Gas station to open in Reed Building Whitewright
Y B Reed of Trenton leases the Reed building across from City Hall to operate a major company gasoline service station. The Woodmen pool hall vacated to the Ray building. A well known Whitewright operator will dispense a major product in a modern two bay station with concrete floor and electric pumps. This ends years of vacancies in Whitewright's main block.
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Sun
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Allred Expects Only One Special Session This Fall
Gov. James V. Allred suggested there may be only one Legislature special session this fall rather than two. He criticized campaign arguments against new taxes and said more revenue is needed after approved appropriations and amendments. He urged economies and consolidations he advocated previously.
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Allred
Austin
James V. Allred
Shirley Temple in Wee Willie Winkie at Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre shows Shirley Temple in Wee Willie Winkie with Victor McLaglen tonight and Friday. Saturday features Hopalong Cassidy Returns with Boyd Williams. Preview Monday has Fred MacMurray and Frances Farmer in Exclusive with Charles Ruggles. Tuesday and Wednesday offer bargain nights with Wendy Barrie and Ray Mil land in Wings Over Honolulu. Thursday and Friday next week present Broadway Melody of 1938 starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell.
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Shirley Temple
Victor McLaglen
Boyd Williams
Hopalong Cassidy
Fred MacMurray
Frances Farmer
Charles Ruggles
Wendy Barrie
Ray Milland
Honolulu
Robert Taylor
Eleanor Powell
1937 Turkey Crop Falls Ten Percent Short
Washington federal economists reported that the 1937 turkey supply is about ten percent below last year. Growers plan earlier marketing and slightly heavier birds than in 1936 to meet holiday demand.
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Washington
Five Tons of Gold Sent to America by Japanese Bank
Gold bars weighing more than five tons and valued at 5826844 were unloaded from the Japanese liner Hikawa Maru on Tuesday and sent by railroad to the San Francisco mint. Bankers attributed the shipment to wartime scares amid a world of numerous de facto conflicts.
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Seattle
Wash
Orient
Yokohama Specie Bank
San Francisco Mint
Special Rate For College Students
The Sun offers a special subscription rate of 75c for the nine month school term for college students. We will send The Sun to the student every week during the term to keep them connected with home. Parents should subscribe now so no issues will be missed.
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Sun Subscription Campaign Opens Early For Bargain Year
The Sun launches its fall subscription drive a month earlier, keeping last year’s $1.00 annual rate amid rising costs. Renewals at the bargain price have begun, with a note that the rate may not last as long. Honor roll additions this week include Herman Bedford J F Roberts J C Sears and many others.
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Republican party gears national machinery for 1938 elections
Washington reports the Republican executive committee prepares for a midcampaign push ahead of the 1938 congressional elections. A midterm convention or conference may be discussed, with a final decision likely at an extraordinary national committee session in the fall. Chairman Hamilton notes prior proposals by former President Hoover were considered.
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Autoist's Effort to Save Dog Fatal to Infant
A Chicago motorist spurred to save a dog caused a crash that killed an 11 month old twin girl held by her mother in the front seat. The infant suffered a fractured skull and died two hours after the collision with a car driven by Edward Davis who said he stopped suddenly to avoid the dog. The other twin slept in the back seat.
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Chicago
Walter Craig
Edward Davis
State Buys 25108 Lbs Tobacco for Wards
Inmates of state eleemosynary institutions probably will chew 25108 pounds of tobacco in six months. The board of control, per its contract, authorized purchase of 2354 gross bags of smoking tobacco for the same need. State prisoners must purchase their own tobacco.
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Austin
Board of Control
38 Farm Program Outlined for 1938 Soil Conservation
Secretary Wallace outlined the 1938 soil-conservation program detailing farm by farm goals for soil-depleting and soil-building crops, payment calculations at program start, and regional administration across AAA counties. The plan emphasizes compliance, soil restoration, and allocations for corn, cotton, tobacco, rice, potatoes, peanuts, and pasture practices.
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Henry A. Wallace
AAA
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Burley
Naval Stores
Texas Hen Earns Right to Cackle at Stephenville Egg Show
Lady Temple an English White Leghorn hen, won a world record in the John Tarleton international egg-laying tournament at Stephenville. She produced 342 eggs for a score of 367.4, beating the existing record of 338 eggs and 367.2 points. Lady Temple is owned by Mr and Mrs J T Ramage of Temple.
