Grammar School Lunch Room Feeds 163 For $4.60 Cost
The WPA lunch room at the Grammar School fed 163 pupils daily in January at a cash cost of 4.60. Food is supplemented by pupil brought food and surplus government commodities. Receipts averaged 4.80 daily. cash balance around 8.23. Principal L. E. Ricketts notes sickness limits favorable physical results but attendance gain averages about three pounds for regulars.
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WPA
Grammar School
L. E. Ricketts
Ricketts
Accidents Kill 93 000 in United States in 1939
The National Safety Council reports 93 000 deaths in 1939 with 8.8 million injuries and a $3.3 billion cost. Motor vehicle crashes top the list with 32 600 deaths and about 1.15 million nonfatal injuries. Home accidents follow at 32 000 deaths, with falls causing 17 000 of these.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Casualties Expected From War Predicts Daily Toll
Washington report from the army medical corps outlines prewar casualty forecasts based on World War experience. It projects 150 casualties per day per thousand infantry in action, with about 24 killed and 126 wounded or gassed, and details injury causes by gunshot, gas, and other weapons.
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Washington
Army Medical Corps
U. S
Broke Man Trades Pants for Drink at Pueblo Bar
A Pueblo bartender said a man lacking money offered his pants in exchange for a drink. The man reportedly removed his trousers, tossed them across the bar, and fled Tuesday night. The case remains under police review.
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Barkeep
Pueblo
Cole
Community Night at High School Gym Feb 6
George New announces a community night program at the High School gymnasium Tuesday night Feb 6 starting 7 o'clock. Features include a string band and a minstrel with other numbers. The minstrel is presented by Sherman and Denison playground directors led by Mrs Pankey, NYA Grayson County recreational project. Public invited.
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George New
Sherman and Denison
Pankey
NYA
Grayson County
Wallace Explains Reason For Texas Cotton Quota Cut
Representative Poage released Secretary Wallace’s reply detailing why Texas and Oklahoma received smaller cotton allotments for 1940. Wallace cites lower state shares of the national 10,000,000 bale pool due to weaker five year normal production and revised diverted acreage under AAA rules.
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Walmington
Poage
D-Tex
Wallace
Texas
Southwest
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Oklahoma
United States
Cotton Allotment Cuts Bring Protest From Texas Growers
A Texas movement forms to press for a state council on agricultural allotments. Texas producers bear 54 percent of the nation’s cotton cut, though they produce about 30 percent. Organizers seek a permanent Texas group to present the case to Congress and the Department of Agriculture.
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Texas
Dallas
Texas Council On Agricultural Allotments
United States
Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
Study in Figures with Marian Reunion Joke
A witty exchange notes Marian's return after ten years and her unchanged girlish figure, with a punchline that she has doubled it. The brief quip captures light social humor in a calendar-friendly, gossip-free tone.
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Marian
White House reports early March of Dimes receipts
Washington expects March of Dimes receipts to exceed last year by two to four times. The White House says $132,000 has already been deposited with more mail to come. George E. Allen, general chairman, estimates it will take nearly two months to tally the final count.
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Washington
White House
George E. Allen
More Names Added To Sun Honor Roll
List of subscribers who renewed their subscriptions to The Sun this week includes Co. J. McKinistry J. J. Cornell Haskell Thomson W. S. Donihoe W. M. Gates T. C. L. Hall Mrs. Jim Brown J. C. Duck C. J. Davenport L. C. Smith Bryant King Mrs. Bernie Williams E. H. Hughes.
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The
Sun
Co. J. McKinistry
J. J. Cornell
Haskell Thomson
W. S. Donihoe
W. M. Gates
T. C. L. Hall
Jim Brown
J. C. Duck
C. J. Davenport
L. C. Smith
Bryant King
Bernie Williams
E. H. Hughes
Borah Leaves Estate of 200000 to Widow Mary Borah
Idaho Senator William E Borah left about 200000 to his widow Mary mostly in government bonds. The hand written will was found in his safe deposit box opened by secretary Grace Heilman. The will directs scrapbooks be sent to the Borah Foundation at the University of Idaho.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah Foundation
University of Idaho
Whitewright Faces Van Alstyne In Playoff Opener
Whitewright High meets Van Alstyne High tonight in a three game playoff series at Van Alstyne. Whitesboro protested two Van Alstyne players but the board ruled in Van Alstyne’s favor. Whitewright beat Bells 42 to 30 and 42 to 26 in recent games. Leslie Andrew led Whitewright with 22 points Friday. Al Thornton top-scored Saturday with 19.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne High School
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Bells
Trenton
Leslie Andrew
Nichols
al Thornton
Barrett seeks reelection as County Clerk in Whitewright
C H Barrett known as Shorty was in Whitewright yesterday authorizing The Sun to place his name in the political announcement column as a candidate for reelection to the office of county clerk. His formal announcement will appear at a later date.
