High School Group To Present Play Here Friday Night
Local high school students stage the three act comedy For Pete's Sake on Friday night March 10 at 7 in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Charles Harrison as Peter Pepperdine and Evelyn Hill as Aunt Sarah with a large ensemble. Proceeds benefit the Home Economics Club to send delegates to the May state rally in Galveston.
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Pete's
Peter Pepperdine
Charles Harrison
Sarah
Evelyn Hill
Peggy Clarkston
Marie Badgett
Nadine Clarkston
Drunette Farley
Jasmine Jackson
Myrtle Taylor
Bill Bradshaw
Morris Fogle Gillett
Malvina Potts
Betty Atkinson
John Boliver
C. B. Bryant III
Dupont Darby
Billy Glen Earnheart
Grammar School
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Home
Galveston
Bill to Kill Death Penalty Is Submitted
Gov W Lee O Daniels urges abolition of capital punishment A House bill was introduced Rep Jim Pace Gainesville Rep Omar Burkett Cisco Rep James H Goodman Midland filed the proposal at the Governor s request The incident of Winzell Williams a 19 year old Dallas County man who faced electrocution earlier this week is noted Gov saved his life for 30 days Max W Boyer Perryton chairs the committee and predicts the bill will fail to gain enough votes for a minority report to the floor
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Jim Pace
Gainesville
Omar Burkett
Cisco
James H. Goodman
Midland
O’daniel
Winzell Williams
Dallas County
Williams
Texas
Max W. Boyer
Perryton
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Roosevelt explains phrase horse and buggy age at Congress
Washington. The Supreme Court heard President Roosevelt define the horse and buggy age, saying the term is not derisive. He described it as a label for delays, local opposition, and jealousies, urging citizens to embrace rapid modernization like the automobile, rail, and telegraph.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Sweethearts at the Palace Tonight and Friday
The Palace features Sweethearts starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald. Saturdays offer Fighting Thoroughbreds with Ralph Byrd Mary Carlisle and Robert Allen. Prev ue and Monday show Up the River with Preston Foster Tony Martin and Phyllis Brooks. Tuesday and Wednesday present Meet the Girls with June Lang and Lynn Bari.
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Palace Theatre
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette McDonald
Ralph Byrd
Mary Carlisle
Robert Allen
Prevue
Preston Foster
Tony Martin
Phyllis Brooks
June Lang
Lynn Bari
Fraudulent Use of Pass Alleged in Texas Case
James Franklin Hughes of Pottsboro and Thelma Leola Oliver of Denison posted $1,000 bonds on charges of using a free interstate railroad pass fraudulently. Trials set for March 13 in Fort Worth in the U S District Court for the Northern District of Texas. They pleaded not guilty before United States Commissioner Mrs. Luther H. Gray in Sherman. Fugitive complaints filed by Deputy U S Marshal Sam C. Johnston based on Fort Worth commissioner records.
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Sherman
James _ Franklin Hughes
Pottsboro
Thelma Leola Oliver
Denison
Fort Worth
United States Court
Northern District of Texas
Luther H. Gray
United States
Sam C. Johnston
Four O'Daniel appointees confirmed by Senate in Texas
In brief session the Senate confirmed Walter Woodward of Coleman as Life Insurance Commissioner and ex officio chair of the Insurance Board for six years. Gov Lee O Daniel named Milburn McCarty Eastland and reappointed J T Sneed Amarillo and Charles C Thompson Colorado City to Texas Tech College directorships for six years. Judge J C Hunter Abilene was withdrawn as Highway Commission chairman in open session.
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Senate
J.C. Hunter
Abilene
Highway Commission
Camp Fire Girls Prepare For Birthday Week
The Whitewright Camp Fire Girls advance in the National Birthday program based on Americana. Birthday Week runs March 12 to 18 with a council fire set for March 18 in Sherman Municipal Building. Several girls will pass ranks and take part in the program. An Okihi and Aowaki Go group party for mothers and fathers is planned at Mrs. Floyd Everheart home on Friday the 17th at 7 15 PM.
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Whitewright Camp
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Camp Fire Advisory Committee
Sherman
Joe Johnson
G. K. Stephens
Floyd Everheart
Colons Study Other Issues Beside Taxes
Texas Legislature shifts focus from tax plans to fire insurance concerns. Representative Alfred Petsch seeks printing of city by city premiums and losses, highlighting a lack of competition and potential profits reaching as high as 500 percent. He hopes the information prompts constructive action by state authorities.
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Austin
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
House Journal
Texas
House
Leighton Cornett
Clarksville
Petsch
State Fire Insurance Department
Twelve Dropped From WPA Rolls In Two Texas Counties
Names of 12 workers were dropped Monday from Works Progress Administration rolls in Grayson and Fannin Counties, six for each county, for failure to return affidavits certifying U.S. citizenship. Some may be unable due to illness. they could be reassigned if affidavits are submitted later. The 30 day deadline under emergency relief rules has passed. Future hires must certify citizenship to qualify.
