Bond Issue Favored in Grayson County Meeting
Sherman area voters backed a plan to issue up to 600000 dollars in bonds for defense airport land and a four lane Highway 75 right of way and up to 500000 dollars for a county wide asphalt men road program. The proposal would lift the tax rate by 10 cents per 100 valuation and raise outstanding debt to 3300000 dollars.
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Sherman
Army
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
Jake J. Loy
H. M. Scott
Citizens’ Democratic Forum
J. P. Buck
Collinsville
Long
T. J. Long
Denison
John Perry
Millard Cope
The
Denison Herald
Judge Loy
Gus W. Thomasson
Dallas
WPA
Loy
Austin
Ley
Red River
Red River Bridge
Galveston
Rotary Club to Stage Fish Fry With Guest Rotary Anns
A Rotary Club meeting appointed a committee to organize a fish fry to be held soon with Rotary Anns as guests. W. E. LaRoe Glen Earnheart and Gomer May will buy fish arrange a program and ensure ample food. Rev E P Wootten and Gomer May joined the club board of directors.
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Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
W. E. LaRoe
Glen Earnheart
Gomer May
Clay Horton
E. P. Wootten
R. T. Pennington
Mr. Pennington
Billy Rhom Pennington
Prescription Liquor Measure Becomes Law in Texas
Governor O Daniel signed a law restricting doctors to issuing no more than 100 liquor prescriptions in 90 days. Physicians must use board supplied forms and record patient diagnosis. Minor prescriptions require parent consent and valid liquor board permit. Drug stores may stock only 10 gallons. Enforcement to begin in about a week.
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Austin
O'Daniel Monday
Liquor Board
United States Pharmacopea
C. A. Paxton
The
Paxton
Vittitoe Cemetery Decoration Sunday Near Whitewright
A decoration service will be held at Vittitoe Cemetery southwest of Whitewright on Sunday at 2 30 p m. The event was postponed twice due to rain. attendees with relatives buried there are urged to attend. Contributions for upkeep may be sent to Lonnie Darwin or deposited at First National Bank for the Vittitoe Cemetery Association.
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Vittitoe
Whitewright
Lonnie Darwin
First National Bank
Vittitoe Cemetery
Governor Signs Bills On Courthouse Notices And Soil Districts
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel signed Rep. Jim Taylor's bill requiring legal notices to be published in newspapers rather than posted on courthouse doors. A second bill creates a new soil conservation district setup allowing districts by two thirds of landholding voters, with final approval by a five member state board.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Jim Taylor
W. R. Chambers
Citizens urged to support defense bonds amid crisis
A speaker warned that the nation faces the darkest period in free men history and urged citizens to back defense bonds issued in small sums to fund national defense. He cautioned against anything that could hinder mobilization.
Men Called Into Army Service May Serve 'Duration'
North Texas draft boards meeting in Dallas warn that the conscript army and mobilized troops may serve beyond a year possibly three years or the duration of the national emergency. Maj. Q C Taylor notes training length may exceed one year. over 100 local draft-board officials agree.
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Dallas
North
Congress
We Want You Now We Need U S in War
The London News Chronicle urges the United States to enter World War II immediately not just to aid Britain but to help secure victory quickly. It argues Britain would take a long time without American fighting aid, possibly a year, but with U S combat support they can defeat the Axis and drive enemies from their caves before the end of next year.
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London
London News Chronicle
United States
Britain
Navy Seeks Reservists Across Eighth District States
Several thousand Navy and Naval Reserve recruits are being sought by June 30 from Dixie in the Eighth Naval District covering Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee and Florida. Enlistments run four years if aged 18 or older and until age 21 for 17 to 18 year olds. Reservists called to active duty serve for the defense emergency and then may be released to inactive status to return to civilian life.
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United States Navy
Naval Reserve
Dixie
Eighth Naval District
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida
County Charity Dispensing Job Goes to H. McAdams
Hardy McAdams of Gordonville former county commissioner was Saturday appointed county charity dispensing officer at $150 a month, succeeding C. H. Barrett of Sherman. McAdams will approve hospital and medical aid food and other relief to proven indigents.
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Sherman
Hardy McAdams
Gordonville
C. H. Barrett
Barrett
McAdams
British Navy Loss Toll Since War Began
The Admiralty reports 11,285 officers and men lost, including 4,260 killed in action and 6,944 missing. An additional 3,352 wounded, 513 taken prisoner, and 81 died of natural causes. The sinking of the cruiser Bonaventure cost 139 lives.
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London
Admiralty
Bonaventure
Rainfall totals rise in Whitewright as planting advances
Rainfall this week in Whitewright reached 1.14 inches boosting May to 4.23 inches. Sunday brought 38 inch of rain and Monday night added .82 inch. Farmers worked tractors day and night to plant cotton and plow corn though some acreage remained unplanted.
