Texas Seed Loan Program Set for Three States
Texas officials announce seed loan programs under the Reconstruction Finance Corp act. More than 7 million dollars expected for Texas Arizona and New Mexico crop production with 5 percent interest. Loans cap at 400 dollars per borrower and 1600 per county. funds limited to farming needs and crop production for 1932. Applications due by April 30 with county advisory committees aiding the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act
Dallas
Owen W. Sherrill
First National Bank of Georgetown
Secretary of Agriculture
Sherrill
Kentuckytown Club Plans Pantry Budget Meeting
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club met with eleven members and one visitor to study budgeting the farm food supply making a pantry plan for a six month non productive period. Members prepared a pantry including leafy and other vegetables tomatoes fruit and emergency supplies for a family of five with asparagus planned for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown
Viva Phillips
Copeville Woman Killed In Auto Train Collision
Mrs. R L Wilson aged 55 of Copeville died after the car she rode in collided with a northbound Santa Fe motor train just south of Copeville. Aunt Callie White of Princeton was injured. Wilson, wife of the Capeville schools superintendent, lived at Copeville with two daughters Ruth Neeland and Jane Wilson. Funeral held in Copeville Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersville
R. L. Wilson
Copeville
Callie White
Princeton
Santa Fe
Wilson
Capeville
Lavon
District Attorney Reports 1931 Finances and Salary Adjustments
The Criminal District Attorney Joe P. Cox reports 1931 fee collections totaling $10,825.50 of $12,359.50 earned, with $433.33 overpayments returned to the county from 1930 fees. Salary adjustments raised from $5,000 to $5,500 mid year. net excess deductions and expenses listed include bonds, supplies, travel, and communications. Also includes Constable Bennett and Justice Cantrell fee figures and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe P. Cox
Cox
Justice Courts
Justice of the Peace Cantrell
Visitors and visits across North Texas towns
Desert News notes Joe Tate and Elvin Petty visiting Leonard on Monday. Families from Sherman Dallas Farmersville Whitewright and Sherman traveled for visits. several trips mention road distance and travel via Farmersville and McKinney. Others include Mrs. D B Tate and Dallas visit. Crews and relatives in Sherman and Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tate
Elvin Petty
Leonard
J. R. Fogle
Farmersville
M. C. Hughes
Dallas
Bill
Henry Clark
Sherman
Doyle Matthews
Jess Cooper
van Alstyne
McKinney
D. B. Tate
Anna
S. E. Magers
Taylor Holcomb
Greenville
Martha Grissom
Muskogee
Okla
W. A. Bates
Drye Neathery
John Adams
Trenton
Jack Higginbotham
Violin Valued at 17000 Crushed by Car in Syracuse
A 17000 Guarnerius violin owned by Andre Polah head of the School of Fine Arts violin department at Syracuse University was crushed when Polah slipped and fell as his wife backed the car to take him to the railroad. He was to travel to Philadelphia as a guest conductor of a symphony orchestra.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Andre Polah
School of Fine Arts
Syracuse University
Polah
Philadelphia
Uses for Platinum Through History and Today
Platinum is chiefly used to make jewelry. It also has widespread roles in electronics and chemistry, dentistry, and various other applications. Early on it circulated in Russia as coinage and has been proposed as a standard of value by some bimetalists.
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Russia
Sheriff Frank Reece Reports Annual Expenditures and Fees
Sherman dispatch details Sheriff Frank Reece's annual report for the year ending December 31, 1931. Total county and related fees collected amount to 29,319.58 with 11,405.60 for feeding and guarding prisoners and 23,777.18 in deductible expenditures. The report breaks down by felony and habeas corpus, misdemeanor and civil fees, jail costs, and the sheriff’s ex officio salary.
