Runoff Election Set for August 24 In Whitewright Area
Whitewright voters head back to the polls August 24 for runoff battles in two state races and four county contests. Campaigns feature Pierce Brooks vs Olin Culberson for railroad commissioner and H S Lattimore vs James P Alexander for Texas Supreme Court chief justice. County races see Ralph Elliott vs Roy G Baker for district attorney and others for clerk and representative seats. Local precinct contests include Bow en vs Waldrop in precinct one and Looney vs McKinney in precinct four. Commissioner Darby won precinct three. runoff counts in two county commissioner districts are scheduled, while Whitewright precinct two has no runoff.
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Whitewright
Pierce Brooks
Olin Culberson
H. S. Lattimore
James P. Alexander
Supreme Court of Texas
Ralph Elliott
Roy G. Baker
C. H. Barrett
Grady Thompson
J. H. Waggoner
R. Q. Evans
M. B. Morgan
Charles H. Hagler
Grayson
Collin County
Capt
J. A. Benton
Wylie
C. A. Shock
W. J. Minton
Sherman
S. B. Vaughan
R. H. Bowen
van Alstyne
P. J. Waldrop
E. C. Looney
Pottsboro
H. G. McKinney
Darby
U.S
Connally
Belcher
Fishe
Congress
Rayburn
Galbraith
O’daniel
Hines
Condron
Davis
Sadler Thompson
Ferguson
Stevenson
Mead
Summerville
Butler
Sheppard
Lockhart
McKee
Woodrow
Bond
Evans
Hollingsworth Waggoner
Morgan Hagler Minton
Benton Shock Davis
Slagle
Carter
Elliott Bookout
Baker
Barrett
Talley Buchanan
Thompson
Shipp
Porter Fritz
Harmon
Adams
Waldrop
Bowen Ace
Grayson County Vote Totals Reveal Commissioner Races
Grayson County polled about 14 500 votes in Saturdays election far surpassing the first primary. The district attorney race led with 14 379 votes while several races trailed by roughly a thousand. Box by box tallies show Commissioner races distributed across precincts with varied counts.
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Grayson County
Encampment Set for Woodlake August 5 9
Church of Christ encampment opens at Woodlake north of Sherman August 5 to 9 with sessions of instruction assembly services singing and inspirational talks. Daily schedule includes swimming breakfast classes sermon lunch quiet hour recreation and evening worship.
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Church of Christ
Woodlake
Sherman
J. F. Spindle
Whitewright
Americans Lose Taste for Grains in the South
The agriculture department reports Americans are abandoning hominy grits and cornbread. Twenty five years ago over 200 million bushels of corn were used for corn meal and grits, but recent years show only about 50 million bushels. Consumption remains confined to the South.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South
Graduates Form Club To Aid Tuberculosis Patients At Jefferson
Forty nine former chest diseases patients from Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia have formed a Graduates' club. All have recovered from tuberculosis and plan to support current patients and help them find work after cure.
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Chest Diseases Department
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Fruits on Parade at Bethel Schoolhouse Friday
A community program titled Fruits on Parade will be held at 8 p m Friday at the Bethel school building three miles south of Whitewright. Demonstrations cover planning an orchard making grape juice and selecting fruit tree varieties with fruits on display and a short movie comedy. Sponsored by the U S Department of Agriculture cooperative extension with local agents present.
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Bethel
Whitewright
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. O. Teddlie
W. W. Gunn
Grayson County
Motorist to Pay $55 Car Tax Next Year
Washington reports that the average motorist will pay about $55 in taxes to drive a car in 1941. The American Petroleum Institute notes last year’s average was $40.31, with $26.84 for state taxes and $13.47 for registration and licenses. An $11 federal “emergency” tax also applied, and another $4 is expected due to increased defense taxes.
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Washington
American Petroleum Institute
Congress
Conscription Costs Will Top Billion
Maj. George L. Eberle told the House Military Affairs Committee that the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill will raise Army maintenance costs this year by 1.1 billion dollars, including plans to call up the National Guard and conscript 800000 trainees by next April. He noted the 42 million men to be registered is not included and permanent annual costs after non recurring items will run about 800 million dollars.
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Washington
George L. Eberle
General Staff
House Miltary Affairs Committee
National Guard
Eberle
Heart on wrong side can be all right discovered in woman
In Ashtabula Ohio Mrs Elizabeth Kangas carries an uncommon condition with her heart on the opposite side plus an abnormal appendix and liver. Dr E F Lindenmayer found the rare situs inversus like arrangement during a routine checkup noting the condition would not occur more than once in 100 000 cases.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Elizabeth Kangas
E. F. Lindenmayer
New Scoutmaster Chosen By Scouts
Glen Earnheart elected scoutmaster will meet with the Boy Scouts at the scout cabin at 7 30 p m today. Rotary Club aided his selection with others serving as assistant scoutmasters and troop committee members. The troop hiked and swam at local sites last Friday as tests were passed by James Kent Johnson and James Franklin Wilson.
