Corn prices soar to new high levels nationwide
Kansas City reports corn surging due to drouth reduced crop and government controls. Prices rise as demand from hog and livestock feeders outpaces supplies, with forecasts of $1.05 to $1.10 at Kansas City and widespread trucking to feed markets across the Southwest and Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Southwest
Middle West
Chicago
Omaha
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Texas
National Reserve
Baldwin Elevators Company
Sheriff refunds jail theft of $11 from Texan prisoner
Ottis Hardwick, 33, held overnight in a Missouri county jail en route from Southern Illinois to Huntsville Texas, was beaten and robbed of $11 by other inmates. Sheriff Scott Curtis returned the money, admonishing that it should have been kept in the office and noting difficulty recovering the funds. Hardwick previously escaped from a Texas penitentiary in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Texas
Huntsville
Ottis Hardwick
Scott Curtis
Hardwick
Texas Penitentiary
Robbers Break Into Bells Bank in Nighttime Heist
A gang overpowered night watchman Joe Ford at First National Bank in Bells, spent two hours torturing the vault with acetylene torches, and opened safety boxes. One box’s contents were scattered near Desert Schoolhouse. A Dallas-tailed trio likely fled toward Dallas after the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ford
Bells
First National Bank
Burn Everheart
Desert School House
Highway 160
Everheart
Dallas
Ford
B. V. Annip
Sherman
Otis Selby
Sherman Night
Tulsa
Okla
Fort Worth Court Blocks County Road Funds Spending
Fort Worth reports a restraining order by Judge Marvin H. Brown halting all tax collection expenditures for 1935. The move threatens a shutdown of road work and the county engineer office as two of the year’s worst weather months approach. A mass meeting to protest alleged road maintenance mismanagement is being planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Marvin H. Brown
Grayson County Ballot Count Affects Clerk Fees
In Grayson County the governor race drew over 3,000 votes, avoiding a higher per crime case fee for district clerk S V Earnest. An old Texas statute would raise district clerk fees from 8 to 10 dollars per criminal case in counties with fewer than 3,000 ballots cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Cole
Colorado High Schools Adopt Touch Football to Cut Costs
In a cost cutting shift several Colorado high schools replace regular football with touch football to reduce equipment needs and prevent injuries. Administrators cite budget limits and safety concerns as the primary drivers of the change across multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Texas crops cut far below 1933 figures in drought outlook
US agriculture report from Austin warns of extremely unfavourable growing season in Texas with crops and livestock well below prior records. It flags limited feed supplies, dry winter gardens, and poor range conditions while detailing output estimates for cotton corn sorghums peanuts pecans and citrus outlook improving for oranges and grapefruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Winter Garden
Cabinet maker completes world’s largest Bible in Los Angeles
Louis Waynai, 54, a cabinet maker who built the world’s largest Bible, finished a church in Los Angeles to house the book. The Bible, printed with hand-stamped rubber type, spans 8048 pages, each 43% inches long, opens to 82 inches, is 34 inches thick, weighs 1094 pounds, and cost about $10,000 after two years of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Waynai
Los Angeles
Calif
Waynar
Want Ads from Bonham TX include clothing trade and hog servicing
Want ads note Reece Clothing Store buys and sells clothing on South Main. M Belew offers hog killing with lard press for sale. Sam Gatewood provides hog butchering with pick up and delivery at one dollar per head. Also for sale one pair of four year old mules at three hundred dollars and three smooth mouth mules from forty five dollars, plus used implements from Manning Clark and Meador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece Clothing Store
South Main Street
Bonham, Texas
Manning, Clark & Meador
Gratitude for Kindness After Mother's Illness and Death
A family thanks friends and neighbors for support during their mother’s illness and death. They note comforting words and flowers helped ease sorrow and give special thanks to those who stayed with them during her final illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Hill
J. G. Blanks
A. R. Hill
A. E. Hill
Automobile Loans Offer From Sherman Finance Company
Auto finance company advertises loans for any reason or car refinances with smaller payments and no delay. Bring license receipt and car for inspection. Manager F. W. Creager at 117% S. Travis St. Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Sherman
Grammar School Notes Highlight Thanksgiving Play and Projects
The third grade under Miss Sallye Hamilton will stage a Thanksgiving play November 28 at 8:45 in the grammar school auditorium. Seventh graders work in manual training making home items and repairing toys for Christmas, sponsored by Newton Manning. Plans include girl projects, Indian life study with a wigwam, Thanksgiving activities in first and fourth grades, and English clubs led by Mrs. Cunningham, Miss Mary Pumphrey, and Miss Clyde Montgomery supervises a health program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallye Hamilton
Newton Manning
Fletcher
Cunningham
Mary Pumphrey
Roddy
Clyde Montgomery
Fish That Croak Like Frogs Found Off English Coast
Odd marine life near England includes frogs prone fish that croak like amphibians and other species that emit mouse like squeaks. Scientists catalog the sounds and track migration while noting unusual acoustic behavior.
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England
Forage Sorghums in Texas Bulletin No 496 Released
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at College Station releases Farmers Bulletin No 496 on forage sorghums. Texas farmers are advised to obtain a copy by writing the station for details and access to the bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Savoy Mail Routes Are Consolidated
S. M. Owen rural mail carrier moves to Sherman on December 1 to start delivery on a route out of the Sherman post office after consolidation of two Savoy routes. S. M. Miller continues serving patrons on his route and the former Owen route. The combined mileage measures 55 miles. Both carriers have fifteen years of service. transfer choice was up to the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAVOY
S. M. Owen
Sherman
Sherman Post Office
S. M. Miller
Owen
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Kansas
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Illinois
Corn Belt
Canada
Produce
North Texas Seed Co
Pascal Farley
Sun Office
Pacheco
R. R. Waldo
Bells Bank
the Sun
M. Belew
Sam Gatewood
Marvin Everheart
Lamar
Cleveland
Texaco Station
Highway 5
Winter Union
T. W. Ayres & Son
Farmers’ Bulletin
Savoy Mail
Warner Theater
Youngstown
Ohio
W.T. Nicholson
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