Distribution of Food Stamps Here Expected Next Week
Grayson County begins a surplus commodities food stamp program with C. H. Barrett in charge. Whitewright residents will receive visits next week to pick up orange purchase stamps and blue free stamps, with mail notices sent in advance. The county mobile unit will arrive in Whitewright twice monthly, and grocers in the area are announcing acceptance of stamps for purchases.
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Grayson County
C. H. Barrett
Whitewright
City Hall
Barrett
the Sun
Nazis Use Dakar London Hears as Vichy Maps Policy
The London News Chronicle quoted London sources that a collaboration pact between Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Darlan and Adolf Hitler would allow joint French German use of six naval bases. It says Germany already uses Dakar as a submarine base and would base surface ships there and at Casablanca, threatening the northern Atlantic trade route.
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London
London News Chronicle
Jean Darlan
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Dakar
French
West Africa
Cape Verde Islands
Casablanca
Atlantic
Britain
United States
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Collin County Singers Convene Two Day Spring Meeting
The Collin County Singing Convention plans a two day spring gathering in McKinney at McKinney High School auditorium on June 7 and 8. R F Williams announces events open at 8 15 p m Saturday and 10 30 a m Sunday with a 1 p m afternoon session. Visiting singers will be hosted in local homes.
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Collin County
McKinney
R. F. Williams
McKinney High School
Houston's New Senator Paired On Sugar Quota Bill
Texas junior senator Andrew Jackson Houston paired his vote with Minnesota's Shipstead on a sugar quota increase bill amid fatigue after taking the oath. Houston would have opposed the measure if present, and Connally of Texas did the same. the arrangement secured passage of the bill.
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Washington
Texas
Andrew Jackson Houston
Shipstead
Minnesota
Philippines
Senate
Senator Connally
Houston Sworn In as Junior Texas Senator
Andrew Jackson Houston, aged 87, was sworn in Monday as the junior Senator from Texas to serve until a successor is elected to replace the late Senator Morris Sheppard. He was accompanied to the rostrum by Senator Tom Connally and was attended by several Texas House members and Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Houston
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Houston
Tom Connally
Texas House
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse H. Jones
May Rainfall Totals and Heavy Sunday Downpour
Rain in May reached 4.29 inches after 0.06 inches Thursday. It followed the first rain since May 10 and did little to ease dust from a dry period. Through May, five months produced 16.53 inches, and the year’s heaviest rain occurred last Sunday at the city water plant with 2.80 inches, 0.03 inches before 8 am and 2.77 inches Sunday night.
Army of 3 Million Seen in Proposal For More Camps
Brig. Gen. Brehon Somervell signaled rush of contracts totaling about one billion dollars as Congress weighs expanding the Army. A House subcommittee hearing sparked talk that land forces could reach nearly 3,000,000, with National Guard federal service extended. Congress funded early cantonment planning to avoid costly errors.
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Washington
Congress
United States Army
Brehon Somervell
House
War Department
National Guard
Gasless Sundays Considered Across United States Auto Restrictions
Oil industry officials meeting with government officials urged gasless Sundays and other conservation steps to ease anticipated petroleum shortages. The group warned the East could face deficit by July 1 with impacts extending into autumn and 1940. They proposed an industry committee under petroleum coordinator Ickes to share restrictions across the Western Hemisphere and debated switching furnaces from oil to coal and lowering indoor temperatures.
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Washington
United States
Western Hemisphere
East
Office of Production Management
Industry Committee
Ickes
Roosevelt
Gasolineless Sundays Not Planned For Texas
Washington sources say Texas is unlikely to adopt gasolineless Sundays, though any move rests with Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, named petroleum coordinator for national defense. Oil men in Houston note Gulf Coast surplus and transport constraints as the East lacks movement.
