Treasury Moves To Draft Money For Defense Bonds
The Treasury proposed a fully taxable 500 million dollar issue of defense notes the first wholly taxable federal issue in U S history. Morgenthau defended taxing all money for national defense, criticizing tax exempt bonds as unfair to contributing citizens. Congress will be asked to end tax exemptions for future bonds and to allow sale of small denomination bonds and stamps to mobilize a broad campaign.
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Washington
U. S
Treasury
Morgenthau
Palm Beach
Roosevelt
Congress
United States Savings
Hot Lunch Project at Pilot Grove School
Pupils at Pilot Grove School are now served hot lunches at noon under a WPA project. Cooking is by Mrs. Johnnie Reynolds and Mrs. Mary Benson. An inspector praised the school’s equipment as the best she knew in country schools. Teachers Joe Chumbley and Mrs. Jim Robertson, and janitor Earl Benson, are named.
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Pilot Grove
Johnnie Reynolds
Mary Benson
Joe Chumbley
Jim Robertson
Earl Benson
Texas ad valorum valuations rise for 1940
Texas ad valorem valuations for 1940 totaled 4 273 321 619 dollars, up 59 926 182 from last year and the largest increase on record. State Comptroller George H Sheppard said county valuations rose by 97 036 000 while declines in other counties totaled 37 109 818.
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Austin
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Governor seeks quiet inaugural for O'Daniel
Governor W Lee O Daniel requests a simple ceremony for his second inaugural on January 21 due to strained world conditions. A capital group including Mayor Tom Miller will organize decorations, ball, invitations and music with a plan for a reception on the governor's mansion lawn after the ceremony.
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Capitol Steps
Miller
Governor’s Mansion
W. T. Mayne
Blanket Approval For Grayson County WPA Road Plan
Sherman notes reception of Washington approval for Grayson County 1941 blanket WPA road program. The $499,983 plan funds widening clearing grubbing excavating grading base and double bituminous surface plus bridge and drainage work. It awaits state director discretion with under $100,000 left from 1940 projects and may extend and start new work in all four precincts.
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Work Projects Administration
Agriculture Faces New Test Wickard Tells Farm Body
Secretary Wickard urged unity among farmers and other economic groups to strengthen agriculture's share of national income. Speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Baltimore, he warned of a world crisis and an opposing anti democracy idea he called dangerous.
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Baltimore
Wickard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Doctors at Army Induction Rejections Decline Some Recruits
Washington reports show army doctors rejected 10 to 28 percent of recruits passed by local examiners while officials say the figure should fall to 5 to 10 percent. Most rejections stemmed from bad teeth, with mental deficiencies and vision also noted. local boards urged men not to quit jobs until exams are completed.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
State valuations rise sharply driven by oil boom
State Comptroller George H. Sheppard reports a big jump in county valuations for state purposes, with homestead exemptions cutting nearly 16 percent of 1939 totals. Increases exceed one million dollars in Angelina Archer Bexar Brazoria Dallas Gaines Galveston Gregg Harris Jackson Jim Wells Lubbock San Patricio Tarrant Travis Wichita and Yoakum counties.
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Austin
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Angelina
Archer
Bexar
Brazoria
Dallas
Gaines
Galveston
Gregg
Harris
Jackson
Jim Wells
Lubbock
San Patricio
Tarrant
Travis
Wichita
Yoakum
One of Six Brothers Is Exempted to Work Farm
Temple report says John Coufal and Olga Coufal of Seaton have 12 children, six sons all drafted. Robert Coufal, 29, granted exemption to stay home and help with farm work while the other five brothers in Class 1-A are to be inducted within the year.
Let Germans Feed Victims Hull Advises
Washington reports the Hoover plan for feeding German occupied Europe is rejected. Secretary Cordell Hull suggests relief groups seek German contribution of food and clothing, and asserts the administration will not seek changes to blockades. He notes such aid would align with post conquest custom.
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HULL
Washington
United States
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
Cordell Hull
Germany
Britain
Knickerbocker to Lecture on War Adventures in Greenville
H. R. Knickerbocker, foreign correspondent and Texan, speaks on At the Ringside of History at Greenville Municipal Auditorium Friday December 13 at 8 p m. The event is sponsored by the City Federation of Women's Clubs with tickets 75c to $1 and student balcony seats 25c. Tickets available by writing Mrs W G Forrester, 3920 Roberts Street.
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Greenville
H. R. Knickerbocker
Municipal Auditorium
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Yoakum
Knickerbocker
Munich
Hitler
Moscow
Trotsky
Vienna
Dollfus
Dessye
Burgos
Shanghai
Sudetenland
Paris
International News Service
England
Lisbon
Portugal
W. G. Forrester
Roberts Street
Average person inhales about 375 cubic feet daily
A standard daily breathing amount is about 375 cubic feet for an average individual.
Morrison says Hitler should have been shot in 1923
London. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison defends wartime measures and argues the former German government ought to have executed Adolf Hitler after the 1923 putsch. He says Hitler was an enemy of the state and would not have survived if in charge of Germany.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Home Secretary
Commons
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Morrison
Oswald Moseley
House
Norway
Low Countries
Doctor Guessed Wrong Angina Pectoris Exchange
A doctor misreads a patient stating you’ve had trouble with angina pectoris while the patient corrects that isn’t her name. The exchange highlights a mix up over medical terms and personal identity in a dialogue snippet.
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