Farm Problems Are Answered By Committee
Sherman reports county committee members J L Ladd E C Winn and county agent B F Gray prepared a detailed Q A explaining how farmers can qualify for benefits under the new Federal soil program. The guidance covers planting two months growth of summer legumes on land after oats, replanting peas after moisture, haying cow peas, Sudan grass use, green oats, land measurement, required receipts and witness statements, and compliant options for take out lands with no harvest.
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AAA
Sudan
Strict Neutrality Declared by U S In Spanish War
The State Department issued an informal declaration of strict neutrality toward the Spanish civil war. Acting Secretary William Phillips sent a circular telegram to American representatives in Spain detailing instructions for diplomatic and consular staff.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
William Phillips
Short August primary ticket lists ten names
Grayson County will hold a notably short August primary ticket with about ten names, far fewer than July’s roughly one hundred. The sample ballot shows Democratic nominees for State Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson and Frank S. Morris, Agriculture George B. Terrell and J. E. McDonald, State Representative 44th District Place 2 J. W. Adamson and Joe A. Keith, Criminal District Attorney R. C. Slagle Jr. and B. F. Gafford, County Clerk J. C. Buchanan and C. H. Barrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Ernest O. Thompson
Potter Co
Frank S. Morris
Dallas Co
George B. Terrell
Cherokee Co
J. E. McDonald
Ellis Co
J. W. Adamson
Joe A. Keith
R. C
Bob) Slagle Jr
B. F. Gafford
J.C
Calvin) Buchanan
C. H
Shorty) Barrett
Funeral services for St N Ross at Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Funeral services for St N Ross aged 30 were held at 3 30 p m Wednesday at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with Rev J A Henderson officiating. Interment followed in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included D Robbins S D Blackerby R P Booker Linnie Reeves Virgil Smith and Ray Farrow. He died at 7 30 a m Wednesday at home of his parents H A and Mrs H A Ross in Ely community. He had been an invalid about ten years after a team ran away with him. Surviving are his parents and a brother Lois Ross of Pilot Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St N. Ross
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
J. A. Henderson
Pilot Grove Cemetery
D. Robbins
S. D. Blackerby
R. P. Booker
Linnie Reeves
Virgil Smith
Ray Farrow
Ross
H. A. Ross
Ely
Lois Ross
Pilot Grove
Whitworth Retired Farmer Dies in Whitewright
Thomas B. Whitworth longtime Whitewright resident dies at home after illness. Funeral held at Methodist Church with Rev. Dennis presiding and other ministers assisting. Interment at Shady Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Amanda, three sons Frank Lewis Clyde Whitworth, and daughter Mrs Freeman Page. Born April 7, 1871 in Tennessee.
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Thomas B. Whitworth
Whitewright
Methodist Church
C. W. Dennis
G. B. Bradshaw
First Baptist Church
J. A. Henderson
Shady Grove Cemetery
R. R. Waldo
Mr. Whitworth
Tennessee
Texas
East Whitewright
Amanda Whitworth
Frank Whitworth
Caddo
Okla
Lewis Whitworth
Clyde Whitworth
Freeman Page
Mrs. Sarah Penland 76 Dies in Waco After Texas Life
Mrs. Sarah Penland died Sunday in Waco where she had lived twenty five years. Born in North Carolina she resided in Texas forty nine years and spent twenty four years in Whitewright. She was a Baptist and survived by six sons including J M Penland and Paul Penland of Dallas and C M Penland of Waco, plus four Truett brothers and other relatives. Funeral services were held in Waco Monday afternoon conducted by Dr. J M Dawson.
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Sarah Penland
J. L. Truett
Whitewright
Waco
North Carolina
Penland
Texas
The
Baptist Church
J. M. Penland
Southwestern Drug Corporation
Paul Penland
Reynolds-Penland Corporation
S. H. Penland
MKT Railroad
W. H. Penland
Dallas
C. M. Penland
Luther Penland
George W. Truett
Spurgeon Truett
L. J. Truett
McKinney
Funeral services for B Legg at Denison
Funeral services for B Legg 49 were held at 2 p m Wednesday in Denison with interment at Tren ton Cemetery conducted by the Whitewright Masonic Lodge. Legg died at 8 30 am Tuesday in a Denison hospital after two weeks illness. He was born November 2 1886 in Trenton. He was the son of Mr and Mrs A R Legg and educated in Trenton before attending a Fort Worth business school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Legg
Denison
Trenton
Whitewright Masonic Lodge
Mr. Legg
West Woodard
A. R. Legg
Fort Worth
Drought Shrivels U S Corn Crop to Record Lows
The Agriculture Department estimated the U S corn yield at 1 439 135 000 bushels, 46 8 of normal, the smallest in modern history. Wheat also fell, and relief efforts expanded as drought hit Minnesota Dakota Illinois and several other states. An additional 10 000 WPA jobs were created in Wisconsin, with concerns over destitution and pork supply as farmers sell stock hoping for higher grain prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Minnesota
Dakotas
Illinois
Georgia
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Works Progress Administration
Wisconsin
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Argentina
J. Edward Wynne
Chicago Board of Trade
Pierre
S. D
Howard S. Drew
WPA
Aubrey W. Williams
Arrest Made After Probe of Greenville Fire
Greenville authorities arrested a local man after a two week probe into the August warehouse fire that killed two firefighters, Earl Jenkins and Roscoe Daugherty, as relief goods were stored in the building. The suspect was removed from town before formal charges were filed, with officials citing high public tension.
