McCraw tells probers hat in ring for governor
Texas Attorney General McCraw testified before the Senate investigative committee about personal affairs and his office while denying favors. He revealed paid trade-in for a car by Carl Estes and joint airplane ownership, and said he might press Tom Clark to disclose bank accounts, though he doubted success. Applause greeted his gubernatorial announcement during the session led by Sen Holbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
McCraw
Tom Clark
Clark
Senator Holbrook
Galveston
Tom
Holbrook
Car Stolen at Bonham Found
Bonham sheriff reports a car stolen Thursday afternoon was found near Lubbock. An employee drove toward Lubbock to return it to Bonham after three men requested a car demonstration and forced the driver to leave the vehicle near Whitewright. The car lacked a spare tire and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Fannin County
Dates for CMTC Camps Announced at Fort Sam Houston
CMTC camp openings in the Eighth Corps Area were announced at Fort Sam Houston. Enrollees for Camp Bullis and Fort Bliss report July 1 for a month of training. Camps at Fort Sill Fort Logan and Fort Huachuca run July 5 to August 3. Applications are now being received. Last year 2425 enrollees trained in the corps area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
CMTC
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
A. E. Keyes
Camp Bullis
Fort Bliss
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Logan
Colo
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Corps
English garagemen boost price of air
In parts of England garagemen now charge 12c for inflating tires and for related services such as filling radiators and topping up batteries. They say these tasks cost them time and money and that filling stations undercut their prices, affecting their livelihood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Reverend John W. Inzer Accepts Asheville Pastorate
Reverend John W. Inzer, raised in Savoy and well known in Whitewright, has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Asheville North Carolina. He previously served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery Alabama for eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Inzer
Savoy
Whitewright
First Baptist Church of
Asheville
N. C
Sun
Inzer
Montgomery
Ala
Man with 17 dogs dropped from relief rolls
In Winslow New Jersey officials removed a man from relief rolls after he refused to relinquish seventeen dogs he kept with his allowance. They stated the community could not care for pets while providing aid to human needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
N. J
Dr J A Newsome To Speak At First Baptist Sunday Night
Dr J A Newsome will address First Baptist Church Sunday night at 7 15 as he shares his experiences as a child captive among the Cheyennes He lived in Oklahoma City and Fort Worth and recounts a remarkable history from Missouri to Texas and the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Newsome
First Baptist
Newsome
Texas
Missouri
Panhandle
Washita
Oklahoma
Farm unemployment on the rise in United States and Canada
Geneva Switzerland. Displacement of farm workers by mechanization cited as a gravest agricultural problem. Lowry Nelson of Minnesota warns of rapid cotton and corn mechanization increasing unemployment. Sugar beet harvesting and related farming jobs drive relief rolls higher as rural exodus shifts to potential unionization. Canada reports similar shifts in provincial economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Lowry Nelson
University of Minnesota
Agricultural Committee of
The
International Labor Office
South
Nelson
America
Tenant Farmers’ Union
J. F. Booth
Department of Agriculture
ILO
Canada
Waco Man Named Traffic Engineer of Safety Bureau
Harry S. Phillips of Waco named traffic engineer in charge of a new safety division. He begins March 7 and has radioed experience from the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad and Texas Power and Light Company. A World War II veteran, he served as a major in the engineering corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Harry S. Phillips
Waco
Julian Montgomery
Phillips
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Texas Power and Light Company
Sun Honor Roll Gains With New Subscribers
The Sun announces continued growth of its honor roll with over 100 new names added in ten days. Local readers urged to join and enjoy clubbing rates, with names listed including Mrs A L Griffin and O M Brown among others in Whitewright and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Whitewright
Section
A. L. Griffin
O. M. Brown
Jack Biggersta
H. G. Rountree
W. A. Goodnight
Van Alstyne to Host March 10 Roads Celebration
Van Alstyne will stage a March 10 at 7:30 p.m. celebration marking completion of the East-West highway from Tioga to Trenton and Cannon to Bethel. WPA official Gus W. Thomasson and county leaders will speak. Sherman and Denison chambers, Whitewright, and area towns are invited with bands providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Alstyne
Tioga
Trenton
Cannon
Bethel
Gunter
Elmont
Pilot Grove
van Alstyne High School
Gus W. Thomasson
WPA
Thomasson
J. J. Loy
P. J. Waldrop
W. A. Vaughan
Clayton Flannery
Hardy McAdams
Frank Thompson
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Sherman High School
Denison
van Alstyne Bunch
FHA Aims to Spur Home Building with New Mortgage Plan
The FHA program under a new amended law seeks to assist middle income families in obtaining decent housing on favorable terms. It envisions a long term residential construction drive funded mainly by private capital, with a self sustaining mortgage insurance system. The revised plan raises insured mortgage totals, tightens rates, lowers down payments for modest homes, and emphasizes private sector cooperation to grow housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Roosevelt
