Proposed Electric Rate Submitted To City Commission
The Community Public Service Company filed a new rate plan with the city commission promising substantial cuts for commercial lighting users and smaller reductions for domestic customers. The commission will review the proposal next week. savings rise with lower consumption, with notable drops from 10 KWH to 100 KWH for commercial users and varying domestic savings across usage levels.
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Community Public Service Company
City Commission
F. M. Echols
Feaeens Bishoticmotee
Thieves Take Eight Tires From Farmers Near Orangeville
Three farmers near Orangeville report eight automobile tires stolen Saturday night. Thieves removed tires from cars while owners slept. Jim Brown lost four tires and cattle dog slept through the theft. Taylor Anderson and Jess Aldridge each lost two tires.
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Orangeville
Jim Brown
Bulldog
Taylor Anderson
Jess Aldridge
Tigers to host Royse City in Friday football clash
Tigers meet Royse City high at 2 30 p m Friday at American Legion Park. Royse City coach A H Gaddis is in his first year and relies on many freshmen. Whitewright and Royse City both feature first year players under coach S T Montgomery. Last Friday Bonham routed Whitewright 66 to 0.
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A. H. Gaddis
Royse City
Whitewright
S. T. Montgomery
Tigers
American Legion
Bonham
Fatal Well Accident Claims James Adams at 25
Funeral services were held at Sadler Baptist Church for James Allen Adams 25 who died after falling headfirst from a well he was digging about 35 feet down. Witnesses said he fainted at the top and fell back in. I M Maples rescued him but his skull was crushed and neck broken. Burial followed in Sadler Cemetery.
I Have Three Sons By Grace Nell Crowell
Poem in which a mother vows to resist war and protect her three sons. It contrasts mothers with differing losses and demands a lasting effort to prevent future wars, urging solidarity with all mothers and men to seek peace.
Four Candidates For Governor In General Election
The Texas ballot for the November general election shows four governor candidates with W Lee O Daniel as Democrat facing Republican, Socialist and Communist opponents. Independents Arlen B. Davis and Laverne Somerville were barred for participating in a Democratic primary. other names were dropped for similar reasons. The ballot lists six columns and includes a proposed constitutional oath modernization amend.
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W. Lee O'’Daniel
Clark
Arlen B. Davis
Dallas
Laverne Somerville
Wichita Falls
Secretary of State
S. D. Bennett
Beaumont
H. D. Pouncey
Waco
F. N. Adams
Supreme Court
J. C. Breeding
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. W. Hembree
Smithville
W. Lee O'Daniel
Fort Worth
Alexander Boynton
San Antonio
Earl E. Miller
Homer Brooks
Houston
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Cecil Robinett
Gerald C. Mann
Enoch G. Fletcher
Grand Saline
George Clifton Edwards
Nathan Kleban
Austin
J. M. Killough
L. A. Woods
Gertrude Leek
Livingston
Carl Brannin
J. E. McDonald
Waxahachie
Hoyt A. Winslow
A. E. Gay
Canton
Government Loans On Cotton Being Handled Here
The Donigan warehouse now receives cotton for government loans, preparing loan papers and issuing checks for loan proceeds. Loan amounts depend on bale staple and grade, with early loans at about 8.60 to 9.20 cents per pound. White card producers who cooperated in the 1939 control program qualify, with no storage charges or liability for price declines.
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Donigan
Duryea Dies Inventor of First Gasoline Automobile
Charles Edgar Duryea aged 76, inventor of America's first gasoline car and early motor maker, died at his Philadelphia home after a long illness. His 1892 Springfield test marked the debut of his vehicle, and he ahead of Haynes, King, Ford, and Winton in adopting pneumatic tires on automobiles.
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Philadelphia
Charles Edgar Duryea
America
Duryea
Springfield
Mass
Haynes, King, Ford and
Winton
Mrs Williard Young Hurt in Car Crash
Mrs. Williard Young and her husband were injured when their 1928 Chevrolet sedan struck a concrete culvert two miles south of town. Mrs. Young suffered a facial wound, head cut, and the loss of five teeth, along with cuts on her limbs. Mr. Young had facial scratches and body bruises. the car was badly damaged.
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Williard Young
Young
Mr. Young
Tom Sawyer at Palace Theatre Today and Friday
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the feature at the Palace Theatre tonight and Friday starring Tom Kelly May Robson and Jackie Moran. The film invites those who read the tale to renew the acquaintance and is billed as one of the big pictures of the year.
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Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Palace Theatre
Tom Kelly
May Robson
Jackie Moran
Huck Finn
Palace
Billy the Kid
Love
Andy Hardy
Shirley Temple
Henhouse Raider Caught in Trap by Mrs Sears
Mrs T H Sears set two steel traps after losing six hens to thieves. She caught the thief the first night, a full grown opossum, in her henhouse.
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T. H. Sears
Britons rush to wed before war starts
London registrar offices were deluged with couples marrying before the war breaks out. At Caxton Hall two long lines formed the marriage license window and the gas mask fitting depot. Some couples went directly from marriage to gas mask fittings.
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London
Caxton Hall
Cotton subsidy payments go to Texas farmers in 1937 program
In Texas 1937 crop price adjustment payments are under way with checks issued from the Regional Disbursing Office at Texas A and M College. Over 2.5 million dollars certified last week and about 600 thousand daily. total Texas payments expected near 37 million. About 15,000 applicants certified first week. counties listed receiving payments include Briscoe Brown Camp Chambers Childress Clay Gochran Coke Coleman Collingsworth Comal Comanche Concho Cottle Dallas Dawson Donley El Paso Fisher Foard Fort Bend Frio Gaines Gillespie Glasscock Gray Hall Hamilton Hardeman Haskell Hill Hudspeth Jack Jasper Jefferson King Knox Lamar Lampasas Llano Lubbock Lynn McCulloch McLennan Marion Martin Medina Menard Mills Mitchell Newton Nolan Parker Rains Randall Robertson Sabine San Augustine San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shelby Swisher Taylor Terry Throckmorton Trinity Tyler Walker Wichita Wharton Young.
