Roosevelt Nominated For Third Term On Opening Ballot
Chicago observers report the Democratic convention nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt early Thursday for a third term despite his stated no desire to run again. The platform lauded the New Deal and pledged aid to free nations while avoiding foreign wars except in defense and honoring the Monroe Doctrine.
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Chicago
Ill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
Resolutions Committee
Great Britain
Congress
Americas
Parity Payments Begin For Cotton Rice And Wheat Farmers
First certificates issued under the 1940 AAA program authorize cotton and rice parity payments in Texas. About 300,000 cotton and 900 rice applications totaling $25.0 million and $0.26 million respectively are expected, with wheat parity payments near $3.38 million. Payments target the gap between market returns and a fair return, at rates 1.55 cents per pound for cotton 9.3 cents per hundredweight for rice and 10 cents per bushel for wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Nueces County
Colorado County
AAA
B. F. Vance
Sherman Chosen for 1941 U S 75 Convention
Sherman Texas was chosen as the site for the 1941 United States Highway 75 Association convention, with John H. Miller of Tulsa Oklahoma re elected president. Officers except for Texas vice president R A Stewart who resigned were renamed, Galveston Chamber of Commerce to name his successor, and a June 1941 date to be set later. Grass stains on summer linens can be removed by rubbing with molasses before washing.
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Crookston
Minn
United States Highway 75 Association
Sherman
Texas
John H. Miller
Tulsa
Okla
R. A. Stewart
Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Stewart
Boy Scout Patrol Leaders Named at Regular Meeting
Patrol leaders for the local Boy Scout organization were named on merit at last Thursday night. J Frank Wilson leads Flying Eagle Patrol, Kirk May heads Wolf Patrol, Emerson Sears is senior patrol leader, with B W Newman as court of honor chair. Five scouts passed tests and thirteen members are full fledged scouts.
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Boy Scout
J. Frank Wilson
Flying Eagle Patrol
Kirk May
Wolf Patrol
Emerson Sears
B. W. Newman
Court of Honor
Bobby Morgan
James Kent Johnson
Donald Newman
Eugene Reeves
Texans Fly Lone Star Flag Upside Down
Texas delegates at the Democratic national convention in Chicago face scrutiny as photos circulate showing the Lone Star flag displayed upside down. Associated Press images from Greenville also depict Gov. W Lee O Daniel under a dome festooned with six flags, with the inverted Lone Star flag clearly visible.
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Pardner
Texas
Chicago
Associated Press
Greenville
W. Lee O’daniel
Lone Star
German Bund Leader Traveled at Public Expense
Exposes records from the Dies committee alleging Hermann Koetter head of the Kyffhauser Bund traveled across Texas at state expense. The Texas credentialed travels were linked to painting and decorating work under the State Board of Vocational Education. The report questions alien credentials and possible fifth column links, citing a Philadelphia national headquarters and German connections.
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Dies Committee
Herman Koetter
Houston
Kyffhauser Bund
Texas
State Committee of
State Department of Education
L. A. Wood
State Board of Vocational Education
Bundsman
America
Bund
Philadelphia
Germany
Fifth Column
Woods
The
Austin Tribune
Pastor jailed for ringing church bells in London
The Rev. R. G. C. Graham rector of Old Bolingbroke was sentenced to four weeks imprisonment for ringing church bells for Sunday service June 16 in defiance of a defense order that bells be rung only to warn of invasion. The judge ruled the act intentional and deliberate despite the rector's claim of ignorance.
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London
R. G. C. Graham
Old Bolingbroke
Official Ballot for the July 27 Primary Election
The Sun prints the official ballot with candidate names in vote order. Voters may clip and study it for election day. Includes Democratic pledges and candidates for U S Senator, Congress, Governor, lieutenant governor, Comptroller, Treasurer, land office, Attorney General, Superintendent, Agriculture, Railroad Commissioner, and various judicial and local posts.
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The
Sun
United States
Tom Connally
Falls County
A. P. Belcher
Erath County
Guy B. Fisher
San Augustine
Sam Rayburn
Fannin County
Bevin R. Galbraith
Fannin Co
W. Lee O’daniel
Tarrant County
Harry Hines
Wichita County
R. P. Condron
Cameron County
Arlon B. Cyclone Davis
Dallas
Jerry Sadler
Gregg County
Ernest O. Thompson
Potter Co
Miriam A. Ferguson
Travis Co
Coke R. Stevenson
Kimble Co
Alton M. Mead
Tom Green Co
Charles Lavergne Sommerville
Dallas County
Clifford E. Butler
Harris County
Geo. H. Sheppard
Nolan County
Charley Lockhart
Travis County
Harry McKee
Bascom Giles
Gerald C. Mann
L. A. Woods
McLennan
S. R. LeMay
Henderson County
W. W. King
Sabine County
J. E. McDonald
Ellis County
William N. Corry
Tarrant Co
Ross Hardin
Limestone County
Baker Saulsbury
Potter County
John D. Copeland Jr
Eugene T. Smith
Walton D. Hood
Charlie Langford Jr
Galveston
John Paul Jones
Rusk County
O. O. Terrell
Brazoria County
John Pundt
Clyde E. Smith
Tyler County
Bailey Sheppard
Larry Mills
Bryan Patterson
Jim Wells Co
Olin Culberson
Jackson County
Wm. H. McDonald
Eastland Co
Olan R. van Zandt
Grayson Co
Pierce Brooks
Farley Determined to Quit Cabinet
James A. Farley, retiring chairman of the national Democratic committee and Postmaster General since 1932, plans to resign from the Cabinet on September 1. Burris C. Jackson, Hillsboro Texas postmaster and Farley confidant, says Farley will not reconsider and will not seek the national committee chair again despite recent pressure.
