Whitewright Dems Plan to Raise $200 Quota
In a Sherman fifteenth district meeting precinct chairmen set a Grayson County goal of 2120 for national campaign expenses. Sherman Denison toraise 800 each. Whitewright Whitesboro Van Alstyne 200 each. Tioga Collinsville Howe Gunter 50. Bells Pottsboro Delaware Tom Bean Hagerman 25. O L Jones urged farmers to donate via Kirkpatrick Pharmacy to avoid solicitors.
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Grayson County
Fifteenth District
Sherman
Sherman and
Denison
R. G. Piner
Tom Suggs
Jones
Kirkpatrick
American Red Cross
R. M. Tucker
Denison and
Red Cross
American Legion Parade Draws Multimillion Crowd in Boston
The American Legion and auxiliary units marched through Boston on a two and a quarter mile route for the twenty-second convention parade drawing an estimated 3,000,000 spectators. Bands banners and drum majors led the color guards from multiple wars while mechanized units and aircraft paid tribute. Flags and placards urged patriotism with messages like There will always be an England and God bless America.
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Boston
American Legion
Legion
Illinois
Roosevelt
England
Hitler
America
Requests for Jobs on Draft Boards Wasted Efforts
In Washington a flood of letters and telegrams seeks draft board appointments for applicants or friends. Senator Morris Sheppard notes senators and representatives have no role in these selections. The Selective Service Act requires governors or state adjutant generals to appoint boards and specify their locations.
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Washington
Congress
Morris Sheppard
Dem
Texas
Sheppard
Texan 85 Tries to Enlist After 50 Years Delay
Albert Smith, 85, a former Texas cowpuncher, visited a Pittsfield army recruiting office and asked to enlist. Told he was 50 years late, he claimed 12 years in the U S Cavalry, enlisting at Dallas, then gave a pep talk to six youths whose enlistment was accepted.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Albert Smith
Texas
Army Recruiting Office
Smith
United States Cavalry
Dallas
Red River Valley Fair Opens Monday in Sherman
The Red River Valley Fair opens in Sherman on Monday, Sept. 30, running through the following Saturday. Exhibits come from eight Oklahoma counties and ten Texas counties, with poultry open to all and 4-H and Future Farmer exhibits limited to Grayson County. Judging begins at 1 p.m. Monday with local and county agents overseeing categories in women’s and home demonstration displays, 4-H clubs, and agricultural booths. Dick Piner’s rodeo, a Negro football game Monday night, and Friday football games add to the program. admission is 10 cents per car and per person.
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Sherman
Texas
Dallas
Oklahoma
Grayson County
Will Leslie
The
Fair Association
Whitewright
Lucy Lee Maynard
Tarrant County
Elizabeth Dillon
Hunt County
F. A. Lloyd
Terrell
W. J. Young
Bonham
Kenneth Williams
Red River Valley
Dick Piner
Plano Negro
Sherman High School Bearcats
McKinney High School Lions
John McMurry
Several Farms Are Sold in This Area
In the Whitewright area, multiple farms have changed ownership to farmers, driven by scarce rental farms and rising buyer activity. Finalized deals include Dan Gillett 109 acre farm to Tom Graves, Lee Wilson 119 acres to Jim Mullens south of town, Binkley 115 acres to Jack Brown northeast of Whitewright, 100 acre east of town to Tom Booker, and Dr Hoard 187 acres nine miles south sold to a Mr Bailey from near Leonard.
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Whitewright
Tom Graves
Ely
Dan Gillett
W. T. Beazley
Jim Mullens
Lee Wilson
Jack Brown
Binkley
Tom Booker
Mr. Bailey
Leonard
Dr. Hoard
Judge sentences man to six months for wife attack
In Albemarle North Carolina County Judge O J Sikes gives six months to a man convicted of attacking his wife. The defendant, with tears in his eyes, says I’d do anything to get away from that woman for six months and thanks the judge.
Move Guards Get Mobilization Call For October 15
President Roosevelt ordered 35,700 national guardsmen into active military service for a year of training. Guardsmen from New York Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Mississippi Puerto Rico and Hawaii are to report October 15. The 32nd division from Michigan and Wisconsin will train at Beauregard Louisiana under the same October 15 order. The move follows a previous order calling 60,500 guardsmen for federal service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Guard
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Beauregard
War Department
Leonard Underpass Halted By Suit
Leonard underpass work on highway 78 stopped by a temporary injunction granted in Paisis by Judge George P. Blackburn. C. W. Butler and J. P. Sullivan claim damages and seek to halt work until settlement. City of Leonard and L. H. Lacy Company named as defendants. Progress shown in excavation with detour in use.
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Katy
Willkie Lays Four Charges at Door Of Administration
Aboard the Willkie train en route to Butte Montana Wendell L Willkie told a Spokane Washington crowd that the Roosevelt Administration has a failed domestic policy a muddled foreign policy a gigantic national debt and seeks a third term. He contrasted himself as a man who has worked in steel mills farms and the range and accused Roosevelt of aristocracy while the cheering audience listened in the late September sun.