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Texas
Geo. Slaughter
Wharton
Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee
Briscoe
Brown
Camp
Chambers
Childress
Clay
Gochran
Coke
Coleman
Collingsworth
Comal
Comanche
Concho
Cottle
Dallas
Dawson
Donley
el Paso
Fisher
Foard
Fort Bend
Frio
Gaines
Gillespie
Glasscock
Gray
Hall
Hamilton
Hardeman
Haskell
Hill
Hudspeth
Jack
Jasper
Jefferson
King
Knox
Lamar
Lampasas
Llana
Lubbock
Lynn
McCulloch
McLennan
Marion
Martin
Medina
Menard
Mills
Mitchell
Newton
Nolan
Parker
Rains
Randall
Robertson
Sabine
San Augustine
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shelby
Swisher
Taylor
Terry
Throckmorton
Trinity
Tyler
Walker
Wichita
Young
Three Fannin Road Projects Approved
Three WPA road projects are approved in Fannin County per area engineer R F Daniels. The plan includes a blacktop highway from Highway 78 to Bonham State Park costing 43611.52, a 5.5 mile rock base farm to market highway from Dodd City, a Ladonia to Bagby blacktop 6.13 miles costing 66148, and Leonard street paving for 2.7 miles of rock streets plus 1.4 miles of asphalt and park improvements totaling 25066.77.
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Leonard
Vivian Echols Named VP of TSC Junior Class
Denton Texas State College for Women began all student activities with an All College Night welcoming new students. Vivian Echols of Whitewright was introduced as vice president of the junior class for the year and helped with the program.
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Denton
Texas State College For Women
Vivian Echols
Whitewright
Miss Echols
F. M. Echols
Elizabeth Robertson
Austin
Sun's Fall Special Subscription Rate Announced
The Sun announces a fall subscription bargain of 1.00 dollars effective Saturday October 1. All subscribers may renew or purchase new terms at half price and pay for multiple years at this rate. Receipts will be issued in October, with a coupon in an advertisement page for mail subscriptions.
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The
Sun
Czech Speaker At Rotary Club Talks Of Czechoslovakia’s Fate
Otto Wehle of Sherman described Czechoslovakia as a “has been,” tracing the republic from 1918 to its erosion under Nazi pressure. He warned against tolerating alien groups in the United States and urged loyalty to the U.S. government, noting Wilson’s wartime role and the hope in Europe amid shifting alliances.
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Rotary Club
Otto Vehle
Sherman
Czechoslovakia
Germany
F. M. Echols
Mr. Wehle
Wilson
United States
Hitler
Wehle
England
France
America
Three Arrested For Robbing Farmer Near Whitewright
Sheriff Henry Chaney of Fannin County says Helen Elliott of Seminole Oklahoma is jailed in Bonham for hijacking Bramlett Burden near Whitewright. Three men face robbery charges in the same case with two already jailed in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Henry Chaney
Fannin County
Bonham
Helen Elliott
Seminole
Okla
Bramlett Burden
Whitewright
Tulsa
O Daniel Gets Even With The Journalists
Dallas reports W Lee O Daniel as a gubernatorial nominee who met Texas Tuesday journalists at a Sigma Delta Chi dinner. He agreed to speak if questions were off the record, while reporters fired tough questions. The event was friendly with both sides enjoying the exchange.
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Dallas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Sigma Delta Chi
Red River Valley Fair Opens Monday For Week's Run
The Red River Valley Fair opens in Sherman on Monday Oct. 3 and runs through Saturday night. The display ad appears on page seven. Highlights include Grayson County club women exhibits, dress parade Tuesday at 7 30 pm, livestock shows with Jersey cattle auction Friday at 1 pm, and swine show by J R Oliver. Free band concerts begin Wednesday at 7 pm, plus midway acts by Crowley’s United Shows and Dick Piner’s rodeo drawing crowds. The poultry show exceeds 1 000 birds annually and Grayson County dairy production averages 16 pounds per cow daily.
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Red River Valley
Sherman
Grayson County Club
Jersey
J. R. Oliver
Whitewright
Dick Piner
Europe
Crowley's
United Shows
Southwest
Grayson County
The
Fair Association
Plan to Mobilize World Against Nazis Reported
A plan to mobilize most of the civilized world against Germany in case of a general war from a German invasion of Czechoslovakia was reported. British and French representatives privately asked League of Nations council members to stay in Geneva during the crisis.
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Geneva
Germany
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations Council
UT Austin enrolls 9 974 students for first semester
Registration closed at the University of Texas with 9 974 first semester students enrolled, up 593 from last year. Officials said additional registrations could push total enrollment above 10 000, subject to penalties.
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Austin
University of Texas Today
M A Dood Accepts Ship Line Post
Washington report says Emory S. Land, head of the Maritime Commission, announced that Senator William G. McAdoo of California has accepted an offer to chair the board of the Dollar Steamship Lines, Inc. McAdoo will lead the company as it expands its routes and operations.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
William G. McAdoo
California
Dollar Steamship Lines, Inc
Two Couples Lose Homes Same Day in San Saba Fire
San Saba residents E. L. Oliver and J. C. Stoner report a fire last Saturday night destroying both couples’ homes. The incident mirrors a similar loss seven years ago when the homes were rebuilt on the same sites.
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San Saba
E. L. Oliver
J. C. Stoner
Holt
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Grace Nell Crowell
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the Sun
Red River Valley Fair
University OF Texas
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