Fire Prevention Week Observance in Whitewright
October 9 marks the anniversary of the Chicago fire of 1871 and Fire Prevention Week begins. The observance urges citizens to inspect and clean up hazards in stores, industries, and homes, fix chimneys and flues, check wiring and gas leaks, store fuels safely, and curb common fire risks to reduce losses. Public cooperation is needed as schools, the city fire marshal, and businesses promote fire safety throughout October.
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Chicago
Opponents See Black Staying on Supreme Court Seat
Washington observers believe Justice Hugo L. Black will remain on the Supreme Court despite three remote hopes. An ouster action by Albert Levitt seeks ineligibility, impeachment chatter exists, and a rarely used quo warranto potentially could be invoked. The court may dismiss Levitt and Kelly suits when it reconvenes Monday.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Albert Levitt
Virgin Islands
Patrick Henry Kelly
Boston
St John’s College to slow meals with music
Annapolis Maryland St John’s College plans to install a radio in the dining hall to slow students’ pace at meals. Miss Georgia Smith, the college dietitian, argues the boys have been eating too fast and seeks slow music for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Annapolis
St. John’s College
Georgia Smith
1937 Cotton Crop Estimated At Nearly 16 Million Bales
Mrs E H Miller of Shields and Company estimated the 1937 cotton crop at 15 965 000 bales, more than 3 500 000 above 1936. The crop condition is given as 72 6 percent, suggesting the best American yield since 1926 when 17 977 000 bales were produced.
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Chicago
E. H. Miller
Shields & Company
Whitewright Man Becomes Highway Department Head
Julian Montgomery of Whitewright is named Texas highway engineer heading a department employing up to 5,000 staff under a $50,000,000 yearly program. He succeeds Gib Gilchrist, will keep existing operations intact while reviewing the organization, and faces an annual salary around $6,200 with possible adjustments to retain experienced staff. Montgomery, a former PWA engineer, was chosen by unanimous vote of the highway commission after serving since 1917 in the department. The move preserves strong federal relations as Montgomery begins leading Texas highway efforts amid ongoing federal funding and grants.
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Austin
Texas
Julian Montgomery
Whitewright
Montgomery
PWA
Rio Grande
Gib Gilchrist
Highway Department
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Gilchrist
National Association of State Highway Officials
Boston
Federal Service
Willacy County
Highway Commission
Corpus Christi
Marx Brothers At Palace Theatre: A Day at the Races
The Marx Brothers are the feature tonight at the Palace in A Day at the Races with showings through Friday. Saturday marks Gene Autry in Yodelin Kid from Pine Ridge followed by Will Rogers in Handy Andy on preview and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday offer Patsy Kelly and Lydia Roberts in Nobody's Baby for bargain nights. Next Thursday and Friday feature Jack Benny in Artists and Models with Ida Lupino and co stars.
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Marx Brothers
Palace Theatre
Gene Autrey
Pine Ridge
Will Rogers
Robert Taylor
Peggy Wood
Patsy Kelly
Lydia Roberts
Jack Benny
New Orleans Waiter Objects To Name Mickey
In New Orleans a restaurant waiter rejected being called Mickey. He showed his social security card bearing the name E. Pluribus Unum Brady, a name officials had rejected until a birth certificate was presented.
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New Orleans
Mickey
E. Pluribus Unum Brady
Road improvements across precinct enhance all weather link
WPA road project completes asphalt surface from State 160 through Pilot Grove to Van Alstyne and the Bethel cut-off. Whitewright gains quicker access to Van Alstyne and Dallas. County officials credit Engineer H M Scott and Commissioner Ben Vaughan for coordinating work, with federal support deepening drainage upgrades and labor from Van Alstyne and Whitewright. Whitewright seeks winter job funding to connect Oak Hill Cemetery to Ely and link Ector to the Fannin line, proposing cross-county WPA labor transfer to boost labor and costs.
