Candle Lighting Service Honors Mrs T E Barbee
The Presbyterian Church candle lighting service honored Mrs T E Barbee for faithful service. Thurston Montgomery named her the year’s honor member. Mrs J F Fender presented a lighted candle. Barbee has 32 years as a member, former choir director, now pianist, and active in church women’s groups.
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The
Presbyterian Church
B. Wrenn Webb
Thurston Montgomery
T. E. Barbee
J. F. Fender
John Reeves
R. T. Pennington
Club Woman Begins Work on Project
Miss Viva Phillips of the White Wright Home Demonstration Club starts a clothing inventory to plan the year's wardrobe. She classifies items by outer and under clothing, footwear, headwear, accessories, and cosmetics and notes condition. She remodels and cleans to bring items to good condition and plans a closet remodel and purchases. On February 13 she attends a foundation pattern class by Dora Barnes of A and M College to improve fit and lower costs.
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Viva Phillips
Whitewright Home
Miss Phillips
Dora Barnes
A. & M. College
Governor O'Daniel tires of criticism of tax plan
Governor W Lee O Daniel said he still wants criticism of his tax and pension program but does not want more from the same sources He told reporters he would welcome criticism from more people In his radio broadcast from the executive mansion he condemned professional politicians and tax dodgers and declined to name names He declined to say whether he would sign a net income tax or higher natural resource taxes noting only to let the Legislature decide and to see what they send in.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Executive Mansion
O’daniel
Joe Hill
Henderson
Cowboy and the Lady at Palace Theater Tonight and Friday
The Palace presents The Cowboy and the Lady starring Gary Cooper and Merle Overton tonight and Friday. Saturday features William Boyd in Pride of the West. Monday shows The Shining Hour with Joan Crawford and co stars. Bargain nights Tuesday and Wednesday offer Little Miss Thoroughbred with John Litel and Ann Sheridan. Pernambuco, Brazil, famed as Venice of America, sits on an island network of waterways.
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Palace Theatre
Gary Cooper
Merle Overon
William Boyd
Joan Crawford
Margaret Sullivan
Robert Young
Melvyn Douglas
John Litel
Ann Sheridan
Janet Chapman
Frank McHugh
Government Checks To Be Later This Year Than in 1938
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration at College Station says soil conservation payments will come later in 1939 than in 1938 because the 1938 law was not passed until February. Last year the state office processed five to six thousand applications daily. this year three to four thousand are handled daily. Staffing will be increased to reach maximum volume by the end of next week.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
College Station
Committees Named for Grayson Home Demonstration Group
Sherman group forms new committees at a meeting of the Grayson home demonstration council with representatives from 15 clubs. Mrs. F. O. Tuttle assumes secretary duties and a financial report is given. Committees include finance, exhibit, yearbook, expansion, recreational, parliamentarian, reporters, and educational chair with precincts naming members.
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Burke
Luther Knox
Ellsworth
Viva Phillips
Whitewright
W. P. Burke
Ida
Joe Belsher
Sadler
Ethel Young
Gunter
George Blankenship
Hyde Park
C. Gaskill
Dripping Springs
R. D. Bell
Ethel
L. L. Epperson
Tioga
Jeff
C. L. Spalding
John Oliver
Ray Fawcett
Pottsboro
P. C. McClendon
Hagerman
Grayson's New Jail Is Being Rebuilt
Sherman reports workmen began rebuilding Grayson County jail to meet federal standards. Brickwork above cells in the federal section will raise walls to the roof to prevent escapes. The project aims to restore certification as a holdover for federal prisoners and a jail for short federal sentences after last summer’s escapes.
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Sherman
Grayson County
George Hutchings
Farm program under fire from congressional hearings
Senators opened public hearings on a cost of production bill as a substitute for the current crop control act. Farm groups from cotton states urged Secretary Wallace to solve a huge cotton surplus while Senator Frazier touted support and noted past rejection. Administration backs defeated proposal but hopes to win.
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Washington
Wallace
Senator Frazier
North Dakota
March Pension Payments to Be Cut Due to Lack of Funds
The Old Age Assistance Commission forecasts a 28 percent March短 pension reduction due to a state deficit of about $225,000, with federal matching funds dropping $225,000 more. Emergency funding is sought as January liquor revenue falls short and the revolving fund is exhausted. February payments of about $1.571 million rely on remaining funds and a $30,000 transfer. A Dallas bank loan to cover winter payments remains partially unpaid.
