Sherman Physician to Begin Practice Here
Dr. Joseph W. Miller of Sherman will start medical practice here Monday, joining Dr. J. L. Bow at Johnson Pharmacy. A Rice Institute BA and Baylor MD graduate, he has served as house physician at St Vincent's in Sherman and interned at Wesley Hospital in Wichita. He and his wife plan to move to Whitewright soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Miller
Sherman
J. L. Bow
Johnson Pharmacy
Miller
Rice Institute of Houston
Baylor Medical College of Dallas
St. Vincent’s Sanitarium
Wesley Hospital
Wichita
Kansas
Peabody
George Groves Miller
Whitewright
Floods Destroy Crops Across Six States
The AAA reports more than 5.5 million acres in Illinois Missouri Colorado Arkansas Kansas and Nebraska flooded, with wheat and corn most affected and Arkansas losing about 200000 acres of cotton. Missouri shows 19 percent wheat damage and 9 percent corn damage. Oklahoma wheat damage is minimal while Kansas sees 5.4 percent losses to both crops. Administrator Chester Davis promises full rental and adjustment payments to contract signers and tax exemption certificates for cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois
Missouri
Colorado
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
AAA
Oklahoma
Chester ©. Davis
Davis
Oldest Kidd-Key College to Close in Sherman Texas
Edwin Kidd president announced Kidd-Key College and Conservatory of Music, among North Texas oldest art and education institutions, will not reopen this autumn. The 64th graduation this spring may be the last. Buildings may be sold to Sherman for a municipal auditorium, city hall, and police and fire stations. State subsidized colleges and free tuition for residents blamed for enrollment decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Kidd
Kidd-Key College
Building Homes May Give Three Millions Work
Former Minnesota governor A O Eberhardt, acting as FHA representative, told the Optimist Club that within a year 3,000,000 people could gain jobs through building 300,000 homes and modernizing 300,000 more. He argued decent housing would improve both social and economic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Federal Housing Administration
A. O. Eberhardt
Minnesota
FHA
Optimist Club
Eberhardt
Fifth Sunday Singing Convention at Canaan
The fifth Sunday singing convention will be held at Canaan three miles north of Whitewright on Saturday night and Sunday. A number of well known singers have been invited to attend and take part. All who enjoy good singing are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Whitewright
City Force Keeps Busy Keeping City Attractive
Whitewright reports extensive storm damage but notes improved gravel streets with rain. Mowing wards weeds by the city crew and weed cutters aid streets near Oak Hill Cemetery and the donkey ball lot by the Methodist Church. Efforts continue on the Y intersection pump station lawn care and pavement cleanup amid showers. Repairs at the sewer plant flood damage and delinquent water accounts are being addressed while gravel pits receive material for street repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Five
Whitewright
Oak Hill Cemetery
Anthony
Rotary luncheon speaker warns on Texas prohibition repeal
Dr. B Wrenn Webb pastor of the First Presbyterian Church spoke at the Rotary luncheon about the proposed August 24 vote to repeal the statewide prohibition law. He described pre prohibition conditions and cautioned that repeal could restore saloon era ills urging prohibition forces to mobilize before election day. Rev C W Dennis urged opponents to push for prohibitionist interest in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
First Presbyterian Church
Rotary
Gomer May
Dr. Webb
Webb
Texas
C. W. Dennis
Methodist Church
State Board Sets 17 50 Per Capita School Apportionment
The Texas Board of Education set a 17.50 per student apportionment for 1935 36 the statutory maximum. Total state funds reach 28 million for schools plus 5 million rural aid. Officials urged quick action to free local funds for plant improvements and relief labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Board of Education
Automatic Tax Board
President Roosevelt signs record navy appropriation bill
President Roosevelt signed the navy appropriation bill creating a record peace time fund for naval construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Navy
No, Henry a mani curist should not marry a dentist
The line contrasts a mani curist and a dentist in a playful exchange. The joke hinges on a pun about fighting being tooth and nail.
High Wind Kills Cotton in Whitewright and Canaan
In Whitewright and Canaan communities several farmers report high winds last Thursday killed cotton across several acres. Two farmers say about eight acres were lost each, others smaller losses. Wind lifted dirt and scorched leaves after crusted wet soil from heavy rains, prompting plowing begun by some observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Canaan
Perkins Outlines Six Point Labor Plan
Secretary Frances Perkins submits the annual report to Congress detailing a six point labor program. She urges minimum standards enforcement, peaceful dispute resolution, cooperative regulation, organized wage earners with status, inclusion in economic policy study, and mutuality between workers and employers to improve production. She notes strikes rose as recovery began in spring 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frances Perkins
Congress
Miss Perkins
United States
Railroad Pays 15000 For Fatal Accident
Sherman judge grants two judgments of 7500 each against M K T Railway in favor of Mrs Viola Canon for herself and Mildred Canon after the death of T C Canon in a December 9 1934 Denison auto train crash at Mirick avenue crossing.