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Houston
Texas
Washington
The
Chronicle
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
National Defense
East
Gulf Coast
Burial for Cecil Cameron of Dallas in Oak Hill Cemetery
Cecil Cameron of Dallas is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery after dying at his Dallas home. Services were held at Sparkman Brand Chapel and cemetery rites led by ministers J. F. Fender and E. P. Wootten. Born in Whitewright, he once ran a menswear store with his father, married Evelyn Ayres in 1915, moved to Dallas 23 years ago, and left a wife, son Cecil Cameron Jr., and sister Mrs. G. E. Camp as survivors.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Cecil Cameron
Dallas
Sparkman Brand Chapel
Robert Coleman
First Baptist Church of Dallas
J. F. Fender
E. P. Wootten
Cameron
Whitewright
W. P. Cameron
Evelyn Ayres
Tobe Ayres
Grayson College
The
Baptist Church
First Wheat Parity Payments Certifed in Texas
First wheat parity payments under the 1941 AAA program have been certified and checks mailed to counties. Counties receiving early checks include Coke, Fisher, Haskell, Bosque, Surry, Hale and Sterling. The state office is processing additional applications daily with several payment totals and application counts released for 1940 conservation, rice parity, and cotton parity programs.
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College Station
AAA
Fred Rennels
Texas
Coke
Fisher
Haskell
Bosque
Scurry
Hale
Sterling
Agricultural Conservation
Dorothy LaRoe Earns B S Degree at TSCW Commencement
Miss Dorothy LaRoe of Whitewright received a bachelor of science in kindergarten primary education with an English minor at the Texas State College for Women thirty-eighth annual commencement in Denton on June 2. She led the Kindergarten Primary Departmental Club and the Chapperal Club and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. LaRoe.
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Whitewright Sun
Denton
Dorothy LaRoe
Whitewright
Texas State College For Women
LaRoe
Chapperal Club
W. E. LaRoe
11 664 000 Tons of Allied Shipping Lost Nazis Say
Berlin reports that since the war began German forces have sunk 11 664 000 tons of enemy shipping. Official news agency DNB noted totals since February 1941 show monthly rates around 730 000 tons except April. British figures for the same period place Allied losses at 5 961 044 tons.
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Berlin
DNB
Congressman Edelstein Dies After Lobby Heart Attack
Rep. Michael M. Edelstein collapsed in the House lobby after replying to Rep. Rankin's attack on Wall Street bankers and international Jews. He had left the floor with unanimous consent to respond and died of a heart attack. The report notes an unrelated line about the Indian rhinoceros costing about $18,000 in the United States.
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Washington
Michael M. Edelstein
New York
House
John M. Rankin
Mississippi
Wall Street
America
Edelstein
Rankin
George W. Calver
United States
2000 Fewer Poll Taxes in Grayson To Reduce Voting
Grayson County faces a lighter poll tax base as 2,000 voters failed to file for 1941 tax receipts. About 15,761 voters are eligible to cast ballots for the senatorial race and a $300,000 road bond, with 10,000 to 11,500 expected to vote and 1,500 likely to be barred by poll tax receipts.
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Sherman
Grayson County
United States
Collier Yeary
Denison and
Marvin Hogan
Mr. Yeary
Denison-Sherman
O Daniel says he wont quit campaign for Senate
Governor O Daniel formally opened his bid for the U S Senate in a Waco downpour and explained he will not resign as governor to run. He said resigning would lose votes of enemies while remaining would win votes from friends and foes. Hal Collins of Mineral Wells withdrew from the race after backing O Daniel. Collins foresaw O Daniel winning about 60 percent in the June 28 election to fill the late Senator Morris Sheppard’s term ending Jan 3, 1943.
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Waco
O’daniel
United States Senate
Hal H. Collins
Mineral Wells
Collins
O'Daniel
Morris Sheppard
Texas House Approves Recess Resolution
The Texas House passed a plan to recess from June 12 to June 30 without pay by 71 ayes to 62 nays. The measure heads to the Senate, while a separate Senate approved resolution for sine die adjournment on June 7 was tabled.
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Texas
Austin
Senate
House
Indictments for Price Fixing Hit San Francisco
Nearly 200 organizations and individuals across six industries face indictments for price fixing and monopolistic practices. The batch, the largest by a federal grand jury here, includes five food groups and one national defense sector, with 14 industrial associations 89 corporations and partnerships and 91 officers named. Bail was set at $1000 for each person.
