Bargain Days Boost Sun Subscriptions in Texas Market
The Sun promotes Fall Bargain Days offering one dollar subscriptions amid rising prices. Readers urged to renew or gift the rate to friends in Texas. A long honor roll lists subscribers who have paid through Thursday morning.
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Texas
D. A. Hollingsworth
M. C. Gilliam
Cora Mae Thornton
B. F. Blanton
Mary McGaughey
B. Wrenn Webb
Virgil Smith
Roy Taylor
J. F. Spindle
C. F. Collins
S. J. Janway
Herman Bedford
John J. Russell
J. D. Russell
C. J. Pace Granvolee Hansard
Russell Summers
Boyd Payne
R. L. Higginbotham
J. H. Biggerstaff
R. L. Johnson
Sara Belle Gillett
Howard Brodhead
C. R. Truett
E. P. McIver
Jesse Wallace
W. T. Windle
R. P. Gordon
J. Alton May
Tommie Chenoweth
J. A. Harper
Grover B. Smith
H. E. Hargrave
Jerome May
L. R. Alexander
Clyde Owens
Dorothy Darwin
J. W. Jones
Paul Hancock
Dan Hollingsworth
I. L. Neathery
Floyd Snodgrass
T. M. Hasty
George Burnham
Inez Ray
H. P. Donigan
Juana Ruth Andrew
J. Y. Russell
Dorothy LaRoe
H. O. Ford
T. F. Coffman
J. L. Pointer
E. D. Lyons
M. O. Miller
J. S. McIver
Lester Haile
Sue Stephens
Olivia Whedbee
G. E. Scott
W. B. Hestand
New Certification Method Implemented for Relief Clients
Sherman Grayson County adopts the state’s new relief client certification method after a meeting between E. T. Davis and the commissioners. The state will pay field worker salaries. the county will hire four workers. Six Grayson case workers begin a three day training to start duties in Sherman and Denison.
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Maurine Chaffin
Anna Louise Patterson
Leona D. Keel
Annie Lucille Beckett
Sherman
Joe W. Chumbley
Shoot Order to Navy Means War
Johnson states Roosevelt shoot on sight order meant America was at war. He told Taylor naval officers in Austin that Congress would quickly arm the merchant marine and urged unity. He warned that lack of confidence in leaders signals national weakness.
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Roosevelt
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Congress
Russia
England
Johnson
Palace Theatre Installs New RCA Sound and Projection
The Palace Theatre added RCA Photophone sound gear and new projecting machines with a fresh screen. The venue reopened tonight showing Caught in the Draft with Bob Hope and others. A gas heating upgrade and new front are under construction. free Saturday show from 10 to 12:30 features Mr District Attorney.
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Palace Theatre
Palace
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Lynne Overman
Eddie Bracken
Marshall Hasty
Whitewright
Floyd Everheart Heads Junior Class At Denton College
Floyd Everheart, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Everheart of Whitewright, was elected president of the junior class at North Texas State College in Denton. He also became vice president of the Beta Alpha Rho Beta fraternity and previously served as sophomore class president. A Whitewright High School graduate, he was senior class president and active in football. He majors in government and plans to enter the University of Texas School of Law next fall after graduating from Denton College.
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E. F. Everheart
Whitewright
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Denton
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Whitewright High School
University of Texas School of Law
Denton College
Whitewright U. S. pin awarded for attendance
At the quarterly Baptist Missionary Union conference in Sherman North Park Church the W. M. U. pin was announced as a monthly award for the society with the best county attendance. Mrs. Earl Myrick led Whitewright W. M. S. to win four times and receive the permanent pin. September's winner was Mrs. J. A. Bixler.
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Grayson County
Sherman North Park
Whitewright W. M. S
Earl Myrick
Denison
van Alstyne
Myrick
Sherman Church
Whitewright
Old Thanksgiving Date Favored by National House
The House approved a bill to fix the last Thursday of November after 1941 as Thanksgiving Day. The judiciary committee noted that presidential proclamations caused confusion and no law fixed the date besides the proclamation. The President had moved Thanksgiving earlier to aid trade but said the hoped extension failed. Emerson left teaching as his pupils made him blush.
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House
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Judiciary Committee
War Aid Bill Advances As Roosevelts Lend-Lease Moves Ahead
President Roosevelt wins House approval for a 5.985 billion lend-lease fund and a 6.159 billion omnibus bill to finance aid to Allies. Chairman Can on cites backing to supply clouds of airplanes tanks and munitions. Republicans question immediate need citing slow spend of the first seven billion.
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Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
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Clarence Canon
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Missouri
Europe
Cotton crop projection tops one million bales for year
The agriculture department estimated this year’s cotton crop at 11,061,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight based on Oct 1 conditions at 64 percent of normal. Lint yield 234.2 pounds per acre on 22,633,000 acres harvested, down from last year’s 12.566 million bales.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Heavy Poll Tax Payments Loom In 1942 Sherman Area
Sherman officials forecast a busy spring as 15 114 poll taxes for 1941 are due plus 5 000 to 6 500 permanent exemptions. Collier Yeary, tax officer, reported to the commissioners court that assessed valuations reach 39 395 906, up 892 920 from last year the highest since 1931. He noted payment before delinquency last year set a new county record and urged a repeat. The 55 cent tax rate would yield 216 677 48 in revenue.
