Clean-Up Health Safety and Fire Prevention Week Plan
State wide emphasis on Health Traffic Safety Fire Prevention and Better Citizenship during March 30 to April 5. The Governor Texas Health Department Fire Insurance Department and Public Safety join with citizens to awaken public interest in protecting health safeguarding motorists reducing fire waste improving home life ownership pride and property values. Whitewright Mayor F M Echols urges clubs organizations and citizens to join in a city led clean-up with pre collected rubbish and limited hauling to avoid double trips during the week.
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Texas
State Health Department
State Fire Insurance Department
State Department of Public Safety
F. M. Echols
the Sun
Whitewright
Echols
Bond Assumption Saves Money For Grayson Taxpayers
Grayson County taxpayers enjoy a 37.6 percent tax rate reduction under the Rond Bond Assumption Act due to a survey by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. The group urges support for amended Road Bond Assumption provisions to apply funds to county road debts first and then to lateral roads under engineering supervision, arguing state highway spending remains high and the measure serves broader public interests.
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Grayson County
Tax Department of the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Texas Chamber
State Highway Department
Texas Association of County Judges and Commissioners
Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
Dominoes credited for longevity by 103 year old Texan
T. L. Lovlace, age 103, credits his long life to playing dominoes. He spoke at his birthday celebration in Pampa saying dominoes keep him active and sharp. He quit tobacco and liquor about 40 years ago and still reads without glasses, walks downtown daily, and keeps all his hair.
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Pampa
T. L. Lovlace
Lovelace
Dissolution Vote Ends Whitewright Cooperative Gin Association
At a stockholders meeting the Whitewright Cooperative Gin Association voted unanimously to disband and turn its property back to mortgage holder Kay Kimbell of Fort Worth who had agreed to the settlement. The coop organized in 1939 had purchased the New Gin Company plant and faced losses after two seasons despite >2,000 bales of cotton. cottonseed prices and high seed costs erased profits. L. E. Alexander, the former manager, remains as manager for Mr. Kimbell.
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Whitewright Cooperative Gin Association
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
New Gin Company
Greenville Interests
Kimbell
Greenville Company
Whitewright Gin
Co-Op
L. E. Alexander
Coop
County Cotton Ginned in 1940 Reported for Fannin Grayson
The final cotton ginning report shows 50,528 bales ginned in Grayson County during 1940, up from 39,611 the prior year. In Bonham Fannin County, 60,604 bales were ginned in 1940-41, a gain of 9,764 over 1939-40.
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G. O. Peterson
Carpenter's Bluff
Grayson County
Street Riots Flare In Belgrade And Sarajevo Over Axis Bonds
Belgrade and Sarajevo saw violent street riots as students led protests against Yugoslavia’s Axis alliance. Police battled demonstrators at eight Belgrade points while more than 1,000 protesters clashed in Sarajevo. Schools closed for days. youths burned benches and photos of Hitler and Mussolini as unrest spread to Cetinje Montenegro.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sarajevo
Axis
Gavrio Prinzip
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Comitaji
Danube
Sava
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Montenegro
Cetinje
Sam Rayburn Portrait to Hang in Senate
The House unanimously adopted a resolution directing the Speaker to appoint a committee to arrange for buying a portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn. When painted, the portrait is to be hung in the Senate chamber with portraits of Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and John N. Garner.
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Austin
House
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Sam Houston
Stephnn F. Austin
John N. Garner
All-Time Peak Defense Spending Near 25 Billion
Congress races toward a record one year government total surpassing 25 billion dollars driven by an all-out defense program. House actions include 7 billion for British aid and 5.97 billion for War Department activities with Navy at about 3.42 billion.
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Washington
Congressional
House
Roosevelt
Higher Loan Rates For Farm Crops Gets Committee Approval
Senate Agriculture Committee backed legislation that would raise Government loan rates for cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco and rice by about 1 billion dollars annually. The bill ties loans to parity prices and requires strict marketing controls and acreage allotments. If enacted, loans could begin August 1, with enhanced penalties for overproduction.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
Alabama
Farm Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Government orders Allis-Chalmers to resume defense production
Washington used a bold move to end a nine week strike at Allis-Chalmers by ordering the plant and its workers to restart on vital defense orders. William F. Knudsen and Frank Knox sent telegrams to Allis-Chalmers president Max W. Babb and the CIO United Auto Workers urging full cooperation and immediate report for work.
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Washington
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
William F. Knudsen
OPM
Navy
Frank Knox
Milwaukee
Knudsen
Knox
Max W. Babb
Allis- Chalmers
CIO United Auto Workers Union
Double Wonder Quip Sparks Witty Exchange
A brief cartoonish line pair features a man noting his wife reads novels in the middle to wonder both the end and how it began. The joke hinges on the word play between wonder and begun.
Women Prisoners Commitments Range in Early Twenties
The report notes that most women prisoners are committed to prisons between ages 21 and 24, indicating a concentration of adult young women in correctional facilities and highlighting age patterns in inmate demographics.
