Prizes Named for Friday Club Yard Contest Divisions
The Friday Literary Club yard beautification contest lists 16 divisions with prizes, 14 for white contestants and two for colored entrants. Entries due by June 5, with sponsors including Texas Nursery Sherman, Rotary Club, and First National Bank among others.
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The
Friday Literary Club
H. P. Donigan
C. P. Johnson
Emmet Penn
Texas Nursery
Sherman
E. B. Barlow
Greenville
Rotary Club
H. O. Hannah & Son
Community Public Service Co
Music Club
R. R. Waldo
First National Bank
Squart
L. LaRoe & Co
U S Officials See No Early Prospect For 49th State
Federal officials see little chance of a new state joining the Union soon though movements exist in Texlahoma Absaroka Puerto Rico Hawaii Alaska and Eastern Maryland. Proposals face consent from residents state legislatures and Congress before any potential admission.
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U.S
49Th State
Washington
Texlahoma
Absarkora
Maryland
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
New York City
Chicago
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Santiago Iglesias
Pacific
Samuel W. King
Chesapeake Bay
Black Hills
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Congress
Bond Fund Losses Highlighted in Texas Education Report
A Texas House special committee report says the permanent school fund’s bonds average under par, with 1.318 million dollars worthless. It blames mining and oil revenue misaccounting, notes board inaction, and urges stopping refunds bonds purchases amid cited losses and mismanagement.
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Austin
Special House
Permanent School Fund
Board of Education
State Board of Education
School Fund
Texas Moves to Close Cigarette Tax Evasion Loopholes
Austin reports a new Texas law stiffens penalties for unstamped cigarettes and possession of untaxed packs. The measure aims to plug a major revenue loophole from interstate mail orders, with potential yields over a dollar per capita if effective. Fines range from 25 to 200 dollars for small quantities and can rise to felony penalties for large counts, plus monthly reporting requirements and possible imprisonment.
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Austin
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Oklahoma
Ohio
Siamese twin chicks split after battle at Canton
In Canton Illinois a pair of Siamese twin chicks that hatched ten days ago fought as they grew, tearing apart after eight days of harmony. One chick became two during the struggle and both are now recovering. They were joined at the side and neck before the clash and are expected to survive.
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Canton
Ill
Night Plowing Prep With Plows and Lights Planned
Tractor farmers in Whitewright outfit their machinery with lights and plan to plow day and night as soon as fields dry. May rainfall totals 6.84 inches versus 4.66 normal. year to date 19.17 inches vs 16.65 normal. Cotton crop outlook is doubtful with many fields unplanted and delayed by about six weeks. Weather has delayed cultivation due to continued rain. Early planted cotton's success favors those with stands.
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Whitewright
Feed Shortages Hit U S Farms This Spring
The April Crops and Markets reports widespread feed shortages with farm stocks of corn and oats down sharply from 1933 and 1934 levels. Prices may ease temporarily as acreage and moisture conditions improve, while hogs cattle and dairy trends show limited slaughter, rising butter output and possible spring lamb price gains.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Work relief stopped in Grayson County amid budget cuts
The county relief administrator ordered an immediate halt to all work relief in the Whitewright district and direct relief as well. May relief allotment for Grayson County is only one third of recent months, with half the five office staff cut. Frances Phillips and R V Henry were released, leaving Emory Christian and Bob Howard. Farm work is expected to absorb much of the workforce as rain kept farmers out of fields.
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Marion Wilson
Whitewright
Grayson County
Austin
Mr. Wilson
Sherman, Denison
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
Frances Phillips
R. V. Henry
Emory Christian
Bob Howard
Maryland mother delivers twentieth baby in twenty years
Whitemarsh Maryland Mrs. Bernard Cole a farmer’s wife proudly bounces Felicia Juanita her twenty second child in twenty years of marriage though she is grandmother to a 15 year old daughter Edith Cox who recently had a baby. Six of her fifteen living children are boys and nine are girls.
