County Court Names Nine New County Employees
Sherman Texas reports nine new county workers named by the county commissioners after a behind closed doors session. H. M. Scott remains as roads and bridges superintendent at 200 dollars monthly. New hires include G. W. Hestand as county home manager at 100 dollars plus his wife at 40 as matron, A F E Whiteacre as highway officer at 135 dollars, L. A. Stallings as courthouse janitor at 70 dollars, Thomas Howell as assistant janitor at 50 dollars, Dave Doggett as farm hand at 40 dollars, Herman Goldston as yard man at 50 dollars, Fred Mauldin as cook at 60 dollars and Mauldin’s wife at 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F E. Whiteacre
E. P. Jackson
L. A. Stallings
R. G. Hodge
Hodge
Thomas Howell
Stallings
George Ricketts
Dave Doggett
Tuck Andrews
Herman Goldston
Ed Bruce
Fred Mauldin
Tom Zimmerman
Mauldin
Texas House Opens Sessions with Major Policy Debates Ahead
The Texas House began work with 35 committees and plans to raise 40 million dollars for state agencies this biennium. Prohibition repeal and liquor regulation loom, with Governor Allred pursuing resubmission amid a shifting political mood and a busy Austin with hotels packed and job seekers flooding the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Coke Stevenson
Texas House of Representatives
Texas
Allred
Hills and Dales
Collision in Fog Near Whitewright Damages Cars
In dense fog at 11 p.m. Friday a Buick coupe driven by John Pace of Whitewright collided with a Ford pickup driven by J R Graves Jr of Sherman on the highway north of town. Laverne Graves 13 suffered three cuts on her head and received medical attention in Whitewright before returning home in Sherman. Passengers John Sadler Leland May and Bennie Thornhill were uninjured except Sadler who was badly bruised. Both cars were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pace
Whitewright
J. R. Graves Jr
Sherman
Laverne Graves
Pace
John Sadler
Leland May
Bennie Thornhill
Sadler
That Tired Feeling Partial Insanity Says Psychologist
Prof. H. M. Johnson of American University says heavy fatigue can produce at least mild insanity. He cites clumsiness inattention speech disturbances memory lapses and hallucinations as common fatigue symptoms.
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Washington
H. M. Johnson
American University
East Texas lawmaker targets luxury items tax snuff
A veteran East Texas representative reads a mimeographed summary noting a bill to tax luxury items including perfume cigars and snuff. He discovers the snuff tax bill was introduced by another East Texas legislator and mocks the idea suggesting broader taxes on bass hounds and Model T Fords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Collin County Pro Campaign Gathers Against Prohibition
Collin pro forces organize with state allies for an aggressive push against repeal as spring votes approach. Rallies and speeches occurred across McKinney and county venues, with speakers including Dr Atticus Webb at First Methodist Church and Lieut Col J W Langham at Anna and Celina.
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McKinney
Collin Pro
Atticus Webb
Union Church
First Methodist
J. W. Langham
Anna
Celina
George L. Conway
Dallas
Wylie
C. M. Franklin
Greenville
Josephine
Jess Morris
Weston
Cullooka
Princeton
Cotton Reduction Program for 1935 Detailed by Board
The State Review and Allotment Board announced the 1935 cotton reduction program with reorganized county associations. Communities must now have at least 500 producer units, and each will elect a three member committee. Eligible producers include owners and various tenants who farmed cotton in 1938 or 1954 and will plant in 1935, plus those with farms not planted in 1933 or 1934 but returning to cotton in 1935.
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College Station
State Review and Allotment Board
A. L. Smith
Saves His Home But Loses Life
Bonham report states Paul Davis, 22, of Monkstown, died after his clothing caught fire while lighting a stove with kerosene. He escaped the burning dwelling by rolling into a mud hole but succumbed a few hours later.
Get Married on Shoestring Advised by Youth Group
Cincinnati Courier reports Robert Chrisman of the Inter-Nation Conference of Christian Youth urged young couples to wed despite money worries. He warned that delaying marriage causes emotional and nervous strain and urged couples to marry even if they must live with relatives.
