviting public attendance without neglecting other duties.
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B. Wrenn Webb
Margreta Fender Boyd
Henry Emerson Fosdick
Jesus
Boyd
Local visits and social notes from Orangeville area
Friday night visits include O V Wilder in Celeste Ed Deaton and Albert Vestal in Sherman and Frank Holt with son Burr from Trenton. Louise Brown guests with Jurhee Griffin and later with Mrs Cecil Melton at Savoy. Families and teachers visited relatives. coal energy shift noted: from 89 percent to 50 percent in 30 years.
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O. V. Wilder
Celeste
Louise Brown
Jurhee Griffin
Ed Deaton
Albert Vestal
Sherman
Frank Holt
Burr
Trenton
O. D. Mayse
Whitewright
J. E. Donihoe
Cecil Melton
Savoy
Modern Farming: Sorghum Debate on Government Land
Washington farmers debate whether sweet sorghum cane sudan and millet are soil friendly with some saying they deplete soil while others urge planting cover crops on neutral land to boost next year’s yield. Most oppose sacrificing current profits for long term soil health.
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Washington
Sudan
Whitewright
Denison Home Talent Carnival at Munson Field Saturday
Denison's home talent stage a carnival at Munson Field home of the Denison Yellow Jackets on Saturday night May 7. Ralph Parker chairs the event with doll and milk bottle racks ducking stool weight guessing and other carnival attractions. A dance and floor show by a well known orchestra is the main draw. Proceeds fund the football team's summer camp expenses.
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Denison
Munson Field
Denison Yellow Jackets
Ralph Parker
Much Road Work Planned in Fannin County
Fannin County launches a busy highway program with several projects under way. Planned work includes a multi mile Ivanhoe east road, Red River bridge approach, 12 mile concrete stretch on Highway 78 from Bonham to the bridge, and farm to market links from Collin County line to Trenton and Trenton to Randolph. A Randolph to Bonham survey is promised with possible construction within a year, plus new blacktop on Highway 78 north of Bailey and on the Ladonia Wolfe City route and Celeste to the county line. Darwin spent five years as a naturalist aboard a survey ship in the Asiatic and Pacific Oceans before his famous researches.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Ivanhoe East
Red River Bridge
Collin County
Trenton
Randolph
Highway Department
Bailey
Ladonia and
Wolfe City
Celeste
Darwin
Autos Using Gas Appear in Britain
Gas powered motor vehicles are appearing on Britain's roads with two methods: on board self generating fuel plants fed by coal or coke, and replaceable gas bottles. Buses using both systems are in operation. Glasgow hosts fuel plants and Chesterfield opened the first public filling station. War conservation of gasoline drives interest.
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Glasgow
Britain
Chesterfield
Presidential bill to pay Texan for seized car
President Roosevelt signed a Senate bill authorizing $400 to W. O. West of Percilla Texas for an automobile stolen from him and confiscated by the Internal Revenue Bureau alcohol tax unit. The owner failed to file for remission after the legal deadline, the bill states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
W. O. West
Percilla
Texas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Alcoholic Tax Unit
West
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J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
First Presbyterian Church
Orangeville News
Juanita Reneau
Maudie Fae Holt
William and Jasper Painter of
Callis
Desert
United States
Styles
Newsowm’s
Fannin
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
American Institute of Arts and Sciences
Rated
New York
Lincoln
Peter Minuit
New Netherlands
Missouri
Oregon
Gen. Sherman
Rembrandt
DE Anne
Mamngrum's
Folger’s Coffee
K. C
Wilson’s Laurel
J. E. Mangrum
T. W. Binion
Grocery
Denison, Texas
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