Whitewright opens with 442 pupils on opening day
The Whitewright Public Schools began classes with initial enrollment of 442. The High School housed 210 pupils, 3 more than last year, while the Grammar School had 232, down 14. Attendance surpassed expectations due to late cotton picking. Grace Williams of Leonard was elected to replace Miss Carter Fletcher in the Grammar School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
H. W. Key
Grace Williams
Leonard
Carter Fletcher
Grammar
Boles
Greenville
Miss Williams
Commerce Teachers College
Trenton
Pension Interviews Expanded to Five Days a Week
Margaret Markes announced from the Sherman office that old age pension clients may be interviewed five days per week. Previously interviews were only on Monday. The Sherman office at 220 East Houston Street will conduct interviews Monday through Friday from 8 30 a m to 2 p m.
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Margaret Markes
Sherman
East Houston Street
Texas population rises in decade to 6.42 million
Texas gained 593 606 people or 10.2 percent from 5 824 715 in 1930 to 6 418 321 as of April 1 1940, with 135 counties increasing and 119 declining. Yoakum County led gains while Reagan County posted the largest loss amid oil boom impacts. Houston Dallas San Antonio and Fort Worth remain largest cities.
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Washington
Texas
William L. Austin
Yoakum County
Ector
Gregg
Gaines
Ward
Moore
Cochran
Nueces
Maverick
Duval
Rusk
Reagan County
Edwards Plateau
Big Lake
Archer
Armstrong
Briscoe
Caldwell
Childress
Collingsworth
Cottle
Donley
Hall
Hansford
Hardeman
Motley
Stephens
Upton
Wheeler
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
University Park
Longview
Corpus Christi
Port Arthur
Corsicana
Governor O'Daniel to Meet Lawmakers in Tour
Governor W Lee O Daniel and Mrs O Daniel announced a four to five week tour to acquaint new and old Legislature members personally before the next session. He said elections brought the largest number of new members and personal meetings would reduce taxpayer time spent on personal matters.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Cotton crop forecast and peacetime draft plan outlined
The Agriculture Department projected 12,772,000 bales of cotton for harvest this year with 24,406,000 acres and a lint yield of 250.7 pounds per acre. Separately a joint Senate-House committee approved a peacetime conscription bill targeting about 16.5 million men aged 21 to 35 for one year of military training with registration to begin after funding.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Senate
House
Joint Committee
Lewis Hershey
Joint
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Hershey
Congress
Elliott Roosevelt Turns Texas Convention Into FDR Rally
Elliott Roosevelt built a pro Roosevelt show at Mineral Wells Texas Democratic convention turning the event into a rally for his father's bid for a third term. He clashed with Temporary Chairman Hal Collins over New Deal policies as delegates cheered his forceful attack and promoted unity behind Roosevelt.
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Mineral Wells
W. Lee O’daniel
Roosevelt
Hal Collins
Collins
Elliott Roosevelt
Young Roosevelt
Tarrant County
Texas
O’daniel
Mickey Rooney Stars In Young Tom Edison At Palace
Feature attraction at the Palace tonight and Friday is Mickey Rooney the nation’s top box office star in Young Tom Edison. Fay Bainter and George Bancroft are in the supporting cast. Other Palace features for the week include Tex Ritter in Rhythm of the Rio Grande Saturday and Saturday night, Wallace Beery in 20 Male Team preview and Monday, and Joan Crawford with Anne Shirley in Saturday’s Children Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Palace Theatre
Mickey Rooney
Tom Edison
Fay Bainter
George Bancroft
Palace
Tex Ritter
Wallace Beery
Joan Crawford
Anne Shirley
Workers Safer At Work Than At Home In 1940 Report
The National Safety Council argues that employed persons face fewer accident hazards at work than at home or in leisure. Accident Facts 1940 shows 16 off the job deaths per 10 work deaths in 1939, with 15 500 work accidents and 25 000 off the job. After adjusting for time spent awake, off the job risk exceeds work risk by about 1.5 times.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Council
Paris Presbytery Honors Dr J F Fender in Paris Meeting
A Paris Presbytery gathering at the Presbyterian Church drew a large regional turnout including many women invited for Dr J F Fender. Dr F L Wear of Trinity University preached the communion sermon with Dr Jap Manton administering. Rev C L Dickey led missions report while Dr E Wilson Cole and Rev Barney MacLean spoke on education and promotion. Fender, a 38 year member and 25 year local pastor, received a folio of 50 letters and a flowers basket from the women’s group.