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Cincinnati
Robert Chrisman
Inter-Nation Conference of Christian Youth
Chrisman
Wedding Knot Tangled With Family Ties
In Philadelphia Anna May Bromley 21 eloped to Elkton Maryland with her granduncle Hugh McIntyre 73 of New York creating a tangle of relationships. She is granddaughter of McIntyre's sister making her sister-in-law to her grandmother and her mother becomes mother-in-law to the bridegroom as well as his niece. The bride laments that young men cannot keep a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Anna May Bromley
Elkton
Hugh McIntyre
New York
MecIntyre
Fountain Pen Inventor Paul Wirt Dies at 85
Paul E. Wirt 85, attorney and fountain pen inventor, died early Monday in Bloomsburg Pa. He began work to stop ink spills on legal papers, patenting the design and marketing pens in 1885. The pens won prizes at international expositions and he retired from manufacturing in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
Paul E. Wirt
Wirt
Britain Finds Public Works Not a Solution to Unemployment
Geneva reports a League of Nations volume based on 29 nations findings. Britain states the large public works experiment has failed and will not be repeated, stressing that each project should prove social or economic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
United States
Britain
Rural retail sales rise 21 percent in 1934
Rural retail sales in the United States increased 21 percent in 1934 versus 1933 and 82 percent versus 1932, per Harold M. Young director of the local bureau. December daily average sales were 20 percent above December 1933 and 59 percent higher than December 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
United States
Harold M. Young
Local Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Hickman Returned as Ranger Captain in Fort Worth
Tom Hickman of Fort Worth, a veteran ranger, was appointed ranger captain by Adj. Gen. Carl Nesbitt and placed in command of Company B at Fort Worth. He had earlier led the Fort Worth company and is the first captain from the Moody Sterling era to be reappointed.
Church Service Schedule with Sermons and Studies
Churches preach every 2nd and 4th Lord's Day with Bible study at 10 a.m. Superintendent J. M. Simmons leads 11 a.m. communion and 6 p.m. young people's meeting. At 11 a.m. the sermon asks Why We Do Not Have Instrumental Music in the Worship and at 7 p.m. Hindrances To Prayer led by J. R. Waldrum, Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Simmons
Young People’s Meeting
J. R. Waldrum
Building Together and City and Souls Church Service Schedule
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a m and service at 11 a m with Building Together. Evening youth service at 6 p m and City and Souls at 7 p m. Choir practice 7 p m Friday. Second session of school of missions and stewardship on Wednesday Jan 30 with family supper. Dorothy Tapscott class arranges service. J T Bryant teaches National mission book Gold Mountains and John Harmon Burma with Robert Grant teach stewardship book Speculating in Futures. Emperor of Japan studied seed improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Young People
J. T. Bryant
Gold Mountains
John Harmon
Burma
Robert Grant
County Clerk Draws Maximum Allowance in 1934
C. M. Cole, county clerk, earned the maximum salary allowance of 4750 dollars in 1934. Total office fees reached 12609.14 with 130.75 uncollected. Cole returned 2978.29 to the county after paying deputies 4982.30 and other expenses. Soviet Russia factories produced 57514 automobiles in ten months, 13347 private cars. Most Chinese villagers must employ a scholar to read or write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Cole
Soviet
Russia
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Jimmie Allred
Bill McCraw
Walter Woodul
Carl Nesbitt
Mineola
Ernest Thompson
Railroads Commission
Lon Smith
Comptroller’s Office
General Land Office
Gov. Allred
Roosevelt
Capitol
Newshawks
Jimmie
Ferguson
Jim
Jim Ferguson
Santa Claus
Third House
Huey Long
Young Gul
New Spring
T. W. Ayres & Son
Collin County
O. K
Hickman
Ranger
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
Conoco Station
SEARS
J. A. Yeager
Church OF Christ
First Presbyterian Church
Japan
Harris Typewriter
the Sun
Otto Russell
Tom Barbee
H. A. James
Route 1
Sun Office
Whitewright Hatchery
R. D. Ford
Manning, Clark & Meador
Farmall
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Nicholson
Lester Haile
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