Whitewright Faces Severe Cold and Ice Across Town
The town endures a blizzard dropping temperatures from the 70s to single digits. Ice coated streets halted business as electricity collapsed briefly and water mains were strained. No power, water challenges, and widespread freezing weather marked the midweek emergency with forecasts of more winter ahead.
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Whitewright
Meador Hardware
North Texas
North
Texas
Community Public Service Company
Bonham
Sherman
Denison
Denison Dam
Consid
Whitewright to Have New Floral Shop
Mrs. Geo. M. Hight and Mrs. A. R. Orenduff, after a two week floral design course in Dallas, will return to Whitewright to open a floral shop in the former M and M Dress Shop building. Refrigeration will store cut flowers and enable top designs. The shop is slated to open around mid January.
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Geo. M. Hight
A. R. Orenduff
Dallas
Whitewright
Keep Out of the Hospital Advice for Traffic Injuries
Fort Worth reports Judge William H. Gilmartin cites 9200 careless collision cases from 1949 and offers tips to stay out of hospitals. Drive on your side, avoid improper lane changes, curb speed under 40, adjust to conditions, and keep safe following distance. Also note risks from violating right of way and driving after drinking.
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Fort Worth
Corporation Court
William H. Gilmartin
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Boosted Despite Cold Weather
The Sun reports a week of renewed or new subscriptions with names including R. H. May Emmet Cooper Albert Partridge J. G. Muirhead Joe Stephens B. M. Bean R. B. Owens E. T. Ross W. C. Musser Mrs. Simmons Powell Co. J. Meador and others despite snow ice and twenty degree wind. The piece closes with two unrelated sentences about head hunters and hunting with firearms.
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Sun
The
R. H. May
Emmet Cooper
Albert Partridge
J. G. Muirhead
Joe Stephens
B. M. Bean
R. B. Owens
E. T. Ross
W. C. Musser
Simmons Powell Co
J. Meador
J. E. Price Lester Haile
Lizzie Miller
Freddie Garner
Ed Martin
Robert H, Gaddy
Helen C. Greenway
D. M. Taylor
R. B. Birt
Renewal time at The Whitewright Sun drives 1950 subscriptions
The Whitewright Sun reports renewed subscriptions for 1950 with many renewing by mail or in person. Rates stand at 1.50 per year for Grayson and Fannin Counties and 2 per year for all other destinations.
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The
Whitewright Sun
Grayson
Fannin
Reed seeks $700 federal income exemption for all
Rep. Reed of New York proposes raising the personal exemption from $600 to $700 for all filers and dependents. He argues a $700 exemption per person plus $2,100 for a couple with one child would cap taxation at 50 percent of income to spur investment, production, and employment.
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Washington, D. C
Reed
New York
Legislature To Have Help In Writing New Laws
John D. Moseley, 34, Greenville native, will head the Texas Legislative Council to assist lawmakers in crafting better laws. He leaves the Federal Bureau of the Budget for a salary of 11 000, second only to the governor's 12 000, with plans to hire an assistant director at about 8 000. Moseley will resign Jan 15 and the council will organize a staff to gather facts and sell them to legislators. He is a UT and East Texas State alumnus and has worked on the Hoover Commission and regional OPA projects.
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Austin
John D. Moseley
Greenville
Texas Legislative Council
Moseley
Federal Bureau of the Budget
Hoover Commission
Sen
G. C. Morris
Texas
Morris
East Texas State Teachers College
University of Texas
Department of Education and Public Welfare
OPA
Dallas
Washington
Connecticut
Army to Slash Strength by 29 400 in Budget Cut
The U S Army suspended all new enlistments in January and ordered a cut of 29 400 in its strength due to budgetary restrictions. The order went to top commanders nationwide as the armed services economy drive continues.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Armed Services
Army
United States
New Argentina Drug Strops Bull’s Temper
The American Veterinary Medical Association journal reports a drug from Argentina that temporarily calms bulls before surgery. Dimethylberberine hydrochloride, called ber beerine, dulls aggression for 20 to 30 minutes. Britannica notes Roman athletes trained by taming bulls.
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New
Argentina
Chicago
American Veterinary Medical Association
Four Candidates Seek Texas Governor Office in 1948 Race
Texas adds Virgil Arnold to a field that already includes Gov. Allen Shivers Case March and Charles Hutchison. Arnold, a Houston former legislator, runs on a Prohibition platform. Hutchison, a Dallas builder and songwriter, plans to copyright his candidacy. Culberson may join after a legislative session.
