Higher Telephone Rates Approved by City Commission
Jerome McKinney of Southwestern Bell accepted the commission’s higher rate schedule with two changes, effective for the next billing. Rates run to December 31, 1951, or until franchise terms end, with residential one party at 3.15 and other increases for business and residence lines, plus 15 percent federal tax.
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Jerome McKinney
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
City Commission
Sion
State Import Tax Set on Automobiles
Atty. Gen. Price Daniel ruled that a new $15 tax on vehicles brought into Texas by new residents becomes law this Saturday. The tax applies to all vehicles including trailers and luxury cars, deferring to a preexisting state sales tax regime for other transactions. The ruling upholds the construction by Comptroller Robert S. Calvert.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Robert S. Calvert
Income Taxes Hit All Time Record
The Federal Treasury reported 1951 revenue of 50.45 trillion dollars, up nearly 30 percent from 1950, yielding a 3.51 billion dollar surplus. The Census Bureau said state tax income rose to 8.932 billion dollars, up 12.6 percent, driven by inflation and higher rates.
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Washington
Federal Treasury
Census Bureau
Prophecy Comes True As Frank Martin Reaches VP Post
The Newton Indiana high school class prophecy mentions Frank E. Martin becoming Illinois Central Railroad vice president. He was elected to the post August 17 after starting as an apprentice machinist in 1912 and rising from bill clerk in Evansville to vice president and comptroller. He hopes to invite the 1913 grads to a reunion.
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Chicago
Frank E. Martin
Newton, IN
Frank Martin
Illinois Central Railroad
Martin
Waterloo
Iowa
Evansville
Ind
Brannan Opposes Cotton Stockpiling Plan in Senate Hearing
Agriculture Secretary Brannan criticized a cotton stockpiling program as a price tool but said he will study all aspects. He told the Senate armed services subcommittee that the loan plan should raise cotton prices without harming farmers while Senators Stennis and Russell urged stockpiling for supply security and price support. Maybank endorsed 40 cents per pound as fair for farmers.
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Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Senate
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
88 Bales of Cotton Ginned This Season
The Whitewright gins reported 88 bales ginned by 9 am signaling strong early harvesting. Cotton paid 34.5 cents per lb and seed at $68, down from $70 earlier. Hot dry weather speeds opening while picking remains hard in 100 degree heat. Corn harvest is active with mechanical pickers. yields are lighter due to spring rain and July heat and drought.
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Whitewright
Deaths Henry L Webster 81 former Whitewright postmaster buried
Henry L Webster 81 former Whitewright postmaster was buried at City Cemetery after graveside services. He died in Huntsville where he lived with son Jack Webster for four years. Born in Kentucky in 1870 he moved to Texas in 1902 and served as Whitewright postmaster from 1913 to 1922. Survivors include wife Annabelle, two sons John and Jack, two daughters Morris Kearney and Lynwood Love lace, 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. An other son Gilmore Webster had died previously.
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Henry L. Webster
Whitewright
City Cemetery
Mr. Webster
Huntsville
Jack Webster
Campbelville
Texas
Sherman
Hardwicke-Etter Company
Annabelle Adams Webster
John E. Webster
Morris Kearney
Greenville
Lynwood Lovelace
Bonham
Gilmore Webster
Denison
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Acknowledged
The Sun publishes a list recognizing individuals and couples who have paid subscriptions. Names include L. B. Cato, Mrs. Owen Hull, H. R. Williams, Russell Bros., W. C. Musser, Mrs. Jimmie Anderson, B. R. Caraway, Floyd Bassett, M. T. Craig, Mrs. S. H. Murphy, S. O. Thompson, J.C. Carr, and many others across multiple families and local households.
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L. B. Cato
Owen Hull
Clifton Brewer
H. R. Williams
Russell Bros
W. C. Musser
Jimmie Anderson
B. R. Caraway Floyd Bassett
M. T. Craig
S. H. Murphy
S. O. Thompson
J.C. Carr
Geo. Rutherford
W. A. Martin
R. H. Thornhill
J. N. Lackey
S. D. Phillips
Joe W. Carr
John J. Kaiser
P. L. Owen
O. S. Bass
R. L. Sears
C. L. Keith
G. L. Baugher
Carl Pierson
Frank Armstrong
J. T. Holloway
American Legion Rodeo Draws Big Crowds Two Nights
The American Legion rodeo drew overflow crowds Friday and solid turnout Saturday, despite advertising for one night. Friday parade prize winners included Oldest cowboy O. V. Pierce, Oldest cowgirl Mrs. Miller, best dressed Marvin Perkins, best dressed cowgirl Mrs. M B Gassoway, youngest cowgirl Cathy and Gail Wilson, youngest cowboy Harold Calvert and Leon Scott. Judges awarded ties to the youngest contestants to spread prize money. The Romans used sponges to drink from.
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American Legion
Earl Blanton
O. V. Pierce
Sherman Route 4
Mrs. Miller
Marvin Perkins
Sherman
M. B. Gassoway
Cathy
Gail Wilson
Wallace Wilson
Harold Calvert
Leon Scott
Rainfall cycles eyed for Texas next year and 1953
Texas weather expert Abraham Streiff says cycles show a wet period coming after 1953, with floods returning to the Colorado River basin. He notes seven year patterns tied to sun activity and tree rings, and cites his work on Granite Shoals and Marble Falls dams with the Lower Colorado River Authority.
