Funeral today for Mrs. Laura Stuteville at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Ophelia Stuteville wife of J. A. Stuteville are at 3 p m at the First Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Joe M Connally Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery under R R Waldo direction She died at home at 10 a m Wednesday June 9 1937 born January 23 1861 in McKinney married January 18 1883 lived on farms near Desert and Whitewright Survivors include husband and children L Z Stuteville Edna Fleming Noan Y Stuteville G C Stuteville C H Stuteville Grady Stuteville J A Stuteville Jr Overton Stuteville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Ophelia Stuteville
J. A. Stuteville
First Methodist Church
Joe M. Connally
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. R. Waldo
McKinney
E. R. Myrick
Desert
Whitewright
Stuteville
Methodist Church
L. Z. Stuteville
Edna Fleming
Noan Y. Stuteville
Leonard
G. C. Stuteville
C. H. Stuteville
Grady Stuteville
J. A. Stuteville Jr
Dallas
Overton Stuteville
Boston
Mass
Funeral for Truman Partridge 9 Held at Marvin Church
Funeral services for Truman D. Partridge age 9 were held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Marvin Methodist Church with Rev E F Lancaster of Ector officiating Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery under R R Waldo Funeral Directors He died at 4 30 a m Monday in a Sherman hospital from head injuries after a baseball bat struck him Sunday afternoon while watching a game He was born May 1 1928 to Mr and Mrs Albert Partridge of the Ely community and was a student at Ely school He is survived by his parents two brothers Vaughan and Billy Wayne Partridge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman D. Partridge
Marvin Methodist Church
E. F. Lancaster
Ector
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. R. Waldo
Truman
Sherman
Ambrose
Ely
Albert Partridge
Ely School
Vaughan Partridge
Billy Wayne Partridge
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Childress 75 held at Church of Christ
Mrs Jennie Childress 75 died after an extended illness. Funeral at 10 am Saturday at Church of Christ with Rev J R Waldrum officiating. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery Bells. Born March 15 1862 in Pikeville Tenn she lived in Whitewright many years. Survived by five sons Gus Childress Big Spring Sam Childress Bells J R Childress Slaton E R Childress Slaton Ben Childress Borger one daughter J H Copeland West Fork Ark 20 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. All children at her bedside at death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Childress
Church of Christ
J. R. Waldrum
Rose Hill
Bells
Pikeville
Tenn
Jesse Colvard
Mr. Childress
Tennessee
Grayson County
Whitewright
Sam Childress
Big Spring
Gus Childress
J. R
E. R. Childress
Slaton
Ben Childress
Borger
Long Vacation for High Court Irks Roosevelt
President Roosevelt criticized the Supreme Court for a four month vacation leaving important administration cases undecided. He asserted his court reform bill will pass this session and urged quicker decisions on major public interest cases, aiming for decisions within six months. He contrasted this with current delays of up to three years or more.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Nicotine spray repels dogs from shrubs says expert
Stillwater Oklahoma Franklin J Ruedel an Oklahoma A and M floriculturist says to spray the lower branches of shrubs with dilute nicotine sulphate black sea 40 after rain. The repellent keeps dogs away but does not harm plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Franklin J. Ruedel
Oklahoma
Texas unemployment fund receipts rise to 10 million
Texas employers paid 10 334 331 into the unemployment insurance trust, state Employment Compensation Council records show. The agency forwarded 870 000 to the U S Treasury as part of recent collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Employment Compensation Couff
F. Treasury
Governor signs bill for partial back tax payment
Governor James V. Allred signs a bill by Representative M. Colquitt allowing taxpayers to begin partial back tax payments on July 1. The measure, part of the regular session, appropriates 266,136 dollars to miscellaneous claims and was debated amid discussions of the year's budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USTIN
James V. Allred
Representativns M. Colquitt
Dallas
Neous
War pension bills push through Congress despite veto risk
In Washington a drive to enact two war veterans pension bills opened in Congress. One bill covers World War veterans and dependents, the other Spanish American War veterans. Combined cost about $14 million annually. Rankin bill raises dependents payments and adjusts disability thresholds. Gasque bill extends $60 pensions to age 65 and raises Spanish War pensions for those needing constant care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Soldiers Bloc
Rankin
Gasque
Hollywood Star Harlow Funeral Brings Celebrity Attendance
In Glendale California a twenty minute service for Jean Harlow drew about two hundred mourners. William Powell and Miss Harlow's mother Jean Bello wept openly as Sophie Tucker Hal Rosson and other Hollywood figures attended. The ceremony featured Jeanette MacDonald singing and a eulogy by a Christian Science practitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Hollywood
