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IRV ARY 16, 1937,
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
REGISTER FURNISH MORE
COOKE OOUNTY NEWS TH X N
ALL OTHER COUNTY PAPERS
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NUMBER 129
House Passes Bill
Punish Drunken
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governor of Indiana to be U. S.
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AUSTIN, Feb. 17 (AP
Raby
Hill, Cameron cafe operator, faced
programs at the Plaza on Tuesday i sons under 16 are eligible for the
Cameron nightwatchman.
A Travis county jury fo a id Hill
malice.
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day announced a penalty
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Measure Proposed
SECOND CLOUD
OF DUST FORMS
OVER PANHANDLE
Insurgents Hurl I
Strong Offensives
Cafe Operator Gets
Three Year [ ’erm
2,000 Mozambique
Natives Drowned
Tomorrow
’til 5p.m.
guilty of murder without
He claimed self defense.
CAROL'HUGHES-
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a three-year term in the
tiary today for the gun
nomi-
former
TOKYO, Feb. 17 (AP). — Eight
men and women, members of a
fanatical Japanese suicide league,
sailed toward death in Tokyo to-
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of scenes taken in Gainesville dur-
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miles from Portland.
mile downstream.
The crash occurred
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pine islands.
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by disembowelment) in an effort
"to purify” the powerful Nichiren
proletarian Buddhist sect.
If the announcement hasn't al-
ready been made it will be an-
nounced soon that R. B. Anderson,
who was confirmed by the senate
on the unemployment compensa-
tion commission, has accepted a
job with the Waggoner estate and
will move to 'Vernon.
This removes another potential
attorney-general from the field of
competition. It also terminates one
of the most promising political ca-
reers in Texas. Anderson, not over
26 years of age, is considered one
of the outstanding attorneys in
Texas. Texas will miss his serv
ices. 4
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probate will and re
fend Hattie Krueger
p executors.
Florida building reached a 10-
year peak the past summer.'
Backstage
In Austin
By JIMMIE CLARK
Probably a Boomerang
Anderson’s New Job
Allred s Chances
Advertising Bill
1. A wage increase of 50 cents
a day for miners paid by the day.
2. An increase of 25 cents a ton
for pick mining.
3. An increase of 13 cents a ton
for coal loaders and two cents a
ton for cutters.
ughter,
news-
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ssign a
Mandatory Jail Sentence
Provided; Conviction
Made Easier by Measure
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among those shown in the news
reel. ,
Much interest is already being
shown by Gainesville talent in this
unusual project and it is expected
or remember their mothers’ maiden
names.
which make it possible for him to
give outstanding people an op-
portunity to make good in the
movies.
The Plaza theatre has contracted
Mr. Baird’s unit to bring his entire
sound recording and motion pic-
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dust.
Observers at San Antonio said
light dust would remain for a day
or two longer but Would be of lit-
tle consequence. I
Amarillo’s weatherman expected
the new storm would diminish in
intensity there about noon.
DEMOCRACY TURNS OUT TO HONOR ‘BIG JIM’ FARLEY
Ovidio’s remains were found
Thursday.
Officers voiced the belief
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Mrs. Jordan said her
was shell-shocked in the
violent observers classed it as "ter-
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after five days of torrential rain.
The rivers were reported to be
in flood for many miles. The city
of Lourenco Marquez, on the south
coast of the province, was cut off
from railway and telegraph com-
munication.
News of the colony’s plight and
the reports of widespread havoc
and loss of life came from brief
radio reports and pilots of planes
flying through thunderstorms.
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CAPETOWN. South Africa, Feb.
17 (AP). — More than 2,000 Mo-
zambique natives of Portuguese
East Africa were estimated today
to have drowned when the Komati
and Umbulusi rivers overflowed
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Insurgent forces hurled strong
offensives on two fronts of the
Spanish civil war today, both men-
acing the core of government terri-
tory.
In the south, the forces of Gen-
eralissimo Francisco Franco forged
steadily toward Valencia, tempo-
rary seat of the government, ap-
parently with no defensive army;
to obstruct their path.
The new line on the southern
front reached east of Motril, about
50 miles from Laaga on the coast.
