Cameron National Farm Loan records 100000th loan in Grayson
The Cameron National Farm Loan Association reports 600 local Farm Loan Bank records and 100000th Federal Land Bank loan closed in Grayson County near Sherman. Secretary-Treasurer P S Graves notes 365 local loans in the territory and 25 year Land Bank history with 222 Land Bank loans and 143 Commissioner loans totaling 1183400 dollars, about one third repaid in full. Officers include Bartle Crenan John B Henderson Claud Ellison J D Turney and Ed O Paget.
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Texas
P. S. Graves
Grayson County
Sherman National Farm Loan Association
Land Bank System
Graves
Cameron National Farm Loan Association
Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
Camron National Farm Loan Association
Bartle Crenan
Burlington
John B. Henderson
Cameron
Claud Ellison
Mileage Aid for Truckers Available Says Announcement
The County USDA War Board announces that Farm truckers with insufficient gasoline under their Certificate of War Necessity may appeal to the County Farm Transportation Committee at the AAA Office once ODT appeal forms arrive. Temporary rationing certificates, valid through December 31, 1942, are available from the local Rationing Board if their Certificate has not been returned. gas under temporary certificates will count against the final quota. A new portrait of Governor Coke K Stevenson was presented to the Texas Memorial Museum at the University of Texas.
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County Farm Transportation Committee
AAA
ODT
Coke K. Stevenson
Texas Memorial Museum
The
University of Texas
Bells of Christmas Amid War and Peace
Poem recounts Christmas bells from Longfellow as war erupts in the South. The bells proclaim peace and goodwill, but cannons drown the carols and a voice declares there is no peace on earth. The refrain returns that God is not dead and right shall prevail.
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Christendom
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christmas greens under threat from over harvesting
The article warns that native Yuletide greens face extinction due to wanton destruction and rising demand. It urges organized harvesting, use of evergreens like cedar and pine, and suggests artificial red berries. Protective laws and regional restrictions are proposed to preserve dwindling species.
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Atlantic Coast
Medieval Rulers Dined Big on Christmas Feasts
The article notes medieval rulers enjoyed large Christmas dinners. It also discusses the calculation of the Christian era, crediting Dionysius Exiguus for Anno Domini, and notes the belief that Jesus was born before January 1 AD 1 with the term Anno Domini first used in 1219.
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Dionysius Exigeus
Jesus
Night Santa School Opens in Buffalo
Last year a Buffalo night school trained raw recruits into capable Santa Clauses. The effort aims to refine street corner bell-ringers into sought after performers with Bachelor of Santa Claus Psychology credentials.
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Santa
Buffalo
N. Y
Hitler warns loss of Ashev would equal half Berlin
Reports from Moscow quote Hitler saying the fall of Ashev would be equal to losing half Berlin. Red Army enters the city, threatening German lines south of Stalingrad as winter battles rage. Allies push in Tunisia and prep for a Tripoli showdown.
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Ashev
Red
Moscow
Hitler
Berlin
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Lengrad
Latvia
Tunis
Tunisia
North Africa
Tripoli
Germany
Italy
New Guiana
Douglas MacArthur
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Toulon
City seeks road repairs to save tires and streets
The Herald reports complaints from car owners about rough pavements and cratered streets damaging tires. Residents urge the City Street Department to repair streets to prevent tire wear and inner blowouts. Weekend travels include Ida and Eva Mae Foster and others in Austin, with visits from Mary Netherland and H. E. Rudy in Cameron.
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The
Herald
City Street Department
Ida
Eva Mae Foster
Hovis
Lois
Florence Hovis
Edith Armstrong
Austin
T Moore Dies at Rogers Home at 88
Rogers Nov 29 T T Moore of Rogers 88 charter member and former president of the Central Texas Pioneers club died at his home Sunday at 6 35 am He lived in the county for 77 years born Nov 25 1859 near Burton in Washington county His father Lovick P Moore moved near Temple in 1865 He resided in Rogers 58 years and worked as a cotton buyer and merchant Survivors include four sons T Z Jr L P Joe W Jesse H and four daughters Mrs John R Taylor Mrs Crawford Kerr Miss Ann Moore and Mrs Dick Rogers R Mullinax of Bryant Station was here Friday
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Rogers
T. T. Moore
Central Texas Pioneers
Burton
Washington County
Lovick P. Moore
Temple
T. Z. Jr
Uvalde
L. P
Joe Wi
Mart
Jesse H
John R. Taylor
Crawford &. Kerr
el Paso
Misa Ann Moore
San Antonio
Dick Rogers
Dilley
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Federal Land Bank
Baileyville
J. D. Turney
Hanover
Ed O. Paget
Yarrellton
County Usda War Board
Dallas Mourning News
Dred
Dallas News
War News and
Metropoli
Tan Daily
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
Ibehinds
Post Office
Christma
Red Cross
Mary Netherland
Sandy Creek
H. E. Rudy of
Buckholts
T. Moore
Rogers Home
R. Mullinax
Bryant Station
Cameron Herald
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Empe
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