Registration Plans Launched by Local American Legion
The Preston Everheart Post No. 225 announces a special defense registration committee chaired by Roy Blanton to catalog Legionnaires and World War veterans for potential national defense service. Registration on February 22 at the legion hall is voluntary and will create indexes of qualifications for use by federal, state, and local authorities.
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American Legion
Tom Cunningham
Preston Everheart
Cunningham
Roy Blanton
R. A. Vestal
Elmo Wallace
E. H. Hughes
Milo J. Warner
George Washington
The
Boston
Mass
National Executive Committee
Indianapolis
Ind
Sheriff Files Injunction Suit In Officer Despute
Sherman. An injunction suit seeks to declare Merkle Dicken of Howe the county’s legally appointed traffic officer and bars salary payments to A. Earle Whiteacre of Denison. The suit targets the Commissioners Court order naming Whiteacre at 165 dollars a month and asks enjoining the county treasurer Beulah Howdeshell and auditor W. P. Waldrop from issuing Whiteacre’s pay. The filing argues the action infringes on the sheriff’s duty to appoint deputies.
Fatal Falls Claim 500 Lives Weekly in February and March
Safety experts warn the United States faces about 500 weekly deaths from accidental falls during February and March. The National Conservation Bureau notes older adults are at highest risk, with those 65 and older dying from falls at twice the rate of all other groups.
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United States
National Conservation Bureau
Association of Casualty and Sarety Executives
Draft violators may go free if they serve
Austin Adjutant General J Watt Page announced that violators of the Selective Service Act may be paroled if they complete a 12 month Army training period. Parole applications go to the Department of Justice in Washington. The selective service director may assign such people to noncombatant or civilian directed work.
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Austin
Adj
J. Watt Page
Army
Department of Justice
Washington
Page
Director of Selective Service
Mind Reading Act Delights Rotary Club Meeting
A. M. Bryant hosted a mind reading stunt at the Sherman Rotary lunch with Floyd Wallace revealed as the performer in disguise. The act used earphones and a hidden assistant to name and reveal secrets of attendees, drawing applause and laughs.
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Rotary Club
A. M. Bryant
Mr. Alexander
Mind Reader
Floyd Wallace
Sherman
Jack Nossaman
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Sherman Rotary Club
J. H. Perry
C. W. Scheurer
C. R. van de Mark
H. L. McLean
Farmersville Club
Clay Horton
Whitewright Club
Farmersville
I. O. O. F. Hall
McKinney
Greenville
Charles Barker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rotary International
Tom Cunningham
Race Relations Week Observed at Local School
The observance began with a series of programs highlighting Negro history led by adult teacher Paul Briscoe and principal Leo Woody. A mammoth program Friday night will feature William McKinney of Sherman with degrees from Fish University and Columbia. Lions face Whitewright High tonight at 7:30 in a bid to raise funds for new basketball equipment.
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State Department of Health
Paul Briscoe
Leo Woody
William McKinney
Sherman
Fish University
Columbia
Lions
Whitewright High School
State Mental Hygiene Program Launched in Texas
A state wide mental hygiene program funded by the late Will C. Hogg and led by Dr. Homer Price Rainey at UT launches work at a Austin conference. It will fund teacher training, extension courses for nurses doctors and social workers and supply salaried consultants for agencies maintaining mental health in Texas.
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Austin
Will C. Hogg
Houston
Homer Price Rainey
University of Texas
Texas
Winds Sweep Texas and Oklahoma Across State Lines
A broad windstorm battered Texas and Oklahoma with dust at up to 11 000 feet over Oklahoma City and 85 mph gusts in Big Spring Texas. The storm spread a cotton warehouse fire at Stamford destroying about 4000 bales of government loan cotton valued around 350000 dollars. Whitewright roofs fl chimneys and trees suffered damage as wind persisted through day and night. Insurance agents expect many small windstorm claims amid overcast skies and rain of mud reported between Ector and Bonham.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Big Spring
Stamford
Whitewright
Ector
Bonham
Willkie urges U S to send five to ten destroyers monthly
Wendell L. Willkie told the Senate foreign relations committee that the United States should provide Great Britain with five to ten destroyers each month. He urged passage of the British aid bill with modifications to aid Britain quickly and sustainably. He spoke after returning from a tour of the British Isles and appeared in the Senate caucus room.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Congress
Britain
Willkie
British Isles
O'Daniels Plan For Pension Cash Upsets Teachers
Gov W Lee O Daniels calls for 23 320 000 from general revenue for all social security upsetting a teacher retirement plan. Teachers wanted 3 5 million yearly from general revenue into their fund plus 1 million yearly to reduce an 8 million debt. The move would divert funds from the general fund to retirees old age pensioners and the needy blind. House committee approved the bill but Rep Lon Alsup urged broad inclusion of all social security groups. Morsey and 74 House members backed the plan before the governor spoke.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
General Revenue Fund
O’daniel
House Revenue Committee
Lon E. Alsup
Carthage
Alsup
Emmett Morse
Houston
Morsey
Whipper Snapper Quips on College Sports and Education
A humorous clash of voices mocks a college football and track hopeful. One speaker laments the athlete son's poor performance while the other defends education as the better path. The exchange captures a lighthearted view of sports and learning.
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Whipper
Snapper
Championship Basketball Game To Be Played Here
The Whitewright Tigers face Dorchester in the county championship at Whitewright gym Friday at 8 p m. The winner becomes county champion of all classes. Admission is 10 and 15 cents with proceeds aiding the sweater fund.
