Many Yards Judged In Yard Contest In Whitewright
The Friday Literary Club's yard beautification campaign ended May 12 with judging by out of town judges. Winners include best all around large landscaped yards Mrs H P Donigan and Mrs B G Gowdy, best small landscaped yards Mrs J H Waggoner and Mrs M T Craig, and many divisions recognizing attractive front yards, lawns, cactus beds, flower gardens and church grounds. Thirty eight local merchants contributed prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friday Literary Club
R. T. Pennington
Grady Gillett
Lena Mae Gowdy
Whitewright
H. P. Donigan
B. G. Gowdy
J. H. Waggoner
M. T. Craig
Ross R. May
T. J. Lilley
G. L. Baugher
W. H. King
Emmet Penn
Luther Gordon
W. J. Barbee
J. M. Simmons
C. P. Johnson
Roscoe Vestal
F. M. Echols
T. J. Long
D. A. Ray
H. T. Arterberry
Do. J. Meador
R. P. Childress
W. F. Fields
Guy Hamilton
W. J. Doss
Reynolds May
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Pump Station
Whitewright Lumber Company
S. H. Lennox
Joe Hamilton
Sam Cleveland
Lou Maxey
Della Logan
Dessie Bryant
Armistice Day Bill Signed by President
President Roosevelt signed a bill making Armistice Day a national legal holiday. Previously November 11 had been a legal holiday by 44 state legislatures and in three others governors could proclaim it. House Judiciary Committee members noted only North Carolina had not provided for the anniversary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Judiciary Committee
North Carolina
Death Toll Rises to 33 in Terminal Hotel Fire
In Atlanta, seven more bodies were found in the Terminal Hotel ruins, raising the death toll to 33 as firefighters continued digging through the five story wreckage from Monday’s blaze. Authorities fear additional casualties may be found.
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Atlanta
Circuit Riders Of Today Cover Much Territory
The Sun reports on 31 Southern Methodist student ministers at SMU serving in 83 churches with about 10,000 members. They travel over 600 miles weekly across three Texas conferences and are led by Rev. Kermit Hollingsworth, a Lovelady Circuit pastor and SMU theology senior.
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Sun
S. M. A. News Service
Dallas
J. W. Hollingsworth
Whitewright
Kermit Hollingsworth
Lovelady
Huntsville
Southern Methodist University
North
Central
East Texas
Young Hollingsworth
Airliner crash near Burbank kills nine
A large airliner crashed into a mountainside near Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California, killing all nine aboard. Dense fog delayed discovery for 40 hours and the wreckage was found Wednesday. The cockpit clock read 2 07, suggesting the plane was off course in the fog. The impact shredded the fuselage and scattered bodies along a 1000 foot trail as investigators examined the scene.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Sid Willey
Guffey-Lewis Fight Fails in Pennsylvania Primary
In Pennsylvania the Guffey-Lewis faction loses ground as Charles Alvin Jones tops Kennedy in the gubernatorial race while Gov. George H. Earle overwhelms Mayor S. Davis Wilson for the Democratic Senate nomination. Party leaders weigh mediation talks with Roosevelt as Republicans seek a united fall front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joseph F. Guffey
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Guffey-Lewis
James A. Farley
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
State
Jones
Kennedy
Charles J. Margiotti
George H. Earle
Farley
State Committee
S. Davis Wilson
Earle
Wilson
Roosevelt
Leisler Insurrection in New York and Venus Transit Note
In New York the Leisler insurrection shows no extension of control while the transit of Venus is recorded with notable results for 1769. The fragment hints at colonial unrest and astronomical observation shaping scientific or public interest.
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Leisler
New York
Cotton Income Drops Despite Record Cotton Output
The 1937 farm income from cotton and cottonseed was 41 million dollars less than 1936, totaling 863,970,000. Cotton fibre yielded 734,194,000 and cottonseed 129,776,000. The figure marks one of the lowest totals in government records since 1932, with prewar years averaging 831,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Whitewright Gains in Scholastics in Grayson County
A Grayson County survey shows a decrease of 331 in next year’s scholastic figures, with 16,125 school age children for 1938-39 across 11 independent districts and 98 common districts, down from 16,456 in 1937-38. State education department per capita payments and district breakdowns by town are listed, including negro enrollments across Sherman Denison Van Alstyne Whitesboro and others.
