WPA Sewing Room in Whitewright Closes Over Finances
The WPA sewing room operating since 1935 in Whitewright is closed indefinitely after sponsor funding requests surged. Under a new contract the city must raise $7.00 per worker monthly in donations plus $4.25 in kind credit, with 20 workers needing $140 monthly from merchants. past canvasses failed, prompting suspension for 3 to 4 months.
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WPA
F. M. Echols
the Sun
Whitewright
Echols
Red River Valley Fair Plans Are in Making
Sherman fair directors met at the chamber of commerce to draft plans for the Red River Valley Fair first week in October. Will Leslie presided with Frank Thompson as secretary. Dick Piner outlined a rodeo, Eunice King and Eva Sue Merritt discussed women and girls exhibits highlighting cotton. County Agent W. O. Teddlie and others talked agriculture and poultry exhibits. A committee was named to consider special prizes for corn and cotton produced in Grayson County.
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W. O. Teddlie
John T. Bean
Dewey Lackey
Grayson County
Junk Is a Scrappy Business With a New Future
McDonald White argues in the Rotarian Magazine that junk is a booming billion-dollar industry thriving amid wars. He notes rising scrap prices, potential effects on steel and construction, and predicts continued growth as waste materials become key inputs for diverse products.
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McDonald White
Rotarian
United States
Wire clues link World War I battalion to 1918 shipment
L. E. Parchman, Houston area telephone plant chief and former top sergeant of the 412th Battalion, recalled during fall 1918 a wire shortage that halted front line work. He found in Jasper an invoice dated Oct 30, 1918 for wire intended for the AEF, matching the wire he needed in France. The article notes the origin of the word Balkan from Turkish meaning mountain.
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Houston
L. E. Parchman
Four Hundred Twelfth
Parchman
Texas
Jasper
AEF
France
Democrats Laud F.D.R. and Wallace at County Convention
Sherman delegates were elected to the state convention. B F Gafford was named permanent chairman and Frank Bronaugh served as convention secretary. The party endorsed Franklin D Roosevelt and Henry A Wallace, urged rearmament and the O D Daniels administration, promoted budget reform to cut deficits, and called for tax raisers on natural resources to fund social security programs and higher education.
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Sherman
B. F. Gafford
Mineral Wells
Frank Bronaugh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Grayson County
Texas Prisons Report Shows 1939 Losses and Proposed Industries
The Texas prison system posted a $668,652 shortfall in 1939 after accounting for revenue from factories and construction savings. Managers attributed gains to higher industrial revenue and cost controls while urging a broad industrialization program funded by the Legislature, noting several profitable operations and many more possible plants.
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Huntsville
Texas
Texas Prison Board
O. J. S. Ellingson
Ellingson
Prison Board
Sidney M. Lister
Houston
Want Ad Seeks Quick Local Results
Classified want ad seeks prompt responses from readers. The notice promises fast results and encourages placing an advertisement to reach local shoppers and job seekers.
Pensions Rise 24 Cents for August in Texas
Texas welfare director Adam R. Johnson announces August pension checks will be 24 cents higher than July. The average payment rises to 10.86 for 119,052 recipients after October cuts reduced pensions from 14.25 to 8.25. Debt liquidation of Dallas bank loans continues with 200,000 and 160,000 installments, and a September session will review future funding amid new Federal rules requiring needs-based re-examination of 120,000 Texas claims.
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Austin
Texas
Adam R. Johnson
State Welfare
Dallas
Johnson
State Welfare Board
Federal Social Security Board
Federal Board
Department
Governor outlines Texas defense mobilization plan
Governor W Lee O Daniel told 227 local industrialization committees that Texas defense needs will top priority. He noted 8000 manufacturing enterprises in the state and predicted many new plants, with the Texas Industrialization Program shifting to organize resources for national needs. He provided a list of Army and Navy requirements and procurement office contacts for direct business communication. Swallows migrate by day due to daytime feeding on the wing.
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Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Federal Service
Washington
Grayson County Republicans Name Ticket for General Election
In Sherman on Saturday the Grayson County Republicans nominated a full county slate to oppose the Democrats in November. W. S. Rodgers presided as county executive chair. Nominations cover county judge J. C. Harv y Sherman. sheriff J. K. Bradley Sherman. clerk A. B. Case Sherman. district clerk E. E. Greer Denison. assessor collector Harry Beant Whitesboro. superintendent Mrs. A. A. Graham Sherman. constable Precinct 1 E. L. Benzel Sherman. justice Precinct 1 Place 2 J. W. Scott Sherman. commissioner Precinct 1 T. R. Cole Sherman. Place 2 M. O. Sharp Denison. Place 3 H. E. Mill Whitesboro. Place 4 M. Chambers Gordonville. treasurer Sue Summers Sherman.
