Red Cross Membership Drive Under Way in Whitewright
The annual Red Cross roll call begins in Whitewright with zone solicitors appointed to canvass the town for memberships. J A Hot Alexander of Sherman leads Grayson County efforts as the county chairman. Funds stay local to support disaster relief, nursing, first aid, and U S military programs, with 50 cents of each dollar sustaining membership remaining in the county.
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Red Cross
Whitewright
Sun
National Red Cross
Grayson County
J. A
Hot) Alexander of
Sherman
American Red Cross
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U. S
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Red Cross Nursing Service
American Red Cross Nursing Reserve
Cotton crop forecast and yields for the year
The Agriculture Department estimates this year’s cotton crop at 12,847,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up from last month. Indicated lint yield is 252.1 pounds per acre, with 24,406,000 acres for harvest. Census figures show 9,083,626 running bales ginned to Nov 1, down from last year and two years ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Nurse Gets Call for Army Service in Red Cross Plan
Miss Lilly Bennett night supervisor at Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman was notified Tuesday to report for Red Cross army service April 1. She will serve at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio as the first Grayson County nurse called under a plan enrolling 4000 Red Cross nurses in the army. She has worked five years at the hospital.
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Sherman
Lilly Bennett
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Red Cross Army
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Bennett
Grayson County
Red Cross
Roosevelt Takes No Stance on Hawaii Statehood Vote
President Roosevelt declined to express an opinion about Hawaii's 2 to 1 vote in favor of statehood. When asked at a press conference, he said he had none of the inclinations on the subject.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
United States
Islands
Whitewright Rotary Club to host district governor visit
The Whitewright Rotary Club will receive an official visit from the district governor Friday. He will review club work with committee chairs, outline future programs, and speak at lunch. The Rotaryann meeting is planned for November 22. Mrs. Jack Lackey spoke on H. G. Wells's Dallas lecture "Two Hemispheres of One World." The club voted to subsidize four Rotary International Magazine subscriptions for Latin American leaders to foster U S relations. Rev. E. P. Wootten chairs International relations.
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Whitewright Rotary Club
Rotary
Claud Meador
Jack Lackey
Whitewright High School
Rotary International
United States
E. P. Wootten
Committee On International Relations
Rotary Clubs
Ramparts We Watch at Palace Tonight and Friday
The Palace presents The Ramparts We Watch, a feature by The March of Time praised as the most unusual film in 50 years. It blends historic scenes with voices of Roosevelt Wilson Pershing Hoover and others, drawn from the U S Army Signal Corps National Archives Imperial War Museum and Paris Archives.
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Palace Theatre
Ramparts
Hollywood
Adolph Hitler
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
John J. Pershing
Herbert Hoover
Kaiser Wilhelm
Newton D. Baker
Franklin Roosevelt
President Wilson
Paris
Versailles
Gen. Pershing
Lusitania
Roosevelt
France
U. S
March of Time
U. S. Army Signal Corps
National Archives
Washington
Imperial War Museum
London
Archives Cinematographiques
America
Willkie Seeks Writing and Speaking Career Ahead
In Washington, Republicans think Wendell L. Willkie plans a future as a writer and public speaker after his presidential defeat. Friends expect him to settle near his Indiana farms, contribute to magazines, and make occasional speaking trips to bolster Republican leadership.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Indiana
Dallas Masons confer master's degree at Whitewright lodge
Twenty members of Alexander Garrett Masonic Lodge Dallas conferred the master's degree at a Whitewright High School gym meeting. Visitors came from many Texas lodges including Itasca Tren ton Bells McKinney Rockwall Lone Oak Ector Amarillo Sherman Dorchester Howe Whitesboro Linchburg and from Virginia and Colorado. Dallas figures Mike H. Thomas past Grand Master and Claud Austin attended. Refreshments followed. Two Dallas visitors were in a car collision near Van Alstyne. one car struck a banister and damage was extensive but no injuries occurred.