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Grayson County
State Department of Education
Sherman
Denison
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Whitewright
Howe
Collinsville
Tioga
Golden Rule
Gunter
Virginia Point Homecoming Planned for Sunday
Virginia Point, southeast of Denison, plans its annual homecoming festival at the church this Sunday. The program includes morning worship lunch on the grounds at noon and an afternoon of music speaking and fellowship. Jess Yeary leads the arrangements and Rev. D. F. Fuller heads former Virginia Point residents invitations.
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Denison
Virginia Point
Jess Yeary
Virginia
Virginia Pointers With Rev. D. F. Fuller
Grand Prairie
Fuller
North Texas
Kentuckytown School to Close Friday Program Planned
Chas M Chumbley principal announces Kentuckytown school will close Friday with a Thursday night program. Friday lunch at noon will be served for patrons, and Hon Joe A Keith of Sherman a legislator from Grayson County will speak at 11. Miss Emma Holland teaches primary grades. The school marks a successful term and is among Gray son County's oldest communities.
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Chas. M. Chumbley
Kentuckytown
Joe A. Keith
Sherman
Grayson County
Emma Holland
Pupil Picket Protests Board After Superintendent Dismissal
Three hundred high school students struck Monday, picketing the businesses of two school board members after Superintendent A. E. Lang was relieved of his duties effective May 24. The students skipped classes, formed a parade behind a 30 piece band, and marched to the business district to picket the board members’ establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
A. E. Lang
Dignity Lacking in Women’s Hats Ruling
White Plains New York Supreme Court Justice Abram Zollar ruled that women jurors must remove floppy hats and Paris styles to preserve courtroom dignity. The decision emphasizes jurors as participants in the court and a need for decorum. Fresh salmon is more nutritious than steak and shad more than chicken.
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Abram Zollar
Paris
Farmers report dogs killing sheep in community
Several farmers report dogs killing their sheep and cows attacked in the area. One farmer hires a night guard to shoot any dogs seen on the farm while others plan to use poison. The dogs are said to be German Police variety and owners are urged to confine them.
Camp Fire Girls to Present Radio Program Saturday
The Okihi Camp Fire group led by Mrs. Joe Johnson will perform a radio program Saturday morning from 11 30 to 11 45 oclock on station KRRV Sherman. Thirteen girls are in the group and all will take part.
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Okihi Camp
Joe Johnson
KRRV
Sherman
Low Wheat Loan Rate Plea From AAA In Washington
Washington. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration urged wheat farmers to accept a reasonable government loan rate to avoid losing foreign markets. With a prospect of the second largest winter wheat crop on record and a year’s supply well above normal needs, the AAA favors a loan rate between 60 and 86 cents per bushel and will set the rate under the crop control law. Officials toured the winter wheat belt and Pacific Northwest to preempt protests against a rate below the maximum.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Turkey killed by tarantula in a town sighting
Ed Hash arrived with a bizarre tale cited by Mrs. Hash who saw a turkey stuck in a hole. She rescued it, but its legs turned black and it died soon after as water exposed a large tarantula attempting to pull the bird into its den.
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Ed Hash
Mrs. Hash
Tom Bean
Editor Contracts Mumps at University of Texas
Ed Syers of San Antonio, editor of The Daily Texan, fell ill after a yearlong health crusade at the University of Texas. Doctors diagnosed nonseptic inflammation of the parotid glands, meaning he has mumps.
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Austin
University of Texas
Ed Syers
San Antonio
Daily Texan
Syers
Tom Green dogs won't have to wear muzzles
Unofficial returns from 31 of 40 precincts show 960 votes against a proposed county dog muzzling act and 307 for, in Tom Green County. The measure would have required registering dogs and muzzling those running at large at night, but was rejected by about three to one. Ranchers urged it for livestock protection while pet sentiment influenced the result.
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San Angelo
Tom Green
Synthetic moonlight new boon to romance in Buffalo
Buffalo clocked in with a curious science report as Aubrey E. Noble reveals home made gas tube lighting can produce moonlight as a byproduct. The piece highlights synthetic daylight as the real research aim and notes Trujillo's prior gang association.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Aubrey E. Noble
Noble
McMurry Named Coach and Athletic Director at McKinney
John W. McMurry Jr former Gainesville High School football coach has been elected football coach and athletic director of McKinney High School. He led Gainesville to a 1936 district championship and 1937 runner-up finish, previously served as Lubbock High assistant coach, and is a Whitewright High School and Austin College alum who played center.
