Underpass Progress Near Whitewright With Bypass Planned
The Texas Highway Department reports progress on the Cotton Belt underpass on Trenton road southeast of Whitewright. Plans include a bypass intersecting the north south highway about a mile south of town to route through traffic around Whitewright. The department holds final say on bypass decisions amid town debate.
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Texas Highway Department
Trenton Road
Whitewright
Highway Department
Fair City
State Highway Department
Churchill Warns Victory May Lag Into 1945
Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a new British Parliament session with a sober warning that his forecast of German defeat by early summer 1945 may be optimistic. He noted Antwerp is supplying Allied northern forces, but Rhine crossing and a strong German defense remain.
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London
Winston Churchill
Antwerp
Europe
Lower Rhine
Germany
England
Britain
United States
Churchill
AFL seeks postwar thirty hour work week in resolution
In New Orleans the AFL convention adopted a resolution urging Congress to establish a thirty hour work week after the war to spread employment and ease production tensions. The report cited technical advances and rising output causing worker burnout, noting wartime justification.
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New Orleans
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Dummy arrested after Midtown clothing store burglary
Albert Gibson of Plainfield New Jersey was held on $2500 bail after a police officer spotted a twitching clothing store dummy during a burglary investigation. Detectives found shattered glass and scattered clothing at a midtown haberdashery.
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New York
Albert Gibson
Plainfield
N. J
James Costello
Costello
Gibson
Smokeless Day Urged to Place Cigarettes on Shelves
Chicago The Daily Times urged a nationwide one day fast from cigarettes led by President Roosevelt to force cigarets back onto store shelves. The proposal suggests organized participation by all smokers with the president leading a 24 hour quit.
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Chicago
Daily Times
Roosevelt
White House
Service members visit kin and report overseas moves
Cpl Walter Clark of Kissimmee Florida visits his father and relatives. Jack Sears at Pensacola Naval Air Station promoted to yeoman second class. Sgt and Mrs J B Cates of Shepard Field spend weekend with Cates family. Private Ball en route to Langley Field Virginia after Thanksgiving visit. Various notes report Navy Army Air Corps and Coast Guard assignments, overseas arrival in Pacific and Germany, homecomings, and training paths across Florida Texas California Illinois and Yale University training.
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Jack Sears
Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station
Texas cotton acreage to drop 2 percent in 1945 plan
Texas 1945 cotton acreage goal set at 7 200,000 acres, 2 percent under 1944. Tentative approval by War Food Administration and Texas A and M College representatives. Other crops adjusted include soybeans down to 5,000 beans and flaxseed up to 41,000 acres. dairy, poultry, and grain targets listed with minor changes.
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College Station
Texas
War Food Administration
Texas A. & M. College
Farrow
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Students This Week
The Sun lists new honorees including Lillian Baxter Ray Cates Bascom Sears Jack Biggerstaff Charlie Burchfield Manton Fain Robert Robinson and many others. Names appear with prefixes Miss Mrs and initials indicating recipients across the community.
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Lillian Baxter
Ray Cates
Bascom Sears
Jack Biggerstaff
Charlie Burchfield
Manton Fain
Robert Robinson
W. C. Anderson
Jesse Bow
Lindsey Ardell Penny
J. P. Salyer
Dess Reynolds
Nannie Rhudy
M. W. Williams
J. H. Miller
R. J. Bush
T. L. Cowart
J. R. Williams
A. P. Stanford
Thos
Girl posed as Nazi to rescue 18 men to Palestine
New York report says a German Jewish refugee entered Germany on forged papers to save 18 men by marrying them and guiding them to Palestine. Harry J. Rubenstein of the National Labor Committee for Palestine disclosed at a convention that the woman could pass as a Nazi and exited each time with a fugitive. the nineteenth mission she did not return.
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New York
Germany
Palestine
Harry J. Rubenstein
National Labor Committee For Palestine
Rubenstein
Labor Committee
No Payment Due On Income Dec 15
For the first time in 25 years no December 15 income tax payment is required. The 1944 law postponed the last quarterly installment and final amendments to January 15, allowing those liable to file final returns by that date. Farmers and others who filed declarations can merge 1944 tax matters into a single January 15 return.
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Congress
Tigers Meet Van Alstyne In Annual Thanksgiving Game
Whitewright Tigers travel to Van Alstyne for the Thanksgiving football matchup. Both teams are out of district title contention, with Whitewright at 3 6 and Van Alstyne 3 3 2 in the season. Several Whitewright players including Newman Alexander Connor Garner Hargett Judd Kaiser Stanford and possibly Norris appear in the final district contest.
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Whitewright High School
Tigers
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Royse City
Rockwall
Rouse City
Farmersville
Newman
Alexander
Connor
Garner
Hargett
Judd
Kaiser
Stanford
Norris
Katy Railroad Reworks Depot To Half Size
The Katy Railroad cuts the depot in Katy to about half its size with 10 feet removed from the south end and more from the north end. The color scheme changes to orange yellow and similar depot reductions are planned along the line. The Cotton Belt Railroad had earlier reduced depot space here.
