Reservations Open for Whitewright Frozen Food Locker Plant
The Sun promotes a Whitewright area frozen food locker project by Gray son County Frozen Food and Locker Company. About half the required reservations are in, split between Whitewright residents and nearby farmers. Lockers cost 10 11 or 12 50 yearly and hold 250 to 300 pounds. Nolan Jackson of the Sherman plant notes same services and two cent per pound processing, with plants already operating in Sherman Bonham Mc Kinney and other North Texas locales.
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the Sun
Grayson County Frozen Food & Locker Company
Whitewright
Nolan Jackson
Sherman
Jackson
United States
Bonham
McKinney
Texas
Salvation Army officer speaks at Rotary Club in Whitewright
Major R. E. Clevett of Dallas spoke to the Rotary Club Friday about establishing a Salvation Army post in Grayson County with headquarters in Sherman. A fund drive for a year's work was outlined. Capt. Herbert Jones to lead the Grayson County effort. A committee was formed to gather names and addresses of local boys in the U S Army or Navy for magazines. The club also donated to the sweater fund for Whitewright High School football players. The meeting marked the ninth straight 100 percent attendance.
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R. E. Clevett
Dallas
Salvation Army
Texas Division
Rotary Club
Clevett
Grayson County
Sherman
Alan Harvey-Brooks
First Methodist Church
Herbert Jones
Major Clevett
Whitewright
F. M. Echols
F. D
Clay Horton
U.S. Army
Layman
Sun
Registration Rules Change for Auto Types in Grayson Office
George Schumacher, Grayson deputy in auto registrations, outlined changes for vehicle registrations. Rural mail delivery vehicles now require commercial license plates. ambulances and hearses switch to passenger plates. privately owned contract school buses use passenger plates. Authorities urge timely 1941 plate renewal to avoid lines before the April 1 deadline.
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George Schumacher
Grayson Tax Office
Schumacher
New Crew to Maintain Grayson County Blacktop Roads
Sherman. A new road crew dedicated to repairing Grayson County blacktop roads was created by the Commissioners Court. The team includes a foreman and three workers using an asphalt-laying machine, funded from a road and bridge pool shared by precincts.
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Reece Bowen
Sherman
Denison
Red River
CCC Seeks Five Thousand Boys for April Enrollment
J S Murchison executive director of the Texas Department of Public Welfare urges welfare workers in Texas counties that about 5 000 boys are needed to reach full CCC strength. Enrollments planned for April with defense program boosts and expanded vocational training to aid speedy employment and self support. Boys may apply at county welfare offices for a six month CCC term.
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J. S. Murchison
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Texas
CCC
Murchison
Flight Command at Palace Theatre Promises Navy Air Thrills
Navy air story Flight Command screens at Palace Theatre tonight and Friday starring Robert Taylor Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon. The drama blends authentic aerial sequences with a romantic plot amid naval loyalty and code. Director Frank Borzage presents a high drama of dive bombing training and perilous sea landings with army and naval cooperation.
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Air In “Flight Command
Naval Aviation
Uncle Sam
Robert Taylor
Ruth Hussey
Walter Pidgeon
Palace Theatre
United States Navy
Taylor
Flight Command
Navy
Frank Borzake
Harvey
Whitewright Man On New Grand Jury
Sherman district court impaneled a new grand jury under Judge R C Slagle Jr for the fifteenth district. Foreman H H Vanston of Denison leads a panel including Hugh Belden Sherman E O Thomas Tom Bean M E Elliott Sadler Henry Hynds Van Alstyne Gomer May Whitewright Top Mackey Dorchester Wade Johnson Sherman Chris Schearer Sherman Tom McDonald Whitesboro and W R Ford Tom Bean. The commission included Carl R Nall Sherman Fred Wright Denison and Cecil Johnson Howe.
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W. R. Ford
Tom Bean
Slagle
Carl R. Nall
Sherman
Fred Wright
Denison
Cecil Johnson
Howe
Full text of British Aid Bill as passed by Congress
The lend lease act text outlines definitions for defense articles and information, and grants the President power to manufacture procure dispose of and test defense articles to aid allied governments. It covers export controls reporting requirements and funding bans with timelines through 1946. It notes fire loss in 1940 at about 306 million dollars per the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Army
Chief of Naval Operations
Navy
Secretary of War
Secretary
Department
Secretaries of War and of the Navy
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Industrial alcohol from molasses in the United States
Molasses is being made into industrial alcohol at 200000 gallons annually in the United States. The text notes cotton fibers and hollow flattened reeds in a microscopic description.