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Pilot Grove
van Alstyne
Tioga
Commissioners
Vaughan
Whitewright
Tom Bean
Works Progress Administration
M. Scott
Grayson County
WPA
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ely
Fannin County
Ector
Omnibus Tax Bill Unchanged After Committee Fight
A Texas House Revenue and Taxation Committee panel approved an omnibus tax bill after a thirteen hour session. The measure, drawing by a subcommittee, would raise state revenues by 10 million dollars annually. It imposes a 46 percent tax hike on oil gas sulphur cement and utility gross receipts while cutting amusement exemption and taxing tickets over 40 cents. Derden dissented on the final viva voce vote.
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Austin
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Texas House of Representatives
Albert L. Derden
Marlin
Viva Voce
Wet severe winter predicted for the U S
Dr Albert J Newlin head of Ricard Memorial Observatory at Santa Clara University California predicted a wet and severe winter this year based on four pronounced sunspot groups across the sun The sun spot theory relating sun activity to earth weather was originated by Father J S Ricard S J
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Santa Clara University
Calif
Albert J. Newlin
Ricard Memorial Observatory
Newlin
J. S. Ricard
S. J
Grand Jury Opens Lesson at Sherman
Grand jury for the October term of the fifteenth district court was announced by district clerk R. B. Caraway. Judge R. M. Carter empanelled the panel Monday morning to consider actions by R. C. Slagle. Foreman W. W Blassingame leads jurors J. T. Caraway Yeary George J. D. Barr Roy Rich W. C. Fair F. W. Wright Frantz Rohfeldt Jr. John Washburn John Perry B. D. Stewart and W. C. Holcomb. Criminal cases begin next Monday. this week handles non jury cases and divorces.
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W. C. Fair
F. W. Wright
Frantz Rohfeldt Jr
John Washburn
John Perry
B. D. Stewart
W. C. Holcomb
Allred Declares Silent Move on McGraw Successor
Governor Allred announced a hands off approach to the next Attorney General race. Potential candidates include his former assistants, District Judge Ralph Yarborough of Austin, Gerald C. Mann of Dallas, Everett Looney of Austin, Lieutenant Governor Woodul of Houston, and Speaker Calvert of Hillsboro. An Argentine pilot flew a 15 foot wing span airplane built for cruise at 160 miles an hour.
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Austin
Allred
Ralph Yarborough
Gerald C. Mann
Dallas
Everett Looney
Woodul
Houston
Calvert
Hillsboro
Low-Grade Cotton Loans Fixed by CCC
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced a new loan system for cotton outside the regular 9c loans. New brackets include strict low middling with seven eighths inch staple or better, bloc, strict low middling with staple below 7/8, Tc, and low middling with staple below 7/8 at 6c. The 9c loans require middling grade or better with staple at least 7/8.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wallace outlines six point policy for cotton farmers
Secretary Wallace addressed 3,000 Southern farmers in Memphis proposing a six point program to balance curtailment and production. The plan envisions an allotted cotton production goal funded by a processing tax, loans to prevent price collapse, marketing quotas, and measures to boost consumption and home food crops while maintaining U.S. market leadership amid a looming 16 to 19 million bale global crop. Senator Caraway and Cally Cobb offered cautious and supportive reactions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wallace
Agricultural South
United States
Hattie K. Caraway
Democrat
Arkansas
Cally Cobb
Atlanta
Red River Valley Fair Attractions For Rest of Week
Sherman fair features two football games, rodeo and horse show, and multiple revues nightly at 7:30 or 8. Tonight Sherman vs Gunter in a free football game at the grandstand and the rodeo in the arena. Friday Austin College vs Daniel Baker in a conference clash at the grandstand. Saturday Little Miss Hollywood Revue at 8 PM. Daily Chilcott’s Canine Revue follows band at 7:30. Strong crowds and notable exhibitors J R Oliver Bill White Reed Butler.
