May rainfall in Whitewright shows drought relief needed
May rainfall total 1.22 inches, the lightest in years, fell on six days. Compared with 1936’s 4.83 inches, May this year is about one quarter. First five months sum to 9.48 inches versus 7.51 last year and a normal 16.11. Farmers report dry winds harming gardens. grain crops need rain. Wheat yields around 20-30 bushels per acre, oats up to 60-70. Barley harvested with an Allis-Chalmers harvester averaged over 60 bushels per acre.
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Whitewright
C. C. Cates
John Norris
Allis- Chalmers
Labor bill declared not like old NRA
Washington hears Robert H. Jackson assert the proposed wage and hour bill is distinctly not an NRA measure. He warns a flat minimum wage could threaten constitutionality, opposing echoes of the 1918 child labor ruling while Congress weighs interstate commerce powers.
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Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Keller
Dem
Illinois
NRA
Holt
West Virginia
Black
Alabama
Senate Labor Committee
Supreme Court
Fishing Bill for Red River Signed
Oklahoma Governor Marland signed an executive order empowering the Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission to sell Red River fishing licenses to Texas residents at 1.25 dollars. The order, effective immediately, follows earlier debates in the Sixteenth Legislature which killed the bill for 1.25 licenses amid controversy. State officials had urged the action to replace higher licenses previously required for Texans.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Red River
Marland
James McMahan
Commission
D. D. Hurner
Blind Senator May Become Acting Chief Executive
Texas could have its first blind governor this month if both governor Allred and lieutenant governor Woodhul leave the state. Senator Alan Van Zandt of Grayson County, the blind member of the Senate, was elected president pro tempore for the first called session of the Forty Fifth Legislature. He is noted as the only blind person admitted to the University of Texas and recalled meeting his classmate T W Smith of Illinois by voice. Van Zandt previously brought attention to a petition urging limits on frankness in newspaper pictures of women in bathing suits, a stance that drew ironic contrast with his own sightless perspective. Walter Winchell commented on this in a Sunday broadcast.
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Texas
Allred
Walter Woodhul
Alan van Zandt
Grayson County
Senate
Wilbourne Collie
John Redditt
Will Pace
Tom DeBerry
van Zandt
University of Texas
T. W. Smith
Illinois
Walter Winchell
New Peak Looms For Recovery of Farm Products
Government experts forecast 1937 may set a new peak in agricultural recovery. Cash farm income for the first half could reach about four billion dollars, and the price farmers receive has been favorable since 1925. Demand matches business pace, while farm population likely shrinks as workers move to towns.
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Washington
Tax Rolls Forecast Gain in Sherman County Values
Sherman A gain in assessed tax values over 1936 was forecast by Collier Yeary at a county equalization board session as revisions near completion. Some farm lands, vacant lots, and low rent houses in disrepair were scaled down to match adjacent property, while industries and large businesses saw increases. A levy was placed on much personal property previously untaxed. Final figures were not yet ready.
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Sherman
Collier
County Equalization Board
Top of The Town at Palace Theatre
Preview and Friday show features Doris Nolan George Murphy and Hugh Herbert in Top of the Town at the Palace Theatre. Saturday offers Gene Autry in Rootin Tootin Rhythm with Monday showing Devil's Playground star Richard Dix Dolores Del Rio and Chester Morris.
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Palace Theatre
Doris Nolan
George Murphy
Hugh Herbert
Gene Autrey
Rootin
Tootin
Devil's Playground
Richard Dix
Dolores del Rio
Chester Morris
Katherine Hepburn
Franchot Tone
Local Merchants Support WPA Sewing Project in Whitewright
Local merchants pledge monthly amounts to fund the WPA sewing room now moved to Whitewright. About $15 monthly is raised locally to cover utilities, thread, and related costs for roughly twenty workers earning a total payroll around $600 per month.
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WPA
Whitewright
Dyer & Childress
Luther Gordon
Ira Fleming
Sanders Cafe
Pascal Farley
T. W. Ayres & Son
Cull Reeves
C. H
Whitewright Lumber Co
Manning & Meador
Cole & Davis
J. E. Mangrum
First National Bank
L. LaRoe & Co
W. M. Houston
G. W. Kingly
Tom Stephens
R. R. Waldo
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Gas Explodes In Patient During Johns Hopkins Operation
Dr Winford Smith reports a fatal anesthesia accident at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. Benjamin Taylor 34 of Beliew underwent carbuncle removal and was given a gas mix of oxygen nitrous oxide and ether. An electric cautery sparked the explosion killing Taylor and wounding two nurses. surgeon unharmed.
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Baltimore
Winford Smith
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Benjamin Taylor
Beliew
Smith
Texas race tracks yield big sum to state
The Texas Racing Commission reports nearly 399000 dollars in taxes on wagering and license fees for the first five months of the year. Betting through 125 racing days on meets at Alamo, Epsom, Arlington Downs and smaller tracks pushed total wagering through the wickets close to ten million dollars, with last year’s taxes around 485000.
