Hunter for Grayson County assessor-collector in Democratic primary
R P Bob Hunter seeks the assessor-collector post in Grayson County with a 29 year tenure at the Sherman Denison Interurban Railway. Born near Wynnewood Oklahoma, he arrived in Grayson County in 1907 and built a public service career, married Myrtle Estes in 1906, and has a son serving as a Navy lieutenant. He and his family are active in Travis Street Methodist Church and local Masonic circles.
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the Sun
Robert Phanstell
R. P. Bob) Hunter
Grayson County
R. P.) Hunter
W. C. Hunter
Mollie Susan Hunter
Georgia
Paris
Texas
Wynnewood
Oklahoma
A. L. White
Duncan
Bob Hunter
Sherman-Denison
J. P. Creaver
Sherman- Denison
J. F. Strickland
Dallas-Sherman
Texas Electric
Howe
Bob Hunter Seeks Public Office in Grayson County vote
A political advertisement praising Bob Hunter for the July 25 election. It notes his 29 years in business in Grayson County and his service with the Texas Electric Railway Company. It emphasizes his loyalty, public trust, and suitability for the office, urging men and women of the county to vote for him.
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The
Woodmen of the World
Lodge No. 9
Sherman
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Hunter
Grayson County
Texas Electric Railway Company
Bob Hunter
Honest Man Who Found $42,000 Is Seeking New Job
New York story of Frank Greges the sandwich man who found 42000 in Wall Street snow in February 1935 and returned it to Belden & Co. He received 100 dollars cash 20 dollars weekly as an errand boy and a promise of a 70 dollar monthly job. Two weeks later he went insane shouting I am God and I can kill a man with a look at a Bowery lodging house.
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New York
Frank Greges
Wall Street
Greges
Belden & Co
Bowery
New Deal Labor Act Ruled Invalid by Appeals Court
New Orleans report notes the Fifth Circuit declared the Wagner Connery labor relations act unconstitutional, saying the Constitution does not authorize federal oversight of employer employee relations in production. The ruling, amid labor unrest in tenant farms and coal mines, involved NLRB action against Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp to reinstate discharged workers. A doctor joke closes the piece with a humorous aside about a patient’s heir.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
United States
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
South
National Labor Relations Board
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Dead Sea yields more potash and bromine as science grows
M A Novomeysky reports the Dead Sea now yields 25 000 to 30 000 tons annually of muriate of potash with potential expansion to 100 000 tons and more than 1 000 tons of bromine. The basin 1300 feet below sea level holds vast salts. evaporation concentrates chemicals while new solex glass reduces heat and glare, improving comfort in buildings.
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Dead Sea
M. A. Novomeysky
Mediterranean
Jordan
Judean Hills
Water Ignites Gas Wells in Texas Crater Event
Petroleum engineer W Armstrong Price describes how water contacting natural gas can ignite wells. In a Texas gas well with a casing leak a crater 75 feet deep formed as gas erupted and caught fire, eventually extinguished by detonating nitroglycerin. Water cooled the crater but also tended to reignite the flame, prompting efforts to kill the well.
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W. Armstrong Price
Corpus Christi
Texas
Government closes till to home loans
Washington reports the Federal Government ended new home loan financing as the HOLC prepares to wind down over fifteen years. The act funded over one million refinanced mortgages, with 16,391 HOLC staff across 186 offices, as foreclosures peaked at 1,000 per day.
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Washington
D. C
HOLC
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Home Owners’ Loan
John H. Fahey
The
Wrong Witness in Hog Stealing Case Prompted Quick Quip
A farmer called as a witness in a hog theft trial dodged strict lines of truth saying he was bearing false witness for the accused. The exchange featured a raspy retort about oath meaning and witness honesty.
Graphic Picture Of Dips Gains In Six Years
A Sheboygan Press excerpt cites rising prices and wages from 1930 to 1936 across crops livestock and commodities. It notes unemployment surged 313 percent by 1933 then fell 30 percent by 1935, with various price increases and export import shifts. It also claims government programs saved homes, boosted farm income, and raised national wealth while industrial output improved from 63 percent to normal by 1936.
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Chas. E. Broughton
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Federal Reserve Board
Political Announcements for Democratic Primaries 1936
The Sun publishes candidate slates for July and August 1936 Democratic primaries. Entries include SAM RAYBURN for Judge 15th District Court and others: JESSE F. HOLT. R. M. CARTER. J. H. WAGGONER. J. W. ADAMSON. R. C. SLAGLE JR.. GEORGE HAGANS. B. F. GAFFORD. J.J. LOY. S. V. EARNEST. J. B. DAVIS. PLEAS PORTER. R. B. CARAWAY. A. L. PENNELL. V. R. HENDERSON.
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The
Sun
15Th District Court
Jesse F. Holt
R. M. Carter
R. C
Bob) Slagle JR
George Hagans
B. F. Gafford
Thrifty man questions orchestra at restaurant
A thrifty man with his two sons visits a fashionable restaurant and orders lemonade for the table. After they are seated, the father asks the manager why the orchestra is not playing, drawing attention to the absence of live music.
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R. P
Bob) Hunter
New Deal
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Price
Solex
First National Bank
Congress
Sam Rayburn
J. H. Waggoner
J. W. Adamson
J.J. Loy S. V. Earnest
J. B
Benton
DAVIS
Porter
R. B
Bob) Caraway
A. L
Dodo
Pennell V. R
Vernie) Henderson
E. A
Earl
Clayton C. H
Shorty) Barrett
Collier
Harold Doss
Constable
C. A
RED
Service
A. F. Nossaman
First National Bank Bldg
Joseph W. Miller
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell Laboratories
Bell System
ERN Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
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