Jean Harlow
William Powell
Miss Harlow
Jean Bello
Powell
Jeanette McDonald
Charles McGrew
McGrew
Hal Rosson
Sophie Tucker
Genevieve Smith
Mrs. Smith
David
Nelson Eddy
Matching for Drinks May Cost You $50 Under Old Texas Law
Texas law from thirty years ago punished coin matching with a $50 fine and banned games like Muggins and various betting on cards. The piece outlines penalties for keeping gaming tables, shooting dice, betting on football, raffles, lotteries, bucket shops, and unauthorized gambling in public or private spaces, with prison terms and fines spanning two to four years, up to $1,000 for certain raffles. It notes enforcement gaps and vague definitions in Art. 624 and 632.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Legislature Fails To Get Pay In Bitter Conference
In Texas two weeks into the session legislators have no pay mileage or per diem funds. A proposed $100000 appropriation stalls in a conference deadlock between House and Senate leaders. Conferees remain opposed as warrant brokers intrigue and no authorization to pay vouchers exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House
Senate
Texas
Liquor Revenue Totals in April Reach $481 733
Austin reports liquor revenue for April totaled 481 733 dollars. The figure reflects continuing sales activity in the sector and supports state and local revenue projections for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Interest Shown In 1-Justice Court Proposal
Washington dispatch reports Senators weighing an 11 member Supreme Court plan by Senator Andrews as a potential substitute for the Roosevelt judiciary bill. Administration aides reportedly back the idea, with talks of adding only one justice per year and a cap near 15, while Hatch’s fluctuating sized court plan remains under discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrews
D-Fla
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Andrew
Hatch
Fines and collections rise by 35 percent in report
The report shows a 35 percent increase from 356,289 in the same month last year. Fines assessed on law violators totaled 18,367, returned to the counties where convictions were obtained. Also noted is an advertisement: Typewriter Paper for Sale at Sun Office.
Methodist Young People Urged to Clean Up Church Drinking
Lynn Landrum editor of The Dallas Journal told delegates at the North Texas Conference Methodist Youth assembly that churches must discipline their own members before condemning others. He warned that churches tolerating liquor or gambling cannot advocate anti drinking laws or moral reform. He urged church committees to confront drinkers among members and pressed for proactive action within the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Lynn Landrum
Dallas Journal
Young People’s Assembly of the
North Texas Conference
Methodist Church, South
Highland Park Methodist Church
Austin
Landrum
Methodist Church
Texas
State Highway Department
Whitewright
Texas teachers gain optional joint retirement plan
Texas 47 000 public school teachers become eligible to join a new retirement system financed jointly by the state and educators. Participation is optional with a 5 percent employee contribution up to 3600 dollars and a large state match. First year state funding estimated at 1.5 million dollars may require tax measures. Retirement rules require 20 years of service and age 60 for optional retirement, with mandatory retirement at 70 unless allowances are granted. The fund is governed by a board including the life insurance commissioner, a state officials’ chairman, an education board appointee, and three teachers.
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Allred
State Life Insurance Commissioner
Board of Control
State Board of Education
State Teachers’ Association
Rainfall Totals From Whitewright Since Last Thursday
Rainfall in Whitewright totals 1.14 inches per C C Cates records. Amounts include .03 on June 3, .37 the night of June 3, .06 on June 6, .13 on June 7, and .55 on June 8. Ground wetter than since April, but not enough to close cracks from long dry spell. Wet spell has delayed grain harvest but aided cotton, corn, pastures and gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
C. C. Cates
Jean Harlow at Palace Theatre Tonight and Friday
Jean Harlow in Personal Property with Robert Taylor screens at the Palace Theatre tonight and Friday. Saturday features Two Gun Law with Charles Starrett. The Vigilantes Are Coming with Bob Livingston starts Friday, shown also Saturday. Upcoming previews include Sea Devils with Victor McLaglen Preston Foster and Ida Lupino, and Woman Wise with Rochelle Hudson and Michael Whalen. Next week Seventh Heaven stars Simone Simon and James Stewart Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Harlow
Palace Theatre
Robert Taylor
Charles Starrett
Bob Livingston
Victor McLaglen
Preston Foster
Ida Lupino
Rochelle
Sheriff to Arrest WPA Workers Who Refuse Other Jobs
Bibb County Sheriff James R. Hicks Jr. announced a crackdown on WPA workers who refuse private employment. He vowed to arrest those refusing work and fill the jail if needed to ease local labor troubles. State judges urged grand juries to indict employables refusing work at prevailing wages instead of WPA jobs.
