World Prayer Day Observed by Whitewright Churches
A Monday meeting of Whitewright church representatives set Feb 20 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church for World Day of Prayer. The program includes interdenominational offerings supporting migrants Christian Literature Union Colleges and Indian students in U S Government schools.
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Whitewright
Emmet Penn
Presbyterian Church
Union Christian
U. S
T. E. Barbee
Mae Hall
A. M. Bryant
Olive Myrick
B. Wrenn Webb
J. C. McMillin
Emory Christian
E. P. Wootten
W. W. Adcock
New Eligibles For Retreads Listed
New tire rules allow retreading for passenger cars used by traveling salesmen farmers city and county workers newspaper distributors taxi firms and highway workers Ministers may buy new tires if their cars are mainly for religious work The rules take effect Thursday and require retreaded tires to be returned to owner status unless a retread certificate is obtained Eligible uses include taxis jitneys transport for workers to industrial sites essential to the war effort official government business farm produce hauling traveling sales for farm equipment and supplies delivery of newspapers and mail on rural routes.
Army lowers standards to widen draft pool for teeth and sight
Washington reports the Army reduced dental and vision requirements to broaden eligibility for general service. Men with insufficient teeth or corrected vision may now be classified 1-A, allowing induction in noncombatant branches and reopening reclassifications for many deferred registrants.
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Washington
Selective Service Headquarters
New Order
Selective Service
Earnest Announces Candidacy For Grayson Clerk
S V Earnest of Denison went to Whitewright and authorized The Sun to list him as candidate for Grayson County district clerk. He has served two terms and will publish a formal announcement in The Sun later.
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S. V. Earnest
Denison
Whitewright
The
Sun
Grayson County
Earnest
Students honor history week and Valentine’s day at Colored School
The first through fourth grades held a Friday program observed for Negro History Week and St Valentine’s Day. Mothers attended and refreshments followed. Anna Belle Douglass teaches. The Girls Reserve Club marked Heart Sister Week last week and exchanged gifts for their mothers.
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Anna Belle Douglass
Girls Reserve Club
Heart
Gift for British Returns on Back of Greek Sailor
Grand Rapids report details a coat donated to the British War Relief Society on December 20 1940. A note inside invited correspondence and this week a reply arrived from Philadelphia signed by P Chour mouziadis a former Greek royal navy sailor. He said the garment was given to him aboard a British battleship afterCrete escape in a rowboat.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Britain
United States
J. O. Barkwell
British War Relief Society
Philadelphia
P. Chourmouziadis
Royal Navy
Crete
George Schumacher Files Candidacy for Grayson Tax Official
The Sun announces George Schumacher of Sherman seeks the Grayson County tax assessor and collector post in the Democratic primary on July 25. He has served as a deputy in the tax office for five years and three months and is known across the county. his formal announcement will appear later.
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the Sun
George Schumacher
Sherman
Grayson County
Schumacher
Whitewright Girls Named Advisors at Denton College
Misses Sara Gillett and Phyllis Brown of Whitewright are advisors to new students at Texas State College for Women representing the business and home economics departments. They were chosen for their scholastic records and interest. They aid matriculation and orientation and assist the Advisory Council on projects. Gillett is a senior business major and Brown a senior home economics major, daughters of local residents.
Moscow report on mass training in gas mask use
A Moscow report states over 10,000,000 Russians across factories offices colleges and farms have received training to work wearing gas masks.
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Moscow
Sugar Ration Registrations Planned for Households and Firms
The Office of Price Administration announced two separate sugar registration drives, one for households and one for commercial users such as bakers confectioners and bottlers. The commercial register may occur the same day as housewives collect ration stamp folders at local schools, with folders granting each family member about 12 ounces of sugar per week. No date has been set yet.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Governor Stevenson to Broadcast Speech to Future Farmers
Gov Stevenson will address about 33 000 Future Farmers of America via a three station radio hookup Tuesday night Feb 24 from 7 30 to 8. Each FFA chapter statewide will hold a father and son banquet or regular meeting that night to hear the speech. The Whitewright FFA will meet that evening with a social afterward.
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Coke Stevenson
Future Farmers of America
R. B. Cruse
FFA
Whitewright Ffa
Stevenson
Cruse
WFAA
KPRC
WOAI
Solon Proposes National Registration for Women
Rep. Joseph Clark Baldwin of New York said he will introduce a bill to register women ages 18 to 65, listing training, occupations and capabilities. He aims to mirror England’s approach to mobilize women for industry and potential military auxiliary service.
