High County Tax Rate Rejected in Grayson County Budget
Grayson County commissioners adopt 85 cent per $100 tax rate with $384,501.99 appropriations for 1936, reducing the combined rate to $1.47 due to lower State and local assessments. The proposed 93 cent hike is rejected. budget based on 85 percent collections, with bond funds and road warrants kept intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Commissioners’ Court
B. M. Whiteacre
Loy
Grayson County
Whiteacre
Jerry Davis
J. C. Allred
A. T. Cook
S. B. Vaughn
B. F. Gafford
PWA
Prisoners Wood Squad Abolished After Profits Fade
Huntsville Texas prison officials disbanded the wood squad that had earned the system about 360000 over the past three years. Fifty convicts and three trucks were reassigned to farms for cotton picking as fuel costs rose and the wood supply expanded, making the operation prohibitive.
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Huntsville
Texas
W. W. Wood
Wood
Keep It Quiet Mrs MacTavish
A neighbor asks about a boy who has swallowed a ten dollar gold piece. Mrs MacTavish replies the child is not in danger because his father is away.
Wholesale prices continue upward for fifth straight week
Dallas reports the wholesale price index rose 4 percent for the week ended Aug 24, reaching 80.8 percent of the 1926 average. No declines, six of ten groups advance, with farm products foods and metals leading gains. fuel materials and housing goods unchanged. Food prices hit a new yearly high, rising .8 percent due to butter cheese milk and meat among others.
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Dallas
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Patient swims river to dodge surgery in Perth
A terrified Perth Hospital patient fled his ward in a nightshirt to avoid appendicitis surgery. He ran through the ward and streets, then plunged into the river and swam to South Perth where a friend sheltered him. He emerged unharmed.
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Perth
West Australia
South
Fumigation Will Cut Grain Loss
College Station says carbon bisulphide high life is the best method to reduce weevil damage in grain. Spread in wide shallow pans with one square foot evaporating surface per pound of high life. Place pans atop grain, cover with canvas or wet blankets, and vent after about twenty four hours for planting grain.
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Reppert
Seal of U S to Improve Looks of New Dollar Bill
Washington reports a redesigned one dollar silver certificate for the treasury. The back will feature the great seal while the front remains similar. Secretary Morgenthau says the new design will replace all present one dollar certificates as fast as they can be accumulated.
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Washington
Treasury
The
United States
Morgenthau
Doctor Son Advances in Practice
A witty exchange notes the doctor son’s progress with patients. He now occasionally reassures a patient that nothing is wrong, highlighting steady professional maturity.
Popcorn Pops in Sunny Field Near Fastrill
Rusk resident A J Ralson of Jacksonville testifies heat from sun can pop kernels on the J R White place near Fastrill. He showcased sun popped corn last week and White plans to exhibit the corn at the Cherokee County Fair in November.
Child Stars Rare as One in Three Million
New York report questions a child’s chance to become a motion picture star. Studio managers say the odds are one in 3,000,000, noting only a handful of child stars rise to prominence in the past decade. Gus Edwards cites his role in discovering Eddie Cantor and Mitzi Mayfair among others. Reporter asks Uncle Si about age with a quip about being born in 1840.
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New York
Jackie Coogan
Shirley Temple
Jackie Cooper
Mickey
Rooney
Jane Withers
Gus Edwards
Eddie Cantor
Georgie Jossel
Mitzi Mayfair
Want Ads and Notices From a Dallas Paper
Classifieds include cash for radio headphones, sale offers on wagons plows and mowers, wholesale piano prices from Julius Bauer to Wurlitzer, and a card of thanks for comfort after the death of Mrs. Jane Elmore Magers. Includes 4T Sept. 20 notice.
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John Deere
Buster
Manning, Clark & Meador
Julius Bauer
Kurtzmann
Starr
Wurlitzer
Jesse French
Richmond
Melville Clark
Dallas
G. H. Jackson
Elm St
Jane Elmore Magers
Thanks to Whitewright Fire Dept and Town for Their Help
A thankful note expressing appreciation to the Whitewright fire department and town residents for their help after a home fire. The message also mentions ongoing kindness shown since the blaze. An advertisement for automobile loans by Auto Finance Company led by F W Creager at 117% S Travis St Sherman offering quick financing and car inspection.
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Whitewright
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Sherman
Repeal Failure Prompts Dry Leaders to Seek Relief
F Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon League told a conference of dry leaders in Winona Lake Indiana that repeal has failed completely and that immediate action is needed to secure relief from the current conditions. The two day meeting here was attended by national officers and midwestern state superintendents.
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Winona Lake
Ind
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Williams donate 40000 to Waco Methodist orphanage
Fort Worth couple Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williams donate 40000 in trust funds to the Waco Methodist orphanage. They plan a further 100000 by will to build a dormitory in memory of Dr. Wingo Williams on the campus. Superintendent Hubert Johnson confirms the purpose and naming.
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wAco
Methodist
H. A. Williams
Fort Worth
Hubert Johnson
Wingo Williams
Water Floods Brady Streets After Ten Inch Rain
Brady Creek overflowed into Brady causing storefront and filling station damage before receding. Two feet of water covered downtown streets and the Brady Hotel lobby flooded as tractors pulled cars from the plaza area after rain began Monday afternoon and ended Tuesday noon.
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Brady
Brady Creek
Brady Hotel
Nelson Scheduled For Simmons' Job
David R. Nelson of Orange, chairman of the Livestock Sanitary Commission, is viewed as a potential successor to Lee Simmons as manager of the prison system. The appointment would be made by the Prison Board after Simmons resigned. Nelson has long been involved in East Texas cattle industry and agriculture and is considered an authority on blooded cattle.
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Austin
David R. Nelson
Orange
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Lee Simmons
Sherman
Prison Board
Simmons
Nelson
Dan Moody
James V. Allred
East
Texas
Dove Hunters Warned to Wait Until Sept Twenty First
D. A. Ashmore, assistant game warden for five North Texas counties, said by phone from Austin that hunters should refrain from shooting doves until Sept 21. The State game warden advised him that many deputy wardens have been added in Texas and heavy penalties await any hunter caught before the season opens under Federal law.
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Sherman
D. A. Ashmore
North Texas
Austin
Ashmore
Texas
Father of 33 Dies in Lufkin Life Spanning Five Generations
Ned Wideman aged 86, father of 33 children with 14 surviving, died Tuesday in Lufkin. His lengthy line includes 64 grandchildren, 62 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren, leaving five living generations.
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Lufkin
Ned Wideman
Angelina County
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Joe Johnson
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