Gone Gaudy: Sports Experts and Old Fogy Musings
A 1920s nostalgia piece contrasts golden age sports heroes with critics who misjudge matches. The author mocks sports writers for overconfidence in fighters like Louis and Schmeling and champions like Dempsey, while joking they end up in the Texas weather bureau.
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Tripe
Louis
Schmeling
Dempsey
Tunney
Goliath
David
Dragon
St. George
Weather Bureau Department
Texas
A Call for Econ Obedience to Shrinking Government Growth
The author argues that postwar tax and spending have created a government boom that threatens fiscal health. Taxes rose from 18.9 percent of national income in 1940 to 26 percent in 1948, with per-person burden increasing from 109 to 377. The piece urges Congress to curb spending and lower taxes, warning of a self-perpetuating central power and taxpayer dependency.
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Congress
Europe
America
Strike It Rich opens at Palace Theatre February 9
East Texas oil boom drama Strike It Rich stars Rod Cameron Bonita Granville and Don Castle with a supporting cast including Stuart Erwin Lloyd Corrigan and Ellen Corby. The film focuses on oil proration conflicts and a romance among the leads.
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East Texas
Jack Wrather
Allied Artists
Palace Theatre
Rod Cameron
Bonita Granville
Don Castle
Texas
Stuart Erwin
Lloyd Corrigan
Ellen Corby
Cameron
Miss Granville
Castle
Bonita
Rod
East
Strike It Rich filmed in East Texas oil fields towns
The Texas oil proration plot centers on Lloyd Corrigan and sons Don and Rod Corrigan with a climactic fight amid actual East Texas oil fields. Filmed on location near Kilgore Lindale and Tyler with thousands of locals as extras. Historic cars from 1914 to 1929 add authentic stampede scenes.
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Texas
Don
Bonita
Lloyd Corrigan
Rod
Kilgore
Lindale
Tyler
Dallas
Grange Endorses Cotton Production Control Plan
The National Grange endorsed the proposed cotton production control program. J. T. Sanders outlined the Grange position before a House agriculture subcommittee examining a long range cotton program.
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Washington
National
Grange
J. T. Sanders
Grange Legislative Council
House Agriculture
We've Got It Socialized Medicine in Britain
Socialized medicine in Britain, started in July, shows rising costs from 608 million to 960 million, with talk of 1.12 billion. The piece argues U S taxpayers bear part of Britain's government cost, implying America already has socialized medicine at the payoff end.
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Britain
Quip Reflects Holiday Shopping Crunch
A humorous dialogue contrasts ease of paying off a chair with dwindling furniture, highlighting tighter budgets and lingering consumer worries as the year closes. The exchange captures a traveler’s perspective on spending, debt, and postwar material limits.
Plains of Russia and Siberia are called steppes
The article notes that plains stretching across Russia and Siberia are classified as steppes, a vast grassland region.
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Russia
Siberia
Steppes
Church Services and Schedules for Sunday
The Church of Christ and Enterprise Baptist Church list Sunday programs. Bible classes at 10 a m, communion at 11: a m, worship at 11 a m and 7 p m, and Wednesday prayer at 7.00, with ministers J R Wright Jr and Joe Denton presenting a sermon titled A Little Man Meets a Great Saviour.
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Church OF Christ
Joe Denton
J. R. Wright Jr
Church Service Schedule for Two Local Congregations
Assembly of God presents morning worship at 11 a.m. and evangelistic service at 7 30 p.m. First Presbyterian notes church school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Rev. E. A. Doty leads the Assembly of God, while James I Logan Jr leads the First Presbyterian.
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Assembly OF God Church
E. A. Doty
James I. Logan Jr
Church Service Schedule Note
Morning worship at 11. training union at 6 15 p m. Evening worship at 7. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30. The Sun does Good Printing.
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Training Union
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Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Erience
Borden
Fean
You
Government
Chicago Daily News
Enterprise Baptist Church
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Pascal Farley
First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
W. R. Drake
Roy Blanton
Brotherhood
Carl May
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Whitewright Lumber Co
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