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Washington
Joseph Clark Baldwin
New York
National Women’s Party
Baldwin
England
Refrigerator Stocks Frozen by War Production Board
The War Production Board on Saturday froze manufacturers stocks of mechanical refrigerators in a move toward rationing and halted all refrigerator production after April 30. Retailers may sell 100 more new units or a percentage of 1941 sales, whichever is larger, before the freeze applies. The $280 million industry will be converted to full war production, with 70 percent of plants and manpower tied up.
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Washington
War Production Board
Mrs. Kate Kincaid of Fannin County Dies at 82
Obituary for 82 year old Mrs. Kate L. Kincaid native of Fannin County. Died after injuries from a February fall at her daughter's home in Whitewright. Funeral at Bonham Methodist Church with burial in Willow Wild Cemetery. Survived by daughter Olivia M. Whedbee and five grandchildren.
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Kate Kincaid
Fannin County
Kate L. Kincaid
Methodist Church
W. W. Adcock
L. G. Haggard
Farmersville
Willow Wild Cemetery
Bonham
Ray Peeler
Hampton Harper
Bland Smith
Roy Gass
Lawrence Denton
Floyd Bassett
Whitewright
Dodd City
W. F. Kincaid
William Lanius Kincaid
T. P. McCown
Whitney
Bonham Methodist Church
Austin Folk Seek War Jobs Without Paying $50 to Union
Sen W Lee O Daniel presented a Austin Texas petition from 73 residents who allege they cannot work on the government magnesium plant in Austin unless they join a carpenters union or pay a $50 union fee They say they would buy $50 in defense stamps and support the government if given a chance Apes can stand upright but not with ease.
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Washington
W. Lee O’daniel
Dem
Texas
Senate
Austin
Travis Co
Carpenters
Nation begins wartime draft enrollment for millions
The United States moves to enroll about nine million men for potential military service. The first wartime draft registration since 1918 proceeds with efficiency, targeting unregistered males aged 20 to 44, with a mid March lottery planned to set order of liability and subsequent questionnaires for classification.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt accuses press lies on Pearl Harbor figures
President Roosevelt during a press conference warned of possible enemy attacks on New York or Detroit and criticized Navy disclosures on Pearl Harbor losses as rot. He linked coverage to the Cliveden Set and discussed lend-lease to Russia and a new one billion dollar loan in blunt terms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Detroit
Russia
United States
Cliveden
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Union
Hitler Known as Lousy Paperhanger Says Man Who Knows
Benny Nussbaum of New York, a paperhanger who knew Adolf Hitler, recalls Hitler as plain Schickelgruber. He said they belonged to the same German paperhangers union and that Hitler was a crackpot who could not hang paper straight.
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Hitler
New York
Benny Nussbaum
Seed Treatment Urged For Better Farm Crop Yields
Local farmers backed by Texas A&M experiments urge seed treatment to reduce diseases such as rot scab scarf smut damping off and leaf spots. Yields may rise 10 20 percent yearly with DuBay treatments costing about 14 per bushel. Different products suit corn cotton potatoes and small grains with dry or quick dip methods.
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Texas A. & M. College
R. B. Cruse
Cruse
Darwin Attacked Port Darwin Bombed by Japanese
Sydney Australia. Prime Minister John Curtain said Port Darwin on the northern rim of Australia was bombed for the first time. Details on the raid size and bombs were unavailable. Darwin lies 675 miles south of Amboina and remains a key Allied naval base.
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Sydney
Australia
Port Darwin
John Curtain
Darwin
Amboina
United States
Desert
Philippines
Wooden Blocks Proposed as Tire Substitutes
In Columbus Glen Conrad asserts wooden tires could replace rubber tires amid shortages. He builds six inch block tires held with a steel rod and claims they can run up to 15 mph and cut out horse power needs. William Moore's milk firm plans a trial to test the concept.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
South America
Glen Conrad
Conrad
William Moore
Old Age Assistance Near Saturation Point in Texas
Public welfare officials in Austin warn Texas old age assistance rolls may reach saturation. In February 166,079 people will receive 3,206,966 dollars, averaging 19.31 dollars each, the highest totals in the program’s history after revenue increases at the last Legislature session.
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Austin
Texas
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