Harvest Labor Shortage Sparks Oklahoma Protests
Logan County farmers protested to county relief and farm officials over a labor shortage in harvest fields as men refuse lower wages than relief pay. Relief administrator John Favor said relief clients declining work would be dropped from rolls. Harvest wages run about 1 to 1.25 dollars for a 12 hour day while relief pay is 1.85 for a 6 hour day, with limited monthly work. Complaints came from Coyle Crescent and Vina about harvest labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Logan County
John Favor
Coyle
Crescent
Vina
Fish wears shell rimmed specs in tall yarn
Marion area note reports John Larkin of Ashville catching a three and one half pound trout at Lake James. He described wearing shell rimmed spectacles as he fished and reeled in the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish
Marion
N. C
John Larkin
Ashville
Lake James
Larkin
Court Stops Grain Processing Tax On Sherman Mill
In Dallas Judge W H Atwell issued a temporary injunction against Federal tax officials halting collection of the AAA processing tax on wheat from G B R Smith Milling Co of Sherman. The restraining order stays until the merits trial on Sept 19. bond set at 125000 to protect the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Equity
W. H. Atwell
G. B. R. Smith Milling Company
Sherman
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States District Court
Atwell
Sherman Concern
W. H. Oppenheimer
St. Paul, Minn
AAA
Openheimer
Restraining Order Denied in Bankhead Act Fight
Federal Judge Randolph Bryant refused a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the Bankhead cotton act sought by D C Wallace ginner of Gunter. He set ten days for written briefs and said the case questions Congress power under a tax measure to regulate cotton within a state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wallace
Black Widow Spiders Not More Numerous This Year
Dallas entomologist Roy Melvin says black widow spiders are not more common, only more noticed this year. The hour glass marked spiders vary in danger from mild stings to potentially fatal bites, with females larger than males and cases of mate cannibalism noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Roy Melvin
Melvin
Bonus Plea and Hand Grenade Sent to Roosevelt
An empty shell of a hand grenade addressed to President Roosevelt with the message We won the war I come for the bonus was seized by postoffice inspectors in Tulsa. George Hill said the grenade was harmless and Jesse Callison of Tulsa said he sent it to call attention to the bonus issue and meant no threat. no charges will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Roosevelt
Postoffice
George Hill
Jesse Callison
Hill
Clear skies aid Whitewright grain harvest amid wet fields
Weather favors harvesting with over half of the wheat and oats cut though recent showers leave muddy ground. Oats yield seen at about fifty percent of June 1 expectations, while wheat fares better. Corn prospects look strong with expanded acreage, but cotton remains uncertain due to insects and delayed timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
W. H. Horton
Owner removes slot machines from Whitewright city
The owner of six slot machines in Whitewright took the machines away on Wednesday after a Texas ranger reportedly confiscated several devices in Howe. The move follows news of the Howe raid, with the local machines estimated to have earned about one thousand dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Texas Ranger
Howe
Price of Onions Not So Good This Week
The Trenton Tribune reports weak onion prices this week in Trenton with consignments driving the price. Commercial pack onions sold around 50 cents per bushel on Wednesday and most lots were No 1 grade. Yields are high despite wet weather with several farmers harvesting over 200 bushels per acre and a total of 70 cars loaded by Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Trenton Tribune
Rural Teachers' Pay Boost Approved by Board of Education
Texas rural public schools will raise minimum salaries by five dollars to ten dollars monthly under 1935-36 rural aid rules. Basic rural aid pay set at eighty dollars monthly with eight month basis, principals in one teacher schools 85 to 100 dollars, eight teacher units 120 to 135 dollars, superintendents 125 to 165 dollars depending on size. Increases reflect training and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Board of Education
League of Nations awards 1617 francs to bald staffer
A French widow Madame M Perrasse, formerly employed at the League of Nations Secretariat, received 5,000 Swiss francs in compensation after suing the League for 60,000 francs. She charged exposure to smoke in a building room caused her hair loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations Secretariat
League
Madame M. Perrasse
League of Nations
Roosevelt launches $50 million youth training and jobs plan
President Roosevelt announced a $50,000,000 program to train and provide jobs for 16 to 25 year olds and about 500,000 youths. Miss Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams head the national setup with a four section plan and specific monthly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Miss Roche
Josephine Roche
Williams
Labor
Business
Agriculture
FDR Approves 7 Million for Rural Resettlement Program
President Roosevelt approves a seven million dollar allotment to the rural resettlement administration to continue relief backed work begun by FERA, interior department agency, and AAA. Rexford Tugwell named administrator guiding farm family relocations to productive lands for reforestation and recreation uses as part of the 4 billion work relief program. State allocations of the funds are not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevel
Rural Resettlement Administration
FERA
Interior Department
AAA
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Highly Bred Bees Sting Only When Provoked
Cape May Courthouse New Jersey reports Henry Brown has 35 million educated stingless bees in Burleigh. After 12 years of cross breeding Italian and Cyprian bees, Brown says the insects only sting when squeezed or provoked, while ordinary bees sting readily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
N. J
Henry Brown
Brown
Burleigh
Here
Penalty Proposed For U S Heiresses Who Wed Nobility
In Washington Representative Cannon proposed confiscation of up to 25 percent of the fortunes of wealthy American heiresses who marry European noblemen. He introduced a bill to tax the fortunes of all Americans who wed foreigners as a step toward wealth distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Representative Cannon
Wisconsin
Cannon
Madame Perrasse Winded From Chimney Incident
A chimney incident left a woman intoxicated and bald. Madame Perrasse, longtime shorthand-typist at the League, endured over twelve years of service. Sun office lists typewriter carbon paper and ribbons for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Perrasse
The
League
Typewriter
Sun Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Singing
Ginner
U. S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!