Methodists to reopen auditorium on Sunday
The Methodist Church in Whitewright resumes services this Sunday after two weeks of pew refinishing and interior work. Renovations include painting, lighting, wood varnish, new carpet, and pulpit upholstering at a total cost near one thousand dollars. Dr. C C Seleeman will preach at 11 am with a 2:30 pm mass meeting as locals urged to attend February March 3 1935.
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Methodist Church
C. B. Bryant
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
Whitewright
Old Home Church
C. C. Seleeman
C. W. Dennis
Rain totals rise to 5.80 inches for 1935 to date
A Friday morning gauge at the city water plant records 0.17 inches, lifting 1935 total to 5.80 inches with February totaling 1.70 and January at 4.10. Farmers plant as fair weather returns, sowing oats to replace losses from a January freeze. a seed dealer reports his busiest day ever Tuesday.
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Co. C. Cates
Supreme Court rules in favor of New Deal in gold cases
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 in favor of the New Deal on gold obligations. Congress can nullify private corporation gold promises but not government bonds, with gold certificates worth face value in devalued currency. Justices McReynolds and others deride the decision as tyranny.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Roosevelt
High Court
Congress
Hull
Morgenthau
Cummings
Robinson
James Clark McReynolds
van Devanter
Sutherland
Butler
Nero
Pension Bills Sweep States Amid Townsend Plan Push
Lawmakers in forty three legislatures push hundreds of old age pension bills as national liberalization grows. States seek funding from federal or local sources with plans to lower eligibility to 65 and raise monthly grants, while financing battles loom as sessions near adjournment.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Congress
Oregon
Nevada
North Dakota
New Mexico
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
American Public Welfare Association
Georgia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Indiana
New Hampshire
Iowa
Trades Day Dedicated in Whitewright Feb 25
Next Monday to Trades Day in Whitewright will feature buying selling and swapping with traders expected from many points. Local merchants offer special values to attract trades day shoppers to town and stores. The monthly event has become a strong draw without new attractions.
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Whitewright
Regional Land Control Groups Planned by AAA
Washington officials outlined a regional land use program as the Agriculture Administration moves away from blanket rental controls. The plan envisions regional divisions with local, state, and federal cooperation to adjust land use, expand economically viable farms, conserve soil, and create forests or parks. Millions of acres would be bought, with efforts to prevent erosion and boost crop production suited to soil types.
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Washington
Agriculture Administration
Arbor Day Tree Planting At High School
The P T A will plant a pecan tree from Sam Houston estate at Huntsville and a walnut from Mt Vernon at 2 30 Friday on the High School campus. Arbor Day program includes choral items, tree presentations, and a dedicatory prayer with congregational singing.
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Sam Houston
Huntsville
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Parent-Teacher Association
W. H. S. Long
J. Y. Russell
Margaret Lilley
Sybil Davenport
Anna Joyce Benson
A. L. Jackson
W. S. Cunningham
CG. W. Dennis
Methodist Church
Texas
Texas Nut Tree Planting Association
George R. Lake
Dallas
Methodist Church Revival Set in Whitewright
Announcement says a revival starts Sunday March 31 at the Methodist Church in Whitewright with Rev. G P Mc Collum of Farmersville preaching. His ministry has been successful and the church is fortunate to secure him. Further announcements will follow.
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Whitewright
G. P. McCollum
Farmersville
Norton confirms dismissal of two A and M coaches
Texas A and M athletics chief Homer Norton confirmed on Monday that the baseball and basketball coaches and head trainer will be dismissed effective June 1. The affected are Roswell Higginbothem John Reid and Carl Sprague.
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College Station
Homer Norton
Texas A. and M. Athletics
Aggie
Roswell Higginbothem
John Reid
Carl Sprague
Norton
Election Judges Named by Court in Grayson County
Grayson County Commissioners' Court appointed election judges for 62 precincts to cover whitewright Kentuckytown Pilot Grove Bethel Ida Tom Bean Cannon South Bells and North Bells. Names listed include W H Horton Mrs Lester Haile J W Henry J M Parris H B Everheart and others.
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Grayson County Commissioners’ Court
Whitewright
W. H. Horton
Lester Haile
O. W. Myrick
C. M. Dillon
J. W. Henry
Kentuckytown
J. M. Parris H. B. Everhearth
Pilot Grove
F. M. Sloan
Dissent Predicts Legal Chaos Over Gold Clause Ruling
Justice McReynolds warns that enforcing the majority decision on gold clauses would trigger confiscation of property rights and repudiation of national obligations. He argues that constituting such power would offend just men, while Justice Harlan F. Stone agrees with the majority in substance but cautions against elevating government bond obligations over private debts.
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McReynolds
Harlan F. Stone
Texas farms terraced hit new high in 1934
The Texas A. and M. College extension service reports 774 343 acres terraced in 1934 across 196 counties, up from 604 386 acres in 1933. Last year's terraced land totals 18 399 farms, beating the 15 465 farms a year earlier, with about 7 700 000 acres under terrace. The peak single year remains 1 031 888 acres in 1931.