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Alexander Garrett Masonic Lodge
Dallas
Whitewright Masonic Lodge
Take Advantage Sun Bargain Offer
Sun subscribers rush to join a one dollar subscription during a special campaign saving one third on a year. Regular rate is 1.50 a year. Honor roll adds Mrs. Mary McGaughey Mrs. E J Tutt B S Montgomery W A Johnson and many others including Rev J D Fleming J L Pointer and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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Sun
Whitewright
Section
Mary McGaughey
E. J. Tutt
B. S. Montgomery
W. A. Johnson
Sarah Kilgree
J. D. Fleming
J. L. Pointer
W. A. Cannon
H. C. Willis
J. Lee Smith
J. R. Hicks
H. B. Barnett
C. A. Wilson
Sam Stuteville
Emmet Penn
Olivia Whedbee
H. Brodhead
J. A. Stuteville Jr
W. F. Wright
Russell Summers
Dorothy LaRoe
M. E. Winburn
J. G. Graves
Martha Spencer
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Alex Benham
W. E. LaRoe
H. C. Yowell
Needy Farmers May Apply for Security Loans
The Sherman office of the farm security administration invites new applicants for 1941 crop year loans to needy farmers lacking other financing. About 30 loans expected in Grayson County with 75 plus current clients not needing new loans. Program aims to finish by late January, with some self supporting clients repaying prior loans.
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Sherman Office
Farm Security Administration
Ernest H. Gunn
Grayson County
Gunn
Soft Drinks May Be Taxed Higher
Treasury officials said they seek about 1 billion dollars in additional tax revenues from new levies on items including soft drinks and securities and higher levies on individual income and corporate excess profits. They noted no definite tax plan is set and that Congress will be consulted before decisions.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Second Batch of Questionnaires Sent to Registrants in Grayson County
Grayson County Selective Service Board No. 2 sent out the second batch of 50 questionnaires to registrants this week with a return deadline of November 19. The list includes Whitewright residents such as John C. Mayfield, Chester Ray Carter, Fred W. Offutt, Claud M. Griffith, Roy F. Mercer, Floyd Goff, and seventy others including James Roy Graves Jr., John Newton Grace, Charles Bert Davis, and Leslie Lee Stone.
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Grayson County Selective Service Board
Whitewright
John C. Mayfield
Chester Ray Carter
Fred W. Offutt
Claud M. Griffith
Roy F. Mercer
Floyd Goff
John Billy Mathis
Noble J
Martin Luther Douglas
Carl Horton Fogarty
David H. Chumbley
Max Bert Gibbs
Lester Victor
Irvin Issie Suckle
William R. McKinney
Elliott Penn Wootten
Joe Hamm
William Chas
Bonvillain
Leslie Lee Inman
Tommie Eugene Beavers
Joseph Buckley Bowman
Clyde Rowell
Knox Lee Long
Edward Thomsa Murphy
Oliver Lowell Evans
Edward Dedman
Cecil Leon Haney
U. S. Brown
Rouse Lester Simpson
John Marvin Brown
Harvey Manuel Adams Jr
Guy Loyce Tucker
Thomas Golden Gentry
John Coy Craft
Leyman Wayne Fleming
Willie Floyd Murphy
Proof he's not evading draft by Mexican-born American
Thomas Godina was born in the United States, lived in Coahuila, Mexico, crossed the Rio Grande on October 16, registered for selective service, then returned home and was fatally wounded in a fight. Before dying he asked his mother to display a coffin photo if he refused service, and his picture remains on file at draft headquarters while the Texas registration board cancelled his service number.
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Washington
Thomas Godina
United States
Coahuila
Mexico
Rio Grande
Godina
Draft
Texas Registration Board
Fireplaces Favored by Edgar A Guest
Dallas greeted poet Edgar A Guest upon arrival for a speaking engagement and he urged that more men with homes and books would lead to fewer wars. He said British resolve would not fail because home lovers defend what is closest to them, including hearth and family.
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Dallas
Edgar A. Guest
Plain People
Guest
Sleepless Sheep Counter Cashes In Wool Crop
OGDENBURG New York Wilbur Wells endured three sleepless nights before telling his wife of a lump in the pillow Her discovery showed $94 in bills tucked there by her mother 38 years ago tied to a wool crop bet or loan and now paid out in cash.
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Ogdenburg
N. Y
Wilbur Wells
Doctors Strive to Save 43 Poisoning Victims
In Pittsburgh 43 men were stricken by food poisoning blamed on roach powder in pancakes. Doctors at three hospitals worked to save their lives as 12 people died earlier at a Salvation Army home during an Armistice Day breakfast in Lawrenceville.
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Pittsburgh
Salvation Army
Lawrenceville
Rainfall Totals and Early Winter Cold Snap in Whitewright
Rain in Whitewright for the week reached 2.04 inches with 1.03 inches Friday night 0.45 inch Saturday and 0.56 inch Sunday. Added to 1.57 inches in October the moisture covered farm needs. A mild week gave way to a cold norther turning temps below freezing Sunday night and near 20 degrees Wednesday morning the coldest November 13 on record.