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Sherman
Frank Reece
Grayson County
Sheriff's Department
J. A. Vaughan
Local Social Roundup Brims With Visits and Moves
Pilot Grove notes show Mr. and Mrs. Jim Robertson with family visiting Mahurin and daughter Mrs. Lee Brown returning home. Residents attend meetings, visitors arrive from Whitewright Anna Leonard Van Alstyne and Trenton while others relocate and work on highways. A London eye lid reconstruction and a Harvard claim on births are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Robertson
Mahurin
Lee Brown
Mattie Wilroy
Women and Girls’ Club
Reed Aldridge
Garner
Whitewright
Baptist Church
Ora Bell
Anna
Vernie Caraway
Rose Hill
Taylor Scott
Carnell Andrew
Ernest Andrew
van Alstyne
Bill Dixon
A. L. Conner
Les Andrew
McKinney
Valda Smith
Sherman
Oran Judd
Ely
Neathery
Cr. J. Kaiser
Cassie Hunnicutt
F. M. Sloan
Ted Hulett
Denison
J. M. Spangler
Trenton
A. B. St. John
Martin Rose
Huntington, Ark
Charlie Kaiser
Bert Dennis
Doyle Dennis
Clyde Dennis
Gladewater
Bill Judd
Graybill
Ed Henderson
Leonard
D. B. Andrew
Bill Henderson
Joe Ashinhurst
Jasper Sparks
Tom Bean
S. F. Garland
Virginia Benson
Lewis Johnson
Earl Benson
Johnson
Tom Thorpe
Pottsboro
G. E. Thrift
Grandmother Lena Moskovitz Sentenced 666 Days
Cleveland court imposes a 666 day workhouse sentence on Lena Moskovitz a 50 year old grandmother for liquor charge tied to slipping liquor into another woman’s basket Judge Oscar Bell also fines her 1000 dollars to be served as 2 50 daily workhouse wage earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lena Moskovitz
Oscar Bell
Printing in Whitewright Wants to Buy Ads
Classified snippet shows a want ad for printing services in Whitewright, with brief call to place buying or advertising requests and a contact prompt in a local community newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Bewween
Ely
Sun Office
Wet bloc pushes liquor bill to House calendar vote
The House will vote March 14 on placing a bill to give liquor control to the States on the calendar after 145 signatures to withdraw from the Judiciary Committee. Leaders Linthicum and Beck say the move shows where representatives stand on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. The Beaumont Enterprise notes the era’s upheaval.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Linthicum
Maryland
Beck
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Republican Wet
House of Representatives
Political Announcements for Democratic Primary
The Sun announces candidacies for the July 23 1932 Democratic primary including District Clerk W N Polley Butridge County Clerk C M Charley Cole Mrs Callie McAfee Frost Public Weigher Tom Brice Harold Doss C A Charley McLean G D Bennett C W Chess Pope W A Will Lee Tom Sloan.
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The
Sun
C. M
Charley) Cole
Callie McAfee Frost
Tom Brice
Harold Doss
C. A
Charley) McLean
G. D. Bennett
C. W
Pope
W. A
Will) Lee
Tom Sloan
Navy orders mobilize ten ships to Pacific maneuvers
Washington reports the U S Navy will send ten warships through the Panama Canal to join fleets in defense of the Pacific Coast. The action raises total Pacific ships to 202 and follows officials stating tension in the Orient had eased and such movement had been under study since earlier maneuvers.
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Washington
Pacific
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Canal
Navy
Orient
Pratt
Naval Operations
Local Bladder Relief Offered Through Dr Bond’s Prescription
Hundreds of bladder weakness sufferers can obtain Dr Bond's K and B Prescription locally at Dyer and Jones in Whitewright. Relieve night trips, back pain, and urinary symptoms with soothing relief. price 60 cents and 1 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer & Jones, Whitewright
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kentuckytown Club
Desert News
Pilot Grove News
London
E. M. East
Harvard University
Grover B. Smith
Elmore Proctor
Bells
W. T. Nicholson
J. C. Parsons
Riley Williams
Mamie Williams
Cecil Doss
C. S. Blanton
Sanderson Barber Shop
Thompson’s
O. L. Sears
Hastings
Pilot Grove
E. D. Barlow
Vance Sweet
Lester Haile
Buell Spindle
R. L. Johnson
Lester Aile
Whitewright Hatchery
R. D. Ford
Phoe
Planters National Bank of
Guy Hamilton
H. F. Thompson
E. E. Wallace
Grover Spencer
Clyde Thompson
Claud Thompson
Clarence Thompson
Remington
L. C. Smith
Underwood
Beaumont Enterprise
W. N. (Poley) Butridge
J. C
Carl) Allred
J. W
John) Washburn
Constable
J. R
Joe) Riddle
the Sun
J. M. Sturdivant
U. S. Navy
Cohen
Dr. Bond
Dyer & Jones
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright, Texas
Lilley Dry Goods Co
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