Cotton Growers To Vote Saturday At City Hall Here
A. J. Badgett, AAA committeeman, will oversee the cotton marketing quota election at city hall Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eligible voters include all who produced cotton in 1938, including sharecroppers and landowners. Voting can occur at any box with proof of eligibility. Officials project a two thirds vote to approve quotas. rejection means voluntary controls but no loan. If approved, quotas enforce payments and penalties for excess marketing. Previous Grayson County results favored quotas 2,832 to 354, with Whitewright voters about 9 to 1 in favor, though some opponents abstained fearing penalties.
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A. J. Badgett
AAA
Grayson County
Whitewright
Harvest Day Meeting Held by Missionary Society
The Methodist Church Missionary Society held its annual Harvest Day program Tuesday at Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. home. Lunch preceded a program of prayer, songs and talks led by Mrs. Joe M. Connally who reflected on past work and future plans. Rev. Connally installed officers for the coming term.
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The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
C. B. Bryant Jr
Joe M. Connally
Whitewright
Sherman
Methodist Church
Aggies Ok War Hymn Rights After All
The Aggie war hymn Good-bye to Texas must belong to Texas A. and M. and may be played by any college band. J. W. Pinky Wilson transferred the copyright to Thornton W. Allen Co with a clause letting Col. Dunn and the A. and M. band freely perform the piece. The band had paused broadcasts after a misinterpreted publisher letter.
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College Station
Texas University
Bed
Texas A. & M
J. W
Pinky) Wilson
Florence
Thornton W. Allen Company
New York
Wilson
Col. R. J. Dunn
A. & M. Band
Musial
Pinky Wilson
President Roosevelt avoids third term question at press conference
President Roosevelt laughed off a query about a possible third term during a Tuesday press conference. He said there was no news on that topic and indicated he did not think there was any news on it either after noting no new information on other subjects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Whitewright intake office denied by pension official
Robert Morgan reports district supervisor Nelle McElroy has decided against creating an intake office in Whitewright. Applicants for old age assistance will use Sherman office, open second and fourth Monday mornings monthly, with intake for Whitewright Tom Bean and Bells handled there. The plan covers Grayson County residents on routes from these three towns only.
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the Sun
Robert Morgan
Old Age Assistance Commission
Whitewright
Sherman
Morgan
Nelle McElroy
Legality of AAA Attacked by Texan in Federal Suit
J A Troppy of Raymondville challenged the 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act as unconstitutional asking restitution of penalties above his allotment and an injunction against Willacy County AAA interference. He planted cotton before the law and learned his quota on June 25 at 144 acres instead of 291.2. The case differs from other cotton tests in its timing and quota dispute.
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Brownsville
J. A. Troppy
Raymondaville
Willacy County
AAA Committee
Troppy
AAA
Lockhart Wins Largest Vote in Texas General Election
Official returns show Treasurer Charley Lockhart leading with 363,133 votes, defeating Socialist J. M. Killough by 1,003. Other state results list Dems, Repubs, and Socialists for Attorney General, Associate Justice, and various offices. Constitutional amendment passed, removing the antidueling oath requirement. Governor and Lieutenant Governor results await Legislature canvass before Jan. 17 inauguration.
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Austin
Charley Lockhart
J. M. Killough
W. Lee O’daniel
Coke Stevenson
Gerald C. Mann
Enoch G. Fletcher
George Clifton Edwards
Nathan Kleban
Supreme Court
Richard Critz
A. F. Nossaman
Court of Criminal Appeals
C. T. Renshaw
G. A. Jerry Sadler
C. A. Milligan
Comptroller of Public Accounts
George H. Sheppard
T. J. Martin
J. M. Jewel
General Land Office
Bascom Giles
R. H. Smellage
James Sager
L. A. Woods
Gertrude Leek
Carl Brannin
Letters To Santa From A Wishful Child
A child writes to Santa, asking for white shoes and a wrist watch for herself and a baby piano and a rubber doll for her niece Rogann. She is ten years old and expresses hope the requests are reasonable.
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Santa Caus
Rogann
Bobbie Blakey
Just Fifteen More Big Bargain Days
Sun subscribers urged to sign up before December 24 to lock in a $1.00 fall rate, with a $1.50 yearly price after. The Sun reports a growing honor roll of new subscribers including Miss Lillian Baxter and Dr. Geo. K. Stephens among many listed names. The paper offers clubbing deals and invites requests for other newspapers or magazines.
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Sun
Lillian Baxter
Inez Ray
M. L. Patton
A. C. Keeling
R. G. Pennington
Don Farmer
S. E. Wallace
Edgar Ayers
Claud Thompson
May Abbott
Holmes Connelly
Geo. K. Stephens
J. F. Blanton
M. M. Warren
T. H. Dyer
R. L. Higginbotham
J. A. Mauk
P. J. Russell
Cora Simmons
Community Public Service Co
M. B. Morgan
J. A. Cree
J. D. Russell
C. B. Montgomery
L. H. Grammer
H. L. Sanders
Lawmaker Urges Kitchen Cabinet For Legislature
Harris of Spur proposes a legislative kitchen cabinet to advise on laws, mirroring the governor elect. He calls for open sessions and invites the governor and his advisory board to attend, aiming for cooperation with no secret meetings.
Beery Rooney Team Up In Stablemates at Palace
Wallace Beery plays Lunk a former veterinarian framed for murder now a track bum. Mickey Rooney stars as a stableboy who trades wages for an injured horse to save it. First Beery Rooney pairing on screen. Also shows The Frontiersman Sing You Sinners and Young Dr Kildare on upcoming days.
