Senate Passes Bill to Aid Farmers With War Finance Funds
Washington reports the Senate bill to authorize up to 1 billion dollars through the war finance corporation to boost export of farm products passes the House with 324 supporting and 21 against. The House removes several Senate provisions including farm loan bond purchases and a new commerce bureau and tightens loan rules for foreign exporters. The measure sets liquidation start for June 30, 1922 and allows stock cancellation from surplus. A motion to recommit to restore eliminated provisions fails 196 to 136.
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Washington
Senate
War Finance Corporation
House
Department of Commerce
Treasury
Wingo
Arkansas
Cotton Coming In And Weevil Threat In Whitewright
Up to Wednesday noon Whitewright reported fourteen bales ginned with expectations for more as the week ends. Farmers plan to begin picking by week’s start, with dry weather spurring rapid opening. The crop is expected to be very short due to boll weevils and heat, making a bale require five to ten acres.
Clara Hamon Weds Movie Director in Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon, recently acquitted of murdering Jake L. Hamon, Republican national committeeman and Oklahoma oil millionaire, married John W. Gorman, a movie director who supervised the film story of Clara's life, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Clara. Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
John W. Gorman
Clara
Legion seeks photos of fallen World War I soldiers
The Preston Everheart post of the American Legion requests a portrait of every Whitewright area service member who died or was killed in World War I. They already display several photos and will frame additional pictures if parents can provide a larger image for hanging in the Legion hall.
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Preston Everheart
The
American Legion
Whitewright
Legion Hall
World's Biggest Liner Equal to 800 Apartments
The Majestic, a 56,000-ton liner to be the largest in the world, will serve the New York to Southampton and Cherbourg route next spring. Built in Hamburg, she surpasses Leviathan and Olympic in size, with a crew of 1,100 and 4,100 passenger capacity. Four oil engines produce 62,000 to 64,000 horsepower at about 23 knots. the ship's space equals 800 four‑room city apartments.
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New York
Majestic
Three Injured In Crossing Crash In Sherman
At 9 45 p m Thursday a collision occurred at the Brackett street grade crossing in Sherman between the Denison limited train and a Frisco switch engine pushing a string of box cars. Three persons suffered more or less serious injuries. Motorman Allen Brock of Plano sustained deep cuts above the left eye. Switchman Arthur L Lawrence of Sherman suffered a broken nose. Willie Johnson, a Denison passenger, reported injuries to the left side from being thrown against a seat. All are listed as resting well at Sherman hospital.
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Sherman
Texas
Brackett Street
Texas Electric Railway
Houston
Texas Central-Frisco
Denison Limited
Frisco
Allen Brock
Plano
Sherman Hospital
Arthur L. Lawrence
Broughton Street
Willie Johnson
Denison
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with preaching at 11 o clock and again at the usual evening hour. The Senior Epworth League is slated to meet at 7 p m.
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Epworth
Framing a New School Year With Extended Sessions
The public school opens Friday September 16 with books issued to students. Regular classes start Monday September 19 as the new high school building is completed later. first four grades will use half day sessions to accommodate enrollment growth and space. Five new teachers added and more to come.
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Hici
Harding Uses His Influence To Shape Washington Policy
Washington report notes that President Harding has repeatedly used executive influence to defeat or mold legislation, establishing presidential primacy over Congress. The piece cites the Colombian treaty passage and Knox peace resolution as examples of the President overruling preferred Senate positions to steer policy.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knox
P. J. Pierce and Sons Cafe Praised in Town
In a small town, local cafe service earns high marks from traveling salesmen who rate P. J. Pierce and Sons as the best. The endorsement highlights the shop’s hospitality and consistent quality.
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P. J. Pierce and Sons
State Board fixes 13 per capita school apportionment
Austin Aug 22 The State Board of Education set the 1920-21 per capita school apportionment at 13 cents. Total scholastics listed as 1,298,282 with free textbooks estimated at 1,681,608. A textbook fund balance of 300,000 is reported, and 1,381,605 set aside for the fund. From the 15 cent textbook tax, 4,044,563 is projected, leaving 2,662,959 in the available school fund for 1920-21.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Texas Youth Bandit Victim in Old Mexico
El Paso reports Bennet Boyd an 18 year old from El Paso was ambushed and killed by bandits on August 18 at the Caretas ranch about sixty miles south of Hachita New Mexico. Messages to his father say Cecil Boyd and J J Boyd learned of the death and the father traveled to the scene while Gordy Boyd joined later. Bennett and Cecil Boyd had been abducted by Mexican bandits two years earlier and held for ransom.
