Texan Marvin Jones Named Wartime Food Administrator
Amarillo native Marvin Jones, a former congressman and chief aide to President Jones Byrnes, is selected to succeed Chester C. Davis as wartime food administrator. The post, long debated in Congress as one of the world’s top jobs, requires steady leadership after Davis’s resignation and Wickard’s strain. Jones is praised for calm judgment and wide experience from the Agriculture Committee.
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Congressionaal
America
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Jones I. Byrnes
Chester C. Davis
Claude Wickard
Davis
Washington
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Sinul
Mobilization authority shifts to West Texan judge
Mobilization Director Byrnes assigns Judge Jones to the War Mobilization Committee and the War Production Board, boosting official power beyond the St. Louis financier Davis. With public cooperation and common sense, order may emerge from agricul ture vital to the total war effort. The Flood Control Committee notes flood losses of 9,029,000 acres flooded, 62 deaths, and damages of 96,234,000 dollars in the Middle West.
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Byrnes
Judge Jones
War Mobilization Committee
War Production Board
Davis
St. Louis
Middle West
Former Coke Pioneer Woman Dies at Corpus
Corpus Christi report states Mrs. Oscar Clift formerly of Coke County died Thursday morning in Corpus Christi. Roy Clift, husband of the deceased, has been ill. his sister Mrs. J. J. Morrow traveled to Corpus Christi after learning of the condition. Frances Van Zandt, deceased before marriage, was raised near Fort Chadbourne and belonged to an oldtime local family.
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Corpus Christi
Oscar Clift
Coke County
Roy Clift
J. J. Morrow
Fort Chadbourne
Coke Singing Convention Off for The Duration
Coke County singing convention president John Coulson announces meetings are suspended for the duration due to gas and food rations and many singers serving in the war. He says they will reconvene after the war to rebuild a stronger county singing convention.
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John ‘Coulson
Coke County
Mr. Coalson
Miss Goldie Gray and Dawson Coleman Wed in Bronte
Miss Goldie Gray daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Bean of Bronte and Dawson Coleman of Miles Texas were married Monday night at 9 30 at First Baptist Bronte with Rev J E Fidridge officiating The bride a former home economics teacher in Miles will resume teaching there next year The groom, a farmer and dairy businessman, is well known in Miles and the couple will reside there
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First Baptist Church
Bronte
J. E. Fidridge
Goldie Gray
Dawson Coleman
Miles
Texas
Cnpece Knawe
Woman’s College
Denton
Miles School
Farmers Course Offered Free at Bronte Night School
Farmers and ranch men are invited to join Bronte night courses in farm repair and construction aided by $2,000 worth of equipment. Classes run on weeknights with supervision by the Bronte agriculture teacher and an experienced instructor guiding hands on training to enable self help during wartime.
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Bronte
Bronte Schools
Unclear fragment from Coke County notice
Fragmentary text mentions Corpus Christi and an advisory phrase from an arts context. no clear event date or action is discernible.
Bronte Church of Christ Sets July Evangelistic Meeting
Members of the Bronte Church of Christ prepare for an evangelistic meeting scheduled to begin Friday night July 16. Elder Claude Smith of Merkel has been secured to preach and previously led a Bronte gathering.
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Bronte Church of Christ
Church of Christ In
Bronte
Claude Smith
Merkel
Smith
Gentle Gospel Meeting Planned with Johnson Lead Singer
A church announces a yearly revival with W. L. Johnson from Winters set to lead the singing. The description praises a genial preacher and forceful pulpit style. Two services daily, morning and evening, invite all members and visiting elders to attend.
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W. L. Johnson
Winters
M E Conference at Hayrick Largely Attended
Rev A Hanson pastor of the Bronte Tennyson and Hayrick churches reports the quarterly conference held at Hayrick Sunday. Dr W F Hamner district superintendent preached at 11 o clock. A large crowd attended the on site dinner and afternoon sessions. The reports show the churches are doing excellently despite wartime conditions.
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A. Hanson
Bronte
Tennyson
Hayrick
W. F. Hamner
Bronte's Bank Posts All Time High Deposit Figures
In the June 30 1948 financial statement of First National Bank in Bronte the Enterprise reports Bronte's bank shows excellent condition with growing deposits and strong overall financial health as of the end of June.
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Bronte
First National Bank
Rose of Business
Army Scrap Drive Appeals Coke County Farmers
An Army appeal urges Coke County residents to gather scrap metal from farms roads yards and backyards to support war production. The message stresses scrap as vital for guns planes ships and other weapons and calls for immediate community cooperation to load Army trucks with usable metal.
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Coke County
Germany
Italy
Japan
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Es Senate Ji
Recalling Pioneer Memories Of A West Texas Wedding
A letter remembers Lee Richards and Wylie Byrd alongside family ties from 1868 Plantaton wedding of Henry Davis Pearce and Sarah Elizabeth Pride. It recalls Rev T B McComb officiating, riding to church, and post wedding revival, with neighbors helping and later reunions in Ballinger and West Texas.
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Bro. West
Lee Richards
Wylie Byrd
Tam
Lee Richard
Collin County
Henry Davis Pearce
Sarah Elizabeth Pride
T. B. McComb
Pearce
Richard
West Texas
Ballinger
Himsel
Chas. Roe
Tannehill Endorses England Yet Praises USA
The text notes a season high of 615,536.79 in England loans and a record low for the same period. It mentions Sat Tannehill’s wife staying with his mother in Bronte for the duration. Tannehill praises England as beautiful but declares no spot on earth like the United States.
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England
Tannehill
Bronte
Enland
Earth
Poor OCR Letter Sparks Reader Confusion
A garbled OCR fragment from the Enterprise editor appears as a puzzling letter to the editor or note. The readable portions hint at a placeholder typo laden message with unclear meaning and misplaced punctuation. The fragment offers no named individuals, dates, or concrete details.
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