Local officers seize beer in three raids
Three raids last week netted beer and whisky with fines. Constable Simmons and Officer Mangrum seized 24 bottles of beer and 2% pints of whisky on South Bend street. Sheriff Davis raided Highway 160 north of town for beer and whisky, and a Saturday raid on lower Main netted 154 bottles of beer. Officers filed charges in Cantrell court. Davis pursued the operator in Sherman.
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K. B. Simmons
F. O. Mangrum
South Bend Street
J. B. Davis
Highway 160
Simmons
Mangrum
Lower Main Street
J. L. Cantrell
Davis
Sherman
Trenton
John Pace
Here
Justice Court
T. W. Ayres & Son
Wolfe City
Greenville
Alleged Cotton Thief 15 Caught
A man living five miles south of Tom Bean was jailed in Grayson County on cotton theft charges after Deputy Sheriff John Evridge traced wagon wheel tracks over half a mile of cotton fields. He recovered 270 pounds of cotton valued at 32 dollars at the suspect's home following the pursuit.
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Tom Bean
Grayson County
John Evridge
Evridge
The Camera Never Lies But Liars Take Pictures
A GOP film claims the WPA funded a cow sidewalk in Arcadia Missouri. The producer duo rented six cows for 25 dollars and paid a speaker, then were booted from town as plans came to light. The piece mocks the scene while suggesting staged evidence and notes the camera does not lie.
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Republican National Committee
Arcadia
WPA
New Deal
George Mayes
John New
Long-Time North Texan Dies Week After Son
J. R. Taylor, 75, died Tuesday evening at his Savoy home one week after his son Dolan Jack Taylor. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Savoy Methodist Church. Born in Tennessee, he and his Tennessee-born wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in November. The couple moved to Texas after their wedding, settling near Savoy. Survived by wife and four children Elbert Taylor Geneva Calhorn Mabel Taylor of Fort Worth and Grace Burris of Savoy.
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J. R. Taylor
Savoy
Dolan
Jack) Taylor
Savoy Methodist Church
Taylor
Tennessee
Texas
Elbert Taylor
Geneva Calhorn
Mabel Taylor
Fort Worth
Grace Burris
Sound Sleep Is Better
A young man is offered a quick money making but largely unethical scheme. He tells his mother who replies that waking him each morning to shake him harder until he moans and finally opens one sleepy eye would become tiresome, so she would prefer not to wake him at all.
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John
Opening program at Whitewright gym auditorium
At a joint city commission and school board meeting in city hall plans began for the new Whitewright school gymnasium and public auditorium. The building opens for public inspection Friday evening September 11 with music entertainment and refreshments. Committees will finish arrangements and publish details in The Sun next week.
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City Commission
School Board
Whitewright
Sun
Cost of Living Index Says 139 in August
The general cost of living in August stood at 139 on the 1913=100 scale. The 1932 low was 122, 1929 was 160, and the postwar boom had pushed above 200. The report notes wide swings across groups like food, clothing, and rent, with rent never exceeding 170 in the period and all three easing back to 100 by the late 1932–1933 low.
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United States
United States Department of Labor
Work on Crop Survey Started in Grayson County
Forty five men began Tuesday morning measuring every acre of crop land in Grayson County under a federal work agreement in the new agriculture conservation program. Surveyors were selected from top farm survey exam papers. Maps will show farm acreages by crop and landlords must have all land measured if any farm is listed. A new rule allows cowpeas on shifted acres to be sold or used for hay while retaining eligibility for soil building payments but eliminates extra per acre incentives. Farmers urged to submit forms now. a supervisor will check compliance before final payment. A new infrared receiving outfit for military signaling was announced.
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Gray
Drouth
Mr. Gray
Millions On Government Payroll Survey Highlights Spending
A Nation's Business survey maps government payrolls showing 5.67 million on direct federal or state local pay rolls and 8.9 million on relief. The figures imply at least 18 percent of the population living off government revenues, with other benefits uncounted.
