Tax Commission Approves Valuation for Tax Rolls
The tax commission okayed a valuation of 5 378 008 08 dollars for the upcoming tax year. Chair Splvy noted 10 percent of the property value would fund school purposes while officials discussed possible levies for fire department streets water and sewer projects and city improvements. Outstanding debts against the fair grounds were cited as still unpaid.
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Goulden
J. Peeler
Presidre
Ager
John Eaton
Aunders
Destructive Fukui Quake Leaves Thousands Dead or Missing
Allied and Japanese officials rush food and medicines to Fukui after a powerful quake and fire. Casualty figures range from 1,000 dead in Fukui city to tens of thousands injured and thousands of buildings damaged as tremors continue.
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Tokyo
Jane
Douglas MacArthur
Fukui
Snana
Fukui City
Allied Headquarters
Alee
United Press
Peter Kalischer
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Democratic Meeting Confusion Over First Ballot Draft
Democratic leaders expressed no plan for a draft move on the first ballot. A party figure acknowledged newspaper accounts of a closer contest and noted delegates about to gather, while chatter about a Dwight campaign persisted amid uncertainties.
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Chatrasad
Dwight W “Ng
Jury verdicts and court notes from cryptic clipping
Short OCR fragment shows legal or court reference with jury mentions and mail box style notes. It hints at a verdict or jury activity but provides no clear names dates or locations to specify. The incomplete text lacks decisive facts to identify a case, outcome, or participants.
Fannins Veterans Vocational Schools Approved For New Term
In Texas at Commerce, the State Board for Vocational Education approved 53 veterans' vocational training programs across Fannin, Hunt, Hopkins, Delta, Rains and Wood counties for 1948 49. The review covered teacher standards, salaries, classroom instruction, aids, farm shop work and admin. Readiness varied but most schools met standards.
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Commerce
Texas
U.P
Veterans
Fannin
Hunt
Hopkins
Delta
Rains
Wood Counties
State Board For Vocational Education
Curtis Bell
Bell
Fannin County
Glenn Flewharty
Roland Bell
Harold Baker
Freddie Wolters
County Agriculture Survivor
Bonham
Eddie van Traylor
Bailey
E. J. Cappleman
Bartley Woods
Richard Callan
Ector
William T. Standford
Ely
Morris Williams
Dodd City
Earl Morrison
Dwight McWhirter
Ivanhoe
T. J. Dorries
Randolph
L. M. Bishop
Ravenna
Ben Fulton
Savoy
W. T. Merrill
Telephone
Arthur Maxwell
Honey Grove
Louis Denies Will Campaign For Wallace
Joe Louis denied reports he would campaign for Henry Wallace or run for Congress on a third party ticket. He said he would decide his political direction after the Democratic National Convention and noted he was becoming a director in a soft drink manufacturing corporation.
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New York
Joe Louis
Henry Wallace
Congress
20Th Century
Jersey
Joe Wolcott
Louis
Rewards Offered For Child's Killer
Rewards of 5200 were offered as police questioned two suspects in the slaying of 11 year old Carol Bardwell a parochial school student in Rock Creek Park. The body was found under a fallen tree near a bridle path with throat cut.
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Washington
Carol Bardwell
Rock Creek Park
Cattle and hog market results from Fort Worth sale
Fort Worth market report lists cattle at 3,700 head with steady to strong tone. Prices show mixed grades: grass steers and yearlings 21 to 38.25, good cows 31 to 23, calves 96 to 30, stocker and feeder stock 91.66 and down, hogs strong with 190 to 270 weight at 97.80 to 98.
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Fort Worth
Johnson Promises Texas Road to Federal Funds Return
Goldthwaite Texas June 29 U P Rep Lyndon Johnson campaigning at a barbecue says he will bring the federal government back to Texas and redirect about 46 million dollars in Texas taxes to state projects including road building education aid and rural price supports. He notes a difference with his opponent over the courthouse issue and criticizes moves to relocate courthouses to Washington.
