Road plans promise underpass and surfacing for Denison to Bells
Sherman reports state highway officials consider an underpass at the Highway 160 crossing in Bells with eventual concrete or asphalt topping Denison to Bells. Engineers will survey approaches, costs, and right of way. No. 14 road Gunter to west of Sherman is redesignated but likely years from funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hines
No. 14
J. J. Loy
Gunter
Sherman
Loy
Grayson County
Tioga
van Alstyne
Fannin County
Highway Commission
J. M., McLemore
Grayson County Highway Association
Henry Hynds
S. B. Vaughn
A. T. Cook
H. McAdams
Clayton Flanery
State grants aid to high school home economics department
Superintendent Key was informed by the State Department of Education that a grant totaling 472.50 has been awarded to the high school home economics department. The funds will be applied to the teacher’s salary, with federal matching contingent on complying with regulations. The aid, approved months earlier, was confirmed in a letter from State Superintendent Wood received this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
State Department of Education
Wood
Fannin County Considers Road Bond Refunding Election
Fannin County Commissioners Court orders an August 24 election to decide refinancing district road bonds totaling 1 054 000 dollars. If approved, the new uniform tax rate for all districts would be 40 cents, replacing varied current rates across Bonham Honey Grove Gober Ladonia Leonard Ravenna China Grove Bailey Ector Lannius Savoy Carson Hail Arledge Ridge Windom Dodd City Trenton Ely Randolph Nobility Monkstown and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Bonham
Honey Grove
Gober
Ladonia
Leonard
Ravenna
China Grove
Bailey
Ector
Lannius
Savoy
Carson
Arledge Ridge
Windom-Dodd City
Trenton
Ely
Randolph
Nobility
Monkstown
Palace Theatre Closes for Summer Break
A. Brannon owner announces Palace theatre will stay closed after Saturday night show until late July or early August due to low summer business. Mr. and Mrs. Brannon plan a California visit during the vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Brannon
Palace Theatre
Brannon
Mrs. Brannon
California
John Roosevelt Works for TVA in Knoxville Tale
John Roosevelt youngest son of the President spent two weeks with the Tennessee Valley Authority Forestry Department in Knoxville, working unseen and avoiding photos. He and Harvard freshman status kept him low profile, saying he would leave if photographed and prefers anonymity over attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
John Roosevelt
Forestry Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
New York
Roosevelt
Harvard
TVA
Whitesboro Oil Mill Heads South to Matamoros Mexico
The Whitesboro Cotton Oil Company plans to move its 20 year old Whitesboro mill to Matamoros Mexico where it will resume operation crushing cotton seed. W M Kelly paid 60000 dollars for the mill and dismantled it board by board to bypass tariffs on new lumber while shipping the machinery by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Matamoros
Mexico
Whitesboro
Rio Grande
United States
W. M. Kelly
Brownsville
Texas
Whitesboro Cotton Oil Company
J. D. McDonald
Cotton Men Threaten Reprisal Over Tax Ruling
In Victoria a group of cotton farmers considers suit to challenge tariff duties after the U S Circuit Court at Boston ruled the processing tax unconstitutional. Spokesman J P Barrington says action may target textile interests as retaliation while arguing tariffs bar Congress from delegating authority and burden farmers with higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New England
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Dexter Stevens
Northern Cotton Mills Policy Committee
James Sinclair
Fall River
Fall River Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Frank W. Dunham
Fall River Chamber of Commerce
New England Committee On Industry
Gas Rate Cut Is Not Applicable Pending Appeal
The Lone Star Gas Company reports that eight cent gate rate reductions cannot be passed to burner tip rates until each city completes its rate case and property is evaluated. Company president L B Denning says the Austin Court of Civil Appeals ruling remains inoperative during appeal to higher courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Company
Railroad Commission
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
L. B. Denning
F. M. Echols
Denning
Lone Star
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Ed Brent former sheriff dies in Bonham hospital
Ed Brent 45 former Fannin County Sheriff died Sunday in a Bonham hospital while serving as a deputy under Sheriff A L Chaffin. He is survived by his wife son Edwin, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brent, three brothers George Claude and Lee, and four sisters in Kerrville Vernon Long Beach Calif. The rest of the text about driver ants is unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Jim Moore
Vernon
Creasie Ray
Long Beach
Calif
Bengali Men Discipline Mothers-in-law Entry
A controversial claim declares that Bengali men of India will never permit their mothers-in-law to enter their homes, reflecting cultural tensions and familial boundaries discussed in local discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Kit Carson Papers Found in New Mexico Vault
Brother Claudius of St. Mary’s College California uncovered Kit Carson birth certificate marriage license and burial permit in a sun baked Taos church vault. The documents enrich Carsoniana and trace the famed Indian scout’s life amid local history.
