B B Cobb to Keynote Grayson College Reunion
Fort Worth educator B B Cobb, former Waco school superintendent and Grayson College alumnus, will headline the eighth annual ex-students meeting at Whitewright High School on Sunday August 25. The event includes a 10 am gathering, a 12 pm lunch, and a 2 pm impromptu variety show, with expected larger attendance than recent years.
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B. B. Cobb
Fort Worth
Waco
Grayson College
Cobb
Orangeville
Whitewright
Old Grayson College
Roy G. Robinson
Trenton
W. W. Alverson
Rockwall
Janis Jayne Horton
Grace Dyer Barbee
Joe Harper
Gilmer
Emma Gibson Reeves
Ada
Okla
Pearl Truett Johnson
Dallas
Beulah Holcomb
Greenville
O. L. Jones
U.S. Limits Use of Credit Tightens Regulation
The Federal Reserve Board tightened credit controls on Monday under Regulation W, shortening repayment times and bringing purchases up to $2,000 under control. The changes remove free coverage for smaller installments and apply to single payments and other credit deals, with auto loans cut to fifteen months and other durables to twelve months. Prices, including freight, pushed some autos above the prior limit.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
25 Cent Clock Offered by Former Resident
Circleville Ohio reports Kemper Hammel now with Eureka Company Bloomington Indiana claims he invented an electric clock that can be produced and sold for 25 cents. The device has three moving parts and the Toledo company that held the patent intends to market it only when a rival offers a clock for about a dollar. Hammel asserts the patent was assigned to the Toledo concern.
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Circleville
Kemper Hammel
Eureka Company
Bloomington
Hammel
Toledo
Perpetual Motion Plane Rumor From The People
The People claimed British scientists are developing a perpetual motion plane that could fly around the world at 1650 mph. Ministry officials dismissed the claim as nonsense for the near future, while noting ongoing experiments. The paper described a revolutionary propulsive duct like a jet that would need no fuel except for takeoff and landing.
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London
the People
Ministry of Aircraft
Soap deliveries slip after war peak in 1946 first half
New York. Manufacturers deliveries of soap in the United States fell in the first half of 1946 compared with the same period in 1945 and 1944. First half totals from 70 manufacturers covering about 90 percent of output reached 1,223,968,000 pounds of solid soap and 1,915,000 gallons of liquid soap, down 21.8 percent from 1945.
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New York
United States
Association of American Soap and Glycerine Producers
U. S
Association
Pension Cut To Be Wiped Out By Oct 1
Governor Stevenson announced a federal matching plan will restore Texas old age pension cuts by Oct 1 or earlier. The plan pays two thirds of payments up to 15 dollars and half beyond that to a 45 dollar cap, boosting the maximum pension from 40 to 45. Monthly state cost rises to about 900,000 dollars with 185,258 recipients and an average check of 23.43 dollars.
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Austin
Stevenson
Texas
Revival Closes at Sherman Church of Christ
The revival led by Homer P. Reeves of the Walnut Street Church of Christ in Sherman ended Wednesday night after ten days. Night services drew a good attendance during the closing period.
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Church of Christ
Homer P. Reeves
Walnut Street
Church of Christ of Sherman
Navy allows liquor sales to sailors abroad
WASHINGTON The Navy disclosed that on July 13 it had legalized the sale of liquor to sailors outside the United States. This is the first time the Navy has made liquor available to its enlisted men since wartime days. Previously only beer was sold at enlisted men recreation centers, though officers could buy spirits at their clubs.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Home Mortgages Reach 10 Billion in 1946
Chicago report notes that more than 10 billion dollars in new home mortgages will be written in 1946. The surge is driven by veterans home buying and rising mortgage activity, reflecting a record volume in the sector.
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Chicago
United States Savings and Loan League
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Students This Week
The Sun lists new honorees including J. M. Biggerstaff O. S. Bass Mrs. J. W. Lindsey Mrs. R. L. Sears Mrs. Sam Sorrels Mrs. J. C. Gaines Jonnie Robbins Mrs. W. L. Hatfield N. E. Skaggs for the week.
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Sun
J. M. Biggerstaff
O. S. Bass
J. W. Lindsey
R. L. Sears
Sam Sorrels
J. C. Gaines
Jonnie Robbins
W. L. Hatfield
N. E. Skaggs
Ultraviolet Light Destroys Germs In Refrigerators
Westinghouse lamp division unveils a 12 volt ultraviolet bacteria killing lamp for home refrigerators. Priced at nickel a month, the device fits like a headlight bulb, emits bactericidal rays and ozone to odorless, better preserved food and reduced mold growth. The transformer uses 3.5 watts.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Westinghouse Lamp Division
Pep Squad Canvass Raises Funds To Pay For New Drums
The Whitewright High School Pep Squad successfully raised funds for new drums by town canvassing. In under three hours they collected 138 dollars from many local donors including Community Locker Plant First National Bank Stephens Bryant Woody's Paint & Body Shop Whitewright Lumber Co and The Whitewright Sun.