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Goldthwaite
Texas
U.P
Lyndon Johnson
U. S. Senate
Washington
fLiano
Johnson
Rayburn to Speak in Leonard Area Wednesday Night
Congressman Sam Rayburn plans a Wednesday tour in Fannin county to campaign for reelection in the Fourth District. He will visit Dodd City Windom Ector Savoy Ely Randolph Nobility Batley Gober Bartley Woods Ladont and close with an address in Leonard.
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Sam Rayburn
Fannin County
Congress
Rayburn
Dodd City
Windom
Eetor
Savoy
Ely
Randolph
Batley
Gober
Bartley Woods
Ladont
Leonard
Joe Kinnard Injured When Tractor Falls at Plant
Joe Kinnard of Bailey remained under observation at Medical Surgical Hospital after a tractor fell on him at Jacques Power Company plant in Jane Prld late Monday afternoon. Physicians reported multiple broken bones and possible internal injuries. longer observation was deemed necessary to assess his condition.
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Joe Kinnard
Bailey
Medical Surgical Hospital
Jaques Power Co
Jane Prld
Bonhamites See Flying Disk Over Cotton Center
Bonham residents reported a round object seen near Cotton Center at about 5 45 in the morning. Reporters Lloyd Barr and Johnnie Acree said the disk moved southwest toward Whitewright at an estimated height around 1500 feet and remained visible for about two minutes.
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Bonham
Cotton Center
Bonam
Lioyd Barr
Johnnie Acree
Cottenter
Whitewright
Return to Normal in Housing Hinges on Many Factors
Dallas report quotes National Housing official Frank W. Cartwright arguing that housing normality depends on demand supply and government interference. He criticizes the Taft Ellender Wagner bill for raising costs and delaying construction, saying it would have produced 100000 federal units and strained materials and labor markets.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Frank W. Cartwright
Washington, D. C
NAHB
Horace Keeton to be Returned for Reburial
The body of Pfc. Horace J. Keeton, son of Mrs Bessie Keeton of 701 West 7th Street, is being returned to the United States for reburial. He was killed in action on Luzon May 7, 1945 while serving with the 25th Division of the US Sixth Army. He trained at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord and served in several Pacific campaigns. He received the Purple Heart posthumously. burial in a US Military cemetery in Santa Barbara Luzon is noted. Survivors include his mother and several brothers, sisters, and two grandparents.
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Horace J. Keet
Bessie .Keeton
West 7Th Street
United States
Keetor
Department of the Army
Pt. Keeton
Luzon Island
Philippines
25Th
Sixth Army
Ivanhoe
Keeton
Benham
Armed Forces
Camp Roberts
Ord. Calif
Pacific
Santa Barbara
Luzon
Bess Keeton
Kennetth Keetor
Keon Keeton
Tomorrow
T .& Atkins
B B Hardy
Daphne Terry
Norma Early
Linda Keon
Y Keeton
Swing to Right Expected In Finnish Vote
Five of Finland’s six major parties predict a national swing to the right in the elections to be held Thursday and Friday. The Communist Party declines to forecast the outcome but expects some gain in strength as leader Aaro Uusitalo says the program appeals to labor workers and farmers. About 2,416,400 voters are eligible with around 1,000 candidates contesting 200 seats in Parliament.
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Helsinki
Finland
U.P
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Aaro Uusitalo
Uusitalo
Wartime Buddy Drops In For Bonham Visit
An intended short visit became a four day stay for Mr and Mrs J O Banks and baby of Albany while en route home from a family reunion in Arkansas. They dropped in to see Trevis Currin a wartime buddy and lingered as weather worsened.
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J. O. Banks
Baby
Albany
Banks
Arkansas
Trevis Currin
Cunningham Is Speaker For Peoples Council
Judge H A Cunningham served as principal speaker for the regular Peoples Council meeting. He urged citizen interest in city county state and national government and reviewed Rep. Sam Rayburns congressional record. Other evening speakers included L J Brown Jacques Power Law Co employee Fink Stoddard Paul Schuyler Hershel Moore and L G Forman.