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Presbytery of
Paris
Presbyterian Church
J. F. Fender
F. L. Wear
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Jap Manton
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Dallas
C. L. Dickey
Central Presbyterian Church
E. Wilson Cole
Clarksville
Barney MacLean
Sherman
United
Dr. Fender
Presbytery
T. J. Wilbanks
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Texarkana
Fender
Texas
Womens Organization
Kidnapped Paris Deputy Found Slain
The body of Deputy Sheriff George Robertson, 54, of Paris was found Wednesday night near Powderly Lamar County in a green sedan used by two robbery suspects who abducted him Tuesday. A Paris merchant and posse member found the car. Robertson likely shot after abduction. Bloodhounds from Oklahoma were brought to trail the youthful fugitives believed to have fled into the Red River bottoms.
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Paris
George Robertson
Powderly
Lamar County
M. C. Sanders
Paris Marchant
Sanders
Robertson
Oklahoma
McAlester
Red River
Burglaries Solved When Bennett Captures Couple
City Officer George Bennett arrested a man and woman after a weekend series of burglaries in Trenton Leonard Celeste and nearby towns. A radio from Childress Pharmacy and cash from Morgan Food Store were recovered, with links to LaRoe & Co and Yeager service station heists. The suspects, driving a Wyoming plate Oldsmobile, were held for further investigation.
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George Bennett
Bennett
Trenton
Henry Chaney
Fannin County
Leonard
Celeste
Bonham
Chaney
Mr. Bennett
Guy Hamilton
Ed LaRoe
L. LaRoe & Company
Lumber Company
L. la Roe & Company
Yeager
Morgan Food
Childress Pharmacy
Age Pension Fund Out of Debt and Full Payments Slated
In Austin, the old-age pension fund is out of debt after three years. The final payment of 180000 completes the 2230000 indebtedness, repaid at 200000 monthly. Starting next October about 120000 monthly pensions will be issued based on need and matching federal funds.
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Austin
Federal Social Security Board
Farm payments lift farmers in Texas in 1939
In Texas the government payments reached 21 dollars for every 100 dollars received by a farmer from regular farming operations in 1939. The text notes Maine’s long history as the District of Maine under Massachusetts jurisdiction for more than 150 years.
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Texas
Maine
District of
Massachusetts
If Nazis Invade England War May Reach U S From Canada
Washington observers warn that a German invasion of England could drive Churchill's government to relocate to Canada. From there Britain would defend the Western Hemisphere and threaten Allied war with the United States, tying Europe and the Pacific into a broader conflict.
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England
Canada
U. S
Washington
United States
Britain
H. G. Wells
Winston Churchill
Churchill
London
Atlantic
British Isles
Ottawa
Hitler
Europe
South America
British Guiana
Trinidad
Bermuda
Jamaica
New World
Ranean
Methodist Women Reorganize Society In Monday Meeting
Women of the Methodist Church reorganized to form the Women's Society of Christian Service replacing the Woman's Missionary Society as part of a church wide consolidation plan. Rev. Ben Bell presided and new officers include A. M. Bryant president and Ben Bell vice president with multiple secretaries named. Charter membership offered to those enrolling before Oct 8. A 3 p.m. Monday business meeting will allow new members to enroll.
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the Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Woman's Missionary Society
Ben Bell
A. M. Bryant
E. F. Everheart
A. L. Jackson
C. B. Bryant
J. B. Hamilton
H. C. Willis
R. A. Gillett
G. C. Stateville
T. G. Doss
September Pensions To Average $11.16
Austin pension officials announced September payments will average 11.16 per pensioner, about the same as last month. Checks will go to 119000 dependents, with a possible increase next month after the department finished retiring a debt to a Dallas bank that had reduced pension money.
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Austin
Department of Public Welfare
Dallas
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Young
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Joint Defense Board
LaGuardia
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Capetown
Adolf Hitler
Uncle Sam
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Orient
Japan
British East Indies
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