Remarkable 92nd Birthday For Mrs. J. L. German
Mrs. J L German observes her 92d birth anniversary born March 16 1847 at Mt Vernon Ky later moving to Missouri Texas and Whitewright Texas. She and husband J L German built a large farm and valued teaching music and speech his large family shared public speaking and arts. Her children live in Dallas Coweta Tulsa Sherman Bonham Albuquerque and other cities. Birthday celebration planned Sunday with program of music readings and family tributes.
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German
Eliza Paxton German
Mt. Vernon
Adair County
Kentucky
Missouri
Sarcoxie
Texas
William Paxton
Whitewright
Kentuckytown
Pilot Grove
Carlton College
Bonham
J. L. German
Charlie Carlton
Church of Christ
Sam Houston
Mark Twain
Frank
Laud German Phippen
W. P. Z. German
Dallas
W. S
Clara) Vernon
Coweta
Okla
Lyda German
Tulsa
James L. German Jr
Sherman
E. L
Martha) Cochran
Santa Barbara
Calif
J.J
Casie) Walker
Greenville
Dee German
Porter
George German
Carl
Annette) Burcham
Albuquerque
N. M
Lyda
Tommie Chenoweth
Whitewright Public Schools
James
Robert German
Jas. L. German
Mother German
Man Found Dead Across Wife's Grave Near McKinney
Eldon McCoy aged 44 was found dead across his wife's grave in a nearby cemetery on Tuesday. A pistol with one shot fired lay beside him. McCoy had a head wound. His wife had died last December.
B T U Revival Begins Sunday Across Grayson County
In cooperation with the Grayson County Baptist Association B T U training schools start Sunday. Robert R. Patterson of the state B T U office directs the campaign. Classes at the local church run 7 15 to 9 15 pm Monday through Friday for primary junior intermediate senior and adult ages. The aim is 150 enrollments with nightly inspirational periods and a stunt feature. County banners reward attendance and efficiency. First rally at Sherman’s First Baptist Sunday at 2 30 pm with transportation meeting at 1 45 pm for 20 cars.
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B. T. U. Department
Grayson County Baptist Association
Robert R. Patterson
Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Sherman
Dorothy LaRoe Nominated Redbud Queen at TW College
Dorothy LaRoe of Whitewright is a candidate for Redbud Queen at Texas State College for Women. Nominated by dormitory voters, she competes with other candidates during Self-Development Week March 20 to 25. Miss LaRoe, daughter of Mr and Mrs W E LaRoe, is a sophomore majoring in kindergarten primary.
Cottonseed biscuits featured at Texas Cotton Association meet
Houston will host the Texas Cotton Association convention from March 31 to April 7. A coordinating committee decided to serve biscuits baked from cottonseed flour at convention headquarters. Other novelties include fountain pen barrels and houses built from cotton.
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Houston
Texas Cotton Association
Old Boss Charged With Quitting Job in Oklahoma City
Robert J. McAusland handed his foundry to employees in exchange for a lifetime, $200 monthly job. They seek an injunction to stop interference with firm operations and ask a court to set up a $100 monthly salary deposit for McAusland. Judge Hooker issued a temporary restraining order and scheduled a hearing for March 16.
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Oklahoma City
Robert J. McAusland
McAusland
Mr. McAusland
District Court
Sam Hooker
Children Whoop It Up At Girl's Birthday Party
New Bern, N C. A party for 6 year old Katherine Whitford turned into a healthy joke when she had whooping cough at her birthday. Her mother invited only friends who had or were having whooping cough. Twenty five children attended and played and ate between rounds of whooping.
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New Bern
N. C
Katherine Whitford
Katherine
Nature Note on Leaves Falling in Fall Phrase
A brief whimsy contrasts the seasonal wording leaves fall in the fall and leaves leave in the fall. The exchange playfully notes language quirks about autumn foliage.
