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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1940
Page
2
A fragmentary 1940 era news digest covers election mechanics funding debates for primaries, military recruitment growth, a major suspension bridge accident in Washington, and a rise in commemorative stamps. It notes Roosevelt and Garner era figures, election prognostications, and public safety findings. The piece threads global events with U S political life and infrastructure stories.
Church notices detail morning and evening services across multiple denominations including Lutheran and Baptist. Plans mention mission festival sermon by Rev Benjamin R Manke of Denver and various Sunday School, Bible class, training union, and youth activities with dates around November 17 and associated gatherings.
Fragmented local notes describe Charlie Banister storing over 300 bales of cotton with 60 bales sellable at 1816 inland prices. The piece also mentions Banister’s shifting fortunes as cotton prices fall below ten cents and a farmer’s reprimand to save. A second item notes J B Dormer buying a ranch near Hillsboro to raise Beachma cattle while retaining a citrus grove in Edinburg. A church program lists Sunday School, Bible class, and 3:30 pm services with a congregational meeting to follow.
Hillsboro November 7 Jack Yates of Whitney sustained a broken leg and severe lacerations when two trucks collided west of Whitney. Deputies Smith Wallace and Will Little investigated. Yates rode on a cedar poste0d wagon with his feet hanging over the side and was crushed between the trucks. He was taken to Millsboro by Marshall & Marshall ambulance. Estimates show 1940 U.S peanut production at 1,521,705,000 pounds, up 20 percent from 1939. Texas produced 129,480,000 pounds in 1939, with 1940 estimate at 159,000,000.
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