Flu Epidemic Echoes Across Front Lines
News dispatches recount how German and French troops on the Westwall and Maginot Line battled influenza and colds. The piece reviews the 1918-19 global flu pandemic, its spread from Europe to the United States, and the staggering US death toll and wartime losses. It notes parallels to current fears of contagious disease crossing borders and cites a Texas student engineer’s carburetorless injector and Sun merchandise listings.
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New York
Europe
Westwall
France
Egypt
Algiers
Old Western Front
Holland
Germany
Russia
Balkans
United States
Humble case cited as key issue in Texas governor race
The Humble case looms as a major topic with candidates Ernest O. Thompson and Jerry Sadler attacking Governor O'Daniel and the Humble Oil Co. They push for a special session to enact a 20 barrel daily minimum, while O'Daniel resists. Thompson and Sadler claim reductions would amount to confiscation, and campaign activity intensifies with other contenders entering the race.
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Austin
Humble
Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Jerry Sadler
O’daniel
Oil Company
East Texas
Humble Company
Sadler
Thompson
Lon A. Smith
Harry Hines
Highway Commission
Albert Derden
Marlin
O'Daniel
Humble Oil Company
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Elimination of Unfit in Teacher Training Proposed
Dr. W. J. McConnell of North Texas State Teachers College urged selective admissions to Teachers Colleges and ongoing removal of unfit students. He spoke at the American Association of Teachers Colleges meeting in St. Louis on February 23, arguing for a funded study to develop admission standards and fitness requirements for teacher training.
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Denton
W. J. McConnell
North Texas State Teachers College
St. Louis
American Association of Teachers Colleges
McConnell
Texas Has More Cattle Than People
The 1939 livestock report shows Texas leading in cattle with 6 677 000 on farms, a drop from 7 114 000 average. Iowa follows with 4 778 000. Texas also holds 679 000 horses, 659 000 mules, 10 069 000 sheep, and 25 871 000 chickens, with cattle and sheep values contributing to a Texas livestock value of 363 209 000 dollars.
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Washington
Texas
Grover B. Hill
Wallace
United States Livestock Report
Hill
Amarillo
Iowa
Georgia
Wyoming
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
California
Foreclosed Farms Go to Old Owners in One Third
The Farm Credit Administration reports that about 37 percent of 1939 land bank farm sales went to former owners or farm tenants. Total land bank inventories rose to 25 801 farms valued at 80 862 000 dollars, with 10 576 foreclosed farms sold last year and 3 000 to former owners or tenants.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks
A G. Black
Black
Farm Security Administration
American chemical industry shifts to domestic production
With wartime trade disruptions, the United States advances in chemistry and industry. By year end nearly 200 items previously imported from Germany in 1939 were produced domestically by a single company, signaling a major shift to self reliance.
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Europe
United States
Germany
Texas AAA program could bring 89 million to farmers
E N Holmgreen reports to College Station that full 1940 AAA participation could yield Texas farmers and ranchers 89,362,705 dollars. Max payments cover cotton, wheat, rice, peanuts, vegetables, general crops, and range and soil building, with forest-tree earnings extra.
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AAA
Texas
College Station
E. N. Holmgreen
State Agricultural Conservation Association Committee
Holmgreen
Sulfapyridine The Miracle Worker in A War on Pneumonia
Medical journalist Stephen J. McDonough describes sulfapyridine as a coming miracle in pneumonia treatment. He recalls his own severe pneumonia case improved within a week after sulfapyridine treatment, noting the drug blocks oxygen use by bacteria and hinders their growth until white blood cells act.
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Stephen J. McDonough
McDonough
Georgia County Solidly Backing F D R In Primary
In Seminole County Georgia 868 votes were counted with Franklin D Roosevelt receiving 841 ballots. Garner 18 Hull 3 Wheeler Farley George and McNutt each one vote.
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Donalsonville
Seminole County
Roosevelt
Garner
Hull
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
James A. Farley
Walter F. George
Georgia
McNutt
Indian Scalping Blamed on Early U S Colonists
Dr. Carlos Castaneda of the University of Texas argues that scalp hunting in the Southwest began after French and English influence. He notes scalping was not practiced in Texas under Spanish rule and escalated as Comanches moved into the region.
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Austin
Carlos Castaneda
University of Texas
Castaneda
Texas
Mexico
Southwest
Europeans Teach Knife Massacre Technique Across Tribes
The text notes that Europeans initially taught a killing method to Eastern tribes, spreading the practice as tribes moved beyond U.S. frontiers. It emphasizes the historical transmission of this technique through colonization and displacement.
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United States
Scrap Iron Scavengers Jeopardize Rail Safety in Italy
W E Chandler Missouri Pacific special officer recovered 288 metal rail clamps removed from tracks near Leroy Mc Lennan County during late January to mid February. The clamps weighed 2 1 2 pounds and were found on a scrap truck in Waxahachie after youths were arrested.
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Italy
W. E. Chandler
Missouri Pacific At Mart
Leroy
McLennan County
Waxahachie
Van Zandt Plans War on Rodents
Van Zandt County launches a county wide anti rat campaign at dusk on Thursday using thousands of bait blocks and trapping. Communities will join in the effort to reduce rodent damage this year. John Adams, who died at 90, was the longest living president.
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van Zandt
Canton
John Adams
Political Announcements For Democratic Primary July 27 1940
The Sun announces candidates subject to the Democratic primary on July 27 1940. The notice outlines forthcoming races and the official authorization of candidate listings for the party contest.
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The
Sun
Grayson County Official slate listed for county offices
The 15th District Court judge is R C Slagle Jr. for County Clerk C H Barrett and M E Talley for Representative Place 1 J H Waggoner for Public Weigher Pct 3 Bennie Ball for District Clerk J E Leatherwood.
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15Th District Court
R. C
Bob) Slagle JR
C. H. (Shorty) Barrett
M. E. Talley
Bennie
Ben) Ball
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Stafford Typewriter
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Della Logan
Whitewright
Stephens & Bryant
H. A. James
Ramsey
Venetian Blind
East
Houston Street
Sherman, Texas
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
T. E. Barbee
Muskogee
Okla
Full Gospel Assembly of Jesus Christ
W. M. Lightford
Box
West Columbia
Manning & Meadow
Monvey
Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Georgia County
U. S
Grayson County
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
Fannin County
J. E. (Hutch
Leatherwood
I. P. A. Sintment
Childress Pharmacy
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