Central Christian Church to stage White Gifts pageant
The annual White Gifts pageant by Central Christian Church will be held Sunday evening December 15 with performances at 7 and 8. The program includes Christmas carols a dedication of white gifts for the needy and a play The Topaz of Ethiopia. Offerings and gifts go to the Fowler Orphans Home Dallas.
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Central Christian Church
Gladys Ray
Ethiopia
Fowler Orphans Home
Dallas
January Call to Military Training Increases Selective Service
Selective service boards expect about four times as many men for training around January 13 as in November. Grayson County Board Two, covering Whitewright, sent seven men in November. about 28 from this board are expected for January. A Friday meeting at the Sherman Federal building will order physical examinations for volunteers. The board reports volunteers are ready to enter training and will likely not require nonvolunteers.
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Selective Service Boards
Grayson County
Whitewright
Section
Federal Building
Sherman
Christmas Brings Increased Fire Hazards
Texas fire safety official Marvin Hall urged residents to have local firemen inspect homes before Christmas. He warned against placing trees near exits or stoves, using flammable decorations, and overloading circuits with lights.
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Austin
Marvin Hall
Hall
Boom Town at Palace Theatre Tells Oil Boom Era Tale
The drama Boom Town based on the Texas oil boom of the early twenties is the feature at the Palace Theatre tonight and Friday. It stars Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Hedy LaMarr Claudette Colbert and others with Boyce House as technical adviser ensuring accurate oil boom town settings.
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Texas
Palace Theatre
Whitewright
Ranger
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Hedy LaMarr
Claudette Colbert
Boyce House
The
Sun
Mr. House
Financial stake planned for CCC boys leaving camp
Texas CCC official C J Sweeney announced a new financial plan for enrollees to save seven dollars monthly from January 1. The 30 dollar monthly allowance will be split as eight dollars cash seven dollars in deposit and fifteen dollars to the family, replacing the prior twenty two dollar family portion.
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CCC
Austin
Civilian Conservation Corps
C. J. Sweeney
Texas
Sweeney
Corps
Mr. Sweeney
B. Frank White
Office of Government Reports
Legislature urged to make dry areas truly dry in Texas
Austin reports that more than 5 million dollars worth of liquor is sold annually in Texas dry areas through druggists. The Texas Board of Liquor Control cites 5,330,152 prescriptions for 518,397 gallons of hard liquor in 10 months. Lawmakers face battles over tightening drug-store restrictions and possibly allowing sale of hard liquor by the drink.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Board of Liquor Control
State Board
Britain Rejects Food Relief for Nazi Occupied Areas
Britain refused to relax the blockade to allow food passages to Germany occupied territories and France. The British also signaled willingness to permit medical supplies for occupied zones and unoccupied France through approved bodies. A separate plan to send about 10,000 tons of wheat to Spain via the Red Cross remained under review by the American and British governments.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Lord Lothian
France
Germany
Spain
Red Cross
Russia Abandons Free School Education Policy
On October 3 1940 Soviet Russia ended free education for high school college and arts students setting tuition at 200 rubles yearly in cities 150 in towns and villages for grades 8 9 10 and 400 in cities 300 in smaller towns for college. Art music and theatre education priced at 500 rubles annually. Present ruble value is about 20 cents.
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Soviet
Russia
Sun to Move Christmas Week Edition to Tuesday
The Sun announces its regular edition will publish next week and the Christmas greeting issue will appear on Christmas Eve Tuesday. The holiday schedule shifts the Christmas week publication from Thursday to Tuesday to fit the calendar.
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the Sun
Sun Honor Roll Adds Names and Notes Sub Rates
The Sun lists new honorees D A Hollingsworth J E Everheart and many others while praising growing reader subscriptions under a Texas only 1.00 annual bargain. It urges renewals to avoid removals and notes 5000 miles of petroleum pipelines built in 1939.