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Sherman
Grayson County
W. S. Rodgers
J. C. Harvey
J. K. Bradley
A. B. Case
E. E. Greer
Denison
Harry Beant
Whitesboro
A. A. Graham
E. L. Benzel
J. W. Scott
T. R. Cole
M. O. Sharp
H. E. Mill
M. Chambers
Gordonville
Sue Summers
British Navy Death Toll Rises to 6221 in War
Britain reports 6221 officers and sailors killed or missing since the war began. Royal Air Force losses exceed 4000 in eleven months. Admiralty records show 2988 killed or fatally wounded, 3204 missing, 29 captured, plus 1849 wounded. Air Ministry tally adds 150 missing and 22 killed in action.
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London
Royal Air Force
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Drive Starts to Sell 50 Old Destroyers to Britain
Washington reports Advocates of short of war aid to Britain begin a drive to sell fifty overage U S destroyers to England Gen John J Pershing proposed the transfer Sen Claude Pepper of Florida leads the effort seeking quick action in the foreign relations committee Pepper often speaks with administration approval and it is unclear if the measure has backing Secretary Cordell Hull congratulated Pershing after his Sunday broadcast
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Washington
Great Britain
John J. Pershing
United States
England
Claude Pepper
Dem
Florida
Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
Pershing
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
A. E. F. Commander
Texas Days to Nominate Full List of Candidates
J A Dosier acting state chairman of the Prohibition party announced a Dallas meeting next Saturday night to nominate a ticket of presidential electors and a full slate of state candidates. Delegates will form a state central committee adopt a platform and conduct party business as part of the event. He said there is a historic chance for united and effective action.
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Dallas
Texas
Coastal hurricane devastates Sabine Texas area
A tropical hurricane moved inland with diminishing intensity injuring nine and causing one death. Winds up to 95 mph lashed Port Arthur and surrounding Jefferson County, uprooting trees, damaging roofs, and shattering windows. Rice crop damage in Beaumont area estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Port Arthur
Sabine
Texas
Louisiana
Beaumont
Jefferson County
J. F. Combs
Galveston
State Tax Rate Cut Reduces School Levy in Texas
The Texas automatic tax board cut the ad valorem tax rate by eight cents, setting 69 cents per $100 of assessed value. The school support portion drops to 27 cents while general fund stays at 35 and Confederate pension at seven cents. Board members include Gov. O’Daniel, Comptroller Sheppard, and Treasurer Lockhart.
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Austin
Automatic Tax Board
W. Lee O’daniel
George H. Sheppard
Charley Lockhart
Lockhart
Sheppard
General Fund
Confederate Pension Funds
Confederate Pension Fund
Bob Calvert
Comptroller’s Department
Calvert
Grayson County proposes 58c tax rate for 1941 budget
County Judge Jake Loy recommends a 58 cent tax rate for 1941, a two cent cut from the current levy, the lowest in years. The reduction comes from the jury fund and aims to save taxpayers about $102,600 over three years. A public hearing is planned around August 16 with final action August 17.
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Judge Loy
Fifty-Ninth District Court
Tom Suggs
Loy
Commissioners Court
R. C. Neaves
Gainesville Circus Comes to Bonham Sponsored by Lions
Bonham residents and neighboring counties will attend the Gainesville Community Circus on Aug. 12-13 to raise funds for underprivileged children in Fannin County. The Bonham Lions Club sponsors this 11th season event, with proceeds above expenses going to glasses and medical aid.
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Gainesville Circus
Bonham
Lions
Fannin
Gainesville
Fannin County
Bonham Lions Club
CCC
Little Theatre
Art Theatre
A. Morton Smith
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Amarillo
Ardmore
Okla
Financial leadership of fair slips amid miscues
The World's Fair faced financial trouble and sold staff uniforms as collector items for 3.50 each. A buyer resold a uniform for 400 and disappeared before an official collector arrived. In early 1940, New York County DA's office prosecuted 94.1 percent of 1,898 felony cases.
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New York
New York County District Attorney’s Office
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Red River Valley Fair
Balkan
Mountain
F.D.R
Wallace
Governor’s
Grayson
Drive
U.S
Britain
State Board of Education
Education Board
Fair
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