Whitewright Negro Grammar School wins interscholastic league meet
The Whitewright Negro Grammar School team led by L L Woody and Exa Boyd scored 188 points to outpace Van Alstyne 114 in the Denison meet. Matthew Pack Hamilton and H L Patillo led scoring with 27 and 21 points respectively. Evelyn Dellis won the popularity contest. Coronation set for April 4 and Langston University A Capella Choir to perform April 1 at the High School.
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Whitewright
L. L. Woody
Exa Boyd
Denison
van Alstyne
Matthew
Pack) Hamilton
H. L. Patillo
Evelyn Dellis
Langston University A Capelle
Hazel Spratt
U. S. Charters Liner for Army Transport
The War Department announced it chartered the 24,000 ton steamship Washington from United States Lines to serve as an auxiliary transport in the army transport service. The ship’s March 28 New York to West Coast sailing was canceled. officials offered few details.
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Washington
War Department
United States Lines
Army Transport Service
New York
Denton Redbud Festival Princess Named Sara Belle Gillett
Miss Sara Belle Gillett of Texas State College for Women Denton earned Redbud Festival Princess honors as festivity week culminated with a princess presentation and dance. Her escort was Jim Gallagher of A and M College.
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Sara Belle Gillett
Texas State College For Women
Denton
R. A. Gillett
Miss Gillett
Jim Gallagher
A. & M. College
Aggie
Dallas
Connally Forecasts Heavy Tax Bill Amid Lease-Lend Debate
In Washington Senator Connally of Texas warned a tax bill would be severe, saying it would "jerk some people out of their boots" as a result of the $7 billion lease-lend program. He spoke during an exchange with Senator Taft who questioned the source of the funds and pledged support for the tax measure.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Texas
Connally
Taft
Ohio
Finance Committee
38 000-Pound Truck Load Law Signed by O Daniel
Gov. W. Lee O Daniel signed House Bill 19 setting the truckload maximum gross weight at 38 000 pounds. The emergency law takes effect immediately with penalties to deter violations. Fees may be revised downward before April 1, and enforcement rests with Public Safety Department inspectors, state patrols, sheriffs and deputies.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Public Safety Department
U S To Mobilize Full Strength On Roosevelt Return
Mrs. Roosevelt announced at a press conference that after Roosevelt's Caribbean cruise he will reveal detailed plans to mobilize the nation for the defense program. The plan is expected to follow the home defense concept being developed by Florence Kerr of the WPA and Paul McNutt's public welfare division, with no further specifics given.
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Washington
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Florence Kerr
WPA
Paul McNutt
Ersatz tea proves equal to pipe tobacco in Denmark
In Copenhagen a new cherry and hawthorn leaf tea substitute called Ersatz tea is selling well at local markets. Danny Danes discovered it can replace scarce pipe tobacco and, being a legal tea substitute, avoids tobacco taxes, pleasing pipe smokers who drink or smoke it.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Danny Danes
Senator Van Zandt Speaks at Whitewright School Meeting
State Senator Olan Van Zandt and County Superintendent Sewell McKinney spoke to a crowd at Whitewright High School outlining laws and methods to extend the Whitewright district boundaries to include all of district 42 and neighboring districts. The session aimed to gain broad support among landowners, trustees, and city taxpayers with plans for a consensual consolidation.
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Olan van Zandt
Sewell R. McKinney
Whitewright
van Zandt
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne
F. M. Parker
Greenville
E. C. Emory
Austin
F. D. Layman
Senator van Zandt
Ely School Dominates Bonham Interscholastic Meet
Ely School entered eight events at the Fannin County Rural School Interscholastic League meet in Bonham and earned seven top placements including four firsts. Winners named include Joe Doris O Neal Charles Ray England Lucille Dillinger Gavin Hill Peggy O Neal Betty Ruth Holcomb Nina Belle Hood with N B Nicholson as principal and Mrs W C Brown Jr as assistant.
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Ely
Bonham
Joe Doris O’neal
Charles Ray England
Lucille Dillinger
Gavin Hill
Peggy O'Neal
Betty Ruth Holcomb
Junior Spelling
Nina Belle Hood
N. B. Nicholson
W. C. Brown Jr
Something New Mickie-Wickie's Fiddlie-Widdlie
Governor W Lee O Daniel voiced optimism on a Monday radio broadcast via a Mexican border station praising Texas industrial growth. He highlighted state college help to meet needs and read a Camp Barkeley soldier letter requesting Mickie-Wickie’s fiddlie-widdlie to entertain Eddie and the troops.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Barkeley
Tex
Little Mickie-Wickie
Eddie
Mickie
Grayson-Collin Electric Co op Announces New Extension
Grayson-Collin rural electric cooperative receives $52 000 to build 103 miles of new lines serving 304 members across Grayson and Collin counties. Project four finished in 1940 with bids to be invited. final system would reach 1 700 members and 603 miles of line once complete.
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Grayson-Collin Rea
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Cooperative Gin Association
The
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Army
Allis-Chalmers
Harold Christoffel
Negro School News
U. S
Denton Redbud
Mickie-Wickie
Grayson-Collin Electric Co-op
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