Train Struck Car Killing Two Near Clarendon
E L Blanks 48 and Joyce McCrary 17 died when a Fort Worth and Denver passenger train collided with their car at a grade crossing east of Clarendon. Blanks, farmer near Clarendon, survived by wife and six daughters and his aged mother. Funeral services set for Friday in Clarendon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Blanks
Clarendon
Fort Worth
Denver
Joyce McCrary
Blanks
Mr. Blanks
Whitewright
West Texas
Ella Blanks
J. T. Ayres
Amarillo
Bernice McWhorter
Etta Fay
Nola B. Louise
Pauline
D. Blanks
Simon Reynolds
Kentuckytown
Jim Blanks
Industry Appeal Noted in Income Gains for Texas
Texas total income rose 12 percent in 1937 to 2.506 billion and per capita income climbed 11 percent to 406 dollars, ranking ninth and 34th respectively. The All-South Development Council cites Texas as poised to attract new industrial investment amid national gains and regional contrasts. Arizona led gains with a 38 percent rise, while the Mountain region saw a 10 percent overall increase. The U S total income reached 67.534 billion with per capita 522 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
All-South Development Council
National Industrial Conference Board
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arizona
United States
National Camp Fire Girls Week Observed with Service
The week of March 13 to 19 is named National Camp Fire Girls Week. A Sunday service at First Baptist Church at 7 15 pm will honor Camp Fire Girls with Rev. L O Evans delivering the sermon and participation from other city ministers. No other churches hold Sunday evening services so all may attend.
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Camp Fire Girls
First Baptist Church
L. O. Evans
Baptist Church
Iowa Woman Lets Tax Mess Rest Easy In Letter
Treasury officials shared a letter from an Iowa woman who lists her many domestic roles including cook, laundress, barber, housecleaner, and grandmother of ten. She jokes that if jailed for tax mistakes, she might finally get a rest and keep the old man happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Iowa
Desert School Children Visit The Sun Plant
Miss Luna Mae Garner leads Asa Walker School first through third graders from Desert to Whitewright on Friday to tour The Sun and nearby businesses. They are escorted by Mrs. Elvin Petty and Mrs. Dorsie Brooks along with students Bobbie Golden Delma Lee Atteberry Roy Ingram Patsy Petty Earl Ray Ingram Marjorie Buchanan Charles Ray Thompson Vernon Wilson Cassie Goodnight Jewel Mae Arnwine Marquita Moats Mary Frances Low J W Low Glynodene Goodnight Jean Murphy Dolores Simpson Elton Turner Billie Robert Daugherty and David Lynn Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luna Mae Garner
Asa Walker
Desert
Whitewright
the Sun
Elvin Petty
Dorsie Brooks
Bobbie Golden
Delma Lee Atteberry
Roy Ingram
Patsy Petty
Earl Ray Ingram
Marjorie Buchanan
Charles Ray Thompson
Vernon Wilson
Cassie Goodnight
Jewel Mae Arnwine
Marquita Moats
Mary Frances Low
J. W. Low
Glynodene Goodnight
Jean Murphy
Dolores Simpson
Elton Turner
Billie Robert Daugherty
David Lynn Brooks
Trustees to Be Chosen for School Districts in Grayson County
Grayson County to elect trustees for 89 common districts and 12 dependent districts on April 2 as announced by County Superintendent E A Miller. Rural schools will elect one member for three member boards and two or three for seven member boards. Two two year terms held by E B Scott and J A Collins expire. incumbents may seek reelection. Board met but deferred trustee appointments awaiting election outcomes.
