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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1947
Page
4
George S. Benson argues that government has expanded to ten days of every month in tax and payroll costs. He urges reducing federal expenditures to prevent national decline, warning high taxes erode prosperity and threaten liberty.
The 1946 US birth count reached 3,260,000 as wartime effects linger, with first grade enrollments expected to rise by about nine per year this fall. School chief John Studebaker projects 1,009,950 graduates and 350,000 new classrooms needed in the coming decade. Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, a longtime political figure, has died.
Texas youths claim top honors in the Fisher Body Craftsman Guild model car design contest. James R Megrail of Grand Prairie takes the state junior design award worth 100 dollars and Wallace Dillard of Canyon wins the junior Napoleonic Coach prize of 125 dollars. The national event distributes 85 600 dollars in cash and university scholarships. The Guild, sponsored by General Motors, promotes creative ability and craftsmanship among teenage boys.
The Moulton Eagle, publishers and proprietors C F Knape Weldon Knapp, issue published Fridays. Subscription two dollars yearly in advance. Entered as second class matter at the Moulton Texas post office. Dated September 5, 1947.
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