Bidder Named on U S Highway Project
The State Highway Commission opened bids for the new U S Highway route from Trenton to Whitewright. Eberne Firm submitted the low bid of 256 907 including drainage structures and crushed rock base. The project covers 6 117 miles with an underpass south of Whitewright and aims to connect business districts and improve curves and paving along the corridor.
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U. & Highway
Trenton
Whitewright
State Highway Commission
White
Fanty
Fannin County
Poisoning Iton Crop Warns Cotton Farmers
County Agent Nick Owen warns cotton farmers to dust or spray now to control boll weevils and boll worms. Delays risk heavy infestation and ineffective control from late weather reductions and improper application.
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Nick Owen Y ‘En
Owen
Fire damages ship in Houston drydock blaze
A blaze in a Houston drydock on the Houston Ship Channel tied up operations for about 12 hours before crews extinguished the fire on the S. S. Steel. The vessel carried cotton valued at thousands of dollars and investigators believe a welding torch caused the ignition. The fire was fully extinguished at dawn.
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Ston
Houston Ship Channel
S. S. Steel
House Bill Aims to Admit 27 Month Old Chinese Baby
June 22 report notes debate over a House bill affecting entry for a 27 month old child born in Canton to Mr and Yee Kung Horn. Though the father is a U S citizen, the baby is not eligible to enter the country under current rules and the measure awaits Senate action.
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Shington
Chnese
John Yee Horn
Jin Canton
Yee Kung Horn
United States
Mather
Senate
Fannin County Trails in Independence Savings Bond Drive
Fannin county lags in bond purchases with 3048 of the $74000 quota by June 16. Grayson Lamar Collin and other area counties show varied progress while Tyson surpasses its goal. Frank Wright urges county residents to buy bonds to hit the target.
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Fannin County
Independence Savings Bonds
Grayson County
Lamar County
Collin County
Tyawson County
Frank Wright
Weevil Infestation Persists in North Texas Cotton Patches
A Texas A&M Extension weekly report notes high average weevil counts per acre across Fannin Grayson Lamar Collins Ellis Kaufman Hopkins Hunt Van Zandt counties. Most cotton remains small and counts suggest ongoing emergence from hibernation. Early insecticide treatments should continue to June 24 with further applications as needed based on counts.
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North Texas
Texas A & M. Extension Service
Fannin County
Grayson
Lamar
Collins
Ellis
Kaukman
Hopkins
Hiunt
van Zandt
Camp Fire Girls Award Trail Seeker Rank Thursday
Camp Fire Girls dressed in blue skirts white blouses and red ties from the Aduko and Wucitakacux groups underwent Trail Seekers Rank examinations Thursday morning. Delores Case Barbara Taylor Dorothy Manor Emily Kales Patsy Kitching Rita Nichols Barbara Fogle Marilyn Gant Lavella Melson passed requirements with guardians Mrs Van Cause and Mrs Travis Currin present. Committee members included Mrs Howard Smyth Mass Louw Ann Williamson and Miss Helen Kuykendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Yostume
Delores Case
Barbara Taylor
Dorothy Manor
Emily Kales
Patsy Kitching
Aduko Group
van Cause
Guardian
Jessie Ruth Chandler
Rita Nichols
Barbara Fogle
Marilyn Gant
Lavella Melson
Wucitakacux Group
Travis Currin
Howard Smyth
Mass
Louw
New Fire Information Program to Air on KFYN
A new program named In-FIREyuation will debut Friday June 30 on Station KFYN and air each Friday afternoon from 1:00 until 6:40. Listeners can send fire related questions to the Fire Marshal in Bonham and receive answers on air from Fire Marshal Booger Leeman and other department members.
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KFYN
Ol O'Eluock
Usteners
Bonham
Booger Leeman
Depactaicsit
Scouts Honored at Lions Club Meeting Today
Robert Jackson and Kenneth Whitt of the Lions Club Boy Scouts were honored at the club meeting. Jackson earned the Life rank with three merit badges, Whitt earned six merit badges and has Lif rank pending a three month interval. Both were set to attend the National Jamboree at Valley Forge June 29 to July 7.
