Roosevelt Democrats Take Control of Texas Party
Roosevelt Democrats of Texas expelled opponents at a mainly empty hall and named a new slate of presidential electors. Harry L. Seay became state chairman and W. H. Kittrell Jr. was elected secretary as pledges to support national nominees Roosevelt and Truman became mandatory for future participation. Gov. Stevenson attended without presenting a compromise plan.
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Dallas
Roosevelt Democrats
Texas
Roosevelt
Truman
Harry L. Seay
George A. Butler
Houston
W. H. Kittrell Jr
Fair Park
al Smith
Coke R. Stevenson
Romania Signs Armistice Pact to Fight with Allies
The Soviet announces a twenty point armistice terms with Romania. Romania pledges to fight with the Allies to final victory, pay 300 million dollars in reparations to Russia, restore United Nations property, and accept the 1940 frontier including Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina. Romania would regain Transylvanian territory and maintain civil administration in noncombat zones. Lucretia Patrascanu says the terms leave no grounds for dissatisfaction.
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London
Romania
Germany
Russia
United Nations
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Hungary
Moscow
Lucretia Patrascanu
Whitewright Cotton Ginned Reaches 440 Bales This Week
Whitewright reports 440 bales of cotton ginned up to Thursday morning, far below last season's 1506 bales. Rain delays and late picking have slowed progress though the fair crop supports eventual gains. Prices stood at 20.25 per cwt for cotton and 57 per ton for seed, versus 19.50 and 55 the year before.
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Whitewright
Cotton Ginned in Grayson County 1944 Census Figures
Census report shows 559 bales of cotton ginned in Grayson County from the 1944 crop prior to Sept 1, compared with 4 694 bales for the same date last year.
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Grayson County
Service family notes from wartime visits and letters
Local residents report visits by Pvt Percy G Tracy of Camp Fannin and Pvt J O Dollar of Camp Wolters. Sgt Jack Thrasher in the Western Aleutians, Sgt Horace Sadler reassigned to Hereford POW camp, and Seaman Ralph Kent arriving at the New Hebrides. More letters recount arrivals back in the United States, overseas postings, and D Day paratrooper William J Bilme r.
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Horace G. Sadler
Arkansas
Hereford
P. W
Ralph B. Kent
New Hebrides Islands
Ed Kent Jr
Quebec Conference Near End As High Strategy Made
The second Quebec conference nears completion as Roosevelt and Churchill advance a final victory formula. Discussions will run three to four days to fill gaps in drafted war plans, linking Pacific and European efforts and coordinating with China and the Russians.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Japan
Pacific
Europe
China
Grayson County Blood Drive Sets Sept 20 28 Donor Quota
Grayson County seeks 900 donors for a Sept 20 22 Red Cross blood collection at Travis Street Methodist Church Sherman. Whitewright quota is 28 donors with transport arranged for donors lacking cars. All blood goes to armed forces.
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Grayson County
Red Cross
Travis Street Methodist Church
Sherman
Whitewright
Ross R. May
May
the Sun
Dallas
1944 Sweet Potato Crop Estimated at 68.8 Million Bushels
Washington reports the 1944 sweet potato harvest at 68,754,000 bushels, about 4 million above the 1933–42 average. Principal producing states list Louisiana 8,856,000 and Texas 5,616,000 bushels, with 1943 figures in parentheses.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Louisiana
Texas
West Wall Breached As U.S. Troops Push Toward Aachen
American forces driving through light resistance moved into outskirts of Aachen amid a broad push along a ninety mile front. They seized Rotgen and pressed toward the Rhine as drives extend to Clerveaux and Trier with 320,000 prisoners reported.
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Aachen
West Wall
Rotgen
Reich
Berlin
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
Germany
Clerveaux
Luxembourg
Trier
Supreme Headquarters
Senator Fergu son reports irregular Arkansas primary
Senator Ferguson says a congressional subcommittee found the Arkansas primary inflated and untrustworthy. He cites inflated vote tallies, irregular ballots, and payments to influence the election. He notes $300,000 spent on ads, radio shows, and praying preachers.
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Washington
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Congressional
Arkansas
Ferguson
Hattie W. Caraway
J. William Fullbright
Texas bombing veteran named to West Point
Capt. Harrison L. Saunders, 21, of San Marcos Texas, serving in England with the Army's 8th Air Force, was named by Senator O'Daniel to the U S Military Academy at West Point. The war secretary was urged to assign him to an academy preparatory school to take entrance exams next March after 21 bombing missions.
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Washington
Harrison L. Saunders
San Marcos
Tex
England
Army
8Th Air Force
O’daniel
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Secretary of War
Grayson County War Bond Total for August Tops 150000
Grayson County citizens bought 150296.75 in Series E F and G war bonds during August. Henry Etter county chairman from Denison reports the monthly total. No plans exist yet for a Victory War Loan Campaign but it is expected within a few months. He urges continued bond purchases.
