Bryant Jr. Elected President of First National Bank
At the bank's annual stockholders meeting C B Bryant Jr was chosen president succeeding his late father C B Bryant who died December 10 A M Bryant new board member and directors Emmet Penn Kay Kimbell Bryant King R T Pennington and J H Waggoner were elected The officers named were C B Bryant Jr president Guy Hamilton vice president R A Gillett cashier and W T Simmons assistant cashier Bryant Jr has served since 1919 and was a former director at Sherman Merchants and Planters National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Emmet Penn
Kay Kimbell
Bryant King
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. T. Pennington
A. M. Bryant
J. H. Waggoner
C. B. Bryant
Guy Hamilton
R. A. Gillett
W. T. Simmons
Co. B. Bryant Jr
Bryant
Merchants and Planters National Bank
Sherman
North
Texas
Broader Social Security Studied in Washington
The Social Security Board weighs expanding protection to include invalidism and survivor's insurance pensions. Proposals would extend private-like invalid insurance and modify survivor benefits for those who paid into old age funds. Recommendations urge continued inquiry and possible larger state program integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Government aid reaches tenth of US population in 1937 report
A synemorial report by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins shows about 10 percent of Americans received public assistance in September 1937. It also notes 30 to 36 percent of the unemployed from November 1935 to May 1937 had jobs through the federal work program, and local sponsors funded about 64 percent of non labor costs from July 1937 to October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Tony
United States
Postal Receipts Show Gain for Whitewright Post Office
Postmaster T. J. Lilley reports 1937 Whitewright post office receipts of 6,638.24, up 5.3 percent from 6,299.84 in 1936, a $338.40 increase. Fourth quarter 1937 totals reached 1,876.32 vs 1,739.86 in 1936, a $136.46 rise or just under 9 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Lilley
Whitewright
Diphtheria Case Reported in Whitewright Area
City health officer Dr. Ross R. May announces one diphtheria case in Whitewright and two in the county. He urges toxoid vaccination for all children, noting no ill effects and potential life saving benefit. Assistance is available through N. L. Manning, grammar school principal, for those unable to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross R. May
Whitewright
May
N. L. Manning
Employers Exempt From Income Tax On Security Levy
The treasury announced that employers may deduct social security taxes in federal income tax returns while employees may not. A salaried worker can deduct house taxes but not the 1 percent for old age pensions, which is an income tax. Employers’ levy is an excise tax and deductible like other federal taxes on goods. The treasury expects minimal impact on total revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Texans Doomed by Highway Deaths in 1938
Texas statisticians estimate 2 240 people will die violently on highways in 1938. The Black Book recorded 2 040 deaths in 1937, prompting Public Safety Commission plans to boost highway patrol manpower. A March training school for about 75 applicants will start to fill new posts in patrol and license divisions.
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Austin
Texas
Public Safety Commission
Highway Patrol
Col. H. H. Carmichael
Public Safety Department
Carmichael
Georgia Defeats Wet County Liquor Sale Plan
For the third time since repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment Georgia lawmakers defeat a bill to permit package liquor sales in counties that voted wet in the last state referendum. The House blocked the measure after days of heated debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
House of Representatives
Football School To Be Held Here Next Saturday
A football instruction school for North Texas high school players will be held at Whitewright High School next Saturday Jan 15. Ab Pruitt of Austin College will organize with visiting coaches and players from Austin College and area high schools guiding punting blocking passing running and defensive play. Several Austin College standouts like Wallace Johnson and Cameron Harris will provide position tips. A similar session for West Grayson County schools will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Texas
Whitewright High School
Ab Pruitt
Austin College
Sherman
John O. Stephens
Honey Grove
Maurice Harper
Philadelphia
Milton Bunchanan
Texas
Wallace Johnson
Cameron Harris
J. H. Webb
Lenwood Orick
Garvice Steen
West Grayson County
U.S. Leaders Press Cooperation to End Slump
Senators heard business leaders urge government and industry to work together to end economic slump. Lammot du Pont and Dr. Claudius Murchison called for forbearance, policy clarity, and industry led recovery while Roosevelt planned further talks with John Carpenter and A B West to expand utility construction. Du Pont said his firm will spend 35 million dollars this year despite lower sales, and warned against new restrictive legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Murchison
White House
Roosevelt
John Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Dallas
A. B. West
Nevada-California Electric Corporation
Riverside
Cal
du Pont
du Pont Co
Byrnes
South Carolina
Bridegroom Pays Marriage License With Slot Jackpot
In Elkton Maryland the groom to be poured 40 nickels for a marriage license. The clerk looked surprised as the groom explained he won the jackpot on a slot machine. A Want Ad will get results for you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
State health nurse visits Whitewright for survey work
Miss Anneballe Horn, State health nurse of district 3 based in Kaufman, visited Whitewright to gather data for a Texas health survey under Dr. R. L. Cherry. She praised local feeding programs, outlined district structure, and urged increased public health funding and action to reduce preventable diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anneballe Horn
Kaufman
Whitewright
Texas
R. L. Cherry
Miss Horn
George Cox
Cox
State Health Department
Horn
Romeo and Juliet headline leads Palace Theatre bill
At the Palace tonight and Friday the feature is William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in the leads and Andy Devine in the supporting cast. Saturday offers Blazing Sixes with Dick Foran and Helen Walker, plus previews with George Brent and Beverly Roberts in Gods Country and the Woman. Bargain nights Tuesday and Wednesday star George Murphy and Claire Dodd in The Women Men Marry. Eddie Cantor appears Thursday and Friday next week in Ali Baba Goes to Town.