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Texas
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
The
Extension Service News
Tax collections reach 71 percent in Grayson County
Grayson County Tax Assessor Collector J C Allred announced 1934 tax collections totaled 71 percent, revised from 55 percent after a preliminary figures check. The update eases a strained county budget while commissioners ponder further cuts. Former serial stars William Norton Bailey and John W Johnston appear as extras in Charlie Chan in Paris with Warner Oland.
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Grayson County
Sherman
J. C. Allred
Commissioners’ Court
William Norton Bailey
John W. Johnston
Charlie Chan
Paris
Warner Oland Starer
Whitewright High School Football Sweater Awards
Fourteen W H S grid players receive sweaters at chapel exercises with nine players and two coaches honored. five players absent. Recipients include captains Byron Teague and A N McCoy plus Guy Stepp J B Thornhill Fred Starr J Y Russell L E Garner Ross Brown Eldridge Caylor Merriwell Vineyard Paul Pierson Mark Montgomery Jr Jack Lay Merle Ryan manager. Sweater fund raised by student body with local business support including J A Yeager Craig's Cafe First National Bank and J E Mangrum.
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Whitewright
J. T. Bryant
J. H. Burma
Guy Stepp
J. B. Thornhill
Byron Teague
Fred Starr
J. Y. Russell
A. N. McCoy
L. E. Garner
Ross
Washington Program at School Tonight
A program commemorating George Washingtons birthday will be presented at the Grade School auditorium at 7 30 tonight by pupils of all grades. The lineup includes Betsy Ross Drill First Grade reading Don Newman minuet Billy Rhom Pennington and Bettye Nell Yeager flag drill First Grade reading Hugh Tim Atterberry song Third Grade stripe drill Second Grade reading John Biggerstaff minuet Third Grade reading Davis Parrish song Fourth Grade reading Billy Lanius Kincaid song Bettye Nell Yeager play Fifth Sixth and Seventh Play Sixth and Seventh Grades rhythm band.
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George Washington
Betsy Ross
Don Newman
Billy Rhom Pennington
Bettye Nell Yeager
Hugh Tim Atterberry
John Biggerstaff
Davis Parrish
Billy Lanius Kincaid
Tennessee Retains Noted Monkey Act
Tennessee lawmakers voted 67 to 20 to keep the famous monkey act. Vanderbilt law student Cecil Anderson, 22, led the repeal fight against the measure once defended by William Jennings Bryan. Dave Ruffin, 76, opposed him from the speaker’s rostrum with a Bible opening Genesis.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House of Representatives
Cecil Anderson
Vanderbilt
William Jennings Bryan
Anderson
House
Dave W. Ruffin
First Heart Operation Shows Early Improvement at Lakeside
The first human patient to undergo a delicate heart operation for angina pectoris shows rapid improvement at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland. Dr Claude Beck performed the procedure on Wednesday by attaching the pectoral muscle to the heart to restore blood supply. The patient remains narcotized most of the time but can see his wife and is on the path to recovery. The operation is considered a historic surgical feat and the patient is expected to stay in hospital about two months.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lakeside Hospital
R. H. Bishop
Claude S. Beck
Lakeside
Beck
Bath Day for 22 in Salem Family Despite Frugal Life
A Salem family of 22 starts bath day at 4 PM and baths until midnight. Mr and Mrs Joseph St Pierre with 18 children 4 sons in law and a granddaughter use substantial daily food and bills. Mrs St Pierre comments on the Dionne quintuplets with admiration.
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Salem
Mass
Joseph St. Pierre
Canada
Governor Urges Tree Planting to Honor Washington
Gov James V Allred issued a proclamation calling Texans to honor George Washington on February 22 by planting trees and shrubs to beautify the state Arbor Day in Texas Washington's birthday coincides with the Texas Arbor Day and the Centennial celebration in 1936 is noted as a motivation for plantings.
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Austin
George Washington
James V. Allred
Washington
Texas
Midwest May Be Dry Again in 1935
The Weather Bureau signaled a possible warm and dry late spring for the Midwest in 1935 based on a 11 month cycle. It noted plains areas remain short on moisture while central plains eastward have enough moisture for a good start. good spring rains needed as far west as the Continental Divide.
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Washington
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Great Plains
Central Plains
Plains
North Dakota
Montana
Continental Divide
Hauptmann Appeal Moves to New Jersey High Court
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's murder appeal of the Lindbergh baby case was sent to New Jersey's Court of Errors and Appeals after Chancellor Luther A. Campbell denied relief. The decision auto-places the case before the supreme court.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Luther A. Campbell
Supreme Court
Banquet Dinner Marks Repeal Celebration by Maryland Hotels
Baltimore reports the Maryland Hotel Men's Association will hold a $17 per plate banquet on February 27 to celebrate repeal. The group previously struck when Prohibition began, arguing no banquet could be proper without wines.
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Baltimore
Maryland Hotel Men’s Association
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