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el Paso
Bennett Boyd
Mexico
Young Boyd
Caretas Ranch
Hachita
N. M
Cecil Boyd
J. J. Boyd
Gordy Boyd
Hillsboro
N. M. Bennett
Womacks Visit Dallas During Current Trip
W. B. Womack and David Womack are visiting Dallas, stopping to sightseeing and meet acquaintances during their travels. The visit highlights family ties and regional interest as they tour local sites.
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W. B. and
David Womack
Dallas
Diamonds Stolen From Dallas Firm Worth 30000
Diamonds valued at about 30000 belonging to Shuttles Bros. & Lewis were stolen from a drummer’s trunk in a Royse City depot. A railroad brakeman later turned over about 20000 worth found in a car, aided by an arrest of a 15 year old boy who slept in a church. A train rider also offered a ring later discarded into weeds.
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Dallas
Texas
Shuttles Bros. & Lewis
Royse City
Dan Harston
H. V. Baker
Shuttles Bros
Harston
R. H. Shuttles
Rowlett
Two Years On Charge Of Assault To Murder
Sherman, Aug 20. Will Stone of near Dorchester was found guilty of assault to murder Lee Moss at Dorchester last November. Stone received a two year sentence in the State penitentiary after a second trial. He pleaded self defense as the motive. Evidence indicated the quarrel arose from both men pursuing the same young lady. Moss was wounded but recovered.
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Sherman
Texas
Will Stone
Dorchester
Fifty-Ninth District
Lee Moss
State Penitentiary
Stone
Moss
Four Die and Twenty Hurt as Macon Hotel Fire Rages
Macon Georgia August 22 Four persons are known dead and search is under way in the Brown House ruins after a blaze last night leveled the old frame hotel. Among the dead only J K Hayes a Macon justice of the peace has been identified. Two unidentified male bodies were recovered and not more than seven persons are missing.
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Macon
J. K. Hayes
New Houses for Red River Valley Fair
Sherman August 22 construction starts this week on three new exhibit halls at Old Settlers Park for the Red River Valley Fair to run September 27 to October 1. The existing pavilion will be enclosed for agricultural exhibits. The fair's catalogue lists $3,000 in total premiums and the C D Legette Carnival Company will provide principal attractions.
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Sherman
Old Settlers’ Park
W. C. LeBarron
The
Fair Association
Bullets Fired Into County Attorney Home in Memphis
In Memphis Texas on August 22 the home of County Attorney William J Bragg was shot at early Thursday. Four steel bullets entered a room just above a bed where occupants slept, fired from a speeding automobile. Hall County ongoing crackdown on lawlessness linked to the shooting amid a wave of moonshine raids and other petty thefts, with hoses stolen from Memphis lawns recovered at a still raid.
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Memphis
Texas
William J. Bragg
Hall County
Imperial Wizard of Klan Named to Head Lanier University
Atlanta Aug 19 William J Simmons Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was elected president of Lanier University by trustees. Local attorney Benjamin Sullivan said Simmons’ wide Klan leadership would aid fundraising and implied the Klan’s name has become synonymous with the institution. Richard Browning of Dallas spent the past weekend with Joe Johnson.
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Atlanta
William J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Lanier University
Benjamin Sullivan
Colonel Simmons
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R. A. Gillett
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Finnell
Elvie Eagleton
Oneida Copeland
Alma Horn
Gertrude Hearn
Emma _ Davidson
Mae Hall
Susie Noe
Noe
Coralee Echols
Miss Echols
College of Industrial Arts
Robert Holland
Baylor University
Holland
Lloyd Wright
University of Texas
O. C. Skipper
Lillie McBride
State Department of Education
H. L. Durham
Austin College
Gladys Ray
Columbia University
Tommie Chenowith
Annette Harp
Old Mexico
Red River Valley
Imperial Wizard OF Klan
Richard Browning
Joe Johnson
Planters National Bank
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