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H A Cunninghan
The
People Council
Tio City
Sam Rayburn
US Congress
Jury Unable To Agree On Income Tax Evasion
A Houston meat packer Wilson H. Wagers was charged with attempted income tax evasion. After three days of deliberations the jury in Austin failed to reach a verdict and was dismissed. Previous trials of Wagers in Padese court had ended without a verdict.
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Austin
Texas
U.P
Wilson H. Wagers
Houston
Pwne
Padese Court
Berlin Appeals UN For Aid In Crisis
Berlin officials draft an appeal to the United Nations for relief in the Berlin crisis within a month or risk late help. Acting mayor Louise Schroeder and deputy Ferdinand Friedeburg sign the letter to be presented to the magistrat for approval before sending to UN powers, possibly Denmark.
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Berlin
U.P
United Nations
Frau Louise Schroeder
Ferdinand Friedenburg
Denmark
Polio Cases Rise Across Texas Prompt Coordinated Fight
Polio cases increase with new reports in Dallas Fort Worth and Houston areas. A 15 year old Fort Worth girl diagnosed, Dallas county total rises to six, and a three year old in east Dallas sickened. Twenty three southeast Texas counties plan a Houston meeting to coordinate action led by C O Bishop Tyler and Ruth Williams from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Fort Worth
Dubin Ter
W J Sass
Dallas
Texas
Houston
C O
Bishop
Tyler
National Foundation For
Ruth Williams
New York
A. National Foundation
Bonham Boy to Sing at National Opera Festival
Paul A Hicktang of Bonham will represent Texas at the National Opera Festival in Milwaukee. He will sing Zutugan in Bizet s Carmen on July 16 after leaving Austin July 10 for rehearsals beginning July 12. He studies voice at the University of Texas under Chase Parames and teaches music at Higdon? High School.
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Paul A Hicktang
Bonham
Texas
Wisconsin Centennial Committee
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Beaulnd
Paul
Carmen
We Festy
Time Wall
Austin
Ptormersveice
St. Mary Alice Pritchett
Sally Jo Curlete
Paulow
Wphstore
University of Texas Music School
Chase Parames
Suice
College of Fine Arts
Pucinary
Farmers Hope Rain Ends in Fannin County
Bonham reports 96 inches of rain on Monday with heavier rainfall in other parts of Fannin County. Farmers remain hopeful that the wet spell is over and dry conditions may return soon.
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Fannin County
Bonham
Bailey School Opens Summer Session July 12
Bailey School announces a four to six week summer session starting Friday July 12. Aimed at child outreach the program includes lunch, transport, and activities led by principal Mr. Busey and night school instructors Mrs. Murphy and Mr. Rauber.
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Bailey
Weevils Reported In Local Cotton Fields
Weevils appeared in cotton fields amid hot dry weather in Pani County. Mr Young reported increased worm activity accelerating the pest spread and cautioned that further heat may be needed to slow the infestation.
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Wees
Pani County
Ageno Wooj Youn
Young
Narcotics Recovered From City Garbage Scow
Sanitation workers recovered a 315 pound package containing heroin and cocaine from 200 tons of refuse at a New York city dump. Customs agents traced the narcotics to a dupe smuggling ring that brought the drugs by freight and allegedly passed to a garbage truck driver by mistake.
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New York
Tito Expected To Make Reply To Soviet Move
Prague reports Tito prepared to respond to a Moscow denunciation by the Cominform against Yugoslavia. Milovan Djilas and other Yugoslav officials were named in Belgrade as stating a major party statement would be issued soon on the party attitude, with no specific content disclosed.
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Tito
Prague
Belgrade
City Police Busy Night Rounding Up Drunks
Police last night rounded up about six drunks and placed them in jail briefly before releasing them after fines were paid this morning.
Prisoner Freed After 54 Years In Milan Street Car Incident
Enrico Giudici, 74, nicknamed Rip Van Winkle, was released in Milan after 54 years in prison. A streetcar near him narrowly caused a fatal crash. The incident followed his release.
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Milan
Italy
U.P
Enrico Giudici
Rip Ven Winkle
Prision Today
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