Cotton Belt Case Moves to Exceptions Briefs in 1953
Ed Byars of the Citizens Committee writes opponents must file Exceptions Briefs by May 4 1953 after the Examiner recommends the Cotton Belt abandon the Commerce to Sherman line. The steps include Reply Briefs oral argument and a final Interstate Commerce Commission decision later, with no fixed timeline. Opponents still have a chance the ICC will rule against the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Byars
Citizens Committee
Sherman Division
St. Louis & Southwestern
Cotton Belt) Railway
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright
Sherman
Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Washington
ED P. Byars
Interstate Commercee Commission
Treasury head foresees no low mood in peace or truce
Secretary George M. Humphrey told 1000 editors at the Associated Press luncheon in New York that the United States is not headed for a low mood even if Korea peace or truce emerges. He urged tax cuts tied to controlled government spending and said fear of depression from defense cuts is unfounded as civilian production is rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
United States
Korea
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Associated Press
Worldwide News
Waldorf-Astoria
House votes to repeal Indian gun law in Senate sent bill
Washington report says the House passed by voice vote a bill repealing the law prohibiting sale of guns and ammunition to hostile or uncivilized Indians and sent it to the Senate. The article also notes excessive speed as the main cause of traffic accidents in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Beginners Day Announced At Local School
Herman Bedford the elementary school principal announces beginners day for Friday May 8 inviting all children entering school next year. Mrs Biggerstaff the school nurse will conduct brief physicals and advise parents on communicable diseases and inoculations. Free lunch will be served to each beginner and parent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Bedford
Biggerstaff
Lunchroom Menus for Whitewright Public Schools Week
Weekly meals list for Whitewright Public Schools shows Monday pork sausage with hominy and green beans. Tuesday steak and gravy with mashed potatoes. Wednesday turkey salad sandwiches with potatoes and fruit jello. Thursday red beans with cornbread and apricot fruit cup. Friday tuna and cheese sandwiches with Fritos and desserts.
Carney Sets Notary Reappointment And Application Window
Secretary of State Carney details reappointing current notaries and requires oath and bond filings with county clerks between May 1 and May 23 for new applicants. Current appointees must renew by June 1 to June 10 1953, with county clerks approving bonds before submittal to the state. Applicants must be 21 and county residents with clear address details for future notarizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of
Howard Carney
Secretary of State
State Department
Carney
FILL ALL CAVITIES IT CANT BE DONE
Dr Philip Jay of the University of Michigan told the California State Dental Association that no amount of filling could prevent cavities in American children. He urged removing acid from sugar by altering its molecule to stop decay in the mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Philip Jay
University of Michigan
California State Dental Association
Jay
Husband barred from TV ads in divorce suit
Robert F. Wise 50 filed in superior court alleging his wife Virginia 45 forbade beer and tobacco at home and barred him from watching TV programs sponsored by brewing companies. He says she woke him at night to lecture him on religion and morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robert F. Wise
Virginia
Suit Claims Car Didn't Work Right
Attorney Julian Snyder filed a $25,300 damage suit against Henry Oberlin Motors Co in Portsmouth Ohio claiming his new car failed to work properly causing his nervous collapse. The article links a political line about national decline to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Julian Snyder
Henry Oberlin Motors Co
Snyder
Whitewright FFA Judging Team Wins District Crown
The Whitewright High School judging team swept district livestock judging at North Texas A and M College in Arlington. Top scorer Jack Bartley led the first string among about 300 competitors, with teammates Orville Head and Jackie Garner. The second string placed in the top 10 to advance to state contests, joined by William Russell James Dickson and Dale Taylor, coached by O V Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
North Texas A. & M. College
Arlington
Jack Bartley
Orville
Jackie Garner
William Russell
James Dickson
Dale Taylor
O. V. Barker
Texas Castorbean Acreage Forecast For 1953
College Station reports USDA guaranteed prices will back about 100000 acres of castorbeans in Texas this year. Growth compares to 94000 acres in 137 counties last year with total income near 1.5 million dollars. Yields suffered from heat and inexperience among new growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
W. I. Ross
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Ross
Deaths Paul Herbert Neal 78 funeral in Kentucky town
Funeral services for Paul Herbert Neal 78 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at the Kentucky town Baptist Church with Otto Johnson of Denison officiating. Burial is in Wittitee Cemetery. He leaves a wife ten sons a daughter forty eight grandchildren and twenty eight great grandchildren. He was born August 15 1874 in Birdstown Tennessee and lived in the Whitewright Kenutkytown area. He was a retired farmer and a Church of Christ member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Paul Herbert Neal
Kentuckytown
Otto Johnson
Armstrong Avenue Church of Christ, Denison
Wittitee
Earnheart Funeral Home
Birdstown
Tenn
Neal
George
Gamimo Neal
Lydia Story
Grayson County
Church of Christ
John A. Neal
G. O. Neal
Tim Neal
L. O. Neal
Silas Neal
Viron Neal
Whitewright
Herman Neal
Paducah
Ernest Neal
Pauls Valley
Okla
Ward Neal
Bells
Glen Neal
Gainesville
Ray Lumpkins
Addie Ford
New Castle
Indiana
Funeral services held for Mrs Mary Etta Pace 88
Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs Mary Etta Pace 88 at Randolph Methodist Church burial in Porter Cemetery She was born in Tennessee in 1864 came to Fannin County as a child and married A H Pace in 1883 He died in 1924 Survived by one daughter Miss Lizzie Lee Pace Randolph two sisters Mrs L Davis Houston and Mrs J M Lautin Randolph three brothers Dick Fincher Trenton Rolfe Fincher Denison and Will Fincher Duncan Okla four grandchildren nine great grandchildren Aunt of John Pace Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Etta Pace
