Whitewright Sun notices and political chatter
The Whitewright Sun item notes subscription terms and advertising rules at the Whitewright post office, plus reminders about memorials and corrections. It reports Sherman court fines totaling 702 dollars in October, recalls past peacetime saloon days, and signals rising political activity with Joseph W. Bailey entering the U S Senate race against Tom Connally and six gubernatorial candidates expected. It also urges readers to pay poll tax ahead of elections.
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Corporation Court of Sherman
Sherman Democrat
Sherman
Texas
Joseph W. Bailey
Dallas
United States Senate
Tom Connally
Weather turns crowds at Whitewright trades day
The writer notes laughter over clouds and rain as nearby towns copy Whitewright’s trades day date, causing Whitewright to move to the fourth Monday. They say weather kept crowds down and acknowledge they would not have drawn a top crowd with the day’s conditions.
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Neck of the Woods
Whitewright
Aircraft motor fall sparks call for city flying ban
The Commerce business district saw a motor drop from an airplane causing property damage but no deaths. The incident fuels a long held belief that city airspace should be legally restricted and owners required to post bonds or insurance for damage. The piece also promotes Whitewrights upcoming fourteenth monthly trades day and predicts larger November attendance after a record October crowd.
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Commerce
Whitewright
Improved Economy Evident In Auto Sales Surge
One of the best indications of improved economic conditions observed during the past few months is that automobile sales are running something like a hundred per cent ahead of the corresponding period last year. People don't buy automobiles unless they think they have a reasonably good chance of paying for them, and a year ago many people did not consider that chance good enough to induce them to turn in their old cars as down payments on new cars.
Farmers gain on cotton acreage under option plan
Farmers who sold cotton under the government option last summer will receive more per acre than cash sellers, as option contracts will be advanced 4 cents per pound. A cash sale at 11 dollars per acre would yield just over 14 dollars under the option plan, though waiting for funds was longer for option holders.
Veiled memories plague farmers amid New Deal prices
The piece laments Americans trapped in nostalgia for past work while a New Deal era raises cream and feed costs. It notes dairy farmers selling cows at losses as cream prices rise and questions Republican promises of prosperity, citing farmers now prospering yet skeptical of politics.
Farmer Cooperation Urged to Support 1934 85 Acreage Limits
The President pledged help for farmers facing hard times and now asks farmers to cooperate fully with crop production limits for 1934 85. While a few landowners and tenants seek ways to dodge controls, most farmers support a common cause. Non cooperators risk retribution after some cases where cotton was left unplowed and Boll Weevils damaged their crop.
Doris Duke: Richest Girl in World Faces Fear of Life
Doris Duke, now reportedly the world's richest girl with an 80 million dollar legacy, laments that wealth isolates her. Detectors guard her, chaperones accompany her, and she questions whether friends are real or fair weather, wishing to shop like any other girl.
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Doris Duke
After the War Unemployment Solved by Public Work
Whitewright Sun reports that federal projects place thousands to work this week with more hires planned. While jobs exist for all applicants, shortages of tools materials and transportation slow progress. The piece questions post campaign outcomes for surplus labor and notes farmers previously hired...
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Uncle Sam
Whitewright Sun
Joe Bailey Jr Enters Senate Seat Race
Joe Bailey Jr announces bid for Tom Connally’s U S Senate seat. The Sun notes Connally’s strong Senate record and seasoned campaign history versus Bailey’s earlier election showing against an unclear field. The paper hedges on Bailey’s chances given Connally’s familiarity with Texans and established candidacy.
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Joe Bailey Jr
Tom Connally
U. S. Senate
Bailey
the Sun
Joe Bailey
Senate
Connally
House of Representatives
Farm Labor Shifts As Machinery Replaces Help
The State Press in Dallas News notes spring farm labor shrinks with cotton picking remaining the main hired task. Improved implements reduce need for extra hands, foretelling ongoing trouble in spring and winter alike unless a miracle worker appears.
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Dallas News
Fannin Club Boy Wins 4-H Trip to Chicago
Hal F. Felty of Bailey community in Fannin County won a Santa Fe Railway 4-H prize to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Nineteen Texas boys earned such awards. Felty’s win was based on cotton profits from five acres with a net $35 per acre. He is 15 and will have nine days in Chicago as a Santa Fe guest.
Negro Porter Bound And Theatre Robbed In Sherman
Sherman police seek two men who bound a Texas Theatre porter, cracked a safe, and escaped with 995 to 1005 dollars early Monday. Sam Hume Jr. unlocked the door. a man claimed his daughter lost a bracelet, then drew a pistol. The porter was bound and left by the lobby wall as the robbers took weekend receipts.
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Sherman
Sherman Police Department
Texas Theatre
Sam Hume Jr
Posen Unveils Wilson Memorial On Fourth of July 1931
In Posen Poland a memorial monument honoring Woodrow Wilson was unveiled on July 4 1931. The ceremony attracted local officials and residents marking the former U S president's influence and legacy in the region.
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Posen
Poland
Woodrow Wilson
Burial Rites Held for Mrs. Margaret E. Holcomb in Texas
Mrs. Margaret E. Holcomb 86, of Greenville died Saturday night at her daughter's home. Funeral services were at First Baptist Church Greenville with Rev. A W Reaves. burial in City Cemetery Whitewright. Born 1847 in North Carolina she moved to Georgia then to Texas in 1888. Survived by seven children including J C Holcomb and Beulah Holcomb. Her husband A G Holcomb died in 1920. She was a Baptist since girlhood.
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Margaret E. Holcomb
Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Greenville
A. W. Reaves
North Carolina
Georgia
A. G. Holcomb
Blue Springs
Texas
Nobility
The
Baptist Church
J. C. Holcomb
R. L. Holcomb
E. E. Holcomb
Dallas
F. M. Harris
Whitesboro
Beulah Holcomb
O. M. Julien
Howe
E. H. Cameron
Pike
Hogwallow News: Local Happenings and Short Notes
Denk Botts and Yam Sims had a Thursday haircut, time passing quickly since the last trim. Cricket Hicks bought 20 cigarettes at Bound ing Billows, claiming belief in buying in large quantities. The Tin Peddler missed a cake of soap after stopping his wagon, and no crew is yet formed as everyone remains unsettled.
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Yam Sims
Cricket Hicks
Bounding Billows
Tourist complains about toll bridges over rivers
A Tuesday visitor commented on the high cost of river toll bridges. Dock Hocks replied that he guessed he would.
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Dock Hocks
Atlas Peck Trades Shotgun for Call and Song Book
A deal long in the works closed today when Atlas Peck exchanged a shotgun and a song book for a call. He will need both items if he attempts a public singing performance.
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Atlas Peck
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