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Grayson County
Henry Etter
Denison
Mr. Etter
Graysonites
Paris Presbytery Meets Here at One Day Session
The Paris Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church gathered at First Presbyterian Church for a one day meeting. Thirty five ministers and fifteen elders attended along with visitors. Rev Walter G Horn presided and Rev William F Rogan delivered the morning sermon.
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Paris
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Walter G. Horn
William F. Rogan
Central Presbyterian Church
Sherman
Water Damage at High School Not to Delay Opening Monday
Whitewright schools will open at 9 am Monday despite water damage to the high school. A vandal opened a fire hose, flooding third floor halls and the auditorium while plaster and sewing machines were damaged. Eight local youths were jailed as authorities investigate the intrusion. Sergeant Thomas Sanderson’s safe-cable message from overseas keeps the town’s record intact.
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Elmer Sanderson
Thomas Sanderson
Germany
San Origine
Sanderson
Whitewright
Pvt
Elbert England
P. W. England
France
England
Mahurin
B. R. Caraway
Ernest Smith
Caraway
Grayson County
Sherman
Cotton crop improves over month. August yield revised higher
The Agriculture Department reports the August cotton crop at 11,483,000 bales, up 461,000 from July. The lint yield forecast is 273.4 pounds per acre, slightly above the 1942 all time record, with increases in most major producing states except Texas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
The
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Texas Cotton Crop Outlook The 1944 Forecast
The United States Bureau of Agriculture Economies reports a Sept. 1 forecast of 2,450,000 bales for Texas, down from 2,823,000 last year and below the ten year average of 3,273,000. Abandonment at 2.6 percent and yield at 165 pounds per acre, with late harvest due to rains delaying picking in East and Central Texas while South Texas nears completion.
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Austin
Texas
United States Bureau of Agriculture
South
Bend
Record corn and wheat crop estimates set high
The agriculture department forecasts this year's corn crop at 3 101 319 000 bushels and wheat at 1 115 402 000 bushels, both record levels. Corn forecast earlier was 2 929 117 000 bushels, with last year at 3 076 159 000 and a ten year average of 2 369 384 000. Wheat was previously forecast at 1 132 105 000, last year 836 298 000, and ten year average 760 199 999.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Painter Paints Wrong House Coat in Mistake
Mrs. Sam Williams smelled paint in her home and then found the entire side coated after a contractor, hired by a neighbor, mistakenly painted the wrong house. The incident highlights a misdirected job resulting in unexpected street side color.
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Pampa
Sam Williams
Hitler Warned Eight Weeks Left by Swiss Report
The Swiss Journal De Geneve said German industrialists told Hitler through the Nazi staff that the army could not continue fighting more than eight weeks. It cited Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian delivering the estimate and warning Hitler of the worst.
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London
de Geneva
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Walther von Model
Western Front
Heinz Guderian
Hitler
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Percy G. Tracy
Camp Fannin
J. O. Dollar
Camp Wolters
Hobart Thrasher
Sgt
Jack Thrasher
Aleutian Islands
Aubrey Hansard
Camp Maxey
Mrs
Elbert Hansard
W. C. Carraway
William S. Carraway
United States
Italy
Louisville
Ellen Carraway
Jack Spindle
Alliance
Neb
J. F. Spindle
Spindle
Dental
West Texas
C. C. Burchfield
Pfc
C. B. Burchfield
Alberta
Canada
C. C. Burchfield Jr
Anchorage
Alaska
Corben Alexander
Seabees
Brazwell Alexander
Prim/Ic
Pacific Coast
L. R. Alexander
Southwest Pacific
Carlton Alexander
Bluejacket
Russell Ray Summers
San Diego
Calif
Naval Training School
North Dakota State School of Science
Wahpeton
N. D
Bluejacket Summers
R. R. Summers
Jerry Hasting
Mattie Hasting
Hasting
37Th Infantry
Bougainville
Raymond I. Brown
O. M. Brown
Army Air Force
Strategic Air Depot
Brown
Oscar Bilmner
William J. Bilmner
Wires
Jessie Mead
Bells School
Bells
Lee Bourland
Blue Ridge
Ralph Kent
Marion Felker
O. V. Barker
Rex Cruse
Kathryn Roddy
Renee Beazley
Sarah Kilgree
Earl Blanton
Grammar School
Lucyle Sanders
Arline Owens
Nina Francis
Sallye Hamilton
Herman Bedford
Nellie Brown
Griffin Dollarhide
L. E. Cato
Cecil Waldrop
Walter Jenkins
Sun Office
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