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: Texas Backs Fighting Men jWifh Cash, Defense Bonds: S.che.mes Advanced to Pile Up Money to; Aid Nation in Whipping Japanese. By Associated PressTexans^ taxed their ingenuit3/ in seeking new ways of •..backing their fighting men with cash Monday as the Nation - entered its second week of war.t More than 200 Marshall resi-^- _____.dents joined the A Penny■•Plane Club by pledging to contribute one cent apiece for each .enemy plane officially announced as shot down by U. S, forces. Boxes will he located in public .places to receive the pennies. Asimilar club was started at 7*ong-'View. Hardy Adams, founder of -the Marshall club, hopes others will be organized throughout thecountry.The rush to purchase defense savings bonds continued.Churches To Buy BondsThe First Baptist Church at San ■Angelo approved a recommendation. by its board of deacons ‘ to purchase one bond per week, retroactive the day the war started.. At Lubbock, the First Baptist Ghurch Finance Committee ’suggested that its building fund of 521.000 and subsequent monies collected be placed in defense bonds. The membership will .vote next Sunday on the proposal. The church will bo “piling up a building fund to be used in a happier day and at the same time we’ll he contributing to our government at a time of great .national emergency,” declared the pastor, the Rev. Carl Hereford. •?■Now They Can Black OatThe Marshall Elks Club votedunanimously to purchase a $10,-OGQ defense bond from reserves in its treasury.At Presidio, 200 La tin-Americans lined up at the post office Sunday afternoon and bought S275 worth of defense stamps in a campaign sponsored by the Aztec Club and the Catholic Church.Fifteen Palestine newsboys sold $376.75 -worth of stamps in a half day.Petersburg, a village in Hale County, completed its municipal lighting system just in time. “Now we can black out like other towns,” said Gien Brashear, who helped in the public subscription drive to raise funds for the lights. Remember Pear] Harbor-STATE FAIR PLANS MADE -By Associated Pres?DALLAS, Dec. 10.—The board of directors of the State Fair of Texas Monday made plans to operate the exposition in 19-12 in ypile of the emergency. Pres. Harry L. Seay and the entire board were re-elected.i]11lt;i
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Tue, Dec 16, 1941
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