Hitler vows seven year war if needed in Europe
Adolf Hitler told Britain and France he would wage a seven year war if necessary and asserted that Germany and Soviet Russia would restore law and order in Eastern Europe. He claimed Poland would never rise again and that Danzig would remain German. The address, given in Danzig, was broadcast widely including to the United States.
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Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Fuehrer
Poland
Hitler
Danzig
Baltic
Reich
Bethmann-Hollweg
Frederick the Great
Ukraine
East Prussia
Hungary
Slovakia
Scandinavian
United States
Red River Valley Fair Opens in Sherman A Big Week
The Red River Valley Fair begins in Sherman on October 2 with the Greater United Shows headlining. Exhibits from Home Demonstration Clubs and 4-H clubs accompany dairy cattle sheep hog and poultry displays. Rodeo performances October 3 4 and 5 plus football games are planned.
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Sherman
United
Southwest
Will Leslie
The
Fair Association
Leslie
Governor's Son Declines Film Career for Education
Austin reports Mickey Wickey son of Gov W Lee O Danial will resume studies as a University of Texas sophomore and decline a Hollywood movie contract after screen tests. Parents advised him to pursue a solid education before entering acting.
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Austin
Mickey Wickey
W. Lee O’daniel
Mike
University of Texas
Hollywood
Parent-Teacher Association Opens First Meeting
The grammar school's opening P T A meeting was Tuesday afternoon in the school auditorium. President Mrs. C J Meador presided. Rev Ben Bell gave the invocation. Miss Sallye Hamilton read minutes and treasury report. Talks on Why I Am a Member followed by sessions from Mrs. Joe Johnson Miss Lucyle Sanders and Mrs. Bob Sears. Principal L E Ricketts closed with P T A remarks. Next meeting set for October 10.
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C. J. Meador
Ben Bell
Methodist Church
Sallye Hamilton
Treasury
Floyd Everheart
Joe Johnson
Lucyle Sanders
Bob Sears
L. E. Ricketts
Pension Checks Being Mailed Last For Full Amounts
Austin reports old age pension checks totaling 1.725 million dollars are mailed to 121,136 recipients. The State Welfare Board notes 897,750 dollars in federal matching funds for current month. October cuts then loom as 2.3 million dollars loan repayments begin. Grants range 30 to 5 dollars, September average 14.24. Governor O Daniel opposed new revenues or special session. Loan repayments through March reduce pension funds by over 400 thousand dollars.
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Austin
New
State Welfare Board
Federal Social Security Board
Dallas
O’daniel
France vows fight to final victory in cabinet declaration
Paris report says the Council of Ministers under President Lebrun declared France will fight to victory and Poland will receive rightful reparations for losses. The decision followed Hitler's speech and aims to deter German hopes of pressuring France and Britain into surrender. Franco-British solidarity is said to be strengthening daily.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
France
Poland
Albert Lebrun
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Edouard Daladier
Britain
Man Found Hanged Near Denison Highway
The body of J. T. Hunnicut, 61, was found hanging by a rope tied to a tree on the J. L. Lynch farm near the Bells Denison Highway Monday morning. Mrs. W. T. Clayton, driving by, found the body. Coroner E. A. Wright ruled death by own action. A pillow slip covered the head and a white rag waved from a fence.
Traffic Safety in Texas bulletin on safe driving practices
The Texas Highway Department issues Traffic Safety in Texas detailing safe driving rules for drivers pedestrians and schools. It covers signaling lane discipline stopping for streetcars and buses observing speed limits and signs and how to cross and walk safely. It urges community action a safety council and school safety clubs to reduce fatalities and injuries.
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Texas Highway Department
Texas
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Whitewright to Travel to Van Alstyne for Third Meeting
Whitewright visits Van Alstyne Sunday aiming to break a 0-2 season deficit in the series. Van Alstyne holds a perfect edge over Whitewright, but Whitewright arrives with a strong lineup and intends a hard fought game. Support from fans is urged to back the boys on the field.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
Van
Students Run Shared Housing At University of Texas
About 400 University of Texas students are educated in a cooperative housing program offering room and board for fifty cents daily. Students manage their own living quarters on a shared work basis and operate collectively.
