Whitewright Sun urges prompt ratification of new world charter
The Whitewright Sun discusses expectations for new homes in Whitewright and the continued cigarette supply amid shortages. It warns about car stamps, urges prompt ratification of the proposed world charter, and notes potential international implications if the United States hesitates. The piece frames timely action as essential to avoid a disintegrating status and advocates for forbearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Organization
United States
Russia's Siberia Aid to Allies Bets on Japan Split
The Christian Science Monitor notes plans to continue Lend Lease to Russia in Siberia rather than Europe to pin Japanese forces along Manchuria. Russia says troop training will proceed under battle field conditions, tying up roughly one million Japanese troops as Allied landings approach the home islands and China coast.
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Japan
Russia
Crowley
Siberia
Europe
Manchurian
Manchuria
Home Islands
China
Christian Science Monitor
Truman urges prompt ratification of world organization charter
The Dallas News argues for immediate ratification of the world organization charter without changes. It notes President Truman’s position as prudent, stressing that delay in the U.S. Senate could undermine global influence and the outcomes seen at the San Francisco conference.
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World Organization
Senate
Truman
United States Senate
San Francisco
In Court to Hospital and Back in Minutes
A light verse note from the Wood County Democrat contrasts busy court doctors brokers and agents with a joke about waiting. It ends with a light description of a young woman described as vibrant, fresh, and recently from the beauty parlor.
Cracks At The Crowd Hereafter
A satirical note declares visitors from out of town unwelcome unless they come for business. The author recounts relatives visiting for personal reasons and jokes about local gossip, ending with Nora’s calm stance on her husband’s trouble.
Temptations and Web of Wealth in a Family Tale
A poor man faces tempting prospects while a rich, ailing uncle asks for prayers. Julia donates unwanted items after feigning desire, a niece wishes to compress all misfortune into one book, Aunt Emma dominates Uncle Ben, and Cousin Daisy questions wealth without wicked intent.
Vets Protest Crowded Train Transport During War Probes
About 500 combat veterans complained of overcrowded day coaches on a cross country move while German POWs rode in Pullmans. Camp Beale officers investigated rumors of POWs on a train near Omaha and Denver, finding no POWs among questioned veterans. The trip was described as chaotic with crowded cars, missing sleepers, and scant water. two men reportedly left the train in New Haven and New York.
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Maryville
Calif
Pullmans
Camp Beale
England
California
Pws
Pullman
Oscar B. Abbott
Omaha
Neb
Denver
Colo
Peter de Paolo
New York
Washington
Chicago
John E. Norberg
New Haven
Soldier Returns Grayson Couple Held On Adultery
A Sherman court hears adultery charges against a 41 year old former Denison man and a Grayson County woman who says she wed after her soldier husband was missing in action. The husband, a prisoner of the German government, returned after 24 months to find his wife living with the civilian and filing the charges. The woman says her first husband was captured by the Germans two weeks after their marriage.
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Sherman
Denison
Grayson County
Soldier’s Home in Collinsville Tied to FBI Case
A civilian was accused of threatening a life prompting FBI involvement after investigators found the man had a prior criminal record. The soldier’s residence is in Collinsville.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Collinsville
Chaplain Miller Says You Can't Win Wars With Lace on Breeches
Brig. Gen. Luther D. Miller new Army chief of chaplains recalls combat service in New Guinea and Leyte. He notes soldiers pray and swear in battle and that 80 percent attend church, nearly all before fighting. He says frontline troops are tough but devout, and rejects purely ceremonial conduct in war.
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Washington
Luther D. Miller
Pacific Theatre
Army
G. Ls
New Guinea
Leyte
Public School Per Capita To Be Increased
Texas public schools will receive an additional three million dollars in per capita apportionment for the current fiscal year ending August 31. The Board of Education voted to base the distribution on an anticipated balance of three million two hundred eighty-one thousand dollars in the available school fund. The supplemental payment sets the current year per capita at twenty seven dollars, with next year at thirty dollars and two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars earmarked for textbooks. Next year’s apportionment relies on a fifty five cent tax rate per one hundred dollars valuation, set by the automatic tax board meeting in July or August.
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Austin
Texas Public Schools
Board of Education
Automatic Tax Board
Texas Board Sets 35 Cent Constitutional Rate Comment
The board fixed the rate at 18 cents per 100 dollars for this year and adopted a motion declaring Dr. Homer P. Rainey deposition statements do not merit a reply. Rainey claimed in Chicago last month that two large financial interests back Sen. W. Lee O'Daniel dominate the Texas State Board of Education which controls public schools, textbook choices, and about 80 million dollars in endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Chicago
Rainey
Texas
Hospital for Navy Slated at Marlin
Senator Tom Connally of Texas announced in Marlin that President Truman signed the authorization for a naval hospital to be built here.
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Navy
Marlin
Tom Connally
Texas
Truman
Greece Declares War on Japan as of Dec 8 1941
The Greek embassy announced Greece is at war with Japan effective December 8 1941. Secretary George Chystopopulos notified the U S State Department that Japan has been informed via the Swedish embassy in Tokyo. Greek warships have already participated in Indian Ocean operations with the British fleet.
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Washington
Greece
Japan
George Chrystopopulos
State Department
Tokyo
Indian Ocean
June Liquor and Cigaret Taxes Up In Texas
Texas state treasury gained $377000 in June from higher receipts for cigarets beer and liquor, per State Treasurer Jesse James. Cigaret tax revenue rose by $92500 to 1097118 and liquor taxes increased 273300 while beer taxes grew nearly 38000. wine stamp revenue fell. June stamp revenue totaled 2207055.
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Austin
Texas
Jesse James
ODT Appeals For Car Use And Tire Care Warnings
Col John M Johnson director of the Office of Defense Transportation warns it will take years before many private car owners can obtain new autos. He notes 240000 cars this year will replace under one percent of all vehicles and new cars will go to essential workers. The ODT outlines tire casing care as casings are the bottleneck for tires. recapping depends on preserving casing quality. Sun Advertising is Economical.
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Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Colonel Johnson
Johnson
ODT
McClellan Says He Is Too Old for That Sort of Thing
Fort Worth Press reports Senator John McClellan of Arkansas, age 49, implying he is too ancient for primrose paths after fraternizing with German girls. The piece hints that his fortyish male constituents may resent the implied confession.
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John McClellan
Arkansas
Fort Worth
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