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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
8
A Ford touring car and a westbound truck collided at Grand avenue and Sears street in Whitewright. The car veered east about 150 feet after impact. the truck struck the sidewalk, tearing loose an iron post and awning. No injuries reported to occupants. nearby schoolchildren fled.
In Ohio bootleggers face new risk as restaurant owners with liquor-by-the-glass permits name racketeers to protect business. Edmund G. Matthews, head of the state liquor enforcement, recalls past difficulties but notes growing citizen reports and a delegation seeking action.
Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, outlaw and top public enemy, was killed by federal agents and Liverpool officers near East Liverpool Ohio after a fierce 50 shot exchange. He died at a rural farm seven miles north of town while armed with two automatics and seeking escape. Floyd had a long crime record from St Louis to Oklahoma and Arkansas, with multiple killings of officers, including Patrolman Ralph Castner, and he identified himself as Floyd to Melvin Purvis before dying.
Governor-designate James V. Allred urged Texas voters to back Amendment No. 1 for property tax relief while opposing Amendment No. 3. He warned of a 12 million dollar treasury deficit and a tax system that burdened real estate unfairly, arguing only real estate pays 97 percent of taxes. He pressed for classification of property to widen untaxed wealth and warned against hasty harms to schools if Amendment No. 3 passed.
SALLISAW Oklahoma a mother Mrs W F Floyd tended a vacant Akins graveyard plot for over a year hoping to bury her son the outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd now dead after federal agents shot him on an Ohio hillside Ruby Floyd ex wife and mother of his child rushed home after learning of the death while relatives gathered for a private funeral and lamented the end of the fugitive era
A wife questions a surgeon about tearing out a book’s back part. The famous surgeon apologizes, explaining the portion was labelled Appendix and he removed it unintentionally.
Want ads list farm mules in all sizes with bargain pricing from Manning Clark and Meador hardware. Also sales on Case Pony Disc plows Emerson Disc plows wagons cultivators planters oil stoves and a near new Case sulky plow with bedder. Auto Finance Company offers loans with quick approval. Card of Thanks from The Women of the Presbyterian Church thanks supporters of a pure food show in Whitewright and surrounding areas.
The FDIC abstract shows deposits in 820 Texas banks increasing by more than 90 million dollars from December 30, 1933 to June 30, 1934. Total deposits reached 939.792 million. loans and investments 696.833 million. cash and due from banks 385.731 million. capital stock 154.54 million.
Rudolph Shields, a Southeastern College student in Durant, lost his purse at the State Fair in Dallas containing money stamps and ID. The finder returned it with only initials signed. Shields seeks to learn the finder’s name to reward him with a prize.
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