Plan to limit cotton crop outlined for 1934 35
Details of the 1934 35 cotton plan from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration were released to O B Martin via telegram from C A Cobb. The plan aims at 25 million acres, cash rentals for unplanted land, county control associations, no plow up campaigns, and parity prices for part of the crop. It includes loans to hold cotton until prices rise and sets allotments by state based on a 5 year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Cobb
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Move to limit cotton bales announced in Alabama
Senator John H. Bankhead and representatives from three cotton states launched a drive to pass a law in the next Congress setting a fixed baleage limit for each year's cotton crop including 1934. The plan would supplement acreage cuts and bring all producers under compulsory reductions to ease surplus and support prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Bankhead
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Co-Operative Land Rental Plan
Benefit Show at Palace Theatre by Whitewright High
The Whitewright high school's junior class sponsors a Monday night benefit at the Palace Theatre. The program includes musical numbers and skits by class members along with Life of Jimmy Dolan and 42nd Street feature films. A diamond ring is given away free at the close. Attendance has risen weekly under current management Horton and Johnson with large crowds on family nights offering 10 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Whitewright High School
Jimmy Dolan
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Loreta Young
Messrs. Horton and Johnson
Agriculture Tops Turks as Chief Industry
The report identifies agriculture as the leading economic activity for the Turkish people, highlighting farming as the main source of income and employment. It notes crops, livestock, and rural livelihoods as core to the nation's economy and daily life.
Relief Fund Probe Closes and Bill Set for Draft
The Texas Senate committee of the whole ended its relief funds inquiry and formed a five member sub committee to draft a bill on relief bonds and handling proceeds. Members Woodward Small Rawlings Martin Redditt lead anti administration tilt while Ferguson plan critics hold influence. The full committee or Senate may amend or substitute the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Senate
George Purl
Walter Woodward
Clint Small
Frank Rawlings
W. M. Martin
John S. Reddit
Reditt
Redditt
Cecil Murphy
Woodward
Small
Rawlings
Ferguson
Martin
Dr. B Wrenn Webb Welcomed as Pastor in Whitewright
Dr. B Wrenn Webb was welcomed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church here after arriving with his wife from Tucson Arizona. The service united Methodist Baptist Church of Christ and Central Christian Churches in greeting him with a large choir and support from Sherman’s Central Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Presbyterian Church
Webb
Board of Missions, Presbyterian Church
Tucson
Ariz
Whitewright
A. W. Yell
Methodist, Baptist
Church of Christ
Central Christian Churches
Dr. Webb
Central Presbyterian Church of
Sherman
T. E. Barbee
B. S. Montgomery
Tommie Chenoweth
J. F. Fender
C. C. Merritt
Dr. Fender
J. H. Burma
Martha Jo Sears
Whitewright Man Heads Grand Jury In Sherman
Judge R M Carter charged the October term grand jury of the fifteenth district court to investigate liquor law violations. Bob Sears of Whitewright named foreman as the group, with 10 to 15 days expected in session and 91 examining trials ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Jones
Fred Bullock
Fred Wright
Denison
J. N. Ferguson
Bells
Earl Fields
Whitewright
Virgil Nicholson
Tioga
W. L. Higginbotham
Sherman
O. T. Davis
S. A. Scott
Roy Rich
Gordonville
W. W. Holland
Pottsboro
Charge on Bagging Called Unwarranted
Austin Commissioner of Agriculture J. E. McDonald said buyers of baled cotton are demanding 75c penalties for bagging made from sisal or a mix of sisal and jute, a charge he calls unwarranted and urged farmers to report any penalties to the Department of Agriculture or their County Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
J. E. McDonald
McDonald
Department of Agriculture
Legion Opposes Immediate Bonus Payments at Chicago Meeting
American Legion committee on legislation rejected five state resolutions for immediate bonus payments and kept previous sub committee rulings. Patman report noted as minority input. convention floor prospects unclear. A bill to waive interest on adjusted compensation loans was approved and Miami was chosen for the 1934 convention. The group also tightened rules barring political activity by officials, recalling prior charter revocation action in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Legion Committee
Legislation
Wright Patman
Texas
Patman
Legion
Congress
Miami
Fla
Exservice
New Mexico State Department
Delinquent Tax Measure Calls Go-Getting Bill
A Texas House bill sponsored by George C. Hester and Sam S. Devall proposes bold tax collection by lien without court action. Delinquents receive 60 days notice, then final citation and sale on the first Tuesday of the second month after. Redemption rules follow constitutional amendment terms, with penalties escalating by year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
George C. Hester
Sam S. Devall
County Road Crew Moves to Whitewright
Commissioner J. W. Washburn moved his road crew from Tom Bean to Whitewright. In charge of Hugh Bowen the crew will likely stay until December or later and rerock the Kentuckytown road along with other needed improvements. Citizens welcome the project hoping for completion before a later relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Washburn
Whitewright
Tom Bean
Hugh Bowen
Bowen
Kentuckytown
Section
