Dissolution Of Partnership In Hardware Firm
The hardware firm of Manning Clark and Meador, with Whitewright and Leonard stores, begins dissolution this week. Charley Clark and brothers buy Meadors and Mannings interests in Leonard, while Mannings buy Clarks interest in Whitewright. Leonard store closes for inventory. Whitewright follows after Leonard.
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Manning, Clark & Meador
Whitewright
Leonard
C. J. Meador
Charley Clark
Mr. Meador
Y. T. Manning
Ray Manning
Mr. Clark
Meador
Manning
Lon Manning
Y. T. Manning & Son
Manning & Clark
Manning & Meador
College Holiday and New Westerns at Palace Theatre
Feature picture at the Palace Theatre today and Friday is College Holiday starring Jack Benny Gracie Allen and Martha Wray. Saturday showcases Round-up Time in Texas with Gene Autry. Next week includes More Than a Secretary with Jean Arthur and George Brent on preview and Monday, Crack-Up on bargain nights Tuesday and Wednesday. Bobby Green stars Rainbow on the River Thursday and Friday next week.
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Palace Theatre
Jack Benny
Gracie Allen
Martha Wray
Texas
Gene Autry
Jean Arthur
George Brent
Bobby Green
Federal Officers Question Vagrant in Mattson Kidnaping Probe
In Sherman on Tuesday afternoon two Dallas DOJ agents questioned a white male vagrant about 50 for two hours before returning him to jail on a vagrancy fine. Authorities consider matching his story with the Mattson kidnapping suspect, noting similarities in build and nose, while age differences pose questions. Agents plan further checks on other Sherman cases.
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Mattson
East Jones
Sherman
Ely School Students Win in County Meet
Ely school students excelled at the rural interscholastic league meet in Bonham. Doris O’Neal won first in storytelling. Madgene Phillips and Polly Sue Sells tied for first in junior spelling. Lotta Faye Brown placed second in junior girls’ declamation. Ardell Penney and Jonnie B. Robbins took third in arithmetic. The school will display the loving cups earned.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Ely
Doris O’neal
Madgene Phillips
Polly Sue Sells
Lotta Faye Brown
Ardell Penney
Jonnie B. Robbins
Warrants Called for Payment in Texas General Fund
Austin treasury chief Charley Lockhart announced a $12,107,746 general fund deficit and ordered payment of $1,525,416 in warrants up to No. 28122 issued through Oct. 21. The Confederate pension fund deficit stood at $4,733,475 with instructions on pension warrants through May 1936 and May 1935 issues.
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Austin
Charley Lockhart
Lockhart
Confederate Pension Fund
Pastors Form Grayson County Pastors Association
Pastors from Christian Church of Christ Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian denominations organized the Grayson County Pastors Association. The aim is to boost April church attendance under the banner Go-to-church Month with a prepared structure and officers. Rev. Joe M. Connally of Whitewright serves on the pastoral enlistment committee and Dr. B Wrenn Webb of Whitewright on the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Sunrise Easter Service at Central Christian Church
The annual sunrise Easter prayer service begins at 6 a.m. at Central Christian Church with cooperation from all town churches. Readers and soloists join in a program including Quiet music, Abide With Me, scripture, choruses, and hymns ending with God Be With You.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
F. D. Layman
B. Wrenn Webb
Gladys Ray
Charles Wilson
First Constitutional Change Is Submitted
The Forty-Fifth Legislature sent a proposed amendment to voters by approving Frank Rawlings' joint resolution. It seeks to repeal a provision holding state bank stockholders liable up to twice their stock if insolvency occurs and would align state banking laws with federal changes. The measure would place general regulatory power in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
House
Frank Rawlings
20 Per Cent Wage Hike Demanded by Rail Employes
David B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Engineers, announced a 20 percent wage increase demand for railroad workers across the United States. The five brotherhoods representing trainmen engineers and conductors seek an effective date of May 1, with the proposal approved in Chicago and ratified by about 300,000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen
United States
Chicago
Five Brotherhoods
Sharp Division Over Tenant Farm Program
In the House agriculture committee a sharp split emerged over the administration plan to aid 3 million tenant farmers. The dispute centered on allowing government ownership of farms bought for tenants and a proposed 10 year, 500 million dollar appropriation to purchase farms for resale. Secretary Wallace and several committee members opposed the proposal, and the measure was ordered redrafted after a lack of agreement. A stray note adds a tip about flour in hot grease and a statistic that forty percent of New York streets remain unpaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Jones
D-Tex
Dog's Head Sent To Dallas After Child Is Bitten
A family dog bit a child prompting J A Merritt to kill the animal in the Mooneyham house East Main street. He sent the head to Dallas for rabies testing which came back negative. Health authorities urge caution with dogs especially strays. If bitten, confine or kill for testing. Prevention relies on avoiding dogs and cats and post bite anti rabies serum. Whitewright residents note excess dogs during rabies prevalence.
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J. A. Merritt
Mooneyham
East Main Street
Dallas
Texas
Whitewright
1936 Cotton Crop Ginning Totals 12,129,702 Bales
The Census Bureau reports the 1936 cotton crop ginned, excluding linters, at 12,129,702 running bales or 12,387,430 equivalent 500 pound bales. Ginnings by state list Texas at 2,939,573 and Mississippi at 1,911,023 among others, with 27,121 bales expected after the March canvass.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
States
Grayson County Gins 37,664 Bales in 1936 Season
Grayson County reports 37,664 bales ginned in 1936, up from 25,440 in 1935, according to government cotton statistician G. O. Pheerson. Denison details noted in the final county report released Monday.
Cotton crop ginned in Fannin County tops prior year
Final cotton ginnings report shows 52,669 bales ginned in Fannin County this past season, up from 24,005 bales in 1935. The release was announced in Bonham on Tuesday.
