Special Masons and wives invited to lecture on Tex as Masonry
Whitewright lodge invites all Masons and wives to view the picture One Hundred Years of Masonry in Texas at 8 p m on Monday May 13 in the A F and A M building. No admission charge and refreshments after the show and lecture by Claud Allston of Dallas, chairman of the state memorial committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Lodge
Texas
L. E. Ricketts
Whitewright A. F. & A. M
Ricketts
Claud Allston
Dallas
Masonic State Memorial Committee
Countywide mattress making drive opens to surplus cotton aid
In Grayson County 1016 low income farmers have been approved to receive 50 pounds of cotton and 10 yards of ticking to make mattresses. Program funded by the Federal surplus commodities corporation with AAA and home demonstration support. Applicants must be bona fide farm residents, complete a mattress in one of 15 centers, and avoid disposal of the mattress. Applications due by June 30 with all beds finished by Dec 31 1940. Centers listed include Ambrose and Whitesboro among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Home Agent
Lubbock
Ambrose
Dripping Springs
Dorchester
Ethel
Gordonville
Gunter
Oak Ridge
Pottsboro
Sadler, Southmayd
Tioga
Tom Bean
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Whitewright
U S Ambassador Gerard: Germany must not win war
James W. Gerard, former U S ambassador to Germany, warned reporters after a White House luncheon that the United States cannot let Germany win the war. He cited danger in Central and South America and alleged German activity in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
James W. Gerard
United States
Germany
White House
Europe
Gerard
Central
South America
Russia
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Hitler
England
France
Roosevelt vetoes extension of crop insurance to cotton
President Roose velt vetoed a bill to extend federal crop insurance from wheat to cotton citing lack of backlog of experience for a sound actuarial basis. He noted his February 18 1937 message advocating wheat insurance precedes expansion until sufficient data exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Congress
The Brides Order Bride Telephones For Dinner Provisions
A caller requests a quarter of French potatoes for frying a mock duck a tender young chili for sauce and half a pint of scalloped oysters in a curious wartime era kitchen note.
This Work Pays Your Community Week Opens May Twenty
WPA shows non construction projects in fourteen counties led by Gus Thomasson to display jobs for women and white collar workers. Whitewright hosts open houses in sewing room lunch room and library as part of the This Work Pays Your Community initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Cittizens
Gus W. Thomasson
Whitewright
Thomasson
Evelyn Nash McKinney
Collin
Cooke
Dallas
Delta
Denton
Fannin
Grayson
Hopkins
Hunt
Kaufman
Lamar
Rains
Rockwall
van Zandt
Orangeville Youth elected editor of East Texan
J. Garland Smith of Orangeville, son of Joe R. Smith, was elected editor of The East Texan at East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce by 134 votes. A freshman year at Wesley College preceded this, with active roles on campus publications and the East Texas Dramatic Club, and the term starts in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Garland Smith
Joe R. Smith
Orangeville
East Texan
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Smith
Wesley College
Greenville
Wesley Pilot
East Texas Dramatic Club
Dewey says New Deal hasn't helped farmers
Thomas E. Dewey told a Marshalltown audience that crop control policies offset farmer gains from the New Deal. He argued Iowa farmers should not plant less corn while other states grow more, citing cotton reductions in the South creating new corn areas and harming foreign markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Middle West
Stranded on Words: Boy Struggles with Language Classes
A teacher describes a student as actually stranded on languages, highlighting the challenge of language grounding in schooling. The remark underscores difficulties in acquiring linguistic skills.
Dr Carl Enloe Rotary Speaker At Sherman Luncheon
Dr Carl Enloe of Sherman spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on advances in medicine and science and new treatments yielding longer life. Two new directors were elected J E Morgan and Thomas Sears, with other directors named. A fish fry planning committee was named and the High School senior class served the luncheon. Members attended the district meeting in Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Enloe of
Sherman
Rotary Club
Ross R. May
Enloe
J. E. Morgan
Thomas Sears
Clay Horton
C. B. Bryant Jr
Dick Montgomery
C. J. Meador
Glen Earnheart
A. M. Bryant
W. E. la Roe
King Cotton Can’t Give Up Says UT Expert
Dr. A B Cox of the University of Texas warns Texas cotton faces hard times but must endure. He says cotton underpins Southern employment and any permanent crop reduction would disrupt the economy and society. Proposals include lowering production costs, boosting quality, economical farming, reforming allotments, directing subsidies to productivity, and finding cheaper uses for cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
King
Texas
A. B. Cox
University of Texas Authority On
South
Grayson County backing Garner in party vote
Grayson County Democrats voted 106 to 47 on Tuesday to support John N Garner for the Democratic presidential nomination after hours of debate. The county pledged 27 votes to the state convention in Waco on May 28 to Garner, though Roosevelt supporters argued Garner is too old and opposed labor. A roll call flipped Garner ahead by a two to one margin as delegates based on precinct strength shifted sentiment. James Stephen Hogg noted as Texas Railroad Commission founder is cited as a historic Texas governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
John N. Garner
Waco
Garner
Roosevelt
Texas
Legion Meet With Strong Attendance in Fourth District
Preston Everheart Post hosts fourth district American Legion convention with 125 delegates and visitors. Major Lucius D. Clay of Denison delivers key address at memorial service. district officers elected. luncheon by the Parent-Teacher Association. event praised as a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Community Public Service Company