Will Not Accept Checks For Auto Licenses This Year
SHERMAN Nothing but actual money post office money orders or cashier's checks can be accepted hereafter in payment for automobile licenses Tax Assessor-Collector Collier Yeary said Wednesday He conferred with the commissioners court on a problem raised by Grayson County in a suit by the highway department restraining counties from accepting anything but legal tender for licenses The injunction aimed at scrip in licenses not used by Grayson County A Whitesboro delegation asked for a tax deputy at Whitesboro for last weeks of March to ease western county car owners The matter was tabled until Saturday when Yeary will estimate cost Highway Officer A E Whiteacre reported registration raises totalled 98 25 and fines for overloads and violations 655 50 in the last month Commissioner Waldrop noted the district clerk salary of 4750 a year cannot be cut due to state law based on 1935 revenues
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Sherman
Collier Yeary
P. J. Waldrop
Commissioners Court
Massachusetts Wins Right to Levy On Green Inheritance Tax
In a Supreme Court ruling, Massachusetts was affirmed as the legal domicile of Col. Edward H. R. Green at his 1936 death, enabling the state to claim part of his $36.14 million estate. The decision upholds a Massachusetts tax claim of about $4.95 million. Texas and New York had sought larger shares, while Florida also claimed. Justice Stone authored the opinion. Justice Frankfurter dissented. Green, born in 1869, spent years in Texas and New York, with homes in Round Hills Farm Massachusetts and Star Island Florida, a notable figure with varied pursuits. The court recessed for two weeks after delivering the ruling.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Edward H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Green
Justice Stone
John S. Flannery
Texas
New York
Florida
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Black
England
New York City
Round Hills Farm
South
Dartmouth
Mass
Star Island
Miami
Girl asks G E to mail electricity sample
A New York girl sent a postcard to General Electric asking for a little sample of electricity for her geography study. The note reflects a child’s curiosity about electricity as a teaching aid. Beyrouth remains the Syrian coast’s busiest seaport and a hub of French colonial life.
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G.E
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
New York
Syrian Coast
Beyrouth
Daily Vitamin C intake urged for body needs
Vitamin C found in citrus and tomatoes must be consumed daily as the body cannot store a reserve. The human mechanism lacks a storage system for vitamin C, prompting regular intake to prevent deficiency.
American Legion Declines General Pensions This Year
INDIANAPOLIS National Commander Stephen F Chadwick said the American Legion will not seek general service pensions for World War veterans during his term He noted the Legion has never supported general pension legislation and its policies are set by national conventions The Seattle lawyer’s term ends next fall and the statement addresses persistent pension reports
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Indianapolis
Stephen F. Chadwick
American Legion
Chadwick
Seattle
Legion
No Hope for Cotton Parity Payments
Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee said parity payments for cotton farmers this year would be like chasing a rainbow during testimony by Howard Stovall of the National Cotton Council. Witnesses favored parity benefits over loans or processing taxes to solve the cotton surplus problem.
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Washington
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Howard Stovall
National Cotton Council
Dog seeks tails law in Illinois request
Springfield dispatch reports a postcard signed Dog asking Illinois lawmakers to pass a law to stop tail docking. Speaker Hugh Cross of the Illinois House received the message and wonders which committee should handle the request as he weighs how to refer it.
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Springfield
Ill
Hugh Cross
Illinois House of Representatives
Son Elliott Urges O Daniel to Sue for Peace With Press
Elliott Roosevelt son of the President called on Gov. Lee O Daniel and Texas newspapers in a radio talk to seek peace. He warned that O Daniel portrays criticism as personal attacks and urged conciliatory overtures while stressing the need for unbiased print to aid common sense judgment.
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Fort Worth
Elliott Roosevelt
Lee O’daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Roosevelt
Subsidy checks to reach peak this month in Texas
The Agriculture Adjustment Administration announced that subsidy payments to Southern and Southwestern farmers under 1938 soil conservation programs would peak this month. By March 1 about 20 percent of the nine state total had been paid, with Texas leading at an expected $55 million. About $11 million in checks had already been sent to roughly 111,000 of Texas’s 714,000 eligible farmers.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Texas
Governor grants 30 day reprieve in Herrera case
Governor Lee O Daniel granted Jesus Herrera a 30 day reprieve from execution amid a surge of clemency cases. Herrera, 48, was found guilty of choking 11 year old Hope Elizondo in Wilson County, a crime the pardon board labeled one of the most brutal the panel has faced.
