Tax Value May Reach 4 Billion in Texas
Comptroller S H Terrell sent blanks to county tax assessors to estimate taxable values for setting the state tax rate. Final returns are due July 15 but may be received July 16 since the 15th falls on a Sunday. The board must meet by July 20. proposed cuts could lower the rate from 67 to about 60 cents. Texas is expected to reach a 4,000,000,000 valuation for the first time, with 1927 total at 3,898,954,064 and a 1927 gain of 254,000,000 over 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
S. H. Terrell
Automatic Tax Board
Campbell
Texas
U S Claims $8.5 Million Against Blackmer Over Taxes
Federal tax liens totaling 8.4985 million dollars were filed against Henry M. Blackmer, Denver oil operator in self exile, covering 1916 1917 and 1919 1923. Attachments were served on Denver and New York assets. a New York grand jury was convened as proceedings move toward possible prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Henry M. Blackmer
France
Blackmer
New York
Recorder’s Office
New York City
Modern Food Preservation Talk for Whitewright Housewives
A Whitewright meeting for housewives will discuss modern methods of food preservation at 2:30 PM on Friday June 8 at the Lloyd Moore furniture store. L R Mark of Hugh Cooper Company will lecture on decay causes and electric refrigeration benefits, with a post lecture discussion and Frigidaire frozen desserts served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Lloyd Moore
L. R. Mark
Hugh Cooper Company
Mark
Bartley to Speak to Whitewright Masons on Symbolic Masonry
Thomas M. Bartley Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Texas will address Whitewright Lodge No. 167 A F and A M Monday night June 11 on Symbolic Masonry. Invitations extended to neighboring lodges and a full house is expected with refreshments to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Bartley
Royal Arch Masons of Texas
Whitewright Masons
Whitewright Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Bartley
Blue Lodge
Masons Elect Officers at Whitewright Lodge
Whitewright Lodge No. 167 A F and A M elects officers including W M B B Hall S W Dr R R May J W C Bryant treasurer B H Thomson secretary J N Powell tiler Glenn Doss S D C J Meador J D W H Stedham S S Lloyd Moore J S Rev J F Fender Chaplain trustees H G Webster Ray Manning J C Gillespie finance committee The Whitewright Masonic Chapter elects D S McMillin H P Lloyd Moore King P J Roberts Scribe Guy Hamilton treasurer B H Thomson secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Lodge No
A. F
A. M
B. B. Hall
W. M
Dr. R. R. May
S. W
J. W. Willbanks
J. W. C. Bryant
B. H. Thomson
J. N. Powell
Glenn Doss
S. D
C. J. Meador
King
P. J. Roberts
Guy Hamilton
District Candidates File With Chairman McMillin Files for Floratorial Representative
D. S. McMillin former state legislator filed Friday with County Chairman Ben F. Gafford as a candidate for the nomination of floratorial representative from Grayson and Collin Counties. Saturday June 16 is the last day for county offices and Monday was the last day for district offices. Announced for district offices include Judge Fifteenth District Court R. M. Carter and Dayton B. Steed Judge Fifty-Ninth District Court F. E. Wilcox McKinney District Clerk G. P. Gafford Floratorial representative C. A. Barker and D. S. McMillin Congressman Fourth District Sam Rayburn incumbent Ben L. Sherley Tom W. Perkins and Wallace Hughston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. McMillin
Legislature
State
Senate
Ben F. Gafford
Grayson
Collin
McMillin
House
Fifteenth District Court
R. M. Carter
Dayton B. Steed
F. E. Wilcox
McKinney
G. P. Gafford
C. A. Barker
Sam Rayburn
Ben L. Sherley
Tom W. Perkins
Wallace Hughston
Radium Rays Victims Receive $48 000 Each Settlement
Five women injured by radioactive poisoning while employed by the United States Radium Corporation settled out of court. Federal Judge Clark said the deal equals a jury verdict of $48 000 per woman, with $10 000 lump sum, past medical expenses, $600 yearly pension, $15 000 counsel fee, and $4 500 disbursements. Each will receive the lump sum by June 11 and an annual income of about $1 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
United States Radium Corporation
Clark
Wardlaw to Speak at Sherman Monday Night
Fort Worth gubernatorial candidate L. J. Wardlaw will address residents of Sherman on Monday at 8 p m. The meeting at the courthouse will feature music by the Municipal Band and is arranged by his son who is in Sherman for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Wardlaw
Fort Worth
Texas
Sherman
Court House
County Wins Road Condemnation Suit
Grayson County court jury upheld an appraisal of 90 dollars per acre for 4.39 acres condemned for the Sherman Denison highway right of way. Defendants sought four thousand dollars but received three hundred ninety dollars as the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Sherman-Denison
Grayson County
J. P. Redick
Whitewright Rotary Club Wins Second Attendance Prize
The Whitewright Rotary Club claimed its second attendance prize at the Denison inter city meet against clubs from Bonham Sherman Durant and Madill. A loving cup was the first prize won earlier and the Denison meeting awarded 44 silk flags as second prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Rotary Club
Denison
Bonham, Sherman
Durant
Madill
Greenville
Linz Bros
Dallas
Whitewright
Rotary Anns
Denison Rotary Club
Simpson Hotel
Bonham Club
Virginia Point Home Coming Draws 300 Plus
More than 300 former residents and friends gathered for the Virginia Point church home coming, with services in morning and afternoon and a noon picnic. Speakers included Rev. J. F. Clifton of Dallas and Rev. D. F. Fuller of Arlington, longtime church leaders. The church lies four miles northeast of Bells, Gray son County, attracting attendees from Whitewright as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Point
J. F. Clifton
Dallas
Virginia Point Church
D. F. Fuller
Arlington
Fuller
North Texas Methodist Conference
Preston
Grayson County
Bells
Whitewright
Seven Children Die At Crossing Illinois Trains Kill Family
Seven children, six from one family, died when an Illinois Transit System interurban struck their automobile at Auburn crossing twelve miles south of Springfield on Tuesday night. The crash involved the St. Louis to Springfield service and the surviving occupants were hospitalized with injuries.
