Cotton Producers Vote At Whitewright City Hall Saturday
Cotton producers in this district will vote at Whitewright city hall from 8 to 6 Saturday December 7. Voting eligibility includes all who produced cotton in 1940 with renters and landowners allowed. Two thirds of votes in favor needed for quotas in 1941. ballots are secret and one vote per producer.
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Whitewright
Arthur Badgett
AAA
Henry Phillips
N. E. Skaggs
Badgett
Pilot Grove
T. B. Autrey
Ida
J. H. Hogue
Tom Bean
W. B. Frances
Bells
I. E. Brown
Cannon
Homer Tate
State Aaa Committee
State
Washington
Ambrose
Sun's Fall Bargain Campaign Honors Roll Spread
The Sun lists another week’s subscription honor roll as the $1.00 bargain offer extends into December. Renewal urged for readers across Texas with many familiar names named among subscribers and club members.
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Sun
the Sun
Texas
Euell Bradley
Claud R. Truett
W. T. Ross
W. J. Barbee
A. M. Bryant
John Reeves
Floyd Bassett
W. L. Kincaid
Luther Gordon
A. E. Daniel
S. G. Wilson
Grover Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Don Tree
J. C. Parsons
A. J. Reed
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Medearis
Texas labor report shows wide wage and hour gaps
Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics reports two year period ending Sept 1 1940 with men earning an average $18.67 weekly while women averaged $12.54. Highest weekly pay reached $46.11 for textile mill office workers and lowest $7.44 for pecan shellers amid 51.28 hours for men and 47.47 for women.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics
Joe Kunschik
Rat bait order deadline set for December seventh
Farmers and townspeople are urged to place rat bait orders by December seven. Whitewright high school agricul ture students are soliciting, offering red squill bait at 25 cents per pound, to be distributed wholesale in Grayson Fannin and Collin counties by December twelve.
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Whitewright
Grayson
Fannin
Collin
NYA Lowers Age Rule Expands Texas Jobs Pool
Texas youths aged 16 to 17 previously ineligible for NYA projects can now work on National Youth Administration jobs. State administrator J C Kellam announced the minimum age drop from 17 to 16, making about 127000 Texas youths eligible. With available funds NYA can employ about 15000 at a time, replacing workers as they move to private industry or military service.
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Austin
Texas
National Youth Administration
J. C. Kellam
NYA
Kellam
Youth Refuses Draft Registration Saying Not Mad at Germany
Chicago police report Thomas Reed admitted skipping selective service registration with the remark I am not mad at Germany. Reed was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Germany
Chicago
Milton Bass
Thomas Reed
Pension fight looms over age 65 aid in Texas
The Texas legislature faces a clash over old age assistance with proposals to raise the average payout from 13.77 to 15.00 dollars, funded partly by state and federal dollars. A constitutional change or statute would be needed to remove need-based limits, affecting 121000 recipients and potential tax increases. Senator Sulak plans another bid to set 15 dollars for all over 65. Governor O Daniel’s stance on social security funds is awaited.
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Austin
Washington
Sulak of
LaGrange
O’daniel
Britain may seek US ships to guard Atlantic convoys
In the House of Commons Ian Campbell Hannah urges Washington to provide warships to patrol Atlantic trade routes and offer financial credits for American supplies. Government aides decline a direct reply while R. A. Butler notes ongoing US-Britain contact on Pacific matters. Attlee states Britain will not trade sovereignty for American aid.
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London
House of Commons
United States
Britain
Atlantic
Ian Campbell Hannah
Oberlin College
Ohio
Washington
America
Hannah
R. A. Butler
Pacific
Clement R. Attlee
Western Hemisphere
Red Cross Totals Rise Amid Ongoing Fund Drive
The Sun reports Red Cross memberships and contributions totaling 177.83 after receipts this week, with White Wright's quota set at 155 for every ten inhabitants. Unlisted contributors include Mrs. S H Montgomery Mrs W H King Mrs J R Pennington and others, noted in the turnout.
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The
Sun
Red Cross
Whitewright
S. H. Montgomery
W. H. King
J. R. Pennington
Oras Encciteeenctioneen
Scents
F. W
Texans to Receive December Old Age Assistance Checks
The Welfare Department said December checks totaling 1,668,147 dollars will be mailed to 121,123 recipients with an average of 13.61 dollars. The number of recipients rises 934 from November, while 1,676 new names were added and 742 removed for ineligibility or death. The auto industry is noted as contributing to pay envelopes.
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Austin
Welfare Department
Suspected burglars receive suspended sentences in Sherman case
Mrs. Jim Cassin was granted a two year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to burglarizing L. LaRoe & Company lumber yard in Sherman. Her husband Jim Cassin received multiple long sentences in surrounding counties for several burglaries. City Officer George Bennett chased and arrested the couple at Trenton after recovering loot. Bennett praised his detective work and noted his prior service in the city.
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Jim Cassin
Sherman
L. LaRoe & Company
Ohio
Grayson County
Hunt County
Fannin County
L. LaRoe & Co
Childress Pharmacy
Morgan Food Store
Leonard
Trenton
Celeste
Whitewright
Cassin
Morgan
Childress
Yeager
George Bennett
Bennett
City
Cotton Gifts Campaign Urges Texans to Buy Cotton
WACO Texas December is Cotton Christmas Gift Month as Governor O Daniel proclaims. Mayor L T Murray chairs a state mayors committee urging city leaders to issue proclamations. The Cotton Christmas drive, supported by the Texas Retail Dry Goods Association and other groups, promotes cotton made goods from towels to auto seat covers and urges universal public support.
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L. T. Murray
Waco
Texas Retail Dry Goods Association
Retail Merchants Association of Texas
Burris C. Jackson
Hillsboro
National Cotton Council
General Texas Committee
Texas
Murray
New Technique in Chicken Stealing Reported in Corsicana
County officers on Monday described a new method used to steal chickens after forty hens vanished from the Williams Wallace farm on a Saturday. A white man with a sample case knocked, found no one at home, then loaded the birds into a high powered car and drove off, possibly posing as a sales man.
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Corsicana
Williams Wallace Farm
Board classifies 20 percent of registrants for draft
Selective Service Board No 2 has classified 700 questionnaires, about 20 percent of 3500 registrants, and will not mail more forms until Washington orders. J H Waggoner of Whitewright says a waiting list of 30 volunteers should cover the next two induction quotas, so Class 1 holders won’t be called until volunteers are inducted. Unquestioned registrants with no questionnaires can wait for resumption of mailings.
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Selective Service Board No. 2
Washington
J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright
Waggoner
Roosevelt sets broad tax plan for new Congress
Washington reports President Roosevelt outlined a tax program to fund routine peacetime needs and future defense costs. Conferees said no retroactive taxation or general sales tax, with the aim to trim nonmilitary spending. Possible $10 million revenue goal cited to balance an anticipated $13 billion outlay, including $4.5 billion in defense costs, and a $7 billion revenue forecast.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Treasury
White House
John Barrymore Not in Any Military Service
Hollywood veteran John Barrymore is not in the Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard or Public Health Service. His ex wife Elaine Barrie Barrymore swore to the facts in an affidavit on file to support the interlocutory divorce decree she obtained last Tuesday.
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Hollywood
John Barrymore
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Elaine Barrie Barrymore
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