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Robert Jackson
Kenneth Whitt
Lions Club
Valley Forge
R A. Jackson
Roy Whitt
Whitt
Jackson
Court of
Texas City Dentist Settles $152000 Injury Suit
Texas City dentist Lee James Rout settles a two decade old injury suit after a freak highway explosion two months earlier. Rout requested $162000 in damages for facial burns and head injuries suffered when he and 19 motorists were trapped at a grade crossing. Defendants included Republic Oil Refining Company Monsanto Chemical Company and Pan American Refining Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas City
Lee James L. Rout
Republic Oil Refining Company
Monsanto Chemical Company
Pan-American Refining Corporation
Congress Running Out of Paper for Printing Record
Washington June 22 Congress may run out of newsprint for the Congressional Record the government printing office uses a hand to mouth supply. Deputy public printer Philip Cole told a House committee there is enough paper to finish this session provided members do not linger.
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Washington
Congress
Philip Cole
House
Government Printing Office
Congressional Record
Weather forecast for Bunham and East Texas
Partly cloudy with modest temperature change this afternoon tonight and Friday. Widely scattered thundershowers tonight or Friday mostly in the east. Winds shift to moderate to locally fresh southwest along the coast. Temperatures around 72 in the west to near 72 on the coast.
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Bunham
East
Texas
Brief Weather Reset Signals Heat Return Across Texas
The Bonham area enjoyed a cooler day with a high of 86 and mid sixty readings at night. Forecasters warn midweek warmth returns with scattered showers mainly east and along the Pecos Valley as Canada’s low pressure drives southerly winds. Fraser River floods have displaced about 250 residents in Trail, British Columbia, with rising waters threatening Harrison, while a Driver of Warmatra pushes hotter, humid air toward the Atlantic seaboard.
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Bonham
United Press
Canada
Texas
Pecos Valley
Fraser River
British Columbia
Trail
Harrison
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Army to Publish First Volume on War Coverage
The Army will release its first official volume on the war titled The Lorraine Campaign. Colonel Oscar B Abbott announces a complete coverage of combat items including strategy, tactics, organization, training, administration, and technical services. The book will be available via the Superintendent of Documents or bookstores.
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Europe
Lorraine
Clonel Oscar B Abbott
Texas Miliary
Lorraie
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Accommodating Sort of Person Sparks Warrant Mix-Up
In Houston authorities issued a warrant for Owen Denson over bad checks. A clerk misapplied the warrant to the Birmingham sheriff’s office, and Denson returned it to the Houston sheriff. The error led to further confusion as the clerk served the warrant to the wrong party.
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Houston
Owen Denson
Firmingham
Alabama
Sheriffs Office
Texas
Denson
Sheriff's Office
JR Juce
New Army Enlistment Rules Set for June 1950 Regulation
Ser James B Tune announces a July 1 1950 effective regulation changing enlistment grades for former service members. Enlisted seniors with extended active duty after May 12 1945 move to Regular Army E 3 or possibly E 4 with Fourth Army approval. officers and warrants follow grades set by the commander. Re enlistees urged to apply to use current more liberal grade authorizations before obsolescence.
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Ser Jamesb. Tune
US Army
U.S. Air Force
Army
Air Force
Regular Army
Fourth Army
Tune
Senate Extends Draft Law Amid Communist Accusations
The Senate approved a 15 day stopgap extension to the draft law as Carl Vinson opposes the measure and calls for a standby system. In New York eight teachers plead innocence to a misconduct charge tied to communism.
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Washington
Senate
Scott Lucas
Carl Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
House
Congress
Ways and Means
Republians
New York
Inncent
John Stewart Vass
Acuser
Oseph McCarthy
Sers
Senate Rim
Gestiat Rs
Riminal
Record Polio Cases Hit Texas in Week
Texas Health Officer George Wax reports 3d polio cases statewide last week, a new weekly high. The tally raises 1940 total to 717, tying a seasonal record. Last year at this time about 410 cases had been reported, with the state reaching nearly 2400 for the year soon after.
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Austin
George Wax
Texas
van Ties
Tuo
Fort Worth leases airport to private firm for 75 thousand
Fort Worth City Council leases Greater Fort Worth International Airport to Fort Worth Air Terminal Incorporated for 75000 with 38 year options. All facilities of the 12000 dollar airport are included. Fort Worth’s half of construction costs is 750000 implied. CAA to cover remaining share. Opening expected by July or August 1951.