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Yeury
Stevenson Makes Friends in Lufkin at Forest Festival
Governor Coke R. Stevenson opened his campaign with a visit to the fourth annual Texas Forest Festival in Lufkin. He urged citizens to take active interest in government and to elect officials who will implement their policies. He warned of a perceived attack on free government and stressed the need to preserve democracy.
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Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Austin
Main Street
Stevenson
Whitewright Winners Spark at R R Valley Fair in Sherman
Whitewright dominates the Red River Valley Fair with many winners across divisions. Notables include Viva Phillips and multiple homemaking prize recipients in canning, Lucyle Sanders and Marion Felker in textiles, R A Vestal with garment making, Lester Haile in flowers, and D W Garland and J R Oliver collecting top honors in crops, cattle, hogs, and overall prizes.
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Red River Valley
Sherman
the Sun
Canning
Viva Phillips
Alton McDowell
E. W. Spinks
Ray Vestal
L. Scott
W. L. Hatfield
James McSpadden
E. Martin
A. J. Badgett
Lucyle Sanders
Marion Felker
R. A. Vestal
Lester Haile
D. W. Garland
J. R. Oliver
Jersey
Methodists Hold Conference At Local Church
The fourth quarterly conference at the Methodist Church, led by Rev. W. H. Baker, elected R. A. Gillett secretary. Reports praised church and Sunday school attendance, funds, and the Women’s Society, which raised 531 dollars. The pastor noted full payment of conference obligations and many additions to the church.
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Methodist Church
W. H. Baker
Baker
R. A. Gillett
Women's Society
Rev. Baker
May Grow Cork in Texas
Texas may be chosen as the proving ground to test cork oak cultivation in the United States. The U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service plans a small experiment program next year if acorns can be obtained. East Central Texas and upper live oak areas may suit cork oaks, aiding a domestic cork supply amid defense needs.
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Portugal
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Africa
C. W. Simmons
A. and M. College Extension Service
Simmons
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Mediterranean
Not So Tactful Bride Hat Quarrel
Mrs Longwed and her husband clash over hats and taste as she jokes he admires her millinery. He urges her to keep wearing old hats while she notes his clever excuses to avoid discard. The exchange highlights domestic humor and fashion queries in a witty dialogue.
Absent-minded shopper spots missing jar features
A man in a store misreads a jar as he sees it upside down and again after turning it over. He exclaims the jar has no mouth and then laments that the bottom is gone, highlighting a comical misunderstanding of the jar’s shape.
Inductions for December Cut Washington
Selective Service officials said the December induction quota would average about 18 000 selectees due to Christmas holidays. Inductions will be suspended late in the month to avoid removing registrants from their homes.
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Ernest M. Culligan
Culligan
Whitewright Girl Nominated for Aggie Day Sweetheart
Miss Sara Gillett of Whitewright, a senior at Texas State College for Women, is one of twelve candidates for Aggie Day Sweetheart at the TCU A amp M game on October 18. A committee of twelve A M cadets will choose the winner who will be crowned on the field at halftime.
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Denton
Sara Gillett
Whitewright
Texas State College For Women
Tcu-A&m
A&m
TSCW
Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Connally Proposes Increased Federal Share for Texas Pensions
Senator Tom Connally introduced a bill to raise the federal contribution for Texas old age pension payments. The plan mirrors Roosevelt aims to base federal grants on state per capita income, boosting poorer states' aid. The bill would set a federal match above two dollars per dollar from Texas, enlarging monthly benefits if funds allow.
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Tom Connally
Senate
Texas
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Connally
Senator Connally
A. J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Finance Committee
Parent-Teacher To Meet Tuesday At Grammar School
The first PTA meeting of the new year will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 in the Grammar School auditorium. New year books with the year’s program are printed. All members and school patrons are urged to attend. Guppy and Nowed joke about postponing a wedding.
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Parent- Teacher Association
Grammar School
Tigers Open Conference Play Friday at Home
Whitewright hosts Whitesboro Bearcats in Bryant Field in the Tigers first conference game of the season. Tickets sold at Childress and Kirkpatrick Pharmacies with advance savings. gate price 50 cents. Denison visit last Thursday ended 34 to 0 for Whitewright with 55 pep squad girls performing at halves and full crowd expected Friday.
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Bryant Field
Whitesboro Bearcats
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Whitewright
Bearcat
Childress
Kirkpatrick
Denison
Denison High School
Tips on buying woolen goods in College Station
College Station shoppers receive guidance on wool purchases under the Wool Products Labeling Act now in effect. Texas A&M Extension Service expert Dora R. Barnes advises reading labels for fiber content and amounts, and weighing use when choosing fabrics and prices.
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