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Whitewright
Food dealers hear stamp plan details in Sherman
In Grayson County the fifty-ninth district courtroom hosted grocers and clerks who learned how the federal food stamp plan will operate. Ernest Nall of Dallas and Harry L. Pope of Sherman outlined duties, with an expected June 2 start date and a possible June 16 delay to align with surplus marketing administration cycles.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Fifty-Ninth District
Ernest Nall
Dallas
Surplus Marketing Administration
Harry L. Pope
Pope
Thanksgiving date restored to last Thursday in November
President Roosevelt announced that moving Thanksgiving ahead a week to boost retail sales did not work. Next year the holiday will return to the traditional last Thursday in November. He noted many states kept the old date and that the change had little effect on sales.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army Calls 2300 Draftees Amid Texas Plea
National selective service headquarters ordered 2 300 men into Army service in its largest call to Texas so far. Exact per board quotas will be announced today with separate quotas for whites and Negroes.
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Texas
National Selective Service Headquarters
Army
Texas U chemists perfect new plaster
University of Texas chemists announce a perfected gypsum plaster triple the strength of ordinary plaster. Developed in the Bureau of Industrial Chemistry by Dr. E. P. Schoch and William A. Cunningham, the process aims at tiles wall board and strong casts for factory or surgical use.
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Austin
University of Texas
State School
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
E. P. Schoch
William A. Cunningham
Cunningham
Funeral Services For Mrs. Ed Nicely At Bethel Today
Mrs. Mary Nicely wife of Ed Nicely died at the family home near Whitewright Texas after years of illness. Funeral services are set for 3 p m at Baptist Church Bethel three miles south of Whitewright with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev C Chumbley will officiate. Pallbearers listed. Mrs Nicely survived by husband three sons a daughter and multiple relatives.
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Mary Nicely
Ed Nicely
Whitewright
Baptist
Nicely
Pete
Orville Lee
Joe
Christine
Gooding
Uvalde County
Johnnie
Walter
Freeman Gooding
Aransas Pass
Sam Williams
Joe Butler
Uvalde
Roosevelt asks 886 million for relief funds in next year
Roosevelt asked Congress for a relief appropriation of 886 million dollars for the year starting July 1. The plan splits 875 million for WPA after 11 million for agency administrative costs, with unemployment expected to average around 1.7 million for the year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Project Administration
WPA
National Youth Administration
Federal Security Agency
Eight Sherman and Fannin Negroes Charged with Counterfeiting
Eight Sherman and Fannin County Negroes were charged with counterfeiting coins before United States Commissioner Mrs. Luther H. Gray. They were arrested after an investigation by Sherman police chief Les Tribble, patrolman B. W. Annip, and Fannin County Sheriff Talmadge Moore. Dallas Secret Service agent Leo J Williams filed complaints noting the unusual pattern of counterfeit activity by Black individuals.
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Sherman
Fannin County
Luther H. Gray
United States
Les Tribble
B. W. Annip
Talmadge Moore
Leo J Williams
Secret Service
Dallas
Whitewright High announces Friday commencement events
Commencement exercises for Whitewright High School set for 8 p m Friday in the gymnasium closing this session’s activities. Grammar School graduation tonight at 8 in the Grammar School auditorium. Baccalaureate Sunday at the Methodist Church with Dr B Wrenn Webb and other pastors participating. Senior class to travel to Galveston after ceremonies.
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Whitewright High School
Grammar School
Methodist Church
B. Wrenn Webb
Presbyterian Church
E. P. Wootten
The
Baptist Church
Alan Harvey-Brooks
Margaret Ann Burnham
Henrietta Jackson
Polly Ann Brown
Edyth Biggerstaff
Janis Jane Horton
Katie Kincaid
Bettye Nell Yeager
Eugene Reeves
Sarah Kilgroe
Kilgroe
L. E
Guy Hamilton
Velma Holland
Cain
H. W. Key
Hamilton
Galveston
Rail unions seek 30 percent pay hike across major lines
Representatives of five large railroads and 350000 workers announced a national campaign for a 30 percent rise in basic pay. They seek not less than 1.80 dollars per day in wage gains and will present demands to the railroads on June 10 under the railway mediation board. The unions include the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Loco Firemen and Engine Men Railroad Trainmen the Switchmen's Union and the Order of Railway Conductors of America.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Switchmen's Union
Order of Railway Conductors of America
More Automobiles Being Sold This Year In Austin
Austin Texas still leads in car sales in 1941 with 8,808 passenger cars registered in April across 18 counties, up 40.9 percent from a year ago. Year to date totals show a 30.2 percent gain over 1940, per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
When to Renew Your Auto License
State official explains renewal by serial number. No license renewals before Oct 1 1941. Schedule: on or after Oct 1 for 1 to 450000. Jan 1 1942 for 450001 to 900000. Apr 1 1942 for 900001 to 1350000. Nov 1 1942 for 1350001 upward.
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Homer Garrison
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NAVY
H. McAdams
Texas U
Sun Office
Bethel
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