Denison Night At Picnic Opens Four Day Run
The American Legion picnic enters its 19th year with Denison night Thursday featuring the Katy Band and Denison entertainers. Aunt Bettys Texans perform at 8 15 pm followed by Denison program at 8 45 pm. Friday Sherman night brings Sherman Municipal Band and guests. Saturday includes fireworks.
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Denison
American Legion
Katy
Sherman
Sherman Municipal
Ladeane Attractions
Houston
Whitewright
Swain
Plans for Whitewright picnic in Denison Day event
Denison Day at the Whitewright picnic is planned for Thursday. Fred Harvey leads the plan with the chamber trade extension committee, urging full club attendance for a Denison delegation. A Katy band of thirty will join, with Fred Bulloch and Chester Oaks on the program, featuring a 107 year old guitar.
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Denison
Fred Harvey
Trade Extension Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Harvey
Katy
Fred Bulloch
Chester Oaks
Bulloch
Citizens Beat Canvassing Religionists in Newton
Sheriff Ebb Burgess ordered two religious faction members to stop distributing literature and leave town after they were mobbed by residents. The sheriff confiscated and burned two phonographs, thirty records, and sect literature as the pair were attacked during burning. They then fled the town.
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Newton
Ebb Burgess
J. A. McInnis
Red Cross assigns knit and sew work in Whitewright
Women of Whitewright Red Cross receive yarn and cloth for hospital garments and other supplies. Committees lead sewing and knitting with Mrs. E. F. Everhart as general chair, and Mrs. Gomer May heading knitting. Initial shipments were small but a larger load is expected, with home-based work now and a possible future dedicated building.
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Whitewright Red Cross
Red Cross
E. F. Everheart
W. E. LaRoe
F. M. Echols
T. E. Sears
J. H. Waggoner
T. J. Lilley
Tom Cunningham
C. J. Meador
Guy Hamilton
Inez Ray
B. W. Newman
Knitting
Gomer May
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. P. Childress
Emory Christian
Bryant King
R. P. Montgomery
Gee. K. Stephens
Clara Myrick
Bund rifle practice in Texas urged
Dies committee hearings on un American activities reveal a German band in Texas urged rifle and pistol practice. Hans Ackerman of the Texas Herald testified about the Kyffhauser Bund and its German language membership book urging target practice. Some members worked in Texas oil refineries. Baron Von Spiegel not summoned due to treaty protections.
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Austin
Texas
Dies
Congressional Investigating Committee
Hans Ackerman
Texas Herald
Taylor
Kyffhauser Bund
Bund
Baron von Spiegel
New Orleans
United States
Mattress Firm Works On Big Army Order
Taylor Bedding Manufacturing plant in Taylor, the South’s largest, works full and overtime on a government contract for about 100 000 mattresses for the regular U S Army. To meet demand 200 extra employees were added to the regular force on day and night shifts. This contract joins others filled for the U S Government.
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Taylor
South
U. S
France gives Petain power to draft new totalitarian state
France's parliament and senate granted Marshal Henri Philippe Petain unrestricted power to write a new constitution after defeat. The vote was 395 to 3 in the chamber and 225 to 1 in the senate, with the measure pledging to guarantee labor rights, family, and country.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Petain
National Assembly
Chamber
Triplet Calf Birth Stuns Palestine
A Jersey cow belonging to Sherwood Cook near Palestine bore triplet calves on Friday afternoon. The three heifers are described as a rare local animal phenomenon. Separately, New York State church properties are valued at about 600 million dollars.
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Palestine
Jersey
Sherwood Cook
New York State
Government Estimates Put 1940 Wheat and Corn Output
The Agriculture Department on July 1 crop conditions estimated the 1940 corn harvest at 2.416 billion bushels and total wheat production at 728.644 million bushels. Last year’s corn yield was 2.619 billion bushels and the ten year average is 2.299 billion. Wheat last year totaled 754.971 million and the ten year average is 754.685 million bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Rotary Talk on Cotton Outlook at Denison Meeting
Ben Munson Jr. of Munson Cotton Mills Denison spoke to the Denison Rotary Club on cotton uses and future prospects. He warned that production exceeds demand and most Texas cotton must reach foreign markets due to East Coast mills sourcing east of the Mississippi. Layton McKinney and Joe Ward attended as visitors.
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Ben Munson Jr
Munson Cotton Mills
Denison
Rotary Club
Munson
Geo. K. Stephens
Senate confirms Knox as Navy Secretary in bipartisan cabinet
President Roosevelt builds a national solidarity cabinet as Senate confirms Col. Frank Knox, 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate, as Secretary of the Navy by a 66 to 16 vote. Earlier Henry L. Stimson was sworn in as Secretary of War in a 56 to 28 vote.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Solidarity
Senate
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Stimson
Roosevelt Likely Holds Third Term Answer Until Convention
James A. Farley indicated Roosevelt may withhold his stance on a third term until the Democratic national convention near next week. Farley said the President’s plan remains confidential, noting both men chose to keep their discussion private while hinting the conclave will be pivotal.
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Chicago
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Axis Spurns Aid Of France in War On Great Britain
Berlin reports say the Rome Berlin axis will act without France. German officials say France must yield continental hegemony to Germany, with Hitler’s stance on the French fleet seen as chivalry, not invitation. Ley in Der Angriff claims France is aging and must yield to German leadership in Europe.