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United States
Draft Age Limit of 21 to 25 Now Being Considered
Washington reports official consideration of a draft age limit from 21 to 25 as a compromise revision of the Selective Service Act. The idea aims to transition from the 21 to 35 liability to a European style system and has support from Army officials and the American Legion proposing 18 to 25. Each year about 1.25 million men reach 21, seen as more than sufficient in peacetime.
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Washington
Selective Service
American Legion
Congress
Army
Whitewright to Elect Three School Trustees in April
An election will be held April 5 in the city election room to elect three members to the Whitewright Board of Education. Terms of Reeves, May and Newman expire. four hold-overs remain Gillett, Meador, Horton and Stateville. Census work by Supt. Key seeks full enrollment. each scholastic enumerated earns $22.50 state apportionment. Boys and girls remain eligible until age eighteen.
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Whitewright Board of Education
John Reeves
Gomer May
B. W. Newman
R. A. Gillett
C. J. Meador
Clay Horton
G. C. Stateville
H. W. Key
Whitewright
Brewer Denied New Trial in Fort Worth Knife Slaying Case
Judge Willis Mc Gregor denied Earl T. Brewer a new trial after a 99 year sentence for killing his son in law, husband of his daughter, in Fort Worth on January 10. Otis Rogers plans an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals. The Brewer family relocates from Ector to Bowie and Lannius, while Virginia Ruth Brewer Cox sells her story and moves nearby.
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Bonham
Willis McGregor
Criminal District Court
Fort Worth
Earl Thomas Brewer
Ector Farmer
Otis Rogers
Court of Criminal Appeals
ECTOR
Earl T. Brewer
Lannius
Virginia Ruth Brewer Cox
Bowie
Texas
Brewer
Men 21 Since Oct 16 Not Required To Register
Adjutant General J Watt Page announced that men who have turned 21 since October 16 1940 are not required to register for selective military training unless a new registration day is proclaimed by the President. Those who passed age 36 since Oct 16 remain liable for training.
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Austin
J. Watt Page
Selective Service
Page
Military duty registrations rise with 19 year olds
London report shows 267 361 nineteen year olds registered for military service by February 22. Among them 1 421 declared conscientious objection while excluding mercantile seamen and those unable to register.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Mercantile Marine
Crippled Children Clinic to Be Held in Sherman
The Grayson County Society For Crippled Children will hold a free crip pled clinic at Travis Street Methodist Church in Sherman on Tuesday March 25. The State Health Department Division for Crippled Children will send physicians and nurses to examine every case, with no advance registration required. bring crippled or handicapped children before noon.
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Grayson County Society For Crippled Children
Travis Street Methodist Church
Sherman
Frank M. Thompson
State Department of Health
Thompson
Grayson Teachers Plan Citizenship Day Observance
The Grayson County Teachers Association proposes a Citizenship Recognition Day on May 18 to honor and prepare for suffrage for those turning voting age in 1941 and new naturalized citizens. The program will be in a central location with youth encouraged to attend, and citizens may contact officers for help.
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Grayson County Teachers Association
Byron Davis
Sherman
Davis
W. M. Pierce
Tom Bean
Sallye Hamilton
Whitewright
Steve Yeary
Howe
Baptist Workers Conference Held At Local Church
Grayson County Baptist workers gathered Friday at a local church for a program based on The Training Union led by Rev. H. L. White of Sherman. Rev. F. A. Tippen presided with sermon by Rev. Nat Farley. Additional speakers included Rev. L. O. Evans Miss Mildred Calhoun Rev. Howard McSpedden and Earl Rogers who announced county wide training schools. Next session set for April 8 at North Park Church Sherman.
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Grayson County Baptist Workers
H. L. White
Sherman
F. A. Tippen
Whitesboro
Nat Farley
Howe
L. O. Evans
Mildred Calhoun
Howard McSpedden
Pilot Grove
Earl Rogers
Denison
North Park Church
Army Plans to Train Additional Pilots
The War Department studies expanding the Army Air Corps training to meet a projected 40 000 planes. The present goal remains 24 000 pilots by end of 1942 with 17 basic and 11 more schools plus 20 advanced schools. Final numbers and new groups await approval.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Corps
Strength of Army Surpasses One Million in War Report
The War Department reports the Army at 1,003,500 personnel, with Officers and Enlisted Men distributed among Regular Army National Guard Reserve and selective service trainees. Total strength exceeds one million as of Monday.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
Reserve
Selective Service
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England
Navy Air Story
New Grand Jury
Crippled Children Clinic
Grayson Teachers Association
Baptist Workers
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