Cooperation Urged for Whitewright Census 1940
Mayor F. M. Echols announced plans to form a General Citizens' Committee to marshal cooperation in the 1940 census. The effort aims for full, accurate reports on population and resources, with subcommittees on business and publicity to guide questions and emphasize national impact.
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Whitewright
F. M. Echols
Echols
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
General Citizens’ Committee
Census Bureau
Washington
General Committee
Will Be Back in an Hour Card Sparks What For Prank
A young lawyer, vainly busy, left a door note reading he would return in an hour. On his return, a rival had carved What For? beneath the card, turning a simple joke into a sly jab about his ambitions.
Port er News Social Roundup of Sunday Visits and Illness
Mrs Warren Ross suffers the flu while a long list of local families share Sunday visits across Porter and nearby areas. The item notes numerous couples and families visiting kin, plus several moving or illness updates including M L Williams being sick.
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Warren Ross
Melvin Anderson
Elmer Anderson
Juanita
Neva Nell
Erma Dean Howell
Johnnie Mack
Harold Dwain Anderson
Betty
Colleen Allen
Willa Jean
Doris June Hunter
Ector
G. D. Bennett
Genette Hicks
Jennie Irl Hicks
Bethel
Margaret McCord
Tom Bean
Mattie McCord
C. C. McCord
Orangeville
Charlie Lock
Bonham
Alvie Lock
Dick Fincher
Klondike
J. A. Harper
Will Rice
Ernest McCoy
Joe Rich
Evans Dale
Hattie Dale
Arledge Ridge
J. W. Gunter
F. M. Gunter
Orville Howell
Robert Morris
Lester Morris
M. L. Williams
Dangerous Excess in Exercise Warned by Longevity Advice
An opinion piece argues vigorous exercise harms health and shortens life. It cites Chauncy Depew's quip on pallbearing as proof, warns against high strain activities, and suggests moderate labor and dieting as paths to longer life.
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C. B. Bryant
W. C. Fain
West Main Street
Dallas News
Wm. Raymond Allen Jr
John W. Yeager
Dallas
Whitewright Lumber Co
L. LaRoe & Co
Chauncy M. Depew
Bulldog Rides Taxis Home From Downtown Visits
In Clarksdale Mississippi the bulldog Frisky rides taxis home after visiting friends. He hails cabs by scratching at doors at taxi stands. Owner Sam Hochstein foots the bill when Frisky reaches home.
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Bulldog
Clarksdale
Miss
Sam Hochstein
Grayson County Farm Progress Highlighted in Teddlie Report
County agent V O Teddlie outlines 1939 advances in soil enrichment and living standards through live-at-home and price parity programs. 4-H clubs, livestock and dairy profits, corn and cotton yields, and expanded electrification show the county’s growing agricultural prosperity in Texas.
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A. & M. College
Agricultural Council
Grayson
Teddlie
Kraft Cheese
Denison
Meadolake
Sherman
Texas
Negro School to Play Basketball Schedule
The White Wright Colored School basketball team will host Farmersville Negro team Friday January 5 at 3 p.m. on the local school's court. On Saturday January 20 the boys travel to Celina for a nine team tournament with a gold trophy for the winner and a silver basketball for the all tournament pick.
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Whitewright
Farmersville
Celina
Texas Fifth in Population, Ninth in Federal Aid
A Treasury Department report shows Texas ranks fifth in population but ninth in federal emergency relief funds. From April 8, 1935, to Nov. 30, $337,993,366 went to Texas, far less than California Illinois Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey New York Ohio and Pennsylvania, which received larger sums despite similar or smaller populations.
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Washington
Texas
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam
Lone Star
Census Bureau
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
O'Daniel Proposes Five New Year Resolutions
Governor W Lee O Daniel outlines five resolutions in a Sunday broadcast from the executive mansion in Austin. The list urges legitimate undertakings lasting longer, making friends, caring for the body, following the ten commandments, and taking God as a silent partner in all endeavors.
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Austin
God
Census Count Due April 1 1940
The 1940 census will count every person by April 1. Officials do not provide exact totals, but estimates using a formula suggest about 132,000,000 people, up from 124,000,000 in 1930.
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U. S
Washington
Uncle Sam
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Porter News
Theeard
Hanes
Little Brother
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
J. W. Henry
V.O. Teddlie
Haile
Stafford Typewriter
Sun
T. A. Gray
Manning & Meador
Stephens & Bryant
T. E. Barbee
Starate
Ramsey
East
Houston Street
Sherman, Texas
Mrs. P. W
England
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
O’daniel
J. T. Wright
Uae
Southwest
W. ©. Houston
Ih Ren
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