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Whitewright
Whitewright Tigers
Dorchester
Whitewright High School
Sherman
Denison
Tigers
Southmaydr
County to finance bridge project jointly with WPA aid
Sherman county commissioners adopt a county wide bridge plan with WPA funds and set a county tour for detailed planning next Monday. The project costs an estimated 25 000 to 50 000 dollars funded from a central pot.
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Sherman
Commissioners Court
Reece Bowen
Jake J. Loy
Bowen
S. B. Vaughan
J. J. Darby
Thomas Bloomer
W. P. Waldrop
Denison
Ralph Elliott
Louis Kell
Jeraldine Graham
Teachers Oath Bill Sidetracked in Texas House
A dispute over a proposed oath of allegiance for Texas teachers sent the measure back to committee after opposition from Rep. S. J. Isaacks and others. Critics questioned extending the oath to all officials and compared it to citizenship requirements, while supporters argued it would reaffirm loyalty.
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Austin
Texas
Texas House
Senate
W. O. Reed
Dallas
Justice of the Peace
C. S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
United States
Royal Arch Chapter Reorganized Here
W R Worley of Wichita Falls Grand High Priest delivered the charter to the reorganized Whitewright chapter on Monday night. Charter members include J B Hamilton John Reeves C B Reed A M Bryant R C Vestal E L Stine W H Stedham Lester Haile Clint McMillin and P A Short. Visitors listed include Joe W Pender Sr J 8 Adams F M Dodson C M English T A Dickson H L Harris W J Johnson J W Johnson E G Gilley Ray Farrow B E Looney W G Proctor and M A Jones.
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W. R. Worley
Wichita Falls
Royal Arch Masons
Whitewright
Whitewright Chapter
J. B. Hamilton
John Reeves
C. B. Reed
A. M. Bryant
R. C. Vestal
E. L. Stine
W. H. Stedham
Lester Haile
Clint McMillin
P. A. Short
Mr. Worley
Joe W. Pender Sr
Denton
J. 8. Adams
F. M. Dodson
C. M. English
T. A. Dickson
Sherman
H. L. Harris
Fort Worth
W. J. Johnson
J. W. Johnson
E. G. Gilley
Ray Farrow
Bonham
B. E. Looney
W. G. Proctor
M. A. Jones
McKinney
Charges Hurled At Grayson Officers
Durant Oklahoma sheriff and county attorney accused Grayson County officials of refusing to prosecute a Southmayd man who confessed to 33 cattle theft cases. The man, already linked to 17 Oklahoma thefts, faces trial in Bryan County after a request for extradition failed. Sheriff W O Bud Taylor vowed no thief would go free in Bryan County.
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Durant
Okla
Grayson County
W. O
Bud” Taylor
William Steger
Southmayor
Taylor
Denison
Oklahoma
Texas
Bryan County
Grayson
Cost of living keeps rising for average wage earners
January statistics from the Labor Department and the national conference board show continuing higher living costs for the typical wage earner family. Food and rent led the increases with food up 0.5 percent and rents up 0.1 percent in January, while overall costs remain well above 1929 levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
National Conference Board
Pension Bill Voted Out by Committee
The Texas Senate Finance Committee reported a bill by Governor O'Daniel to appropriate 28 million dollars from the deficit-ridden general fund for old age pensions and security services. The vote was 9 to 1, moving the measure toward early Senate consideration.
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Austin
Senate Finance Committee
O’daniel
Senate
Grayson College Exes Plan August Meeting
The Grayson College Ex-Students Association executive committee met at Rev. J L Truett's home to organize this year's late August gathering. A plan to join with the Savoy exes for a joint event in separate towns was discussed. Committees were appointed and members from Sherman Denton Whitewright Bonham Greenville Trenton participated.
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Grayson College Ex-Students Association
J .L. Truett
Savoy Exes Association
E. L. Silliman
C. T. Freeman
Sherman
J. W. Pender
Denton
J. C. Gillespie
Mr. Truett
Whitewright
H. A. Cunningham
Bonham
M. L. Wilbanks
Greenville
Roy G. Robinson
Trenton
Wet Day Fight Looms Over Texas Liquor Bill
In the Texas House, Representatives Bean Sierra Blanca and Dwyer San Antonio introduced a bill to sell hard liquor by the drink. The measure would cap beverage strength at 33 percent alcohol at dispensaries, keep local option votes, and allow on premises consumption with no purchase limit.
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Austin
Texas
Bean
Sierra Blanca
Dwyer
San Antonio
Weed poison kills cattle in Montague County Texas
Eight cattle on one Montague County farm and two on a neighboring place died overnight from poisoning after eating pods of the rattler or coffee bean weed. O Ray Brown FSA supervisor urges farmers to remove the plant after veterinary tests on the cattle stomachs.
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Decatur
Montague
O. Ray Brown
FSA
Wise
Brown
U S Leads in Accidental Deaths Among Nations
The United States tops 28 nations in accidental deaths, led by a rate of 81.4 per 100000, with Canada 56.2, England and Wales 42.5, and Germany 41.7. Chile is the only nation higher. Officials say 90 percent of accidents are avoidable and urge better safety measures.
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League of Nations
United States
Chile
National Conservation Bureau
Association of Casualty and Surety Executives
Geneva
Canada
England
Wales
Germany
Domestic potash industry meets future US needs
A decade ago the United States relied on imports from Germany and France for potash. Now there is a domestic industry large enough to satisfy near term requirements. Pickled beets can be flavored with spiced vinegar from bottled sweet pickles, used in salad dressings or poured over beets for quick pickle flavor.
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United States
Germany
France
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