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Wallace Beery
Lunk
Palace Theatre
Mickey Rooney
Beery
Rooney
Dr. Kildare
Good Fellows Club aids underprivileged Negro children
In Whitewright, M. D. Boyd, principal, and A. L. Wilson, Negro adult education teacher, spearhead a Good Fellows Club to spread Christmas spirit. Donations of cash, food, clothing, fruit, toys, and other items are welcome to support Negro households in need.
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Whitewright
M. D. Boyd
A. L. Wilson
Good Fellows Club
Negroes Arrested For Stealing Hogs
Constable K B Simmons arrested four White Rock negroes Monday in connection with hog theft from farmer Burn Everheart. Three juveniles and 25 year old Yeart Anderson, an WPA worker, allegedly engineered the theft. The suspect trio used a horse to move the hog in a cotton sack. two boys fled when questioned. Two boys paroled to parents. third awaiting parole. Anderson charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and jailed.
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K. B. Simmons
White Rock
Burn Everheart
Anderson
WPA
Mr. Everheart
Everheart
Simmons
Lynn Landrum to Speak at Rotary Luncheon
Lynn Landrum, Dallas newspaper man and former Whitewright resident, will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon here on December 16. Landrum writes the Thinking Out Loud column for the Dallas News and has been an editorial writer for the Dallas Journal, drawing attention as a popular dinner club speaker.
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Lynn Landrum
Dallas
Jack Nossaman
Rotary Club
Nossaman
The
Sun Yester
Landrum
Whitewright
Dallas News
Dallas Journal
Wage-Hour Act coverage extends to banks and phone firms
Washington a Wage-Hour Administration official argued that banks insurance firms newspapers radio stations and telephone companies fall under the labor standards act despite exemptions for retail and service establishments. The general counsel defined service establishments as local direct consumer services like hotels and barber shops and said banks utilities and similar firms are not typically similar enough to retail to count as service establishments.
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Washington
Congress
Cleveland memorial honors 114 auto victims of 1938
Cleveland dedicated a 12 foot obelisk in Public Square on Saturday for 114 people killed in traffic since January 1. Sylvia Polis, 14, whose father was among the victims, laid a wreath as Mayor Harold H. Burton urged an end to traffic deaths in 1938.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Public Square
Sylvia Polis
Farmers Taken Off WPA To Get Loans in 12 Southern States
The Farm Security Administration announced rehabilitation loans for farmers dropped from WPA rolls in 12 Southern States, including Texas and Oklahoma. Loans require applicants to arrange adequate land for farming operations.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
WPA
W. W. Alexander
FSA
Texas
Oklahoma
Farmers Warned Not to Damage Highways
Sherman reports county highway officer A Earle Whiteacre warns farmers against dragging or pulling equipment over roads cutting surfacing. He plans to file against a farmer who dragged a truck behind a tractor, creating an eight inch by 200 yard gash on Ida gravel road near Choctaw creek. Signs urging caution have been placed on rural roads.
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Sherman
A. Earle Whiteacre
Whiteacre
Ida
Choctaw Creek
Cotton quotas debated as farmers vote on marketing control
Washington officials warned that rejecting the AAA marketing quota could impair a $475 million government loan program backed by 10.1 million bales of cotton. A two thirds approval would set quotas to align 1939 sales with demand, else output may exceed needs and prices drop further.
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Washington, D. C
AAA
Walter L. Randolph
South
O'Daniel to Quit Flour Concern
Gov Elect W Lee O Daniel states he will resign as president of the O Daniel Flour Company before his January 17 inauguration in Austin. The firm may keep commerce broadcasts under new leadership while O Daniel limits participation. He will continue non commercial radio from the Governor's Mansion and will not head broadcasts. He plans to remain in Texas until January 16.
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Fort Worth
W. Lee O’daniel
Austin
O’daniel
Radio-telephone link between Shanghai and Japanese cities resumes
The radio-telephone service between Shanghai and Japanese cities, suspended for over a year, has been resumed. The revival restores long-distance voice communication for officials and business, signaling a step toward regional normalization.
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Shanghai
Parent Teacher Association Meeting Planned At Grammar School
A meeting of parents and teachers was held at the grammar school building Wednesday afternoon inviting formation of a Parent Teacher Association. A committee was appointed to nominate officers and report at a 3 30 p m meeting next Tuesday. All parents teachers and others interested in the schools are invited to attend.
Fish declares New Deal farm plan cripples Southern cotton
Congressmen Hamilton Fish in Dallas attacks the New Deal agricultural policy as ruinous for Southern cotton, proposing a domestic parity price to push cotton to 16 cents a pound while enabling more production for export. He backs Garner for president and doubts age will bar his candidacy.
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Dallas
Hamilton Fish
Baker Hotel
New York
Congress
Texas
United States
Cactus Jack Garner
Garner
Roosevelt
Fish
Suggs Named District Judge in Fifty-Ninth Court
J T Suggs Jr a leading Denison lawyer was appointed by Governor Allred to the Fifty Ninth District Court serving Grayson and Collin Counties. He succeeds F E Wilcox who resigned. Suggs was sworn in by J J Loy and had been active in civic affairs as former Denison Chamber of Commerce president and director at State National Bank. He also served earlier as a special judge of the court.
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John T. Suggs Jr
Denison
James V. Allred
Fifty-Ninth District Court
Grayson
Collin Counties
F. E. Wilcox
McKinney
Suggs
J. J. Loy
Denison Chamber of Commerce
State National Bank of
Britons' tax bill far more than ours
The Federation of Tax Administrators reported that Britons paid $107 per person in all levies, while U S taxpayers paid $92 per capita. Britain’s total taxes were $4.908 billion versus U S taxes of $11.839 billion, with Britain’s population about one third smaller. Sun Want Ad.
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Chicago
Ill
Federation of Tax Administrators
United States
Great Britain
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Lockhart
Beery, Rooney
J.T. Suggs
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