Rayburn Speaks At Rotary Banquet
Sam Rayburn of Bonham addressed about 150 at the Whitewright Rotary Club banquet at First Baptist Church. He spoke on war preparedness, U.S. aid to Europe, and government costs, urging continued armament and Marshall Plan support while praising democracy and international alliances.
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Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
Rayburn
Whitewright
the Baptist Church
Rotary
Joe Johnson
Clay Horton
Ed LaRoe
Margaret Melton
Ashley D. Jameson
Weldon R. Drake
Wayne Bedford
Austin College
Sherman
Charles O. Daniel
Horton
George Hight
Orba Orenduff
O. V. Barker
Rotary Anns
Club
Whitewright Rotary Club
Russia
Henry L. Stimson
War Department
United States
Germany
Norway
Europe
France
Grayson Cotton Acreage Cut Over 10,000 Acres
Texas cotton farmers face about a one sixth reduction in 1950 plantings with an allotment of 7,637,029 acres statewide down from 10,400,000 in 1949. Grayson County’s 1950 allotment is 63,273 acres, while Lubbock County holds the largest single county allotment at 248,700 acres.
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Grayson
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Department
Congress
Department’s
Ralph S. Trigg
Commodity Credit Corporation
Trigg
Rep
W. R. Poage
D-Texas
Lubbock County
Grayson County
Old Faithful Erupts On Hourly Schedule At Yellowstone
Historic Yellowstone National Park geyser Old Faithful erupts roughly every sixty minutes, drawing visitors and researchers who study its regular timing and water plume height.
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Yellowstone National Park
Bethel-Cannon Road Repaired to Improve Travel
County Commissioner E P Jackson reports a large crew repairing Bethel-Cannon Road and the Pilot Grove connection to restore good travel. The Cannon to Van Alstyne route has been designated as a farm to market road by the state and the Cannon to Bethel segment is planned for state transfer later.
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E. P. Jackson
Bethel-Cannon
Pilot Grove
Bethel- Cannon
Cannon
van Alstyne
Bethel
Court Rules Used Car Title Must Be Filed in Ten Days
The Third Court of Civil Appeals ruled that used car dealers must file current registration receipts and title papers within ten days of receiving a vehicle. Each filing incurs a 50 cent fee and a $5 penalty if late. The decision aims to curb theft and mortgaged car sales, noting Texas licenses over 2.5 million vehicles and frequent transfers. The ruling cites delays cited by Harris County officials. The article also mentions Bell's first telephone words.
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Austin
Third
Court of Civil Appeals
Harris County
Texas
Highway Department
Arkansas Sheriff Dies of Gunshot Wounds
Doyle Smith sheriff of Searcy County Arkansas died from gunshot wounds after a Saturday night shooting in Marshall. He was about 51, had recently moved to Marshall from Trenton and was elected two years ago. His daughter Mrs. Charlie Ayres of Whitewright and family expect funeral services in Marshall.
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Doyle Smith
Searcy County
Arkansas
Whitewright
Charlie Ayres
Mr. Smith
Marshall
Ark
Whitewright School Board Praises American Legion Helpers
The Whitewright School Board passed a resolution commending the American Legion for their efficient crowd and parking control during the Whitewright Van Alstyne game. Superintendent W. C. Cummings thanked the Legion volunteers for their help.
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Whitewright
American Legion
W. C. Cummings
Legion
Man Killed At Prairie Hill Crossing Near Greenville
Leonards B J Giles 41 of Tidwell community died Tuesday when his car 41 Ford collided with a Missouri Kansas Texas passenger train at the Prairie Hill crossing two miles south of Greenville. Witnesses say the car lurched forward as the train approached after stopping for the crossing. Giles was thrown from the vehicle and the car was smashed against a telephone pole.
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Leonard
B. J. Giles
Tidwell
Greenville
Here
Prairie Hill
Giles
Whitewright Christmas issue to feature local ads
The Sun announces a sixteen page Christmas issue to be published Thursday December 22. Most Whitewright businesses will be represented with ads and many have already placed orders. Ad solicitors will struggle to see every merchant before publication. ensure your Christmas Greeting ad is placed promptly.
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the Sun
Whitewright
Unequal 1950 cotton allocations draw farmer critique
State Sen. George Moffett of Chillicothe says cotton acreage allotments in 1950 vary by county and farm, arguing land best suited to cotton should be used. He urges expanded cotton research to create markets for four more million bales and warns idle acres could hurt incomes, jobs, and tax bases.