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Sherman
Chilcott
Gunter
Austin College
Daniel Baker
Texas
J. R. Oliver
Bill White
Whitewright
Reed & Butler
Trenton
1937 Spring Wheat Yield Set by Forecasters
Chicago reports private forecasters estimate the 1937 spring wheat yield at 193,000,000 bushels. The 1937 national corn crop is placed at 2,594,000,000 bushels, over one billion more than 1936. The wheat forecast is 93,000,000 bushels above 1936 and trails Sept 1 government and Aug 1 forecasts by 5 and 9 million respectively. The corn outlook improves from Sept 1, with a 45,000,000 bushel gain over Sept 1 but 65,000,000 below Aug 1.
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Chicago
Graduating Tax on Interest Sought to Curb Loan Racket
A Texas state commission formed after the Dallas Millinery Workers strike urged a graduated tax on loan interest to counter predatory lending. The panel found lenders charging up to 300 percent and proposed a tax scale rising with interest, from 10 percent at 6-7 percent to 100 percent for over 10 percent.
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Austin
State
Dallas
National Labor Relations Board
Nicks Loans To Texas Farmers Under $3.3 Million Cut
Washington reports that the State Resettlement Administration now Farm Security Administration reduced Texas farmers’ debts by 3,312,072 over two years. About 5,350 farmers saved an average 619 each. total owed fell from 19,018,173 to 15,706,101. Taxed savings totaled 521,213. The program aimed to help farmers avoid loss of land or equipment by negotiating lower payments.
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Washington
State Resettlement Administration
Farm Security Administration
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Hit and run driver given twenty years in prison
Theodore A. Newhouse, 17, of Spokane arrested in Butte Montana, was sentenced in Spokane Superior Court to not more than twenty years for a hit and run that killed Raymond Schermer, 15, a Spokane Valley High School student. Newhouse admitted he left the scene and said he briefly considered taking the boy to a hospital before changing his mind.
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Spokane
Wash
Theodore A. Newhouse
Butte
Mont
Newhouse
Superior Court
Raymond Schermer
Spokane Valley
U S Condemns Japan as Treaty Violator in China
The United States formally denounces Japan for actions in China, aligning with League of Nations findings. The State Department cites violations of the nine‑power treaty and the Kellogg Briand pact, amid calls for international action to halt the Far East conflict.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
League of Nations
League
State Department
Assembly of the League of Nations
Roosevelt
Chicago
Department
Far East
Motor Coach Line Sues Whitewright Rival for Damages
Thomas M. Mooney, operator of Mooney motor coaches, sues Walter Jenkins of Whitewright for 10000 dollars in damages in the fifty-ninth district court at Sherman. Mooney claims Jenkins runs a daily Sherman Whitewright coach without a permit, diverting business from his line and seeks a permanent injunction to stop the practice.
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Sherman
Thomas M. Mooney
Mooney Motor Coaches
Walter Jenkins
Whitewright
Fifty-Ninth District Court
F. E. Wilcox
Mooney
Jenkins
Railroad Commission
Dixie Terminal
East Houston
Binkley Hotel
A. & M. Boy Dies in Plane Crash at College Station
A Texas A and M cadet was killed and another seriously injured when a small plane crashed into a building at the agricultural experiment station farm northwest of the campus. David Murphy Jr., 21, of Mexia died. T. L. Forehand, 21, of Houston was badly hurt. Friends said Forehand had taken Murphy aloft to photograph a streamliner train passing the college.
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College Station
Texas A. & M
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
David Murphy Jr
Mexia
T. L. Forehand
Houston
Murphy
Congress session set for Nov 15 says Senator Murray
U S Senator James E Murray of Montana disclosed that President Roosevelt will call a special Congress session for November 15. He said members of both chambers have been informed but the source was not named. The session likely will address farm legislation wages and hours and other must legislation on the President's program.
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Harve
Mont
Congress
Roosevelt
U. S
James E. Murray
Montana
Murray
House of Representatives
Senate
Washington
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