Barn and Contents Destroyed By Fire in Canaan
A 40 by 60 foot barn on the L. P. Sears farm near Whitewright burned Saturday night. Jess Franklin lost hundreds of bushels of corn, 20 bales of cotton seed, 14 shocks and two yearlings. Sears carried $300 insurance on the barn. Franklin had none. The origin of the fire is unknown. A spindle gripping tool for lathes is described.
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Canaan
Whitewright
Jess Franklin
Sears
Franklin
Leasing Land Near Whitewright Near Whitewright
Douglas Spivy of Bonham has leased about 2000 acres east of Whitewright and will extend leases to 2500 acres or more. Landowners receive 1.00 per acre. Reported leases target a major oil company. A test is made southwest of Randolph and nine miles southeast of Whitewright with a well planned to 3700 feet. drilling status shows about 3000 feet reached. It is unclear if a well will be drilled on the Spivy lease block. The leased land is several miles from the Randolph test. Buy your Printing in Whitewright.
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North Central
Oklahoma
Texas
Douglas Spivy
Bonham
Whitewright
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Spivy
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East West road being blacktopped progresses in Fannin County
Commissioner S B Vaughan shows a crew at work on the East West road from highway 160 to Rogers Hill near Cannon. The project will finish before equipment moves and will provide an all weather link from Whitewright to Van Alstyne, through Gunter to Tioga, shortening the Whitewright Van Alstyne distance by three miles. Citizens hope for an Ely to Whitewright spur next.
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Highway No. 160
Rogers Hill
Cannon
Bethel
Whitewright-Van Alstyne
Whitewright
van Alstyne
Gunter
Ely
Revival at Central Christian Church Continues
Revival services at Central Christian Church run through the week with five new baptisms. Evangelist L. Guy Ament draws sizeable crowds as evening prayer time shifts from 7 45 to 7 15. All are invited to attend through Sunday.
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Central Christian Church
L. Guy Ament
Uncle Sam Sure To Be a Winner On Grid Season
Washington predicts the national football season will profit the United States through the 10 percent federal amusement tax on game tickets. Some state schools challenge the tax, potentially sending the case to the Supreme Court next spring.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Uncle Sam
Supreme Court
Auto output falls sharply as week ends in Detroit
Ward's Automotive Reports estimates total weekly output at 30,150 assemblies, likely the year's low. Last week 59,017. week ending Sept 19, 1936 was 26,640. Automotive Industries says Ford Chevrolet and Graham finished 1937 models this week, and with new models delayed, the next week or two may be the leanest of the year.
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Ward
Automotive
Automotive Industries
Ford
Chevrolet
Graham
Warning Issued On Ordering Cigarettes From Other States
Texas dealers and smokers were warned by Comptroller George H. Sheppard that evading state taxes by ordering cigarettes from another state could bring two years in jail. He cited a Missouri concern that flooded Fort Worth and Dallas with order blanks.
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Austin
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Missouri
Fort Worth
Dallas
Cotton Ginned and Receipts See Progress in Whitewright
Seven hundred seventy bales of cotton were ginned in Whitewright last week. Through Wednesday night this week the total reached 3,856 bales with 3,086 ginned by Wednesday of the prior week. Season receipts are 196 bales higher than last year, with forecasts nearing 5,500. Weather has been favorable, but some fields remain unpicked and prices drift downward. Last week middling cotton at 9 cents, Thursday morning 8.85 cents. cottonseed at 19.00 per ton.
Cotton loans now available through Sherman association
The Texas Cotton Growers Association branch in Sherman will handle government cotton loans for farmers. Maxey K. Russell, licensed classer, will score fiber, set market value, prepare loan papers, and advance loan value with a 50 cent per bale fee. Loans 7.75 to 9 cents per lb at 4 percent interest, due July 31, 1938.
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Sherman
Texas Cotton Growers Association
Maxey K. Russell
Russell
Association
General Wm McCraw Visits Sick Friend
Attorney General Wm McCraw of Austin visited his ill friend John Hollingsworth in Whitewright. They served together in World War I, McCraw’s former command officer. Rumors say McCraw may run for Texas governor next year. He also stopped by The Sun office and recalled his Dallas boyhood in the printing office.
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Austin
Whitewright
John Hollingsworth
General McCraw
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France
McCraw
Mr. McCraw
Texas
Sun Office
Dallas
Air bicycles may fly above clouds Vienna invention
An Austrian mechanic Robert Sattler claims an aerial bicycle using two umbrella-like sails stacked on a shaft can lift a rider nearly a thousand feet with pedal power. He says talks with firms for wholesale production at a price not exceeding 150 dollars.
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Vienna
Robert Settler
Sattler
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