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Texas
B. F. Vance
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Agriculture Department
PMA
Austin
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Moffett
Hardeman County
Compulsory School Attendance Law Enforced in Whitewright
Whitewright school board, led by Superintendent W C Cummings, will enforce the compulsory attendance statute. The move follows a new Texas law tying school funding to average daily attendance. warnings will precede legal action, with illness the only valid excuse requiring a doctor's certificate.
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Whitewright
W. C. Cummings
Cummings
Attorney General of
Texas
Miners Refuse to End Three Day Week in Coal Fields
United Mine Workers rejected operators demand to suspend the 3 day work week for 80,000 hard coal miners in the anthracite fields. UMW Vice-President Kennedy said miners would not report for work Thursday while John L. Lewis had ordered the 3 day week for both hard and soft coal miners until new contracts are signed. Lewis said he had secured soft coal contracts, though others called them limited.
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New York
United Mine Workers
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
John L. Lewis
Kennedy
Lewis
Community Christmas Lighting Contest Planned by Friday Club
The Friday Literary Club garden committee led by Mrs. Earl Blanton plans a community Christmas lighting campaign with cash prizes for best decorated home and best window displays. An out of town panel will judge on December 20, with results in The Sun's Christmas issue. The Chamber of Commerce backs the contest with matching prizes. Entry is open now and an electric table lamp is donated as a prize.
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Friday Literary Club
Earl Blanton
the Sun
H. W. Snowden
Whitewright
Chamber of Commerce
Sun
Community Public Service Co
Funeral for Joe E. Coggins Held Friday at First Baptist
Joe E. Coggins, 78, died Wednesday at Wilson N. Jones Hospital Sherman after a brief illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Weldon R. Drake and Rev. Therman Healy officiating. Entombment Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Elizabeth and four sons, one daughter, ten grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters.
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First Baptist Church
Joe E. Coggins
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Weldon R. Drake
Therman Healy
Church of Christ
Ed Reagan
D. L. Buchanan
Jack Biggerstaff
Roy Blanton
B. W. Newman
Jewel Biggerstaff
Glen Earnheart
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Coggins
Spartenburg County
South Carolina
F. F. Coggins
Texas
Elizabeth Biggerstaff
Coggins
Route One
Whitewright
Bethel
The
Baptist Church
W. L. Coggins
Chicago, Ill
Wayne Coggins
Dallas
Wade Coggins
Bonham Youths Face Robbery Charges Across State
Three Bonham youths William Robert Leeman James Thomas Scrivner and Talmadge Bonham are held on open robbery charges linked to a Crosbyton dry goods store attack that critically wounded keeper A A Wallace. The group was questioned in Dallas with further suspects brought in as officers linked robberies from Corsicana to Commerce to their statements.
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Bonham
Dallas
Crosbyton
A. A. Wallace
William Robert Leeman
James Thomas Scrivner
Talmadge Bonham
Texas Rangers
Leeman
Scrivner
Garland
Corsicana
Houston
Lubbock
Sherman
Denton
Denison
Commerce
Brewmaster Counts 62000 Glasses in 13 Years of Sampling
Al Bowman, a Boston brewmaster, estimates he has consumed over 62 000 glasses of beer during thirteen years as a professional sampler. He says he loves the business.
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Boston
Mass
al Bowman
Funeral Services for John LeRoy Yowell Held in Sherman
Funeral services for John LeRoy Yowell were conducted at Walnut Street Church of Christ in Sherman by William Floyd with Robert Banks assisting. Burial followed at West Hill Cemetery. Yowell, born October 12, 1883 in Grayson County, died at St Vincents Hospital Sunday at 2 a.m. He moved from Whitewright to Sherman four years ago and is survived by a son Guy Yowell and a daughter Mrs P A Smith, among others.
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John LeRoy Yowell
Sherman
Whitewright
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Walnut Street Church of Christ In
William Floyd
Church of Christ
Robert Banks
Leon Brittain
J. H. Washburn
Otto Langford
Hillard Walker
L. E. Woods
Carl Martin
West Hill Cemetery
Henry Yowell
Tulsa
Okla
Maggie Teague
Emma Davis
Tom Bean
Maud Lucey
Dallas
Wreaths Placed on Arizona Hulk on Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Two wreaths were laid on the rusting hulk of the Arizona, submerged since its sinking eight years ago after the Pearl Harbor attack. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, commander of the Pacific fleet, placed one wreath as the ceremony marked the anniversary with no notable Japanese observance.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Pacific
United States
Arthur W. Radford
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Watson
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Roy Yowell
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