Texans Press Texas Congressmen Call For Henderson Dismissal
Texas congressmen urge the Democratic National Committee to curb or fire Leon Henderson and cut federal bureaucracy. They demand simpler questionnaires, full rationing program explanations, and equal treatment for farmers, labor, and industry. They argue for better administration and note voter backlash after last election.
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Washington
Texas
Leon Henderson
Democratic National Committee
Henderson
Texas primary law upheld by U S Court
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Texas primary laws in a case where Lonnie Smith Negro sought to vote in a Democratic primary and demanded $5,000 in damages from Harris County election judges. The ruling followed a lower court decision that primaries are party affairs, not elections in the constitutional sense.
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New Orleans
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
Lonnie Smith
Smith
Harris County
Federal District Court For
Explorer Wonders What Solomons Cannibals Think
Kansas City report quotes Mrs. Osa Johnson recalling cannibal legends on Solomons and Guadal canal in 1912. She notes Japanese infilration and Ishinotown’s prior life as tailor and carpenter, reflecting on war plans with her late husband.
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Kansas City
Solomon Islands
Osa Johnson
Chanute
Kan
Martin Johnson
South Pacific Islands
Mrs. Johnson
Guadalcanal
Ishinotown
Martin
South Pacific
Motor Fatalities Fall Record 49 Percent in October
Chicago report states the National Safety Council logged a 49 percent drop in motor vehicle deaths in October from a year earlier, the largest monthly decrease in U.S. history. About 2,000 lives were saved versus October 1941, with travel figures still pending but a clear rise in voluntary driving curtailment noted.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Farmers Say They’ll Try 10 Meet Goals
Dallas County farmers, joined by others, pledge to meet 1943 production quotas set by Secretary Wickard. They cite high labor costs and low prices as barriers, urge parity pricing for all farm products, and seek help to hire workers and pay for labor. They warn milk prices hinder herd retention and dairy operations.
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Dallas
Dallas County
Claude Wickard
Joe Brown
Dallas County Farm Bureau
L. R. Vaughn
Farm Bureau
Wickard
Tony Martin Discharged From Navy For Unfitness
Tony Martin former radio singer and chief specialist in the Navy was discharged for unfitness by the 12th Naval District. He was ordered to report to his draft board and notified while on Treasure Island. Martin said he would report to his draft board in Beverly Hills and did not want to walk around in civilian clothes.
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San Francisco
Calif
Tony Martin
Navy
12Th Naval District
Martin
Maurice N. Aroff
Treasure Island
Naval
Beverly Hills
Idle Tire Deadline Extended to Dec 12
The Office of Price Administration postponed the tire turn in deadline from December 1 to December 12 due to railway express agency delays. The twelve day deferment shields motorists who could not meet the original date from penalties.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Railway Express Agency
OPA
Express
Million ton rubber output seen by Jones
Chairman Henry Steagall quoted Secretary Jesse Jones as saying synthetic rubber production would reach about one million tons annually by end of 1943. He noted a rubber stockpile of 600 000 to 700 000 tons and predicted being out of the woods by mid next year.
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Washington
Henry B. Steagall
Dem
Alabama
House Banking Committee
Jesse Jones
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Steagall
Notice to Creditors in Grayson County Texas 1942
On November 10 1942 Lizzie Lee Pennell was appointed administratrix of Arthur Lee Pennell deceased estate by Grayson County Court Texas. Creditors must present verified claims to the administratrix at Tom Bean Texas within the legally required time. Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and Dr Ross May and Mr Earnheart for sympathy and services.
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Grayson County
Texas
Arthur Lee Pennell
Tom Bean
Lizzie Lee Pennell
Ross May
Mr. Earnheart
Raymond Smith
George Hansard
Boston Fire Toll Near 490 as Deaths Grow
A Boston public safety panel reports 490 dead from the Cocoanut Grove blaze with 3 un identified. Fourteen hundred seventy four injured or burned remain in hospitals, many developing pneumonia from smoke inhalation. Funerals spread through Boston as families mourn.
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Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Boston Public Safety Committee
Army
Navy
Suffolk County Grand
Public Safety Committee
Governor's gas rationing stance backed by Lt. Gov.-Elect
Lt. Gov.-Elect John Lee Smith of Throckmorton praised Gov. Coke Stevenson’s call for Congress to oppose gasoline rationing. Speaking in Dallas to the North Texas State Teachers College and Denton Kiwanis, Smith argued the program wastes rubber and harms motorists. He warned that mileage rationing fails to conserve tires and predicts eventual easing, with traveling salesmen likely to receive more gasoline.
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John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Coke Stevenson
Congress
Smith
Dallas
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Denton Kiwanis Club
Rental Car Industry Blocked by ODT Order
The ODT froze the rental car business in Washington affecting about 300,000 delivery cars 28,000 funeral cars and 5,000 drive your self cars. The order prohibits unlicensed entities from entering the rental business and bars any increase in the number of vehicles currently in rental service.
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Washington
Meat Substitute Demonstration At High School
Miss Eva Williams home economics teacher will demonstrate meat substitutes next Tuesday at 3 p m at the High School. Dishes to replace meat will be shown and recipes provided. Public invited to attend.
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Eva Williams
Gasoline storage in homes may void fire insurance
Texas fire insurance policies may be voided if gasoline is kept in a home without an insurance company permit. Commissioner Marvin Hall noted a rush to buy gasoline before rationing pushed people to store it in various containers.
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Austin
Marvin Hall
Texas Standard
Hal
Too Old Soldier Must Serve Despite Late Correction
Elmer F. Stevens believed he was 42 when he registered for the draft, but records show he was 51 after WWI discharge. A writ of habeas corpus was dissolved by Federal Judge William J. Campbell, who ruled Stevens must remain in the Army because he did not correct the error within the 10 day limit imposed by law.
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Chicago
Elmer F. Stevens
Stevens
William J. Campbell
Poliomyelitis cases exceed seven-year median in Texas week
The State Health Department bulletin shows 14 new poliomyelitis cases in the week ending Nov 21, including ten in Bexar County and one each in Nueces, Tarrant, Taylor, and Upshur Counties. Influenza also runs above median with 553 new cases versus 237.
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Austin
State Health Department
Bexar
Nueces
Tarrant Taylor
Upshur
Soldiers Permitted to Increase Allotments
The War Department announced that soldiers may allot more of their pay for dependents, life insurance, and Savings accounts. The change aims to help personnel in the field with home demands and excess pay at their stations.
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Washington
War Department
Christmas card sale limited supply at The Sun
The Sun offers a small stock of personalized Christmas cards with names printed on them. A box of 50 cards costs $1.00, and better cards with designs are available as 20 for $1.00. Order now before stock runs out.
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Sun
the Sun
The
Grayson County Cotton Crop Near 30 000 Bales
Grayson County had gathered 29,969 bales of cotton by mid November, up from 27,515 a year ago. G O Peterson of Carpenters Bluff, county federal cotton census agent, estimates a year end yield near 32,000 bales, higher than last season and near county average under acreage controls. Pre-restriction output often exceeded 42,000 bales annually.
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Grayson County
G. O. Peterson
Carpenters Bluff
Peterson
Grayson
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