Quote on tolerance credited to Voltaire in 18th century note
Two days remain to clean premises and let the city haul rubbish free before the can hauling program begins. Local merchants recount a scam by two women selling church song books. the church distancing itself and warning businessmen to verify solicitors’ permits. A cattle theft case is credited to J L Stewart of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, with local praise for the investigator. Bill Polk wins the 100 yard dash at Austin in 10 seconds, correcting a prior misreport. A tax joke notes a married man claiming no children on next year’s return.
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Joe Meador
Robespeare
Voltaire
E. B. Hall
Chamber of Commerce
W. E.thomas
Enterprise Baptist Church
the Sun
Bonham
J. L. Stewart
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Irving
Whitewright
Fannin County
Stewart
Bill Polk
Austin
Bill
Commerce
Linotype
Grayson County Farm Bureau Proposes Rodent Control Plan
The Grayson County Farm Bureau outlines a rodent control program under the U S Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. A meeting in the Court House Assembly Room announced recruitment of at least 200 members, with applications mailed to members and information available at the Sherman bureau office.
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Grayson County Farm Bureau
Grayson County
Court House
Farm Bureau
East Lamar
Sherman
Old Days of Income Tax 1915 Versus Today
L. W. O'Dell of Fort Worth explains a 1915 Form 1040 showing a 1 percent tax on income up to 50 000 and 6 percent over 500 000. He compares 1915 exemptions and dividends, notes the 16th Amendment, and outlines dates for tax provisions and pre 1913 income tax origins.
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L. W. O'Dell
O'Dell
Fort Worth
National Association of Cost Accountants
John Doe
Congress
Clerk's comma error costs U S 3 million in taxes
Washington. A government employee caused a $3,000,000 loss in tariffs by misplacing a comma while copying a tariff law. The statute read tropical fruit plants exempt from duty but read tropical fruit, plants, exempt. The error stood until the loss totaled $3,000,000.
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Washington
United States
City to Pick Up Cans Monday
Mayor Russell Summers announces city wide pickup of cans and unburnable rubbish next Monday. Residents should place trash in alleys in containers for easy handling.
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Russell Summers
School Lunch Menu Week Aboard April 16
Monday April 16 offers Cheese and Macaroni Casserole Bologna Slice Mixed Greens Sweet Relish Cookies Banana Fudgsicle. Tuesday features Hot Pork Roast Green Beans Whole Potatoes Hot Rolls Syrup French Pastry. Wednesday serves Hot Dogs and Chili Potato Chips Peach Half Peanut Butter and Crackers Cinnamon Roll Orange Juice. Thursday includes Steak and Gravy Baked Corn Cabbage and Carrot Slaw Cookies Dixie Cup. Friday presents Pimiento Cheese Sandwich Pork Sandwich Red Beans Potato Chips Doughnuts Fruit Salad.
Pills Offer Diabetics Oral Alternative to Insulin
Two groups of scientists report in the Journal of Science on pills derived from sulfa drugs named BZ-55 and crinase that may replace some insulin injections. In early trials 34 of 44 patients given urinase showed a highly significant drop in blood sugar, using a bicarbonate solution for swallowing.
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Washington
Journal of Science
I. Arthur Mirsky
Daniel Diengott
Henry Dolger
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Singing Convention Set for Kentuckytown Sunday
L L Wendell announces the County Line Singing Convention will gather in Kentuckytown Sunday afternoon at 2 p m. He notes many good singers have attended in recent months and expects a strong turnout of both new singers and listeners.
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L. L. Wendell
County Line
Kentuckytown
Mr. Wendell
Texas Executions Total 247 in 26 Years
Washington reports 247 Texas executions since 1930, with 98 whites and 148 Negroes. In 1955 four electrocutions occurred, including a rape case and another for rape. Northern and earlier decades show peak years of 13 executions in 1950 and 1951. National total 76 civil executions in 1955, 65 for murder.
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Washington
Texas
U. S. Bureau of Prisons
Ugley Women’s Institute name changes to Ugley Branch
In Ugley England the local ladies club renames to Women’s Institute Ugley Branch to avoid repeatedly explaining the village pronunciation. Members say the term Institute remains the same in function while easing communication with outsiders.
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Ugley
England
Women’s Institute
Cupid Neutral on U S Politics
Miss Nancy Harlan LeFevre of Chevy Chase Maryland will marry Robert Dale of Bradshaw Texas. LeFevre works for House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts and Dale works for House Speaker Rayburn of Texas. The Deaths-head moth will attack bee hives and drive bees away. The adult human esophagus is about 9 inches long.
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Washington
Nancy Harlan LeFevre
Chevy Chase
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Robert Dale
Bradshaw
Texas
Rayburn
Masonic Lodge Marks 100th Anniversary in Whitewright
Whitewright Lodge No. 167 A F and A M observed its centennial with a dinner at the high school lunch room and a gymnasium meeting. Originating as Kentucky Lodge No. 167, it moved to Whitewright after the Katy railroad arrived, with a 50 year service button awarded to W H Stedham and Grand Junior Warden Randall Briscoe as principal speaker. Visiting Masons attended from nearby lodges.
