Acreage Survey Underway in Texas Farms
Representative farmers across Texas are being asked this week to provide information for the U S Department of Agriculture annual acreage survey conducted with the Post Office Department. W C Childs notes the nationwide effort aids acreage and production estimates and the Food for Freedom program as postmasters and rural carriers distribute the survey cards.
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College Station
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Post Office Department
W. C. Childs
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas Usda War Board
Childs
Whitewright Cotton Receipts High As Season Grows
Whitewright gins processed 638 bales this week with 1 129 bales by Wednesday. Prices hovered around 18 cents per pound for cotton and 45 dollars per ton for seed as farmers forecast higher yields than last year.
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Whitewright
Farewell Letter From Whitewright Pastor to Friends
Dr B Wrenn Webb and Mrs Webb leave Whitewright for Tucson Arizona after nine years as pastor. In a letter to The Sun he thanks readers for courtesy space and friendship praising Cecil Doss and the community while noting retirement and fond memories of Whitewright.
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B. Wrenn Webb
Tucson
Ariz
Webb
Presbyterian Church
the Sun
Whitewright
Sun Office
the Sun Office
Dr. Webb
Whitewright Sun
Texas
Sirs
Cecil Doss
United States
Grayson County Keeps Tax Rate at 55 Cents Per $100
Grayson County maintains a 55 cent levy per 100 dollars of valuation, unchanged from 1941. With an estimated $40 million total value, the 1942 budget would collect about $220,000 if 100 percent assessed. The levy allocates 22 cents to the general fund, 4 cents to the jury fund, and 24 cents to a sinking fund to retire debts.
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Grayson County
Commissioners Court
Unused tires resist wear for years, say manufacturers
Tire makers rebut the idea that tires rot quickly. They tell the WPB that tires bought in recent years are treated with an antioxidant to last five or six years with only 10 to 15 percent deterioration. Ten years ago tires would dry up and crack.
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Washington
WPB
Want Ad Seeks Results For Readers
Local newspaper notes a want ad service promising quick results for readers seeking help or sales. The brief urges use of classified listings to connect buyers and sellers efficiently.
Death by own action rate up in Washington report
The census bureau today reported that personal crisis deaths totaled 18,907 in 1940, a rate of 14.4 per 100000. This compares with 1900 at 10.2 and the 1982 peak of 17.4.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Men in Uniform Highlight Local Service News
Local column details Whitewright area service members and relatives. Pvt J C Coggins heads to Camp Davis after a San Diego posting while Lt Lloyd Badgett studies motor transportation at Fort Benning. Navy and Army personnel, including Charles Alverson and Guy Hamilton Jr, are noted with recent training and assignments.
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Lloyd J. Badgett
Whitewright
Lt. Badgett
Fort Benning
Georgia
San Diego
Calif
Badgett
van Claborn
E. M Badgett
Anti-Inflation Bill Clears House Amid Veto Threat
The House approved the anti-inflation bill 284 to 96 after a farm bloc amendment on parity prices for farm products. The measure would raise living costs by about 3.0 to 3.5 billion annually and face possible Roosevelt veto, with Senate talks seeking compromise to avoid a similar amendment.
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Washington, D. C
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Overseas Army Mail Addresses Incorrect
The War Department announced that 10 percent of overseas mail to soldiers was misaddressed or insufficiently addressed. It urged exact addressing: full first name and middle initial, last name, Army serial number if known, company or unit, regiment or battalion, Army post office number, and not to use the overseas station location.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Army Post Office
Local Denton Area Military Notes and Inductions
March 1942 marks his wings and second lieutenant commission after four months at Esler Field. He flew a B-25 to the Middle East, now in Egypt. wife stays with his parents in Denton. Pvt Doyle Alexander visited Whitewright. James Bryant of the U S Navy visiting California. Enlistees include Buck Howard at Perrin Field and Bud Bennett headed for Las Vegas NM. Carl Bennett served in World War I. A group from Sherman left for Camp Wolters after Dallas exams. Geese and swans eat vegetables. ducks rely on insects and fish.
