Assault on England May Speed Passage Of Conscription Law
Washington reports congressional leaders expect the attack on England to ease passage of defense measures like the conscription bill. They cite Congress's responsive rhythm to foreign events and isolationist pressures, noting climaxes such as the Battle of France drive rapid action, while lulls tempt delay.
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England
Washington
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
France
Burton K. Wheeler
Gerald P. Nye
Nyes
Wheelers
Congressional
Wanted 3 000 000 Safe Drivers to Operate Texas Autos
A Texas State Department of Public Safety circular seeks 3,000,000 safe motorists to drive 1,650,000 automobiles on streets and highways. It outlines required characteristics and identifications, noting no arrests or accidents for suitable drivers. It cites 766 deaths and $22,292,250 loss in the first half of 1940 as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Defense program to create 2,500,000 jobs
The American Federation of Labor predicted the defense program will employ 2.5 million people within a year. The Federal Reserve Board noted unemployment fell by about 500,000 in the last year, with roughly 1,000,000 finding work, though new workers entering the labor market offset gains.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federal Reserve Board
Fannin Receives First Batch of Parity Payments
Bonham Texas Fannin County received 112 cotton parity checks totaling 7092.77 under the 1940 AAA program for distribution to participating farmers. More than 1200 parity payment applications from Fannin County have been sent to the state office at College Station.
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Bonham
Fannin County
North Texas
AAA
College Station
Car License Is Revoked and Farmer Uses Tractor
Raleigh N C A farmer convicted of drunken driving had his automobile license revoked so he began driving a tractor to town. The attorney general's department says that is legal. There are 600000 tobacco outlets in the United States.
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Raleigh
N. C
Attorney General's Department
United States
Dallas Man George Hopkins Nominated for Texas Governor
Texas Republicans at their state convention in Beaumont nominate Dallas businessman George C. Hopkins for governor and rally for Wendell Willkie. Keynote speaker Enoch G. Fletcher attacks Roosevelt third term and New Deal, urging a two party Texas. Other candidates named include S. D. Bennett, Alvin H. Lane, L. J. Benckenstein, Joe Ingraham, and more.
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Beaumont
Texas
George C. Hopkins
Dallas
Wendell Willkie
Ralph L. Carr
Colorado
Willkie
Interior
Dem
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. E. McDonald
Enoch G. Fletcher
Grand Saline
H. L. McCune
el Paso
L. L. James
Tyler
McCune
McDonald
George S. Shannon
Amarillo
United States
Tom Connally
S. D. Bennett
Alvin H. Lane
Supreme Court
L. J. Benckenstein
Houston
Joe Ingraham
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Nossaman
Whitewright
Hobart K. McDowell
San Angelo
Lester Grnst
Corpus Christi
F. L. Sweet
San Antonio
Romer Bullington
Kathryne Baker Witty
Hamilton
Keynater Fletcher
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Cotton loan rates rise for 1940 program
The Commodity Credit Corporation set a base loan rate of 8.5 cents per pound for 1940 middling cotton, higher than 8.3 cents last year. With new 15/16 inch basis, the rate rises to 9.16 cents, varying by region, and aims at about 56 percent of the June parity price.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Carolina Mill
Texas
New Mexico
Gulf and Pacific
Payment Of Soil Conservation Checks Be Rushed
COLLEGE STATION The quicker a farmer completes soil-building work under the AAA program the sooner he receives his agricultural conservation payment. County offices will accept September applications from cooperators who have earned maximum soil-building and range-improvement allowances, E N Holmgreen says. Payments are expected to begin about a month earlier this year than last, with first ACP payments under the 1939 program certified October 13.
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College Station
AAA
E. N. Holmgreen
Barnhardt family changes in NYA work in North Texas
Billy Magar of Bonham becomes area supervisor for Grayson Col lin and expands duties over Hunt and Fan nin counties. The Grayson-Collin office in Sherman closes. D H Jackson leaves for Washington. Collin projects move to Carl Ledlow in Denton. Dan M Dansby Jr announces policy shift to favor shop training and reduce clerical work.
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Dallas
Sherman
NYA
Magar
Gem Cafe
Bonham
Dansby
Allen Building
Grayson County
Denison
Beer Keg Afloat Mistaken for Wife in Hull Beach Incident
A Hull man cried for help claiming his wife was drowning when a submerged beer keg prompted lifeguards to roll out the barrel. The wife arrived safe from another area to discover he mistook the keg for her, as spectators retreated and she delivered sharp words to him.