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Sun
the Sun
The
Texas
D. A. Hollingsworth
J. E. Everheart
Dessie Reynolds
W. H. Coggins
T. J. Lilley
S. H. Montgomery
Sue Stephens
Community Public Service Co
J. L. German
C. B. Bryant Sr
B. Bryant Jr
Farmersville Rotary to Meet Here Friday Inter-city event
The Farmersville Rotary Club and Whitewright Rotary Club will meet Friday in an inter-city session led by John Reeves of Farmersville. R. T. Pennington directed the luncheon program with his daughter Mrs. Wilson Kaiser giving readings and a quiz. County commissioner-elect Buster Anderson from Orangeville attended and the club donated $10 to the Christmas fund for underprivileged children and the aged.
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Farmersville Rotary Club
Whitewright Rotary Club
John Reeves
Farmersville Club
R. T. Pennington
Wilson Kaiser
Buster Anderson
Orangeville
Fannin County
Club
Christmas Fund
Objectors Liable To Train in Any Subject but Arms
Washington report notes a White House executive order defining noncombatant training under the Selective Service Act. Conscientious objectors may be required to train in military subjects excluding marksmanship and weapons use. The order also lists noncombatant service in unarmed units, medical departments, and units where arms are not required by function.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
WPA Workers Must Accept Jobs When Offered Ruling
San Antonio reports the Works Progress Administration orders that WPA workers must accept private or public job offers on either permanent or temporary projects. Howard Hunter emphasized assignments are secondary to placing workers in jobs. The instruction directs project administrators to post the ruling notices. The piece notes county and federal loans to farmers totaling $2.6 billion as of January 1, 1940.
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San Antonio
WPA
Howard
Hunter
Works Projects
Funeral Services Held For L. P. Sears
Funeral services for Luther P. Sears 82 were held at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. B Wrenn Webb and Dr. J F Fender officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Sears a longtime Whitewright resident and church leader contributed to civic and moral causes and helped build the current church edifice. He is survived by his wife Nannie Brown Sears two daughters two sons fourteen grandchildren five great grandchildren and a brother and sister.
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First Presbyterian Church
Luther P. Sears
B. Wrenn Webb
J. F. Fender
Oak Hill Cemetery
T. J. Lilley
T. E. Barbee
R. A. Gillett
R. T. Pennington
Robert Sears
Presbyterian Church
Canaan
Joseph H
Margaret McGregor Sears
North Carolina
Texas
Sears
Nannie Brown
Bernie Williams
Gainesville
Homer Caston
Leonard, Oran
Homer Sears
Whitewright
T. H. Sears
W. A. Kirkpatrick
First National Bank
Planters National Bank
Sears Whitewright
Parity Payment Rates Cut For 1941 Cotton
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration set 1941 acreage goals for soil-depleting crops at 270 to 285 million acres unchanged from 1940 while adjusting payment rates to favor soil-building practices. Cotton parity payment drops from 1.44 to 1.37 cents per pound, with other crops seeing reductions or tweaks in per acre or per bushel rates as Congress nears funding.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
British Ambassador asserts US aid can secure victory
Lord Lothian told the American Farm Bureau that victory hinges on American action and aid in planes munitions ships and finance. He urged continued support to keep supply routes open to Britain and said 1941 will be hard but 1942 could bring decisive victory with US help.
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Baltimore
British Isles
Marquess of Lothian
Lord Lothian
American Farm Bureau Federation
Neville Butler
Britain
Swollen Creek Drowns Commerce Texan
Homer Cox, 36, an insurance agent from Commerce, drowned when his car plunged into a swollen creek between Commerce and Ladonia on Wednesday. Passersby found the vehicle nearly submerged. Surviving are his wife and three children.
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Commerce
Homer Cox
Commerce Insurance
Ladonia
Cotton quota approval widens 1941 farming controls
Washington reports 92.7 percent support for marketing quotas in a cotton referendum. From 19 states, 844,856 votes tallied show 783,054 for quotas and 61,802 against, with 50,000 to 70,000 votes still unreported. Remaining ballots may take days to count.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
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