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Fort Worth
Greater Fort Worth International
Tne
Ground Be Broken For New Building Downtown Fort Worth
Ground breaking set for this week on a new 2 story downtown Fort Worth office building to be built by Continental National Bank. The bank will occupy the basement first floor mezzanine and second floor with remaining space leased to other firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Fourt Wreeth
Continental National Bank
Four Men Shot in Violence at Tennessee Plant
Gunfire at the American Enka plant in Morristown Tennessee injures four non-striking workers. One victim is near death after being shot five times. others are reported alive after hours, with two in uncertain condition pending medical exam.
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Tennessee
United Press
Enka
Morristown
Xernyvs
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Marine Air Units Plan Maneuvers
Marine air units schedule large scale maneuvers with twenty one squadrons based west of the Mississippi. The exercise aims to test airlift and transport capabilities amid anticipated weather and timing constraints. Reports place operations across California and North Carolina with emphasis on ground support and coordination.
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Marin Ant Ro
Sy Fon Ugst
Air Man Ubers
Muississip
North Carolina
H. F
Tong -Ramz
Huwan
Trenton Man Fractures Skull Injured While Hay Baling
A Trenton man sustained a fractured skull Tuesday while baling hay at the Patterson home northeast of Trenton. He was struck by a pitchfork that tangled with a gasoline engine near a press and was rushed to Daerman hospital in critical condition.
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Trenton
Wood Fulf
Oahu
Daerman Hospital
R. Sting
Fort Worth Markets Report Signals Steady to Strong Prices
Markets show cattle steady to higher with lead medium and good fed weights. Slaughter cattle and yearlings price ranges 20 to 27 dollars. beef cows 13 to 22. bulls 22. calves 24 to 29 with medium grades 24 to 29. Feeder pigs 15 to 17. hogs 25 to 26. sows and pigs steady.
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Fort Worth
Four Cotton Workers Die in Lightning Bolt
Report from Marshall details the death of four Black cotton choppers struck by a bolt of lightning during a thunderstorm. The incident occurred near a West Marshall road at dusk, with workers sustaining fatal injuries and no other victims reported.
Thrips Threaten Peanut Crop in Fannin County
County Agent Nick Owens reports thrips infestation in peanut fields across Fannin County. He notes DDT as the cheapest control, with 15 to 20 pounds of 5 percent DDT dust per acre or one pound of technical DDT per acre as a spray, while toxaphene and other poisons are also effective. Extension entomologist Dr W H Johnson advised farmers to act promptly to protect yields.
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Nick Owens
Fannin County Farmers Today
Owen
W HH Johnson
Texas A & M Extension Service
Ixtension Service
Missouri Man Victim in Weird Accident
A Missouri man died in a bizarre road incident described with scattered OCR errors. The report notes multiple vehicles involved and a fatal outcome with unclear specifics.
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Missouri
George Ochoa Sought in Mexico for Double Murder
Texas authorities warn that George Ochoa, once of Laredo, is a wanted fugitive for a double murder of his wife and her brother. He arrived in Mexico yesterday afternoon via train from Nuev Laredo, and newsmen have yet to locate him.
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George Ochoa
Mexico
Pita
Texas
Mia
Laredo
Thea
An-Aw
Two Year Sentence in Forgery Case
J L ruoh was found guilty by indictment of forgery in the Sixth District Court on Wednesday and given a two year term in the penitentiary. Brooks faced charges of paying for a forged check on Red Pope.
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J L Ruoh
Brooks
Red Pope
Fannin 4-Hers Plan District Camp Attendance
Fannin County 4-H boys and girls prepare for the district encampment at Trinidad from June 29 to July 1. Attendees include Kenneth Sartin Nun glee Leon Watson Ravenna Joe Campbell Guder Faul hhe heay Edhube Menders Billie Jean Beavers Windum Billie Jones Nunnelee Rachel Turner with Bartley Woods and E G McClure Jr. as adult supervisor.
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Fanni
Trinidad
Kenneth Sartin
Nunglee
Leon Watson
Ravenna
Joe Campbell Guder
Faul Hheheay Edhube Menders
Billie Jean Beavers
Windum
County &-H Council
District 4-H
Billie Jones
Nunnelee
Rachel Turner
Bartley Woods
E G McClure
4-H
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Camp Fire Girls
Estes Kefauver
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Frank Seltzer
Columbia Pictures
Ocean Drive
Troustuon
John S. Service
Cuocung
Anuthe
the Sud
GamMitte
Rs Ag
Aroun
Labor
Marine Air Units
Marshall
Rte
Attun
Borg
David
Morten
Trun Spade
Ceu
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Fannin
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