Legislature votes for liquor control in sealed package sales
Austin reports both the Senate and House back liquor control with sealed package sales under state stores. House bill approved 89 to 44. Senate 19 to 6. Provisions include a three member liquor board, prohibitions on public consumption near sales, and tax/taxable wine and beer measures.
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Austin
House
Senate
Albert Walker
Vernon
Walker
McCraw
Split Payment Tax Deadline November 30
Grayson County taxpayers have 22 days left to use the two payment plan. By November 30, one half of the total current tax must be paid to secure a June 30 deadline for the remaining amount. Taxes become delinquent after January 31 if payments are not made.
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Grayson County
Hearing Set in Cotton Act Case in Sherman
D C Wallace and the Texas Cotton Ginners Association challenge the Bankhead cotton control act in federal court Sherman. A Nov 29 hearing was set after a temporary injunction was deemed inactive due to failure to post bond to cover potential tax losses. Wallace says ginners were unpaid enforcers of the act.
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Sherman
D. C. Wallace
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
W. A. Thomas
Internal Revenue
Dallas
Randolph Bryant
Wallace
Strange Pictures Reported on Boulder Dam Stamp
Washington reports that several stamp enthusiasts and government expert Robert King detected hidden or imagined images on the new Boulder Dam commemorative stamp. The findings include Roosevelt, a mountain climber, the Liberty Bell, September Morn, and U S initials, though officials say these are accidental interpretations.
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New Dam
Washington
Boulder Dam
Post Office
Roosevelt
Robert King
U. S
Smile Day for Whitewright
Whitewright P T A designates Sunday November 13 as Smile Day to collect clothing and footwear for the needy. Citizens are asked to place bundles on porches by 2 PM Sunday. Boy Scouts will retrieve and distribute through the Welfare Committee.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Boy Scouts
Parent-Teacher Association
Farmers Urged To Pool Excess Certificates
W. J. Young county farm agent of Fannin County urges farmers to surrender surplus cotton exemption certificates to the National Cotton Certificate Pool. A telegram from the Division of Cotton in Washington dated Nov 2 reports all pooled certificates sold and urges producers to surrender remaining certificates to the National Pool.
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W. J. Young
Fannin County
National Cotton Certificate Pool
Division of Cotton
Washington, D. C
National Pool
Small Town Gas Plan Aims at Low Population Areas
The Railroad Commission announced a program to fix burner up gas rates in towns of 2000 population or less where rates have been set. E O Thompson, chairman, said utilities division opened the campaign with an evaluation of Community Natural Gas Company in 156 towns. Two months to complete. hearings then to set fair home gas prices. Community system serves North Central Texas from Round Rock to Paris, Wichita Falls and Abilene.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
E. O. Thompson
Community Natural Gas Company
Community System
Lone Star Gas Company
Texas
Round Rock
Paris
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Santa Claus Fades From 1935 Christmas Cards
NEW YORK. Santa Claus is out of this year’s Christmas cards while Xmas and Merry Christmas become archaic. The thirteenth annual Rockefeller Center card mart shows about 1,000 samples with only one Santa Claus, replaced by elephants fruit baskets and photographic studies. Miss Elinor Jo Beall cites the mood for modern alternatives to traditional imagery.
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New York
Santa Claus
Elinor Jo Beall
Rockefeller Center
Mart
Miss Beall
Bennie B Hall Dies of Heart Attack at 45
Bennie B Hall a longtime Whitewright business figure died after a heart attack stricken Saturday evening and called death at 4 50 p m Sunday Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery He was born May 1 1890 at Nevada Collin County and survived by his wife Leila three children Eugene Donald and Dorothy Nell a sister and four brothers His son Eugene was touring Europe with an orchestra.
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Bennie B. Hall
Hall
Presbyterian Church
B. Wrenn Webb
Joe M. Russell
Oak Hill Cemetery
Whitewright Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Mr. Hall
Nevada
Collin County
G. M. Hall
Leila Cook
Whitewright
Texas Company
Masonic Lodge
Ben Hall
Eugene
Donald
Dorothy Nell
O. R. Haile
W. Hall
Oklahoma City
J. M. Hall
Cleburne
J. W. Hall
Capeville
Europe
Cow Milk Poisoning Blamed for Two Deaths in Kansas
Caney Kansas milk from a cow rumored to be sick after eating acorns from jack oak trees is blamed for the deaths of two Peru families children. Dr H S Lambkin treated the youngsters and tied the deaths to the tainted milk. Francis Jerome Anderson 3 died last Wednesday and Mary Elizabeth 4 months died Monday. Quinten Anderson was taken to Independence for treatment.
