Tigers Seek Big Support For Rockwall Trip Tomorrow
All Whitewright players and supporters are urged to carpool to Rockwall for the football game tomorrow. Roby Childress at Dyer & Childress arranges rides. each rider pays 25 cents to the car owner. If space is available, organizers will match riders. the team departs at eleven. The coach emphasizes effort over uniforms and aims for a second win.
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Rockwall
Roby Childress
Dyer & Childress
Roby
Tigers
Whitewright
W.H.S
Tigers rout Tioga Bulldogs 38 to 0 at Legion Field
Whitewright Tigers exploded offensively after a slow start to crush Tioga Bulldogs 38 to 0 before about 350 fans at the American Legion field. Walter Tom Holmes led with three touchdowns, Bussy Thornhill added two, DeBerry one, Kaiser had the longest run, and two extra points were converted on passes to Montgomery and a Kaiser run.
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Montgomery
Wilson Kaiser
Walter Tom Holmes
Bussy Thornhill
Kaiser
Lightning
W.H.S
Holmes
Thornhill
DeBerry
Tigers Aim to Retain County Cup in Thanksgiving Showdown
The W H S team seeks to defend the Sherman Democrat-Morris Jewelry Company cup as county champions in classes B and C. In District Fifteen B, Van Alstyne and Whitewright are new class B entrants. If the Tigers beat Van Alstyne on Thanksgiving Day and face no defeats from class C teams, they keep the cup. Whitewright fans expect another Tigers triumph.
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W.H.S
Sherman Democrat-Morris Jewelry Company
Tigers
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Grayson County
Distorted Tiger weights spark column debate on prep gridiron
An overblown newspaper feature inflated Tiger weights to resemble a pro club. Readable lists show regulars and reserves with positions and accurate weights for backs and linemen, while unrelated tips note magnesia for silks and fabrics and Sun office offering typewriter supplies.
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Tiger
Walter Tom Holmes
Fred Starr
Bussy Thornhill
J. W. Sanderson
Clifton DeBerry
Wilson Kaiser
Elmer Robertson
Merriwell Vineyard
Mark Montgomery Jr
Billy Pritchett
W. L. Caylor
Albert Lea Jackson
Clifton Burchfield
Jack Meador
Quinton Nicholson
Floyd Everheart
Rudolph Taylor
Grady Stepp
Boyd Newman
John Wiser
Eugene McMillan
Ernest Lewis
J. B. Conner
Aubrey Lane
Joe Preston Lee
Bill Smith
Duane Caylor
Sun's Fall Subscription Bargain Days
The Sun announces October start of fall subscription sale offering $1.00 per year for as many years as readers can pay. Regular rate is $1.50 for a year. subscribers can move expiration forward by paying $1.00. Borrowers urged to buy their own copy, with warnings about neighbor reactions and a offer of bundled club savings for other newspapers or magazines.
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The
Sun
the Sun
Probe of Pensions Administration Ordered by House
The Texas House voted 80 to 48 to launch a week long inquiry into old age assistance administration as a prelude to pension funding bills during the third called session. A McKinney, Hankamer and Cooper Jr. resolution directs the hearing as a committee of the whole.
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House
State Affairs Committee
E. E. Hunter
Cleburne
Hunter
Church of Christ Revival Begins Monday
The Church of Christ will start a protracted revival meeting Monday and continue through October 16. Evangelist Willis Kreager of Henderson will lead daily services at 10 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Kreager previously preached here, drawing strong listener praise. Last year 27 people responded, and Pastor J. R. Waldrum expects even more this year. The church invites the public to attend.
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Church of Christ
J. R. Waldrum
Willis Kreager
Henderson
Kreager
Waldrum
Whitewright Hosts Red River Valley Fair Boosters Tour
Whitewright welcomed eighty Sherman visitors last Friday for a tour promoting the Red River Valley Fair to be held in Sherman for one week beginning Oct 5. The group, arriving from Leonard at noon with an orchestra, attended a Rotary Club luncheon where Mayor F M Echols greeted them.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Leonard
Rotary Club
F. M. Echols
Will Leslie
Gomer May
John Burma
Grace Holcomb
Leslie
Lester Haile
John Perry
Robert Brackney
Betty Hughes
George Garner
Don McCord
Barney Smith
Ted Jones
Woodrow Barnes
J. H. Burma
Echols
Red River Valley Fair Association
Howe
Hitler Decrees Large Increase In German Army
Berlin reports Nazi officials move to raise Germany’s fighting forces to 800000 under a new two year compulsory service rule. Adolf Hitler orders 300000 youths for labor service and drafts 200000 to 300000 for Reichswehr with Oct 1 implementation. Recruits, aged 21 and 22, come from 1914 and 1915 classes, boosting strength by about a quarter to one third.
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Berlin
Reichswehr
Hitler
Germany
Crafting a Grained Paint Look with Two Coats
Use two coats in differing shades to create a fashionably grained finish. Apply the first coat until barely sticky, then the second coat under the same condition. While tacky, roll an old comb across the surface to imprint your own pattern.
Grayson County Cotton Ginning Totals Rise Then Stall
A total of 25 357 bales had been ginned in Grayson County before September 16 compared with 1 984 bales by the same date last year according to census agent G O Peterson. Little ginning has occurred since due to continued rains leaving several thousand bales in the fields.
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Grayson County
G. O. Peterson
Census Bureau
District Deputy to Visit Masonic Lodge Next Monday Night
O. L. Jones secretary of White Wright Lodge No. 167 announces that J. D. Buster district deputy grand master will visit the local lodge Monday night and urges all Masons to attend.
