Through the Looking Back Files of the Sun 1918
Birth announcements for Charley Holland and Grover Gillett plus a Denison birth. Red Cross fundraisers netted 303 dollars. local grain prices quoted for oats and wheat. Died: Mrs. C. D. Alverson and Walter P. Judd. A play for Red Cross aid, and a planned Whitewright district fair. Burglaries reported at Leonard. park loan offered for summer picnics. Local Katy station notes and market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Holland
George Baugher
Colorado
Grover Gillett
Drs. C. C
Minnie Harmon Pirtle
Denison
Red Cross
C. D. Alverson
Dave Alverson
S. A. Hayes
H. C. Willis
J. H. Waggoner
W. T. Simmons
Louis Randle
M. A. Jones
H. L. Webster
J. M. Sturdivant
W. F. Sanders
Dr. R. May
Lafayette Garner
Bob Norris
J. T. Stillwell
Knox Armstrong
R. S. Morehead
Lanius Everheart
Earl Wallace
J. F. Spindle
J. W. Wilson
Lee Crouch
Jesse Wallace
Monroe Bryant
R. P. Gordon
G. D. McCarthy
J. M. Simmons
Floyd Everheart
Howard Brodhead
R. L. Sears
Paul Roberts
Denny Davis
Tom Sears
John McMurry
Oscar Pierce
Carl Fender
Tom Bara
J. W. Davidson
Harve Livey
Walter P. Judd
Pilot Grove
Deming
N. M
Dayton Yates
Katy
Rockwall
Gertrude Major
Mr. Yates
Lucile Roberts
Sherman
Red” Roberts
Luther Means
Hall & Evans
Leonard
J. D. Heard
South Whitewright
Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Marriages and business changes listed in The Sun item
Dr. Lewis B. Holland and Miss Gladys Sears wed Saturday afternoon. Foster Produce Co of Denison closes its local produce house. P. A. Short named manager here. Whitewright stores announce changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Holland
Gladys Sears
Foster Produce Co
Denison
P. A. Short
Stevenson Attacks Unicameral Plan
AUSTIN. Lt governor candidate Coke Stevenson denounces a unicameral Texas legislature as a misrepresentation and fallacy. He cites a proposed amendment by an opponent detailing 42 members earning 5 000 dollars annually, totaling 420 000 dollars per biennium, versus 181 members under the current two-house system with 325 800 dollars, a claimed saving of 94 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Ice used to lower moved house to new foundation
Bruce Adkins, an Alamo housemover, used ice to safely lower a large building onto new foundations. He raised the structure, shifted it inward on the lot, then supported it with large cakes of ice under the frame. The ice melted gradually, letting the house settle undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo
Bruce Adkins
Adkins
Waggoner Seeks Re-Election to Grayson County Seat
J H Jim Waggoner runs again for State Legislature from Grayson County Place 1. He highlights chairing the Claims and Accounts committee, voting record, support for old age assistance, opposition to new taxes on small business, and large increases in rural school funding. He pledges continued effort, asks for votes and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Texas
House Journal
House
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
Auto makers eye smaller lighter cars for 1939
Behind the scenes in the motor industry renewed talk centers on smaller lighter autos for 1939. Hints say more than one firm may introduce models below current price lists as engineers stress economy and safety over the next quarter century. Dealers remain lukewarm to sub $500 cars, preferring to maintain price levels and unit sales. Ford denies plans for smaller cars. A national finance bulletin suggests 33 percent down payments for new autos and up to eighteen months for installment terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Europe
Ford Motor Company
National Association of Sales Finance Companies
Rocky Mountains
Car financing terms and paper maturity trends in 1936 37
The document outlines terms for new and used car purchases including down payments of 33 percent and balance terms not exceeding 18 months for current and two prior year models, and 12 months for older used cars. It also notes a rise in long maturity new car paper from 26.9 to 44.2 percent and an overall increase from 18.4 to 28.7 percent across both categories from 1936 to 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Uncle Sam Expands Food Buying for 2 Million Families
Washington reports Uncle Sam is food shopping for over two million American families under a broadened surplus commodities program. Federal agents of the surplus commodities corporation are entering markets nationwide to purchase peaches in Georgia and fresh vegetables in New England as part of expanding farm surplus use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Georgia
New England
Relief program to buy foods for unemployed workers
The article notes planned purchases across regions including dairy and poultry in the Middle Atlantic and flour in the Midwest, rice and tobacco in the South, and citrus on the Pacific Coast. Expenditures in June are about 17 million dollars with twelve month purchases possibly over 100 million, funded by customs receipts and distributed by WPA labor to relief agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Agricultural Department
WPA
Japan Tops World in Synthetic Fibre Output
Japan led world in synthetic fibre production last year with rayon output surpassing 325 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
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Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
General Electric
Manning & Meador
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Tom Hunter
Luther Gordon
Kelvinator
America
MM UN? Public Service Company
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