17 A Football Preview from the Van Alstyne Paper
The article forecasts District 17 A standings with Plano Wildcats favored to win. Rockwall Royse City and Farmersville expected to challenge for second, while Van Alstyne and Farmersville look weaker. It lists returning lettermen at Plano Rockwall Royse City Van Alstyne and Farmersville plus early practice squads and player shuffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersville
van Alstyne
Plano Wildcats
Rockwall
Royse City
Plano
Wildcats
Sunset
Plano Boys
G. Harris
van Alstyne Panthers
Don Hopkins
Horace Smith
Chesley (Rusty) Gray
J.C. Barnett
Jack Walker
John Kenneth Hynds
J. D. Finney
Hollis Bruce
A. D. Stevens
Norman Collins
Oscar Williams
Panthers
Harris
Wanted Woman Missing From Farm Near Trenton
M. L. Taylor seeks his daughter who disappeared August 29 from a farm 1½ miles north of Trenton. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall, 120 pounds, dark blond hair, fair skin, blue eyes, last seen wearing a silk dress and white slippers. Notify father via W. O. White, Route 1, Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
M. L. Taylor
W. O. White
Whitewright
Whitesboro and Whitewright Teams Opening Season Notes
Whitesboro Bearcats under Coach Roger Martin boast seven seven lettermen from last year amid a 25-man workout as fans expect a strong season after finishing fifth last year. Whitewright Tigers coached by S T Montgomery with an experienced backfield but needs guards and tackles open their season at Bonham with assistant L B Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Erwin
Royse City
Arthur Pollard
Donald Parks
Harvey
Bass
James Weatherly
J. W. Bratton
Clifton Ford
Joe Hurst
Ervin
Roger Martin
Whitesboro Bearcats
Whitesboro
Martin
Whitewright
S. T. Montgomery
Whitewright Tigers
Leonard
Bonham
L. B. Morris
Howe and
Otto Russell
J. B. Smith
Joe Hicks
C. B. Burchfield
C. B. Bryant III
Davis Parish
Lewis Vestal
Lucian Vestal
Eugene Anderson
Wallace Reeves
Dick Thornton
Rudolph Phillips
Elbert
Team Rosters and Lineup for Thornton Players
The listing shows players with positions for Thornton including Wilton McFarland, Pascal Connelly, Emerson Sears, and Edward Montgomery. It lists tackles Junior Key and Joe Key, guards Othel Stapleton and J Frank Wilson, Paul Simmons, Melvin Fleming, Carl Pierson, centers Brother Gillett, Carlton Alexander.
Nazis Have Lost 1 867 Warplanes
London. The British air force has lost 621 planes and fewer than 600 men since Aug 8 while the Germans have lost 1 867 planes and 4 000 men. British fliers in the Near East have shot down 56 Italian planes with 15 lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archibald Sinclair
Near East
Optical firms charged in U.S. anti trust suits
Sixty eight individuals and 29 corporations in the optical trade were charged in four civil antitrust suits filed in federal court. The actions, led by A U S A General Thurman Arnold and special assistant Samuel S Isseks, allege a conspiracy to fix unreasonably high prices for spectacles and related supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States District Court
United States
Thurman Arnold
Samuel S. Isseks
Gasoline Use and Taxes for Texans in 1939
Texas motorists averaged 778 gallons per car in 1939, 46 more than the national 732. Tax bill per car: state 31.12 dollars, federal 7.78 dollars, total 38.90. Only 2 cents per gallon funds highways. rest supports education and bond redemption.
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Texas
32 Mile Cotton Belt Line To Be Abandoned
Under a federal court order the St. Louis Southwestern Railway will abandon service on the 32.6 mile Cotton Belt between Gatesville and Hamilton Texas on September 28. The line serves Moccasin Levita Ireland Aleman and Profa communities and its terminal lines. Abandonment was approved August 19 by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles B. Davis
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Cotton Belt
Gatesville
Hamilton
Texas
Moccasin
Levita
Ireland
Aleman
Profa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmer Tackett Charged Over Mortgage Stock Theft
J H Tackett 41, a farmer near Whitesboro, was charged in Sherman with removing mortgaged property. A deputy sheriff said he took three Jersey cows pledged to Security National Bank of Whitesboro to secure a loan granted April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
J. H. Tackett
Whitesboro
Joe Hall
W.M Wisdom
Tackett
Jersey
Security National Bank of
Criminal Records Indexing Completed in Sherman
The District Clerk W. R. Henderson reports WPA staff under J. Ollie Smith of McKinney completed indexing criminal records. For the first time a person can be checked with a single reference rather than searching many bound volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
W. R. Henderson
WPA
J. Ollie Smith
McKinney
Henderson
Eskimo Dinner Etiquette: Guest Takes Leftovers Home
A houseguest at an Eskimo dinner is expected to take any leftovers home to show appreciation for the meal. The practice signals that the guest enjoyed the hospitality and culinary effort.
Worm longevity via repeated starvation cycles
The article notes that a worm can live about twenty times longer than normal through cycles of starvation. It explains the mechanism involves stress responses and metabolic adjustments that extend lifespan under nutrient deprivation.
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Clifton Tooley
Leroy Crabtree
Blitzkrieg
Woodrow Wilson B
Dallas
Jack Nelson
Christi
Turner
Cuffman
Greer
Toler
Todd
Nelson
Henry
Lawrence
Batchelor
Schivner
J. A. Wilkerson
J. Homer Wallace
Joe Spafford
Leon Richardson
Davy Joe Dawson
W. L. Rupe
Charles Barber
Harold Shoemaker
White
Sneed
Peoples
Orr
Kimbrell
Nichols
McDonald
Brooks
Dowell
Bill
Bob
Shirley Barnes
Dan Rhome
Walter E. Park
Fighting Farmers
Dark Horse Club
Bobby Aycock
Jimmie Brandon
Sun Office
Haile
Paul Owen
Ely
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Manning & Meador, Whitewright
Tom Barbeets
Manning & Meador
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager, Mgr
Stetson
Stratoliner
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Dale Box
Julius Carver
Grady Jacobs
James Henson
Billy Hughes
Bobby Hendrix
Jimmie Hart
Arie Hart
Ruby Henson
Mural Hughes
C. E. Holloway
Harold Harless
Boyd Jones
Jackie Johnson
John Johnson
Jack Morehead
McWilliams Prater
Paul Philips
Pat Patterson
Willie Roy
David Rainer
J. R. Bowden
Billy Skinner
Luther Wilkerson
Optical
U. S. Charge
Madden
Denison
Madden’s
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