Large road project to start on July 1
A new WPA road program will start in Grayson County on July 1 with gravel and blacktop projects. The plan, led by County Judge Jake J. Loy, will run at least a year and replaces the expiring lateral farm-to-market program. Future WPA work will include the Whitesboro north road to Gordonville Red Branch highway and the Dorchester Sherman road, with other roads in Precincts 1 2 and 4 slated for begun work as funds arrive.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Jake J. Loy
Dallas
Gus W. Thomasson
District 4
WPA
Thomasson
Loy
Whitesboro
E. O. Anderson
Gordonville
Dorchester-Sherman Road
P. J. Waldrop
S. B. Vaughan
Denison
Dripping Springs-Starr
Hardie McAdams
Hagerman Road
Red Branch
Delaware Bend
Scott
Control Mosquito To Stop Malaria
AUSTIN report urges education and mosquito control to reduce malaria. Dr. W Brown says prevention starts with shielding homes using 16 mesh screens, sealing openings, and eliminating standing water. He details the mosquito lifecycle and suggests drains, oil sprays, or minnows to curb breeding.
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Austin
W. Brown
Snake traps itself in birdhouse in Stayton yard
Stayton Illinois resident John Predgen was summoned by bird chirps and found a four foot snake inside a birdhouse. The snake had crawled in to eat birds but could not back out due to its size.
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Stayton
Ill
John Predgen
Georgia Ousts Eugene Talmadge From DNC Post
Georgia delegates at the Democratic convention removed Eugene Talmadge as a member of the Democratic National Committee. Clark Howell, publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was elected to the post by acclamation.
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Philadelphia
Eugene Talmadge
Democratic National Committee
Georgia
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
South Carolina Senator Walks Out Over Negro Prayers
In Philadelphia at the Democratic National Convention Senator Smith of South Carolina storms out when Rev Marshall Shepard, a black minister, offers the invocation. He vows to leave whenever a Negro has a part, later says he will stay for later sessions to vote on the two thirds nomination rule. Officials note it is the first time a Black player has been invited to perform at the convention. Dixie is played as he exits.
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Philadelphia
Smith
South Carolina
Marshall Shepard
Dixie
Farmers Urged To Apply For Cotton Money
Sherman reports W. W. Gunn assistant cotton adjuster urges farmers who did not apply for the difference in the average price of cotton on the day their cotton was pledged to government support to file claims. Several hundred farmers may still receive about 27 dollars each. Checks totaling 68 thousand dollars have been distributed. applications are due by August 1.
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Sherman
W. W. Gunn
B. F. Gray
Gunn
Allred to Open Campaign Tuesday in Waxahachie
Governor James V. Allred will open his second term campaign in Waxahachie at 8 p m Tuesday June 30 with an expected crowd near 10000. State campaign manager Marvin Hall said the event includes seven brass bands and a statewide radio broadcast from 8 to 9 30 p m for those unable to attend. Delegations from across Texas planned to attend as Allred seeks a first primary nomination for a second term.
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Austin
Texas
Waxahachie
James V. Allred
Marvin Hall
Allred
Hall
el Paso
Texarkana
Amarillo
Brownsville
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Philadelphia
Bonham man heads to New York for Major Bowes tryout
Charles Iverson, a 21 year old Bonham resident, tall and light at 120 pounds, leaves for New York to enter Major Bowes amateur hour. He plans harmonicas, dancing, and shuffling as part of his audition, with locals rooting for him after years in the town.
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Bonham
Charles Iverson
New York
Bowes
Iverson
Denison
Farm Prices Rise Amid Drought Across West
Hot dry weather presses farmers as drought deepens and prices for wheat butter and hogs advance. July wheat tops 95 cents in Chicago while No 1 red wheat from Indiana sells at 1.04. Government funds relief and loans. a 10 day Dakotas Montana tour to study rehabilitation is announced. Weather remains severe though not as bad as 1934. Emergency railroad rates requested for livestock from blighted regions.
