Tigers Ready To Face Plano In Postponed Friday Game
The Tigers travel to Plano at 3 p m on November 6 after last Friday's postponement due to field flooding in Texas. Plano seeks conference supremacy, while Whitewright also fields a football squad. The column notes Farmersville visits tomorrow night under uncertain lighting as the Tigers chase another 92-0 result.
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Tigers
Plano
Whitewright
Texas
Plano High
Bulldogs
Whitesboro
Minnesota
Austin College
Farmersville
Whitesboro’s
Tech could join Southwest Conference in 1950s tone
The piece riffs on Texas A&M leading the Southwestern Conference ahead of Baylor and SMU with Tech as a potential new member after beating TCU and Centenary. It playfully questions preseason favorites and suggests Tech could win the cup too often if admitted.
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Texas Aggies
Baylor
Southwestern
Tech
Southwest
Colleger grid picks edge toward upsets and wins
The column forecasts several college football outcomes for upcoming games. Alabama A. M. and Missouri State appear to beat Arkansas and Texas A&M respectively, with Rice expected to defeat George Washington and Baylor predicted to top Texas Christian University. Louisiana State foes and Tulsa opponents are mentioned in passing.
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Arkansas
Texas
Rice
George Washington
Baylor
Tigers
Farmersville
Wally Must Avoid Night Spots Until Divorce Is Final
London report states Wallis Warfield Simpson enters a six month period of guarded activity after a decree nisi granting freedom to remarry. She retreats to Cumberland Terrace residence and will avoid Mayfair night clubs as she awaits final decree from the King's proctor.
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Wally
London
W Wallis Warfield Simpson
Nisi
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Edward
Cumberland Terrace
Legislature cuts number pensioners in state tax bill
The 44th Legislature adjourned after passing an omnibus tax bill to fund old age pensions. It raises taxes on entertainment, utilities, alcohol, and minerals, and shifts pension administration to the Board of Control. The bill targets about 80,000 pensioners and reallocates funds for the current year.
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House
Senate
General Fund
Clint Small
Board of Control
Allred
Sunset
Knox County
Sabine Lake
Port Arthur
Dickens
Dickens County
del Rio City
Hemphill
Lipscomb
Farmwise deadline set for crop compliance Saturday
Sherman reports county agent B F Gray says Saturday marks the deadline to comply with the new Federal farm conservation program. No payments will be made for completing compliance after Oct 31. Farmers who have not yet complied may still finish terraces or plant approved legumes such as sweet clover Austrian winter peas or hairy vetch.
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Sherman
B. F. Gray
Mr. Gray
Katy Railroad May Add Fast Passenger Train
DENISON officials expect M K T to add another through passenger train from St Louis to Denison to ease demand on the Katy Flyer. Plans are nearing completion for service to South Texas points, with timing undetermined by officials.
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Katy Railroad
Denison
M-K-T
St. Louis
South Texas
Water Standpipe Reopened After Cleaning and Painting
City standpipe work is finished and the reservoir is filled after more than a week of pumps operating 24 hours. Mayor Echols says any new taste or odor comes from the paint and poses no health risk. the standpipe has served about 35 years and may last another 10 to 20.
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F. M. Echols
Mr. Echols
Bank Closures Across Five Presidencies Highlight Trends
The record lists banks closed under five presidents: Wilson eight years 78 banks. Harding 1921 118 years 91 banks. Coolidge four plus years 853 banks. Hoover four years 583 banks. Roosevelt eight years 314 years.
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Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Jury Finds Henry Not Guilty in Sherman Trial
The Sun reports J W Henry of this city was found not guilty by a Fifteenth district court jury in Sherman on a charge stemming from a October 3 shooting at M Brady’s Whitewright home. Defense counsel was A F Nossaman of Whitewright.