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Chicago
Ill
Alben W. Barkley
White House
James A. Farley
National Democratic Committee
New Deal
Burris C. Jackson
Hillsboro
Texas
Farley
Jackson
National Committee
Candidate discovers cheap way to lose in North Carolina
J Forrest Witten of Salisbury, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, reported Monday he didn’t spend a penny on his campaign. He was defeated.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. Forrest Witten
Salisbury
Soil conservation urged in 1941 farm program
Washington state AAA officials called for stronger soil saving measures in the 1941 farm program. Proposals would guide drafting without changing the general AAA outlines. Key issues included new soil building practices and extended government advances for lime and materials as credits, broader wind erosion control, and expanded crop insurance to more crops.
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Washington
AAA
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
R. M. Evans
Hillin Texas delegate clash at Democratic convention
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Texas figures clashed with a Negro delegate over a hat request. State Senator Joe Hill of Henderson knocked the delegate, breaking a glasses lens, before police intervened. Further unrest arose when Hal Collins and M W Glaspy tugged at the Texas banner, with Joe Stedham threatening violence.
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Chicago
Ill
Texas
Joe Hill
Henderson
R. L. Bobbitt
Sam Rayburn
Hill
Hal Collins
M. W. Glaspy
Ennis
Collins
Joe Stedham
Fort Worth
Glaspy
Women Force Changes in Democratic Platform Committee
In Chicago the Democratic resolutions committee gained equal gender representation. Women expanded the foreign policy plank to address axis powers and strengthened labor language. A subcommittee merged four DC labor items into one plank, with Mary Norton guiding a rewrite.
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Chicago
Ill
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Hitler
Mussolini
Arthur D. Condon
District of Columbia
Hemisphere
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
P. L. Crowlie
Huron
S. D
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Bernard Shaw Warns U S Must Stand With Britain Or Fall
London Bernard Shaw urged in The Star interview that America must join Britain or face downfall. He referenced Clarence Streit’s Union Now ads calling for a federal union among the U S and six British democracies. Shaw warned federation won’t be decided by ads and urged eventual cooperation.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
America
the Star
Union
United States
Clarence K. Streit
Shaw
Britain
Streit
Final Offer Before Total War Against England
Reports from Rome claim Adolf Hitler will address the Reichstag soon to offer Britain a last chance to capitulate before a planned invasion of the British Isles. Italian Foreign Minister Ciano’s Berlin visit is linked to the alleged speech signaling axis solidarity.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Great Britain
British Isles
Berlin
County Galeazzo Ciano
Hitler
Britain
Ciano
New Rule Allows Some Army Eaglets With Minor Defects
Dallas flight surgeon Capt Harold Myers says General Headquarters created Class B for pilots with minor, correctable defects. Eye acuity lowered to 20 30 with correction, depth perception eased, yarn test replaces Ishihara, heart test drops to plus six, one nostril clear allowed. Class B likely after Class A intake as Army expands pilot program.
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Dallas
Uncle Sam
Army Air Corps
Harold Myers
Love Field
General Headquarters of
The
Air Corps
Myers
Ishihara
Masonic Affiliations of Republican Nominees
The article notes that Republican nominees Wendell Willkie and Charles Linza McNary are Masons. Willkie became Master Mason in Quincy Lodge 230 Elwood Indiana in 1913, left in 1920, and joined Coventry Lodge 665 Akron Ohio. McNary is a Baptist, an Odd Fellow, an Elk, and a member of Al Kader Shrine Temple Portland Oregon, serving as U S Senator from Oregon since 1917.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie
Charles Linza McNary
Willkie
Quincy Lodge No
Elwood
Ind
Coventry Lodge No
Akron
Ohio
McNary
al Kader Shrine
Portland
Ore
U. S
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Hidalgo County
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John O. Douglas
Richard B. Humphrey
Dallas Co
Tuck Chapin
Bexar County
James P. Alexander
Richard Watkins
Tarrant
John H. Sharp
Court of Criminal Appeals
George E. Christian
Burnet Co
Tom L. Beauchamp
Smith Co
Court of Civil Appeals
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Bevis Davis
15Th Judicial
R. M. Carter
R. C
Bob) Slagle Jr
59Th Judicial
Tom Suggs
Ralph Elliott Hubert Bookout
Roy G. Baker
Jake J. Loy
W. R. Henderson
C. H
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Barrett M. E. Talley
Calvin Buchanan
H. Grady Thompson
L. B
Bart
Shipp P. M
Pleas
Porter B. R. Fritz
Collier Yeary
W. D
Dave) Harmon
Beulah (Pitt) Howdeshell
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R. A. Pratt
S. B. Vaughan
Liberia
Joe Hill Fells
U.S
Bernard Shaw
England
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