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Greenville
Earl Jenkins
Roscoe Daugherty
Frank Burnett
Art Hawkins
Jenkins
Daugherty
Denison theatre man Mr Legg dies leaves large family
The obituary recalls a lifelong theatre professional who began in con fectionary work at Trenton before running theatres in Whitewright Denison Clarksville and Van Alstyne He later ran a laundry in Denison He married Rose Glenn on Oct 10 1910 at Trenton Surviving are wife three sons Lonnie Gene and B Legg Jr a daughter Patricia Legg of Denison a brother Eugene R Legg of Slaton and a sister Mrs Ethel Abbott of Vernon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Whitewright
Denison
Clarksville
van Alstyne
Legg
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
the Eagles, Elks
Allied Theatre Owners
United States
Mr. Legs
Rose Glenn
Lonnie
Gene
B. Legg Jr
Patricia Legg
Eugene R. Legg
Slaton
Ethel Abbott
Vernon
Harmon Withdraws From Ballot Shortens Runoffs In County
W. D. Harmon withdrew from the tax assessor-collector race, shortening the second primary ticket in Sherman County. Ballots to be printed without his name. Collier Yeary will face A. E. White for party support. Runoffs remain for district attorney, county clerk, state rep place 2, and precinct 1 constable. Absentee ballots already prepared with Harmon's name are affected.
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Harmon
Democrats Receive Million Since Jan 1
New York. W Forbes Morgan the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday the party has collected more than $1,000,000 in contributions since the start of the year. He added about $1,500,000 more is needed. Morgan noted $600,000 came from Roosevelt nominator rallies held nationwide the night Roosevelt accepted the nomination in Philadelphia. He expected receipts from these rallies to approach $1,000,000 once all funds are reported.
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New York
W. Forbes Morgan
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Morgan
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Farm family shotgun trap wounds Tennessee man in Texarkana
Herman Simmons, 66, of Tennessee, is reported in critical condition at a Texarkana hospital after a shotgun trap at Chesley Presswood’s farm home five miles south fired as he attempted entry. The residence had seen burglaries in recent nights with fruit and clothing stolen.
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Texarkana
Herman Simmons
Tennessee
Chesley Presswood
Here
Presswood
Cotton Receipts Rise in Whitewright This Year
Local reports show 70 bales of cotton received so far this week in Whitewright, with 75 bales total by Wednesday night. The first bale of 1935 cotton arrived August 20, and receipts may reach about 200 bales before the date the previous year. Hot weather accelerates opening and may boost demand for pickers. buyers pay 12.75 per hundredweight for cotton and 32 to 37 dollars per ton for cotton seed, planting seed priced at the top end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Cotton Output Forecast At 12 481 000 Bales For U S
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture forecasts U S cotton production this year at 12 481 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. The gain over last year stems from higher yields and better crop conditions with Missouri Mississippi California Arkansas and Texas among states with record or near record yields. Acreage up 9.8 percent and overall yield per acre at 199.7 pounds.
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Washington
Texas
United States Department of Agriture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Mississippi River
Missouri
Mississippi
Virginia
Carolinas
Oklahoma
North
Georgia
California
Arkansas
Census Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona
States
Lower California
Old Mexico
Sunlit Bread Fire Lights Guthrie Cafe Window
Ten people at Mrs. Effie Pike's lunch stand watched a loaf wrapper in the window ignite as sun rays focused through plate glass. The blaze occurred at 2 p m while the thermometer showed 113.5 degrees in Guthrie Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
Okla
Effie Pike
Mercury hits 114 in Whitewright breaking heat records
Temperature peaks at 114 at 3 30 p m on Monday from a north porch thermometer with high readings up to 117 elsewhere as Texas endures a week of extreme heat. The sequence, fifth straight day over top levels, follows 110 Saturday and 111 Sunday, with crops damaged and no rain since July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Texas
Dove Hunters in Texas Will Have Plenty of Birds
Texas Game Commission executive secretary Will J. Tucker says state and federal dove season regs will coincide. He notes a bountiful bird supply from a favorable breeding season and carry-over. Open dove seasons run September-October in the north, December 1 to January 16 in the south. white wing dove seasons are September-October in both zones. Federal duck rules pending, but state regs expected to align.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Will J. Tucker
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Tucker
Palace Announces Change of Program at Palace Theatre
Horton and Johnson announce four changes of pictures weekly, up from three. Tuesday and Wednesday 10c nights. other nights 10c and 20c. This week shows Showboat for the last time. Ken Maynard in Avenging Waters with serial. Saturday night preview and Monday: Farmer in the Dell with Fred Stone and Jean Parker. Next week: Educating Father with all star cast. The Bride Walks Out featuring Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond opens Thursday and Friday.
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Horton & Johnson
Palace Theatre
Ken Maynard
the Dell
Father
Barbara Stanwick
Gene Raymond
Union Party Holds Convention in Texas
The Union party meeting in Austin endorsed William Lemke for president, adopted the national platform, backed the Townsend plan, and named presidential electors as about forty delegates formed a state organization. Twelve of Texas' twenty one congressional districts were represented, with R. S. Mayhall elected chairman. twelve delegates were Negro.
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Austin
Union Party
William Lemke
North Dakota
Texas
R. S. Mayhall
Family holds burial for amputated leg in Newark
Nathan Jones, 35, of Montclair, was injured in an automobile crash last Saturday and had a leg amputated Tuesday. An undertaker claimed the amputated limb at Columbus Hospital and the family insisted on a funeral and interment in the family plot, while the hospital planned cremation.
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Newark
Columbus Hospital
Nathan Jones
Montclair
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Sin. Ross
T. B. Whitworth
Texas Crop Prospects
Farmer
Negro
Mercury
Palace
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