Sherman County News Briefs Highlight Fires and Local Transactions
Federal probe into Sherman area profiteering expands under Merritt. Two barns owned by T H Sears burned in an electrical storm, hay and oats worth about 5000 dollars lost. Deed recorded transferring land from Tom Gillett to Grady Gillett for 79.4 acres. Local notices include births, marriages, and a hail damage report to cotton fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Merritt
Washington
Sherman
T. H. Sears
Tom Gillett
Grady Gillett
Tom Gillet
Celina
Minnie Willis
Dallas
Sam Armstrong
St. Louis
R. C. Thrasher
J. L. Truett
Caney
Okla
Louis M. Magers
Bertha Wiggins
Whitewright
Greenville B. Montgomery
Sherman Hospital
W. H. Montgomery
Whitewright Superintendent Resigns for Burleson Vice Presidency
H. L. Durham announcing resignation after six years as Whitewright schools superintendent to take the vice-presidency of Burleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Durham
Whitewright Schools
Burleson
New Hot Check Law Now In Effect In 1939
The bulletin from the Department of Public Safety announces H. R. No. 190 effective June 22 1939. The act makes drawing checks or similar instruments without sufficient funds unlawful and bars securing property by checks. Non payment on presentation is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud with penalties rising by conviction level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
State Penitentiary
WPA Exec Warns on 120 Million Budget and Bridge Idea
An executive warns that failing to spend 120 million dollars could cost jobs. A secretary suggests financing a Mississippi River bridge as a potential project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Mississippi River
Weather Man Confesses Forecasts Puzzle the Public
New York weather official James Osman admits forecasts confuse the public. He and colleagues spent six months studying strained relations between meteorologists and the public, attributing confusion to terminology rather than humidity. They define lay weather by temperature humidity and air motion varying by locality and note high humidity often accompanies lower death rates. They dub the "optimum day" warm with high humidity and light wind as ideal for cheer and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Osman
Eayly
John Citizen
Osman
Denver
Misconceptions About Cancer Addressed in Health Notice
A health education notice debunks common cancer myths and urges prompt medical advice. It states cancer is not contagious or a blood disease, diet has no preventive role, and early warning signals include lumps, persistent sores, unusual bleeding, and chronic indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Legislator Urges Special Session on Social Security
Representative Alsup of Carthage urged Governor O’Daniel to call a special session to address social security financing and the state’s obligation to needy blind. Representative Max Boyer of Perryton downplayed northern support for a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Alsup
Carthage
House
O'Daniel
Max Boyer
Perryton
Texas
East Texas seeks 15000 to 20000 acre game refuge
Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission aims to acquire a large East Texas tract to protect the pure eastern wild turkey stock and restore deer quail doves and fur bearing animals. Land values and federal funding under Pittman Robertson affect progress while sightings of rare white quail and risks to wildlife from cars are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Lone Star
Atlantic Seaboard
Game Department
Department
Advertising pays: Ohio woman finds husband then loses him
An Ohio woman advertised for a husband and married for $9. He joined the army and was killed. She received $5,000 life insurance and a widow's pension for life, illustrating the claimed payoff of advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
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T. S. Cole
T. R. Miller
Howard Brodhead
Robert A. Burks
R. L. Sears
Jim Sears
Lubbock
Marion Smith
Sulphur
C. S. Carter
Marshall
Maurine May
Denton
Maxie Echols
State Highway Department
Katy
Bells
W. C. Huffines
Frank Riverson
North Texas Gin Company
W. L. White
F. O. B. Detroit
Magnolia
C. Stateville
Ashburn
Woodstock
Jack Hall Typewriter Exchange
N. Travis Street
Sherman, Texas
Nassau
Bahamas
St. Matthew’s
A. Y. Creager CO. M. & P. Bank Bldg
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Hal C. Peck
Game Commission
Odessa
Tom A. Waddell
Eagle Lake
Harold Barrow
Ernest Porter
Oak Grove
Barrow
Sulphur River
Porter
H. R. Morrell
Mount Pleasant
A. Grissom
Charles E. Finley Jr
Luther Gordon
Whitewright Sun “Commercial Printers
Grayon County
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