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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
7
War Department releases a list of 102 fixed text messages for American Expeditionary Forces. Telegraphed blanks carry rank name and serial number. sender names capped at three words. Messages route via Army Post Office numbers, mostly through New York or San Francisco, with some destinations unreachable.
Campaign notice extols Olan R. Van Zandt of Tioga for reelection to the Ninth Senatorial District, highlighting four terms as Grayson County representative, his law career, and a record of “efficiency and economy” in government. It notes his birthplace, education, marriage to Beatrice Burnam, four children, and praise from supporters for steady leadership and public service.
The Senator declares a re election bid on his record in the Texas Legislature. He vows loyal service to Ninth Senatorial District and calls for cooperation with the Federal Government to win the war and facilitate veterans’ return to civilian life.
The Texas Senator championed old age pensions aid to destitute children and the needy blind. He authored the high school tuition law and expanded school bus funding from 150000 to 3,039,020 annually. He backed unemployment insurance, state highway funding, and gas tax transfers to counties, with retirement for teachers and durable public service.
In Salt Lake City Prof D R Hoagland said during a Pacific division AAAS meeting that only two percent of Americans work in food production. He noted the shift from nineteen of twenty at founding to eight of ten a century ago, as modern agriculture and science free most people from farming.
Army announces a shift to a 24 hour time system starting July 1 at 4 a.m. All official messages and reports will use four digit times from 0000 to 2400 with hours and minutes. Dates may precede times as needed, for example 080600 for the eighth day of the month at 6 a.m.
The U S Civil Service Commission advertises open competitive exams for junior repairman trainee in radio with $1440 a year, serving the War Department Signal Corps at San Antonio depots and Fort Sam Houston with opportunities in Louisiana and Texas. Age 16 to 50, military preference may extend limit. successful candidates receive six months training at $1440 annually and potential entry into the enlisted reserve. Applications go to the Tenth U S Civil Service District in New Orleans. further details available at Texas post offices.
George Schumacher resigns as deputy tax assessor-collector after five years to campaign for the Grayson County tax assessor-collector seat. He cites extensive local ties, a wife Phoebe Tolbert and two children Juanita and Billy George, promising courteous efficient service if elected.
Poem and descriptive prose honoring Texas regions and civic values. Notes Kerrville writer R F Shand and a quip about William Jennings Bryan. Includes reflections on patriotism and community life, with a short anecdote about Bryan and a Nebraska governor.
The Sun carries authorized Democratic primary candidate names for Fannin County in July 1942. Listed are representatives, county offices, sheriffs, clerks, assessors, superintendents, and commissioners including Leroy M. Anderson, Jake J. Loy, Vernie Henderson, H. Grady Thompson, Fred Mooty, J. Benton Davis, Prentice Gafford, Robert Dean, S. V. Earnest, Paul Finch, Sewell R. McKinney, Finis Alverson, J. H. Waggoner, Ben Vaughan, J. S. Taylor, Hamp Harper, and others up for reelection.
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