Grayson College Style Show Highlights 1907 Fashion
Students modeled period attire from white net gowns to wool skirts and black crepe dresses. Laura Kirkpatrick won the prize. Roy G. Robinson announced as incoming president. Memorial service honored four teachers and sixteen ex-students who died, with many out of town attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ophelia Pierce
Floyd Harris
Petty
Mabel Hamilton
E. M. Mantiply
Dallas
Carrie Lanius
Tom Barbee
Ruth Cox
Grayson
Olive Truett
Olive T. Myrick
Laura Kirkpatrick
Roy G. Robinson
Exes
Grayson College
Lillie Lane
Sue Stephens
H. H. Bellaman
Geo. W. Landrum
J. P. McAlister
Pattie Everheart Butler
Grace Clymer
Ollie Randle
Hazel May Jackson
Ott Lackey
John H. Woodard
Myrtle Badgett Simmons
John H Vestal
Frisco
Howard J. Skaggs
Joe B. Harper
Gilmer
Lunsford Florence
Leesburg
Nettie Groves
Denison
E. E. Geer
Clarence Woosley
Trenton
J. B. Hughey
Pampa
Tommie Chenoweth
Durant
Okla
Albert S. Patterson
Fort Worth
J. W. Messick
Dorchester
Kay Kimbell
Jack Williams
Bonham
E. L. Ellis
Paris
Samuel S. Doss
San Benito
Fred
Notable names list appears in legal notices in Fort Worth area
Truett Fort Worth Rev W W Alverson Rockwall A J Woodward Sherman A F Clark Fort Worth B B Dobbs Bonham Mrs Ida Parker Sherman Mrs Kate Ramsey Skaggs Sherman Mrs Laud German Phippin Dallas.
Halsey’s Ride Still Up In Air
Admiral Spruance refused to predict whether Admiral Halsey will ride Emperor Hirohito’s white horse in Tokyo. He told reporters aboard his flagship he cannot say if the horse survived bombing or how long since Halsey last rode it.
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Manila
Halsey
Emperor Hirohito
Tokyo
Raymond A. Spruance
5Th Fleet
Reward Offered After 9 Fishing Holes Poisoned
West Texas Game and Fish Association posts a 100 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the poisoners who killed about 5,000 bass crappie and other edible fish in nine holes across six Tom Green County streams. Five milk cows died from the poison in the North Concho River. The poisoners reportedly aimed to kill a catfish at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
West Texas Game and Fish Association
Tom Green County
Jim White
White
North Concho River
Half of Jap Fleet Found at Sasebo
Mitchell bomber pilots report half of Japan s remaining fleet anchored in Sasebo western Kyushu awaiting surrender. About 28 warships include three damaged carriers and destroyers with 18 PT boats. Bombers flew 200 to 500 feet over Nagasaki without direct overflight.
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Okinawa
Japan
Kiushu
Sasebo
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Gambling in the woods ruled illegal for Texans
The Texas attorney general ruled that money from gambling can be confiscated only when gamblers are in a gambling house. The guidance came after a dispute over where gambling activity occurred.
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Austin
Attorney General's Department
More Hospitals for Veterans Approved
President Truman approved a program to build 29 000 beds for war veterans in new hospital facilities. Locations will be decided by Gen Omar Bradley as veterans administrator after Brig Gen Frank Hines resigned. the decision was deferred until Bradley assumed the post.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Omar N. Bradley
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Bradley
Chicken thief pockets $1400 from Dallas woman’s hidden stash
A thief robbed a South Dallas chicken house and found $1400 buried in an earthen pitcher. The money, buried weeks earlier, disappeared when the owner checked her hiding place.
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Dallas
Cards Confiscated from Group Found in Ange lina County Woods
A group was found playing cards in a wooded area of Ange lina County and their items were confiscated. The report notes tea originated in China and mentions the historical fact as context.
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Angelina County
China
War Cost France 45 Percent of Wealth
Paris reports World War II cost France 4.897 trillion francs equal to 45 percent of national wealth. Minister Pierre Teitgen said the conflict destroyed 1,785,000 homes and 5,000 bridges, damaged railways, cars, trucks, livestock, and agricultural machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Pierre Teitgen
Teitgen
France to Import 350000 Tons Wheat Monthly from U S and Canada
Paris reports Food Minister Christian Pineau said France will begin importing 350000 tons of wheat each month from the United States and Canada. He predicted the tighter food situation would ease and imports of food, farm machinery and other essentials would rise to 1000000 tons monthly by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Christian Pineau
France
United States
Canada
Daily Reminder and Quip During Lecture
A lecturer jokes about talking long due to no watch while a voice from the back notes a calendar on the wall setting a clockless room scene. The exchange captures a light moment amid a formal talk.
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Magnolia
Goodrich
Gosnell
Just
T. W. Ayres & Son Peters Shoes
Cartee’s Underwear
Stetson Hats
U.S.S. Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Pearl Harbor
Chevrolet
E. T. Doss
Sherman
J. R. Ford
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
West Maple Street
J. F. Spindle
W. C
Curt) Brown
Flowers
Flowers of
Carl May
Jack Mustein
Bells, Texas
McCormick-Deering Mower
Ronald Vestal
Dick Montgomery
Davis Motor Company
W. Main St
Texas
Square Deal
W. Houston
Guy Ellis
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Preston Everheart
American Legion
Legion
Chicken House Poor Bank
U.S
Daily Reminder
Ansley Dynaphone
Ansley Dynatone
Stromberg-Carlson Radios
Tuck Music Co
S. Travis
Community Public Service Company
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