An insurgent army fighting to
complete the isolation of Madrid
attacked by air and land to break
the Valencia highway line from
the capital. Officers reported heavy
government casualties on a stretch
of the highway between Arganda
and Merata de Tajuna.
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No one expected that the ‘four-
fifths votes necessary to suspend
rules would be successful. How-
ever, the house voted almost unani-
mously to suspend the rules and
vote on the measure and then it
moved it to final passage with a
vote sufficient to put it into im-
mediate effect if the same result
is forthcoming in the senate.
It will be interesting to watch
the senate's action. It is no secret
that the Upper house is on the
spot in view of the overwhelming
vote in the house. Inside sources
are that the house has been neg-
lected by the race track lobby
and that the senate has been con-
centrated on. The results in the
senate will tell the tale.
It was interesting to note that
Rep. Joe Ed Winfree of Houston,
opponent to the bill, did not vote
although- he spoke against the
Bradbury bill. Winfree said he had
a personal interest in the matter,
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will probably be fewer time-wast-
ing resolutions and more action in
the future. These boys learned that
they can recess until the following
day and not have to take up new
business. Bv recessing the legisla-
tive day is merely continued to the
next day and pending business can
be disposed of.
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The girl died in a hospit al short-
ly after the shooting.
AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 17 (AP).—
House and senate bills proposing
repeal of legalized wagering on
horse racing today rested quietly
in a senate committee following
action which set them for a hear-
ing March 9.
The issue, given a rousing 109 to
26 approval vote in the house by
representatives. was set for an-
other iring three weeks hence by
the senate criminal jurisprudence
committee in a meeting last night.
House committee hearings had
seen the proposal condemned and
commended a week ago.
The senate committee action
came only after strenuous objec-
tions by Senator G. H. Nelson of
Lubbock, author of the bill in the
upper legislative chamber, who
charged opponents with attempt-
ing to delay action.
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ing. "we love him for the friends he has made.” No. 2. The president whispers a confidence to Vice-President Garner, who violated his
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brothers were victims of foul play
but advanced no motive. Four com-
mercial fishermen were held in jail
at Brownsville as possible sus-
pects. Officers said they told vary-
ing stories but agreed the brothers
left a schooner in shallow water of
Laguna Madre and started wading
toward shore.
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vs. Tom C. Patton,
amages. Defendant
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Sin tiff
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. suit on-open ac-
id by order of plain-
highway department disclosed yes- “Let’s Die League” were being
terday heavy freezes this winter treated forcibly in Tokyo hospitals
did $177,800 damage to surface of after attempting hara-kiri (death
state highways, made supplemen-
tary. appropriations of $31,000 to
add to $46,800 already available
for repair of the damage.
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WEATHER
Gainesville and Vicinity—To-
night, mostly cloudy; Thursday,
partly cloudy, colder tonight.
Today noon, 62; low last night.
45: high, yesterday, 68; for year,
high. 79: low, 16.
McNutt will fill a place vacated
since last summer wher Frank
Second Body Found
On Three Islands
HARLINGEN, Tex., Feb. 17
JAP).—Discovery yesterday of a
I body identified as that of Tomaso
Marroquin, 20-year-old missing
fisherman, spurred officers today
in efforts to unravel the mystery
of his death and that of his
brother, Ovidio, 21.
Tomaso’s body was found on
lonely Three Islands in Laguna
Madre, 30 miles north of Port Isa-
bel, about half a mile from where
circus, and other persons interested । takes the pictures with his cam-
in dramatic work to be present for eras, but develops arid prints his
the tryouts at the theatre. own films and scenes taken the
on the West Coast for the better _
performers who participate in the' ture equipment to Gainesville and duci
local two-reel comedy, “Runnin’ produce a sound picture using an night, are those between 16 and 25
AUSTIN, Feb. 17 (AP).—The
senate confirmed today appoint-
ment of Orville S. Carpenter as
chairman-director, of the unem-
ployment compensation commis-
sion and Tom C. King as state
auditor and efficiency expert
Carpenter succeeds R. B. Ander-
son, who resigned to become at-
torney for the W. T. Waggoner
ilghtly colder in east and south
portions.