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Macon
James R. Hicks Jr
Bibb County
D. L. Floyd
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Cottonseed Declared a New Gem by Dallas Address
In Dallas Charles J. Haden called cotton seed "diamonds." District Clerk Floyd Jackson wears a stickpin with a single cotton seed as the stone. He notes rising cotton seed prices could make the seed a rare gem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Dallas
Charles J. Haden
Atlanta
Floyd Jackson
WPA Rolls Cut 20 Percent in Dallas Plan
Dallas WPA district director Gus W. Thomasson announced a 20 percent cut in relief workers by July 15. He specified 10 percent would be removed by June 15 and the remaining staff by mid next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Gus W. Thomasson
WPA
Whitewright Boys Win FFA Contests
Whitewright Future Farmers members at North Texas Agricultural College Arlington won four first places across four of six North Texas area contests. Boyd Newman won public speaking on Farm Tenancy, Floyd Everheart won news writing on Educational Tours, Rex Brown took extemporaneous speaking on Soil Conservation Is a National Problem, and Jack Meador Merriwell Vineyard won debating on Federal Government Justified in Carrying Out the Soil Conservation Program. All entrants were coached by John Bean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmer
North Texas
North Texas Agricultural College
Arlington
Whitewright
Future Farmers Chapter
Boyd Newman
Floyd Everheart
Rex Brown
Neous
Jack Meador
Merriwell Vineyard
John Bean
Open House at the Webb Manse to View Renovations
Dr and Mrs B Wrenn Webb invite Presbyterian Church members and friends to tour the manse this Thursday from 7 to 9 PM. The congregation funded a new roof and the Ladies Aid transformed the interior with wallpaper paint sanded and waxed floors and new linoleum. An electric refrigerator was purchased for the manse by the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
The
Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Officers Elected by Whitewright Mason Lodge No 167
Whitewright Lodge No 167 A F and A M elected officers for the new Masonic year at a Monday meeting. B W Newman was chosen worshipful master, John Bean senior warden, L E Ricketts junior warden, W H Stedham treasurer, O L Jones secretary, and Dr J N Powell ryler. Jones and Powell were re elected. others are new. Installations set for June. appointive officers not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Lodge No. 167
A. F
A. M
B. W. Newman
John Bean
L. E. Ricketts
W. H. Stedham
O. L. Jones
J. N. Powell
Ryler
Jones
Dr. Powell
Roosevelt Sought As Head of Texas U
Austin observers discuss a remote possibility that President Roosevelt could head the Texas University after his term ends. The idea stems from his personal interest in Texas education, reflected by his son Elliott Roosevelt serving on the A and M board, a relationship President Roosevelt acknowledged after visiting Texas A&M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Texas
Austin
Elliott Roosevelt
Wets Defeated As Repeal Beaten By Georgia Voters
Atlanta unofficial returns show repeal of Georgia prohibition defeated by 8,277 votes. For repeal 94,652 against repeal 102,929. Voters also approved 26 constitutional amendments backed by Governor Rivers and opposed by ex governor Talmadge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Eugene Talmadge
Skid on Hot Doggie Wins $600 Verdict
New York police lieutenant Hilbert Wheelwright received a $600 verdict after slipping on a fallen hot dog at Harry's Lunchroom Bar and Grill. Supreme Court Justice Bonynge awarded the damages for injuries alleged in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Bonynge
Hilbert Wheelwright
Harry
Wooden $5 Check Written by Doctor Cashed by Bank
Dr. A J Colton refused wooden nickels yet sent a wooden check for five dollars to pay club dues. He tore a piece from a bushel basket, wrote a check on it, and mailed it. The club cashier endorsed the check and the bank cashed it.
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Buffalo
N. Y
A. J. Colton
Colton
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Harlow
Justice Court
Sun Office
Whitewright Boys
Mrs. Webb
Masonic Lodge
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