Sons in Scuffle Over Gun End Fatal For Mother
Mrs. J. W. Fowler aged 52 was fatally shot in Hillsboro when a pistol in the hands of her sons Robert 21 and Weldon 24 discharged during a scuffle as she tried to disarm them. The incident occurred Tuesday and was reported to assistant district attorney O. Y. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
J. W. Fowler
Robert
Weldon
O. Y. Brown
Whitewright Sun offers one dollar subscription sale
The Whitewright Sun runs a fall sale offering subscriptions at 1.00 per year, 50 cents off the usual 1.50 rate, including back subscriptions and advance renewals. A club rate with the Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm News is also offered at 1.50 for both papers in Texas, with outside states priced higher. An honor roll of paying subscribers begins with names such as E. O. Thomas and Mrs. D. A. Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Sun
Texas
the Sun
Dallas
Farm News
The
Sun
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arkansas
E. O. Thomas
D. A. Ray
Buster Graves
R. L. Johnson
Laura Jean Reynolds
R. O. Mathis
Robert Howard
C. T. Sadler
Dr Strother to address PTA meeting on disease prevention
Dr. C. D. Strother, Sherman city health officer, will be principal speaker at the Parent-Teacher Association meeting at the grammar school next Tuesday at 4 o'clock. His topic is Prevention of Disease Among School Children especially Diphtheria. The program includes music, invocation, readings, a rhythm band, and various attendees from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Strother
Sherman
Parent
Tommie Chenoweth
Texas gets 3,180,000 pounds dry salt pork allotment
Texas is allotted 3,180,000 pounds of dry salt pork by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration to aid the destitute unemployed on relief rolls via the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission and county agencies. An initial 1,000,000 pounds will arrive around October 7 for carload shipment to Beaumont San Antonio Austin Houston Del Rio Harlingen and other Texas cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Lawrence Westbrook
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief
Beaumont
San Antonio
Houston
del Rio
Harlingen
Brownsville
Midland
el Paso
San Angelo
Eastland
Wichita Falls
Paris
Memphis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Tyler
Lufkin
Longview
Linden
Texarkana
Sweetwater
Amarillo
Blanton to Meet Spindle in Club Championship Match
Roy Blanton and Leon Spindle prepare for a thirty six hole club championship final in the coming days. Blanton advanced via bye and several defaults plus a 1 up win, while Spindle secured several victories including a 3 up semi final win. Spindle earlier won the season’s first thirty six hole medal event and Blanton is noted for rapid improvement and long drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Blanton
Leon Spindle
Blanton
Dick Montgomery
Gladys Ray
B. W. Newman
Spindle
Russell McGinnis
Guy Hamilton Jr
Dick Barbee
W. R. Hooper
Hogs Reach $5.35 on Fort Worth Market
Hogs sold at 5.35 per 100 pounds on the Fort Worth market Wednesday marking the first such high since November 1931. The peak contrasts with a low 2.85 bottom during the downturn. Shippers held 800 hogs on the yards as authorities forecast further gains with talk of seven dollars possibly within reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Police freed Kelly after a September custody detail in Denver
Denver police disclosed they held George Machine Gun Kelly at police headquarters on September 6 during a nationwide manhunt and released him after questioning about an auto theft case. No further arrest followed and details appeared in a local notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
George
High School Library Receives Newquarters
The high school moves its library to a room across from the study hall with a rail partition, desks, chairs, and indexing by Dewey. Shelf space supports 4 000 to 5 000 volumes for 30 to 40 students at a time, and several hundred new volumes will be purchased. The district funds the project via a library fee. federal aid is not involved. Extensions for Association requirements are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Southern Association
Whitewright
Supt. Smith
Red River Dam Appeal Moves Forward in Washington
Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana lawmakers urged the General Mississippi Valley Advisory Public Works Commission to approve the 36 million Red River flood control dam near Denison Texas. The plan envisions a large lake straddling Texas and Oklahoma with flood control and unemployment relief benefits. Rayburn Thomas and Sandlin endorsed the project, citing a 60 year amortization. Thomas challenged the army engineers view that dikes and canals suffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley Advisory Public Works Commission
Red River
Denison
Mississippi
Thomas
Rayburn
Sandlin
Army
Roosevelt Sends Gift To Namesake At Howe
Luther Delano Cavender, infant son of Mr and Mrs Luther Cavender, received from Franklin D Roosevelt a white silk handkerchief with the words Happy Days and a signed letter offering wishes for a happy useful life. The chief executive notes he is sending a memento to his namesake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Luther Delano Cavender
Luther Cavender
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Cavender
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DR. Strother
John Reeves
George Bennett
Will Mitchell
W. B. Holcomb
E. A. Douglas
R. L. Sears
M. M. Sears
J. S. Mitchell
W. B. Hestand
J. W. McCombe
W. M. Wright
Lindsey Brooks
Eugene McElvaney
W. H. King
Joe Thomas Meador
W. F. Fields
J. A
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Red River Dam
Roosevelt
Namesake
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