Wallace and F. D. R. Confer on Farm Plan
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace met to discuss a new farm program after the AAA Supreme Court ruling. The House agriculture committee drafted five tentative plans including domestic allotments, export debentures, state adjustments, land leasing, and targeted farmer subsidies. Chairman Jones pledged rapid work and welcomed suggestions from any source.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
AAA
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
Dem
Texas
Grayson Farmers Lose Tidy Sum By Act of Court
Sherman reports a Supreme Court ruling discarding the AAA affects Grayson County farmers who held about 6,000 contracts. An estimated 36,000 dollars in 1935 payments may be lost plus up to 27,000 more. 16,000 on wheat and 20,000 on corn hogs. Cotton pool certificates valued at 27,000 may also be null. Farmers crowded the county agent’s office seeking answers as to contract implications, with an editor noting Washington announced payments due on contracts.
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Sherman
AAA
Benny F. Gray
County of the Agricultural Act
Gray
Grayson County
Supreme Court
Grayson
Farm Sells For Over 80 An Acre
U. S. Calloway bought the Alexander homestead farm south of town. The 97 acre property brought 7900 dollars, the highest price for a farm of this size in years. Demand for land has increased since the depression. Calloway resides in Denison.
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U. S. Calloway
Ed Alexander
Alexander
Mr. Calloway
Denison
Son-In-Law Poison Pudding Incident In Los Angeles
Mrs. Bermie L. Brockman 50 was charged with attempted murder for allegedly feeding poisoned pudding to her son in law James W. Curnett 17 at her home on January 2. He remains under medical care as investigators review the case and motive tied to his marriage to her daughter Genevieve Brockman Curnett.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Bermie L. Brockman
James W. Curnett
Curnett
State relieffunds offer no relief to cities and counties
Austin relief director Adam R. Johnson said the state would end its winter relief program in March, providing aid only to unemployables. Cities asked for help for employables not on WPA payrolls, but Johnson said no aid would be given and that the state had certified eligibles for WPA. Thousands of employables were dropped from state rolls, with a planned maximum of 50,000 cases and a current load of 36,000.
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Austin
Adam R. Johnson
Saidere
Relief Commission
Works Progress
Johnson
Voters Warned To Pay Poll Tax Or Obtain Exemptions
Voters must pay poll tax by Feb 1 or obtain exemption certificates to vote in 1936. Temporary and permanent exemptions issued under rules from Grayson County officials. Exemptions cover age and disabilities. moving within county requires endorsement. renewals available.
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J. C. Allred
Grayson County
B. F. Gafford
Mr. Gafford
Peculiar Dallas County land sale after liquor still found
A curious real estate sale occurred on the Lancaster road farm of E. A. Doty when a ten foot highway strip and rear land near a $25,000 residence were condemned and sold for 145.28 dollars. L. B. Milam, Doty’s attorney, bought the irregular tract at public auction conducted by deputy marshal Ewart R. Gose after Federal agents uncovered a liquor still on the property.
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Dallas
Dallas County
E. A. Doty
Lancaster Road
L. B. Milam
Doty
Ewart R. Gose
Cat bite leads to rabies serum for Greenville residents
Four Greenville residents were bitten by a pet Maltese cat and began rabies serum treatment on Tuesday. The cat, owned by Mrs. Wallace, was sent to Austin after it bit and scratched Leah Nell Clayton, Mrs. George Allen, Mrs. G. W. Wallace, and Jessie Allen Wallace. Austin reported the animal was rabid.
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Greenville
Austin
Leah Nell Clayton
George Allen
G. W. Wallace
Jessie Allen Wallace
Uncle Sam Spent 600 Million For Veterans Aid Last Year
Washington Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines released his annual VA report for the year ending June 30 1935 detailing unemployment among ex service men and the surge in demands for hospitalization care and cash payments of adjusted service certificates. The cost of the administration ran to over 618 million dollars with 3 528 701 certificates in force and billions in loan and cash value. total pension rolls include 336 876 service connected disabilities and rising numbers of totally disabled non service connected veterans. cancer and arthritis clinics expanded as five new cancer clinics were established nationwide.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Veterans Administration
Sherman Plant Divides Profits With Employes
Sherman Hard wicke Etter Company announces a 2.5 percent cash on 1935 earnings to employees under a profit sharing plan now in its second year. The program also funds pensions from surplus earnings, with 20 percent of profits reserved for old age retirement benefits and the rest paid to workers. Retirement ages are 60 for women and 65 for men. The Sun sells typewriter paper.
Bryant Receives New York University Fellowship
J T Bryant, principal of Whitewright High School, resigns effective January 28 to accept a New York University fellowship and pursue chemistry studies. J H Burma Jr. is named his successor. Bryant also taught mathematics and coached the football team which won the Grayson County title. He has been with Whitewright schools for three and a half years and is a son of Jim Bryant of Pottsboro.
