Election 10 to be held in old fire station
O L Jones Democratic precinct chairman and presiding judge orders election at the old fire station site used for years. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm. Only city poll tax receipts holders on the list and state county tax payers may vote. Women vote if they have state and county receipts. Those over 60 vote without a receipt. Democratic and Republican precinct conventions set for 2 pm. No Republican primary in Texas this year.
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O. L. Jones
Supreme Court of Texas
Whitewright
American Legion Hall
Texas
Texas Election Bureau to Give Early Vote Results
Dallas reports the Texas Election Bureau, a cooperative of newspaper partners, will estimate early results within hours of poll closings. With 56 state candidates and 19 for Railroad Commissioner, the bureau will receive county returns, tabulate with a 35 member staff, and broadcast trends to members.
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Dallas
Mexico
Texas Election Bureau
Bureau
Texas
Dallas Morning News
R. L. Johnson
Jenkins Burns Up Salt Flats Sets New World Mark
Abe Jenkins with his Mor Man Meteor shattered 21 land speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats near Salt Lake City completing a 24 hour speed grind from 50 kilometers to 3,000 miles. His average speed for the run was 161.18 mph, faster than his previous world standard. Also noted is McChord Field in Tacoma, a projected 18 million dollar, 2,000 acre army air base.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Abe Jenkins
Salt Lake City
McChord Field
Army Air Base
Tacoma
Wash
Whitewright Boys Act as Officers at Training Camp
Five Whitewright boys at Fort Sill Oklahoma were promoted to cadet officer and non commissioned officer ranks for the camp. Lloyd J Badgett is 1st lieutenant and Lloyd W Roddy is platoon sergeant. Preston J Henderson Jack E Wallace and James B Phillips are corporals. Other Grayson County officers are Paul H Horn of Denison 2nd lieutenant and John P Livingston Sherman corporal.
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Whitewright
Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Sill
Okla
Lloyd J. Badgett
Lloyd W. Roddy
Preston J. Henderson
Jack E. Wallace
James B. Phillips
Grayson County
Paul H. Horn
Denison
John P. Livingston
Sherman
Britain Hikes Income Tax to Record Levels in War Budget
In an emergency budget in the House of Commons Sir Kingsley Wood announced the highest income tax in British history. The basic rate rises to 42 percent with a 18 shillings in the pound supertax and surcharges on estates. Taxes on beer tobacco wine and salaries at the source are also adjusted to fund wartime costs.
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London
Britain
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Kingsley
Commons
Evergreen Bagworms Threaten Local Shrubs
Vocational agriculture teacher T. H. Cunningham reports heavy infection of evergreen shrubs by evergreen bagworms this summer. He urges householders to use control methods, including hand picking or spraying with arsenic solution. A tested formula mixes arsenate of lead, lime, then water to make a thin paste for spraying.
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T. H. Cunningham
Edna Faye Tuggle 17 Dies Driving Tioga Post Office Area
Funeral services were held at Tioga Baptist Church for Edna Faye Tuggle a Tioga High School spring graduate who died suddenly while driving the family car on a Tioga street. Her mother stopped the vehicle before causing harm.
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Tioga
Tioga Baptist Church
Edna Faye Tuggle
Tioga High School
Tuggle
Limit on Sunbathing Is Advised by Expert
In Austin a UT instructor says sunbathing should be limited to 30 minutes daily though beneficial nine of 12 months. Fifteen minutes on back and face is the maximum before burn risk. Ultraviolet rays make sunbathing helpful March through November. First sunbath two minutes, then increase one minute daily to 15 minutes per side.
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Austin
Texas
Anna Hiss
University of Texas
Senate Bill Moves Toward Universal Draft Plan
The Senate military committee backed a Burke-Wadsworth bill registering 42,000,000 men to draft 1.5 million aged 21 to 30 in year one. It sets 18 to 64 for registration, one year of training, pay starting at 21 dollars monthly, and deferments for families or national defense workers.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Morris Sheppard
Dem
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
W. E. Shedd
War Department
Congress
Shedd
National Guard
Guard
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Gubernatorial contrasts noted in Texas race this year
Austin reports sharp contrasts in the Texas gubernatorial campaign. O Daniel lacks endorsements this time after 1938 protests, with six candidates now against Ernest Thompson and Jerry Sadler. Ferguson couple seeks a fifth term, while press relations with O Daniel remain tense and public interest wanes amid European conflict.