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Axis
France
Great Britain
Berlin
Rome-Berlin
Know
Germany
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Robert Ley
Labor Front
der Angrieff
Europe
Mother told son is not dead then learns of death
In Memphis Tennessee Mrs Florence Durrett Ferrer receives a letter from her son Private George H Shippen Jr 20 claiming he is not dead. She later learns he died Tuesday night in an Army plane crash. The note in the scrapbook contrasts with the fatal news.
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Memphis
Tenn
Florence Durrett Ferrer
George H. Shippen Jr
Britain’s daily war cost tops 38 million dollars
London reports Britain spends 9.5 million pounds daily about 38 million dollars with 6.5 million pounds for army navy and air force. Sir Kingsley Wood requests a 1 billion pound credit as Parliament funds ongoing bills. He notes rising deficit and potential tax increases.
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London
England
Britain
Army
Navy
Air Force
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Kingsley
Best of all times to build and own a home
An advocate argues in wartime that building is a patriotic investment. A home provides security against inflation and war risks, offering stability when stocks fail. The building industry should promote home ownership as a duty to the public and freedom, citing FHA protection and soldier homeowners.
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FHA
Sean
Fourteen Boys in Military Training Camp at Fort Sill
Fourteen Whitewright youths travel to Fort Sill Oklahoma for a month in the citizens military training camp. The group includes seven first year trainees and one fourth year student. completion of the four year course leads to a reserve officer commission. Trainees listed by year include Lewis Vestal Othel Stapleton Boots Jones Pascal Connell y Robert Simmons Ralph Hall J B Smith Paul Simmons Wandell Riddle James Birt Phillips Lloyd Roddy Jack Wallace Preston Henderson Lloyd Badgett.
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Whitewright
Fort Sill
Okla
Citizens Military Training Camp
Lewis Vestal
Othel Stapleton
Boots Jones
Pascal Connelly
Robert Simmons
Ralph Hall
J. B. Smith
Paul Simmons
Wandell Riddle
James Birt Phillips
Lloyd Roddy
Jack Wallace
Preston Henderson
Lloyd Badgett
Electric company closes power plant in district
Community Public Service Company shuts its local power plant and buys electricity from Texas Power and Light for distribution. Manager J. H. Philley says plans for a new unit within a year may restore peak capacity but current supply is insufficient during peak season. Three engineers, D. A. Yowell, Paul Cook and Dick Little, are on site with one retained for emergency service if TP&L is interrupted.
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Community Public Service Company
Texas Power & Light Company
J. H. Philley
Mr. Philley
D. A. Yowell
Paul Cook
Dick Little
No Runoff For O Daniel Says Jim
Former Gov James E Ferguson campaigning for his wife Miriam Ferguson told a large Texas Festival Grounds crowd that Gov Lee O Daniel is blown up with people fed up on banjo picking bull fiddling statesmen. He claimed O Daniel has lost support and might not reach a runoff.
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O’daniel
Coke Stevenson Visits Whitewright in Texas Tour
Lieutenant Governor and two term former speaker Coke Stevenson campaigned in Whitewright on Wednesday as he tours North and Northeast Texas. He said he will stay in state for the July 27 first primary and declined Chicago confirmation as delegate. Ernest Boyett of Junction accompanied him.
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Coke Stevenson
Whitewright
Stevenson
Texas
Chicago
House of Representatives
Ernest Boyett
Junction
Old Age Assistance Lead Reinvestigated
Sherman reports all old age assistance recipients are being reinvestigated by workers from the state department of public welfare under a program to finish by September 1. Three new investigators arrived in Grayson County to aid the effort and more may come to meet the deadline. Only applications from persons in acute need may be granted during the reinvestigation, said area supervisor Mrs. Margaret Markes.
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Sherman
State Department of Public Welfare
Grayson County
Margaret Markes
Markes
Former Pastor Rev. J. T. Purvis to Speak at Whitewright Sunday
The Central Christian Church of Whitewright invites the community to a Sunday 11 a m service featuring former pastor Rev. J. T. Purvis as guest speaker. Purvis retired on his fiftieth ministry anniversary and is visiting the state, with a homecoming spirit expected. He previously led the Whitewright church and was active in local civic affairs before moving to Camden Arkansas seven years ago.
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Central Christian Church of
Whitewright
J. T. Purvis
Purvis
Ed LaRoe
Central Christian Church
Camden
Ark
Interest Rate Cut Will Save Grayson Farmers Huge Sum
Grayson County farmers will save about 26500 annually due to new Congress action on Land Bank and Commissioner loan rates. The 3 percent first mortgage rate continues for two years, with 3 percent for both first and second mortgages, lowering overall charges and boosting net income and purchasing power.
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Grayson Farmers
Sherman
Grayson County
Congress
Federal Land Bank and
Land Bank Commissioner
Federal Land Bank
Geo. E. Copley
Sherman and
Grayson County National Farm Loan Associations
First Mortgage Land Bank
Land Bank
Commissioner
Copley
Washington
A. G. Black
Farm Credit Administration
Commissioner Loans
U S July Fourth Death Toll Tops 506 Across Nation
The four day Fourth of July holiday killed 506 people with only eight fireworks fatalities. Highway deaths totaled 209, drownings 107, personal crises 66, and other causes the rest. California led with 80 fatalities, 39 on highways.
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California
Petrified Fish Found Near Savoy
Petrified fish and other marine specimens are being collected from a rock pit four miles southeast of Savoy as a WPA excavation proceeds under the State University sponsorship. Six scaly fish from twelve to eighteen inches were found Friday per Dorsey Petty, with larger examples up to fifteen feet reported by the supervisor. Specimens are prepared for shipment to the State University.
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Savoy
The
State University
Dorsey Petty
Savoy Star
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