Tax Bills For 100 Million Offered or Being Drafted
Texas faces near 100 million dollars in annual tax measures tied to Governor Allreds call for broader taxation. Lawmakers warn the session may stall major goals like liquor regulation and pensions as they debate omnibus plans and new taxes including sales, income, oil, gas, and utilities.
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Austin
Allred
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Morris Roberts
House
Walter Jones
Senate
Morse
Moffett
Harold Hankamer
el Paso
Stevenson
E. H. Thornton
Galveston
Petsch
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
Comptroller’s Department
Relief Admin Trims Direct Aid and Cuts States Off
Washington reports a new slash in direct relief allotments and Vermont joining Alabama and Wyoming as states no longer receiving contributions. Funds for September fall to 74.9 million, down from 97.7 million in August, with work relief projects absorbing some unemployment relief and urban rolls dropping. Roosevelt orders rapid public works project finalization to use 200 million from the works fund while Ickes pushes up to 2,000 previously rejected projects for possible selection.
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Washington
Relief Administration
Vermont
Alabama
Wyoming
FERA
Ickes
PWA
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
New Group May Replace Texas Cooperatives
Dallas plans show a move to dissolve the Texas Cotton Cooperative Association. Directors approved property dissolution and filed for a charter for the Texas Cotton Growers Association, a non profit with sixteen directors. The new group would work with the American Cotton Cooperative Association of New Orleans as national sales agency.
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Dallas
Texas Cotton Cooperative Association
Cooperative Marketing Statutes
Texas
Texas Cotton Growers Association
American Cotton Cooperative Association of
New Orleans
P T A Installs Officers and Aims at Whitewright Library
At a called meeting the P T A installed Mrs. H T Atterberry as president and three other officers. The group aims to aid needy Whitewright children and enlarge the school library with a book shower. Out of town guests included Trenton visitors and Sherman mayor and Mrs H G Tuck. The next meeting is scheduled for the third Tuesday in October at 7 30 p m.
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P.T. A
George German
B. W. Newman
A. L. Jackson
H. T. Atterberry
H. Tuck
Sherman
County Council
Tuck
R. M. Carter
Roby Childress
Guy Hamilton
Whitewright
P-T-A
Trenton
H. G. Tuck
Grammar School
Farmers to Receive Free Cotton Price Service in Dallas
The USDA division of cotton marketing opens a Dallas market news office led by W. D. Espy to provide weekly free reports on last week’s spot cotton prices at ten markets, domestic takings and exports, foreign demand, ginnings and world supply. Farmers must apply by sending name and full address to P. O. Box 1366 Dallas Texas.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Division of Cotton Marketing
Dallas
Federal Market News Service
W. D. Espy
P. O
Texas
Brothers Pick 1040 Pounds of Cotton in One Day
R V and Ocie Holcomb ages 18 and 20 sons of T A Holcomb set a picking record by gathering 1040 pounds of cotton in a day for their uncle Wardie Holcomb on the Boss Dickson place near town. The note explains picking involves collecting cotton only, not pulling.
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R. V
Ocie Holcomb
T. A. Holcomb
Wardie Holcomb
Boss Dickson Place
Grammar School Notes Report Enrollment and Activities
Enrollment stands at 205 as teachers welcome new staff Miss Nadine Plenton and Miss Dorothy Hamilton. Parents visited Washington school in Sherman, aquarium installed, auditorium work for upper grades, circus unit for third grade, health booklets for fourth grade, and weight charts recorded for grades five through seven.
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Nadine Plenton
Sherman
Dorothy Hamilton
Whitewright
Grammar School
Seventeen Students Leave Whitewright For College This Week
Seventeen Whitewright students will attend colleges this session per Supt. H. W. Key. Baylor University lists Lula Lee Vertal. Texas State College for Women in Denton shows Frances Bryant Nora Bryant and Martha Bryant. East Texas State Teachers College reports Burgher Ves tal Ves tal, S. T. Montgomery, N. B. Nicholson, J. M. Dixon, Luna Mae Garner. Texas Dental College shows Malcolm Williams. Texas A and M College lists Robert Doss Homer Lee Sears. North Texas State Teachers College lists Thomas Sears Sonny Hancock Frances Hedgpeth Elizabeth Hedgpeth. Trinity University names Lloyd Stowers.