East Texas: Mostly cloudy, oc-
asional rains except in northwest
and north-central portions tonight;
Thursday partly cloudy: somewhat
colder in northwest and north-cen-
tral portions tonight and in north
portion Thursday. Moderate to
fresh southerly winds on the
coast, becoming moderate norther-
ly Thursday
West Texas: Fair, slightly cold-
er in north portion tonight: Thurs-
mouth.
Worst Mishap in M onths
Few bills have been passed
through the house with the dis-
patch which marked the passing
of the race track gambling re-
peal bill several days ago.
Rep. Bryan Bradbury went in
for-a bit of dramatics when he un-
rolled a petition containing 11.000
names around the house. The pe-
tition almost entirely encircled the
house while the voting was going
on.
TEACHER SLAIN
PT'F.RLAT Mexico. Feb. 17 (AP)
A socialist school teacher was
killed yesterday when a .band of
armed men attacked the town of
Walter Woodul's five million i Amelucan, Puebla. Federal troops
• dollar advertising bill has his op- pursued them.
position in the attorney general’s
4. A guarantee of 200 days
work each year and
In addition to the filming of the day before the opening of the pro-
feature picture, a special news reel
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being arrested at Houston.
The alleged conspirators were 1
accused of billin ggasoline ship-
MOST OTHER TEXAS POINTS
ARE REPORTED CLEARED
OR CLEARING WEDNESDAY
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(By Associated Press)
A second cloud of powdery, grey
dust sifted over the Texas pan-
handle, carried by a light north
wind, today and reduced visibility
at Borger to two blocks and at
Amarillo to one-half mile.
(Observers said the dust came in
like a fog.
The United States weather bu-
reau reported most other Texas
points cleared or clearing. Gulf
coast points, invaded yesterday for
the first time in two years, were
free of the flying dirt.
Big Spring reported visibility of
two miles. Wichita Falls reported
light sprinkles arid no wind or
Cause Undetermined
Cause of the collision at 3 am.
could not be ascertaine i immedi-
ately but may have beer the work
of winter's worst storm over the
broad Columbia.
The river was thou ;ht to be
about 35 feet deep at th » scene of
the collision, which would explain
like tombstones above her burial
ground.
umbia seaward in a storm whose
winds raged up to 90
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Moore was the girl’s name before
daga hurried up river__
toria, 80 miles away at, I he river’s
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 17
(AP). -Ten men were believed to
have been killed when steel and
wood, construction forms crashed
from the Golden Gate bridge today
and plunged the workers 200 feet'
into the water. Bridge officials
said they did not believe the men
could have survived.
Eight bodies were thought to
have been swept to sea and a coast
It was the worst ship accident
in many months on the
state insurance department , 3 ester-
“ ‘of five
and Washington.
Much worse in maritimh record.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 17
(AP)—H. Grady Jordan, 42. insur-
ance salesman and
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Voice tests and tryouts for ent. which have resulted in motion
Gainesville dramatic talent to be picture contracts.
used in the filming of Gainesville’s , Ke uakes ii piain i
firt all-sound motion picture are, the object of the local
race worried. The boys realize that
the bill is Woodul’s strongest governor L. _____—, ---
point, although not an issue in the December 10, 1935, and July 1, 1936
race, but they are afraid to oppose Lieut-Gov. Keen Johnson per-
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upstream in stormy wea ther while
' and Wednesday, March 2 and 3. i tests if they have the consent of
. He makes it plain that it is not Mr. Baird particularly invites' their parents to participate.
’ J 1 film to find 1 members of the Little Theatre The equipment used by Mr. Baird
movie talent, but nevertheless, he; groups the Gainesville Community , if valued at $3,500, and he not only
is. always on the outlook for talent, -
having* Hollywood connections
war veteran
and his
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NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (AP).— pay— miners paid by the ton to re-
The United Mine Workers, today eive-$6 a day during vacations
of age, but inasmuch as the ,
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sion taken screen tests of local tai- with the usual high class feature interested in juvenile talent, per- parts in the cast of the picture.