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Willkie
Butte
Mont
Wendell L. Willkie
Spokane
Wash
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
County shows profit in Loy Lake operation
Loy Park lake in Sherman County was a popular summer site with 39 508 swimmers. The Loy Lake operation collected 1510.15 from tickets boating and fishing and motor boat hire, while total expenses ran 468.94 leaving a net of 1041.21 returned to the county.
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Sherman
Loy Park
North Texas
J. H
Hub) White
Trials Held For Burglars Caught by Bennett
No guilty pleas were entered by Mr and Mrs Jim Cassin of Wyoming at examining trials in Sherman justice court on charges of burglary and theft over 50 dollars. Bonds were set at 5000 and 4000 dollars. They were arrested Sept 11 by Officer George Bennett after burglarizing four Whitewright businesses on Sept 8 and 9 and face additional charges in Fannin County.
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Jim Cassin
Wyoming
Justice Court
Sherman
Whitewright
Cassin
George Bennett
Fannin County
Cotton receipts rise at Whitewright gins this week
Whitewright gins report 510 bales ginned in the past week, totaling 2,186 bales for the season while last year on a later date had 3,659. Grayson County reached 10,165 bales now versus 26,063 on the same date in 1939. Prices were 9.50 per bale and 24.00 per ton for seed, against 8.50 and 25.00 a year ago.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Grayson County Tax Valuation Reaches Nine-Year High
Grayson County’s assessed tax valuation rose to 38,502,986 dollars, the highest in nine years, with Oct 1 tax statements to be mailed. Total county revenue at 58 cent rate would hit 223,329.35 dollars. state revenue at 69 cents would be 191,942.78 dollars. Polls total 13,986, up 81 from last year, and two tax payment plans offer discounts or split payments.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Collier
Yeary
Tigers to Play Royse City in First Home Game
Whitewright High School Tigers host Royse City High School in the opening conference game at American Legion park Friday at 2 30 pm. Royse City arrives with a 30 player squad, while Whitewright aims to rebound after a 20 0 loss to Bonham last Thursday.
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Tigers
Royse — City
Whitewright High School
Royse City High School
American Legion
Royse City
Bonham
Whitewright Boys
Whitewright
Governor Calls Texans 21 Through 35 to Register for Training
Governor W Lee O Daniel issues a draft proclamation directing Texans aged 21 to 35 to register on October 16 at regular polling places for possible military training. Registration runs 7 am to 9 pm with guidance for absentees and a list of exemptions including military personnel, Coast Guard, academy cadets, and foreign diplomats not pursuing citizenship.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Roosevelt
Adjutant General's Department
State Administrative
United States
The
Married center quits S M U squad
Dallas newspaper item reports Southern Methodist University center Charles McGaffey left the Mustangs for Los Angeles ahead of a Friday game with U C L A after marrying. Coach Matty Bell enforces a rule barring married players, and the team travels without him.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Los Angeles
Big Charles McGaffey
McGaffey
Matty Bell
Hammer and Sickle Fines Labor School in Arkansas
In Mena Arkansas Justice of the Peace Clem Brown fined Commonwealth College $2500 for anarchy and displaying an illegal emblem plus failing to show the U S flag. The court ruled the charges as misdemeanors and the fine was levied in absentia after school representatives walked out of the trial following a denied venue change.
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Mena
Ark
Justice of the Peace
Clem Brown
Commonwealth College
Here
United States
District 17-4 grid heads are elected
N O Wright of Farmersville was reelected district chairman and E E Marshall was reelected secretary at a 17-A coaches meeting. Plans for opening the district race Friday were made. Eligibility rulings included two Royse City players, Weatherly and Crawford, were ruled ineligible while Greer of Plano was ruled ineligible pending final decision by R J Kidd. Officials for the season were chosen. Upcoming conference games include Whitewright vs Royse City and non conference matchups Farmersville vs Van, Van Alstyne vs Sherman B, Whitesboro vs Bells, Rockwall vs Terrell, and Plano vs Frisco.
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Farmersville
N. O. Wright
E. E. Marshall
Farmersville High School
Royse City
Weatherly
Crawford
Greer
Plano
R. J. Kidd
Austin
Whitewright
Van
van Alstyne
Sherman
Whitesboro
Bells
Rockwall
Terrell
Frisco
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing on Tax Remission Bill
In Austin, the Supreme Court denied a rehearing of a decision that voided the general tax remission act. The law, enacted to donate one half of state ad valorem taxes to Texas counties for general revenue for five years, exceeded the two year limit for remitting taxes. Dallas County had sought the rehearing.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Texas
Dallas County
Gypsies Rob Childress Man Of His Funeral Expenses
Jim White an elderly Childress resident said he saved money for funeral costs and was robbed of 156 dollars by a group of gypsies who stopped him on a residential street. He identified the gypsies as they asked about an address and while he directed them they rifled his pockets and drove away after he recovered his purse.
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Childress
Jim White
White
300 Indian Treaties And the rivers shall run forever claim
The government signed 300 treaties with Indian nations promising “as long as the rivers shall run and the grass shall grow” to convey the idea of perpetual validity, a pledge later challenged as meaning forever to a simple people.
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Red River Valley Fair
Wife Beater
Loy Lake
Sun
Typewriter
Bennett
Grayson
Grayson Red Cross
Britain
Caribbean Islands
Montgolfier Brothers
France
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