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Austin
Abraham Streiff
Streiff
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Granite Shoals
Marble Falls
Colorado
Texas
Drouth
Wisconsin
Washington
LCRA
Guadalupe
Maine
New York
Michigan
Arkansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Brazil
Spain
Africa
$43 Million in Till For Vet Homes
Washington VA unveils a direct home loan program with a revolving fund of about 43 million dollars. Loans amortize monthly as veterans repay and the VA may sell loans to insurers. The act allows loans up to 10 000 dollars where 4 percent private financing exists.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Woman Prophesied Death and Died at Exact Time
Redwood City California Edythe Hanson 32 after hospital discharge predicted she would die at 11 45 pm on August 21. Neighbors doubted the warning yet several visitors checked on her last Tuesday. She slept at 8 pm and did not wake. the physician said she died of uremic poisoning at the appointed minute.
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Redwood City
Calif
Edythe Hanson
Meat Rationing Unlikely In Near Future
Michael DiSalle, director of the Office of Price Stabilization, said in Omaha there is no likelihood of meat rationing in the foreseeable future. He noted rationing depends on supply and demand and that if supply meets demand, controls are unnecessary. DiSalle spoke at a banquet for Unico National during their convention.
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Omaha
Michael DiSalle
DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Unico National
Federal hires 1500 daily in July total 45100
The federal government added about 1500 workers per day in July, totaling 45100 hires for the month. The Army absorbed 60 percent, with 20 percent to Interior and Agriculture. federal employment reached 2,489,500. Cotton history notes Greeks calling it tree wool.
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Army
Department of Interior and Agriculture
Wage Board Sends Copper Strike Case to President
The Wage Stabilization Board failed to restore copper production and sent its report to President Truman. Striking Kennecott workers met with the company in a last ditch wage dispute effort while officials discuss Taft Hartley intervention to halt the nationwide copper strike for up to eighty days if an injunction is issued.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
President Truman
Kennecott Copper Company
White House
Truman
Farm Prices Edge Down for Sixth Straight Month
Washington report shows prices received by farmers slipping slightly from mid July to mid August for the sixth consecutive month. The Agriculture Department index stood at 292 of the 1910 14 average on Aug 15, down two points from July while still 9.4 percent above a year ago. Prices for most crops fell, fruit rose, and costs for farm inputs held steady at 282 percent the 1910 14 average, 9.7 percent above last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
OPS Announces Six Percent Cotton Processing Price Hike
The Office of Price Stabilization announced new season price rules for ginning wrapping and baling cotton. Beginning Sept 1 the rates will rise by a flat six percent over 1950 charges. Gin nings costs have risen about ten percent since 1950, but ginners may gain from higher throughput due to a large incoming cotton crop.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
New Water Tower Arrives This Week
The steel water tower arrived this week and will be erected near the old standpipe after unloading. Delays due to steel shortages delayed delivery from last spring. The project includes welding many small sections and will raise water pressure townwide. Mayor Summers says a new pump costing over three thousand dollars will be installed at one well to replace the failed lubrication pump.
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Water Department
Russell Summers
Summers
Whitewright to Open Schools September十二
Whitewright schools will begin on September 12 with a faculty meeting set for September 5 at 9 a.m. The Presbyterian Methodist and Baptist churches offer space for grades one through six until the new grade school is ready. The American Legion provides a cafeteria space. Most faculty positions are filled. one high school teacher and a cafeteria post remain.
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Whitewright
W. C. Cummings
Presbyterian
Methodist
Cummings
The
Sun
American Legion
Legion
W. M. Gates Havng
Population Shifts in Texas 1950 Census Highlights Urban Growth
The 1950 Texas census shows 144 of 254 counties lost population since 1940 while the state grows by over 1 million people. East Texas up 14 percent, West Texas 23 percent, South Texas 28 percent, with rural counties shrinking and urban centers absorbing migrants. The rise stems mainly from natural increase and industrial employment replacing farm work as farm numbers fall by 86,000 while industry hires grow over 90 percent.
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Texas
South Texas
East Texas
West Texas
Grimes County
Houston
Gulf Coast
Holiday Labor Day Observed by Whitewright Businesses
The Sun reports Whitewright businesses will mostly close on Labor Day with two or three exceptions. Labor Day is among six holidays observed locally including Thanksgiving Christmas New Year Memorial Day and Independence Day.
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Whitewright
The
Sun
Autumn War Fears Rise as U S Fleet to Double in September
A wartime outlook hints at a possible autumn flare up in Europe and the Far East. The U S Mediterranean fleet will be expanded in September with four aircraft carriers and more cruisers and destroyers. Russia and Japan actions, plus the Japanese peace treaty, loom large as Ridgway may move out of Tokyo and occupation privileges fade.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S. Mediterranean
Adm
Forrest P. Shermen
Idea
Naval Operations
Mediterranean
Far East
Japan
Russia
San Francisco
Tokyo
Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
Supreme Command Allied Powers
Signature on Check Check Checked
Independence Missouri story recalls Myrtle Peterson, a department store clerk, who observed the signature on a customer's check. After seeking manager approval she noted the name on the check was Mrs. Harry S. Truman.
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Independence, Mo
Myrtle Peterson
Independence Department
Peterson
Harry S. Truman
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Mac Fay Ras
Gov't
OPS
R. L. Skrabanek
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