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Austin
Texas Racing Commission Today
Comptroller’s Department
Alamo
Epsom
Arlington Downs
New Braunfels
Seguin
Amarillo
Calhoun Named Acting President of Texas University
J W Calhoun 64 a UT graduate thirty two years ago was named acting president at a regents meeting to succeed the late Dr Benedict. The university comptroller and professor of applied mathematics will have served about thirty years with the school after rising from instructor to associate professor of mathematics.
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Galveston
J. W. Calhoun
University of Texas
Board of Regents
H. Y. Benedict
Calhoun
Pennsylvania
Harvard
House Praised By Allred for Repeal Action
Gov. James V. Allred praised the House for its swift passage of a horse race betting repeal bill during the current special session. He suggested Senate support was growing and noted leaders moved a tight calendar to avoid delaying a vote.
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Senate
Nelson
Roosevelt Outlines Ten Ways to Beat Income Taxes
President Roosevelt told Congress on Tuesday that several methods are used to dodge federal taxes. The list includes foreign holdings in low tax jurisdictions, foreign life insurance premiums borrowed back, domestic holding companies, yacht and estate incorporations, artificial interest deductions, multiple trusts, and family partnerships. He also urged Congress to tighten three provisions: oil and mining depletion deductions, division of income in community property states, and taxation of non-resident aliens.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bahamas
Panama
Newfoundland
Texas Produces 846 Trailers In 1936
Washington report states Texas trailer makers produced 846 automobile trailers in 1936 valued at 323175 dollars. Nine Texas firms in the infant industry built these trailers, while total U S output reached 357 establishments producing 53646 trailers worth 421763000.
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Texas
Washington
Bureau of Census
United States Department of Commerce
Lone Star
Roosevelt Bride to Wear Something Old and Blue
Ethel Du Pont, set to wed Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., will honor old traditions at her June 30 wedding in a historic Du Pont church. The groom’s family gifts include a silver chest and pearls from Mrs. Roosevelt, and John Roosevelt will serve as usher while Aimee Du Pont is maid of honor among six to eight bridesmaids.
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Wilmington
Del
Ethel du Pont
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
du Pont
Sara Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Franklin
Ethel
Franklin Jr
Aimee du Pont
John Roosevelt
Donkey baseball game prep pits Rotarians against Scout Dads
Rotarians and Boy Scouts dads ready for a humorous donkey baseball clash at American Legion park under floodlights. Lineups include Gomer May and Bob Sears leading respective sides with Mayor Echols and Officer Mangrum as umpires. Admission 10c children, 25c others with Scouts receiving half proceeds.
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Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of Whitewright
American Legion
Murray Bryant
Ed LaRoe
H. W. Key
Claud Meador
Bob Sears
Dud Maddox
Otto Russell
C. B. Bryant Jr
K. B. Simmons
Roscoe Gillett
Morris Pennell
Hot Newman
Goon
May
Rotarians
Meador
Hoss Key
Druggist Charged After Infant Death in Texas
Frank D. Adams of Atlanta Texas faced negligent homicide charges after a prescription he filled led to the death of 8 month old Joan Burnham. Investigators found the child received sodium nitrate instead of citrate as ordered. The case was to be presented to the Linden district court grand jury the week of June 7.
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McMichael
Linden
Evidence Gained Without Warrant Leads to Dismissals
Sherman area cases against Offie Evans and Truman Evans on burglary and chicken theft were dismissed after evidence in chicken theft case was found obtained without a search warrant. Judge R M Carter directed not guilty verdicts when only two chickens and related items were used as evidence. State motions for dismissal were granted.
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Offie Evans
Truman Evans
R. C. Slagle Jr
Presbyterians To Renounce War
Columbus Ohio The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A instructed a committee late today to draft an amendment to its confession of faith renouncing war as a method of settling international disputes The amendment would express opposition to war yet allow communicants to decide for themselves the right or wrong of armed conflict
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Girl Graduate Killed With Mother in Wreck
Van Alstyne Miss Ruth Harris age 17 and her mother Mrs Jim Harris 55 died in a Saturday afternoon automobile collision near Van Alstyne. Ruth had been set to receive her diploma Monday night. The other vehicle was driven by J Williams who escaped with minor injuries.
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van Alstyne
Ruth Harris
van Alstyne High School
Jim Harris
Ruth
J. Williams
Here
Winter and Spring Wheat Crop May Be Biggest Since 1931
Chicago crop experts forecast the 1937 US winter and spring wheat harvest at about 878 million bushels, the largest since 1931, based on private estimates from six forecasters and reports from farmers and grain dealers. May deterioration is noted in the winter wheat belt. The 1936 crop was 626 million, with a 1928–1932 average of 863 million.
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Chicago
United States
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