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Masonic Lodge
O. L. Jones
Whitewright Lodge No
A. F
A. M
J. D. Buster
Sherman
Rainfall totals for week show heavy regional totals
Whitewright logged 4.72 inches from Thursday morning to Sunday night boosting September to 6.28 inches and 4.02 inches above normal. Sherman and Denison measured 8.67 and 7.69 inches respectively as other towns also reported heavy rain. A cooler front lowered temperatures to 51 degrees and 55 degrees by 7 am with sunny skies forecast.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Denison
Bonham
Ector
Leonard
McKinney
Dry Grayson Areas Prohibited Beer For Sale
In Grayson County, Judge Jake J. Loy ruled that residents in dry districts may not keep beer for sale, overruling a motion to quash against Joe Stephens of Whitesboro. The decision, applicable to sale in districts with local options prohibiting beer, does not affect private use. The hearing was the first of its kind in the county court.
Farmers urged to plant fall crops in response to drought
Sherman report notes resettlement administration officials Roger Q. Evans and Mrs. B. L. Vaden urge immediate planting of fall gardens and crops to offset food and feed shortages. Turnips should be grown for food and livestock. late sudan crop advised for hay shortage. For long-term clients, plant winter pastures in wheat, oats, or rye. Frost dates in Grayson County over five years cited, with records from Oct 11 1932 to Nov 13 1935.
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Evans
Resettlement Administration
Grayson County
Good Trades Day At Whitewright Draws Large Crowd
Despite cloudy morning conditions Whitewright held its regular trades day drawing larger crowds than in months. Farmers visited town to buy, sell, and trade with merchants, the jockey yard filled with stock and vegetables as fall buying began. The article notes 5,000 unpaid observers contribute to American weather forecasting.
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Whitewright
Jockey Yard
Communist Candidate For President Lands in Prison
In Terre Haute Indiana Communist candidate Earl Browder and four associates were jailed after a speech by David Bentall Chicago attorney in a locked broadcasting booth was blocked by Police Chief James C Yates. Browder condemned Terre Haute officials from his cell calling it a sign of Hitlerism in America.
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Terre Haute
Ind
David J. Bentall
Chicago
James C. Yates
Bentall
Yates
Earl Browder
Browder
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Waldo Frank
Seymour Waldman
Communist National Election Campaign Committee
New York
Indianapolis
Charles Stadtfeld
Andrew Rems
Communist Party
Indiana
Paul McNutt
Washington
Homer Cummings
Department of Justice
America
Red River Valley Fair Opens Next Monday
Farmers along the Brazos scramble to harvest before flood waters rise as the Lower Brazos floods threaten crops. Unofficial losses reach 3 million in Waco area while Red River Valley Fair at Sherman opens Monday with Grayson County club women exhibits and expanded textile, culinary, and livestock displays. Special event nights feature band concerts, Gainesville Circus, and a high school football game.
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Brazos River
Washington
Brazos
Bryan
Caldwell
Waco
Red River Valley
Sherman
Will Leslie
Whitewright
Grayson County Club
Gainesville
Highland Park
State Fair
Texas
Whitewright Business
Cole & Davis Company
L. LaRoe & Company
First National Bank
Lester Haile
The
Whitewright Sun
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Whitewright Lumber Company
Grayson County 1936 tax roll totals announced
Sherman deputy tax assessor Jerry Davis announced Grayson County 1936 tax roll valued at 36,227,938, down 236,466 from 1935. He cited losses from an oil pipeline removal into the county and the closing of Central State Bank, plus adjustments from intangibles and rolling stock. The new Grayson County State Bank will not be included in this year’s assessments.
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Central State Bank
Sherman
Grayson County State Bank
State Railroad Commission
Health Education Important Program in Schools
Austin report from the State Department of Health urges parents, teachers, and health workers to make public health education a core school goal. Dr. John W. Brown notes health teaching links to housing, diet, waste disposal, and social interaction, stressing prevention and immunization against diseases like smallpox and diphtheria.
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Austin
State Department of Health
John W. Brown
Seed Sprout in Unpicked Cotton in West Texas
Counts at the Texas agricultural experiment station show eighty four percent of the seed has sprouted with four percent immature and non germinating while twelve percent remains sound. Oil mill operators say this indicates a heavy loss in cotton open in the field.
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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Gloomy Sunday a Joke to Australians says radio
In Sydney Australia the morbid Hungarian song Gloomy Sunday is described as a joke by Australian listeners and broadcasters. Publishers report no complaints and the public did not take it seriously. The tune by Laszlo Javor arose from a broken romance and is linked to crisis reports in Hungary and the United States.
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Sydney
Australia
Hungary
United States
Laazlo Javor
Swing Time shines as top Astaire Rogers musical at Palace
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in Swing Time at the Palace tonight and Friday. The film features dazzling dancing, Jerome Kern melodies, Dororthy Fields lyrics, and the big Bojangles of Harlem production number led by Astaire.
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Palace Theatre
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Jerome Kern
Dorothy Fields
John Hardrider
George Stevens
RKO Radio
Bojangles
Harlem
Astaire
Burnt Cork
Use of Gasoline on Farms Increases
Comptroller George H. Sheppard reports Texas farm mechanization rose as gasoline tax refunds to farmers totaled 2 951 596 dollars for the year ending August 31, up 913 990 from the prior year. Farmers’ refunds climbed 44 percent while overall refunds rose 37 percent.
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Austin
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Typewriter Carbon and Pencil Supplies at Sun Office
A Sun office advertises typewriter carbon and pencil carbon along with typewriter paper for sale. The concise inventory highlights writing instruments and office supplies available to customers.
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Typewriter
Sun Office
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