Four pints of gin found in Texas Centennial corn field
Farm news notes Finis Alverson a Whitewright farmer estimates his Texas Centennial corn will yield four pints of dry gin per hill with a stalk ear. He uncovered four bottles stamped Uncle Sam while digging, and Kirk Brown offered $50 a bushel for seed corn that yields one pint per hill. Alverson a Baptist deacon plans to keep digging cautiously.
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Finis Alverson
Texas Centennial Corn
Kirk Brown
Mr. Alverson
Texas Centennial
Uncle Sam
Alverson
Highway 160
Baptist Church
Horton Leases Palace Theatre in Whitewright
Clay Horton, who ran the Palace for eight months in 1933 34, has leased the venue from W M Brannon who operated it for the past year and a half. Horton, in Dallas Monday booking pictures, says he has contracted top films and aims to deliver the same quality show fans enjoyed under his prior lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Horton
Palace Theatre
W. M. Brannon
Mr. Horton
Dallas Monday Booking Pictures
Whitewright
Scout Meetings Discontinued By Committee Notice
Scout meetings are currently discontinued. Participants will be notified when sessions resume or if a camp is planned this year.
Gold Vaults and Sound Money Policy Promote National Stability
The piece argues for a massive U S money vault at a Kentucky army post to store gold and silver as the Hoover era ends. It credits Roosevelt policy for stability and dismisses foreign headlines about gold fleeing the U S. The caller signs as SAM DOSS of San Benito Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Belgium
Hoover
U. S
Louisville
U. S. Army
United States
Eas
U .S
Sam Doss
San Benito
Texas
Bettye Nell Yeager Heads Amateur Final In Sherman
Bettye Nell Yeager daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Yeager Whitewright competes in the final amateur contest at Cherry Street Park Sherman at 8 p m tonight Other contestants include Junior Cannaday Tom Bean Miss Mary Barbie Gunter Reba Mae Cox Collinville and Anna Jane Davis Dorchester Ballots will be handed out for mailed voting to the Retail Merchants Association Sherman due by August 16 Previous polls were at the park but the method now allows more voters The winner receives football sweaters for her town’s high school and Whitewright residents are urged to attend and vote A band concert accompanies the event with free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettye Nell Yeager
J. A. Yeager
Whitewright
Cherry Street Park
Sherman
Junior Cannaday
Tom Bean
Mary Barbee
Gunter
Reba Mae Cox
Collinaville
Anna Jane Davis
Dorchester
Retail Merchants Association
Bettye Nell
Rural School Laws Explained to Grayson County Board
Deputy Everett Shepherd explained rural and transportation aid laws to the Grayson County school board on Saturday. The board heard petitions for bus routes and granted an extension from the concrete highway to the Allman store via West Bells, while deferring action on pupil transfers from Elm View district 30 to Gunter and Dorchester for 1935-36. Trustees protested transfers to District 117 or Lovejoy and warned of appealing to the State board if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
Everett Shepherd
Allman Store
West Bells
W. M. Moulton
Elm View
Gunter
Dorchester
Prairie View
Lovejoy
State Board of Education
Whitesboro
Ethel
Range Creek
Shepherd
Buck Creek
Edna Dunn
Howe
Tom Bean
Celtic
A. E. Boyd
Sadler
Basin Springs
Pleasant Home
Game Warden Declares Seining Illegal in Grayson County
State game warden D. Turner states in a letter to J. D. Hoard that using any net or seine in Choctaw Creek and other Grayson County waters is a legal violation. Only a 20-foot minnow seine may be used strictly for catching bait to fish with, and fish may be moved to fresh water if drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Hoard
S&s
Absentees to Vote Sherman Aug 24 Election
Absentee ballots began mailing Wednesday at Grayson County Clerk C. M. Cole's office in Sherman for the August 24 election. In person absentee voting starts Friday, with possible in Denison not yet decided. Qualified electors may vote absentee before leaving or send applications to Mr. Cole, with the law followed. Cole says the new absence law does not bar absentee voting for those on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Three Charged With Assault in Tioga area
Complaints charging assault to murder were filed Monday in Justice of the Peace court by Deputy Sheriff Collier Yuery against Joe Miller Marsh Miller and Carl Burns all of Tioga. The men allegedly attacked Luther Eppers Saturday night in his backyard north of Tioga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Court of
W. Batsell
Justice of the Peace
Joe
Marsh Miller
Carl Burns
Tioga
Collier Yuery
Luther Eppers
Leafworms Spread Threaten Sherman Cotton Crops
County agent B F Gray reports rapid leafworm infestation along Red River and near Van Alstyne Luther Ladd and Luther Knox fields south of Sherman. He warns of heavy damage as crops are late this year and recommends calcium arsenate dusting or spraying with arsenate solution. Dusting is best between 4 and 8 a m with dew on plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
van Alstyne
Ethel
Red River
B. F. Gray
Luther Ladd
Luther Knox
Mr. Gray
J. R. Handy
Denison
Delaware Bend
Mississippi
Acre
Affidavit Forms Mailed to Texas Ginners in Tax Case
The Texas Agricultural Association mails affidavit forms to ginners to file in U S district court to be excluded from Judge Randolph Bryant's July 19 restraining order. Forms drafted by Stuard S Barron ask ginners to state they were not parties to the Wallace v. Thomas suit and did not seek its relief.
