Whitewright Votes 404 Strong in Saturday Primary
Whitewright voters cast 404 ballots in Saturday's primary, 45 more than 1940 first primary and 18 more than 1938. W. Lee O'Daniel kept the same vote total as two years ago but fell to 36.6 percent. James V. Allred led Senate with 159 votes. Coke Stevenson led governor with 283. Full Whitewright tabulation lists candidates for many state and county offices with counts.
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Moody
Ethey
Floyd E. Ryan
O'Daniel
Hal Collins
Coke Stevenson
Alex M. Ferguson
United States
W. Lee O'Daniel
Dan Moody
James V. Allred
Congress
Sam Rayburn
George T. Balch
Coke R. Stevenson
Gene S. Porter Hall
Collins
John Lee Smith
Vernon Lemens
Harold Beck
Virgil E. Arnold Doss Hardin Alton M. Mead J. Dixie Smith Boyce
Arthur R
Grayson County Navy Enlistment Drive Aims at 62 Men Monthly
Grayson County and nearby Cooke Collin and Denton counties are urged to recruit at least 62 volunteers monthly for August and September to match the crew of a submarine. Chief E C Hayes announces the district efforts led by American Legion Posts and civic groups with volunteers labeled as Recruiters.
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Sherman Navy
E. C.hayes
Cooke
Collin
Denton
Grayson
American Legion
Navy
Hayes
Houston Navy
Texas
Houston
Grayson County
Grayson County Navy
Denton County
Denton County Navy
Navy Recruiting Slogans By Monthly Quota
The Navy uses monthly quota driven slogans to attract enlistments. Ages range from 17 to 50 with paths for unskilled recruits to enter trade schools and skilled personnel to become petty officers earning 78 to 126 dollars monthly. Enlistment applications must be filed before induction into the Army.
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Navy
Army
British Cadets Are Cautioned Americans Still Like Scalps
A British Air Ministry piece warns that despite melting pot changes Americans exhibit strong traits. It portrays an American as rambling, curious, generous, violent and ready to pursue wealth, likening him to earlier warfare with Native Americans.
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New York
Air Ministry
Ministry portrays American cadets for RAF training pamphlets
The Ministry describes Americans as a complex mix of races and cultures, noting their love of action and blunt speech. It compares American regions to global locales and references Washington Irving’s coinage of the term almighty dollar.
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Washington Irving
Runoffs Loom In Three Fannin County Races
In unofficial returns from 41 boxes the primary left three county races needing runoff: county superintendent between S. G. Denny and Curlee Cummings. assessor-collector between Hamp Harper and Wesley Farmer. and county clerk between O. W. Gross and Virgil Wilson.
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Dodd
Denny
Cummings
Dave Ray
W. H
Hamp) Harper
Wesley Farmer
Harper
Farmer
Rayburn Sparks
A. K. Yates
Calvert Sherrer
O. W. Gross
Virgil Wilson
Fannin County
Wilson
Gross
Joe Britton
Hack Carson
W. T. Taylor
Talmadge Moore
Tom Denton
O. L. Couch
Louis Woosley
Judge Couch
Woosley
John Farmer
A. P. Bolding
John Connelly
Rules Limiting Soldiers Free Mail in New Post Order
The Third Assistant Postmaster General issued guidance restricting free mail for soldiers. Air mail, press items, magazines, catalogs, large photos, and non letter items are excluded unless incidental to a letter.
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Washington
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Shepherds' crooks ranked by War Production Board
The War Production Board's latest priorities regulation lists shepherds' crooks at a thirteen rating, ahead of soda fountains but behind splints. The origin and user of the crooks remain unspecified in the remark attributed to The New Yorker.
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Shepherds’ Crooks
War Production Board
The
New Yorker
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