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Katy Railroad
Katy
Cotton Belt Railroad
Funeral Services For J. R. Pennington Held Here Friday
Funeral services for J. R. Dick Pennington 78 longtime Whitewright resident were conducted at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. W A Casseday and Rev. James E Spivy officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery under Glen Earnheart's direction. Pennington died at his Whitewright home after a long illness. He was born December 3 1865 southeast of present Whitewright and married Jennie Lewis of Ballinger August 25 1908. He is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Floyd Bassett of Dallas a brother Wm Pennington of Royse City a sister Mrs Nettie Groves of Denison three grandchildren and an uncle Rham T Pennington of Sherman. Out-of-town relatives and friends attended the service. Active pallbearers were Roy Blanton Paul Ryan Homer Sears F G Hoover John Reeves and George Brown.
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J. R
Dick) Pennington
Whitewright
First Presbyterian Church
W. A. Casseday
James E. Spivy
Denison
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Pennington
Jennie Lewis
Ballinger
William Pennington
Floyd Bassett
Dallas
Wm. Pennington
Royse City
Nettie Groves
Rham T. Pennington
Sherman
Roy Blanton
Paul Ryan
Homer Sears
F. G. Hoover
John Reeves
George Brown
F R Urges Yule Seals As Nation Builder
President Roosevelt urged Americans to support the Christmas seal sale of the National Tuberculosis Association to combat TB, noting its toll in war-torn Europe and Asia and urging joint effort with official and voluntary agencies through the holiday fundraiser opening Sunday and lasting to Christmas.
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New York
Roosevelt
Europe
Asia
National Tuberculosis Association
Mrs. A. L. Jackson Killed In Gulfport Accident
Mrs. A L Jackson Sr visiting her son Lt Albert L Jackson in Gulfport Miss died in an automobile crash at 6 30 p m with her son and daughter in law in the car The door opened and she was thrown from the vehicle Lt Jackson drove away uninjured Mrs Jacksons daughter in law Henriet ta Jackson sustained a broken collar bone Funeral plans are pending relatives to arrive Whitewright will receive the will Thursday or Friday Mrs Jackson born and raised in Whitewright only daughter of the late Dr and Mrs R May and a graduate of Grayson College and CIA Den ton She is survived by her husband A L Jackson Sr of New York one son Lt A L Jackson Jr of Gulfport one daughter Miss Henrietta Jackson of Whitewright and four May brothers
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Ross R. May
A. L. Jackson Sr
Albert L. Jackson
Gulfport
Miss
Jackson
A. L. Jackson Jr
Henrietta Jackson
Whitewright
Lester May
Houston
H. G. May
Irving
Edwin May
Madill
Okla
Whitewright Seeks Blood Donors for December 12
Emergency blood collection planned at Travis Street Methodist Church in Sherman sponsored by Grayson County medical auxiliary. Whitewright to provide ten donors at 2 40 p m on December 12. Mrs. Ross R May in charge requests notifications to arrange appointments and confirm numbers for county plasma supply replenishment amid Denison gas explosion needs.
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Travis Street
Sherman
Grayson County Medical Auxiliary
Whitewright
Ross R. May
Whitwright
Denison
May
Leon Henderson Assigned to Economic Post in Germany
Leon Henderson the former OPA chief sails for London next week to run economic affairs in the American controlled third of defeated Germany. He is joined by James A. Perkins, aide to Lauchlin Currie, with Henderson serving under the American occupied zone chief likely General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
OPA
London
Germany
Henderson
James A. Perkins
Lauchlin Currie
Foreign Economic Administration
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cotton Crop Totals in Grayson Reach 28 768 Bales
Grayson cotton ginnings totaled 28 768 bales as of November 14, surpassing last year’s final county total. G O Peterson of Carpenters Bluff, federal census agent, reports 25 565 bales by this date last season, noting dry weather earlier sped opening and gathering.
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Grayson
G. OO. Peterson
Carpenters Bluff
Waitress Wanted Turns Into Marriage Offer
A witty help wanted placard shown in a restaurant window reads Waitress wanted Will marry if necessary sparking local amusement and discussion about job ads and dating in one humorous notice.
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AFL
Cpl
Walter Clark
Kissinner, Fla
E. W. Clark
J. B. Cates
Sheppard Field
C. C. Cates
Jack Lackey
Navy
California
Ott Lackey
Lelia Chester
Fort Worth Army Air Field Hospital
J. H. Waggoner
Pvt
J. B
Bussy) Thornhill
J. P. Thornhill
James B. Ball
W. F. Caraway
Ball
Langley Field
W. O. White
Pacific
C. B. Bryant III
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mrs
C. B. Bryant Jr
Billy Smith
J. E. Smith
Westover Field
Massachussets
Lincoln Army Air Field
Lincoln
Nebraska
Clarence Wootten
E. P. Wootten
Pfe
John Freeman
France
U. S
Randolph
G. C. Brown
Nave
Bss
San Diego
Calif
U. S. Naval Training Center
Wallace Reeves
The
Coast Guard
Call Reeves
Plymouth
Roscoe Brown
Lieutenant Brown
Grover Brown
O. A. Hefner Jr
Beulah Mae Scott
Hefner
Clyde R. Owen
Pfc
Troy P. Owen
P. L. Owen
Guam
Clyde
Troy
Lawrence Owen
Panama Canal
Robert Layman
India
Ground Air Corps
Corporal Layman
Armed Forces
Layman
Charlie Layman
Granvolee Hansard
E. G. Hansard
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Yale University
Hansard
Raymond J. Reeves
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Sun
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
J. R. Pennington
F.R
A. L. Jackson
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