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Texas
Virgil E. Arnold
Houston
Prohibition
Arnold
Allen Shivers
Beauford H. Jester
Case March
Baylor Law
Charles B. Hutchison
Dallas
Hutchison
March
Olin Culberson
Culberson
$200 Per Citizen Is Cost of U S Aid
A Commerce Department report shows the United States committed about $30 billion in postwar aid to foreign nations through mid-1945 to last September, averaging roughly $200 per person. Outlays peaked in mid-1949 with further reductions planned for the 1951 fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Commerce Department
World Bank and Monetary Fund
Rotary Club Hears Austin College Coach Ray Morrison Speech
Rotary Club luncheon featured football coach Ray Morrison of Austin College as guest speaker. Introduced by Tom Sears the popular coach spoke on football and teamwork, sharing humorous career experiences and stressing hel p from linemen and teammates for a good play.
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Ray Morrison
Austin College
United States
Rotary Club
Tom Sears
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Billy Barr
Bonham
Tony Anthony
Tom B. Moore
E. T. Fant
Chancey Corse
J. M. Hollinshead
Wright and Work in Precinct 2 Race
Two candidates enter the Precinct 2 commissioner race. Fred Wright from Denison and a longtime Cotton Mill grocery operator seeks the office for the first time. Fat Work, a local farmer who previously ran unsuccessfully, is again a rival. Incumbent E P Jackson has not announced re election. Modern sealing wax is made of shellac.
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Denison
Fred Wright
F. M
Fat) Work
Wright
Katy
E. P. Jackson
Whitewright PTA to Host Health Program Meeting
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association will meet at 3 30 p m Wednesday Jan 11 at the grade school. Dr James Lay of Sherman will speak. It is a health program. All Whitewright schools patrons are invited.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
James Lay
Sherman
Whitewright Schools
Congress Faces 10 Big Issues in New Session
Washington outlines ten major agenda items for the new Congress. Tax cuts and spending, social welfare expansion, education aid, civil rights legislation, rent control, foreign policy, labor reforms, farm policy, displaced persons, and oleomargarine tax repeal drive the early docket.
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Washington
Congress
1949 State Taxes Rise Across Decade in U S
Louisiana led per capita state tax at about 92.19 with New York and California posting the largest total collections. Nebraska showed the lowest per capita rate while New York and California topped state tax receipts for 1948 49. Total collections reached 8.342 billion, up 117 percent from 1938 39.
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Chicago
Commerce Clearing House
Census Bureau
Louisiana
Nebraska
New Jersey
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
New York
California
Texas
Grayson County Traffic Deaths Reach 25 in 1949
Sherman reports 25 lives lost in Grayson County traffic accidents for the year, led by severe crashes on Highway 75 between Sherman and Denison as the toll rose to a multi year high in the area.
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Grayson
Sherman
Grayson County
Denison
Truman again asks Congress for fair deal program
President Truman framed his 1950 State of the Union in softer terms while urging passage of civil rights legislation Taft Hartley repeal and national health insurance. He warned failure would fuel his 1950 campaign. Republicans mocked the speech calling it socialist and noting omitted economy. He signaled later tax revisions to cut inequities boost business and raise modest revenue.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
GOP
America
Lunch Room Menus for Next Week
The menu lists daily items from Monday to Friday including deviled eggs candied yams green beans corn bread butter stewed prunes fruit juice and milk on Monday. Tuesday features vegetable stew croutons cookies fruit jello and milk with tomato juice. Wednesday offers bologna cups with potatoes lettuce and tomato salad bread butter honey and milk with fruit juice. Thursday serves tuna sandwich banana and peanut butter sandwich potato chips pickle honey balls and apple. Friday includes beans cooked with tomatoes and ham cabbage and apple salad rolls butter honey.
Brannan orders cuts in corn and rice plantings
Secretary Brannan announced a corn production program calling for a 12.9 percent cut in plantings next year and a 13.7 percent reduction in rice land from 1949. The department will also buy ungraded Midwest eggs at a floor price of 25 cents a dozen during January and February to support farm prices amid falling pork and egg markets.
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Washington
Brannan
Agriculture Department
Nest Run
Midwest
Congress
Sherman Banquet to Feature Cedric Foster as Speaker
Cedric Foster radio commentator will deliver the main address at the Sherman Chamber of Commerce banquet on January 26 at the municipal building. Foster also plans two broadcasts from Radio Station KRRV on January 26 and 27. Banquet committee members are C. K. Davis Jr, E. T. Fant Jr, and J. B. Farris Jr.
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Leonard
Glen Earnheart
S. T. Montgomery
Canada
World
By Allen Duckworth
U.S
Parent- Teacher Association
Senate
China
Labor—Administration
Foster
Galileo
Pendulum
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