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Taos
N. M
Claudius
St. Mary’s College
California
Kit Carson
Carsoniana
Measuring Cotton Lands in Grayson County
The task to enforce AAA curtailment contracts began in Grayson County with 33 committee members measuring cotton and non contract signers lands. Penalties apply to growers who fail to retire pledged acreage, affecting rental and parity payments. Bankhead act requirements were explained in meetings led by county agent B F Gray. Bankhead certificates for ginning tax payment will be issued ahead of the fall movement, starting in Southern Texas and progressing north as bolls open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Texas
Ivins Speaks On Law Enforcement At Rotary Lunch
Rev G C Ivins pastor First Baptist Church spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on Why Laws Should Be Enforced and urged citizens to support officers. John Reeves led the program and Claud Meador praised absentees while noting 100 percent attendance. Bryant editor Howe News and Tom Bean Times commented on road surfacing from Howe to Tom Bean and Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Ivins
First Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Ivins
John Reeves
Bryant
Howe News
Tom Bean Times
Howe
Tom Bean
Whitewright
Claud Meador
Drought End Seen As Cycle Over in the West
Weather Bureau officials predict the drought may be ending as torrential spring rains improve conditions across the West. Joseph B. Kincer notes one more year of rain would help confirm a shift from dry to wet cycles, while agriculture reports cite rising crop prospects and heavy planting despite rust risk and prior losses of 12 million acres of winter wheat in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West
Weather Bureau
Drouth
Joseph B. Kincer
Agriculture Department
Northwest
Roosevelt Bill Targets Prison-Made Goods Trade
The House passed and sent to the White House a bill making it a federal offense to ship prison-made goods into states with laws forbidding such trade. A $1000 fine is prescribed for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
AAA Tax Ruling Declares AAA Taxes Unconstitutional
The United States Circuit Court ruled the processing tax and floor tax under the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional two to one. The case from Hoosac Mills sought to avoid $81,694, with the decision signaling likely appeals to the Supreme Court and affecting hundreds of similar suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
United States Circuit Court
Hoosac Mills Corporation
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Case
Circuit Court
Congress
Washington
Homer Cummings
Hoosac
Divorced Teachers Live With Spouses Says Lawyers
Los Angeles reporters cite remarks at a national women lawyers meeting about teachers divorcing to avoid discrimination while keeping marital ties. Percilla Lawyer Randolph notes California secrecy around marriages, Felice Cohn cites Nevada cases of women seeking divorce to later remarry and remain with their ex-husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
United States
National Association of Women Lawyers
Percilla
Randolph
California
Nevada
Felice Cohn
Reno
Heat wave claims 13 lives in Texas last week
The wave of heat across Texas last week caused thirteen deaths including five convicts and eight others as temperatures topped 100 degrees. In Whitewright a record heat level was likely among the highest on record, followed by a northeast windstorm that damaged trees and damaged crops. No rainfall in Whitewright for 18 days, with light showers in the surrounding area and threshing nearing completion. farmers urgently need rain within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Whitewright
Hail Damages Crops West of Blue Ridge
J. W. Press of Blue Ridge reports a Friday hail storm damaged crops west of the town. A strip about a mile wide and four miles long saw cotton stripped of leaves and limbs in places, with some fields destroyed though others may recover. Corn fodder was stripped. overall losses described as severe for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Press
Blue Ridge
Allred Won’t Take Stump in Fight on Wets
Texas Governor James V. Allred says he will not campaign publicly against repeal of state constitutional prohibition though he will vote against repeal. He favors submission and respects others’ right to hold convictions, noting his support from both dry and liberal allies. He was elected with broad backing from dry and liberal supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
James V. Allred
Allred
Texas
Grayson 4-H Members Plan All-Day Rally
Grayson County 4-H Clubs will hold an all-day encampment at Loy Park with about 150 boys and girls arriving Friday. County Judge J. J. Loy will give the welcoming address, camp president H. L. Harding Jr. will respond, with talks on orchard care and pecan budding by Jack McCullough and on farm insects by W. J. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Young
Fannin County
Steed Slated for Deputy Clerk Job in Sherman
Raymond Steed of Sherman, son of Judge Dayton B. Steed, will be appointed chief deputy district clerk to succeed B. M. Whiteacre. The appointment becomes effective after October court recess, filling the vacancy created when Whiteacre left for county auditor. Do your buying in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Steed
Sherman
Dayton B. Steed
B. M. Whiteacre
V. Earnest
Steed
Whiteacre
Denison
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Whitesboro Oil
Cotton
Sun Office
ED Brent
New Mexico
Grayson
Drouth End
Bill
George F. Morris
Scott Wilson
George H. Bingham
Grayson 4-H
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