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Works Progress Administration
Grayson
Fannin
R. F. Daniels
Sherman
Daniels
WPA
United States
Child suffocates during trip to Bonham in blanket wrap
Reba Nadine Osborne, two months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Osborne, died from suffocation Saturday while the family was traveling to Bonham. The infant had been wrapped in a blanket to keep warm.
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Bonham
Reba Nadine Osborne
Jess Osborne
House Committee Would Pass Pension Tax Plan to Voters
Texas House committee backs a constitutional amendment to fund old age assistance by broad sales taxes and selective production levies, proposing a 2 percent tax on many goods and services with exemptions. The plan aims to raise about 33 million dollars yearly, with public voting set for the first Saturday in June.
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House
Austin
House Committee On
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Senate
Thornton
Kerr
Lagrange
Hardeman
San Angelo
Texas
Galveston
January Traffic Deaths Total 2,500 Nationwide
CHICAGO Ill Traffic accidents killed 2,500 people in January according to the national safety council marking a 6 percent drop from January 1938. The council notes January is the fifteenth straight month of reductions, with an estimated saving of about 8,500 lives over the fifteen months.
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Chicago
Ill
National Safety Council
Rice Proposes Universal Pensions for Veterans
Millard W. Rice of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged the Senate unemployment and relief committee to grant full pensions to all American veterans. He proposed a $60 monthly pension, arguing it would ease veterans' finances and allow states to raise benefits under the social security act. He also credited Aesop as the dime emblem creator.
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Washington
Millard W. Rice
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Rice
Schedule for Grayson County league events completed
Sherman leaders released a full schedule for Grayson County interscholastic league events. Frid ay and Saturday athletic contests run March 17 18 with literary events March 25 at Sherman fair park and Kidd Key courts. Fees apply per entrant or team with entries due 10 days prior.
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Cooke
Ward
Fair Park
Sherman
Austin College
Cashion Field
Cawthon Gymnasium
Bells
Gunter
Howe
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Whitewright
Pecan Grove
Prairie Valley
Range Creek
White Rock
Willow Springs
Bonding company checks district clerk records in Sherman
Clive Templeton of Trinity Universal Insurance Company, Dallas, the surety for R. B. Caraway, resigned district clerk, returned to Dallas after reviewing the clerk’s disbursements. A claim of 4877.73 was forwarded to salvage from Caraway’s bonds. Any irregular payments found would be pursued from recipients.
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Caraway
Texas Pensions in March Total 1,608,100
The pension administration announced that March payments to Texans will total 1,608,100, up nearly 14,000 from February. Checks averaging 14 will be mailed to 115,197 pensioners over the next 10 days, with 1,324 new beneficiaries since February and 407 reinstated.
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Austin
Pension Administration
Service Officer to Aid War Veterans in Whitewright
F. R. Fenton, field representative of the Veterans State Service Office, will visit Whitewright on March 15 to assist war veterans and dependents with war service claim problems. He has helped many veterans and heirs in the past year and seeks to aid widows and Gold Star mothers under liberalized laws. Bring VA letters, discharge papers, and other claim documents. Parents and foster parents urged to attend if a son died in service or from a service related disability.
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F. R. Fenton
Veterans State Service Office
Whitewright
Fenton
Mr. Fenton
Veterans Administration
Pre Easter Services by Local Churches in Whitewright
Four churches cooperate for daily pre Easter services April 3 through 9 at the town picture show building with afternoon sessions and later parish services. Ministers Horton and Johnson provide use of the venue and piano. leaders urge business hours to allow workers time off. Congregational singing by Jim Jernigan, pianists from multiple churches each day.
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Central Christian
First Baptist
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
Messrs
Horton and
Johnson
Jim Jernigan
Whitewright
Leroy Anderson
Central Christian Church
Fight on dam will go to court in Oklahoma
Gov. Leon C. Phillips named William O. Coe of Oklahoma City and C. C. Hatchett of Durant as special attorneys to file suit to stop the Federal Government from building the Denison Red River dam. The state will challenge land acquisitions for the lake and investigators will be paid $500 a month.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Leon C. Phillips
William O. Coe
C. C. Hatchett
Durant
Denison Red River
Coe
Hatchett
DEDICATION OF NEW BRIDGE SET AT BONHAM
Dedicatory services for the new bridge over the Red River at Lowell's Bluff north of Bonham will begin at 11 a m on Wednesday March 15. The program includes remarks and lunch to be served by the Yuba Okla Home Demonstration Club.
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Bonham
Red River
Lowell’s Bluff
Dick Saunders
Yuba, Okla
Gov O Daniel to observe 49th birthday Saturday
Governor W Lee O Daniel will turn 49 on Saturday March 11. He said he will arrive early and work harder than ever to mark the occasion. Mrs O Daniel and family plan private celebrations with friends.
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Gov
O’daniel
Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
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