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Department of Labor
WPA
FERA
Commission On Inquiry
AAA
Sam C. Massingale
Dem
Oklahoma
Harry Hopkins
Texas Campaign Quota Reaches 15 Million for Roosevelt
Texas Democrats accelerate the 250000 Roosevelt Garner campaign fund drive with state, county funds pledging quotas based on 20 cents per July Democratic primary vote. Duval and Bosque report full quotas. Harris Dallas Bexar and Tarrant lead among counties. Notable contributions include 1000s from Mrs Clara Driscoll Sevier and a Republican club showing support with 500.
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Austin
Roosevelt
Garner
Roy Miller
Texas
Duval
Bosque
Archie Parr
Miller
Uvalde
Harris
Dallas
Bexar
Tarrant
Grayson
Clara Driscoll Sevier
Myron Blalock
Deaf mute constable decides not to quit
Coleman’s deaf and mute constable Rush Johnigan will not resign Sept 1 after recent news items. He was elected to another two year term, reversing an earlier statement of resignation. He has served as constable for a decade or more and was profiled by American Magazine years ago.
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Coleman
Rush Johnigan
American
Johnigan
Sherman Man Named U S Commissioner in Texas
Judge Randolph Bryant announced that Allie S. Noble of Sherman, a former Grayson County judge, was named temporarily United States commissioner at Tyler. Noble succeeds Ed L. Taylor, who held a temporary post as United States marshal for the Eastern District of Texas after the death of Marshal Ponder.
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Sherman
Randolph Bryant
Allie S. Noble
Grayson County
United States
Tyler
Farm Price Index Highest in Six Years
The August 15 price index for farmers reached 124, the highest in six years, up from 115 on July 15 and 106 a year earlier. Grain led gains with wheat and corn over $1 a bushel for the first time since July 1928, truck crops rose markedly, dairy and poultry prices advanced, while cotton, cottonseed, and fruits declined from July levels.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Seek to close dance halls Sherman district seeks closures
District Attorney B F Gafford and Sheriff J Benton Davis moved to close three dance halls and beer gardens on Highway 75 between Denison and Sherman calling them public nuisances. They petition Fifteenth District Court for a one year restraint or until bonding ensures lawful decent operation.
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Sherman
B. F. Gafford
J. Benton Davis
Highway 75
Denison
Fifteenth District Court
Liquor law violators face heavy sentences in Texas
Liquor Control Board inspectors report a campaign yielding record jail terms and fines. Six months in jail and $500 fines were imposed on men in dry West Texas counties for liquor control act violations. A Hall County man sold whisky in a dry area and a Brown County man violated a beer clause, each receiving six months and $500. N. B. Hilyard noted three other Hall County cases with fines totaling $1,150 and nine months jailed.
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Austin
Liquor Control Board
Texas
Hall County
Brown County
N. B. Hilyard
Memphis
Woman Burned when Bonham Home Catches Fire
Mrs. Martha Avery, 80, suffered serious burns as her Bonham residence burned early Wednesday. The blaze, blamed on a lamp, started around 3 am. She remains in a local hospital in serious condition.
Oak Hill Road to Be Blacktopped
Oak Hill Road from the business district to Oak Hill Cemetery, about one mile, will receive an asphaltic two coat blacktop, per Mayor F M Echols. County engineer estimates cost around 1500 dollars. Vaughan to provide equipment supervision and half of materials. remaining half paid by William Fleming and Kay Kimball of Fort Worth, former Whitewright residents, funder of local projects.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
F. M. Echols
Grayson County
Ben Vaughan
Echols
William Fleming
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
Whitewright
Six Parties to Get Names on Ballot For November 3
The Texas secretary of state announced that party nominees and independents will be certified to county clerks on October 2, ensuring ballots can be printed within the 30 day statutory window. Six parties have filed for ballot representation with more filings allowed until Oct. 2. independent filings have closed. Presidential and VP nominees come from Democratic Republican Socialist Communist Prohibition and Union parties. Communist candidates require a corrected certification.
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Austin
Marlin E. Sandlin
Congress
Corpus Christi
Prohibition
Union
Cinema Favorites At Palace Theatre
Several film favorites will play at the Palace Theatre for the coming week. Robert Taylor and Loretta Young star in Private Number tonight and Friday, Ken Maynard appears in Fugitive Sheriff Saturday, while Star For a Night with Claire Trevor and Jane Darwell plays Saturday night and Monday. Bargain nights feature Special Investigator with Richard Dix Tuesday and Wednesday, and To Mary With Love with Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy airs Thursday and Friday next week.