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Sun
Whitewright High School
Community Locker Plant
First National Bank
Stephens & Bryant
Woody's Paint & Body Shop
Whitewright Lumber Co
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Pascal Farley
Farley & Hill
Palace Theatre
G. C. Stateville
White Auto Store
Glen Earnheart
The
Whitewright Sun
Bankton Home & Auto Supply
Smith Grocery
Sonny Gosnell
Whitewright Mercantile Co
Williams Variety
L. LaRoe & Co
Childress Pharmacy
T. W. Ayres & Son
Jack Farley
Lester Haile
C. J. Meador
Carlton Johnson& Service Station
Bill & Bess
S. T. Stubblefield Garage
Gene Stubblefield
O. G. Alexander
Robert Collins
W. T. Simmons
Roy Blanton
Russell Summers
B. W. Newman
Allred Sees Rainey Hope in Little Man Message
James V. Allred described the runoff race for governor as a contrast between big and little ones favoring Homer P. Rainey. He said Rainey is the plow boy son of a Red River tenant farmer while Benford Jester is a “fortunate son” of wealth. He charged big interests back Jester and urged support for Rainey as a fair deal for the common people.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Big
Uns
Little
Homer P. Rainey
Dr. Rainey
Benford Jester
Jester
Red River
United States Senate
Rainey
Grover Sellers
Allred
Sells
Sellers
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Jimmie Allred
Grand Exit Follows Moving of Neighbor’s Piano
A brief exchange captures the moment as moving men cart away a neighbor’s piano. One person remarks delight at hearing the instrument, and another agrees the event was worth it, marking a notable household moment.
Whitewright Ida Road Designated For Improvement
State Highway Department designated the Whitewright to Ida road as a farm to market route, with E P Jackson noting the state will build and maintain an all weather road. The move will reduce county maintenance by about eight miles and follows prior bond efforts for a Whitewright Ida link. Two other county roads are also slated for farm to market designation and soon construction.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Ida
State Highway Department
E. P. Jackson
Jackson
Commissioners’ Court
Austin
Car Industry Dragging A Year After War End
Detroit industry suffers postwar drag as management and labor clash over pay and conditions. Output from auto plants falls despite larger payrolls, with strikes supplier shortages and high living costs fueling tensions. Reuther urges joint talks, but major automakers boycott, faulting supplier strikes and material shortages as main causes.
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Detroit
Japan
Walter Reuther
Chrysler
United Auto Worker’s Union
Ford
River Rouge
UAW International Board
U. S. Employment Service
UAW
Reuther
Studebaker
Willys- Overland
Kaiser-Frazed
General Motors
Hudson
Packard
Nash-Kelvinator
Airmail Stamp Rate Cut Signed for October First
President Truman signed legislation lowering the domestic airmail rate from 8 to 5 cents per ounce with October 1 effective date. Postmaster General Hannegan issued an order setting 5 cent an ounce air mail postage for all U S territory and armed forces abroad, replacing the 6 cent per half ounce rate.
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Washington
Truman
Hannegan
U. S
Cotton and Corn Gathering Time in Whitewright
Reports indicate farmers in the Whitewright area will start picking cotton Monday and within a week or ten days gins will be busy. Many farmers are gathering corn this week but buyers are reluctant to purchase since corn is not fully dried.
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Whitewright
Coffee price ceilings raised and clothing costs to follow
Washington reports that coffee price ceilings rise 10 to 13 cents per pound and dry beans see a 1 to 2 cent per pound retail uptick. canned cherries lose price controls. OPA notes higher cotton garments near 6 to 8 percent gains and expects overall 13 to 16 percent rise in cotton textiles driving clothing prices. Households will incur higher costs as grocers adjust.
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Washington
OPA
Latin America
Car Prices Up 7.3 Percent Under OPA Control
The OPA authorized a 7.3 percent average price increase for new cars effective immediately, with a potential further 5 percent rise after a dealer advisory meeting. The ceilings apply to dealers only, not manufacturers, and aim to restore prewar dealer margins. New car prices now run about 22.3 percent above 1942 levels.
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Washington
OPA
Katy takes first step in dieseling system
St Louis. Donald W. Fraser president of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad announced that two 1000 horsepower diesel switching locomotives will be placed into service this week in the Dallas yards. The Katy marks its first step in plans to eventually dieselize Katy operations in yards and main line service. The locomotives are two of six ordered several months ago at a cost of about 500000.
Houston police recover jewelry in weekend fishing raid
Houston policemen fished in small creeks over the weekend and caught 23 watches a diamond ring and other jewelry tied to a $4 000 theft. Authorities say the loot was recovered from the fishing spots and linked to the recent theft.
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Houston
Skaggs Brings In First Bale Of Cotton in Whitewright
N E Skaggs a respected Whitewright farmer brought in the 1946 first bale of cotton on Monday August 12. The bale weighed 550 pounds from 1520 pounds of seed cotton and sold for 198 dollars at 36 cents a pound. A 108 dollar Whitewright premium plus 25 and 5 dollar checks from Sherman Chamber of Commerce and former Mayor Clarence Scott accompanied the bale. Skaggs also contributed corn, with 200 acres in corn and 270 acres in cotton, and hosted a watermelon feast for pickers. He notes a fair yield ahead.
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N. E. Skaggs
Whitewright
Skaggs
Grayson County
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Scott
Denison
County Farm Home Destroyed By Fire
The County Farm Home burned down Monday at 4 am, leaving 26 inmates with nowhere to sleep or eat. All residents escaped unharmed and are housed in outbuildings as county officials seek care arrangements. Fire origin traced to second floor dining hall. insurance coverage falls short of losses.
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Herman Goldston
J. N. Dickson
Judge Dickson
Potatoes Not Fatting When Eaten In Moderation
Dietitian Myrtle Ericson of Ithaca New York and Cornell University explains that a single average potato contains about 100 calories. She notes that adding gravy or butter increases calories, but the potato itself is not to blame. Potatoes can be part of reducing diets in moderation, she says, unlike foods like a chocolate bar or ice cream which carry higher calories.
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Myrtle Ericson
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
College of Home Economics
General Electric News Bureau
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