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Anna Joyce Benson
Navy Nurse Corps
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Herald
Ensign Benson
E. E. Benson
Whitewright
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Grayson County
Fort Worth
Bill Bryant
Denton
Texas
Bryant
Lieut. Bryant
Fitz Bryant
Basic
Taft
Calif
Advanced
Luke Field
Ariz
Esler Field
Middle East
Puerto Rico
Brazil
Africa
Egypt
James Bryant
U. S. Navy
A. M. Bryant
California
R. G
Bud) Bennett
R. G. Bennett
Army Air Corps
Las Vegas
N. M
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Dallas
J. B. Wilson Willingham
James Kenith Hensley
William Guy Andrew
James
Buck) Hughes
Tom Stephens
Funeral Here Today For Tom Binion
Funeral services are to be held at 3 p m today at the Church of Christ for Tom Binion who died suddenly in a Dallas hospital after an operation. He was born November 18 1897 in Pilot Grove and leaves Edith McAfee his wife, his father, a brother Lee Binion and a sister Miss Pauline Binion, with an aunt in the home. Burial will be in Pilot Grove Cemetery under Earnheart arrangement.
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Church of Christ
Tom Binion
Dallas
Pilot Grove
Earnheart
C. T. McCormack
Mr. Binion
R. E. L. Binion
Sarah Binion
Edith McAfee
Trenton
Vickery
Copperas Cove
Temple
Binion
Camp Hood
Lee Binion
Pauline Binion
Open Letter to Men About Navy Enlistment and Options
An open letter to men 17 to 50 urges enlistment in the U S Navy or Naval Reserve amid rising callups in October. It explains pay progression from apprentice seaman to seaman second class, trade school paths, Seabees opportunities, and eligible locations for Navy recruiting stations. Lieutenant L H Ridout Jr signs as officer in charge.
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United States
Army
Navy
Seabees
Regular Navy
Naval Reserve
Dallas
Amarillo
Abilene
Big Spring
Fort Worth
Longview
Lubbock
San Angelo
Paris
Sherman, Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls
L. H. Ridout JR
Cotton Picker at 75 Shows Youngsters How
Hillsboro report highlights James Bryan 75 beginning his seventieth cotton picking season. He still handles about 200 pounds per day, while Bedouin women weave and sew tent strips.
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Hillsboro
James Bryan
Whitewright schools delay two weeks for cotton harvest
Whitewright Public Schools plan a nine am Monday opening delayed two weeks to allow cotton picking. Supt E C Butler notes faculty almost complete at the High and Grammar Schools with one science position to fill. Bus fleet updated, new shop building adds trades, and evening classes announced. registration Monday urged to prevent scheduling issues.
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Whitewright
E. C. Butler
Homer Gentry
Harold Murphy
Kathryn Roddy
R. B. Cruse
Eva Williams
Virginia McKinsie
R. E. Kerby
Gentry
McKinsie
Lucille Sanders
Aileen Owen
Jimmie Lee Brown
Sallye Hamilton
Annabelle Bedford
Henrietta Goodwin
Ernest Smith
Claude Dillion
G. V. Ford
Harold Doss
Caleb Thornhill
Butler
Sun
Vocational Agriculture Department
Joe Johnson
Buying Homes in Whitewright
Real estate activity rises in Whitewright as four dwellings change hands for private residences. New owners include Frank Smith who bought the Mrs. J. L. Kirkpatrick home from R. H. May, Miss Pernie Badgett who acquired the Clay Horton dwelling, Ralph Wallace who purchased the Neff homestead from J. E. Morgan, and Fred Henninger who bought the L. P. Sears dwelling near the high school. Each plan is to improve or move into the property.
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Whitewright
Frank Smith
J. L. Kirkpatrick
R. H. May
Pernie Badgett
Clay Horton
Mr. Wallace
Fred Henninger
Pilot Grove
L. P. Sears
Henninger
Four Million Men Already in Army
Maj. Gen. James A. Ulio reports the Army alone has grown to 4 000 000 soldiers. President Roosevelt claimed 4 000 000 under arms but did not specify service scope. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said Army strength could exceed 4 500 000 by year end.
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Washington
James A. Alio
Roosevelt
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
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Austin
Pasteur
H. T. Atterverry
Lilian Slusher
Roger Holcomb
Floyd Bassett
Sherman and
Denison Kennels
J. C. Coggins
J. E. Coggins
Camp Davis
Wilmington
N. C
Charles Alverson
T. C. Alverson
Naval Station
Guy Hamilton Jr
Army Medical Corps
Camp Barkley
Hamilton
Fort Meade
Lizzie Roper
Othel Stapleton
Pacific
J. A. Yeager
Jack Lewis Yeager
Mr. Yeager
Pvt
Lon R. Bradley
L. A. Bradley
Route 2
Perrin Field
Bradley
Randolph Field
Perrin
Doyle Alexander
Charles
Buck) Howard
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