Surprises Await Pupils at Both School Buildings
Pleasant surprises greet pupils reporting September 8 at the High School and Grammar School. The High School receives a new asphalt walk, redecorated entrance, refreshed offices and labs, and a cleaned campus. The Grammar School floors receive a chemical cleaning to remove long standing oil, putty repairs exceed 50 pounds, windows repaired and painted, and general cleaning. Two High School vacancies result from resignations of D. R. Russ and S. T. Montgomery.
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High School
Grammar School
van Alstyne
Messier
E. C. Butler
D. R. Russ
S. T. Montgomery
Scouts Advance At Court of Honor
Scouts advance at the Court of Honor in Sherman as H L McLean, Tom Sears, R A Gillett, and B W Newman oversee exams. Bobby Jim Morgan earns merit badges life saving and pioneering star rank. James Kent Johnson second class. Dan Kent Joe Truett Vestal and George Simmons tenderfoot. A poolside treat follows, with further advances noted and hopes for Whitewright merchants to join Sherman in attendance banners.
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Robert E. Sears
H. L. McLean
Sherman
Tom Sears
R. A. Gillett
B. W. Newman
Bobby Jim Morgan
James Kent Johnson
Dan Kent
Joe Truett Vestal
George Simmons
McLean
Sherman Municipal
Sherman Monthly Court of Honor
Jimmy McSpedden
Joe Vestal
Edward Montgomery
Carl and
Buford Simmons
Court House
Sherman Scout
Whitewright
Donald Yapp
Camp
Grayson
Chamber Aims Bigger Tax Bill Reform
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged a revised tax measure to raise about 4 500 000 000 in new revenue and cut non defense spending by 2 000 000 000 to ease Treasury needs by 6 500 000 000 annually. Ellsworth C Alvord outlined a plan including 1 000 000 000 from new sales and excise taxes and 2 000 000 000 from a withholding tax on compensation dividends and interest. A further 1 500 000 000 would come from increased income taxes on corporations and individuals.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Committee On Federal Finance
House
Alvord
Hurting Others Says Quotations On Quarrels And Drunkenness
A Syrus line warns that harming those not present follows from quarrels with a drunken man. The saying frames misfortune as result of conflict and intoxication rather than direct action.
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Syrus
New Management to Take Over the Palace Theatre
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hasty and daughter relocate from Arkansas to Whitewright and join Mt. Vernon’s T. M. Hasty in purchasing the Palace theatre from Horton and Johnson. The new manager plans in installing RCA sound equipment and cushioned seats, remodeling the interior and lobby, with a Sunday matinee at 1 pm and no Sunday night shows.
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M. B. Hasty
Whitewright
Dardanelle
Ark
Allen T
the Sun
Hasty
Leafworm Control Tips For Cotton Growers
Cameron Siddall of Texas A and M College Extension Service outlines dust and spray methods to control cotton leafworm across the state. He details calcium arsenate and lead arsenate dust rates, mixing with lime or flour to improve adherence, Paris green with lime, and spray formulas with water. He warns against white arsenic and sal soda mixtures and cautions growers to use the provided mix at their own risk. The article also notes a shift in U S health fortunes and German use of liquid gas in automobiles for context.
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College Station
Cameron Siddall
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Siddall
Labor Day Booster Caravan to Visit Whitewright
A caravan of about twenty automobiles with the Denison High School Band will reach Whitewright around 5 p m Monday advertising the Labor Day celebration in Denison set for Monday September 1. A loud speaker program will be staged in the business district and residents are invited to meet the visitors and greet them warmly.
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Denison
Whitewright
Army to release most soldiers before 30 month term
The War Department announced selectees and national guardsmen will serve on average under 18 months, not 30, with almost 200000 to be discharged before Christmas depending on age, hardship, or emergency. Some may extend to 12, 18, or 30 months by reenlistment, while officers say morale should improve.
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Washington
Army
Frederick H. Osborn
New York City
Alio Roosevelt
Senate
General Osborn
Corporation
James A. Ulio
Ulio
Reserve
National Guard
Mrs. Livermore
South
McClellan
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Randolph School Building Destroyed by Fire
Fire swept the Randolph two story brick school yesterday evening destroying the main structure. Bonham fire department aided bystanders saved the gym building nearby. The school had stood about five years before the blaze.
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Whitewright
Randolph
Bonham Fire Department
14 Cent Cotton Laid to Several Causes by Expert
Dallas report cites market prices above 14¢ loan value due to speculation higher domestic use low crop forecast and gov loan cotton being held says H H Johnson district director Texas Farm Bureau Federation. He notes without a loan floor farmers would get under 10c and warns the price applies to the 1941 crop only. District meeting at Jefferson Hotel August 26 will cover 1942 program. seventeen North Texas counties in the district.
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Dallas
H. H. Johnson
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Jefferson Hotel
North Texas
Senator Rebukes County Judges Over Bond Controversy
Texas Senate leader Allan Shivers attacked County Judges Merritt Gibson and Jake Loy for opposing Gov. Coke Stevenson on road bond measures. He blamed the County Judges Association for blocking a bill to service bonds, saying counties must suffer without revenue and a special session should wait until a viable bill passes.
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Senate
House
County Judges Association
Gibson
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
Loy
Shivers
Gasoline Rationing In Effect In East Washington
A wartime measure from the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply cuts gasoline supplies to filling stations by 10 percent across an Eastern region including Maine to Florida. No ration cards will be issued to individual drivers. the action aims to align consumption with reduced transportation facilities due to petroleum ships being reassigned to British service.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
District of Columbia
Florida
O Daniel Supports Abolition of Federal Poll Tax
Wilbert L. O Daniel of Texas backs the Guyer bill to abolish the poll tax for federal elections. He recalls proposing Texas removal of the tax as a voting qualification and suggests a state registration system instead. The Texas Legislature did not act.
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Washington, D. C
Wilbert L. O’daniel
Texas
Guyer
Grayson College Exes Meet Here Sunday in Fort Worth
The third annual Grayson College Ex-Students Association reunion will be held here next Sunday with about 500 ex-students and families expected. The event runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the High School gym, with programs in the morning and afternoon, lunch baskets, and officers to be elected.
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Grayson College Ex-Students Association
J. C. Gillespie
E. L. Silliman
Sherman
J. L. Truett
S. T. Montgomery
S. F. Leslie
Bonham
Bettye Nell Yeager
W. C. French
Washington, D. C
G. F. Bryant
Denton
A. E. Wright
Denison
Cal T. Freeman
Wilbur Carter
M. L
Federal law targets interstate transport of stolen livestock
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed a law fixing a maximum penalty of 5000 dollars and five years imprisonment for transporting stolen livestock across state lines. Sponsors say the act enables federal and local officers to cooperate in stopping modern cattle rustling using trucks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alcatraz Chief Links Early Delinquency to Crime Prevention
San Francisco. Warden James A. Johnston of Alcatraz federal penitentiary told the American Prison Association that spending on education and home and community guidance could cut delinquency and future crime. He warned of early signs of trouble, school dropout, and lack of education, urging coordinated effort among home, school, church, and social agencies. Johnson called neglect the root of crime, saying the finest prison is a monument to neglected youth.
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San Francisco
James A. Johnston
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
American Prison Association
Johnston
San Francisco Bay
Life's Conduct and Self Realization
Ibsen notes that realizing one's true self through proper conduct is humanity's highest attainment. He argues the task is universal yet commonly bungled by many people.
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Ibsen
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