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Fannin
Fannin County
Democrats Used Mails Free Thus Saving Millions
Representative Albert J. Engel of Michigan charged the Democratic administration abused postal privileges over the past four years, costing about 72 million dollars in political franking. He claimed this amount equals nearly 3 dollars per Democratic vote and exceeded the entire Republican campaign fund, noting it helped Democrats carry Maine and Vermont.
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Washington
D. C
Albert J. Engel
Michigan
Engel
Republican Party
Maine
Vermont
Fingerprint Pupil IDs Planned for Disaster Aide
In Garnet Kansas Irving school pupils will be fingerprinted for identification in disasters. Sheriff A R Huskey said the plan sponsored by the school student council was approved by Superintendent C H Oman.
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Garnet
Kan
Irving School
A. R. Huskey
Supt
C. H. Oman
Select Scout Troop Committee Thursday Night
A council meeting is set at city offices this Thursday to choose a Boy Scout troop committee. The panel will name a scoutmaster for the new troop, following last week’s gathering with John Perry and H L McLean of Sherman. The former local troop disbanded over a year ago, with a scout cabin on South Bend street to be used by the revived unit, pending sale and possible relocation to American Legion park or nearer business district.
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John Perry
H. L. McLean
Sherman
McLean
Grayson County
South Bend Street
Southern Ice Company
American Legion
The
Sun
Memorial planned for blast victims in New London
A grief stricken East Texas town plans Easter Sunday memorial services for the children and teachers killed in last Thursday's New London school explosion. Experts drill the scene for gas causes while officials discuss tighter building inspections and malodorants in gas. Red Cross reports 455 dead and 53 injured as authorities guard the wrecked schoolhouse.
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New London
William T. Bratton
New London Baptist Church
Hillside
Bureau of Mines
Austin
Edward Clark
East
Texas
Hill
Henderson
Legislative Investigation
Red Cross
D. J. Parker
Salt Lake City
United States Bureau of Mines
Parker
Washington
Farm Contracts for 1937 Being Signed in Whitewright
Arthur Badgett Whitewright district committeeman in the 1937 federal farm program has been signing up farmers this week. About 159 farmers are to sign work sheets, with cotton and peanuts as restricted crops and base acreages set for soil depleting crops. Farmers below base allotment receive remuneration, those above face penalties. soil conservation aims to rejuvenate exhausted land and promote permanent pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Badgett
Whitewright
Badgett
Bay
Houston
Sherman
Three Dallas Men Held After Farmersville Looting
In Waxahachie three Dallas men believed tied to a Venus jail breakout were held for questioning after a Farmersville raid. The gang blew a cell lock with nitroglycerin, abducted six people, and fled with about 250 dollars and merchandise during a two hour looting spree at Greenwood Pharmacy and other shops.
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Waxahachie
Dallas
Venus
Farmersville
Rockwall
J. B. Wells
D. K. Crow
J. M. White
Willie Cook
Lewis Miller
Greenwood
Dock Wilcoxson
Cafe Cook
Lowel L. Sparks
Rafel Cook
Dallas News
Cloudburst Halts Passenger Trains Near Range Creek
A cloudburst washed out a bridge at Range Creek four miles east of here Tuesday night delaying two Cotton Belt passenger trains to Dallas and Memphis for several hours. The Memphis train halted here and the Dallas train, from St. Louis, stopped at Ridgeway nine miles east while crews repaired the bridge. Heavy rains flooded Commerce streets to the curb tops but caused no damage.
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Commerce
Range Creek
Here
Dallas
Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
Ridgeway
Millions starve in Chinese Dust Bowl amid famine
In Sianfu Shensi Province China rain within two weeks was hoped to save over 1,000,000 people from starving as drought raged across Central and West China. Famine relief officials warned 4,000,000 were on the brink of starvation across Szechwan Honan and Shensi.
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Sianfu
Shensi
China
Central
West China
Szechwan
Honan
Rain boosts March total to 2.99 inches in cautious outlook
Rain Tuesday added .77 inches, lifting March rainfall to 2.99 inches and keeping year to date totals above last year. Farmers report limited field work with corn needs replanting in wet soil while dust storms and a cold norther chill linger, foretelling more wet weather ahead.
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Whitewright
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dust Storm Closes Schools Across Four States
Thick dust blanketed Oklahoma and parts of Missouri, Kansas, and Texas with near zero visibility. A heavy snow followed dust in Northwestern Kansas as Woodward and other Panhandle areas closed schools during a second 24 hour period.
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Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Panhandle
Woodward
Climate Is Not Changing Chief of Bureau Says
Washington report quotes J B Kincer head of the Climate and Crop division of the Weather Bureau stating that fears of climate change are unfounded. He differentiates weather from climate and argues long cycles over 100 years show a warm dry phase followed by a cooler wetter phase.
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Washington
J. B. Kincer
United States Weather Bureau
Kincer
Weather Bureau
Best Dressed Women of America Chosen
Emil A Hartman announced the 1937 winners of academy medals for feminine leaders. Winners include Helen Gleason stage, Carole Lombard screen, Mrs William Rhinelander Stewart society, Dorothy Mac Kilgallen adventure, Jessica Dragonette radio, Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde public life, Eve Symington night clubs, Lily Pons opera. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
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New York
Emil A. Hartman
The
Fashion Academy
Academy
Helen Gleason
Carole Lombard
William Rhinelander Stewart
Dorothy Mac Kilgallen
Jessica Dragonette
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Eve Symington
Lily Pons
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College
ELY School
Pastors OF County Form Association
Christian Church
Sharp Division
Grayson
India
Cloudburst
Bureau
Best Dressed Women OF America
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