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Austin
Lee O
Daniel
Jesus Herrera
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Herrera
Hope Elizondo
Wilson County
Price-Fixing Laws Stir Texas House Debate
Texas lawmakers debate Fair Trade and Anti-Discrimination measures with Rep Abe Mayes warning price controls will raise living costs for all Texans. Supporters say laws protect independents. opponents fear higher prices and diminished consumer welfare. neutrals fret about regulating business and warn lawmakers face blame either way.
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Austin
Texas
Abe Mayes
Atlanta
Mayes
Texas House
House
Colorado Wife Not Entitled To Cash For Housework
A Colorado wife must perform household duties for love as the law prohibits monetary compensation from her husband. A Federal Labor Department report notes this common law inequality in Colorado where spouses owe household services to each other.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Federal
Department of Labor
Wallace Beery at Palace Theatre Tonight and Friday
Feature picture at the Palace Theatre tonight and Friday is Stand Up and Fight starring Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor. Saturday's feature is Western Jamboree with Gene Autry. Monday Adolph Menjou Jack Oakie Jack Haley and Aileen Whelan in Thanks for Everything. Tuesday and Wednesday Ka Gaal and Franchot Tone in The Girl Downstairs.
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Palace Theatre
Wallace Beery
Robert Taylor
Gene Autrey
Prevue
Adolph Menjou
Jack Oakie
Jack Haley
Aileen Whelan
Franciska Gaal
Franchot Tone
Three-Legged Foxhound Drives Southport Fox Hunt
A three legged foxhound runs with the pack at Southport, North Carolina, and stays close behind as the fox is cornered.
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Southport
N. C
Easter Sunrise Service Program At Central Christian Church
Central Christian Church hosts the annual Easter sunrise service at 5 30 am on Easter Sunday April 9 with participation from all town churches The program features quiet music by Mrs Newton Manning Mrs F D Layman and W B Bixler hymns and chorale performances invocations and prayers by Rev Leroy Anderson Rev J M Connally Rev Leslie O Evans Rev Jernigan and others plus solos duets and a postlude God Be With You and a Camp Fire Girls song.
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F. M. Echols
Central Christian Church
Newton Manning
F. D. Layman
W. B. Bixler
Christ
Leroy Anderson
Sarah Kilgree
Margaret Hanna
Billy Rhom Pennington
B. Wrenn Webb
Jim Jernigan
J. M. Connally
Leslie O. Evans
Camp Fire Girls
God
Senators Back 2 Percent Sales Tax for Pension Fund
The Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee approved a 2 percent retail sales tax plan to fund social security and pension services, with $15 million annually for old age pensions. Exemptions apply to items under five cents, gas, and cigarettes. liquor sales are taxed. Advertising, telegraph, and telephone service are included. expect floor amendments.
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Austin
Senate
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Small
Amarillo
Court to rule on self shaving law case in Illinois
In Geneva Illinois Harold Wilkinson of Aurora faces trial for practicing as a barber without a license. His attorney claims the Illinois barber license law forbids a man from shaving himself and a woman from shampooing her hair, prompting a jury trial request.
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Geneva
Ill
Illinois
Harold Wilkinson
Aurora
Wilkinson
Samuel Stephenson
Art of Conversation on the Road Guideline
Joan Edwards, soloist with Paul Whiteman’s band and head of the New York Safety Club, offers rules for motorists: talk about safe topics like weather and sports, avoid debates and emotional or sensitive subjects, do not joke aloud, keep eyes on the road, and limit distractions from passengers.
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Joan Edwards
Paul Whiteman
New York Safety Club
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Dorothy LaRoe
Nature Note
Elliott
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