USO Campaign Drives Grayson County Toward Whitewright Quota
Gomer May announces committees are soliciting contributions for the USO drive to meet Whitewright's 150 quota. Denison raises over 800 above its share as Grayson County communities contribute. The effort unites YMCA Salvation Army and other wartime recreation groups into the United Service Organization.
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Gomer May
USO
Whitewright
Grayson County
Denison
Salvation Army
United Service Organization
O'Daniel Signs All Appropriation Bills
Austin reports Governor O Daniel signed all appropriation bills for the biennium starting Sept 1 allocating funds to Departments 29763316 Eleemosynary institutions 15598009 Higher education 22602069 Judiciary 4905193 Rural school aid 16888380 Vocational education 2373111 Old age assistance 22500000 Teacher retirement 6200000 Dependent children 3000000 Blind assistance 800000 Junior college aid 650000 Cancer treatment and research 500000 Cotton research 250000 Defense guard equipment 65000 Conservation and reclamation districts 69200
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Austin
Opie Tullas Named New Pastor in Whitewright
Rev. Opie Tullas of McGehee Arkansas has accepted the pastorate of the Assembly of God Church in Whitewright succeeding Rev. L O Ballard. He is leading a series of meetings this week and invites the public to attend.
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Opie Tullas
Assembly of God Church
McGehee, Ark
Whitewright
L. O. Ballard
Senate Adopts Weights and Measures Code Revision
In Austin the Senate approved a revised conference committee report on Texas weights and measures. The bill aligns with court rulings and has House endorsement. Expurgations removed bread loaf and butter package weight clauses. The measure now requires printing true package weight with no size limits. Cotton net weight sale provision was dropped.
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Austin
Senate
Conference Committee
Texas
House
Bonham State Park to Host July Fourth Events
Bonham State Park will stage a full day July 4 program with motor boat races as a featured event led by WPA supervisor Miss Lee Allman. She urged boat owners to enter as entries are needed for the afternoon contest and a night boat parade may follow if enough craft participate with prizes to be awarded to race winners.
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Bonham
Bonham State Park
Lee Allman
WPA Recreation Project
Allmon
Lubbock Narrowly Beats Clark for Texas Senate Seat in 20th Century
The article recalls Texas history with a three way 1860s style gubernatorial race. Frank R. Lubbock won by 124 votes out of 43 580. Edward Clark and Thomas Jefferson Chambers split the rest with Clark at 21 730 and Chambers at 13 799. The winner claimed victory without a majority.
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Lyndon Johnson
O’daniel
United States Senate
Texas
Frank R. Lubbock
Edward Clark
O'Daniel Wins Texas Senate Seat in Final Count
Final unofficial returns show W Lee O'Daniel elected to the U S Senate for the unexpired term of Morris Sheppard by a 1,095 vote margin over Lyndon B Johnson. Johnson, Mann, and Dies trailed as rural counties delivered late totals, with official canvass set for July 14.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
United States Senate
Morris Sheppard
Lyndon Johnson
Texas Election Bureau
O’daniel
White House
Johnson
Washington
O'Daniel
Gerald C. Mann
Martin
Mann
Dies
Belden
Election Bureau
Austin
Stevenson
Deferment Ordered for 28 Year Olds in United States
Brig. Hershey, deputy selective service director, formally ordered deferment of all men now subject to induction who have reached 28. The action affects about 8 million men aged 28 to 36, part of 16.5 million registered this year. Local boards and state directors were notified as 750,000 youths aged 21 joined the register since October.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Babson Advises Defense Effort Through Action
Economist Roger W. Babson urges readers to quit arguing and work hard. He recommends owners guard their farms and stores, provide superior service, and expect gradual price and employment gains before any postwar period.
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Roger W. Babson
Back to the small towns movement in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania trend shifts from back to the land to a back to the small towns movement. The report frames it as a rural revival focusing on smaller communities rather than wide rural homesteading.
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Pennsylvania
June Rainfall Sets New Record In Whitewright
June rainfall in Whitewright totaled 8.74 inches, the heaviest in years, per official recorder C. C. Cates. The 1940 June total was 5.06 inches. Last week brought .43 inches with .26 inches recorded last Friday and .17 Friday night.
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Whitewright
C. C. Cates
Fourth of July rededication planned with national broadcast
President Roosevelt urges a nationwide rededication to liberty on Independence Day. The ceremony will air at 1 pm Pacific, 2 pm Mountain, 3 pm Central, and 4 pm or 5 pm Eastern times, featuring a 5 minute speech, the national anthem, and the Oath of Allegiance led by the President.