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University of Texas
Church of Christ Names New Pastor in Rogers
Elder Leonard Mullens of Rogers has accepted the pastorate of the Church of Christ and will preach Sunday morning and night. He will serve full time with two sermons each Sunday. Elder Mullens and his wife will move to Whitewright this week. He has preached here before and is known to many residents.
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Leonard Mullens
Rogers
Church of Christ
Mullens
Whitewright
2000-Man Increase for U S Coast Guard
President Roosevelt issued an executive order increasing Coast Guard strength by 2000 men. The move aligns with recent steps under a limited national emergency to bolster the nation’s armed forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Manning & Meador to Quit Hardware and Furniture Store
Manning & Meador announce a disposal sale starting Friday with the complete stock of furniture and hardware plus fixtures offered. Manager C. J. Meador says the firm will focus on tractors and implements sales and service, with stores in Leonard and Whitewright and a Bonham tractor store. The Whitewright unit, established 1917, added furniture in 1933 and has run tractors for about twelve years, but declining hardware and furniture sales driven by out of town shopping and price promotions ends the local hardware and furniture presence.
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Manning & Meador
C. J. Meador
Leonard and Whitewright
Bonham
Texas
Meador
Whitewright
Whitewright Gins Totals 3312 Bales This Season
Up to Thursday morning the three Whitewright gins had received 3312 bales of cotton, surpassing last season by 658 bales. Gins expect several hundred more before closing, with current prices at 8.50 for cotton and 23.00 for cotton seed, versus 8.30 and 22.00 a year ago.
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Whitewright
Price-Pegging Ready For Cotton If Price Slumps
Washington reports indicate the Agriculture Department may launch a price pegging loan if cotton prices fall, aiming to keep parity and avoid wartime price drops. A lower warehouse rate and a location differential for Texas Gulf ports were discussed, with no final decision reached.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Texas Gulf Ports
Army to streamline divisions into compact units
The War Department announced a rapid reorganization of the regular Army reducing infantry and cavalry divisions to about 10,000 men each, from a present strength around 20,000. The plan follows recent experiments at Fort Sam Houston and becomes operative within weeks with final details in draft.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Poles Conquered End of Polish Campaign Declares Brauchitsch
Berlin reports quote Col. Gen Walther von Brauchitsch announcing the conquest of Poland is complete and the war goal reached. Seventy German divisions move west as the first phase nears end, with 105,000 Polish prisoners said taken and 310,000 shipped to the Reich for work on farms.
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Berlin
Poland
Western Front
Walther von Brauchitsch
German West Wall
Saar Battlefront
Brauchitsch
Vistula
Warsaw
Deutscher Dienst
the Vistula
Tannenberg
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Discount for Early Taxes in Sherman County
Sherman tax officials announce 1939 state tax discounts for early payment starting October. State taxes paid in October receive a 3 percent discount, November 2 percent, and December 1 percent. no discount for January 1940. County, school, and poll taxes receive no discount. Half payments may be split, with first half due October or November and second half due June 30. Last half discounts apply in March 3 percent, April 2 percent, and May 1 percent for state taxes. The tax office will issue a statement Saturday outlining payment plans.
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever at Palace Theatre
Feature attraction at the Palace theatre tonight and Friday is Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever starring Mickey Rooney. This latest in the Judge Hardy family series is noted as the most popular yet. Other Palace features this week include Gene Autry in Mountain Rhythm, Topper Takes a Trip with Constance Bennett and Roland Young, and The Girl From Mexico with Lupe Velez and Donald Woods on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Palace Theatre
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Judge Hardy
Palace
Gene Autry
Constance Bennett
Roland Young
Topper
Lifeboat Rickety Nazi Sub Captain Lets Trawler Go
Brit ish trawler Alvis lodged in port after a submarine commander spared them when he saw a rickety lifeboat. The sub captain reportedly told the crew he must sink them but allowed passage after inspecting the craft, with only a smashed radio reported as damage.
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