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Whitewright
Countywide Rat Eradication Campaign Leaders Named
The Land Use Planning Committee will wage a countywide rat eradication drive in Grayson County. Whitewright area leaders are Tom Cunningham J R Oliver Pascal Farley H M DeBerry and W D Williams. Southeast Grayson leaders include Pilot Grove officials O G Bow Chas Kaiser D M Taylor G E Thrift M V Williams Tom Bean P H Luby G W Scott E O Thomas W B Francis and Carl Holland. Bells leaders are M V Annip I E Brown H H Wilson Roy L Johnson and Frank Buffington. Co operation of all residents is urged as a total campaign effort.
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W. O. Teddlie
The
Sun
Grayson County
Whitewright
Tom Cunningham
J. R. Oliver
Pascal Farley
H. M. DeBerry
W. D. Williams
Grayson
Pilot Grove
O. G. Bow
Chas. Kaiser
D. M. Taylor
G. E. Thrift
M. V. Williams
Tom Bean
P. H. Luby
G. W. Scott
E. O. Thomas
W. B. Francis
Carl Holland
M. V. Annip
I. E. Brown
H. H. Wilson
Roy L. Johnson
Frank Buffington
Unity Pledged By Roosevelt After Third Term Victory
In a telegram acknowledging congratulatory messages on his third term election Roosevelt voiced determination to work with all who place true Americanism above all else. He noted pledges of loyalty from both supporters and opponents and said the volume of messages prevented personal acknowledgments, prompting a public statement of thanks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Van Alstyne Absorbs Eagle Point School District
A petition signed by a majority of Eagle Point Common School District patrons asked to join Van Alstyne district and extend city limits for school purposes. The school board favored the move, and Eagle Point is now part of Van Alstyne. Pupils have been attending Van Alstyne for two terms under a working agreement.
Poor Pa Needs Adding Machine
Tacoma obituary style notes Mrs. Lawrence Almont, 46, delivered Tuesday a son, the couple's seventeenth child. sixteen of the seventeen births are living and twelve of the children share one roof. Father Almont, a carpenter, dodges a boy girl count. Also a note that Hail Columbia was written for a vaudeville act.
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Tacoma
Wash
Lawrence Almont
Almonts
Almont
Thanksgiving Observed In Whitewright With Union Service
Whitewright churches unite for a 7 p.m. Thanksgiving service at the Methodist Church with Rev. LeRoy Anderson delivering the sermon and special music led by the Whitewright Music Club. An offering will aid underprivileged local children. the oc casion follows Texas practice with Nov. 21 as Thanksgiving in most areas. The Whitewright High football team travels to Van Alstyne for the annual game as local fans attend.
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Whitewright
LeRoy Anderson
Central Christian Church
Whitewright Music Club
Clarence McMillin
Texas
O’daniel
Texas A. & M. College
University of Texas
Austin
van Alstyne
van Alstyne High School
America Cannot Be Intimidated By Axis Says Knox
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox told an Armistice Day crowd in Columbia South Carolina that America will not be scared into a peace at any price and will not be intimidated by the Axis. He said his visit to the strong Democratic state was purposeful to show unity under one leader after the presidential election.
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Columbia
S. C
Frank Knox
America
Knox
Union
Texans May Plant More Cotton Next Year Than in 1940
Abilene Texas growers will plant more cotton in 1941 than in 1940 due to increased usage of state reserve acreage. AAA district officers announced the state allotment will be 98.6 percent of 1940, while the actual allotment reaches 100.5 percent of this year. From the 4 percent reserve of 315 175 acres only 130 286 acres were planted this year. 194 033 will be planted in 1941. Howard Kingsberry defended allotments against criticism, saying West Texas was not discriminated against.
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Abilene
Texas
AAA
Robert Nelson
Nelson
Howard Kingsberry
West Texas
Professional Men Eligible for Draft Says Dykstra
Washington. Clarence A. Dykstra, director of selective service, announced that professional men and one man business owners would be eligible for compulsory military training. Local draft boards will decide each case, stressing national welfare and community needs over individual hardship. Sacrifices are expected, with some variation deemed inevitable.
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Washington
Clarence A. Dykstra
Selective Service
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