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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
1
Whitewrights new school gymnasium and auditorium is finished and ready for use with only minor details remaining. A WPA inspector praised the structure, which cost 22727 dollars including fees, with 10227 dollars funded by a federal grant. Bonds of 12500 dollars will retire over time via a 10 cent tax.
At the Palace Theatre the week features Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast tonight with a short, Charles Sterrett in Stampede Friday and Saturday with serial, Saturday night preview, Ann Harding in The Witness Chair Monday and Tuesday with Major Bowes Amateurs, Irene Dunne in Show Boat midweek in a re filmed 1929 version.
Austin report states former Texas Governor James E Ferguson suspended his Forum and abandoned hope of a general sales tax adoption. He predicts Gov. James V Allred will have a bright political future and Editorially states gamblers and horse racing may continue under the current administration. The editor says We quit and notes unexpired subscriptions will be credited if publication resumes.
In Bonham a man paid $1.50 for a marriage license then requested a loan of $1.50 to "put the license in escrow." County Clerk C. R. Jones obliged, taking the license as collateral and noting the plan to redeem it later. No further details on outcomes are provided.
The automatic tax board set the State property tax rate Tuesday at 62 cents on the $100 valuation, the same as last year. The general revenue fund rate was fixed at 35 cents and Confederate pensions at seven cents, both constitutional maximums. The available school tax rate remained 20 cents, untouched but not at the limit. The board includes Governor Allred, Comptroller Sheppard, and Treasurer Lockhart. It noted the $19 per capita apportionment and estimated deficits for general revenue and Confederate pensions, with the school fund maintaining a cash balance after the per capita apportionment.
Chicago reports indicate a 30 percent rise in family food costs over three years with upturns tied to weather and wheat shortages. Retail prices show butter milk and eggs up, potatoes and cabbage doubling or tripling, while flour climbs with wheat. Wholesale packs thin but enough stock remains for a year, economists say.
Interior Secretary Ickes denounces Governor Landon as a sham progressive backed by the money power. He accuses the GOP of surface reform, cites six supposed flaws in Landon’s record, and links his campaign to Hearst figures, Wall Street interests, and reactionary backers.
Dorothy Gene Hance ten died about 8 am Wednesday after stepping on a fallen 2300 volt highline near Randolph traced to a break where it crossed the Cotton Belt Railroad. Community Public Service Company supervisor Sidney Watson said a nearby Randolph man prevented further casualties by keeping others away while the line was removed. She left parents two sisters and three brothers and grandparents in Randolph.
Washington November drouth committee added thirty counties to the drouth area list. Texas lists Archer Childress Clay Collingsworth Cottle Foard Hardeman Jack Montague Wichita Wilbarger and Wise. Nebraska Georgia Minnesota Wyoming include others. National total reaches 756 counties in 19 states since July 7.
Murray Butler of Columbia University clashes with Hearst, calling him a parvenue within the Republican party while Butler is portrayed as a long‑time loyal Republican. The remarks reference Butler’s 1912 vice presidential bid, 1920 nomination talks, and a July 15 AP denouncement of the 1936 convention as reactionary. Ickes criticizes Landon as unable to lead both exploited and exploiting interests.
Funeral services for Cecil McCollom 46 and his young wife Mrs Clyde McCollom 17 were held at Pink Hill church. The couple died when their car collided with a Postal Telegraph lineman's truck on Highway 5 near Sherman. W K McGill 35 and Clyde McCollom 20 were injured. Survivors include McCollom's four sons and three daughters and McGill's family.
Governor Allred and campaign manager Marvin Hall report primary expenditures 7119.86 and contributions 8694.85. Hall totals show 6099.70 spent and 7374.85 contributed. Roy Sanderford reports 6988.01 spent and 6746.98 contributed. James E. Ferguson contributes 4851.98. Tom F. Hunter reports 1160.70 expenses. John Lee Smith 5391.49. F W Fischer 7852. Pierce Brooks 4033.10. Agriculture seeks smaller turkey breeds to meet family demand.
Rebels push toward Madrid in a bloody advance near San Sebastian and Tolosa as the civil war widens. Red Cross cites 35 000 dead and 100 000 wounded while loyalists claim new gains in the Guadarramas and roundup 600 Fascists in Madrid.
Whitewright reports two bale cotton sale on Wednesday with first bales of 1936 and 1935 both bought and ginned by Planters Gin Company. Bale weights around 490 pounds and prices at 13 cents per pound. First bale dates listed back to 1925 with varying prices.
Grayson County has collected 1,331,003 dollars in rental and benefit payments during the three years since the Agricultural Adjustment Administration was created. State official H. P. Drought reported county totals for cotton, corn hog, wheat, and peanuts, with Texas overall receipts reaching 139,412,186 dollars for the period.
A revival meeting starts next Sunday morning at Orangeville Baptist Church with Rev. O F Robinson of Randolph preaching. Roy Robinson of Trenton will lead the song services. Two services are planned daily and all are invited to attend and participate.
Philco Radio & Television Corp seeks injunction against RCA and RCA Manufacturing plus two Harley officials for allegedly using agents to entrap women employees with liquor to obtain trade secrets. Plaintiffs demand return of information and damages. RCA denies wrongdoing and vows to respond.
Washington reports the civilian staff of the federal executive branch at 824,259 for June with a payroll of 129,847,167 dollars, the largest since World War I peak. Excluded are 24,178 hires under special authorization totaling 1,173,469 dollars. The WWI peak was 917,760 on Armistice Day 1918.
Worcester Mass Rev. Charles E Coughlin spoke at an open air rally warning that a Hoover re election and a Landon continuation would spark bloody revolution in America If Roosevelt had not spent money to ease poverty there would have been bloodshed in the streets He said the National Union for Social Justice does not need newspaper support The Sun sells typewriter carbon.
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