Grayson County B. T. U. Convention Friday Night
The Grayson County Baptist Training Union convention meets at the local Baptist Church Friday June 17 at 8 p m. Officers for next year will be elected and summer work planned. The program theme is Witnessing for Christ Through Our Vocations. Miss Marguerite Ivy to give devotional with Dr T C Gardner to deliver inspirational address on Finding Gods Will for My Life Through the Baptist Training Union. A social hour follows led by Rev L O Evans and the slate of officers includes Rev Arthur De Loach director, Mildred Calhoun associate director, and Marguerite Ivy secretary treasurer.
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Marguerite Ivy
First Church
Sherman
T. C. Gardner
Dallas
Baptist Training Union
L. O. Evans
Arthur de Loach
East Sherman
Mildred Calhoun
First
Clark promoted to Arkansas division head at oil firm
Louis F. Clark of 810 Ratcliff street has been named manager of the Arkansas division covering Arkansas and Western Tennessee including Memphis for Arkansas Fuel Oil Company. He will base headquarters in Little Rock as family joins him, succeeding the late J. D. Flynn. Clark, son of the late S. G. Clark, has long been active with oil dealers in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Clark
Ratcliff Street
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Arkansas
Tennessee
Memphis
Clark
Little Rock
Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation
Shreveport
J. A. Welch
South
Arkansas Fuel Oil
J. D. Flynn
Shreveport Times
Girls Warned Not To Walk Alone On Streets At Night
Texas girls and women were warned not to walk alone at night on residential streets despite lighting. The caution accompanies clemency denial for Mark Henry Calhoun an 18 year old black man sentenced to death for abducting and attacking a Dallas girl after a film.
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Austin
Texas
State Pardon Board
Mark Henry Calhoun
Dallas
If Wife Can't Cook Take Her Out To Dinner
State College Pa Advise from an expert at Penn State urging couples to avoid nagging. Dr Robert C Bernreuter psychologist says wives should stop aiming for promotions and husbands for higher pay and suggests dinner out to keep harmony.
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State College
Robert C. Bernreuter
Pennsylvania State College
Doctors Endorse Spinach Says AMA Council
The American Medical Association announced that spinach is wholesome and valuable. The council on foods cited spinach as a rich source of vitamins and roughage but noted iron in spinach is not fully available and not a strong iron source for infants.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
O. K
Council On Foods
Congress Overrides Roosevelt's Veto on Farm Loan Rates
The Senate 57 to 18 and the House 244 to 81 overrode President Roosevelt's veto to extend low interest rates for Federal farm loans for two years starting July 1. Land Bank loans stay at 3 percent and land bank commissioner loans at 4 percent, costing the Treasury about 208.7 million by mid-1940.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Treasury
Land Bank
City Ordinance Governing Cows in Whitewright
The city has had an ordinance for over 25 years making it a misdemeanor and finable to let cows roam streets and alleys. Citizens pushed the rule to reduce danger, unsanitary conditions, and traffic hazards from cows tied near homes. The old rule remains in effect, with some residents moving milking cattle to less disruptive grazing.
Supreme Court of Texas Receives Gas Controversy
In Austin the dispute over Railroad Commission power to regulate gas rates goes to the State Supreme Court. Community Natural Gas and Texas Cities Gas challenge whether the commission can exercise original and concurrent jurisdiction with cities and towns. A Dallas restraining order was set aside, with the appeals court saying only a Travis County court may enjoin the commission.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
State Supreme Court
Community Natural Gas Company
Texas Cities Gas Company
Railroad Commission
44Th District
Dallas
Fifth Court of Civil Appeals
Travis County
Undertaker's Horses Refuse to Carry Faenza Hearse
Faenza Italy A longtime undertaker Enrico Pasi died from an infection and friends hoped his two black horses would draw his hearse in the funeral. The horses would not move and a second team had to be pressed into service before the procession could begin.
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Faenza
Italy
Enrico Pasi
Pasi
Judge Pearce Improves After Black Widow Bite
Falls County Judge Carroll Pearce showed improvement after a black widow spider bit him on both arms during a Bayside fishing trip. He arrived at a hospital with paralysis in the lower body, and doctors said his condition was better today.
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Woodsboro
Carroll Pearce
Falls County
Bayside
Pearce
Onion Harvest Near End in Whitewright Area
Pascal Farley, principal onion grower in Whitewright, reports most onions pulled with about two cars left in the field. Rail shipments total two cars, four by truck, with rain halting pulling. 1100 bushels drying unsalable due to dirt, expected to dry and ship as two more cars. Farley accounts for most local production. prices ranged 75 cents to $1.25 per bushel, jumbo onions commanding a premium as large stocks tighten. This marks the smallest local crop in years and continues a multi-year loss trend for growers.
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Pascal Farley
Whitewright
Mr. Farley
Farley
Wage and Hour Bill Passed by Congress
Congress approved a wage and hour bill setting a 44 hour workweek in year one, 42 in year two, and 40 thereafter with overtime pay. It targets 750,000 workers under wage provisions and 1,500,000 others, with a federal administrator to guide employer and worker committees. The act becomes effective 120 days after presidential signature and faces potential constitutional challenges.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Thompson seeks court to place V. O. Thompson on ballot
A mandamus suit aims to compel the State Democratic Executive Committee to add V. O. Thompson to the July 23 governor primary ballot if funds allow. Campaign manager James V. Wright accuses the committee of banning Thompson over proof of good faith. Wright vows to raise money to pursue the case. Also notes on a new water filled device for packs and a 1910 tire replacement fact.