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John W. McMurry Jr
Gainesville High School
McKinney High School
McKinney
McMurry
J. W. McMurry
Whitewright
Gainesville
Lubbock High School
Whitewright High School
Mr. McMurry
Austin College
Sherman
Almost all Grayson County farms sign for 1938 conservation program
County Agent W. O. Teddlie announced that nearly 5,000 work sheets were filed from Grayson County farms, covering almost 100 percent of the farms. The Sunday deadline marked signing of worksheets for eligibility for payments under the program and for range inspection applications. Eighty five applications for the 1938 range conservation program were filed by local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Cigarette Tax to Fund Texas Schools Sees Growth
Texas smokers will contribute about 7 million dollars to the state’s schools and general revenue this fiscal year, Comptroller George H. Sheppard said. The estimate rests on rising collections from the 3 cent per pack cigarette tax, with current year receipts totaling 4,573,586 dollars and last year 6,650,771 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Prison population hits record 6833 with new arrivals
Huntsville reports the state prison population rising to a new high of 6,833 after the arrival of 24 prisoners from North Texas today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
North Texas
Rotary Club Elects Officers for Ensuing Term
The Rotary Club elected Dr Ross R May as president John Reeves as vice president Clay Horton as secretary and W E LaRoe as treasurer The new officers will be installed at the first July meeting Jim Jernigan Whitewright High School principal was program chairman and led senior class and Glee Club in songs and sketches from Kicked Out of College Jack Nossaman reported on the district convention in Waco Dr A H Fortner of Sweetwater visited the club
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Rotary Club
Ross R. May
John Reeves
Clay Horton
W. E. LaRoe
Jim Jernigan
Whitewright High School
Glee Club
Jack Nossaman
Waco
A. H. Fortner
Sweetwater
Seniors Go On 3 Day Educational Tour
High School seniors travel with four teachers and two mothers on a three day educational tour to Turner Falls and Sulphur Oklahoma. They depart in a school bus and five automobiles, plan to camp, stay in cabins, and return to Whitewright Saturday. This marks the first year of making the senior trip an annual event, replacing the previous one day picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Key
J. W. Jernigan
Katherine Roddy
Jack Lackey
H. P. Donigan
R. A. Gillett
Turner Falls
Oklahoma
Lindsey Coffey
Legion Convention to Meet in Sherman
The 4th district convention of the American Legion will be held in Sherman Saturday and Sunday with the Charles R. Simmons Post of Sherman as hosts. All ex service men are invited to attend.
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4Th District
The
American Legion
Sherman
Charles R. Simmons
Clock compromise on daylight saving time splits Wabash
In Wabash Indiana the courthouse clock was set to daylight saving time while the bell continued striking standard time. City ordinance adopted DST but rural residents objected.
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Wabash
Ind
Hoover Says Crime Reduced to Dollars and Seconds
Kansas City report quotes J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI claiming the Nation’s crime problem is measured in money and time. He cites an annual crime bill of about 120 dollars per person, 4.5 million criminals, 1.5 million major crimes, and predicts three of four homes could be struck unless action is taken.
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Kansas City
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
America
Gift of encyclopedia for Grammar School noted
A fifteen volume set of The American Standard Encyclopedia was presented to the Grammar School by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Arterberry and daughter Sara Kathryn on Thursday May 12, the eleventh birthday anniversary of Hugh Tim Atterberry Jr who died December 5 1937. A book Deep Water Days was donated by Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Meredith as a memorial to Hugh Tim. The gifts were well received by faculty and students.
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Grammar School
H. T. Arterberry
Sara Kathryn
Hugh Tim Atterberry Jr
R. M. Meredith
Hugh Tim
Equal Rights For Blue And Gray Reunion Plan
Gettysburg Pennsylvania plans say the 75th Civil War anniversary will honor both sides equally. Chairman John S. Rice asserts there will be no division at the battlefield reunion with about 2,500 veterans expected from North and South to attend June 29 to July 4.
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Gettysburg
Blues
John S. Rice
Rice
Northern
Soutthern
Public education funded by a penny a day per voter
A remark asserts that ten cents a day from every eligible voter would cover the full cost of public education. It emphasizes a broad, universal contribution to fund schooling. The statement frames education as a shared civic expense supported by all voting adults.
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Earle Swamps
Lake Erie
Ebenezer Butterick
Utah
Ilmington
Mary Dyer
Boston
Kytown
Camp Fire Girls
Turkey
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Karns
E. E. Karns
Rural Electrification Administration
Oklahoma City
Texas State College For Women
J. W. Mmurry
M’kinney
Legion
Hoover
Albania
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