First Presbyterian Church
Lucius D. Clay
Denison
W. E. LaRoe
LeRoy Anderson
The
Central Christian Church
Glee Club
Bettye Nell Yeager
Foucheaux Vestal
James Stateville
Jewell Kennemer
B. Wrenn Webb
Parent
Whitewright High School
Janis Jayne Horton
Margaret Ann Burnham
Titorium
Amond Gray
Greenville
George Hagans
Joe Crowley
Leonard
Luther Hamm
Tom Cunningham
Parent- Teacher Association
Clay
Sun
Farmers Answer AAA Questionnaire in Texas Meetings
Farmers across Texas and the nation respond to questionnaires as the AAA drafts 1941 program rules. County committees will submit recommendations to the state committee, which will forward a report to the national conference in Washington July 10 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
AAA
Texas
United States
National Conference of State
Washington
George Slaughter
State Committee
Slaughter
Thompson Assails Sales Tax in Texas Radio Speech
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson attacked the sales tax in a Friday night radio address and backed a 5 cent a barrel oil tax to fund social security obligations. He tied his gubernatorial bid to public reaction to the tax plan and notedwide filing deadlines through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
May Age Pension Check To Be Higher Than Last Month
The Texas State Public Welfare Department announces the May average old age pension will be 10.01, up 32 cents from April, with 119,216 recipients, down 133. Mailing starts soon and all checks should reach pensioners by May 20. Director Adam Johnson cites reinvestigations and changing applicant status as reasons. A uniform budget system for determining need is being implemented, while deaths reduce recipient numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Public Welfare Department
Adam Johnson
Department
Johnson
Federal
Social Security Board
Rainfall totals in Whitewright reported by official keeper
Rainfall up to 8 a.m. Thursday reached 1.78 inches in Whitewright, per official recorder C. C. Cates. Weather breakdown shows .13 inch by Wednesday 8 a.m., .95 inch from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, and .70 inch after 4 p.m. Total for 1940 to date is 16.67 inches, with 12.39 inches in April and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
C. C. Cates
Baby Bonds Sold Since 1935 Reach Nearly 4 Billion
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau announced that Savings Bonds sold through March 31, 1940, total $3,860,475,000 in maturity value with about 1,987,374 investors. The calendar year 1939 purchases reached $1,104,060,000. New York leads post office sales with $61,116,881 in cash purchases and maturity value of $81,489,175.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
United States Savings
New York
Glen Ridge
New Jersey
Chaska
Minnesota
Plemons
Texas
Following Suit in the Restaurant Banter
A waiter touts the restaurant as the best in town and promises the freshest egg and hottest soup. The customer agrees after a boastful exchange and sticks with a small steak order.
National Music Week Observed by Whitewright Club Denton Luncheon and Program
Members of the Whitewright Music Club attended a luncheon at Mrs. G. F. Bryant's home in Denton and planned a musical program in observance of National Music Week. Earlier in the week the club hosted a luncheon at Mrs. Ben Bell's home with remarks by Mrs. Bard W. Paul of Dallas. Frances Williams and Sarah Kilgree provided musical numbers. Sunday services at the Methodist Church united churches in observance. Rev Leroy Anderson preached the sermon with music supplied by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
Denton
G. F. Bryant
Ben Bell
Bard W. Paul
Dallas
Second District Federation
Frances Williams
Sarah Kilgree
Methodist Church
Leroy Anderson
Central Christian Church
Final Grammar School PTA Meeting Set for May 14
The Grammar School Parent-Teacher Association plans its last meeting on Tuesday May 14 at 3 30 p m in the auditorium. Officials for the next year will be installed led by Mrs Cara Ferguson district vice president. Mrs G E Carpenter juvenile protection chair will speak. Mrs C J Meador president outlines coming year plans. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Parent-Teacher Association
Cara Ferguson
G. E. Carpenter
C. J. Meador
Democrats Endorse Roosevelt Garner at Whitewright Precinct
At the Whitewright precinct convention, Roosevelt and Garner were endorsed for the Democratic ticket. An uninstructed delegation went to the county convention, which backed the current administration and Garner for president if Roosevelt does not run again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
John Garner
Whitewright
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
O. L. Jones
Edwin Badgett
F. M. Echols
W. H. Horton
J. W. McMurry
H. P. Donigan
N. T. Auten
J. H. Adams
W. E. LaRoe
Otto Russell
N. E. Skaggs
R. R. Summers
H. T. Atterberry
Lester Haile
Ross R. May
J. F. Fender
Bennie Ball
Glenn Doss
J. H. Waggoner
J. B. Hamilton
J. W. Hollingsworth
B. L. Sanderson
Sherman
Girls Working for Uncle Sam Can't Even Be Queens for Day
Tacoma two candidates Nancy Ann Nicholson of the Internal Revenue Department and Mary Kenney of the Census Bureau were advised to decline a bid to be queen at the Washington state Democratic convention in Centralia May 16 to 18. An IRS official warned that serving as convention queen could be seen as political activity under the Hatch Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Centralia
Nancy Ann Nicholson
Internal Revenue Department
Mary Kenney
Census Bureau
Thor W. Henricksen
Internal Revenue Collector
Candidate Says People Eat by God Not Government
Caldwell barber J. D. Parker declared his gubernatorial platform centers on teaching children that they eat and live by God rather than by federal or state government. He pledged to convene churches and business leaders after his nomination to share a concise, workable plan. Parker will use his barber shop as a temporary campaign HQ.
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Austin
J. D. Parker
Caldwell Barber
Parked
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U. S
the Bride's Order
Orangeville Youth
Carl Enloe
James Stephen Hogg
Texas Railroad Commission
Legion Meet
Thompson
Uncle Sam
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