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San Francisco
National Defense Industry
Officers Elected by Whitewright Masonic Lodge for New Year
Whitewright Lodge No. 167 A F and A M elected R R Summers as worshipful master Emory Christian senior warden Herman Bedford junior warden W H Stedham treasurer B W Newman secretary and P A Short tiler for the masonic year starting June 24 Stedham and Newman were re elected Summers Christian Bedford and Short will succeed prior officers Appointive officers to be named by Summers and Christian Installation set for June 24 marking the lodge 85th anniversary Royal Arch Chapter invited to joint installation at the ceremony
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Whitewright Lodge No. 167
A. F
A. M
R. R. Summers
Emory Christian
Herman Bedford
W. H. Stedham
B. W. Newman
P. A. Short
Stedham
Newman
Summers
Finis Stephens
Christian
T. H. Cunningham
Bedford
J. D. Kent
Short
O. L. Jones
Royal Arch
Gerald Mann to Speak Across Texas for Senate Bid
Hon. Gerald Mann Texas Attorney General will address crowds in Whitewright at 10:30 a.m. Saturday promoting his U.S. Senate candidacy to replace the late Senator Sheppard. He also speaks in Farmersville at 9:30 a.m. Denison at 11:30 a.m. and Sherman at 8 p.m.
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Gerald Mann
Texas
Whitewright
United States Senate
Senator Sheppard
Mann
Farmersville
Denison
Sherman
Hopkins Sees Nazi Defeat Based on Sea Air and Resources
Harry Hopkins, head of lend lease, argues Hitler cannot win the war due to lack of sea power, waning air strength, and Britain and the United States overwhelming economic resources. He notes German claims require scrutiny and cites British air superiority and factory protection as key factors.
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New York
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hitler
Great Britain
United States
American Magazine
Hopkins
London
Trainee Litton Uses 29 Languages to Cuss Sergaent
Private Richard A. Litton stands out at Camp Wolters for cussing the sergeant in twenty nine languages. Born in England and trained in modern speech, he arrived in the U S in 1936 and will become a citizen next year. He worked as translator for a Hollywood studio and hopes to use his language skills in military intelligence as an interpreter.
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Camp Wolters
Richard A. Litton
United States Army
Litton
England
Onions Quoted at 2 50 2 60 Bushel
The Trenton section onion crop is moving but acreage is down from previous years. No 1 grade onions bring 2.50 to 2.60 per bushel, signaling good earnings if yields meet 75 bushels per acre as expected due to an unfavorable season.
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Trenton
Trenton Tribune
Roosevelt Backs Drastic Law to End Strike Deadlocks
President Roosevelt endorsed a new property seizure bill aimed at ending irreconcilable strikes in defense industries. He cited the Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers dispute to illustrate gaps in current law and said the measure would allow government seizure of needed property to ensure deliveries. The bill, pushed by the War Department, is seen as a last resort to force labor and management to accept impartial arbitration and maintain war production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
War Department
Labor and Capital
Mann Leads Voting In Straw Ballot Of Commerce Voters
Texas Attorney General Gerald C. Mann leads a five hour straw ballot at the Daily Journal office with 29 of 50 votes. Martin Dies and W L O Daniel follow, Lyndon Johnson close behind with four, Fletcher listed with one, and about twenty-five other candidates receiving no votes.
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Commerce
Gerald C. Mann
Texas
Southern Methodist
Martin Dies
Time Magazine
Daily Journal
Dies
W. L. O’daniel
Lyndon Johnson
United States
National Administration
O'Daniel
Fletcher
Journal
Aircraft Warning Service for Texas Initiated in Austin
Detailed enrollment plan for volunteers in the aircraft warning service being developed in Austin by the Governor's national defense staff with cooperation from state offices. Awaiting word from United States Air Corps officers on interceptor commanders and the number of observation posts to be set up.
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Austin
United States Army
Governor’s
National Defense Staff
Secretary of State
Adjutant-General
Texas State Employment Service
United States Air Corps
Soldier Captures Colonel in War Maneuvers in Tennessee
A Red Army private captured Colonel Robert Bond of the 117th Infantry, 30th Division, during maneuvers in Middle Tennessee. The private and the colonel were nearly exhausted from walking before the prisoner was secured.
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Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Robert Bond
117Th Infantry
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