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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
1
James E. Bennett and Company, using reports from farmers and grain dealers, forecast a record winter and spring wheat crop this year totaling 1,055,000,000 bushels. The prior domestic high was 1,009,000,000 bushels in 1915, according to statistician C. M. Galvin. The release helped push prices to five year lows.
Sherman reports that grading work on Highway 69 from Denison to Bells will start soon. County Judge Jake J. Loy received a letter Tuesday from T. H. Webb assistant state highway engineer. A budget of $5,632.76 was set aside on May 24 for widening road shoulders with A. A. Walker resident state highway engineer in charge.
Francisco Lozano produced the nation’s first bale of cotton for the fifth time. The bale, weighing 570 pounds, came from 1,700 pounds of seed cotton ginned at Guerra gin near Rio Grande City and sent to Corpus Christi with local business leaders. Pickers began May 3.
AUSTIN state police suspended for 60 days the license of Henry Gonzales of Austin after testimony he had three speeding arrests since an accident that killed an elderly man. The Public Safety Department can suspend licenses up to a year for habitual recklessness. Gonzales refused surrender. an appeal to the courts is planned.
Rolland Matthew Seaman, 19, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was barred from state highways for one year by State Safety Commissioner J. M. Gentry after a May 14 accident. State patrol records show Seaman had prior crashes in Edmond killing three and in Oklahoma City killing one.
King Sisowath Monivong of Cambodia reportedly dismissed 100 dancing-girl wives as an economy move yet retains 100 others. The ex-queens remain employed as members of the Cambodian Ballet funded by temple offerings in Indo China, next to Siam.
Ownership of the Fant Milling Company passed from Tex-O Kan Flour Mills to local interests Tuesday. James A. Fant remains general manager and Ford Moore returns to active involvement. A new Fant Milling Company with $400,000 capital is organized under the old name. The American Red Cross was organized May 21, 1881.
Floyd Everheart said on Wednesday he will likely make a formal sheriff bid next week in Grayson County. The former sheriff from 1923 to 1926 has been an investigator for the Texas Liquor Control Board. Three others, Benton Davis, Pleas Porter, and John Ev ridge, have already announced.
Extensive work at Loy Lake between Sherman and Denison aims to welcome the season with a new pier and a 30 by 60 foot swimmers shed, spillway repairs, sand beaches, caretaker quarters, riprap extension, mat covered spring boards, and a sand bottom over mud. Whitewright residents learn Loy Lake is a North Texas beauty spot on the Denison Sherman road now improved with asphalt and gravel.
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the crop control law increasing this year’s tobacco marketing quotas by two percent and authorizing redistribution of unused cotton acreage allotments. The measures allow transfer of unused cotton allotment portions among growers to address overplanting in Texas and Oklahoma and to aid eligibility for benefit payments. A survey will determine the acres available for redistribution.
Memorial rites were conducted at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with Rev H G Gray of Honey Grove and Rev J A Henderson assisting. Mrs McSpedden died at 3 30 a m Wednesday at her Pilot Grove home and was born February 17 1858 near Anna. Interment in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by six children and a sister.
In winter Yosemite National Park presents two climate brands side by side. The south side of the Yosemite Valley shaded by cliffs runs many degrees cooler than the opposite sunlit side where abundant sunshine keeps temperatures mild enough for midday exercise without wraps.
Eli Culbertson, veteran bridge authority, contends five suit bridge will last only with major changes. He foresees the widow card becoming central and notes the new deck may fail to displace traditional four suit bridge, as good players cling to proven methods.
The document outlines official scoring rules for five suit bridge notrump and suit contracts. It covers suit values such as Eagles and Spades with and Diamonds and Clubs, notes a 120 point game, and lists bonus structures including small slam grand slam and super restrictions. It mentions undertricks overtricks and honor bonuses aligned with standard contract scoring, with an unusual 300 point bonus for five aces in one hand.
Grayson County will challenge a State Highway Department move to shift bus registration fees. The department sued Dixie Motor Company in Dallas County to force three buses registered in Grayson County to be registered in Dallas County, totaling 758.60 dollars. County Auditor B. M. Whiteacre notes the law assigns first 50 000 of receipts to the county and half up to 175 000, with over 175 000 going to the state.