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Chicago
Great Plains
Indiana
Bulow
South Dakota
Roosevelt
WPA
Hopkins
Northwest
Dakotas
Montana
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Four Billion in Approved Jobs on WPA Program
WPA administrator Hopkins announced nearly 4 billion dollars in approved WPA projects for the new fiscal year starting July 1. By April 15, 90,000 projects totaling about 1.149 billion dollars were under way out of 178,000 projects with a potential cost of 5.45 billion. Local communities contributed roughly 265 million dollars, or 18 percent, with highway and street work making up about one third of expenditures.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Hopkins
New York
Nevada
Wyoming
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Texan Arrives at Dem Conclave astride burro
Col. A. L. Yowell of Texas known as Yelp ing Yowell rode a burro to the Democratic convention city. He joked he left with nothing and arrived with $10.10, parading a ten gallon hat, chaps, boots and spurs in hotel lobbies.
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Philadelphia
Col
A. L. Yowell
Texas
Yowell
Starr County Gins First Bale Cotton
The first bale of this year’s world crop was ginned Monday from cotton grown by Teofilo Garcia in southeastern Starr County. Starr County has produced the world’s first bale five times in seven years, with Garcia having grown the first bale twice before. You can buy adding machine paper at the Sun office.
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Rio Grande City
Teofilo Garcia
Starr County
Garcia
Sun Office
McCoy Reports 28 Bushels Wheat Per Acre Near Town
Ernest McCoy, southwest of town, reports a wheat yield of 28 bushels to the acre after measuring the land. He notes that most yields are below 28 but this season’s wheat total exceeds recent years while oat yields are generally 35 to 40 bushels per acre. Threshing is nearing completion with a few dry days needed to finish.
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Ernest McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Barkley Stirs Dems to High Enthusiasm at Convention
At the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky delivered the keynote, boosting energy as delegates praised Roosevelt and Garner. The Texas delegation led chants and hats, while Justice Harlan Stone drew spontaneous applause. Landon’s bank deposit guarantee stance was labeled vulnerable.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Garner
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Landon
Texas
John Lee
San Angelo
Harlan Stone
United States Supreme Court
Stone
Coolidge
High Tribunal
Zioncheck Moves to Private Hospital in Straightjacket
Washington Representative Marion A. Zioncheck was moved by ambulance in a straightjacket from Gallinger Municipal Hospital to a private nervous-illness institution in Towson Maryland. A District of Columbia Supreme Court sanity hearing scheduled for Friday was likely dropped after negotiations with Zioncheck’s wife. He will be kept at Towson for an indefinite period for treatment.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Gallinger Municipal Hospital
Towson
Edgar A. Bocock
Gallinger
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Zioncheck
Capitol
District of Columbia
Bocock
Rubye Louise Nix
Texarkana
Baltimore
Zionbeck
Glum Papa Dionne Admits Twelfth Child Expected
CALLANDER Ont Papa Oliva Dionne father of the famous qunituplets admits that a twelfth child is expected by his wife Elzire Dionne. He cannot say when the baby will arrive and when the stork comes he will decide what to do. The 33 year old father spoke on the unpainted Dionne farmhouse steps.
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Callander
Papa Oliva Dionne
Elzire Dionne
Dionne
Papa Dionne
Papa
Two Not to Pay Extra Assessment To Get on Ticket
Sherman report says two candidates withdrew and another failed to pay the extra assessment by the deadline. E A Whiteacre, county Democratic chairman, noted withdrawals H M Wisdom and W H McAden. K B Walker did not pay, while Sam Rayburn and Will Harris planned to pay the remaining 24. Some state candidates paid or promised to pay. Ivy and Johnston would not. Ballots will be printed soon.
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Sam Rayburn
Will Harris
Whiteacre
H. A. Ivy
Sam C. Johnston
W. H. Horton
Whitewright
W. W. Anderson
W. H. Russell
Denison
S. H. Pattie
van Alstyne
Oren Brame
Sherman
Court Refuses To Preview Case On Filing Fees
Texas Supreme Court refused to review a San Antonio Civil Appeals ruling that congressional candidates in single county districts could be charged filing fees of 1125 dollars. The decision ends further rehearing, after the case of James O. Rail to place his name on the ballot. The Attorney General had opined that fees could not exceed 1 dollar.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
San Antonio
Executive
Attorney General’s Department
Hauptmann leaves under $1,000 to widow in will
New York report says Bruno Richard Hauptmann, executed for the Lindbergh kidnapping, left all property to his wife Anna. The Bronx Surrogate's Court filing shows the Jan 13 1933 will bequeathed the residue of his estate to Anna after debts and costs, with the court noting the estate totaled under $1,000.
