Dress Fire Claims Life Of 19 Year Old Ruth Spencer
Ruth Ellanocra Spencer aged 19 died from burns after her clothing caught fire near a stove at her Blue Ridge home. The fire destroyed the Spencer residence. She was survived by her husband J B Spencer, a 10 month old daughter, her parents Delmar Lee and Arthur Atteberry, and siblings Katy Belle Hattie Modena. Funeral set for Friday at Blue Ridge Baptist Church with burial at Burns Cemetery.
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Ruth Ellanocra Spencer
J. B. Spencer
McKinney
Route One
Blue Ridge
Spencer
Arthur Atteberry
Baptist Church
John Hilger
Greenville
Burns Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Delmar Lee
Arthur
Katy Belle
Hattie Modena Atteberry
Funeral Services for Mrs Lela A Simpson at Pilot Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Lela A Simpson are held at 3 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Pilot Grove with interment at Smith Cemetery. She was born February 2 1880, widow of Wylie C Simpson. Survivors include six children Jim Van Alstyne Sherman Whitewright Westminster Anna and others, two brothers Jim and Leo, four sisters, twenty six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Lela A. Simpson
Church of Christ At
Pilot Grove
Smith Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Simpson
J. W
Rena Simpson
Wylie C. Simpson
Church
Jim Simpson
van Alstyne
T. R
Ted) Simpson
Sherman
Ben Simpson
Whitewright
Grady Simpson
Guy Simpson
Westminster
Rena McFerrin
Anna
Cecil Brown
Jim W. Simpson
Leo Simpson
Co. E. Talley
Thackerville
Oklo
Martha Spencer
Julia Ayers
Denison
Delia Simpson
Committee Approves Early Pension Hire in Texas
The House appropriations committee approved an immediate $300 000 monthly increase in state spending for old age assistance, bringing total monthly expenditure to $1 900 000. With federal matching, average payments run $21.40 monthly. the bill could raise recipients toward a $30 maximum and fund about 49 000 people. A separate measure to add $70 000 monthly for aid to the blind was scheduled for next week’s hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House Appropriations Committee
Charlie Pigg
Waxahachie
Claude Callaway
Crowell
Texas Farmers Get Nearly 13 Billion Income in 1944
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research estimates Texas farmers earned 1,143,425,000 in cash income in 1944, up five percent from 1943, driven by higher wheat output in the northern Texas plains and Rio Grande Valley gains in fruits and vegetables. The piece notes an unrelated etymology claim about Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
High Plains
Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Red Army Near Berlin Advances to Within Forty Miles
Soviet forces push toward Berlin on a sixty mile front with Zhukov’s units advancing from Landsberg and Beverword in blizzard conditions. Tanks and infantry breach outer defenses and cut routes, with other armies sealing Konigsberg and approaching Prague via Moravski-Os tva.
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London
Berlin
Oder River
Konigsberg
Pillau
Poland
Moravski-Ostrova
Moravian
Prague
Vienna
Landsberg
Zhukov
Bevergsdorf
Postal notes go on sale at local post office today
New postal notes issued in dollar denominations up to ten dollars start sale this morning at the post office. No forms are needed and a five cent issuance fee applies. Notes require stamps for denominations and are valid for two calendar months from issue.
Farm Census Basis For Crop Services
Washington reports controversy over the 1945 farm census. Law requires it and 22 000 to 26 000 workers will be employed through mid summer. Census began January 8 with local supervisors directing hiring of farm families and veterans. Census data underpins Agriculture Department projects including crop estimates. Each farm has 249 questions, not all apply to every farm.
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Washington
Congressmeen
Census Bureau
J. C. Capt
Agriculture Department
Cemetery Group To Meet February 6
The annual meeting of the Cemetery Association will be held Tuesday February 6 at 4 p m in the parlors of Barnheart Funeral Home. All members urged to attend and others interested in Oak Hill Cemetery are invited. Mrs Tom Barbee President Mrs Emory Christian Secretary.
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The
Cemetery Association
Barnheart Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tom Barbee
Emory Christian
Soldiers and families share furloughs and honors
Cpl Jarvis Maddux left Friday for Ephrata Washington after a 17 day furlough with his parents. Carlton Johnson of the Navy is on furlough here with his wife and child after months in the South west Pacific. Several soldiers receive assignments, promotions, or awards including Capt W W Adcock and Lt James Roscoe Brown, while J B Phillips earns the Bronze Star and Tech Sgt Donald Hudgins receives the Distinguished Flying Cross along with other service honors.