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Austin
W. A. Little
Old Age Assistance Commission
Little
Dallas
Cotton Ginnings by Counties Reported in Texas
Texas ginned prior to January 16 totaled 2,957,539 bales, per Commerce Department data via the Census Bureau. County ginnings are listed, comparing current totals to the same period last year.
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Texas
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Trucks Allowed 12 Hour Driving In Bad Weather
The Interstate Commerce Commission amended rules to permit a 12 hour driving day for truckers in adverse weather, claiming it safer to drive longer at moderate speeds than shorter times at higher speeds. Carriers must file reports each time the 10 hour limit is exceeded.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Supreme Court Upholds TVA Legality Again
Washington report confirms the Supreme Court, in a 5 to 2 ruling, rejected a second attack on the Tennessee Valley Authority legality. The challenge, brought by 18 Southern private utility companies, was dismissed on technical grounds.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court
Texas Traffic Record Shows Improvement in 1938
Texas traffic officials report 1938 saw more than 1,610 fatalities and over 25 million dollars in economic losses from motor vehicle crashes. Despite a slight drop in daily fatalities, the state faced high death rates with ages, speeds, and weather cited as major factors.
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Texas
Harry S. Phillips
State Highway Department
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Bankhead Plans Release of 4 Million Bales Loan Cotton
Senator John H Bankhead outlines legislation to release four million bales of loan cotton from government stocks and return it to producers for immediate sale. The plan, supported by the administration, would require farmers to withdraw land from cultivation equal to the marketed quantity, with an estimated government cost around 180 million dollars.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
O'Daniel's Sunday Broadcast Moves Tax Battle Forward
Governor Lee O'Daniel used a Sunday radio address to defend a transactions tax plan while signaling openness to alternative funding. His remarks anger opponents including many lawmakers and independent retailers fear tax shifts favoring chains, with suggestions of a retail sales tax as a possible better approach.
State Labor Act To Take Up Where Federal Act Quits
Washington liberals aim to extend wage hour rules to small merchants. The proposed state law mirrors the federal act and targets grocers bakers druggists and other town businesses. It limits weekly hours to 44 rising to 40 later and sets minimum pay to 25 cents then 40 cents with time and a half for overtime and strict recordkeeping.
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Washington
America
U. S. Labor Department
Hitler Warns U S Not to Interfere In South America
Berlin report of Hitler’s Reichstag address on the sixth anniversary of his rise to power. He pledged support to Italy, demanded return of prewar colonies, warned the United States against interfering with German trade in South America, and outlined Nazi aims including anti Bolshevik stance and Jewry policy. Washington fired first shot at Yorktown.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Germany
United States
South America
France
Hitler
Reichstag
Fuehrer
U. S
Spain
Harold L. Ickes
Europe
England
Rural Electric Line Extension For Fannin Co-op
The rural electrification administration approves a contract between Fannin County Electric Cooperative and P. E. Workman for a 128 mile extension to serve about 300 farms. Bid is 70,811 dollars, total cost 84,063 dollars with meters and overhead. Construction to start immediately with completion expected by early summer, as poles, wire, and transformers are supplied by Shreveport Creosoring, Aluminum Company of America, and General Electric.
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Shreveport Creosoring Company
Aluminum Company of America
General Electric Company
J. B. Richey
House Passes Bill To Abolish Office Tax Commissioner
In Austin the House approved 132 to 13 a Senate bill to abolish the State Tax Commissioner post. House amendments require Senate action. floor sparring over Governor O Daniel's role and old age pensions colored debate. Representative Hardin denounced a proposed transactions tax to fund pensions as inequitable while accusing Governor O Daniel of political profiteering.
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Austin
O’daniel
Senate
House
O'Daniel
Small
Amarillo
Dean
Hardin
Prairie Hill
House State Affairs Committee
Ross
Limestone County
Ford Motor Company
Correction in 1883 deed recording in Sherman
A warranty deed conveying 158 acres in University leagues 3 5 and 8 from H C Sears and wife to W T Sears, dated June 13 1883, was corrected after a clerical error misnaming the grantee as M T Sears. G A Dickerman filed, H B Lindsey notarized. The note also mentions Paris cafe serving water and cream ices in 1660.
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W. T. Sears
G. A. Dickerman
H. B. Lindsey
Paris
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TVA
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Alonzo Wasson
Dallas News
Lee O’daniel
U.S
Yorktown
Fannin Co-op
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