Red River Valley Fair at Sherman Tops in History
Local Sherman attendees praise the Red River Valley Fair as the best in its 20 year history with fully filled exhibit buildings and standout midway attractions. Final Dick Piner’s Rodeo show tonight, Austin College versus Daniel Baker College Friday, and a jitterbug contest Saturday. A Womack built miniature carnival, free evening picture shows, and a lively poultry and livestock displays draw crowds. Admission is 10 cents to grounds and 10 cents more for midway. exhibits outside midway.
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Sherman
Dick Piner
Austin College
Daniel Baker College
T. T. Womack
Shreveport
J. R. Oliver
Whitewright
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
High School Future Farmers Association
Man of Conquest at Palace Theatre features rich lineup
Feature at the Palace Theatre tonight and Friday is Man of Conquest starring Richard Dix Joan Fontaine and Edward Ellis depicting Sam Houston life. Houston’s son sues producers claiming libel. Other Palace features next week include Roy Rogers Southward Ho Gracie Allen Murder Case and Winter Carnival with Ann Sheridan and Richard Carlson.
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Palace Theatre
Richard Dix
Joan Fontaine
Edward Ellis
Sam Houston
Houston
Palace
Roy Rogers
Ann Sheridan
Richard Carlson
Gracie Allen
Grand Jury Gets Instructions in Sherman
L S Lacy of Denison named foreman of the fifteenth district grand jury impaneled Monday in Sherman. Other jurors include F E Faust G W Ratliff Frank G Trau W L Stephenson Sam Ricketts R E L Binion G S Parrish B F Armstrong Scott Graham J P Autrey and John Pitts. Judge Carter commended Sheriff Porter and liquor inspectors for cracking gambling and liquor cases and warned jurors about disclosing testimony. Porter and Slagle said they would present raid evidence from a Denison gambling joint.
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Whitewright
John Pitts
Cedar Mills
R. M. Carter
Grand Jury
P. M. Porter
Pat Gaddy
Billy McElroy
Porter
R. C. Slagle Jr
Denison
Monument Planned for Sax Inventor in Belgium
Belgium plans a monument to Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone, saxhorn, and saxotromba, marking a century since his innovative contributions. Sax moved to Paris in the 1840s and reshaped wind instruments, while the page also notes Tolstoi quotes and an advert for typewriter supplies.
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Adolphe Sax
Belgium
Sax
Paris
Fall Subscription Campaign Starts
The Sun launches its annual fall subscription drive with one year for $1.00 in Texas, renewals moving up a year, and a club offer combining The Sun with Semi-Weekly Farm News for $1.50. Honor roll names include O Pb. im to VU. MM. Missinger, Sarah Belle Gillett, Martha Bryant, and others.
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the Sun
The
Sun
Texas
Legislator Calls for Probe of University Charges
Rep Kinard of Port Arthur urged the House Investigating Committee to probe Dr C E Ayres economics professor at the University of Texas who charged government corruption tied to S J R 12. The move follows a Rainey meeting and names Celaya Hartzog Bundy on the committee, with Ayres facing call to prove or resign. The report notes broad support for S J R 12 among lawmakers and officials.
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Kinard
Dr. Ayres
Travis County Council of Social Workers
S. J. R.12
House
Senate
O'Daniel
Stevenson
Morse
Ayres
Texas
Dr. Rainey
Hitler to Make Last Peace Offer Friday
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler will announce a final peace proposal in a Reichstag speech Friday noon local time. Nazi leaders expect Britain and France to reject. The move precedes a potential western thrust by Goering’s air force and Westwall troop deployments.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
France
West
Westwall
Hitler
Reichstag
Daladier vows France will fight on after peace overtures
Premier Edouard Daladier told the Chamber of Deputies France will not accept a dictated peace. He aligned with Britain against a German driven settlement, calling for a durable security system for all nations. Daladier credited Mussolini for efforts to avert war and said Hitler bears full responsibility for the outbreak.
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Paris
France
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Russia
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Britain
Reich
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Hitler
Cotton Loan Plan Argument Holds Up Loan Program
A heated debate pits the Agricultural Department against cotton interests and Congress over using location differentials to set loan rates for this year's cotton. Intra-state and port locations would receive higher rates, while inland points would get base rates. The Southwestern Compress and Warehouse Association leads a Texas Oklahoma backlash, arguing the plan misreads market value and reshapes incentives for growers, merchants, and insurers.
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Washington
Cotton
Congressional
Agricultural Department
Texas
Oklahoma
South
Atlantic Seaboard
Southwestern Compress and Warehouse Association of
Dallas
Agriculture Department
Parent-Teacher Association Will Meet Tuesday
The Parent-Teacher Association plans its second meeting of the school year Tuesday October 10 in the grammar school auditorium. President Mrs C J Meador will lead the opening with a sing song by Miss Sallye Hamilton. A business session precedes a program on Democracy featuring papers by Mrs Clara Myrick Mrs H G Rountree and Miss Lucyle Sanders.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
C. J. Meador
Sallye Hamilton
Clara Myrick
H. G. Rountree
Lucyle Sanders
Two in Hospitals After Accident
A transient named Ebben Russ, 48, of Hollis Oklahoma was injured along with Mr Washburn when a truck, a car and a pedestrian collided on highway 82 near Wayne Browns store in Pink Hill. Russ suffered a fractured ankle and chest and head injuries while Washburn sustained bruises and was kept for observation. The truck overturned but the driver and a companion were uninjured.