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Whitewright
Supt
H. W. Key
Baylor University
Lula Lee Vertal
Texas State College For Women
Cc. S. A
Denton
Frances Bryant
Nora Bryant
Martha Bryant
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Burgher Reed Vestal
S. T. Montgomery
N. B. Nicholson
J. M. Dixon
Luna Mae Garner
Texas Dental College
Houston
Malcolm Williams
Texas A. and
M. College
College Station
Robert Doss
Homer Lee Sears
North Texas State Teachers College
Thomas Sears
Sonny Hancock
Frances
Elizabeth Hedgpeth
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Lloyd Stowers
Collin Teacher Burned While Servicing Car
Louis Fry of Pike north of the town was badly burned by gasoline while under a car. He tried to burn oil from the brake drum when a rag caught fire and bucket fuel ignited. He suffered severe burns to the chest throat and hands on the way to Paris hospital. He taught at Dulany school.
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Farmersville
Louis Fry
Pike
Here
Paris
Dulany
Sergeant Younger recalls selecting Unknown Soldier in Coblenz
Edward F. Younger of Chicago describes the 1918 moment in Coblenz when he chose the Unknown Soldier for Arlington. He recounts the dim chapel, the row of four coffins, and the pull toward the third casket that guided history.
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Sergeant Younger
France
Younger
Arlington
Dr George Long vows to name four in Huey Long slaying
Tulsa dentist Dr George S Long said he will name publicly in Louisiana the four Congressmen he accuses of plotting Huey P Longs death. He spoke after Hueys funeral in Baton Rouge and said he bears no ill will toward Dr C A Weiss who shot the senator.
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George Long
Four
Huey
Tulsa
Okla
George S. Long
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Baton Rouge
Dr. Long
Oklahoma
Funeral services for J P Chumbley 75 held in Kentucky town
Funeral services for J P Chumbley 75 were held at the Kentucky town Baptist Church at 3 p m last Friday conducted by Rev oehn Truett of Whitewright and Rev J A Henderson of Pink Hill. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Chumbley died Thursday at a Sherman hospital after a three weeks illness. He was a prominent cotton grower in Grayson County and left a large family including eight daughters and 33 grandchildren.
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J. P. Chumbley
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Oehn Truett
Whitewright
J. A. Henderson
Pink Hill
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Chumbley
Sherman
John Perry Chumbley
Pulaski County
Texas
Kentuckytown
Cleophus Chumbley
Grayson County
George Chumbley
Fort Worth
Bob Chumbley
Borger
Bob Sadler
el Paso
True Love Marie
A brief dialogue shows Mazie and True Love Marie discussing a ballgame while she describes her cousin's new dress, highlighting a moment of mutual listening and affection.
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Marie
Mazie
Cotton Ginned In Whitewright Reaches 885 Bales For Season
A count shows 598 bales ginned in Whitewright during the week ending Wednesday night, totaling 885 for the season. Favorable weather and plentiful pickers accelerate picking as local buyers offer 10.75 cents per pound lint and 36 to 38 dollars per ton for seed.
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Whitewright
Youth Move Funds Aid Grayson County Students
In Grayson County 217 pupils lacking funds for clothing and supplies will attend high school this fall on 6 a month from National Youth Administration through relief-certified eligibility. A July 7 meeting at Sherman Chamber of Commerce will discuss the program with Ray Boren and J. R. Brooks presiding.
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Ray Boren
J. R. Brooks
Val M. Keating
Social Service
Brooks
Poets Push for Shorter Hours and Poet Pension
The Philadelphia unit of the Poet Laureate League endorses a pension for every proven poet and calls for shorter hours and higher pay for part time poets to allow more time for writing poetry.
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Philadelphia
Poets’ Assembly
Poet Laureate League, Inc
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