County splits three basketball divisions statewide plan
Grayson County superintendents and coaches form Class A B and Rural divisions for boys and girls with Whitewright Whitesboro Howe Van Alstyne Gunter Bells in A Coy. Sadler Southmayd Collinsville Tioga Dorchester Tom Bean in B. Gordonville Pottsboro Willow Springs Hagerman Basin Springs Cedar Mills in Rural. County champ by Feb 17. district in Dallas Feb 24. Class A two out of three series with finals Feb 6 and 9. pairings Whitesboro vs Van Alstyne at Whitesboro then Van Alstyne. Bells vs Whitewright at Bells then Whitewright. Gunter vs Howe at Gunter then Howe. All divisions align to crown county champion with Class B and C winners.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Denison
Whitewright
Whitesboro
Howe
van Alstye
Gunter
Bells
Sadler
Southmayd
Collinsville
Tioga
Dorchester
Tom Bean
Gordonville
Pottsboro
Willow Springs
Hagerman
Basin Springs
Cedar Mills
Dallas
van Alstyne
Dewey Tops College Students Poll For Presidency
In Austin college youth ignore party lines. Joe Belden of Student Opinion Surveys of America reports Dewey leads with 33.8 percent, McNutt 11 percent, Garner 9.4 percent, Vanderberg passing Hull, based on Roosevelt not running. 31.8 percent want a third Roosevelt term.
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Austin
Joe Belden
Student Opinion Surveys of America
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Garner
Arthur H. Vanderberg
Michigan
Secy
Cordell Hull
Dewey
McNutt
Vandenberg
Hull
Roosevelt
McAdoo Supports Roosevelt Third Term in 1940
William Gibbs McAdoo returned from Washington saying a general consensus favors Franklin D Roosevelt as the 1940 Democratic nominee. The former Treasury secretary and California delegation leader helped Roosevelt win the 1932 nomination, while John Nance Garner faces renewed speculation for 1940.
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San Francisco
William Gibbs McAdoo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
McAdoo
the Treasury
Wilson
United States
American President Steamship Lines
California
Chicago
John Nance Garner
Garner
Government buys 1,650,000 bushels of surplus apples
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation reported last week it had purchased more than 1,650,000 bushels of surplus apples since the program began on Oct. 6. The apples are distributed among relief families, school children, and welfare institutions as Europe’s postwar demand declined.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Movement to draft Roosevelt predicted in New Mexico
Governor John E. Miles predicted New Mexico would join a movement to draft President Roosevelt for a third term. Miles said he was unsure of his own view on a third term but expected the Democratic National Convention to renominate Roosevelt.
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Santa FE
John E. Miles
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Miles
Whitewright PTA Hold November Meeting at Grammar School
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday in the Grammar School auditorium. The program opened with singing and prayer, a violin solo, and a Thanksgiving message. Officers and committees reported. treasurer resigned and a new treasurer elected. Hot lunches for students discussed and approved. Fifth grade led by room count. next meeting set for December 12.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
Sallye Hamilton
Ben Bell
F. D. Layman
H. L. Gordon
Floyd Everheart
Key
Texas Aggies Introduce Hard Hitting Football Style
The Texas Aggies unveil a new bone crushing game in the Southwest Conference, a conservative, close to the line offense that relies on strong tackling and a tough defense led by John Kimbrough and Bill Conatser. Coach Homer Norton touts a sixth victory and a defense that minimizes passing while delivering brutal hits, eyeing a Sugar Bowl invitation with Tulane as probable opponent.
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Bryan
Texas Aggies
Southern Methodist
Homer Norton
Texas
Homer
Norton
Southwest
John Kimbrough
Bill Conatser
Aggies
Tulane
New Orleans
Drough and heat trim Texas pecan crop in 1939
V C Childs, US Department of Agriculture statistician, estimates Texas pecan output at 17,640,000 pounds in October outlook, 5,500,000 below last year and 7,500,000 under the 1928-1937 average. Heat and drought, a poor bloom after a large prior crop in the San Antonio Austin Waco basin, plus a reduced Grayson County harvest, drive the drop.
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V. C. Childs
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Childs
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
Grayson County
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Renewed Despite Weather
Bad weather delayed business yet Sun subscribers renew for another year. Honor roll lists paying names including Mrs R B Owens, C A Wilson, Southwestern Bell Tel Co, W F Wright, Mrs C J Pace, Grace Sloan, George Hansard, M Z Jones, R J Bush, J D Lane, J B Davis, Belle Huddleston, Georgia Smith, Albert Chumbley, Cora Simmons, J H Pennell, F L Clendening, J L Devonport, N C Brown, J W Annip, E E Wilson, J P Jared, Lee Hampton, Doyle Withrow, C S Blanton, Paul Cook, Roscoe Pace, W B Holcomb, J L Johnson, J L Denton, M E Brown.
