Error Blamed in $2 Cotton Price Break
Washington reports attribute Monday’s $7 per bale cotton price drop to misinterpretation of pending legislation. Congress faces action over Doxie of Mississippi proposals to ease ginning tax for certain producers, potentially affecting tenants and sharecroppers and up to about 1.25 million bales.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Doxie
Mississippi
House
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
AAA
Farmers Union Plans Long Fight Over Crop Controls
The piece details a new domestic allotment plan for wheat cotton and rice drafted by Representative Dies Texas and J E McDonald Texas Agriculture Commissioner. It outlines subsidies tariff benefits and production bases plus optional farmer participation and potential funding from taxes or tariffs. It also covers the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Tyronza Arkansas seeking union recognition and higher wages amid eviction disputes and farmer contracts.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Dies
Texas
J. E. McDonald
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
House Ways and Means Committee
Appropriations Committee
Congress
McDonald
AAA
General Treasury
Tyronza
Ark
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Arkansas
American Federation of Labor
Governor approves issue of relief bonds in Texas
Governor James V. Allred authorized the issuance of 5 million dollars in state relief bonds. The bill allows monthly sales through December, enabling the State Bond Commission to proceed with monthly allotments as needed.
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Austin
James V. Alfred
State Bond Commission
Last Day to Pay Delinquent City Taxes Approaches
City voters urged to pay delinquent taxes by Friday March 15 to avoid penalties and interest. After March 15 penalties accrue and suit may be filed. early payment offers considerable savings.
Local Want Ads Mixed For Sale and Services
Several pieces of household furniture for sale from Mrs J P Montgomery. Whitewright area listings include flowers by Mrs Allen T Short and Mrs Myrtle Badgett, eggs and baby chicks by Mrs H A James, real estate bargains via TomBarbee, hatchery notices from Whitewright Hatchery manager R D Ford, and used farming equipment from Manning Clark Meador. Auto loans offered by Auto Finance Company.
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J. P. Montgomery
Wise Adkinson, Florist
Greenville
Allen T. Short
Arkansas Cotton Planters Plan Backed by Governor
Rodgers suggested planters could control the union now in an embryonic stage. Governor agreed, noting the union has 4,000 to 5,000 members mainly in Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, and Mississippi Counties in the delta. H. L. Mitchell said the union runs about 20 locals in four counties and clusters near Portage, Muskogee.
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Ward H. Rodgers
FERA
J. M. Futrell
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Rodgers
Futrell
Cers
Crittenden
Cross
Poinsett
Mississippi
H. L. Mitchell
United Press
Portage
Muskogee
Okla
Liquor Sales Rule Upheld for Dealers in Dry States
Federal Judge Kennamer ruled that a wholesale liquor firm in a wet state may sell to licensed dealers in a dry state and is not responsible for distribution to a person holding a federal license. He sustained a defense demurrer to a conspiracy charge against Brookshire & O Neal Wholesale Liquor Co. and noted licensing should not punish licensed sellers. The case involved J T and M W Turknett charged with transporting liquor into Oklahoma for illegal sale despite their federal licenses.
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Vinta
Okla
Franklin E. Kennamer
Kennamer
Brookshire & O'Neal
Joplin
J. T. and
M. W. Turknett
Oklahoma
College Lessons and a Dire Joke
A witty exchange questions a son's college education and its value. One speaker doubts the boy will remember lessons, while the other retorts that college failed to equip him for a livelihood, mocking his prospects with a blunt jab.
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
The Montgomery families and H. W. Dodd with his children thank friends for sympathy, kind deeds, and thoughts during illness and after the death of their loved one. They express sincere appreciation and will never forget the support received.
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J. P. Montgomery
S. H. Montgomery
H. W. Dodd
Pilot Grove News Sees Rain Benefit Grain Crops
Pilot Grove reports small grain crops benefited by rain Saturday night and Monday. Local residents attend Sherman events and cake school. Home Demonstration Club met to discuss the 1935 farm food budget, with a luncheon and a program titled America Must Choose led by W. S. Cunningham.
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Charley Kaiser
Sherman
Herbert Taylor
Earl Benson
KR. E. L. Binion
Pauline
Mamie Hines
Council
J. C. Andrew
Bill Dixon
W. 8. Cunningham
Whitewright
America
Composer claims rights to early cowboy songs in Arizona suit
McClain, in town for a cattlemen’s convention, recalls singing “Nursery Song for Restless Cattle” in 1881. Goodwin sues music publishers and radio entities for royalties over use of “Home on the Range” allegedly without consent. he now works as a filling station attendant in Temple.
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Ple, Ariz
Bank
McClain
Goodwin
Temple
FDR Keeps Hands Off Bonus Dispute
Washington report says President Roosevelt will not involve himself in the 2 billion dollar bonus fight until Congress acts. Representative Sabbath vouched that the President will comment only after a bill reaches his desk. Sabbath added the President may favor limiting payments to the needy or alternative methods instead of immediate cash.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Representative Sabbath of Ilinois
House Democratic Steering Committee
White House
Sabbath
Congress
Range Song Claim Is Declared Bank in Wichita News
Wichita Kansas. W B McClain ex cowboy of Benton declares claims of William Goodwin Tem holds a bank range song claim filing in the county seat. No further details available.
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Range Song
Wichita
Kan
W. B. McClain
Benton
William Goodwin
Whitewright Texas to Elect Two City Commissioners
Notice of an April election in Whitewright Grayson County Texas to elect two city commissioners for two year terms. Election to be held at the city hall election room with J W Henry as presiding judge and two clerks A M Bryant and Bob Sears. City Secretary attests and mayor F M Echols signs.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Whitewright
J. W. Henry
W. H. Horton
A. M. Bryant
Bob Sears
Pril
F. M. Echols
Jesse Wallace
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Farmers Union
T. W. Ayres & Son
Whitewright Mutual
Whitewright Burial Association
Rollie R. Waldo
R. R. Waldo Funeral Home
Whitewright, Texas
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Right Han
Sun Office
H. A. James
Route 1
Tom Barbee
Whitewright Hatchery
R. D. Ford
Flowers
Myrtle Badgett
R. L. Sears
Guy Hamilton
First National Bank
Manning, Clark & Meador
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Manning, Clark & Meador Hardware and Farmalls
Pilot Grove News
F.D.R
Nicholson
Farmall
McCormick-Deering Farmall
F. O. B. Chicago
McCormick-Deering
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