Rayburn Remains Steadfast on Red River Dam Project
Representative Sam Rayburn reiterated his support for the Red River dam near Denison despite a second Army engineers rejection. He criticized land-cost estimates and pledged to appeal to the advisory committee on work relief allotments, and if needed to the President, after General Markham advised against the project with a $50.253 million price tag and 41 percent land purchase costs.
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Washington
Red River
Denison
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Chief of Army Engineers
Roosevelt
Advisory
E. M. Markham
Army Engineers
Markham
Roosevelt Addresses West Point Class of 267 Cadets
President Roosevelt as commander in chief outlined a peace program while endorsing a partial restoration of defense. He handed diplomas to the 1935 United States Military Academy graduates as cheers rose on the Hudson campus before he departed for Washington.
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West Point
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States Military Academy
Hudson
Washington
Denison dam deemed unsuitable relief project by Roosevelt
Roosevelt cited a flood control project resembling Denison dam as unfit for work relief. He noted local interests must provide rights of way and maintenance, and estimated costs far above relief benefits, making the project unattractive for employment relief.
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Denison Dam
Roosevelt
Poison Tests Put Students as Human Guinea Pigs
Four young women and sixty-eight young men at the New York Homeopathic Medical College serve as human guinea pigs testing poisons. Dr. Linn J. Boyd announced at the American Institute of Homeopathy meeting that sulfur and aluminum poisons have been fed to volunteers, with lead tests planned next. He warned some drugs may require human trials for thorough evaluation. Results of tests to date were not disclosed.
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New York
Boyd
Plains Farmers Running Planters Twenty Four Hours
Heavy rains in Plainview push farmers to plant and replant cotton around the clock to recover time. Wet ground hinders some fields while other areas lack moisture, delaying planting in parts of the Plainview region.
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Plainview
Letter disputes veterans claim about government pay and insurance
A reader shares a letter from a veteran noting pay while overseas, deductions for insurance and dependents, bond losses, and criticism of President Roosevelt's veto message. The author claims officers pressured bond purchases and urges printing to counter treasury graft accusations. The signer cites nervous shocks from fighting in France.
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France
Roosevelt
Seas
Treasury
Card of Thanks to Bethel Community Friends
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness during her illness and for sympathy after her passing. Special thanks to Bethel community friends and those who sent flowers.
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Bethel
Clergy Criticized for Lax Marital Rites in America
A Federal Council report criticizes Protestant ministers for lax marriage ceremonies and links to careless marriages and hasty divorces. It urges clergy to check couple histories and compatibility and to require medical exams for prospective spouses.
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New York
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
America
Council
Committee On
Marriage and the Home
Samuel McCrea Cavert
Cotton acreage planted reaches nearly 30 million acres
New York report from the International Statistical Bureau shows cotton planted at 29,916,000 acres, up from 27,783,000 last year an increase of 7.3 percent. Crop condition is 74.7 percent with an estimated yield of 180.4 pounds per acre, implying about 11,296,000 bales for the 1935 crop.
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New York
International Statistical Bureau, Inc
Fannin County Loses 2,000 Acres in Red River Flood
Bonham reports the Red River flood shifted its channel in Fannin County cutting deep into Texas farms. About 2,000 acres of land were lost, with fences hanging into the current from bluff edges. Loss excludes crop and livestock damage.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Red River
Texas
Truck Overturns in Field Killing One Near Hagerman
A truck carrying Lee Deckard of Whitesboro and Elvy Worthington of Hagerman overturned at a curve near Hagerman and Elvy Worthing ton of Hagerman while returning from grain fields. Deckard’s father was uninjured. Worthing ton died instantly and Raymond Brown sustained a minor head injury.
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Sherman
Lee Deckard
Whitesboro
Hagerman
Elvy Worthington
Raymond Brown
Deckard
Singing Convention Postponed Two Weeks
The Northwest Fannin County third Sunday singing convention at Canaan has been postponed to the fifth Sunday. W. J. Martin announced the shift this week. The program will include singing Saturday night and all day Sunday June 29 and 30.
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Northwest
Fannin County
Canaan
W. J. Martin
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Red River Project
Binder
Baling Wire
Nicholson
Plains
Sun
Furniture Bargains
Florence
Rollie R. Waldo
Homer M. Price
Marshall News
W. F. Sanders
Ralph Sanders
P. A. Short
Manning, Clark & Meador
Crawford Montgomery
the Sun
Whitewright
G. H. Jackson
Elm Street
Dallas
Sun Office
George Gordon Pope
van Claborn
W. T. Nicholson
S. We
Eastern Iron & Metal Co
Sherman, Texas
McCormick
Red Pace
Roberts Garage
J. H. Hollingsworth
Ivanhoe
T. E. Barbee
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis Sr
R. C. Norris and Children
T. W. Ayres & Son
Ford Dealers
Ford
U.C.C
Tion
el Ford
L. L. Savage
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