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PRESCOTT, Ore. Feb 17. (AP).
—The Italian motor ship Feltre
sank in a collision with the Amer-
ican freighter Edward Luckenbech
early today but all hnds were
saved as the 400 foot vessel went
to Columbia’s river bottom, a hole
stove in her side. .
The Luckenbach six 1 aurs after
the crash, was anchoret around a
to be held at the Plaza Theatre on
the west side of the courthouse
square next Tuesday evening, Feb-
ruary 23,jit is announced by D. W.
Baird of Majestic Pictures. Los An-
geles, who is in charge of arrange-
ments for the picture.
While Mr. Baird does not prom-
ise efforts to get movie tryouts
Local Information
Office to Remain | day with a frantic police searching
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AUSTIN, Feb. 17 (AP). — The
the sinking of the Feltre only to
her promenade deck. Th motor-
ship, also a passenger ca n ier, pre-
l er crew
Philip Murray, vice president of
the Miners Union, read the miners'
proposal which also calls for a
two year contract, time and one-
half for overtime, creation of a
miners-operators commission to
adjust rates for machine mining
and to adjust differentials between
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AUSTIN, Feb. 17 (AP).—The
Texas court of criminal appeals to-
day made final its decision that A.
C. Taylor, Fort Worth oil man,
must return to Tennessee to face,
trial on a charge of conspiracy to
evade the gasoline tax.
The tribunal previously had af-
firmedaldecision of the Tarrant
county trial court ordering Tay-
lor’s extradition. Action today was
on his motion for rehearing.
Taylor was one of 22 persons
charged after an investigation by
Tennessee officials of alleged gas-
oline taxi evasions. Another Texan,
guard boat was reported to have
Federal -officials found that picked up two men. It was not
many persons making applications known whether they were alive,
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Mrs. A. P. Grundy Struck
By Truck as She Started
Across Highway Tuesday
Mrs. Jordan and her da
Arlene, 8, told police and
papermen the shooting oc
after the girt refused to as
Gainesbille Dailu RRegisker
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channel of-the Columbi a river as
to the
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while the Luckenbac h
steamed toward Portland
river’s mouth the store 1
hour, the Ibwa sank
hands, leaving her masts
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AP).
Senators Wheeler ( D-Mont.) and
Bone (D-Wash.) proposed today a
constitutional amendment which
they predicted would be “accept-
able as a compromise" by both op-
ponents and supporters of Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s judiciary reor-
ganization program.
Their proposal—patterned after
the “Madison amendmen" origi-
nally considered during the con-
stitutional convention—would em-
power congress to re-enact by a
two-thirds vote any federal law
invalidated by the supreme court
No action would be taken, how-
ever. until a new congress had been
elected following the supreme
court’s decision.
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A USTIN, Feb. 17.—By the sen-
A ate's action in blue penciling
the name of Wallace C. Reilly as
a member of the state unemploy-
ment compensation commission a
certain group or senators have
probably written doom across
their future political careers.
Opposition to Reilly was on the
grounds that as secretary of the
state federation of labor he op-
posed advocates of the sales tax.
The failure of confirmation was a
matter of retaliation. It was nec-
essary that Reilly get 21 votes. He
probably missed by not more than
one or two of getting the requir-
ed number. The confirmations
were made in executive session,
open to none except members.
Insiders believe that forward
looking politicians in the senate
voted for Reilly. They believe that
to do otherwise was political sui-
, cide. Agriculture and labor is i
forming a bloc in Texas as it has I
formed in other states. In two
years the bloc will be the most
powerful political group in this
state as it is today in many other
states. Reilly’s opposition will be
cast out regardless of whether
that opposition comes from a la-
bor or a farming district, insid-
ers predict
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The latest political rumor, re-
ported straight from inside
sources in Washington, is that
Senator Tom Connally will get a
supreme court bench and that
Governor Allred will be appointed
to take his place in the senate by
Walter Woodul, if Woodul suc-
ceeds Allred. This fits a prediction
made here long ago that Allred
would not accept a roving federal
judgeship but that if such an ap-
pointment came up it would be
more than likely that Connally
would accept it
Hospital attendants f Jund in
ments from Gladewater and
Shreveport to Tennessee as kero-
seine. '
AUSTIN, Feb. 17 (APThe
House of Representatives passed
today 136 to 0, a bill by Rep. Rob-
ert H. Wood of Marshall to make
a jail sentence mandatory , for
drunken drivers.
