Work relief payroll figures for Whitewright district
Emory n relief administrator for Whitewright district releases April payroll totals. The month closed with seven fewer cases and 14 fewer persons on relief, 41 new cases opened, 212 persons added to payroll, total payroll $1 582 50 apportioned over four weeks. Spends included 689 75 on Whitewright filter bed low and other road work.
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Emoryn
Whitewright District
Whitewright
Hebron-Chery Mound
Pilot Cannon
Let Contract for Tom Bean School Elect New Head
Sherman contractor Roy Wentzel was awarded the Tom Bean High School contract at 28000 dollars for a one story hollow tile building with six classrooms and a gym on an 8.5 acre lot. Construction to start in May and finish within working days. Superintendent I W Webb resigns after three years. S R McKinney of Roanoke named as successor at Tom Bean.
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OM Bean
L. W. (Roy) Went
Texas Gets 14 000 Increase in CCC
New expansion plan raises CCC job enrollments to 600 000 under Director Robert Fechner. New York leads with 62 900, Pennsylvania 48 700, Texas 29 600, others listed with present and expanded quotas.
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Washington
New York State
Robert Fechner
CCC
Pennsylvania
Newark
New York
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
U. S. Declares War On Texas Gyp Buyers
Federal post office inspectors press a campaign to curb a Texas and Louisiana credit fraud wave using false names. About 30 suspects to be rounded up in Central Texas after 65 arrests in the South. thousands of dollars in goods, mostly furniture, tied to the scheme.
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Fort Worth
Post Office
Texas
Nisiana
South Agen
Louisiana
F. L. Clampitt
Afery pins used by Romans and others in ancient craft
Fragmentary note recalls pins or fasteners termed afery pins once used by Romans. The text hints at tool uses in period crafts and metalwork, suggesting a historical context for fastening devices.
Dr Jack Spindle Joins Rusk Hospital Dental Staff
Dr. Jack Spindle has been appointed to the dental staff of the Texas State Hospital at Rusk and will begin duties May 16. Son of Dr and Mrs J F Spindle of Whitewright, he is a Whitewright High School alumnus, former University of Texas student, and Baylor Dental College graduate of 1934. He has practiced dentistry in Overton for about six months.
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Jack Spindle
Texas State Hospital
Rusk
Spindle
J. F. Spindle
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
University of Texas
Baylor Dental College
Dallas
Overton
Two Local Negroes Held For Car Theft
Charges of automobile theft have been filed against James Freeman and Fred Young of Whitewright. They allegedly stole Paul Graves’s car in Sherman Sunday, headed toward Van Alstyne, and wrecked it between Cannon and Van Alstyne. Graves reported the theft to Officer Mangrum. Young and Freeman were arrested. Freeman, driver in a prior collision that killed 14 year old John Totten, had been released after a grand jury did not indict.
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James Freeman
Fred Young
Paul Graves
Sherman
Graves
J. H. Graves
Freeman
van Alstyne
Cannon
Nation plans cotton week observance nationwide
National Cotton Week runs May 6 to 11 with events in more than 150 Texas towns and across the United States. The Cotton Textile Institute notes 30 000 retailers will participate as promotions emphasize cotton as affordable and versatile in fashion and industry.
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Dallas
Texas
Cotton Textile Institute
Institute
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Rural credit agency reports 1934 liabilities exceed assets
South Dakota's rural credit agency says total liabilities at year end 1934 were 54,407,508.52 and assets 40,656,736.43 as reported by its director.
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South Dakota
Rural Credit Agency
209 Acres Onions Petition Reveals Whitewright Market Plan
Petitions signed by onion growers in Whitewright show 209 acres planted to onions. The petition requests onion loading sheds from Cotton Belt and M K T Railroads, as rail reps evaluate a potential major market. action expected within days.
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Cotton Belt
M-K-T
Whitewright
Republicans Aim to Rebuild Party Across Midwest
Hundreds of Midwest GOP leaders plan a June rally in Springfield Illinois to revive Republicanism. A grass roots conference drafted a call to Americans to join in a crusade for representative government. Leaders propose a candidateless convention with twelve to fifteen votes per district in nine states.
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Excelsior Springs
Springfield
Ill
National Shrine
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Republican Party
Nebraska
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ely School Play Presents Eyes of Love Comedy
Ely school will present Eyes of Love a three act comedy drama by Lillian Mortimer on Wednesday evening May 8 at 8 00. The program will include string band music and specialties between acts. The public is invited to see Trusty Jim the escaped convict regain his freedom and find his lost child. No admission will be charged.
