Improvement of Highway 69 Asked At Leonard Meet
Formal group formed to press for Highway 69 improvements between Whitewright and Greenville. A Sept. 19 meeting with the highway commission will request a survey to straighten curves and secure right of way, with funds directed to projects ready for engineering data and acquisition.
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Leonard Meet
Whitewright
J.C. McMillin
Trenton
Jack Barbee
Celeste
I. B. Denny
Greenville
J. E. Pirie
Paris
Highway Department
Leonard
Sherman
Denison
Carpenter
J. E. Spies
Bonham
G. S. Williams
F. A. Shiels
A. P. Grider
Denny
C. M. Adams
G. C. Criley
Rogers Wise
Green
Hunt County
Bonham and Leonard
Here's How Hot Summer Sun Will Heat Homes
A Weather Bureau based map shows August homes will reach 80 to 110 degrees in most of the country with 25 percent averaging 95. Heat from sun and heat storage in walls and ceilings makes interiors hot. insulation can cut heat gain in summer and keep heat in winter, saving fuel costs.
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United States Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Maine
Tractor Held as Menace to Tenant Farmer
Clar ence Roberts of Oklahoma City warned in Dallas that tractors threaten live-at home tenant farmers, claiming thousands more will be displaced. He cited Farm Security Administration efforts to allow land acquisition by small farmers without a down payment, as part of America’s first such movement. In Massachusetts, 25 percent are foreign born.
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Dallas
Clarence Roberts
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Farm Security Administration
Roberts
America
The Spice of Life and Small Tales
A collage of brief vignettes from daily life and old jokes. A list of quips about honesty, perseverance, radio, and changing fashions, plus a playful anecdote of a girl pinching plums and a playful verse about silk and jazz.
Racial and family pride remark echoes through home life
In a conversation, a new maid discusses her relatives, arguing she and her sister are distinctly unlike yet part of the same family. The exchange highlights family ties and individual differences within a domestic setting.
Corrigan the Cab Driver Clears the Circuit
A humorous exchange unfolds as a passenger complains of a roundabout route, while the cabbie replies with his name Corrigan. The moment captures streetwise wit and a small urban vignette.
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Corrigan
Be Gorrah, I’ve Got a Job for Life
Pat lands steady pottery work after mishaps. He’s told to pay the price 100 pounds at sixpence weekly for a dropped statue. The next week he drops a piece valued at 200 pounds. He boasts to coworkers that he has a job for life.
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Pat
Traffic officer arrests for speeding and blocking traffic
A humorous exchange has an autoist recounting two arrests by a traffic officer. He says when he could not stop, he was arrested for speeding and when he finally stopped and could not start, he was arrested for blocking traffic.
Disturbance Case Ends With Heated Domestic Dispute
A judge hears Rastus describe a Tuesday night quarrel with Lucy that escalated from a slur to a plate smashing, a chair hit, and a hot tea kettle thrown, as they fight and argue into a full confrontation.
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Rastus
Lucy
Dialogue Between Clancy and Mike Over Reading Wife
A brief quoted exchange shows Clancy and Mike bantering about reading a wife like a book. The dialogue suggests humor and a playful conflict over who can read or silence the spouse.
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Clancy
Mike
Michael
Plums Purchase Prompts Cautionary Lesson
A teacher sends a pupil to buy fruit at a grocer and warns the girl as she hands over a dime to ensure the purchase is correct. The incident highlights prudent spending and trust in young learners.
Impressive Youthful Governor Visits Interior Secretary
Lawrence Cramer, a youthful unimpressive governor of the Virgin Islands, called on the Secretary of the Interior. He announced only the surname "Cramer" to a doorkeeper before taking a seat to wait.
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Lawrence Cramer
Virgin Islands
Interior
Cramer
Governor's Island mixups and farm foolery tickle readers
A gag-filled excerpt shows a young Virgin Islands governor failing to clarify his role as the man in charge. A doorkeeper calls the secretary about a “virgin” from Governor’s Island. In class, milk comes in pints, but a farm boy suggests squirts. A wisecracking scholar notes a contortion needed to keep steady. A Morgantown Legionnaire is tagged as a candidate rushing to speak.
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The
Virgin Islands
Governor's Island
Betty
Johnny
Candidate Declines Politely As Friend Seeks View
A meeting at an election was interrupted when a friend asked the candidate about the political situation. The candidate replied, Dont bother me I ve got to talk This is no time to think. The exchange highlights the urgency and preoccupation surrounding the campaign.
Bridge Built In Three Days Delivers Quick Army Aid
An army general asks an engineer how long to span a river. Three days pass before the draftsmen finish drawings, yet the bridge is completed and ready for marching forces. A joke aside, the tale likens haste to readiness despite incomplete plans.
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Jim
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Automobile
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Massachusetts
Deep Mine McCalester
Whitewright Lumber Co
Young Webster
Jack Wilson
Legionnaire
Morgantown
West Virginia
J. C. Wilson
L. LaRoe & Co
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
New York, N. Y
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