The proposal would fix a mini-
mum penalty of five days in jail
and a $50 fine. It also would make
convictions easier to obtain by
providing the state would have to
prove only that the motorist was
under the influence of intoxicating
liquor to some degree.
The existing law provides for
proof a driver in intoxicated.
The senate sent the governor a
bill by Rep. George H. Howard of
Houston to increase salaries of dis-
trict judges from $4,000 to $5,000
a year. Gov. Allred's attitude on
the bill was not known. He had
asked the legislature not to ap-
prove salary raises until it had
raised new taxes.
A resolution expressing hope
that Harold L. Ickes, secretary of
the interior would "if agreeable to
him, discuss the subject of oil and
gas conservation" was withdrawn
by Sen. Claude Westerfeld of Dal-
las after encountering opposition
Ickes is scheduled to appear be-
fore the legislature Friday.
The body appropriated $8,172.95
for maintaining information of-
fices at Denison, Gainesville, Tex-
arkana. Marshall and El Paso until
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400,000 miners in the softoalin-
dustry. ' The miners' demands contrasted
The mine union opening negotia- j with a proposal by operators to
tions with bituminous operators on extend the present 35 hour week to
terms for a new wage and hour 40 hours with no change in ton-
scald agreement, also demanded: nage rates but a 15 per cent cut
in hourly rates.
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Mrs. A. P. Grundy, 74, of Valley
View, died in the Gainesville sani-
tarium at 7:45 o’clock Tuesday
evening, Cooke county’s first traf-
fic fatality of 1937.
Mrs. Grundy was fatally hurt
, about 6:40 p. m. Tuesday, when
she was knocked down as she at-
tempted to cross U. S. highway 77,
within the town of Valley View,
10 miles south of Gainesville.
She- was rushed to the sani-
tarium here by a J. L. Leazer
ambulance, but died an hour after
she was hurt.
The truck which struck Mrs.
Grundy was a Webster Truck
Line vehicle, with Ed Batis of
Sanger at the wheel. Mrs. Batis
was riding in the cab with him.
The couple came to the sanitarium
with Mrs. Grundy and offered
every possible assistance.
Details of Crash
According to information ob-
tained by Sheriff Luther McCol-
lum, Mrs. Grundy and her sister,
Mrs. Tom Myers were starting
across the road to the Ollie Myers
home, on the north outskirts of
Valley View.
When they4ched the center of
i the road, they stopped to permit
I two automobiles going south, to
pass. Mrs. Grundy then started
across the road, but Mrs. Myers
took a step or two and stopped.
Batis was coming from the
south, and said he struck Mrs.
Grundy in attempting to swerve
to the left to avoid striking Mrs.
Myers, thinking that 'he could
drive between the two women.
The force of the impact threw
Mra' Grupdy into the ditch at the
side of the road, and Batis’ ma-
chine went 40 or 50 feet forward,
into the ditch on the west side of
the road.
Last year, Cooke county had
two fatal accidents in January,
but none in February.
Funeral services for Mrs. Grundy
will be held Thursday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at Savoy, with burial
there.
She is survived by five daugh-
ters. Mrs. Annie Johnson. Era;
Mrs. F. Culpepper, Grady, New
Mexico: Mrs. Maude Gentry, Al-
tus, Oklahoma: Mrs. Leona Wiger,
Denison; and Mrs. Laura Carpen-
ter, Vernon: four sons. Alvis of
Era. Felix of Denison. George of
Pea Ridge, Ark., and J. C. of Deni-
son: several' children and great
grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs.
Tom Myers, with whom she made
her home; Mrs. Minnie Long, Pres-
ton, Arizona, Mrs. H. O’Haver,
Putman, and Mrs. D. Martin,
White Rock, Texas.
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Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 129, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 1937, newspaper, February 17, 1937; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1437987/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.