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Sun
R. B. Owens
C. A. Wilson
Southwestern Bell Tel
W. F. Wright
C. J. Pace
Grace Sloan
Community Public Service Co
George Hansard
M. Z. Jones
R. J. Bush
J. D. Lane
J. B. Davis
Belle Huddleston
Georgia Smith
Albert Chumbley
Cora Simmons
J. H. Pennell
F. L. Clendening
J. L. Devonport
N. C. Brown
J.W. Annip
E. E. Wilson
J. P. Jared
Lee Hampton
Doyle Withrow
C. S. Blanton
Paul Cook
Governors plea for mothers to curb cigaret use for charity
Lansing, Michigan Governor Dickinson urged mothers who smoke cigarets to cut consumption by half for two weeks after Thanksgiving and donate the savings to charity. He asked husbands and children to follow, and proposed that families also donate 5 percent more from liquor indulgence.
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Lansing
Mich
Dickinson
Cotton Christmas Gift Month Proclaimed by Governor
Gov. Lee O'Daniel declared December Cotton Christmas Gift Month urging use of cotton products for gifts. He noted Texas farmers face hardship as demand wanes for cotton made goods and highlighted items from mattress and sheets to dresses and seat covers as gift ideas. America has 250 women R. F. D. carriers.
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Austin
Lee O’daniel
Texas
Senator Wagner Proposes Government Annuity Plan
Senator Wagner of New York submits a plan to President Roosevelt for expanding social security. It envisions citizens buying government annuities up to 100 a month at maturity, sold via post offices with costs about 30 percent less than private insurers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
New York
White House
Citzen
W B Penn Reaches His Ninety Years In Whitewright
W B Penn marks his 90th birthday on November 10, born 1849 in Williamsburg Missouri. He moved to Texas in 1871 to Bonham then Whitewright 1889 to cotton trade and rail service. He later ran a lumber business in Bells before settling back in Whitewright in 1929. He is an elder at Central Christian Church and member of I O O F Masonry and Woodmen of the World.
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the Sun
W. B. Penn
Whitewright
J. L. German
M. A. Mangrum
Penn
Williamsburg
Texas
Bonham
Katy Railroad
Katy
Fort Smith
Ark
Frisco
Bells
Woodmen
Central Christian Church
County Officials Urge Tax Session Urges special legislature session in Texas
Fort Worth reports the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association adopted a resolution demanding Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel summon the Legislature into a special session at the earliest practical moment to adopt reasonable taxes for social security and to appropriate $50,000 a month to continue the intake division of the former Texas relief commission under the welfare department. It certified eligibles for WPA CCC and other federal work projects.
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Fort Worth
Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
Pension trend shift noted in Texas debates
Texas lawmakers interpret California and Ohio pension proposals as a national shift toward conservatism on old age aid. They note Texas would need larger revenues to raise monthly pensions, see 150,000 needy aged as likely beneficiaries, and discuss constitutional limits and the potential for higher grants beyond current $30 a month. The census will clarify Texas 65 plus counts.
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Austin
California
Ohio
Texas
Homer Leonard
McAllen
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Leonard
Clinton Kersey
Bridgeport
Tax Bill Backers To Visit Lee
Rep Bailey Ragsdale of Crockett announced plans for 147 Texas House members to meet in Austin next Saturday and present an omnibus tax bill to Gov W Lee O Daniel. Among 44 signers are sponsors, four willing voters with no sponsorship, and two oppose. The bill targets a $35 to $40 million revenue through social security funding as urged by the governor.
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Austin
Bailey Ragsdale
Crockett
W. Lee O’daniel
House
Senate
Red Cross Drive For Memberships Under Way In Whitewright
Whitewright launches its 1940 Red Cross roll call with zone solicitors and ongoing canvassing to meet enlarged quotas. About half the expected local sustaining memberships have been donated. 50 cents of each dollar stays locally. Texas led disaster aid last year with 14 000 of 130 000 nationwide beneficiaries and a major 1938 Colorado River flood relief effort cost 60 000 for 2 500 families.
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Red Cross
Whitewright
Sun
National Red Cross
Grayson County
Texas
United States
American Red Cross
Colorado
West
Europ
Europe
Farm Prices Next Year Expected to Be Some Higher
College Station Texas farmers and ranchmen can expect higher farm prices in 1940 due to stronger consumer demand and improved price levels, aided by war-related industrial activity boosting national income and cereal meat fruit and fiber demand. The increase will be gradual and orderly with no boom in sight, and export demand will affect only a few items.
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College Station
Zetha McInnis
J. A. Scofield
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
National Outlook
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Grayson County Gins 38 151 Bales
Grayson County gins 38 151 bales of 1939 cotton before Nov 1, down from 41 027 bales previous year per G O Peterson government cotton statistician. Bonham Fannin County ginned 49 518 bales before Nov 1, vs 48 398 last year. little cotton remains to be ginned.
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Grayson County
Denison
G. O. Peterson
Bonham
Fanning
Wade Lipscomb
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America
W.B. Penn
The
Dallas Morning News
Sun Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Lee
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