Sheriff Dicken Demands Trial
Trial of Sheriff Markel Dicken on charges of grain theft and swindling is set for May 16 in Fifty-ninth District Court McKinney. Dicken, among Grayson County men charged in Collin County, was indicted Oct 14 1949 and reindicted Jan 20 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Markel Dicken
Fifty-ninth District Court
McKinney
Dicken
Grayson
Collin County
W. C. Dowdy
O. H. Woodrow
Moses and Truett
Paul Warden
Dowdy
Twelve Day Year Promised Those Who Join Army
WACO In a humorous claim Sergeant Gabriel Sharp at the Waco Air Force Base argues mathematically that the average airman works only twelve days a year. He computes 353 days off after excluding nights Sundays Saturdays holidays pay days and pass days while noting a private could earn $75 a day.
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Waco
Gabriel Sharp
Waco Air Force Base
Sharp
War Cost Estimated At 40 Million Lives
New York economist C Hartley Grattan in Harper s magazine estimates World War II cost 40 million lives and four trillion dollars. He cites military spending at 1 117 trillion and argues destruction from air bombardment adds at least twice that amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. Hartley Grattan
Harper’s Magazine
Drastic U S Farm Plan Targets Big Farmers Under New Proposal
Washington reports a proposed farm program aims to bar a portion of big farms from price supports by setting a production unit threshold of 1800 units. Defined units include 10 bushels corn and 7.77 bushels wheat, affecting about 100,000 large farms which produce roughly a quarter of farm products. Brannan says the aim is to hit industrialized farming while protecting family farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Administration
Congress
Agriculture
Charles Brannan
Mr. Brannan
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Jungle Goddess At Palace Monday
Advance reports promise a busy week with Jungle Goddess at the Palace Monday as locals await a show featuring exotic imagery and spectacle.
Palace Theatre to Host Thrilling Africa Rescue Film
Coming Monday at the Palace Theatre the William Stephens produced Screen Guild picture follows a passenger plane crash in Africa. A white girl is rescued years later after becoming queen of a native tribe. George Reeves Wanda McKay Ralph Byrd and Armida star with Dolores Castle singing a new tune and Smoki Whitfield as the witch doctor.
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Dess
Palace Theatre
William Stephens
Screen Guild Productions
Africa
George Reeves
Wanda McKay
Ralph Byrd
Armida
Dolores Castle
Smoki Whitfield
Geo. W. Hight
Tax delinquency notice for Grayson County parcel No. 57203
The State of Texas sue s N M Woods et al for collection of taxes on a Grayson County property in the J B Earhart survey. The suit, filed March 31, 1949 in the 15th District Court, seeks taxes interest penalties and costs totaling at least 25 71 with all lawful additions. The defendants include unknown heirs and ad verse claimants with unknown residences. The property is described as a parcel on Atkins Street and College Boulevard.
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State of Texas
Grayson
N. M. Woods
L. L. Woods
L. L. McMillan
Grayson County
Texas
J. B. Earhart Survey
Atkins Street
College Boulevard
Alley
State of
Tax claims and foreclosure notice for Grayson County property
Delinquent ad valorem taxes plus interest penalties and costs may be recovered in this suit. Parties must plead to claims on file and future filings. The case targets property owners and taxing units with lien foreclosures set for May 16 1949 in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
15Th Judicial District
Iva Davidson
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S. H. Montgomery
W. E. Laroe
Southwestern Bell Tele
U.S
Crankcas Service
Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
Servel
Lone Bef Gas
Texas Corpo
Star Pany Ration
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lone Star Gas Company
Mende
al Heater
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