Milam County Voices Against Highway Bond Scheme
A Milam County reader condemns a statewide plan to issue about 16 million in bonds tied to highway funds and state revenue, warning of vast added costs and local harm. The piece urges legislative opposition, cites tax exemptions, and notes Milam’s erosion and isolation, while praising new East Texas history volumes and local historical figures.
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Milam
Texas
Texas Highways Department
Idle Capital Clique
America
Milam County
Brazos River
Intertia
Austin
Cameron Firemen Honored At Rotary Dinner
Cameron Firemen and Chief Monta Thomas were lauded at a Rotary Club annual dinner held in Cafe Cafe. Emory B. Camp served as toastmaster, with Bill Smith of Waco as principal speaker and Roy Weems sharing firefighting experiences.
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Cameron
Dock Markham
Calvin Markham
Mr. Camp
Markham & Son
Calvin
Rotary Club
Milam Farmers Receive $131000 in Soil Conservation Payments
Milam county farmers have received since Oct 25, 131000 in soil conservation payments across 2040 checks. 850 applications were on Dec 1, total now 3100, about 90 percent of all expected. Farmers expect about 450000 for 1940 from the program.
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San Gabriel
Jam
Milam County
Yoemen Resume Play Against Belton Friday
The Yoemen basketball team under Coach Ruggles resumed practice after a two week break and aims to extend a four game winning streak. They host Belton Friday night with a midweek makeup game planned and Cameron residents urged to attend.
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Ruggles
Belton
Cameron
WPA Road Project for Milano District
A WPA road project for the Milano district was announced. The road from Hanover to Milano will be widened graded and gravelled using iron ore gravel from nearby pits. Work begins Wednesday January 8 with 61 men under Pat Tidwell, benefiting Rockdale trade territory and the Milano and Hanover precincts.
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Milano
Hanover
Pat Tidwell
Rockdale
Cameron Schools Reopen After Holiday Break
Cameron schools reopened Monday after a two week vacation period. Officials warned influenza may reduce attendance briefly as the town experiences a mild epidemic.
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Cameron
Roosevelt Urges Strong Defense as War Threat Grows
President Roosevelt, in a Congress address, says defense of the United States is threatened by aggressor nations and pledges more aid to Britain. He criticizes isolationist figures, asserts America will not be soft headed, and notes plans to lease war equipment to Great Britain remain undeveloped at press time.
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America
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
British Empire
Britain
Union
Wheeler
Johnson
Holt
Nye
Europe
Japan
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Spain
Great Heart of America
Red Cross
Daily Herald
Balkan
Greece
Roosevelt asks seventeen and a half billion for war effort
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize seventeen and a half billion dollars for defense and aid to Britain. The move, praised as New Deal policy, could raise the national debt to sustain victory against Germany. Britain tightens blockade on unoccupied France and Spain to ship food to civilians. Red Cross relief begins.
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Great Britain
Germany
France
Spain
Roosevelt
Woodson Hawkins Buried Here Saturday
Funeral services were held for Woodson Hawkins aged 57 at 10 a m Saturday with interment in the old City Cemetery on the east river road. Rev C W Sanders of First Baptist Church delivered the sermon. Hawkins died in Austin Friday and the body was brought to Cameron by Coleman Funeral Home ambulance. He was born in 1884 on the old Hawkins home place north of Cameron. He is survived by Kennard Hawkins of Cameron and Joe Hawkins of Benn Arnold.
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Woodson Hawkins
Old City
East River Road
C. W. Sanders
First Baptist Church
Deliver
Hawkins
Austin
Cameron
Coleman Funeral Home
Kennard Hawkins
Joe Hawkins
Benn Arnold
J. J. and
T. A. Hawkins
Old Home Place
Wiese in hospital after operation at Waco
Wiese, principal of Yee High School, is in a Waco hospital following an operation performed there last week. He was expected home soon, but no definite word on his condition was available Monday.
