Congress Votes To Repeal Prohibition And Let States Decide
The House approved a repeal resolution by 289 to 121 paving the way for state conventions to ratify the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The move shifts power to states to decide on constitutional change with 36 ratifications needed, while federal action to certify moves forward. Texans voting yes included Buchanan, Briggs, Cross, Dies, Johnson, Jones, Kleberg, Lanham, Mansfield, Rayburn, Sumners, Thomason, Williams.
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Sumners
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Williams
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J P Jared and Irene Birmingham Wed at Lake Creek
J P Jared of Center and Miss Irene Birmingham of Sulphur Springs were married February 19 at Lake Creek with Rev J C Branch officiating. Jared, son of S H Jared, recently managed the Devonport store at Sulphur Springs and now heads the Center firm store. The Sulphur Springs News Telegram praised the bride for her six months in Sulphur Springs as a top operator in the Glover Woodall Beauty Shop. Watches first made in Nuremberg in 1477.
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Coast to coast efforts push repeal ratification by convention
Reports from forty eight states show moves to submit the repeal question to popular conventions under the Congress proposal. Governors and legislatures weigh the untested convention method amid debates by prohibitionists and opponents guiding the pace and setting.
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Local greetings and visits fill Pilot Grove weekend
Community notes show numerous visitors and social ties with residents from Trenton Dallas Whitewright and Leonard. Couples Russell Bailey and Ray Reagan wed in Durant Oklahoma. Family and friends gathered, offered hospital bedside support, and hosted weekend visits across local towns.
Weather Pleases Farmers Amid Quiet Community News
Orangeville notes several days of favorable weather easing field work anxieties. Ill residents include Mrs. Andrew Creecy and Grandpa Patterson. Chicken pox cases persist and social visits and gatherings occur, with Elizabeth Stroud, Nell Brown, Faye Holt, and local families noted at various events.
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Zangara Nearing End Of 80 Year Sentence No Appeal
Giuseppe Zangara who shot at President Elect Roosevelt will not appeal the eighty year sentence from Criminal Court. His lawyers said they would not pursue further action after a jail conference where he stated he would die in two or three years. If Mayor Cermak or Mrs. Gill die, the state plans to seek first degree murder and the death penalty. Cermak suffered from enteritis with a high fever, while Mrs. Gill's condition was described as remarkable and slowly improving.
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Sunday Singing Plans and Local Social Notes Near Whitewright
Community updates from Whitewright and nearby areas with mentions of visiting guests including Virgil Clifton and C B Burch field, Arvel Jones, and J B Burden. Upcoming singing day and fourth Sunday March singing convention are noted amid social visits and weekend gatherings.
Local Social Notes Return Weekend Visits Across Town
Miss Lois Wilder visited Miss Lorie Browning on Saturday night and Sunday. Eng lish residents Lonnie Holt and wife joined his parents Frank and Nell Brown. Nell Brown called on Jennie Lee and Mary Lynn Brown. Clarence Cooper and daughter Louise visited White. Lucian Jones and children hosted Dan Harris’s family. Cecil Jones of Kansas returned home after visiting his parents. Alden Bowen and children visited Paul Bowen. Mabel Cawthrone and children plus Gilfert siblings and Eloise Throne visited Sam Brown. Marie Wilder stayed with Samantha Lambert. Lawrence Burden Bernice Daughtery Burr Holt called on Lucian Jones. R. E. Pierce and wife welcomed a baby son. Howard West dined with Woodrow Bowen. Phoenix Arizona passes bicycle licensing ordinance.
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Arvel Jones
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Pat Miller
Geraldine
Sam Donihoe
Earl West
Meddlintown
Buster Rushing
Thelma Rushing
Beula Ray Holt
Howard West
Woodrow Bowen
J. W. Burden
Clifford Burchfield
Everett Young
Alice Young
Lucian Jones
Lorie Browning
Samantha Lambert
Marie
Lois Wilder
Jim Ownby
Lemacks
Bonham
Janie Byars
Commerce
William Clark
Sherman
Lonnie Holt
English
Frank Holt
Nell Brown
Jennie Lee
Mary Lynn Brown
Clarence Cooper
Louise
Dan Harris
Cecil Jones
Kansas
Alden Bowen
Paul Bowen
Sam Brown
Mabel Cawthrone
Matt and
Catherine Gilfert
Eloise Throne
Trenton
Marie Wilder
Porter
Lawrence Burden
Bernice Daugherty
Burr Holt
R. E. Pierce
Whitewright May Have Another Gin
Kay Kimbell of Fort Worth formerly of Whitewright visited Saturday and said he was considering building a gin plant in Whitewright. If built, work would start in time to be ready before the ginning season opens.
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Fort Worth
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Kimbell
Six Widows of Former Presidents Alive
Six former president widows remain living Mrs Benjamin Harrison Mrs Thomas Preston widow of Grover Cleveland Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Mrs William H Taft Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Calvin Coolidge according to a contemporary report noting their ages and statuses.
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Thomas Preston
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
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