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J. T. Bryant
Whitewright High School
J. H. Burma Jr
Bryant
New York University
Committees Named at First Meeting of Grayson Demonstration Council
Grayson Home Demonstration council named committees for the coming year at a Saturday meeting in Sherman. New by laws limit office terms and require a seven club quorum with 21 members. Mrs. R. L. Cherry was reappointed education chairman, with a slate including Mrs. H. N. Clark and Miss Gertrude Kelly serving precincts one through four. Other committee assignments included program finance exhibit expansion and officers from Tioga Whitewright Bells Hagerman Kentucky town Hyde Park and Plainview among named members.
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Grayson Home Demonstration Council
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Harris
Kentuckytown
R. L. Cherry
Tioga
H. N. Clark
Gertrude Kelly
Oak Grove
Precinct One
Dan
George Scoggins
Ruth Washburn
Bells
O. S. Wortham
Ambrose
Ona Coats
Hagerman
J. H. Thompson
Plainview
T. C. Gaskill
Dripping Springs
Viva Phillips
M. F. Redick
Hyde Park
Revision security act may be needed in light of court
Washington. Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means committee suggested the administration’s social security act may require revision after the Supreme Court’s AAA decision. He noted uncertainty on exact changes but said adjustments to the social security act and possibly the Guffey coal control act could be needed. The social security act created old age pensions unemployment insurance and benefits for the blind mothers and children.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Ways and Means
Harold Doss Seeks Second Term as Public Weigher
Harold Doss announces his candidacy for reelection to a second term as Public Weigher in Precinct three. He cites satisfactory past service, cooperation with farmers, and Democratic custom of rewarding faithful officials, asking for support in the July Democratic primary and pledging to meet voters personally.
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Precinct
Harold Doss
JY Russell to Speak at Methodist Church
At 11 a m next Sunday J Y Russell will speak on the recent Memphis Tenn young people's convention. He was a Sherman district delegate and will report on the great conference. All friends are invited to hear him during the 11 o'clock hour.
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J. Y. Russell
Memphis
Tenn
J. Y
Sherman
Methodist Church
C. W. Dennis
Cop Who Died On Christmas Eve To Walk Beat Again
Chicago reports Policeman Frank Owen died after being struck by a taxicab and pronounced dead at a hospital. Dr Edward Vaughan revived him with adrenaline three minutes after death. Owen later sat up in bed smoking a cigarette and said it felt good to be alive.
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Chicago
Frank Owen
Owen
Edward P. Vaughan
Mrs. W. R. Luton Pioneer Fannin Resident Dies
Bonham reports the death of Mrs. W. R. Luton a Fannin County pioneer at her Ector home Wednesday. Funeral services will be at Ector Methodist Church with burial in Willow Wild Cemetery Bonham. Her grandfather John Philipson helped found Bonham in 1837 and assisted in early county history.
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Bonham
W. R. Luton
Ector
Willow Wild
Luton
Fannin County
John Philipson
Bailey Inglish
Marble machines deemed illegal gambling by Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court refused a writ of error in the case W. S. Antonio vs Will Adams et al. from Limestone County, holding marble machines by which money is won or lost are illegal gambling devices.
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Austin
Supreme Court
W. S. Antonio
Will Adams
Lrom
Limestone County
Townsend to Launch Third Party Soon
In California within two weeks Dr F E Townsend plans a new political party Dollar pension plan creator led by Sheridan Downey who polled a million votes for lieutenant governor says the Townsend party will crow in states with time to qualify under election laws The Townsend presidential candidate will be chosen later if the GOP fails to back the plan Downey warned Merriam may not be the GOP nominee.
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Sacramento
Calif
F. E. Townsend
California
Sheridan Downey
Long Beach
Downey
Townsend
Frank Merriam
Texas Regains Lead in Value of 1935 Crops
Texas topped all states in 1935 crop values with an estimated gross of 575,298,000 dollars, up 13.7 percent from 1934. California slightly fell from 1934, Iowa rose to third, while the Southwest region including New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana posted a 716,221,000 dollar value, accounting for 21.6 percent of national gains.
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Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Department of Agriculture
Department
Southwest
New Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Sign Painter and Camouflage Expert Julius Rida Dies
Julius A. Rida, 81, longtime New Haven sign painter famed for “black eyes” camouflage, died last night. He opened a sign shop at 19, attracting local youngsters. For $5 he could color damaged eye areas to restore normal appearance in under twenty minutes.
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New Haven
Conn
Julius A. Rida
Rida
Aida
Justices Voted AAA Unconstitutional Hanged in Effigy
In Ames Iowa six Supreme Court Justices who voted AAA unconstitutional were found hanged in effigy on a highway near the Iowa State College campus Tuesday. Cardboard effigies wearing black robes carried signs with each Justice’s name. a Boone Iowa man notified police who removed the figures. Authorities said they would investigate.
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Ames
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
AAA
Iowa State College
Harry Davis
Boone
Five Members of High Court Rule U S Solon Says
Senator Black of Alabama charged that the Supreme Court decision shows five men now rule 120 million people. He warned that with this ruling lawmakers fear further New Deal statutes face judicial ax and that the decision expands federal power despite claims of limiting it.
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Solon
U. S
Washington
Black
Alabama
Supreme Court Aaa
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