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Glen Earnheart
Earnheart
Rotary Club
Clovis Childress
Albert Jackson
B. W. Newman
R. A. Gillett
Gomer May
White Rock Creek
R. C. Vestal
James Kent Johnson
James Franklin Wilson
Enterprise Revival Underway Near Enterprise
Evangelist Rev B D Roland from Greenville and Jack Robbins visited The Sun office this week to announce a revival at Enterprise Baptist Church 3% miles northeast of town. Daily services at 10 30 a m and 8 15 p m. Sunday morning dedicated to mothers with a Heaven message. Pastor Rev M E Miller of Ector assists. revival runs through Sunday and may extend.
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B. D. Roland
Greenville
Jack Robbins
Sun
Enterprise Baptist Church
Roland
Mothers of
Enterprise
M. E. Miller
Ector
Cotton loans expected on 9 cent basis
Burris C. Jackson of Hillsboro predicts a 9c loan on the 1940 American cotton crop as Congress prepares funds. He warns a higher loan would pull the United States from the export market, while export subsidies may not offset world conditions. At the Texas Cotton Association in Waco, Brazilian cotton is reported $10 a bale cheaper than American, risking Texas exporters.
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Waco
Burris C. Jackson
Hillsboro
The
Texas Cotton Association
United States
Jackson
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Texas
Grayson County report targets aged voters before primary
A rumor circulated before the Democratic primary alleging that the author, as a former legislator, voted to disfranchise elderly citizens receiving pensions. The note suggests the message aimed to sway old voters against the incumbent in the upcoming election.
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Grayson County
O Daniel vote hits 617 346 in final count
Final tabulation by the Texas Election Bureau shows W Lee O Daniel winning the first Democratic primary with 617 346 votes out of 1 136 386 across 264 counties. Runoff looms for Pierce Brooks and Olin Culberson in Railroad Commissioner race. corrections adjusted several candidates totals.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Texas Election Bureau
O’daniel
Ernest O. Thompson
Election Bureau
Texas
Harry Hines
Miriam A. Ferguson
Cyclone Davis Jr
Pierce Brooks
Olin Culberson
Brooks
Culberson
Condron
Davis
Ferguson
Hines
Sadler
Thompson
Copeland
Everts
Hardin
Holt
Hood
Jones
Langford
McDonald
Mills
Patterson
Pundt
Saulsbury
Sheppard
C. E. Smith
E. T. Smith
Terrell
van Zandt
Supreme Court
Alexander
Chapin
Douglas
Griffin
Humphrey
Lattimore
Unity of Americas Solidified Against Axis Threats
The Havana conference of inter American foreign ministers unanimously approved defense and economic accords. They backed a convention to thwart Nazi and other totalitarian encroachment in the Americas and adopted the Havana act pending ratification by the 21 Pan American republics. The talks also laid groundwork for hemispheric economic self sufficiency and liberal trade policies while planning to expand inter American financial coordination.
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Havana
inter-American Foreiin
New World
Americas
United States
inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Jones Re elected Precinct Chairman At Democratic Caucus
O L Jones was re elected precinct chairman at a Saturday Democratic precinct convention in city offices. J L Cantrell presided with Edwin Badgett as secretary. Delegates named for the county convention at Sherman include Dr C P Johnson F Echols W E LaRoe Newell Skaggs Tom Cunningham and others. Republican precinct meeting in Legion hall elected J W Hollingsworth chairman and chose A F Nossa man as delegate with B L Sanderson as alternate.
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O. L. Jones
J. L. Cantrell
Edwin Badgett
Sherman
C. P. Johnson
F. Echols
W. E. LaRoe
Newell Skaggs
Tom Cunningham
W. H. Horton
Russell Summers
Legion Hall
J. W. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
A. F. Nossaman
B. L. Sanderson
Free Aid for Social Security Checks and Claims
Ernest L. Tutt of the Dallas field office urges workers and those over 65 seeking insurance payments to obtain free help from the board. Workers can get self addressed wage forms to send to Baltimore for prompt reports, with recourse to a regional referee or courts if errors are found.
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Ernest L. Tutt
Dallas
Baltimore
Liquor Revenues Climb 36 Percent in June
Liquor revenues for June totaled 596 011 80 up 36 3 percent from the same month last year when 437 016 54 was recorded. Cumulative receipts of the Liquor Control Board reached 30 155 016 25 in under five years with stamps and licenses also rising across categories.
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Liquor Control Board
The
Football Coach F G Steen Speaks at Rotary Luncheon
Austin College football coach F G Steen was guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon. A. M. Bryant presided and introduced him. Steen outlined team positions and duties and discussed football from a technical viewpoint with many lesser known facts.
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F. G. Steen
Austin
Rotary Club
A. M. Bryant
Mr. Steen
Pension stealing son finally irks mother in Pueblo
In Pueblo Cole, Bob Getts was arrested after his mother Martha Getts reported he cashed her last three old age pension checks. She had tolerated the first two incidents but the third theft left her penniless and outraged. The piece also notes Copenhagen has 400,000 bicycles, one for every two people.
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Pueblo
Cole
Bob Getts
Martha Getts
Copenhagen
Denmark
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Weslie Farmer
P. H. Luttrell
Roy Epperson
Sioner
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Graduates” Club
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Waggoner
House Journal
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