Match-Play Golf Tournament Reaches Second Bracket
The Whitewright Golf Association narrows its handicap match-play field to eight. Winners include Devenport over Manning 1 up and McGinnis over Lackey 4 up with 2 to play. Consolation bracket planned for those out. Prizes total golf balls valued at $6.50 for winners and runners-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Golf Association
J. L. Devenport
Ray Manning
Russell McGinnis
James Lackey
Jack Lackey
Sam Montgomery
Paul Vestal
Emory Christian
Roy Blanton
B. W. Newman
Leon Spindle
Dick Barbee
F. W. Smith
Buell Spindle
W. R. Hooper
Roosevelt Forms Enlarged Cabinet
President Roosevelt orders a temporary supercabinet to coordinate the administration's battle against low mood. The council, led by Frank C. Walker as executive secretary, will meet weekly and run through the summer to align interagency actions across Cabinet members and emergency agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Frank C. Walker
Bodies of Three Slain Men Found
Fort Worth reports the discovery of three murdered men identified as Jack Sturdivant 24 of Eula J B Rutherford 30 of Dallas and Harry Rutherford 28 of Abilene. Their bodies were found under the East First Street Bridge in Riverside after a deputy spotted oil on the Trinity River. Four suspects tied to a prior mail robbery near Fort Worth are jailed as investigators pursue links to the $72 000 robbery and possible motive over a $9 000 share.
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Fort Worth
Trinity River
East First Street
Riverside
Jack Sturdivant
Eula
J. B. Rutherford
Dallas
Harry Rutherford
Abilene
Rhodes
Little Fossel Creek
Grapevine Road Bridge
White
C. D. Stevens
W. D. May
Handley
M. T. Howard
Pettijohn
M. D. (Blackie) Howard
Weldon Routt
Claud Hill
Ray Crossing
Randol Mill
School Transfer Law Explained for Texas districts
Parents must file transfer applications during July with the county superintendent. Transfers for most students require August approval by the county board, with Whitewright forms available in Grayson and Fannin counties. High school transfers follow tuition aid rules, and the state funds move with the student to the attending district.
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Texas
County Board of Education
Whitewright
Fannin
Grayson County
First National Bank
F. W. Smith
Enterprise
Richland
Fannin County
Whitewright High School
Ely
Porters
Mahurin
Asa Walker
Supt. Smith
Red River Dam Meeting Planned in Sherman
A Red River flood control and navigation meeting is set for Tuesday at the Grayson Hotel in Sherman to present plans for a dam north of Denison and hydro electric facilities costing about 35 million dollars. O N Floyd of Floyd Lochridge will discuss feasibility, with data checked by Army engineers. the project aims to flood control and power generation, self liquidating under Tennessee Basin terms. Delegates from Texarkana to Idabel are invited, with luncheon at the Sherman Rotary Club and potential immediate work for 1500 to 2000 laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Red River
Secretary of the Interior
Sckes
Red River Flood Control and Navigation Association
Grayson Hotel
Sherman
O. N. Floyd
Dallas
Floyd
Floyd & Lochridge
Army
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Red
George Moulton
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Sam Rayburn
Sheppard
Buys New Car With Old Money
A Clarksville Times item notes a Friday car sale where 110 silver dollars and old greenbacks, no longer in circulation, were exchanged. B and Chevrolet Co sold to Nat Quarles, who had gathered the old currency over the past year or two. The dealer stored the unfamiliar coins and notes, then converted them into a new automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & Chevrolet Company
Nat Quarles
Clarksville
Auto Finance Company OF
Sherman F
Obvious Victim Lady Tells of Stolen Clothes at Hotel
A hotel acquaintance reports a theft confession about many clothes missing. A banter filled exchange follows with a punchline about a nail in a shoe, highlighting a humorous exchange between Rufus, Goofus, and others.
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Jove
Five Bales Of Cotton Bring 292 Dollars In Sale
R B Gordon sold five bales of cotton to J M Sturdy vant of Whitewright Gin and Ice Co at 11 15. The five bales brought 292 13, over double what it would have fetched when stored. Cotton worth about 5e per pound at that time. With cotton near sixty dollars per bale, prospects improve for farmers as demand reduces overproduction due to a reduction campaign and dry weather. C C Burchfield sold 13 bales at 10 45 per pound, profiting over 20 per bale from his 1932 crop, first time in over two years cotton sold above 10c per pound here.
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R. B. Gordon
J. M. Sturdivant
Whitewright Gin and Ice Company
C. C. Burchfield
T. H. Sears
Mr. Burchfield
Half of Lower East Side families unemployed
New York City figures show 700 families in a 24 block area bounded by Houston Forsyth Delancey and Allen streets are unemployed. Of these 700 households 60 percent rely on public funds. A four month survey by the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee notes a 15 percent population drop since 1930.
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New York
Houston, Forsyth, Delancey
Allen Streets
Lower East Side
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Hickory
T. W. Ayres & Son Whitewright’s New Dry Goods Store
Bore
Red River Dam Meeting
Robey
Lamphier
Rufus
E. T. Doss
Weills
Frank Harvey
E. D. Barlow
Greenville
L. LaRoe
Kimbell Milling Company
Business
Whitewright Sun
Fuller Brush Company
Mercantile Building
F. W. Hudson
Sherman Steam Marble and Granite Works
W. Lamar St
Sherman, Texas
Honaker Grain & Hatchery
Farmersville
Tex
Manning, Clark & Meador
M. Belew
Tom Bean
Eclipse
New York City
Prince Albert Tobacco
St. Joseph’s
Cardus
Silver Bell
Lic
Nicholson
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