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New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Anna
Hauptmann
Bronx
Precinct 4 Rejects 3.2 Beer Sale in Van Alstyne
Precinct four voted dry on Tuesday with 420 of 651 ballots. Van Alstyne favored beer 162 to 168 against while Howe, Elmont, Jameson, and Farmington reported stronger anti beer margins.
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van Alstyne
Howe
Elmont
Jameson
Farmington
Henry L Mencken Defines A Delegate
Cleveland dispatch recalls Henry L. Mencken's quip on delegates to a national convention. It portrays a delegate as obscure, funded by himself, groggy, and bound to listen while the keynote speech unfolds, with satire on the political process and personal traits humorous remarks.
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Cleveland, D
Henry UL. Mencken
Bells Underpass Work Completed In Bells Texas
Concrete driveway pours through the Texas and Pacific underpass at Bells as the new noda route nears traffic. The underpass connects Denison Bells road to Highway No 5 and the Whitewright road. Paving the new highway remains the final step with funding discussions ongoing in Austin.
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Texas & Pacific
Bells
Noda
Whitewright
Denison-Bells
Denison Chamber of Commerce
Austin
State Highway Commission
Political rally at Pilot Grove draws large crowd
Candidates for county and district offices plan to speak at Pilot Grove tonight. The event follows Howe Tuesday night where a few heated speeches occurred. A Whitewright rally is scheduled for Friday night July 10.
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Pilot Grove
Howe
Whitewright
Bonham Growers Ship Cukes As Heat Bites Yield
Thousands of pounds of cucumbers loaded at Bonham area platforms and bought by a Sherman packing concern. Over 20 000 pounds unloaded in a day with individual loads up to 6000 pounds. 500 to 600 acres in Ivanhoe and Ravenna north of Bonham. Heat wave may cut yield in a week. Prices range from one to one and a half cents per pound, about 60 to 80 dollars per acre. Interest in cucumber farming growing yearly.
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Bonham
Sherman
Ivanhoe
Ravenna
Panhandle Hit by Light Quake
Earth tremors were felt in Amarillo and numerous Panhandle towns Friday at 9 25 p m No damage reported Residents in Amarillo reported houses rocked for a few seconds Telephone calls to Pampa Borger Stinnet Canyon and Dumas showed quakes felt there Pampa recorded two shocks a light one first and a heavier one four minutes later.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Pampa
Borger
Stinnet
Canyon
Dumas
Fort Worth Centennial Dates Set July 18 to November 29
Fort Worth directors confirmed the frontier centennial will run from July 18 to November 29. The closing date matches the international rodeo and livestock shows, with the horse and livestock show beginning October 2 and the rodeo starting October 9. The trio will accompany the frontier centennial events.
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Fort Worth
Will Leslie Grayson Named Fischer Campaign Manager
Sherman resident Will Leslie Grayson has been named manager for Judge F. Fischer's gubernatorial campaign in Grayson County. State campaign manager Lee Simmons announced Fischer speaking dates in the area: Gainesville July 8 at 3 p m, Denton July 8 at 8 p m, McKinney July 9 at 3 p m, Sherman July 9 at 8 p m, Greenville July 13 at 8 p m, with additional dates to come.
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Will Leslie
Sherman
Grayson County
F. Fischer
Lee Simmons
Tyler
Simmons
Mr. Fischer
Gainesville
Denton
McKinney
Greenville
Crickets Driven Off by Sea Gulls in Salt Lake Valley
In 1848 sea gulls saved Salt Lake Valley grain from a cricket plague. Mecca to get electric lights and running water installed at once, upgrading the Holy City for Muslims.
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Salt Lake Valley
Mecca
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Starr County Gins
Straightjacket
Bruno
Henry L. Mencken
Bonham Growers Shipping
Will Leslie Grayson
Fischer
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