Looking Ahead by George Benson at Harding College
A 1947 column discusses the price wage balance in postwar America, noting mass production and Ford price cuts could boost purchasing power. It argues higher output is needed to sustain wage gains, urges national cooperation, and cites AFL wage findings. A sheriff sale notice for Grayson County, Texas follows, detailing J. E. Simmons and Nora H. Simmons property and the March 4 sale to satisfy a tax judgment.
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Henry Ford II
Ford
Labor
American Federation of Labor
America
Bananas and Atoll Factoids from Postwar Notes
A collection of quick notes highlights bananas ripening off trees and pears similarly, Bikini atoll as a notable natural-history reference, spun glass noise reduction blankets used in airplanes now applied in cars, 1946 American auto production at about 55 percent of 1941 prewar levels, and Japanese mountain timber resembling New England spruce fir and hardwoods.
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Bikini
Pacific
Japan
New England
County Offices Report Lean Fees Grow Sharp in 1946
Grayson County offices collected 114964 in 1946, up 26681 from 1945, with only 5000 transferred to the salary fund for office expenses versus 18000 in 1945. The tax office led with 39104, followed by the county clerk at 34386 and 10021 in district clerk fees.
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J.C. Buchanan
Coun
From where I sit by Joe Marsh Lem's Dogs and Chickens
In a local column the writer notes Thad Phipps complained about Lem Martins dog raiding his chickens near a residential zone. That evening Thad forgave Lem at Andy Botkin's Garden Tavern, illustrating how neighbors quarrel yet still share a drink. The piece muses that laws over every disagreement would erode neighbors.
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Thad Phipps
Lem Martin
Lem
Thad
Andy Botkin
Garden
Plunderbund Officers and Deputies Packet
Ice pressurized under thirty thousand pounds per square inch threatens sinking in water. Fibrous leather soles allow perspiration to evaporate more readily than other sole materials.
Television to transform 1948 campaigning says Sarnoff
Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, head of RCA, predicts television will revolutionize political campaigning in 1948 similar to radio in 1924. He says 1947 could be television’s first major year if production ramps up, with thousands of homes and possibly 500000 sets by 1948.
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New York
tTelevision
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Sarnoff
RCA
Ruins of Tiahuanaco Said To Predate Incan Era
The ruins near La Paz Bolivia are believed to be ancient when the Incas entered the region, suggesting a long prehistory for the site.
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Tiahuanaco
la Paz
Bolivia
Notices of Sheriff Sale in Grayson County Texas
Two sheriff sale notices from Grayson County Texas list No. 55161 for C F Sullivant and E L Stiles with Mary A Walton in Denison sale No. 55187. Details include delinquent tax sums 768 57 and 1349 79 with 6 percent interest, liens foreclosed, and property described as 100x166 ft tract in Whitesboro and lots 1 and 2, block 19, Munson and Purinton's addition to Denison. Both notices state redemption rights and January 1947 dates.
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State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
Denison
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
J. E. Simmons
Nora H. Simmons
Texas
Stoneman
Fred Prestage
Ralph T. Oliver
Sherman
Whitesboro
C. F. Sullivant
E. L. Stiles
William Ritchie
R. G. Underwood
W. T. Mills
A. L. Palmer
S. N. Maeyers
Underwood
Mills
County of
City of Denison
Mary A. Walton
Mary Walton
Munson and Purington
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Harding College
Searcy, Arkansas
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
THE
Plunderbund
Kenzie
Yee
Ince Edison
Menlo Park
Edison
Community Public Service Company
Mankind
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