Randolph Methodist Church
Porter Cemetery
Pace
Tennessee
Fannin County
A. H. Pace
Lizzie Lee Pace
Randolph
L. Davis
Houston
J. M. Lautin
Dick Fincher
Trenton
Rolfe Fincher
Denison
Will Fincher
Duncan
Okla
John Pace
Whitewright
Ike urged to name Hall to end Republican job famine
Washington reports President Eisenhower is urged to appoint Judge Leonard W. Hall as patronage chief to place all federal appointments outside civil service. Republicans say top job vacancies exceed 2,550,000 executive posts and want Hall to clear appointments to satisfy party demands and restore patronage control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Judge Hall
Washington
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Hall
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Congress
House Republican Campaign Committee
Hill
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Truman
Plan Not to Win Denied by Collins
General Collins, Army chief of staff, told Senate subcommittee there were no orders prohibiting victory in Korea. He testified in response to questions from Senator Margaret Chase Smith amid a probe of ammunition shortages during General Van Fleet’s 22 months commanding the 8th Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Collins
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
James van Fleet
Korea
Doctor to Open Frisco Practice
Dr. B. T. Parnell will establish his medical practice in Frisco as the town prepares a $20,000 clinic. A charter has been granted and work will start soon. The Lions Club led the fund raising for the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
B. T. Parnell
Editors Reject Call To Probe Papers
The American Society of Newspaper Editors rejected a proposal to investigate charges of unfair coverage raised by Senators Taft and Morse. Taft claimed Washington commentators target the Eisenhower administration, while Morse accused newspapers of ignoring important national affairs news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Sen
Morse
Ind
Ore
Abolish Car Property Tax Bill Fails in House
The Texas House rejected a proposal to abolish car property taxes and raise license fees, with an 87 to 47 vote short of the required two thirds. The constitutional amendment will be reconsidered on another day. The report also notes nearly 60,000 people were injured in speeding incidents on U.S. streets and highways last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U. S
Tax Cut For Individuals Likely Delayed By Budget Shortfall
Congressional finance experts say a miracle is needed to deliver individual income tax cuts this year due to a projected 12 billion dollar deficit for fiscal 1954 without expiring taxes. Defense and overseas aid would feel deep cuts, with political pressure favoring a balanced budget over tax relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Dan Reed
Joseph W. Martin
Charles A. Halleck
Television for Utility Predicted by Texas Lawyer
Glen McDaniel, a Texas born electronics lawyer and former RCA VP, forecasts television expanding beyond entertainment. He envisions master sets in homes with screens in every room for front door, beans, and baby checks, with meters read by TV and the old meter reader fading away. He cites three dimensional TV proven for three years and argues conversion could be cheaper than films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Glen McDaniel
Radio Corporation of America
McDaniel
Radio-Television Manufacturers Association
Communal Razor Use Reported by Repatriated Prisoner
Paul Dugal, the first Canadian repatriated from Panmunjom, described 200 prisoners in Kure sharing one straight razor until recently when Communists began issuing individual safety razors. His face was raw from using the communal razor and he spoke after arrival at the Commonwealth hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kure
Japan
Paul Dugal
Quebec City
Dugal
Commonwealth Hospital
Panmunj
Rat Poison Fatal to Child in Gregg Memorial Hospital
One child died and three others were in poor condition at Gregg Memorial Hospital after eight year old Anna Irene and Barbara ages eight to four with two year old Henry Charles Alex at home between Kilgore and Longview. The parents Aaron and Mrs Alex were away when the children found rat poison in a cabinet and tasted it.
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Longview
Gregg Memorial Hospital
Kilgore
Aaron Alex
Henry Charles Alex
Anna
Irene
Barbara
Montgomery Named Whitewright School Superintendent Succeeding Cummings
W C Cummings resigns as Whitewright Public Schools superintendent and is to start Sept 1 with the American Desk Company in West Texas. S T Montgomery Jr. is elected to succeed him, with Burgher R Vestal chosen as high school principal. Montgomery and Vestal both hold ETSTC degrees and administrator certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Cummings
Whitewright Public
Board of Education
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Burgher R. Vestal
Temple
Lubbock
Cummings
the Sun
Montgomery
Navy
Whitewright High School
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Vestal
ETSTC
Trenton
Returned POWs Claim 550 Died in Death Marches
Congressm en Shafer and Van Zandt call for an armed services probe into charges by returned U S prisoners that over 550 captured soldiers died during death marches and brutal treatment by Communists. They seek testimony from former POWs and inquiry into unreturned sick or wounded under the exchange agreement. Senate and House members urge the full story and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Shafer
Michigan
van Zandt
Pennsylvania
House Armed Services Committee
United Nations
Senate Armed Services
Congress
Segregation Ruled Legal In Federal Public Housing
District Judge Alexander Holtzoff ruled that racial segregation in federal public housing is legal where equal facilities exist for whites and Negroes. He dismissed the NAACP suit challenging segregation in federal housing, noting no violation where equal services are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Public Housing Administration
Savannah
Georgia
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Gowie, Ia
Mrs
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Adams
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