Sellers Clarifies Election Rules In Texas Opinion
Attorney General Grover Sellers ruled that a voter lacking proof of right to the ballot must be examined under oath or by affidavit when challenged at the polls. Service members voting without paying poll tax may do so, and the exemption applies to elections under state law, including city levies. The Aberdeen firm reported a prosperous year with bonuses for three star salesmen, awaiting further gains next year.
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Austin
Grover Sellers
Fred V. Merideth
Kaufman County
Merideth
Attorney General
Radio Farm Talks News Favored by Rural Listeners
The Agriculture Department released a nationwide survey showing farm and small town listeners prefer programs with news hymns sermons and farm problem talks. Among entertainment, old time music receives the most votes, while daytime serials dance and classical music are disliked, the department notes, attributing classical aversion to unfamiliarity.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sale of 46 Cotton Insurance Scheduled Soon
Sales of cotton crop insurance for the 1946 season will begin in a few days with underwriting expected to exceed 1945. Thirteen men sold cotton policies in 1945 when damage claims totaled about $300,000, according to W. W. Gunn AAA administrator in Sherman.
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W. W. Gunn
AAA
Sherman
U N Site Between Connecticut New York Picked
A UN panel favored a 40 to 50 square mile tract on the New York Connecticut border as the first choice for a permanent UN city site with New York City as interim HQ. Hyde Park New York and areas near Boston were named as other possible permanent headquarters sites. The 35 page report was presented to the UN General Assembly in London by chairman Dr Stoyan Cavrilovic. Jack darling Hollywood bride quips about the house.
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New York
New York- Connecticut
United Nations
New York City
U.N. O
United Nations General Assembly
London
Stoyan Cavrilovic
Waldorf Astoria
Hyde Park
N. Y
Blue Hills
North Shore
Boston
For Sale Two Houses on Main Street
Stephens and Bryant advertise two houses on Main Street for sale. Philco radios are now on display at Johnson Jewelry, inviting customers to see them.
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Main Street
Philco
Johnson Jewelry
White farmer and Negro wife finish Oklahoma miscegenation sentence
Ted Sisney a 42 year old white farmer and Josie Douglas a 45 year old Negro woman were freed today from the Oklahoma penitentiary after a one year term for miscegenation a felony under state law. Assistant Attorney General Randell Cobb cautioned they cannot live together in Oklahoma and must relocate to a state permitting white Negro marriages to resume their marriage status.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma
Ted Sisney
Josie Douglas
Sisney
Nowata
Oklahoma City
Randell S. Cobb
Grazing Rights In Planet Mars Sought by Vets
WORLAND Wyoming two war veterans applied to the Department of the Interior for grazing rights on the planet Mars.
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Planet
Mars
Worland
Wyo
Department of the Interior
Ex‑ servicemen seek space on five planetary sections
H. E. Rauchfuss and Henry Schmidt, recently discharged from the armed services, sought space on five sections of a distant planet. Their application argued that recent and upcoming scientific developments make it reasonable to believe Earth citizens will pioneer surrounding planets in the near future.
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H. E. Rauchfuss
Henry Schimdt
Armed Services
Postwar enlistee usually city bred
Chicago reports an Army survey shows the average GI enlistee in the postwar era is 21 years old, high school graduate, single, 5 feet 8 1/2 inches, 150 pounds, and prefers travel and education over assignment to Europe. He is typically a city fellow with 33 percent from rural areas, and enjoys getting around.
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Chicago
Fondren Gift of One Million Surprises SMU
Dr Umphrey Lee, SMU president, received a surprise gift of $1,000,000 from Mrs W W Fondren of Houston. The Fondren couple established Fondren lectures in 1919, and the donation was announced at the end of a Fondren event in Dallas.
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Fondren
Smu
Dallas
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
W. W. Fondren
Houston
Dallas Lecture Funds Build at S M U Campus
A sponsored lecture in Dallas Monday night funded the construction of a natural science building at Southern Methodist University. A second major gift of 650000 dollars from Mr and Mrs J J Perkins of Wichita Falls backs the Perkins School of Theology endowment fund.
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Dallas
University
J. J. Perkins
Wichita Fallas
Perkins School of Theology Endowment Fund
Boats for Texoma rescue fleet grow to five at lake
A flotilla of five boats, from twenty six to forty feet, is being shipped to Lake Texoma to join the U S Army Engineer patrol and rescue fleet. Three boats are already in use on the lake. The craft will have two way radio and two of the larger boats include bunks galleys and other facilities.
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Denison
Lake Texoma
United States Army Engineer Patrol and Rescue
Waves of Mummy and Beach Balm Between Generations
A playful dialogue contrasts hair and head shapes across a family. Margaret notes her mother’s waves and then humorously observes her father’s bald head, declaring “Mummy's got the waves” and “daddy's got the beach.”
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Mummy
Margaret
Candidacy Notices For County Commissioner Seat
The Sun announces the candidacy of E. P. Jackson for Commissioner Pct. 2 seeking a second term and F. M. Far Work as candidates, subject to the Democratic primary on July 27, 1946.
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The
Sun
E. P. Jackson
F. M
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