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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun discusses high citrus prices from Rio Grande Valley stock reductions and tax benefits, then contrasts Texas Centennial funding debates. It cites voter expectations for constitutional amendments, mentions Pretty Boy Floyd and DOJ, and notes Texas public sentiment on defense and Japan.
The attorney general rules only signed renditions property taxpayers may vote on the Dallas Centennial bond. City Attorney Grady backs the ruling. The Times Herald notes the issue could block funding despite public support. The Star-Telegram expects improved business and college demand to drive normalcy.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College reports a new high in first semester registrations at College Station surpassing 3,000. Across the nation, more youths stay in school amid shifting job markets and public awareness of a changing economy. Educational facilities may be strained this year and next as families seek better training for evolving work.
Following the Morro Castle disaster the Navy Department assigns senior officers to travel on American merchant vessels to ensure regular boat and fire drills and proper passenger safety facilities. The move could extend naval careers beyond retirement age as officers support civilian maritime safety and other national service.
Two special programs approve a Christmas Cantata Dec 23 at 7 PM Baptist Church. Committees chairpersons named for music, with call to notify pastors if unable to serve and urging broad church participation. Free will offering to cover music expenses.
Greeley Colorado reports the discovery of grasshoppers embedded in Longs Peak ice and snow in Rocky Mountain National Park. The find recalls a 1876 incident mentioned by Northern Colorado pioneer George Hodgson.
Hodgson says 1876 swarms crossed plains and perished in Halletts glacier near Longs Peak. Bears fed on the dead insects as glacier kept them refrigerated. A hot dry summer melted snow exposing the preserved grasshoppers after 58 years.
The first Grayson County teachers institute of the year convenes Saturday at 9 a.m. in Sherman high school. E. A. Miller says R. J. Turrentine of State Women's College will discuss the state study plan. Interscholastic league plans will be started and routine matters addressed. session ends by 12:30 p.m.
A church circle reports a man in the group joined by baptism and notes Sunday school gains while urging voluntary offerings for new pews and furniture. A funeral honors 61 years of Christian service, and the pastor extends invitations for Sunday services.
Lloyd Boswell was found guilty by a Collin County jury of possession of 3.2 beer and received a one year penitentiary term. This case is noted as possibly the first of its kind in Texas since beer legalization. Collin County had banned beer in 1902 and kept the ban until now.
The Red River Bridge Company of Texas failed in the Supreme Court to recover damages claimed from construction of a free bridge linking Colbert Oklahoma to Denison Texas. The dispute between Oklahoma and Texas led to martial law in the region in July 1931, as noted by the Arkansas Gazette.
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