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Caney
Kan
Homer Anderson
Peru
H. S. Lambkin
Francis Jerome Anderson
Mary Elizabeth
Quinten
Independence
France Still Burying Dead From Last War
In Pas de Calais and northern Europe a renewed effort uncovers 98 bodies of French and German soldiers from World War I. Bodies are identified where possible and given proper burials. Wedding rings with initials often aid identification.
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Paris
France
Pas de-Calais
Europe
Enterprise School Carnival Nets 21.36 For Playground Equipment
The Enterprise school carnival last week earned a profit of 21.36 to be used for playground equipment. Mary Edna May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee May, was queen and Lynal J. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore, was king. Carl Jenkins of Whit Wright crowned the queen.
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Enterprise School
Mary Edna May
Lee May
Lynal J. Moore
J. Moore
Carl Jenkins of
Whitewright
Magic Mirror Shows Women How They Will Look in Color Styles
London reports an International Exhibition of Inventions featuring a "magic" mirror letting women see themselves in different frocks without trying them on. The display highlights sixteen women inventors, though the device was created by a man. Other notable items include an invisible stocking support and a sleep-friendly hair curler.
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London
Milady
New 90 000 Gallon Water Reservoir Under WPA
Excavation began for a reinforced steel and concrete 90 000 gallon storage reservoir to serve Whitewright. A. L. Jones and A. L. Banks of the WPA supervise with Walter Compton as construction superintendent. Cost to build is 3081 with 2818 funded by the federal government and 263 by the city.
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Works Progress Administration
A. L. Jones
WPA
Dallas
A. L. Banks
van Alstyne
Walter Compton
Whitewright
Rainy Week Wrecks Whitewright Business Prospects
Rainfall crippled Whitewright commerce as steady drizzle began Monday and intensified Tuesday night. Total precipitation reached 2.27 inches with daily breakdowns measured through Thursday morning. October rainfall to date totals 2.61 inches, recorded on nine separate days by C. C. Cates, city rain gauge custodian.
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Whitewright
Grayson County Auto Receipts Rise Over 1934
Grayson County shows a $4,908.63 increase in automobile registration receipts through November 1 compared to the same period in 1934. Assistant county auditor C. E. Thompson notes year to date receipts total $101,327.83 versus $96,419.20 by November 1, 1934, and $97,301.90 was the full year total in 1934.
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Sherman
Grayson County
C. E. Thompson
Thompson
Sun Honors Roll of Subscribers for Fall Bargain Campaign
The Sun resumes publication of its honor roll for subscribers who paid during the fall bargain. A $1.00 rate runs until Nov 30, regular price is $1.50. Readers named include Miss Belle Huddleston, W C Brown, Mrs Tom Gillett, G F Bryant, Mrs J T Roberts, Emmet Penn, W L Moore, Malcolm Williams, Mrs Robbye Martin, and many others listed. Pay by deadline to appear on the roll.
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The
Sun
the Sun
Belle Huddleston
W. C. Brown
Tom Gillett
G. F. Bryant
J. T. Roberts
Emmet Penn
W. L. Moore
Malcolm Williams
Robbye Martin
Jesse Bow
E. O. Young
Grady Spindle
J. H. Biggerstaff
Om Johnson
Felker’s Cafe
T. E. Barbee
C. J. Pace
Tony Weber
A. M. Bryant
W. D
J. H. Hollingsworth
H. P. Donigan
S. H. Montgomery
Cull Reeves
M. E. Greenway
M. T. Craig
F. B. Roscoe
W. M. Gates
W. A. Martin
EF. R. Alexander
F. L. Starr
J. M. Parrish
Arthur Badgett
Floyd Snodgrass
Texas Cotton Ginnings Fall From Last Year
Texas ginned 1,599,238 bales by Oct 18, down 342,364 from 1934, as reported by the census. Mississippi rose to 1,023,267 bales. Nueces County leads Texas with 84,493 ginned, up 28,793. Other Texas counties show varied gains including Navarro, San Patricio, Grayson, and Dallas among many.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Mississippi
Nueces County
Navarro County
San Patricio
Grayson
Austin
Bell
Brazos
Burleson
Caldwell
Cameron
Cass
Cherokee
Coleman
Coryell
Dallas
Ellis
Milam
Nacogdoches
Robertson
Runnels
Rusk
Shalby
Smith
Taylor
Travis
van Zandt
Wharton
Willacy
Williamson
Here Comes the Navy at Palace Theatre finale night
Tonight is the last chance to see Here Comes the Navy at the Palace Theatre with a Cab Calloway short. Friday and Saturday feature Buck Jones in Forbidden Trail and Ken Maynard in Mystery Mountain.
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Palace Theatre
Cab Calloway
Buck Jones
Ken Maynard
Glass Key
Will Rogers
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United States Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wis
Sun Office
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