Sherman. The rifle range at Loy Park was declared safe in a report by Ed Robb, inspector at Austin, after W. M. Kirby complained. Kirby alleged ricochet bullets fell in his yard. the report found Kirby out of range and urged eight feet more dirt behind the target pit as an extra safeguard before further use.
A two month old dog ran amok in McKinney injuring five people. The dog was killed and its head sent to Austin for rabies testing. Bited individuals include Mrs Claud Donaldson and her children Darrell seven Doris six Mary Donaldson three and Dick Snider.
Rev. S. L. Terry delivered the commencement sermon as 44 seniors received diplomas at graduation exercises. Grammar School held graduation for 31 seventh graders. Baccalaureate for the senior class was at the Methodist Church with Rev. Joe M. Connally preaching. all three events drew large crowds.
Nearly 300 people died violently during the three day Memorial Day holiday across 45 states totaling 297 deaths. Traffic accidents caused 174 deaths, drownings 72, and other miscues 40. Illinois led with 25 fatalities, followed by Pennsylvania 22 and Ohio 20. A cloudburst drowned five members of a Manchester Kentucky miner family. the rest remained missing. An Illinois multi-fatal crash and four deaths from airplane crashes were also reported.
A county wide dress parade of Grayson County women farm clubs is set for Saturday June 25 at the American Legion hall in Denison starting 9 30 a m A picnic lunch will be served and one woman from each group will win a free trip to the A and M College short course July 13 14 15 Judges are Mrs H R Short Sherman and Miss Dudley Hambright Bells Forty five women from sixteen clubs attended the council meeting with reports on recent group meetings and plans for educational booths at the Red River Valley Fair.
France salutes culinary icons with statues and monuments. A village near Grasse unveils a monument to the inventor of peach melba, Vimoutiers houses a statue of Camembert’s discoverer, and Mont Saint Michel preserves Madame Poulard the famed omelette maker in a lasting tribute.
The city hosts over 100 snake shops, claiming the largest outlets process about 100000 snakes annually.
Grayson County agents W. O. Teddlie and S. A. McKerley begin mixing poison mash to fight grasshoppers in the county. Administered afternoons at the old Sherman jail grounds, free to farmers who collect it, with half the bran and mixing costs covered. Federal funds pay for poison and half the bran. Heaviest infestations reported in North Grayson and along Red River. more mixing stations possible if demand grows.
Jackson Miss The State Supreme Court awarded a black tenant farmer a judgment of 2279 91 against his white landlord for charging usurious interest on a cotton crop loan The ruling targets landlord J W Copeland who forfeited interest and principal to Less Taylor after charging more than 20 percent per year in a delta cotton region known for tenant farming
Night Marshal Frank Stafford reported three youths beat 45-year-old hotel clerk Edward Foshee to death with a pint whisky bottle after he refused them liquor. Foshee died from blows to the left temple following a disturbance when he tried to call police.
President Roosevelt signed the omnibus judgeship act on Tuesday, clearing the way for 20 new federal judges. The measure, based on the judicial conference's recommendations, authorizes four additional Circuit Court Justices, an Associate Justice for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and 15 new district judges.
New York reports major department stores across dry goods drugs and retail lines launch National Cotton Week. Over 500,000 employees in 50,000 stores promote cotton goods through June 4 with prices lower than 9c cotton amid expected $2.25 million in merchandising efforts. Cotton Textile Institute sponsor Charles K. Everett notes unprecedented consumer savings.
Former Whitewright residents Lynn W Landrum and Bob Jones feud over The Dallas Journal editorials. A Dallas News chemist sugarcoats the page into cake flavor, prompting Jones to eat a large slice amid a dinner party with Landrum and Celina editor B E O'Brien observing. A copper engraving of Jack Patton's illustration was given to Jones.
Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature may set minimum prices for haircuts and barber services. The decision reverses a prior ruling on the 1936 Barber Act which allowed bottom prices via the Board of Barber Examiners upon a majority petition. The court cited liberal interpretations of legislative power from the U S Supreme Court and a Washington State wage act as precedent.
Washington reports Staff Sergeant Frank Wichey, the army’s most famous bugler, retires on pension after three decades of service. His horn sounded taps at the Unknown Soldier burial on Armistice Day 1920, marking a historic moment in military ceremony.
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