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County Board of Trustees
Officers Uncover Large Cache in Plano Arrest
Post office inspectors state troopers and sheriffs from four counties arrested a Plano man in one of the Southwest’s largest stolen merchandise caches. He is the ninth member of a gang harassing police since June 1936. Last week four men and four women were arrested in connection with the crimes. The Plano store held loot valued over $10,000 comprising a wide range of items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Plano
New Jersey Flag Salute Law Challenged in Supreme Court
In Washington the Supreme Court heard a challenge to New Jersey’s requirement that children salute the flag or face expulsion from school. John Herring and his wife appeal on behalf of two Secaucus students whose Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs bar the pledge. The case centers on religious liberty claims against the statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Jersey
Supreme Court
John Herring
Lincoln
Secaucus
N. J
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Boy killer urges youths to shun evil companions and church
In Greenville a captured teen killer, J W Rickman, 20, recounts his life from Mesquite to Hunt County jail after shooting McKinney Officer Marion Taylor. He blames drinking and bad friends, urges boys to attend Sunday school and church, and says he would warn others to avoid crime.
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Boy
Greenville
Princeton
Marion Taylor
Valiant McKinney
Hunt County
Texas
J. W. Rickman
Collin County
Christian Church
Taylor
Rickman
Frank Wolfe
McKinney
Farmersville
Gatesville
Dallas
Fort Sill
Okla
Rural power line poles rise in Fannin County project
Thirty miles of poles have been erected for a government powered project in Fannin County. Large shipments of wire transformers crossarms insulators and other equipment valued at 165000 dollars have arrived for the rural line project. Work started near Trenton and extends toward Valley Creek to the east and Corinth to the south.
The Inquisitive Woman and the Gardener
An inquisitive woman pesters a gardener with questions about caterpillars. The gardener replies with a comical, rounded method to disorient the insects, then a zoological aside notes the moon’s mass as about one eightieth of Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Earth
Rayburn Says Little Time for Politics in Pre-Election Days
Washington. Majority Leader Rayburn states he has little time to consider political developments in his Texas district. He notes no opposition seen and intends to avoid campaigning in Bonham until Congress adjourns, possibly mid May to June, and he has not been approached about a presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Texas
Bonham
Congress
Eastern railroad unveils 6000 horsepower steam locomotive
An Eastern railroad has constructed a steam locomotive that develops 6000 horsepower and can haul a 140 car train weighing 12000 tons at a speed of 100 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Railroad
Two Young Men Held for Counterfeiting in Sherman
Charles W. Newman of Trenton aged 25 and Edward Stovall Jr. aged 21, living near Whitewright and Trenton, are jailed in Sherman on counterfeiting charges. They pleaded guilty at arraignment before US Commissioner Catherine Wharton, bond set at 1000 dollars each. Counterfeit quarters were allegedly produced on a farm four miles south of Whitewright and circulated in Fannin and Grayson Counties. Stovall arrested Saturday by Detective B V Atnip and Sherman police. Newman arrested Monday by Atnip, Sheriff Henry Chaney, and Mayor Clint McMillin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Newman
Trenton
Edward Stovall Jr
Whitewright
Sherman
Catherine Wharton
United States
Miss Wharton
Fannin
Grayson
Stovall
B. V. Atnip
H. G. Thompson
Newman
Atnip
Fannin County
Henry Chaney
Clint McMillin
Whitewright School Board Election Set for April
An election will be held Saturday April 2 to elect three members to the Whitewright Board of Education. Terms for Gomer May John Reeves and B W Newman expire in April. The board members listed include C J Meador president R A Gillett secretary Clay Horton Grove Stateville and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Board of Education
C. J. Meador
R. A. Gillett
Clay Horton
Grove Stateville
John Reeves
Gomer May
B. W. Newman
Denison Dam Final Report Nearing Approval
Federal project costing about 50 million dollars to restrain the Red River from overflows in Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana nears realization. Army engineers say the final report with recommendations based on the Vicksburg field study will be sent to Congress after review by the secretary of war and the President. Recent Red River rampages altered the stream’s course, delaying submission.
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Washington
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Denison
Mississippi
Army
Congress
Vicksburg
Miss
Secretary of War
Palace to Install New Amplifier at Theatre
Horton and Johnson, operators of the Palace theatre, announce the purchase of a new power beam amplifier to be installed within a few days. The device aims to improve the tonal quality of the theatre sound system.