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BRYAN
United States District Court
Randolph Bryant
Internal Revenue Officers
Texas Agricultural Association
Stuard S. Barron
Texas House of Representatives
D. C. Wallace
W. A. Thomas
Internal Revenue
Northern District of
Texas
Wallace
Ginner
Bryant
Judge Advises Delaying Liquor Law Cases Pending Vote
District Judge Whit Boyd told the August term grand jury to take no action on liquor law violations until after the August 24 vote on repealing prohibition. The guidance emphasizes awaiting the public decision before proceeding with cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Whit Boyd
New Teacher Chosen for Gram Gram School Faculty
Dorothy Hamilton was elected Monday by the Whitewright Board of Education to fill the vacancy created by Miss Clyde Montgomery’s resignation due to ill health. Hamilton, a Gram Gram native and 1935 Texas State College for Women graduate, earned a BA with high honors.
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Dorothy Hamilton
Whitewright Board of Education
Gramgram School
Clyde Montgomery
Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Texas State College For Women
CSA
Denton
Montgomey
Republicans hail Rhode Island vote as victory in first election
Republicans touted Rhode Island's early congressional election win as a national signal while Democrats dismissed it as a trend against the new deal. Senator Walsh blamed Democrats' defeat on un economic policies, and Governor Green's $12 million bond was rejected, with $3 million for unemployment relief surviving.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Walsh
Massachusetts
Smith
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Theodore F. Green
Gerry
Charles R. Risk
Antonio Prince
Vast U S lands laid waste by dust and erosion
A federal reconnaissance of 1.9 billion acres finds 51.5 million acres essentially destroyed for crop use by wind and water erosion. Morris L. Cooke warns of a future with far less fertile land, while Rexford Tugwell's Resettlement Administration plans to coordinate with soil officials to retire submarginal lands nationwide.
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Washington
Kansas
Soil Conservation Service
Morris L. Cooke
Nebraska
Cooke
National Institute of Public Affairs
American University
Rexford G. Tugwell
Resettlement Administration
Conservation Service
Glass eye explodes. owner recovering after hospital stay
Okmulgee Okla dairy man C C McCormick woke to a shattered glass eye when it exploded in his sleep Tuesday. He underwent surgery and was resting well in the hospital Wednesday as doctors cited heat as the cause of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Okla
C. C. McCormick
Relief fund for Grayson County August 15
A Sherman relief report outlines an $17,000 August fund to aid 2,100 workers and 400–500 unemployable families in Grayson County. The State allocated $22,000 for the month, with $5,000 used in late July. WPA projects may begin by Aug 15 as offices shift to Greenville, with staff reductions and reorganization planned.
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Sherman
Grayson County
State Relief Bureau
WPA
Gribble
A. M. Braswell
Texas Relief Commission
A. T. Gribble
Marion Wilson
Wilson
Grayson Bureau
Texas Rural Communities Division
Federal Resettlement Department
Greenville
State Relief Commission
144 Register at Club Camp
One hundred forty four women enrolled at the second annual Grayson County Home Demonstration Club encampment at Woodlake. Miss Mamie Hines said the event. opening address by G L Gentry of Denison. Sherman Mayor H G Tuck spoke. Mrs. Lester Haile of Whitewright gave a lecture on rose budding.
Sleeper on Rails Gets Free Haircut
George Rue a transient narrowly escaped death when a locomotive wheel pinned his hair to the track in Rapid City. The train could not stop in time and had to be moved to free him. Rue rested asleep nearby as the incident occurred.
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Rapid City
S. D
George Rue
Rue
Black Hills & Western
Iodine Stain Cleaning Tips
Use warm water and soap to treat iodine stains. If needed apply alcohol or ammonia for removal and rinse thoroughly.
Whitewright Community League elects officers at mass meeting
The Whitewright Community League formed at a city hall meeting with about 40 attendees. Officers elected include W. E. LaRoe as president and C. J. Meador as vice president, with F. M. Echols secretary treasurer and a slate of directors named.
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Whitewright Community League
W. E. LaRoe
C. J. Meador
F. M. Echols
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. T. Pennington
John L
League
Whitewright
Amendments to Be Discussed on Air by Gerald Mann
Secretary of State Gerald C. Mann will discuss constitutional amendments on a Southwestern Broadcasting network to be voted on August 24. The talks on August 10 15 and 17 run 9 30 to 10 p m with two amendments covered each night except the final session which covers three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Mann
Gerald C. Mann
Southwestern Broadcasting Company
WRR
Dallas
KTAT
Fort Worth
Waco
KNOW
Austin
KTSA
San Antonio
Mann
Pitcher’s fastball slays rabid dog on field
Garland Hudson, 21, of the Kansas City All-Americans, felled a dangerous dog that charged fans and rushed the field. As the animal neared first base, Hudson threw a fastball which struck the dog in the head. the dog dropped and was removed, fans reporting it dead.
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Kansas City
Kan
Garland Hudson
Hudson
Langston Fined $50 After Jailhouse Humility
Kansas City police judge agrees with Ernest Langston a Topeka man who admitted I deserve to be punished and said he is the meanest man on earth. Langston, 21, was charged with stealing $8 from a cousin who had cared for him during hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Kansas City
Ernest Langston
Topeka
Kan
Wooden Teeth Work Well for Rockwall Man
A Rockwall county resident, after teeth extractions, received hand whittled wooden molars from co workers. The soft wood design allows him to eat on a laboring man’s diet, negating the need for costly dental plates.
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Rockwall
Whittler
Expressing Feelings Becomes Legal Breach Debate
A witty exchange turns to potential legal action as one party asks for a written declaration of sentiments to avoid wriggle room in case of breach of promise. The other party replies insisting on a paper trail for any claims.
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Cloy Horton
People’s Forum
Bond Street
Ayres
Guy Yowell
Mr. Yowell
R. R. Waldo
Yowell
U.S
Denison and
King
NRS
Denton Teachers’ College
FERA
Community League
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