Red Cross drive starts in Whitewright with early donations
The annual Red Cross fundraising effort opens in Whitewright as residents donate at banks or to campaign committees. The piece also urges gardening due to scarce food, recalling local history about Caraway and a humorous certifying joke by Justice of the Peace J. P. Potter. It ends with a reflection on public speaking.
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Red Cross
Whitewright
Hammett
New Orleans
Memphis
Piggott
Caraway
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Potter
T. H. Caraway
J. P
March planting delays loom for Whitewright farmers
March weather notes farmers behind on corn planting with no reports of acreage. If fair weather lasts four to five weeks fields could dry enough for tractors, pushing planting two to four weeks past usual. Texas gubernatorial race seeds noted with names Rainey Smith Jester Rodgers and W J Minton already on ticket in Grayson County ahead of July 1946 primary.
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Whitewright
Texas
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
John Lee Smith
Beauford Jester
Wodall Rodgers
Dallas
Grayson County
W. J. Minton
Sherman
Day County Texas legend Thad Caraway remembered
The tribute recalls T. H. Caraway known as Thad, celebrated as a great man by locals and a grandfather figure mentioned by a Texas Day County speaker.
Sinclair Products Keeps Cars Rolling Long Term
Sinclair Products offers fuel and lubricants plus motor service to prevent breakdowns. The ad promises lasting car performance and invites farm and auto customers to use Sinclair Gasoline Kerosene and Motor Gas. Contact by phone for farm needs or drive by for auto supplies.
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Sinclair
Roosevelt Highlights On Poland Unity And Malta
Washington reports President Roosevelt in Congress detailing a positive start toward world peace after the Crimean Conference. He cites the Poland agreement as a hopeful path for a free independent Polish state and notes unprecedented unity among the major Allies in war and peace aims at Malta.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Poland
Plan to Increase Attack Against Japan and Soviet Aid
The speech outlines a broader war strategy against Japan with the need for world cooperation and responsibility for global collaboration. It also states a shift to aid the Soviet armies with American and British bombers and calls for Germany to accept unconditional surrender and reparations in kind.
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Japan
Germany
Surrender Means Complete German Disarmament
The statement defines surrender as the total disarmament of Germany, ending its militarism and military equipment and stopping armament production.
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Germany
Grayson County Taxes See 90 Percent Paid in 1944
Grayson County collected 90 percent of its 1944 tax roll with a total assessment of 385 619 and collections of 348 768 as reported by tax officer George Schumacher. Polls paid in 1944 were 12 310, below 1943 levels, while county and state tax rates stood at 55 cents each. The 1943 poll payment was the record high of 15 560. Yoga noted as a winter wheat variety from Montana was mentioned in the text.
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Grayson County
George Schumacher
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T. Glenn Doss
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Greenway
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Sinclair Products
Malta
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South Texas
Springfield
St. Louis
Missouri
Ag. Pathie
Kompany
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