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Horton & Johnson
Palace Theatre
5 048 847 Bales of Cotton Loans Shown
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced loans through March 3 totaling 5 058 847 bales with a value of 221 163 838 dollars. The average loan stood at 8.38 cents per pound and Texas accounted for 1 603 124 bales.
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The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas
Youth Survives After Interne Slits Throat To Save Him
Roy Coney, 17, rests at Charity Hospital New Orleans after an interne slashed his throat to clear a choking spell from diseased tonsils and inserted a rubber tube. The emergency, performed without anesthetic, saved his life.
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New Orleans
Roy Coney
Charity Hospital
Safety in Numbers Umbrella Jokes Visit
A husband jokes about packing three umbrellas for a business trip. He explains one to leave on the train, another to be left in the train, and a third in case it rains.
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Hubby
Cotton Farmers Vote Here Saturday on Marketing Quota
Arthur Badgett announces that Cotton farmers will vote at Whitewright City Hall from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday March 12 on whether to adopt marketing quotas for cotton. Two thirds of voting producers must approve. ballots ask Do you favor marketing quotas on cotton. Voting conducted by Badgett Phillips and Skaggs. landlords and tenants who produced cotton in 1937 may vote once. County Agent Tedlie to speak at Grammar School auditorium 7:30 p.m. Friday to explain the farm program.
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Arthur Badgett
AAA
Whitewright
Mr. Badgett
Henry Phillips
Newell Skaggs
W. O. Tedlie
Grammar School
Department of Agriculture
Van Alstyne to Celebrate Highway Completion Tonight
Whitewright residents gather in Van Alstyne to mark the 40 mile east west road completion in South Grayson County. Speakers include Gus W. Thom asson County Judge Jake Loy and Mayor F M Echols with bands from Sherman Denison and Van Alstyne providing music. The project links five highways and reduces Dallas distance for Whitewright Bells Bonham and nearby towns.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
District Wpa
Gus W. Thomasson
Jake J. Loy
F. M. Echols
Sherman
Denison
Grayson County
South Grayson
Dallas
Bells
Bonham
World Day of Prayer Observed by Local Churches
The World Day of Prayer was observed at the Presbyterian Church in a joint meeting of all churches. The High School student body attended and the glee club performed two seated numbers. A business meeting followed and officers of the union council of churches were elected: Mrs H T Atterberry president, Mrs T E Barbee vice president, Miss Mae Hall secretary, Mrs H P Donigan treasurer, and Mrs O L Sears parliamentarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Glee Club
Union Council of Churches
H. T. Atterberry
T. E. Barbee
Mae Hall
H. P. Donigan
O. L. Sears
Bonds Set For Two Charged In Hijacking
In Denison Fred Crabtree and Lillie May Dudley pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing before Justice of Peace E A Wright. Each was held on $1500 bond for grand jury action after being arrested by Deputy Wesley Barnhill for an auto theft and robbery with firearms connected to a hijacking two days earlier. A woman forced Marshall Trice from his service car with a .32 revolver and joined a man at a tourist camp before the pair’s vehicle was halted by a flat tire two miles south of Bells.
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Denison
Fred Crabtree
Lillie May Dudley
Justice of Peace
E A. Wright
Wesley Barnhill
Marshall Trice
Bells
Old Time Riddle Exchange About Paying In Advance
A quip between a horse owner and an amateur rider turns on advance payment. The owner warns the horse may return without the rider, prompting the rider’s retort about trust. It ends with a Longfellow quote on self-respect and resilience.
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EL. Blanks
Sila
Ivar Kreuger
Paris
Church, New York
Rhode Island
Andrew Jackson
Havana Harbor
Ada Rehan
Chicago
Wnu
Camp Fire
Soecrates
Hunts County
Long Bridge
Lone Oak
Wolfe City
Hubert Dodd
Dodd
Grand Avenue
Melissa
Durant
Wolfe
Gordon Duff
Denison Dam
Palace
Interne
Longfellow
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