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Henry
Sherman
the Sun
J. W. Henry
Fifteenth District Court
M. Brady
Whitewright
Brady
A. F. Nossaman
October Rainfall Totals 4.09 Inches
Rainfall for October totals 4.09 inches according to the city water plant gauge. Of this 3.92 inches fell in the six days ending last Sunday, with 0.06 and 0.07 inches on October 6 and 7. Yearly total reaches 21.29 inches, after a wet autumn.
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Mornday
Thirty Bills Passed by Legislature in Texas
In Austin Gov Allred kept his word and allowed only three matters to be submitted. The Legislature passed more than thirty local bills, with unemployment compensation becoming law and a broad social security measure joining House Bill No 8 in contention late Tuesday. The session also saw revenue measures, pension reforms, and various validations of local district boundaries and bonds.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Goose Creek
PWA
Collin County
Hardin
Liberty
Borger Hospital
Upper
Colorado River Authority
Pilot Grove road projects begin under WPA plan
Work under the WPA program starts on the Pilot Grove section of South Grayson County roads, linking Whitewright Trenton and Pilot Grove. The two new routes will connect Cannon to Bethel and Rogers Hill to Dallas, shortening travel to Van Alstyne and widening county access during the winter and spring months.
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Pilot Grove
WPA
Grayson County
F. M. Echols
Tioga
Fannin County
Rogers Hill-Bethel
Cannon
Trenton
Pilot Grove Citiens
Dallas
Rogers Hill
Bethel
Dave Lewis
Moats Corner
Echols
van Alstyne
van Alstyne Road
Ely
Ector
Ida
Ben Vaughan
H. M. Scott
Tom Bean
Baptist Revival Meeting Continues at Local Church
Revival services run into the second week at the Baptist Church despite weather disruptions. Earl R. Rogers leads singing but was away due to his mother's illness and death. he has returned to lead until the meeting ends. The pastor preaches, and the church urges higher attendance through Sunday night.
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the Baptist Church
Earl R. Rogers
Burleson
G. B. Bradshaw
Road to Glory at Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre books a busy slate with Road to Glory featuring Warner Baxter Frederick March June Lang and Lionel Barrymore tonight and Friday. Code of the Range with Charles Starrett screens Saturday. Adventures of Manhattan with Jean Arthur and Joel McRea follows Saturday night and Monday. Sworn Enemies with Robert Young and Florence Rice plays bargain nights Tuesday and Wednesday. Shirley Temple’s Dimples arrives November 5 and 6, not yet shown in Dallas.
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Warner Baxter
Frederick March
June Lang
Lionel Barrymore
Palace Theatre
Charles Starret
Jean Arthur
Joel McRea
Robert Young
Florence Rice
Dallas
Contributors Campaign Fund Of Democrats In Whitewright
A list of contributors to the Democratic presidential campaign fund as reported by W. H. Horton precinct chairman and helpers including W. E. LaRoe John Reeves Nuell Skaggs A T Short Floyd Everheart and other named supporters. The note adds a line about the ancient common law requiring a child to cry to gain living status.
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W. H. Horton
Whitewright
W. E. LaRoe
John Reeves
Nuell Skaggs
A. T. Short
Floyd Everheart
W. R. Vestal
G. C. Stuteville
J. A. Bixler
H. P. Donigan
George Burnham
F. W. Alverson
T. G. Doss
Harold Doss
H. T. Atterberry
J. L. Cantrell
Special Train To Take Students To Centennial Friday
Whitewright school children will visit the Dallas Centennial Exposition on Friday by a Katy train departing at 7 50 a m instead of Thursday. Return from Dallas is at 10 p m arriving Whitewright at 12 01 a m Friday. The schedule shift gives extra time at the Centennial and preserves reduced round trip rates of 90 cents for students and sponsors including accompanying parents.
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Whitewright
Katy
Dallas
Legless man wins $12 shoes at luncheon club
Garnet Frazier, a railroad representative, won a $12 pair of shoes at a San Francisco luncheon club meeting. He displayed the prize with a smile, though the shoes are of no use to him due to his amputated legs.
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San Francisco
Calif
Garnet Frazier
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