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Austin
O'Daniel
O’daniel
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Thompson
Jerry Sadler
C. V. Terrell
Terrell
Fergusons
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Harry Hines
Highway Commission
Preston Everheart Post Elects Officers
Preston Everheart Post No 225 American Legion elected officers for the coming year. T H Cunningham was re-elected post commander with C M Dillon as vice commander and J P Darwin as post adjutant. John Reeves remains service officer and George Key sergeant at arms. W E La Roe chaplain. Cunningham Darwin and R A Vestal named delegates to the state convention at Laredo August 18 21. Picnic report showed substantial profit.
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Preston Everheart
American Legion
T. H. Cunningham
C. M. Dillon
J. P. Darwin
John Reeves
George Key
W. E. la Roe
R. A. Vestal
Laredo
The
Post
Balanced Recreational Life Aims to Enrich Grayson County Youth
Whitewright hosts a WPA funded recreation project promoting arts crafts athletics music drama and social activities. Playground directors Miss Pauline Magers and George W New invite boys and girls to the High School playground open weekdays 1 to 6 pm and Saturdays 8 am to 2 pm with sessions led to develop self identity and community happiness.
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Grayson County
WPA
Whitewright
Pauline Magers
George W. New
Insurance plan for Texas high school football players
The Texas Interscholastic League approved a contract with a national insurer allowing member schools to insure football players for injuries or life. The plan costs 1.75 dollars per player annually, covers up to 100 dollars for serious injuries, with optional life insurance at a higher premium. Kenley noted past injuries and deaths, and the survey showed many schools already spend on injury coverage.
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Austin
C. H. Kenley
San Angelo
Direct
Kenley
Texas
Texas High School Conference
Finding Air Corps Pilots Is Big Task In Defense Program
RANDOLPH FIELD The army air corps faces expanding its training to 7,000 pilots a year and must solve a large scale recruitment challenge. From college graduates to underclassmen, married status, jobs, and age affect eligibility. Experience tables project few cadets reach flight status, with many washouts. Last year civilian pilot programs yield discouraging returns and West Point quotas remain underfilled.
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Air Corps
Randolph Field
Army Air Corps
United States
Nazi Germany
Army
Military Academy
West Point
Three Democratic Senators Brace for Solid South Victory
Washington reports three Democratic senators predict Republicans will not dent the solid South in November. Pepper of Florida says no Southern state will deviate, with many Republicans voting for Roosevelt and Wallace. Ellender of Louisiana notes party workers who fail to back the ticket are seen as Republicans in Democratic clothing. Harrison of Mississippi says the situation looks good and will improve daily.
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Washington
Pepper
Florida
Roosevelt
Wallace
Ellender
Louisiana
Harrison
Mississippi
The seven ages of a woman recalled in verse
A playful note lists seven stages from infant to mature years, curling humor about the女性 life cycle. The fragment riffes on recurring phases labeled as the miss and young woman, inviting a wry reflection on aging and gender roles.
Truth About the Norwegian Invasion Revealed
Carl John Hambro, speaker of the Norwegian Parliament, arrived in Washington after crossing from Halifax. He states Nor wegians in official roles did not betray their country and debunks fifth column claims. He describes Oslo attack timing, German radio control, Bergen capture, and the role of German tourists-turned scouts in planning sabotage.
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Carl John Hambro
Washington
Halifax
Haakon
Norway
North Sea
England
Oslo
Himbro
Bergen
Relief Held as Permanent Issue in U S
Cambridge Mass. A Harvard study of 2100 Massachusetts families on ERA and WPA files from 1935 to 1937 finds work relief a likely permanent condition. The unemployed exhaust resources and run debt to $234 on average, with relief families poorly fed and housed, and unemployment hit youth just out of school and workers over 40 hardest.
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Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth W. Gilboy
Gilboy
Harvard University Committee On Research In the Social Sciences
Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
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Sun
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Byron C. Utecht
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