Weekend travels and visits among Fort Worth Dallas and surrounding towns
Local residents frequent Fort Worth Dallas and nearby cities for visits and activities. Families travel to McKinney Paris Sherman Sherman and College Station for weekends hospital stays teaching posts and college events. A football squad attended the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roby Childress
Jack Lackey
Cpl
David Johnson
Jack Pritchard
Bells
Emory Christian
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Glen Howard
Wilson Kaiser
Dallas
Fall clothing price hike smaller than expected
New York reports clothing manufacturers expect fall retail prices to rise 7 to 10 percent from 1950 levels, below earlier forecasts. One major maker pegged a worsted suit at 50 to 60 dollars to rise about five dollars rather than seven to ten, while many firms stick to percentage estimates due to styling and tailoring uncertainties.
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New York
Divorce Action Filed in Grayson County Texas
Citation directs L L Goode to answer Roxie Lee Goode in a Grayson County divorce case number 59081 filed July 27 1951. The action seeks divorce on cruel treatment with custody of two children Babe Lester Goode and Richard Lee Goode and all costs and relief. Issued August 2 1951 by Clerk S W Earnest.
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State of
Texas
L. L. Goode
A. D
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Roxie Lee Goode
Babe Lester Goode
Richard Lee Goode
S. W. Earnest
Ita Davidson
Reforming leader pursues welfare state with rising power
A historical profile recalls a popular reformer who tied price and wage controls to taxes and social benefits. Government bureaus expanded influence over business and agriculture, creating seed loans, land reclamation, pensions, and unemployment aid as his paternalistic program grew.
The Common Man and a Paternal State in Decline
A reflective critique on a missing moral backbone in governance. The piece cites Wang An Shih of the Sung dynasty and the dangers of long lived paternalistic rule. It contrasts economic missteps with political graft and ends with a Confucian quip about recognition and perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wang An-Shih
China
Shen Tsung
Wang An- Shih
Genghis Khan
China Sea
Odds on Tides Bill Fading, Giles Says
Texas Land Commissioner Bascom Giles defended his pessimistic view on tidelands legislation after returning from Washington. He warned against optimistic reports and noted strong opposition in Congress and a veto history. Former Rep. Ed Gossett accused him of harming the cause, to which Giles replied that Gossett is no longer a leader and has returned to Texas to push telephone rates.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
Texas
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Truman
Washington
Ed Gossett
Wichita Falls
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Giles
Tidelands
Gossett
Vacation Beats: Two Weeks of Tired, Two Weeks of Break
A playful riff on vacations describing two weeks of short days and energy drain followed by returning to work and money concerns. The piece uses repeated two's to emphasize a cyclical pattern of rest and fatigue.
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J. P. Darwin
Fort Worth
Pascal Cox
Mrs. H. C. Willis
Celina
Mrs
Robert Jones
Call Reeves
Byron Caraway
McKinney
Bob Benish
Houston
T. E. Barbee
Joe Riddle
Joe Thomas Meador
Mardell Pumphrey
Denton
Mrs. H. R. Williams
Don Howard Cook
Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Cook
Jim Stateville
Mrs. Burl Coursey of
Betty Ann Darwin
John Reeves
Kugga Hansard
Joe Miller
George Key
Veterans Hospital
Elbert Bennett
L. A. Freeman
Lena Daily
Owen Hull
Della Ann Hull
Loren Pace
Bonham
Lewis Cooper
R. H. May
Minnie Patterson
Paris
Frank White
Sherman Hospital
Jimmy
Waco
H. Jones
G. M. Aycock
Emma Coleman
Lee Norris
Tyrie Tommerlin
Henry Tidwell
Desert
Sam Golden
Frank Armstrong
Betsy
Becky
Plano
W. J. Barbee
Will McKinney
Son
King of Dallas
Dorothy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Beverly Ann Bassett
Trinidad
Mrs. Jones Ray Vestal
Joe Johnson
R. A. Essary
Mrs. O'Dell Powell
George M. Hight
Ida Dobson
Marie Jinkins
Ray. Dobson
Jack Dobson
College Station
Floyd Bassett
Dixie
Jimmie
Hull
G. C. Stateville
Chevrolet
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Hitewright, Texa
State OF Israel
Sy Mary Upilkk
Gaines Dog Research Center
Louis Levin
Switzerland
Westmount
Canada
Canary I
Christia Science Monitor
Monitor
U. S
Christian Science Monkeor
Norway St
Boston
Mass
U.S. A
The
Christian Science Monitor
Stata
Saben
Benson
Harding Co . Searcy, Arkansas
Sook
Robert L. Doss
Citizens National Bank Bldg
Denison, Texas
DenIson
Katy
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