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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1935
Page
6
The piece cites a warning from Secretary Wallace that farm real estate prices must stay in line with farm revenues and government controls. It notes land values drop since 1932 and contrasts dollars of past with present value while discussing a Literary Digest poll on the New Deal and broader federal support.
William N. McNair, mayor of Pittsburgh, criticizes WPA bonds and flees hometown to dodge court papers ordering him to sign 6 million dollars in bonds. He argues most relief funds would fund liquor and plans to keep traveling until the issue fades.
Welfare Minister David Croll announced the Dionne quintuplets will appear in their first full length movie late this winter. A contract with Fox films teams the babies and Dr Allan Roy Dafoe in a picture tentatively titled The Country Doctor, based largely on Dafoe’s life.
Raymond Jones is jailed in Bonham after deputy sheriff Tom Denton and assistant district attorney Louis Woosley brought him back from Tennessee on charges of stealing a tombstone worth about 100 dollars from a Randolph cemetery. Witnesses say the inscription was erased and the stone sold. Extradition papers were secured in Tennessee. Trial set for the current district court term.
Bonham hosts a one day convention of Company E 359th Infantry 90th Division on Sunday November 17 with dinner at noon. The unit drawn from Fannin Grayson and Lamar counties includes veterans from Whitewright area. The article notes the Polynesian word tabu traced to Captain Cook.
A 1935 article marks the Bible's four hundredth anniversary of English translation. It asserts the Bible as a living, universal classic and a guide to literature, noting its influence on writers and its role in understanding other works.
In New York the Associated Press tally shows 34 football fatalities so far this year, the highest since 1931. Five deaths in the past week raise the count, with sandlot and high school players driving the rise. college, high school, and club rosters each add one.
More than 3,000 bankers gathered in New Orleans for the national convention and welcomed President Hecht who declared that recovery has arrived. The crowd opened with Happy Days Are Here Again, hailed by Roosevelt supporters as the theme song of the new deal. You can buy adding machine paper at the Sun office.
The Agriculture Department forecast 1935 cotton at 11 141 000 bales as of Nov 1, down 323 000 from Oct forecast. The crop would be 1 505 000 bales above 1934 but 3 525 000 below 1928-32 average, with declines in Arkansas Oklahoma Tennessee and Missouri due to frost and bad weather. Ginnings total 7 749 635 running bales through Nov 1, with state by state breakdown and yields. President Roosevelt urged lower interest rates to unlock reserves for recovery.
Sherman. County engineer H M Scott says up to 200 trucks may be needed to haul dirt and gravel for the Grayson WPA farm to market road program if approved in Washington. The plan covers 280 miles at a WPA cost of 582237.22 with county equipment and supervisors contributing about 52507.18. 844 relief workers are planned. trucks must meet strict safety standards and drivers must be in good physical condition. Roads project currently only Tioga WPA lateral road program.
Notice to taxpaying voters of Bells Grayson County Texas that an election will be held on November 21 1935. The election will cover the proposition and place as set forth in the election order adopted by the City Council on November 5.
The Bells City Council orders an election for November 21, 1935, to issue $5,000 in bonds to finance part of a waterworks system with a 4 percent interest rate payable over twenty years. Voters must be resident, taxpaying property owners. Ballots read for or against bond issuance and tax levy. The mayor will publish notices and post at City Hall and precincts.
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