First Bale Cotton Received Saturday at Whitewright
Whitewright reports its first bale of cotton arrived Saturday August 30 produced from 1,460 pounds of seed cotton weighing 548 pounds. The bale sold for 16 5 8 cents per pound with seed at 42.00 per ton. Donigan Gin Company ginned the first bale and Planters Gin the second. A premium was raised for Mr Fulton who brought in the first bale. The two bales were ginned free of charge. A table lists first bale dates and prices since 1926, noting years with no sale due to missing head certificates or government tags.
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Whitewright
C. C. Morgan
Orangeville
S. D. Fulton
Donigan Gin Company
Planters Gin
Fulton
Rey Pur Ags
Roosevelt Says Americans Must Crush Hitler Now
President Roosevelt on Labor Day declares the United States will fight and do its full part to conquer Nazi Germany. He denounces appeasement and urges decisive action, stressing continued war production and potential steps to speed weapon delivery overseas. He promises no weakness and vows to uphold American rights and freedom.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Benedict Arnold
Blue Stamp Foods Listed for September 1 to 30
Foods available to Food Stamp Plan families in September are the same as August. The list includes fresh pears plums prunes apples oranges peaches fresh vegetables potatoes corn meal shell eggs raisins dried prunes hominy corn grits dry edible beans wheat flour enriched wheat flour self rising flour enriched self rising flour and whole wheat Graham flour.
Judge Loy Seeks 1942 County Budget with Tax Cut Plan
Sherman, Texas. County Judge Jake J. Loy files the 1942 budget and calls a public hearing for September 12 at 2 p.m. in Sherman. He urges a 3 cent tax rate cut to 55 cents, notes a $60,000 airport bond issue this year, and proposes 10 percent salary increases for county employees while reducing four offices by one staff each.
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Sherman
Jake J. Loy
Commissioners Court
Loy
District Attorney's Office
Sheriff's Office
District Attorney’s
Sheriff’s Department
Army Waiting For Better Tanks Goes to Europe
The U S Army awaits faster better armored medium tanks while 28 ton land destroyers head to European battlefronts. First armored division from Fort Knox and Second from Fort Benning to face new field tests in Louisiana this month amid design changes for higher power and upgraded armament.
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Louisiana
United States
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Second Field Army
Saint Bernard Found Sleeping Under Sunday Paper
A missing Saint Bernard was presumed lost but was discovered asleep under a Sunday paper, ending a brief search. The report notes no injuries or further concerns, and the dog appears unharmed and well.
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Saint Bernard
Restrictions Cut Credit Terms Across Nation
Stores and banks opened on Tuesday under new federal rules on installment credit. The Federal Reserve fixed minimum down payments and a maximum 18 month repayment period for selected consumer items and small cash loans, with exemptions for farmers students and emergency medical expenses.
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America
Federal Reserve Board
Separate Return Fight to Be Bitter
Washington the fight to retain the right of husband and wife to file separate income tax returns will go to the Senate floor under Tom Connally of Texas. The Senate finance committee voted to add a provision for joint returns in the tax bill, drawing opposition from Connally and a coalition of eight community property states and women’s groups.
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Washington
Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Connally
C. J. Champion
Houston
National Woman’s Party
Russian Air Mission Arrives in Alaska for Technical Observation
Washington reports the War Department says a 47 man Russian air mission traveling via Alaska is a purely technical visit. The group will observe American aircraft plants and factories but will not train or engage in direct contact. itinerary undisclosed.
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Washington
War Department
Alaska
Roosevelt Signs Ship Seizure Order
President Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing seizure of idle foreign merchant ships in American harbors from June 6 1941 to June 30 1942. The move amended the earlier order under which several ships had been taken over.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Remodeling Begins at Palace Theatre Under Hasty Ownership
M B Hasty and his father T M Hasty of Mt Vernon have started remodeling the Palace Theatre. The orchestra pit is cleared and floored, insulation prepared for new RCA sound gear due in two to three weeks, with synchronized projectors. New cushion seats to follow, prices cut to 10c and 15c for certain matinees and nights, 10c and 20c on others.