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Lillian Mortimer
Ely School
Jim
Whitewright Seeks To Organize Athletic Club
A meeting for boys and young men to form an athletic club in Whitewright is set for Saturday night by W. M. Davis who recently moved from Altus Oklahoma. Davis, a wrestler, says a building may be leased if there is sufficient interest.
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Whitewright
W. M. Davis
Altus
Oklo
Davis
School Medals To Be Given Here By American Legion
Preston Everheart Post of the American Legion delivered two official school award medals to Principal N. W. Manning of the Grammar School today. One medal will honor the graduating boy who best embodies character and ability toward better citizenship. A smaller medal for girls, based on courage companionship character service and scholarship, will go to the graduating girl. The awardees will be chosen next week and the medals presented at the May 27 graduation.
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Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
N. W. Manning
Eight Months Extension Sought for NRA
Washington reports a bipartisan push to extend the NRA for eight months to March, with price fixing and intrastate regulation dropped. A White House conference yielded momentum for a bill, and leaders anticipate President Roosevelt will sign an eight month extension if Congress acts.
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Capitol
Roosevelt
White House
NRA
Congress
Baptist Workers Conference Scheduled at First Baptist Church
Dr. Wallace Bassett of Dallas and J. T. Scarborough of Fort Worth headline the Grayson County Workers' Conference to be held Monday at the First Baptist Church. Bassett preaches at 11 a.m. Scarborough at 2:30 p.m. Fort Worth's T. D. Carroll provides music. representatives from all county Baptist churches are expected.
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Wallace Bassett
Dallas
J. T. Scarborough
Fort Worth
Grayson County
First Baptist Church
Bassett
Dr. Scarborough
T. D. Carroll
Final Corn Hog Checks For Past Year
Sherman county completes corn hog payments with 86 000 dollars disbursed to farmers. The last 22 726 dollars in checks arrive with about 14 checks still to come, to be distributed by county farm agent B F Gray.
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Sherman
B. F. Gray
Registration of all dogs in state urged in rabies plan
Dallas Texas Monday urged by Dr A E Hill acting county health officer that all dogs be registered to stop a statewide rise in rabies. He criticized the rabies serum law as ineffective and called for a registration system modeled after England noting its success in reducing rabies. He said many seek rabies advice daily and highlighted children as a growing concern.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
England
A. E. Hill
Hill
Texans to vote on dry law repeal August 24
After sixteen years of prohibition Texans will vote on repealing the dry law August 24. The Legislature approved submission of two constitutional amendments to create a state monopoly system with state stores. a conference report, Senate joint resolutions 3 A and 3 passed with overwhelming votes. The measure now goes to the voters without needing the governor’s signature.
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Austin
Conference Committee
Senate
House
Photo studio opens in Ray building by Turrentines
Mr and Mrs Ray Turrentine of Sulphur Springs start a new photo studio in the Ray building offering low prices on photographs and enlargements. The ad notes a search for a ball player named Ivins and identifies Rev G C Ivins from Sulphur Springs as the only Ivins in town.
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Ray Turrentine
Sulphur Springs
Ray Building
Turrentine
Sunman
Ivins
G. C. Ivins
Fitzwater Outlines 1936 Cotton Plan For Price Fixing
State Rep W W Fitzwater from Bonham outlines a plan to fix cotton costs at 20 cents per pound on a three acre per bale basis and to tax bales beyond 25, with 95 percent of House support. He cites Texas revenue gains of 125 million annually and calls for national action aligning with the Democratic platform on crop surplus control. A closing Q and A joke follows.
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National Secretary of Agriculture
W. W. Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Bonham
House
National Congress
National Democratic Platform
Congress of the United States
Texas
Public Works Drive To Provide 3.5 Million Jobs
Washington reports a government backed drive to employ 3.5 million people on relief with a $4.88 billion program. Projects include roads sewers water arid land, dust control, housing and farm electrification. Jobs target relief roll recipients first. private industry gains through demand.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Free Play at Bethel Tuesday Night
"Closed Lips" will be presented at 8 o clock Tuesday night at the Bethel school house three miles south of Whitewright Admission is free and the public is invited. Cast includes Mr and Mrs Hal Benson Mrs Qois Hicks Mr and Mrs Cecil Fields Mr and Mrs Doyle Garland Hill Mc Millin Lillard Hodge and Mrs R E Pierce. The Bethel school closes Friday and the play was postponed from closing exercises.
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Bethel
Bethel School House
Whitewright
Hal Benson
Qois Hicks
Cecil Fields
Doyle Garland
Hill McMillin
Lillard Hodge
R. E. Pierce
Bethel School
Wax paper collars protect young plants from cutworms
Install wax paper collars three inches high with one inch buried around young plants to prevent cutworms from reaching and eating the tender shoots. The collars act as a barrier, allowing seedlings to grow without worm damage.
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Ely
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