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Housing Administration
Stewart McDonald
Oklahoma Needs New Rules to Secure U S Aid
Senator Thomas said Oklahoma must show the State Welfare Commission is organized to receive and distribute federal funds to the aged and that recipients are legally entitled. He cited federal investigations finding nearly $700,000 paid to those not entitled, warning improper payments could total about $3,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
State Welfare Commission
Federal
State Commission
Texas WPA Job Quota Boosted by 8000
Acting WPA Administrator Williams announced to Senators Sheppard and Connally that Texas WPA job quotas will rise by 8 000 immediately. The increase follows congressional approval of a 250 million emergency relief appropriation for the current fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Washington
WPA
Williams
Sheppard and
Connally
Congress
1938 Auto Tags Begin in Sherman as Deadlines Loom
Sherman reports on the first day of 1938 automobile licenses with 350 obtained in Grayson County. Only 28 days remain to secure licenses, with plates due by midnight March 31. Denison issued 65 passenger licenses of 4,000 allotted. Grayson County totals reach 13,000 with numbers 465 801 to 478 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Grayson County
Dying Man Wills Car to Young Pair Sparking Theft Charge
In Phoenix a dying man bequeathed the automobile to a 16 year old boy and girl who were charged with auto theft. Donna Webber and Wesley Coleman were arrested at Lupton on the theft count. The federal judge dismissed the case after learning Jack Ragsdale of Brush Colorado left the car to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Lupton
Donna Webber
Wesley E. Coleman
Dave W. Ling
Frank E. Flynn
United States
Jack Ragsdale
Brush, Colo
Holcomb Acquires Interest in Waldo Funeral Home Here
R. R. Waldo announces Roger Holcomb has acquired one third of the Waldo Funeral Home and will continue operation as Waldo & Company Funeral Home. Waldo will assist then move to Sherman March 15 to operate a new funeral home. Holcomb plans to keep service standards and the combined ambulance hearse. Waldo will run a furniture business in Whitewright and Sherman, with Holcomb in charge of both ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Waldo
Roger Holcomb
Waldo Funeral Home
Waldo & Company Funeral Home
Waldo
Sherman
Holcomb
Whitewright
Lloyd Moore
Waldo & Company
Speed Law Signs To Be Put On Main Roads Of State
Texas will post large yellow and black signs showing maximum speeds for various vehicles. The highway department will erect signs at ports of entry and along major roads, listing 45 mph for passenger cars 40 mph for buses and light trucks and 25 mph for heavy trucks. L G Phares of the highway patrol says the signs will reduce speeding by removing ignorance of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Highway Department
L. G. Phares
Highway Patrol
Phares
WIFE BEATER IS FLOGGED IN BALTIMORE JAIL
Clyde Miller received twenty lashes from a cat o nine tails as part of a six month sentence for beating his wife last Thursday night. Sheriff Joseph C. Deegan administered the punishment before about 50 witnesses at the city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Clyde Miller
Joseph C. Deegan
Miller
Elizabeth Miller
Big City
Deegan
Sun Office Wants Ad for Typewriter Supplies
Sun office offers carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. Place a Sun Want Ad to advertise these stationery items and reach local buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Office
Typewriter
Man Hunter Races After Officer Murdered Near McKinney
A large manhunt spans Dallas, McKinney and North Texas for a gunman who hijacked a Dallas cabbie, forced him toward Sherman, then killed Motorcycle Officer Marion Taylor in McKinney. Bloodhounds arrive. Capt. Lee Miller leads the chase as the killer flees toward railroad tracks.
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Dallas
McKinney
Marion Taylor
Lee Miller
State Highway Patrol
East Grand
Nicols Brothers
Henry Lee Jackson
Garland
Jackson
Greenville Avenue
Sherman
Taylor
Southern Pacific
Essentialist Committee Attacks Progressive Teaching Methods
Edu cators at the American Association of School Administrators convention denounce John Dewey’s progressive system as costly and weak. Led by William C Bagley of Teachers College Columbia, the group calls for a return to fundamental book learning citing illiteracy and poor reading in high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
John Dewey
Williaa C. Bagley
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New “Essentialist Committee For the Advancement of Education
Dewey
American Association of School Administrators
United States
First Accident Also His Last Morgantown Driver Buried
George F. Cleer died in an automobile crash near Morgantown North Carolina his body found beside an overturned car on Saturday. The coroner ruled he fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone marking a fatal end to ten years without an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
N. C
George F. Cleer
Son Fractured Skull in Table Accident
Robert Howard Ball, three year old son of Howard Ball of Gunter, fractured his skull when a table toppled on him at his grandfather J. F. Ball’s home. He was unconscious and taken to Wilson N. Jones hospital in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bean
Robert Howard Ball
Howard Ball
Gunter
J. F. Ball
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
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Probers
Turkistan
SUN Honor Roll
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