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M. B. Hasty
Palace Theatre
T. M. Hasty
Mt. Vernon
Hasty
Governor calls Sept 9 special session on road bond issue
Governor Coke Stevenson announced a special session of the Texas Legislature to convene September 9 in Austin. He said the proclamation would be issued soon and that the subject would be limited to the road bond issue, which stalled during the regular session over the state bond issue.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Gasoline tax nets state $51 million in new revenue
A Texas comptroller report shows the 4 cent gasoline tax brought in $51,606,359 for the state highway and education funds for the year ending Aug 31 1941. The rise in revenue reflects higher gasoline consumption, with $24,769,136 allocated to the highway fund and $12,384,568 to education from the fourth cent.
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Austin
Texas
John Trucker
George H. Sheppard
Texas liquor revenue nears one million dollar rise
Texas liquor revenue for the year ended Aug 31 totaled 8,004,475 dollars, about one million more than the previous year. Administrator Bert Ford cited stamp sales and higher taxes this summer as key factors in the increase.
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Austin
Texas
Bert Ford
Cotton Output Forecast Falls From 1940 Total
Washington officials report the 1941 U S cotton crop is forecast at 10 817 000 bales based on conditions on August 1, down from 12 566 000 bales a year ago. A new Sept 8 forecast will use conditions on Sept 1. Some 1941 cotton volume is lent to the government.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Whitewright School to Open Sept 8 with Seven New Teachers
Whitewright Public Schools start Monday with registration and book distribution. Principal E C Butler outlines the 12 grade system and urges parent and student attendance as five new High School teachers join the staff and two new Grammar School teachers are added.
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Whitewright
E. C. Butler
Butler
Kathryn Roddy
Eva Williams
Thomas Sears
R. B. Cruse
Buteler
L. E. Ricketts
Lucille Sanders
Martha Jo Sears Emerson
Sale Lye Hamilton
Herman Bedford
Margaret Lilley
R. P. Montgomery
Emerson
Whitewright High School
Texas State College For Women
Denton
McKinney
WPA
Kelous Watson
Edgar Ayres
S. T. Stubblefield
G. W.ford
Claude Dillon
Union Service At Methodist Church Next Sunday Night
Whitewright churches unite for a Sunday night service at the Methodist Church to be held for parents and pupils. Superintendent E C Butler of the Whitewright Public Schools arranged the program and will speak. Dr B Wrenn Webb presides with Kilgree leading song and Hamilton at the piano.
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Whitewright
Methodist Church
E. C. Butler
Whitewright Public Schools
B. Wrenn Webb
The
Presbyterian Church
Butler
Axis Aims to Unite Europe Under One State, Mussolini Claims
Mussolini's newspaper Popolo D'Italia, cited by Il Duce, reports a five day Mussolini Hitler meeting backing a single Axis led Europe. It says Europe including Portugal and France would join a unified state after victory, ending Anglo American exploitation and Bolshevik threat.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Il Duce
Fuehrer
Mussolini
Milan
Popolo D'Italia
Mario Appelius
Portugal
France
Hitler
Roosevelt
Virginia Gayda
Axis
America
England
Napoleon
Waterloo
Duce
Germans Put War Air Raid Death Toll At 3853
The German foreign service radio claimed RAF raids on Germany caused 3853 deaths and 9445 injuries from the war’s start to August 29. It also cited British civilian casualties of 28859 killed and 40166 injured up to March 1.
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London
Germany
No Insecurity After War Tells Bankers in Austin
Dr. Paul F. Cadman of the American Bankers Association told the third annual Texas Bankers Conference at the University of Texas that individual security will return after the war and inflation will threaten Texas business. He predicted a socially awakening America with income brackets closing and gaps in living standards narrowing, saying the era of multimillionaires is over and the era of the underprivileged will fade.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Bankers Conference
University of Texas
America
Paul F. Cadman
American Bankers Association
Cadman
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Thornton
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