Cannon Reenacts First Texas Revolution Shot at Gonzales
A brass cannon that fired the first shot of the Texas Revolution will roar again on October 2 as part of a statewide centennial celebration. The reenactment at Gonzales starts a week of observances leading to the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas from June to November 1936, with events in San Antonio Houston Nacogdoches and Huntsville and a National Guard reenactment of the 1835 battle.
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Texas
Dallas
Gonzales
South
Lexington
Lone Star
Mexico
National Guard
San Antonio
Houston
Nacogdoches
Huntsville
G Men Hit War Risk Fraud With Film Cameras
Justice Department says G Men saved $2 248 000 in six months by exposing veterans claims fraud. Using movie cameras fingerprints and undercover work they secured 94 percent victory rate in district court this year, up from 50 percent when the unit began.
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Washington
Treasury
Justice Department
G-Men
Road donations to be returned after 10 years
The State has approved repayment of 28,660.23 dollars to Grandview and Alvarado residents who subscribed funds over a decade ago for Highway No. 2. Raised after bank failure losses, the money will be repaid in ten years with six percent interest. first checks due in March 1936.
Advice to Husbands on Buttoning a Dress
A Pathfinder witty note urges husbands to value their wives and dresses. It playfully contrasts men with dresses and buttons, noting some wives lack dresses or buttons and some care little about buttoning. The piece uses humor to stress appreciation within marriage.
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Pathfinder
Rainey Heads Youth Study Commission
Dr. Homer P. Rainey Bucknell University president was named director of a five year study on the youth problem by the American Council on Education. He will resign Bucknell and will work with figures including Newton D. Baker Dorothy Canfield Fisher Henry Harriman and Matthew Woll. The private funded panel will cooperate with the National Youth Administration though it has no official link.
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Washington
Homer P. Rainey
Bucknell University
American Council On Education
Bucknell
Newtond. Baker
Wilson
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Henry I. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Dr. Rainey
National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
Revolution and Dictator Forecast
Gene Howe of the Amarillo Globe News warns of a coming dictatorship in the United States if powerful minorities press the federal government further. He argues this could lead to a war, a larger army, social unrest, and the collapse of the current system. He criticizes welfare-minded policies and questions the country’s staying power.
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Gene Howe
The
Amarillo Globe News
United States
Mexico
Grayson Erosion Project Mapped
Grayson County farmers with Sherman soil erosion camp mapped 4 650 acres for terracing and drainage to curb topsoil loss. Emergency crew finished two projects on Judson Wood farm north of Sherman and John Umphress farm near Van Alstyne. three projects are under way including a 2 500 acre nucleus near Gunter comprising farms of the M and P Bank.
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M. & P. Bank
Gunter
JOKES A Pink Parasol in Wanamaker’s Window
The story recalls John Wanamaker’s church work and a child asking about the price of a pink parasol in his window after a Bible story. The gentle banker’s humor shines as he responds to the child’s innocent question.
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John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Prize for natural history miscount at school
Little Robert brings home a prize for guessing ostrich legs incorrectly. He says the class claimed four, so he chose three as the nearest. The wife and husband quip about buying votes and prices, highlighting a witty domestic exchange.
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Robert
Census Exchange Sparks Banter in Quirky Interview
A census taker asks a woman her age and she replies 25. He quips she could pass for five years younger, and she replies she has already claimed that. The lighthearted exchange captures a humorous moment during the census interaction.
Morning disturbance over a squeaking mouse
A woman wakes her husband in the early hours, claiming a mouse is in the bedroom. The husband dismisses the concern, asking if she wants him to oil it, highlighting a tense domestic moment.
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Wilfred
Divorce Suit by Publication in Grayson County Texas
In Grayson County Texas a divorce action was filed July 8 1935 by Charley Ruth Haile plaintiff against Findley Haile defendant. The case 44175 seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment and restoration of maiden name Charley Womack with other relief and costs. Publication required in a Grayson County newspaper for four weeks before October 1 1935 return day.
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State OF
Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
Findley Haile
15Th Judicial District
Sherman
Charley Ruth Haile
Charley Womack
S. V. Earnest
District Court of
Grayson Co
Youngster Questions Prayers In Light of Rates
A humorous exchange features a child asking what prayers are and a mother explaining they are messages to God, the child humorously noting they are sent at night to take advantage of a cheaper rate. The vignette captures a light domestic moment.
Growth in Potatoes Outsized by Harvest Pace
A grocer explains to a customer that potatoes mature quickly, so a sack dug later contains potatoes about twice the size of the first ones, illustrating rapid growth in the crop and its uneven size distribution.
Best Way to Teach a Girl to Swim
A comic exchange features Johnny and Jimmy debating how to teach swimming. Johnny initially suggests a gentle approach, then reveals the twist that the girl is his sister, prompting a shocked punchline about pushing her off the dock.
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Johnny
Jimmy
Betwixt and Between in Spendmore Town
In the town the Spendmore family holds a middling standing. They are not quite nobody, yet not fully established, living between prominence and obscurity.
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Spendmore
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Grayson Erosion Project
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Liccerr & Myzas Tosacco Co
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