Hybrid Seed Corn To Be Planted Here In Whitewright
Grayson County Agri culture Club forms at Grayson Hotel with nine founders including Rex Cruse and Taylor Autrey. Speaker Paul Dunkle from Texas Sub-Experiment Station touts hybrid corn gains. About 50 bushels of hybrid corn planned for 1944 and over 100 bushels sold via Denton A and M Station. cost per bushel eight dollars. Texas hybrids No 8 and No 12 discussed. farmers urged to test hybrids alongside usual varieties and plan for 1945 crop.
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Whitewright
Grayson County Agriculture Club
Grayson Hotel
Taylor Autrey
Lloyd Alexander
C. B. Bryant Jr
Russell Summers
N. E. Braggs
Arthur Badgett
Joe Johnson
Clyde Gibson
Rex Cruse
Paul Dunkle
Texas
Denton
Dunkle
Thomas Sears
England
Grayson County
Denton A. & M
Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
Red Cross Prepared 925 Million Dressings
The American Red Cross reports 925 million surgical dressings prepared by volunteers for all U S armed forces in the last fiscal year. They also supplied garments and knitted articles, reflecting major responsibilities of the organization.
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Armed Forces
United States
American Red Cross
Pasture Development in Fannin County Emphasized by District
Farmers in the Fannin County Soil Conservation District push cropland to pasture, overseeding and brushing to improve ground. Overseeding timing for lespedera is February to April, while black medic and bur clover should be seeded in fall or early fall.
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Fannin County
Liquor Taxes Extend to Stocks on Hand
The new liquor taxes effective April 1 apply to stocks on hand as well as to future withdrawals and production. Dealers must inventory all stocks on hand before April 1 and file returns based on increases in existing excises. Whisky 100 proof three dollars per gallon. beer one dollar per barrel. wines and champagnes with varying percentages of alcohol taxed per gallon or half pint.
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Washington
Treasury
Negroes to Get Naval Commissions
The Navy announced the first ever issuance of commissioned officer slots to Negro candidates in the U S Naval Reserve, about 22 billets. It also said two anti submarine vessels a destroyer escort and a patrol chaser will be manned by predominantly Negro crews with mixed white ratings until Negroes qualify.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
U. S. Naval Reserve
Boston Navy Yard
O'Daniel Denies Texas Governor Run
Senator W Lee ODaniel says he has no intention to leave the Senate to seek the Texas governorship. He attributes the governor speculation to friends in Texas.
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Washington
W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate
Texas
O’daniel
Want Ads You Can Get Rubber Stamp Pads at The Sun
Short classified note advertises rubber stamp pads and stamp ink available at The Sun newspaper office or shop. Includes brief call to action for readers to obtain supplies.
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Tom Barbee
Sun
Gas Book Check Due Next Week
Washington report says the OPA will conduct a national check of gasoline ration books next Monday to verify coupons are indorsed with license tag numbers. Unindorsed books after March 6 face notices and possible revocation of rations. Bowles cites daily losses of 2.5 million gallons to the black market.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Grayson County voting strength for 1944 near 23000
Grayson County voting strength in 1944 is about 23 000 per a report by tax officer George Schumacher. The record lists 15 568 voting polls and 503 new exemption certificates for those reaching 21 or over 60 this year. Exhibition and exemption distribution noted for Sherman Denison and other areas with precinct counts to be released by April 1.
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Sherman
Grayson County
George Schumacher
Denison
Captured Nazis Predict Allied Losses and Hitler Triumph
Nogales publisher H R Sisk says three German submarine officers told him in Nogales Mexico that Allies will weaken next year and Hitler will triumph. The officers, captured near Sasabe Sonora after escaping a Phoenix POW camp, boasted about Italy as proof. They claimed 35 Allied divisions in Italy against Germany's 12 and scoffed at Hamburg and Berlin bombings.
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Nogales
Ariz
Hitler
H. R. Sisk
Nogales Herald
Sonora
Mexico
Sisk
Sasabe
U. S
Phoenix
Arizona
Italy
Germany
Hamburg
Berlin
City denies site for German prisoners in Sherman
War Department asked Major Wanless to use East Sherman CCC camp to house 500 German war prisoners and 125 guards for Denison dam area work. City commission refused citing safety and security concerns for citizens and war industries.
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Sherman
War Department
E. J. Wanless
Army Engineers
Denison
East Sherman
CCC
City Commission
T. F. Aston
Denison Dam
Butler Brothers Praise OPA in Annual Report
Butler Brothers, a major civilian goods distributor, lauded the Office of Price Administration in its stockholders report. The firm said price advances across distribution levels have been slow and gradual and not near World War I levels, calling OPA's contribution to the economy genuine.
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Chicago
Ill
Office of Price Administration
Butler Brothers
Willkie Critiques Roosevelt Tax Message Urgently
Willkie denounces Roosevelt veto as violent and ill tempered, urging practical tax fixes not dramatic resignations. He makes no new comment on Senator Barkley who resigns as Senate leader and later seeks reelection while expressing faith in the President.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate
Gum Sale Draws Unprecedented Queue in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg South Africa long lines formed Sunday as chewing gum returned after a two year absence. Rationing limited buyers to two sticks each and even a sickbed bound American traveled to secure his share while some youngsters doubled back for more.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
One in Three American Families Earn Over $3,000 Yearly
Washington reports that one third of American families now exceed $3,000 annual income, up from about one in ten in 1935 to 1940. The Commerce Department also notes last year’s per capita income reached $1,050, more than double the 1935-39 average of $520.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Notice of Interrogatories and Deposition Commission
No 49597 John Oates versus Ethel Oates in Grayson County Texas District Court. Interrogatories to take deposition of John Oates who is in the Army and stationed at Fort Lawton Washington. A commission will be sought after due notice. Clerk S W Earnest issues this February 25 1944 in Sherman Texas.
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John Oates
Ethel Oates
Fifteenth Judicial District
Grayson County
Texas
District Court
Political Announcements for Democratic Primaries 1944
Column announces Democratic primaries in July and August 1944 for Congress in the fourth district with candidates G. C. Morris and Sam Rayburn.
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G. C. Morris
Sam Rayburn
Grocers Push Rationing After War in Texas Meeting
At the Texas Wholesale Grocers Association convention in San Antonio delegates heard P. M. Brinker of Dallas, president of the National Retail Grocers Association, say rationing after the war will be a necessity. The discussion began after a remark in an address by Brinker.
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San Antonio
National Retail Grocers Association
Texas Wholesale Grocers Association
P. M. Brinker
Dallas
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RED Cross
Just
Silk Shantung
Rayon Crepe
Brassieres
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Pascal Farley
Allen T. Short
Hannah's
M. Belew
B. L. Janway
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
Texas Telephone Company
Grady Young
Will Brooks
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Lena Mae Gowdy
Mrs
Holmes Connelly
Elaine
Grayson
Willkie
Congress
J. C
Calvin
Buchanan
J. H
Hub) White
Finis Alverson
Grocers
ETSON
Ike
Manning & Meadow Hardware — Farmalls — Furniture
Reefer
Newsom
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