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Cpl
Jarvis Maddux
Ephrata
Wash
R. D. Maddux
Carlton Johnson
Navy
Southwest Pacific
G. C. Brown
James Roscoe Brown
Germany
Brown
Charles B. Truett
J. H. Philley
Mr. Philley
Community Public Service Company
Philley
Detroit
Tech
Donald Paul Hudgins
A. A. Hudgins
Hudgins
France
North Third Street
Arkansas City
Kansas
12Th Air Force
John Cannon
County Attorney Vows Tough DUI Crackdown in Grayson County
Grayson County’s new county attorney Olan R. Van Zandt pledges aggressive DUI enforcement. He states that intoxicated drivers are dangerous weapons and officers will file charges when evidence exists, with no pleas-to-minimums accepted. Second offenses become felonies with harsher penalties. The Indian name for Iowa is mentioned as “beautiful land.”
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Grayson County
Olan R. van Zandt
Texas
van Zandt
H. A. Lampman
Brownout Exemption Granted for Whitewright Texas Area
The War Production Board exempts five regions including portions of Texas from the nationwide outdoor light blackout starting February 1. In Texas the exemption covers the state except for parts of 18 counties served by Southwestern Gas Electric. The exemption is effective June 30 1945 and local customers are advised they are not bound by the brownout order for the period.
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War Production Board
Pacific Northwest
Texas
WPB
Southwestern Gas & Electric Company
Community Public Service Company
Georgia House approves poll tax repeal bill
The Georgia House voted 141 to 1 to repeal the poll tax as a voting prerequisite. The Senate had approved a similar measure 31 to 10 last week, and the House bill moves to the Senate for concurrence on a minor voter registration section.
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Atlanta
Georgia House of Representatives
Senate
House
Katy Passenger Trains Schedule Changes February Fourth
The Sun reports all Katy trains will alter arrival times on February 4 with some trains moving earlier and others later. Train No. 1 Texas Special at 9:05 a.m. will have no local service while Train No. 3 10:53 a.m. makes local stops and carries mail. Train No. 5 Flyer at 8:07 p.m. discharges out of state passengers and serves Waco with first class mail. Other trains follow varied local stops and mail handling patterns.
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Katy
C. I Witt
Texas
Flyer
Waco
Bluebonnet
Dallas
Americans Seize Luzon Base as China Cut in Two
American forces push toward Manila on Luzon, retake Olongapo and seize Grande Island at Subic Bay while advancing from San Fernando toward Bataan. Japanese claim Canton Hankow railway complete, cutting China in two and threatening coastal defense.
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Luzon
Philippines
Manila
Olongapo
Subic Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Canton-Hankow
China
Doughboys
Eighth Army
Zambales
Grande Island
Sixth Army
San Fernando
Pampanga
Bataan
Benguet
Cabantuan
Manchuria
Korea
Canton
Hong Kong
Senate Bill Extends AAA Subsidies for War Crops
The Senate passed a bill to let the Department of Agriculture continue AAA allotments for wheat and cotton farmers growing war crops during the emergency. It would also freeze allotments for farmers who join the armed forces and protect growers who plant soybeans and flax at government request. The note ends with a quip about changing consumer habits.
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Washington
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
Whitewright Faces Lockers Plan If Residents Act Now
Whitewright stands to gain a frozen food locker plant if 266 contracts are secured. Pascal Farley reports the War Production Board approval hinges on reaching the target within two weeks. 120 contracts remain. Annual rents run 12.50 to 15, with one year commitments, and plants typically maintain full occupancy. Farley asks residents to meet at once to discuss the plan.
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Whitewright
Pascal Farley
War Production Board
Farley
Hitler vows Reich fight to finish amid war crisis
Adolf Hitler spoke on the twelfth anniversary of his rise to power claiming the Reich would fight to the end. He urged all able bodied men and even the sick to join the final battle despite Soviet advances and dire eastern front conditions. A ghost voice heckled as Hitler blamed Versailles for Germany’s ruin and warned of mass casualties in the east.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
German Republic
Brandenburg
Pomerania
OPA Sets Live Cattle Price Ceilings and Rules
The Office of Price Administration announced live cattle ceilings from 17.25 to 18.60 per hundredweight to curb black markets and ease price pressure. An overriding ceiling covers 10 market centers and 24 zones with exemptions for breeding and farm youth sales. Rules include a monthly drove compliance limit and a percentage-based cap on slaughtered animals. Only one woman out of ten has a normally proportioned figure.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
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J. P. Owenby
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Merchant Marine
Ninth U. S. Army
Arthur W. Neal
102Nd Infantry Division
W. W. Adcock
Adcock
411Th Field Artillery Group
New York
Homer Craig
M T. Craig
Lieutenant Craig
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N. T. Auten
Auten
Billy Coy Harris
San Francisco
Mrs
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Trent Phillips
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Italy
88Th “Blue Devil
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Prospect
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Beautiful Land
Georgia
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