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Springfield
Ill
Auburn
Here
Illinois Traction System
St. Louis
Boll Weevil Activity Drops in Cotton Belt
The Department of Agriculture reports boll weevil emergence through May 16 is markedly lower than in the previous three years. Data come from sixteen federal, state, and college stations across the cotton belt. The note ends with a political aside from the Arkansas Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cotton Belt
D D Whiting Dies at Sherman Age 43 Bank Leader
D D Whiting, 43, president of the Madill National Bank in Madill Oklahoma, died Sunday afternoon in a Sherman hospital after being brought there for treatment a week earlier. He was born in Bells and formerly cashier at the bank. survived by wife Zelma two sons Edward and Dugan Dale one daughter Noweeta, his parents four brothers and two sisters. He was a Mason and Methodist and attended by relatives from Whitewright at Madill service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Whiting
Madill National Bank
Madill
Okla
Sherman
G. D. F. Whiting
Denison
Bells
Hawkins Proposes One Term For Governor Of Texas
Breckenridge candidate Judge William E. Hawking declares if elected he would seek to change term length to four years and bar immediate reentry to any state or federal office for two years. He urges rivals to state firm positions and criticizes current political turnover as unproductive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturnalia
Commonwealth
Texas
Dr. R. May Celebrates 77th Birthday Homecoming
Dr. R. May a longtime Whitewright physician marked his 77th birthday with a Sunday homecoming. Guests included his children and their families from Waco, Dallas, Wilson Oklahoma, and New York, trois. The celebrants praised his decades of service and vitality as he continues practicing six days a week to serve North Texas residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. May
Whitewright
Lester May
Waco
H. G. May
Dallas
E. O. May
Wilson, Okla
Albert Lee Jackson
New York
Ross R. May
Dr. May
Texas
May
Smith Is Hope Of Democratic Party Leaders
Washington. Gov. Alfred E. Smith sits with roughly 600 first ballot votes at the Houston convention, 134 short of nominating strength. Despite doubts among some, most leaders expect Smith to secure the two thirds and secure patronage returns, while rivals Reed, Simmons Heflin, and Hull maneuver for alternative outcomes and regional blocs.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Smith
Reed
Missouri
Simmons- Heflin
Simmons-Heflin
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Reed’s. Hull
Simmons
North Carolina
Texas
Hull
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Utah
West Virginia
Ritchie
Maryland
Pomerene
Ohio
Ayers
Kansas
Woollen
Indiana
Hitchcock
Nebraska
George
Georgia
Pomerone
Alabama
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Four Candidates For Governor and Other Races Listed
Georgetown reports the filing deadline yields three candidates against Gov. Dan Moody and seven for the U S Senate. The Wilcox list shows Alvin Owsley Tom Connally Minnie Fisher Cunningham Earle B. Mayfield W A Rowe Jeff McLemore Thomas L Blanton for the Senate and Wardlaw Hawkins Edith Wilmans Moody for Governor with a full slate of lieutenant governor state official and judicial candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Dan Moody
United States
O. B. Colquitt
Dallas
Wilcox
United States Senate
Alvin Owsley
Tom Connally
Marlin
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Galveston
Earle
Austin
Andrew J. Britton
Quitman
E. I. Flynt
Quanah
G. Herschel Boggs
San Angelo
Lon A. Smith
Jefferson Smith
George B. Terrell
W. Gregory Hatcher
Grover C. Harris
Claude Pollard
James V. Allred
Wichita Falls
State Supreme Court
T. B. Greenwood
Court of Criminal Appeals
W. C. Morrow
Lee P. Pierson
S. H. Terrell
J. D. Jones
Hoover Smith stories payment dispute surfaces in inquiry
A revised record shows $22 532 in contributions and $18 586 in expenditures for the Hoover campaign in West Virginia. Harry C Woodyard filed the report with the Senate investigative committee. Lowell Mellett of the Washington Daily News testified that Scripps Howard papers paid $6 000 for a life of Smith and a life of Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Harry C. Woodyard
Hoover
Senator Heflin
Alabama
D. C
Daily News
Smith
Lowell Mellett
Heflin
Scripps- Howard
Scripps- Howard Papers
Mellett
Dawes
Hughston to Speak Here Saturday in Whitewright
Hon Wallace Hughston of Mc Kinney a Congress candidate will address Whitewright this Saturday at 3 30 p m discussing farm relief and issues of voter interest. He was scheduled last week but rain prevented his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Hughston
McKinney
Congress
Whitewright
Hughston
Central Christian Church Sunday Services Ahead
Regular service at usual hours next Sunday. At 11 o'clock Rev. Purvis lectures on The Program of the Church What Why When. An evangelistic service is planned for 8 o'clock in the evening. Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Morn
Eve Presbyterian
Methodist
Central Christian
Church of Christ
Baptist
Purvis
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U.S
Mae Nede
T. M. Bartley
Masons
Wardlaw
Coolidge
Arkansas Gazette
Hawkins
Hoover-Smith
Churhes
Central Christian Church
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