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Whitemarsh
Maryland
Bernard Cole
Felicia Juanita
Mrs. Cole
Edith Cox
Ozark Hillbillies Face Extinction Under Federal Preserve Plan
A government plan to create a vast wild game preserve and park in Missouri threatens to uproot about 64,000 Ozark hillbillies from 3.25 million acres. Land is being bought at 1 to 3 dollars an acre, with communities moved to richer regions as 11,000 farms vanish and $16 million is spent on the project.
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ST. Louis
Ozark Mountain
Missouri
Ozarks
United States
Ozark
Fight National Parks
Farming Outlook Best in Five Years Says Official
HOUSTON. The outlook for agriculture is the best in five years, says William T. Myers, governor of the Federal farm administration. He notes a real comeback for farmers, with cotton first, then grain, and now livestock and poultry. Government surplus removal last year boosts prices, and hogs beef poultry and other farm products are expected to be produced in greater quantities. Farm Credit Administration collections are holding up well.
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Houston
William T. Myers
Federal Farm Administration
Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Waldo Purchases New Funeral Car
R. R. Waldo, local funeral director, has acquired a Sayers & Scovill Company combination hearse and ambulance. Delivery completed Monday. The vehicle features an extension casket table, chrome mountings, and side doors for ambulance use. It runs a 90 horsepower Oldsmobile V-8 motor.
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R. R. Waldo
Sayers & Scovill Company
Roosevelt Vetoes Cash Bonus Bill Sparks House Repass
In Washington the House quickly overrode President Roosevelt's veto of the Patman cash bonus plan by a 322 to 98 vote, signaling possible Senate defeat as the debate shifts to new legislation and fiscal warnings. Roosevelt cites $1.6 billion gratuity and demands for tax funding, while leaders seek a compromise amid pressure.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas
Dem
Oklahoma
Patman
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Senate House Assembly
New York City Farm Census Shows Growth in Farms
A census report finds 472 farms within New York City, up from 278 in 1930. Manhattan contains a single two acre farm at its northern tip, highlighting the spread of farming into the big city.
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New York
Manhattan
Commencement Program Set With Church Addresses
School officials announced the closing exercises for both High School and Grammar School. Baccalaureate services will be at the Baptist Church Sunday at 11 am with Rev. C W Dennis delivering the sermon. Grammar School grads perform Monday at 8 pm in the Grammar School auditorium with Dr B Wrenn Webb speaking to the seventh grade. Commencement exercises follow Tuesday at 8 pm in the High School auditorium with Rev J P Saunders giving the address and awards and diplomas presented by Supt H W Key and Principal W S Cunningham.
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Supt
H. W. Key
The
Baptist Church
C. W. Dennis
Methodist Church
B. Wrenn Webb
Presbyterian Church
J. P. Saunders
Walnut Street Church of Christ, Sherman
O. L. Jones
R. W. Grant
Hamilton
Tommie Chenoweth
G. C. Ivins
Charles Harrison
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Marjorie Nell Blanton
William Janway
J. R. Waldrum
Zareenik
Martha Bryant
Nora Bryant
Lula Lee Vestal
Mary Lena Reeves
MacDowell
Newton Manning
Heather
Moir
Roby Childress
W. S. Cunningham
H. Ww. Key
J L Baugher Gets Bells School Building Contract
The Bells school project awarded to G L Baugher of Whitewright. A new building will replace the old one, with 11 classrooms, an auditorium, and a library. The contract totals about 20 000 dollars and work begins next week, aiming to complete over the summer.
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Bells
G. L. Baugher
Whitewright
Taxable Texas wealth climbs to 3.2 billion in 1934
Texas Comptroller George Sheppard reports 3,207,089,642 dollars in ad valorem taxable property for 1934, up 8.97 million from 1933. tax income from this property stands at 26,418,935 dollars, with homestead exemptions totaling 590,472,527.
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Austin
Texas
George Sheppard
State and National Bank
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Wise Adkisson
Whitewright Lumber Co
Manning, Clark & Meador
Typewriter
Sun Office
Waldo
Guy Hamilton
J. L. Baugher
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