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Palace Theatre
William Shakespeare
Leslie Howard
Norma Shearer
Andy Devine
Dick Foran
Helen Walkes
George Brent
Beverly Roberts
George Murphy
Claire Dodd
Eddie Cantor
Ali Baba
Body of Infant Found in Sherman Area
A newborn infant’s body, slain or died at birth, was found in a thicket seven miles southwest of Sherman. The head was severed and missing, with no animal tracks found. Frank Cavender found the body and alerted Deputy Sheriff Jim Messick. Coroner Jess Wall ruled death from causes unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Frank Cavender
Ernest Hall
Cavender
Jim Messick
Jess Wall
Singing Convention Set at Rose Hill on Third Sunday
Announcement states the Third Sunday Singing Convention will meet at Rose Hill at 2 p m G M The public is invited to attend and join in the program at the locale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Hill
Denison Paving Near Completion on Denison Bells Road
Denison progress on the Denison Bells highway paving shows a concrete slab from Denison to Choctaw creek to be joined today with the earlier segment. Russ Mitchell, contractor, says pavement should move south toward Bells as weather allows, with about five and a half miles left and potential completion if conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Denison-Bells
Russ Mitchell
Houston
Choctaw Creek
Mitchell
Bells
Choctaw
Mitchell Company
Southern Pacific
Owings Street
Crockett Avenue
Texas Street
Katy
Hull Street
Age Pension Fund Outs Out of Red Until January Payoff
Texas treasury hailed the old age assistance fund as out of the red with a 171235 balance after warrants. Officials warned the January payments would erase the improvement, leaving the fund back in the red due to nearly 1.5 million dollars owed to a Dallas bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Age Pension Fund
Austin
Treasury
Charley Lockhart
Jesse James
Treasury Department
Pension Administration
Dallas
Roosevelt Talks Taboo in Naziland
A collection of Roosevelt speeches has been banned in Germany as undesirable literature. Some items include works by Stanley Baldwin and were published in German by a Lucerne firm. Books sent to Leipzig were returned at Basel under the customs classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Germany
Stanley Baldwin
Lucerne
Leipzig
Farm income in November 1937 rose to $716 million
The Agriculture Department reports national farm cash income in November reached $716 million, up from $751 million in November 1936. For the first eleven months of 1937 total cash income stood at $7.804 billion versus $7.104 billion in the same period of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Grayson County Sets Salaries for All County Officers
The Grayson County commissioners court announced salaries for all county employees including justices and constables on a salary basis. Total regular payroll is $122,063 for 1938 with the justice and constable total at $14,805, up $1,571.31 from 1935–37. Other listed salaries include county engineer $2,700, highway officer $1,620, superintendent $3,300, and various deputies and assistants with amounts ranging from $600 to $3,300. No deputy constable salaries are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
Sheriman and
Denison
K. B. Siimons
Whitewright
Justice of the Peace
J. L. Cantrell
H. M. Scott
A. E. Whiteacre
E. A. Miller
W. A. Teddlie
Eunice King
Lena Harwood
E. G. Durrett
Will May
John Erridge
Weldon O. Williams
L. Fortner
P. J. Waldrop
Clayton Flanery
Hardy McAdams
S. B. Vaughn
F. E. Welmaker
George Schumacher
Iva Davidson
Guy Cooke
G. W. Hestand
Clyde Hill
Cotton variety test results from Greenville station 1930 37
The Greenville United States cotton field station and Texas A and M report year by year averages for cotton varieties in the local area. Data cover lint pounds per acre lint length and lint percentage for varieties including Mebane Nucala Triumph Lone Star Acala Cliett's Superior Sunshine Ferguson New Boykin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
United States Cotton Field Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Mebane
Watson
Nucala
Triumph
Lone Star
Acala
Rogers
Cliett’s Superior
Sunshine
Davidson
Ferguson
New Boykin
Farmer Charged With False Tax Refund Claim
Austin Texas indictment charges W. W. Leitner known as Bill Lightner a Tarrant County farmer and filling station operator with filing a false claim for refund on motor fuel tax by a Travis County grand jury.
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Austin
W. W. Leitner
Bill Lightner
Tarrant County
Travis County
Government Debt Per Family Rises Sharply Since 1929
New estimates show the federal debt per family would be 1,180 if called upon this week. The burden has more than doubled since 1929, with the largest rise since July 1933, highlighting a steep growth in public obligations.
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Washington
America
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