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America
Fathers of the Republic
Philadelphia
Whitewright
Roosevelt
U.S. Marine Band
Washington
United States
United States of America
A Republican's Advice To the Grand Old Party
A Cecil Democrat reprint quotes a Republican urging the GOP to choose a candidate who runs on a Republican platform rather than the Democratic one. The speaker says Republicans must stand on their own feet and not ride the donkey's tail into office.
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Grand Old Party
Cecil Democrat
Whitewright Boycotted by Roosevelt Roots for Mann Senate Vote
Whitewright voters backed Gerald Mann in a U S Senate primary with 161 votes to 23.7 percent for O Daniel 16.5 percent for Johnson and 4.3 percent for Dies. The tally shows 303 total votes with 1.6 percent mutilated ballots.
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Whitewright
United States Senate
Gerald Mann
Mann
O’daniel
Lyndon Johnson
Martin
Republican
Independent
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Johnson
Dies
the Sun
O'Daniel
Ernest Thompson
Tom Hunter
Clarence Farmer
Thomas Self
O’daniels
Harry Hines
Jerry Sadier
Mr. Johnson
Gasoline Explosion Kills Man and Burns Two in Bonham
Bonham report says Virgil Hendricks 21 died from burns after a gasoline explosion while unloading from a tank car at a warehouse. Frank Horton and D Sifford suffered severe burns. Milam Anderson noted the blast caused minor structural damage.
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Frank Horton
D. Sifford
Hendricks
Milam Anderson
Why unofficial returns arrive late in Texas
Officials at a Texas courthouse reported delays in receiving unofficial election returns from a precinct. A Houston newspaper used a phone call to convince the election judge to report quickly, noting the need for prompt unofficial results.
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Austin
Texas
Houston
Blue Stamp Foods Available for July in Grayson County
Ernest Nalle announces July Blue Stamp purchases for Food Stamp Plan families in Grayson County. The list covers fresh oranges peaches vegetables pork lard pork products corn meal shell eggs dried prunes hominy grits dry beans wheat flour graham flour and raisins for July 1 through July 31 with some freshness exclusions.
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Grayson County
Ernest Nalle
Former Local Pastor Buried Here Tuesday
Funeral services for Rev. J. T. Purvis former pastor of Central Christian Church who died in San Antonio were held Tuesday at 3 p m at Oak Hill Cemetery. The service was led by Rev George A Wheeler with Masonic Lodge assisting and pallbearers. Purvis served Whitewright eight years and later Camden Arkansas for seven years. He was past eighty and survived by a daughter Mrs C A Overton of San Antonio a son James H Purvis of Fort Smith and several grandchildren.
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J. T. Purvis
Central Christian Church
San Antonio
C. A. Overton
Oak Hill Cemetery
George A. Wheeler
First Christian Church
Camden, Ark
Masonic Lodge
Order
Purvis
Whitewright
Rotary Club
C. H. Shull
Dallas
C. F. Purvis
Fort Worth
Robette Owens
L. F. Danelley
Waco
Jess Rogers
Paris
Ark
Gilleland
T. N. Reather
Fay Shelton
Sidney Young
Denton
Katy
Glen Earnheart
Prescription Law On Liquor Sales Upheld by Court
A three judge state district court in Huntsville ruled the prescription liquor sale law constitutional. It dissolves the temporary restraining order against enforcement and allows appeals to the Court of Civil Appeals at Galveston. The act requires licensed physicians to write no more than 100 prescriptions in ninety days and limits licensed drugstores to ten gallons on hand.
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Huntsville
Court of Civil Appeals
Galveston
American Legion Picnic Opens Here Next Wednesday
The 20th annual American Legion picnic runs Wednesday to Saturday with Ladeane Attractions of Houston providing midway shows rides and 26 concessions. Denison and Sherman groups join in with local bands and acts, and a fireworks display caps Saturday night festivities.
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American Legion
Ladeane Attractions
Houston
Carnival
Katy
Sherman Boosters
Political Jinx Over Office of Lieutenant Governor Broken
The piece notes that Coke Stevenson’s 1940 Senate victory breaks a long political curse for lieutenant governors seeking higher office. It recalls past attempts by T White Davidson Lynch Davidson Barry Miller Edgar Witt Walter Woodul and others, all failures, and credits Stevenson with advancing to Governor and boosting future electability.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Lyndon Johnson
United States
O’daniel
Coke Stevenson
William P. Hobby
James E. Ferguson
T. White Davidson
Lynch Davidson
T. W. Davidson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Felix D. Robertson
Walter Woodul
Houston
Woodal
Gerald C. Mann
Mann
One Year Army Life for Drafted Men Declared
The White House indicated selectees would serve only a year in the military before returning to private life. An executive order set 900000 men to be inducted in the year starting July 1, the maximum under the selective service law. Hassett said the War Department expects to seek new inductees as the current fiscal year’s training ends.
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Hyde Park
White House
United States
William D. Hassett
War Department
Hassett
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