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Dallas
State
Democratic Executive Committee
V. O. Thompson
James V. Wright
Thompson
Wright
Vernest O. Thompson
W. Q O. Thompson
Vernest O
Ernest O. Thompson
Lee O Daniel Makes Big Hit in Waco Talk
Fort Worth flour merchant Lee O Daniel launched his businessman's campaign for governor at a Waco rally before an estimated seven to nine thousand people. He attacked professional politicians, urged a businessman's regime, lower taxes, and a chain postal card fund drive. He teased rivals Mc Craw and Thompson, promised a pension plan for over 65s, and framed his Ten Commandments platform as backing fiscal reform. This event drew a largely first-time political audience and featured Hillbilly entertainment and mass participation.
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Waco
W. Lee O’daniel
Fort Worth
Thompson
McCraw
O’daniel
a_ business man
Austin
Texas
Pension Administration
Bee stings used in arthritis treatment in Los Angeles
Dr. Raymond B. Carey has permission to keep a colony of bees in his office. He uses bee venom in treating arthritis, claiming the hemorrhagic and neurotoxic sting helps relieve persistent pains.
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Los Angeles
Raymond B. Carey
Rotary Club Holds Opening Spelling Bee Event
Claud Meador led a Rotary Club luncheon program that turned into an old fashioned spelling bee. Gomer May challenged Meador while H W Key read words from a spelling book with terms like lawbreakers. Mayor Echols and Ed LaRoe stumbled early as Tom Cunningham and Clay Horton faced off, with Meador’s team claiming the contest. Jim Tong and Saunders Freels of Sherman attended as guests.
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Claud Meador
Rotary Club
Mr. Meador
Gomer May
H. W. Key
Echols
Ed LaRoe
Meador
Tom Cunningham
Clay Horton
Jim Tong
Saunders Freels
Sherman
Mr. Freels
Congress Votes Life Jobs for U S Postmasters
Congress has extended civil service to first through third class post offices making postmasters career government workers. Incumbents may keep posts by passing a noncompetitive exam at term end. future appointments go to top scorers on a competitive exam with Senate confirmation for life terms. Republicans warn of possible repeal if they gain control.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
McCall Found Guilty in Kidnapping of Boy in Miami
Franklin Pierce Mc Call, 21, a truck driver, was adjudged guilty Wednesday of kidnapping five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. Circuit Judge H F Atkinson delayed sentence until Thursday. the judge reportedly believes death is mandatory under Florida law unless a jury recommends life imprisonment. Mc Call pleaded guilty to kidnapping at a preliminary hearing after being indicted for murder but tried only on the kidnapping charge.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Little James Bailey Cash Jr
H. F. Atkinson
Atkinson
Florida
McCall
Forceps Removed From Woman After Three Years
Mrs. J. F. Cornett of Brumley Missouri, a WPA worker, was found to have a seven inch forceps left in her abdomen from an appendicitis operation three years ago. The instrument pierced three sections of intestine. Dr. Alfred E. Linville led today’s removal, saving her life if delayed further.
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Kansas City
J. F. Cornett
Brumley, Mo
WPA
Cornett
Alfred E. Linville
Father and Son Buried at Double Funeral
Bonham reports a double funeral for Milton Purdy, longtime farmer and county citizen, who died at his home south of Bonham, and his son Jesse, who died at home Saturday. Two daughters are ill with typhoid. The father and son were buried at Edhube, south of Bonham.
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Bonham
Milton Purdy
Fannin County
Jesse
Edhube
Lloyd Stowers to Be Ordained Here Sunday
Lloyd Stowers will be licensed and ordained as a Presbyterian minister at a 3 30 p m Sunday service at the Presbyterian Church. The Paris Presbytery appoints a committee to conduct the ceremonies including Dr E Wilson Cole Dr J F Fender Rev S L Terry and Dr B Wrenn Webb. Stowers will preach at 11 a m and deliver the ordination sermon. He grew up in Whitewright graduated Whitewright High School 1932 attended North Texas State Teachers College Denton University of Texas and Trinity University Waxahachie earning an A B in 1936 and has studied at a Chicago theological school while serving as assistant pastor.
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Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Stowers
Paris
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Presbyterian Theological School
Chicago
Students Need Social Security Numbers For Summer Jobs
Dallas Social Security official Ernest L. Tutt urges students entering commercial and industrial work this summer to obtain social security numbers at the 1530 Allen Building. About 1,000,000 students may start work. employers must report wages with the employee’s account number to the federal government. Wages earned at any time count toward old age insurance credits.
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Dallas
Ernest L. Tutt
Social Security Board
Tutt
Allen Building
Federal Office of Education
New Fire Insurance Rate Cut Announced in Texas
State-wide reductions in fire insurance rates, averaging about 10 percent, will take effect June 15 as announced by Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall. The cuts apply to dwellings, mercantile buildings, stock, farm property, garages, public buildings and churches, with total payments reduced by roughly 4 million dollars. Windstorm rates on seacoast dwellings drop 10 percent or more as part of the new schedule.
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Austin
Marvin Hall
Seacoast
Hall
Woman’s right to weep upheld in bakery plea
A New York case reports Patrolman Harry Brockstedt arresting Mrs. Mary Mitchell 45 for lamenting loudly in a bakery. The magistrate dismissed the charge, affirming the inalienable right of a woman to weep as long and as noisily as she chooses wherever she desires.
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New York
Harry Brockstedt
Mary Mitchell
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Lee O’daniel
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