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H. (Shorty) Barrett
Whitewright
The
Sun
Pol. Advt
Slagle Jr. Declares Candidacy for 15th District Judge
The Sun announces R. C. Bob Slagle Jr. as candidate for judge of the 15th District Court. Slagle, currently district attorney, is well known to Grayson County voters. A formal statement will appear in a later issue.
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The
Sun
R. C
Bob) Slagle Jr
15Th District Court
Free Grabbers Are Under Fire by Irate Grayson Citizens
Sherman reports the County Commissioners Court studied a second protest within a month against deputy constable Gambell. A 151-signature petition from Howe and Van Alstyne demanded rescinding Gambell’s hire, calling him unfit and alleging offensive conduct. Officials defended officers and denounced arrests for fees.
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Grayson
J. H. Williams
Howe
Gambell
Anderson
Jake J. Loy
Whitesboro
Elton Bean
Homer Huff
Russell Bryant
Way 15 opens for WPA job applicants
Representatives of the Works Progress Administration and Department of Public Welfare completed arrangements to resume Thursday the reception of new applications for WPA employment through county welfare workers. The plan, temporary until state finances allow, relies on county staff to handle intake under supervision, with checks on eligibility for surplus commodities and local assistance.
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Austin
Works Progress Administration
Department of Public Welfare
Adam R. Johnson
State Welfare
Social Security Board
Washington
Texas County Judges Association
Federal Board
Welfare Department
Johnson
CCC
NYA
WPA
Committees Named for 1940 Grayson County Council
Grayson County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs announces new 1940 committees led by Miss Eunice King. Finance includes Mrs. Ralph Butler Mrs. J. H. Gosnell and Mrs. Jim Wallace. Exhibit by Mrs. Luther Knox Mrs. Fred Dixon and Mrs. Toccoa Caraway. Yearbook chaired by Mrs. R. D. Bell and Miss Ethel Young with Mrs. H. B. Everheart. Educational chairmen cover Whitewright Pecan Grove Ellsworth Oak Grove Sadler Gunter and Pottsboro precincts. officers include Mrs. G. W. Blankenship and Mrs. F. O. Tuttle.
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Gunter
H. B. Everheart
Kentuckytown
G. W. Blankenship
Hyde Park Club
Lester Haile
Whitewright Club
J. D. Robertson
Pecan Grove Club
Ethel Boren
Ellsworth
Gertrude Kelly
Oak Grove Club
W. L. Hatfield
C. L. Spalding
Sadler Club
John Oliver
Ray Fawcett
Pottsboro
P. C. McClendon
Hagerman
R. D. Bell
Ethel
Viva Phillips
Whitewright
January Dryness Lowest Since 1936 in Whitewright
Whitewright reports a 0.67 inch moisture total for January the driest since 1936, with most moisture as snow. Coldest January in 41 years, many days below 10 degrees, and a prolonged cold snap crippled water systems. Plumbers in short supply as many pipes burst. wells used for drinking due to fear of contaminated water. grain damage uncertain but oats feared damaged while wheat possibly spared.
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Whitewright
Dreuth
Norther
Record Sales by Sears Roebuck and Ward Reach $1.1 Billion
Chicago firms Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward closed a record fiscal year selling over $1.1 billion in goods, up about 19 percent from the prior year. The sales tied to roughly three percent of US retail trade in 1938. Buy your Printing in Whitewright.
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Chicago
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
United States
51 Per Cent Cut in Farm Bill Sought by House Panel
Washington. The House appropriations committee demanded a 51 percent cut in next year’s Agriculture Department supply bill, proposing $634,374,256, about 20 percent below Roosevelt’s budget. Farm state lawmakers cry economy while slashes threaten parity payments, tenant loans, and sugar subsidies amid impending re election pressure.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
House
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
Dem
Texas
Treasury
Appropriations Committee
Senate
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Nice
Borah
C. H. Barrett
Texas Highway Department
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