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Palace Theatre
Robert Taylor
Loretta Young
Ken Maynard
Claire Trevor
Jane Darwell
Richard Dix
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Cavalcade of Texas to Run Through Centen nial Exposition
Dallas The Cavalcade of Texas, the history drama at the Texas Centennial Exposition, will continue through November 29. Director Harry Olmstead dismissed rumors of a September closing and cited crowding as the main challenge for the two matinees and three nightly performances.
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Dallas
Texas
Lone Star State
Harry Olmstead
Olmstead
United States
Cant Play Sax Sues For 50000 In Federal Court
Nathaniel Shapiro of Brooklyn sues Alfred Coon of Kingston in Federal Court for 50000 claiming a car collision knocked out his front teeth and ends his ability to play the saxophone. The filed suit seeks damages for loss of employment and medical costs arising from the incident in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Scranton
Nathaniel Shapiro
Brooklyn
Alfred Coon
Kingston
Shapiro
Coon
Fairchild estimates 1936 cotton at 12,091,000 bales
The Fairchild Bureau estimated the 1936 cotton crop at about 12,091,000 bales, up from 11,951,000 bales on Aug. 1 and 11,974,000 bales on Sept. 1, 1935. Current condition is 64 percent of normal, versus 64.7 percent a year earlier and 70.4 percent a month ago, statistician Herbert Caterson said.
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New York
Fairchild Bureau
Herbert Caterson
Bureau
Whitewright Cotton Ginning Records Far Exceed Last Year
On September 4, 1935, the three Whitewright gins had received 189 bales that day and 1,998 bales total by Wednesday night, 1,809 more than the same date last year. An area farmer reported 39 bales picked with about eight more to go, a August record. Prices ranged 12.10 for cotton and 34 to 39 per ton for seed, up from 10.85 and 30 a year ago.
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Whitewright
Location for Oil Test To Be Made Near Tom Bean
Sherman based oilman W C Endicott and Ardmore associates expect soon to announce the test site for a 3000 foot wildcat about three miles southeast of Tom Bean on 4000 acres. A rotary rig will move in this week on the S M Langford farm, with acreage gathered by Grant Colby. Sands in the Anderson Kerr shallow field southeast of Gainesville Cooke County are anticipated before reaching 3000 feet. Endicott notes three geologists and torsion balance and geophysical instruments were used to check acreage.
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Cooke County
Endicott
Allred to Decide on Texas Legislature Extra Session
Governor James V. Allred said he will announce next week whether the Texas Legislature will hold a special session after the State Democratic convention in Fort Worth on September 8. The decision will hinge on conference results and department input, with the plan to set a date if approved. Lieutenant General Walter Woodul will cover gubernatorial duties in Dallas September 5 while Allred is in Oklahoma, and both will attend the Fort Worth convention and labor observance there.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Fort Worth
State Department
American Prison Congress
Chicago
Dallas
Mexico
Walter Woodul
Alfred Is
Oklahoma
Democratic Executive Committee
Allred
Fred Nichols
Tom Hickman Returns to First Love Rodeo
Veteran Texas peace officer and former Texas Rangers head Tom R. Hickman has left the Ranger force, was made deputy sheriff, and now signs to judge rodeos at fairs in the North and East. He heads to Detroit to join the Michigan state fair rodeo after years as a Wild West Show trooper.
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Gainesville
Tom R. Hickman
Texas
Texas Rangers
Ranger Force
Hickman
Luther McCollum
Detroit
Simple Car Lesson Ends With A Garage Stop
A professor buys a new car and demonstrates it with his wife. He admits he has forgotten how to stop the machine. She asks what to do, and he urges calm, suggesting they pull into the next garage to ask a mechanic.
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Enos
Teacher asks Willie about handling a hit from a bigger boy
A teacher cites the Golden Rule and turn the other cheek and prompts Willie to imagine how he would respond if a larger boy struck him. Willie questions the size of the attacker, seeking perspective on the scenario.
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Willie
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