New Texas license rules hit first-time drivers hard
State Highway Patrolman Johnnie Ownbey will supervise licenses for Denison Sherman Bonham and McKinney starting Nov 1. New licenses require a rigid written test for first-timers, car safety checks, and a supervised driving return home if they fail. Existing license holders face no driving test.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Johnnie Ownbey
Sherman
Denison, Sherman, Bonham and McKinney
Grayson County
Ownbey
A. F. Temple
George Trulock
Temple
Graham
Trulock
Dallas
Denison
Chamber of Commerce
McKinney
Bonham
Texas
Grayson
Austin
Mr. Ownbey
No Co-ordination Smith Parlor Game Blackout Joke
Blackout test leads to a prank in which three men vie for a kiss from the same woman during a parlor game. The exchange highlights a comic misstep and a black eye as the punchline.
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Smith
Promotion Twist in a Court Martial? A Proud Mother Speaks
A mother celebrate her son Herbert being promoted to sergeant and joking that his new rank is a court martial. The snippet captures humor and military life moments.
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Herbert
Texas Farmers Have Two AAA Programs
Texas farmers will have two AAA programs in 1942, with West Texas adopting the minimum conserving acreage plan and East Texas the erosion-resisting plan. Counties south and east of Wilbarger through McKinney will implement erosion-resisting rules, others the conserving-acreage plan. Payments mirror the range program, with deductions for missed minimums or excess crop allotments.
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College Station
Texas
AAA
Fred Rennels
West
East
Rennels
Wilbarger
Baylor
Throckmorton
Shackelford
Callahan
Coleman
McCulloch
Mason
Gillespie
Kerr
Edwards
McKinney
Price of U S Wheat Doubles Foreign Price
P C Colgin AAA commodity loan supervisor reports U S wheat prices are about twice those in Canada Australia Argentina due to marketing quotas acreage allotments loan program and import embargoes. Texas farm price near $1.05 and national average about 90 cents per bushel.
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Argentina
United States
Colgin
Domestic wheat price advantage widens despite import embargo
AAA official Colgin says this year marks the first time domestic wheat prices exceed foreign prices by more than the tariff with no large imports. Embargo since May stops imports and enables the spread, making U S prices about 57 cents a bushel above foreign prices. Canadians could ship wheat to a U S port, pay 42 cents duty, and still gain 15 cents per bushel over Canada price.
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AAA
United States
Colgin
U. S
Not Quite Sure Two Stars Meet a Cold Former Husband
Two Hollywood stars share a moment as they pass a mare and a man tipping his hat. A baffled question about identity leads to a playful line about a former husband, hinting at romantic entanglements behind the scenes.
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George Avery
Grayson County Criminal District
Denison Herald
Miami
Ymond Cs
Screk
Ian Hunter
Aso
Ori O’moore
Ireland
Jeanethe MacDonald
Frank Borzage
MGM
Patrick O’moore
Hollywood
Brian Aherne
Sir John
O'Moore
Ahern
England
Gordon’s
Luther Gordon
Automobile
Barbee & Bassett Insurance Agency
Whitewright
Glen Earnheart Benefit Association
Earnheart Funeral Service
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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