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Hull
Mass
Nantasket Beach
O Daniel Wins Texas Gubernatorial Primary Majority
Official canvass shows Gov W Lee O Daniel leading with 645 646 votes out of 1 189 311 cast in the first Democratic primary. Other statewide totals include Mann unopposed for attorney general with 1 193 026 votes and runoff races set for chief justice and railroad commissioner.
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Austin
State
Democratic Executive Committee
W. Lee O'Daniel
Olin Culberson
Edna
Pierce Brooks
Dallas
Tom L. Beauchamp
Tyler
H. S. Lattimore
Fort Worth
Texas Supreme Court
Lattimore
Alexander
Culberson
Brooks
W. L. O’daniel
Harry Hines
Jerry Sadler
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. P. Condron
Albert L. Derden
Ernest O. Thompson
Arlen
Cyclone Davis
Inmate Builds 500-Pipe Organ for Prison Chapel
Jim Trees, an Indiana State Prison inmate serving a 10 year term for robbery, constructed a nearly 500 pipe organ from scrap, with books from his mother and help from Chaplain Robert Hall and organ experts. The organ was dedicated in a ceremony attended by 175 guests and 2,600 inmates. Trees plans to work as an organ mechanic for a Chicago manufacturer after release on Christmas Eve.
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Michigan City
Jim Trees
Indiana
Trees
Robert Hall
Chapplain
Bertha Trees
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jim
Henry F. Schricker
Thurman Gottschalk
State Welfare Department
William H. Barnes
Chicago
Chaplain Hall
Britain has bought 2900 U.S. airplanes in war effort
New York The British Purchasing Commission said 2900 United States aircraft had already been delivered to Great Britain. It estimated war orders placed in the United States at about two billion dollars and noted further orders for 11,000 planes could push spending toward 1.2 billion more.
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Fletcher
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
United States Army
Texas
New York
British Purchasing Commission
Great Britain
Germany
British Isles
Cotton Outlook Not As Good As Last Year
The Agriculture Department projects this year’s cotton crop at 11,429,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, based on Aug 1 conditions. Last year produced 11,817,000 bales. area harvested and yields per acre are described, with regional delays due to late plantings and rains across the Mississippi delta, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Mississippi Delta
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Carolinas
Eden Promises Real War Begins After Offensive Strike
British War Secretary Anthony Eden declared in a World War II broadcast that the true war will start once Britain goes on the offensive and strikes at the enemy. He warned against weariness and said a second phase of the Battle of Britain has begun, urging focus beyond Europe to the world map.
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London
Anthony Eden
The
Eden
Britain
Europe
Germany
National Guard to Begin Active Duty by January 1 1941
War Department officials said the National Guard would be in active service by Jan 1 1941 if Congress passes training legislation. A revised Army schedule calls for 220000 guardsmen to duty with 55000 in the first group to be called Sept 15 and the rest through the fall. The initial units include the Forty fourth Thirtieth Forty fifth and Forty first divisions and seven Coast Artillery anti aircraft regiments plus 15 other units. Oxygen supplying apparatus enables airmen and climbers to reach ten miles.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Congress
Army
Floods kill and displace across four Southern states
Rampaging rivers from a hurricane’s aftereffect battered the South Carolina Georgia coast with record flood levels. At least sixteen people died including two in North Carolina and two drownings in North Wilkesboro. The Yadkin River flooded industrial plants in North Wilkesboro, caused two fatalities in Boone landslides, and left 500 homeless with $2 million in property damage and up to $10 million for the county. Red Cross aid was mobilized as the region slowly recovered.
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Asheville
N. C
South Carolina-Georgia
North Carolina
Galax
Elizabethton
Tenn
Augusta
North Wilkesboro
Yadkin
R. P. McNeill
Wilkes County
John Walker
Red Cross
Boone
Defense Unity to Take Year's Time
Washington. Robert Patterson new assistant secretary of war says consolidation of American industry for defense purposes will take at least a year. He warns time is the principal enemy and notes procurement plans are well drawn while urging cooperation over compulsion to win common gains.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Army Industrial College
Patterson
Farmers Instruct Teachers At Texas Vocational Conference
More than 450 Texas vocational agriculture teachers attended a state conference at Texas A M College where ten farmer speakers led classes. Topics covered agricultural economics from the farmer’s view, cooperatives, rural electrification, soil and water conservation, land use, and A A A policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
R. A. Manire
Vocational Agriculture of Texas
Congressional delay delays defense program plans
Brig. Gen. William E. Shedd said Congress is taking longer to consider conscription legislation, postponing war department plans for 90,000 men in uniform this fall. The page also notes the antelope as one of North America’s fleetest animals.
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Washington
William E. Shedd
Congress
War Department
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Fannin
G.O.P
Billy Magar
Tri-County
NYA Work
O’daniel
U. S
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