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St. Vinats Hospital
Sherman
Aude Pink Hill
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Washburn
Wayne Brown
Pink Hill
Ebben Russ
Hollis
Okla
Safety council visits Whitewright to promote traffic safety
Pierce Brooks and Capt. J C Tappe led a Texas Safety Council delegation in Whitewright for an hour of civic talks. They urged a state Juvenile Council to reduce youth deaths, outlined aims like a uniform traffic code and stricter license laws, and featured a youth band before the speeches.
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Pierce Brooks
J. C. Tappe
Texas Safety Council
Whitewright
Mr. Tappe
Texas
Dallas
Brooks
Capt. Tappe
Fannin Commissioner Improves Whitewright Road Project
Fannin County progresses on asphalt surfacing from Oak Hill Cemetery to east of town with plans to extend to Ector under the federal works program. Commissioner Dick Waits leads aggressive road work including rock surfacing and dirt-road improvements in his precinct. Supporters include Commissioner Ben Vaughan and benefactor Russell Summers enabling a cut through to near Thurs ton Montgomery’s farm, with additional rock placement and upcoming work on the Fannin Grayson line and Whitewright Rose Hill route.
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Whitewright-Ely
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ector
Fannin County Commissioners Court
Federal Works Projects Administration
Dick Waits
Fannin County
Whitewright
Waits
Canaan
Ben Vaughan
Russell Summers
Thurston Montgomery
Rose Hill
O Daniel names dry crusader to liquor board
Dr. William Daniel Bradfield 73, SMU professor emeritus of Christian doctrine, is named chairman of the Texas Liquor Control Board. He says he did not vote for Governor O Daniel but supports temperance, having fought liquor and gambling for 30 years and already chairs the pastors anti racetrack gambling committee.
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Dallas
William Daniel Bradfield
Texas Liquor Control Board
O'Daniel
Southern Methodist University
Bradfield
Texas
County School Budget Approved for Grayson County 1939-40
The Grayson County school administration budget for 1939-40 totaling 6180 was approved by the school board. Increases include 1050 to raise per capita apportionment to 45 cents, plus salary boosts for County Superintendent Sewell R. McKinney from 2800 to 3000 and his expense fund from 300 to 600. McKinney will also be paid 200 for census work and board meeting stipends total 180. Mrs Hogan Crabtree salary up from 1200 to 1500 with extras up to 700. Tom Bean gains a 3.5 mile bus route extension.
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Sherman
Grayson County School Administration
Sewell R. McKinney
McKinney
Hogan Crabtree
Tom Bean
Possum Fear Turns Fatal In Farmhouse Chicken House Incident
At a fish fry near Ector a noise in the chicken house led to a shooting. H T Allen of Ector was hit by buckshot and Robert Leslie of Bonham shot an intruder with a shotgun. Allen received pellets to face, neck and body and was treated by a Bonham physician.
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H. T. Allen
Ector
Sam Leslie
Robert Leslie
Bonham
Allen
Tigers Hit First Home Game vs Trenton Friday
The Whitewright High School Tigers host the Trenton Cubs at 2 30 p m on the local football field known as horse apple bowl This will be the Tigers first home game after visiting Plano and Royse City Royse City scored 52 against Whitewright last Friday while Whitewright could not score The Tigers face a larger Trenton squad and hope for a competitive game
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Whitewright High School Tigers
Trenton High School Cubs
Tigers
Plano
Royse City
Trenton
County Budget Upset by Tax Remission Ruling
Sherman reports Attorney General Mann ruled the tax remission bill unconstitutional delaying county revenue. Grayson County faces about $43,120 yearly loss over five years, with $215,600 total impact. Officials note 1940 budget adjustments and prorated remissions to road funds. nearby counties anticipate further actions.
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Sherman
State General Fund
Gerald Mann
Grayson
Mann
Commissioners Court
Grayson County
Dallas County
New Age Pension Financing Bill Drawn Up in Texas
A Texas bill proposing a 5 cent tax per barrel of oil and other resources to fund social security services was drawn up by Rep Derden of Marlin. Gov O Daniel questions calling an extraordinary session after a 163 day general session failed to yield new revenue. Derden urged lawmakers’ opinions while O Daniel considers a plan to avert a six dollar cut in old age assistance. A stray quip about a smart man and women ends the piece.
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Austin
Derden
Marlin
O'’Daniel
O’daniel
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Red River Valley Fair
Man of Conquest
Count Leo Tolstoi
Switzerland
House of Commons
Poland
Parent- Teacher Association
Safety Council
Sun Office
Fannin
Dry Crusader
Possum
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