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W. C. Wiese
Yee High School
Waco
Syphilis Rising in Milam County Clinic Reports
Dr. Roy G. Reed reports rising syphilis prevalence in Milam County especially Cameron. A venereal disease clinic, led by Reed and two Cameron physicians, conducted Wasserman tests for seventy people, mostly African American. Blood tests in Cameron showed twenty two percent infection in thirty two people, while seventy tested showed one percent.
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Milam County
Cameron
Roy G. Reed
Reed
Wasserman
Beard and Mrs Floyd Harding wed at Kemp home
Ed C. Beard and Mrs. Floyd Harding were joined in marriage at Judge Jeff T. Kemp residence on Tuesday January 7. The couple will establish a home near Thorndale.
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Ed C. Beard
Floyd Harding
Jeff T. Kemp
Kemp
Thorndale
School Board Aids Government Defense Youth Training
The Cameron School Board joins national defense efforts offering 17 to 24 year olds a three hour daily eight week course in Woodwork and Electricity. The program, funded by the Federal government, requires 75 percent rural entrants and 25 percent from towns. Participants earn a government-recognized certificate aiding military draft placement.
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Cameron School Board
Tom Stokes
EB. A. Verrin
Delinquent Tax Contract Renewal Planned for Jan 16
The Commissioners Court will renew the delinquent tax collection contract with Emory B. Camp at its January 16 meeting. A verbal renewal exists though not formally ratified. The agreement pays Camp 18 percent and covers 1919 to 1939 delinquencies, excluding 1940.
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Commissioners’ Court
Emory B. Camp
Ten Indictments Returned by Grand Jury in District Court
The Grand Jury returned ten indictments after three days of testimony from 65 witnesses. Eight felonies and two misdemeanors comprise the charges. no arrests have been made and names await custody. District Clerk Nig Moody released the report, and Sheriff Walter Whiteman begins his duties.
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Nig Moody
Walter Whiteman
Athletic Council Eyes Red Cross Football Sweaters
A suggestion proposes the Athletic Council obtain football sweaters from the Red Cross knitting effort for Bundles for Britain, aligning fundraising and supply.
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Red Cross
Britain
The
Athletic Council
Secrecy Rules Movements as Fleet Mobilizes Worldwide
The U S fleet is ordered to strategic positions in the Western Hemisphere and Washington with Knox withholding discussion of active service numbers. A Pacific and an Atlantic fleet are to be on duty, and the Panama Canal Zone is a noted concentration. Churchill warns Britain and United States fate are linked as Tobruk falls. Goebbels hints at imminent German actions amid Allied air raids on Naples.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Washington
Knox
Panama Canal Zone
Pacific
Atlantic
Germany
Japan
Italy
London
Lord Halifax
Lord Lothian
Ambasador
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Tobruk
Italian
Libya
Mediterranean
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Goebbels
Royal Air Force
Naples
Legion Men Attend Baylor College Flag Pole Dedication
Legion members from Cameron led by E. W. Streetman attended the dedication ceremony at Baylor College Belton for the campus flag pole. About two thousand people gathered with General Richard M. Donovan and Milo J. Warner delivering remarks. Warner noted twenty two years of National defense support for Great Britain.
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Fort Sam Houston
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
Warner
Great Britain
Texas
Wm. G. Gilks
Dallas
The
Legion
Cameron Legion
Frank Hubnik Hurt When Tractor Overturned on Farm
Frank Hubnik prominent Marak farmer was badly injured Wednesday afternoon when a tractor he rode overturned on his farm. He was taken to Cameron hospital with both legs broken and other injuries. he rests as well as could be expected and will require time to recover.
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Frank Hubnik
Hubnik
Cameron Hospital
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East Texas
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T. ©. Richardson
White
Rangers
Bill McDonald
Ben Milam
Nashville Company
Robertson Colony
Navasota River
Brazos
Colorado
San Antonio Road
Haskell
Throckmorton
AAA
Yoemen
Nitlth
F.D.R
Wiese
Spon
Camp
Baylor College
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