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Whitewright Lodge No
Kentucky Lodge No. 167
Kentuckytown
Grand Lodge of Texas
Kentucky Lodge
Katy
Whitewright
Whitewright Lodge
J. E. Christian
W. W. Boothe
W. H. Stedham
Randall Briscoe
Farm Leader Says Subsidy Isn’t Enough
E W Tiedeman dairy leader from Chicago told Texas Farm Bureau leaders that farm subsidies alone won't solve farmer problems. He warned even 100 year guarantees may backfire and urged focusing on increasing demand versus cutting production as Washington decisions loom. He spoke at the opening day of a two day Texas Farm Bureau session.
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Waco
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
E. W. Tiedeman
Texas Farm Bureau
Tiedeman
Washington
America
Commodity Committees
Comrades Defend Free Press Amid Tax Crackdown
Fort Worth editor warns critics over Daily Worker seizure for tax delinquency. He argues editors and unions rose no protest for other closures while defending Moysey's tax action as enforcing the law, dismissing claims of press curtailment as overblown.
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Fort Worth Press
Daily Worker
American Civil Liberties Union
Ketchikan
Alaska
Carmi
Mississippi
Oregon
California
T-men
Donald R. Moysey
Internal Revenue Director
Bailey wins divorce after car crash on marriage license day
George H. Bailey, 77, secured a divorce in Domestic Court after testifying his wife blamed him for trying to kill her when his car hit a bridge abutment as they drove off with their marriage license.
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Denver
George H. Bailey
Congress Stamps OK on Farm Bill
Congress passed a farm bill handing President Eisenhower a political setback. The measure adds about three billion dollars in farmer benefits with price supports at 90 percent of parity for major crops, replacing the flexible system Eisenhower backed. The House approved 237-181. Senate 50-35 with party splits, now sent to the White House for signature or veto.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
GOP
Congressional Conference Committee
Soil Bank
Wealthy Veterans Charged With False Swearing
A House Veterans Affairs Committee report, based on GAO findings, accuses wealthy veterans of obtaining free hospital care by swearing they cannot pay. It cites cases including a Spanish American War veteran with assets around 507,670 who received 25 days of free treatment. He reported 10,000 in liquid assets. investigators found 487,670. He earned a 101 monthly pension.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Olin Teague
Texas
House
General Accounting Office
GAO
Veterans Administration
Deaths Haston 69 Funeral Services Held at Evans Chapel
Funeral services for Willie Press Haston 69 were held at Evans Chapel Church at 2 30 p m Sunday after his death Saturday in Madisonville. Survivors include his wife two daughters Nell Haston Terrell and Nettie Dean Madisonville four sons Lloyd Centerville Cecil Bryan Doyle Eddy or Ector Claude El Paso one brother three sisters 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. As we grow better we meet better people Elbert Hubbard.
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Evans Chapel Church
Willie Press Haston
Madisonville
Nell Haston
Terrell
Nettie Dean
Lloyd
Centerville
Cecil
Bryan
Doyle
Ector
Claude
el Paso
Three Candidates Vie in Whitewright School Election
Light voting in the Whitewright Independent School District board election produced 66 votes for J T Holloway and 65 for incumbents Jack Lackey and Lennis Clark. One write in went to Lakey Edwards. Voters approved bond and tax propositions tied to district consolidation of Kentuckytown and Pilot Grove.
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Whitewright Independent
Cub Scout Den Elects New Denner at April Meeting
Den 2 Pack 5 met on the school lawn Wednesday April 11 with Murray Bryant new member. Cliff Emerson elected Joe Hennig as Denner for three months to replace Terry Edwards. Bird study noted for April. circle formed and motto recited. Refreshments served by Mrs. Holloway.
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Murray Bryant
Cliff Emerson
Denner
Joe Hennig
Terry Edwards
Joe
Jerry Alexander
John Holloway
The Chamber of Commerce is YOU
The Kaufman Herald urges every citizen and business to join the Chamber of Commerce. It emphasizes collective action, stating progress depends on active members and that people working together can achieve what individuals cannot alone.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kaufman Herald
Cigaret Tar on Rabbit Produces Malignancy
Dr. Evarts A. Graham, renowned chest surgeon and cancer researcher, reports that painting cigarettes on rabbits’ ears yielded very malignant cancers. He asserts strong evidence linking heavy cigarette smoking to lung cancer and notes a cancer producing factor in tobacco smoke that affects different animal species.
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Graham
Social Security Next Target in Senate Says Johnson
Senate Majority Leader Johnson of Texas said the next major bill in the Senate after the farm bill will be a Social Security measure. The Eisenhower administration opposes two main features: lowering eligibility age for women from 65 to 62 and creating a new benefits system for totally disabled persons aged 50 or older.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
House
Hog Prices Jump Forty Percent in Three Months
The American Meat Institute reports live hog prices rose about 40 percent over the past three months. Last week price per hundredweight was 15.25 dollars, up from 12.01 a month earlier. The weekly average stood at 10.87 dollars, near the high from October.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
AMI
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