Sheriff's crackdown on gambling in Grayson County
Sheriff Fred Prestage and County Attorney Ralph Elliott issued a joint notice warning residents to remove punch boards pinball machines and other devices paying out prizes or money. Elliott said possession or showing any equipment used to wage money on chance violates state lottery laws and violators face fines and jail. The notice urges offenders to remove devices promptly and promises prosecutions after a reasonable period.
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Grayson County
Fred Prestage
Ralph Elliott
Texas
Elliott
Sugar Ration Boost Sought In Congress
In Washington on Tuesday House Republicans pressed to expand sugar availability. Rep August H. Andersen urged doubling the basic sugar ration to 30 pounds per person with a 10 pound canning supplement and higher allotments for industry. Rep Chester E. Morrow introduced a bill to end price and rationing controls and ban all sugar exports until domestic needs are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
August H. Andersen
Rep
Minnesota
GOP Food Investigating Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Chester E. Morrow
New Hampshire
Interest Growing in Saving Soil
Sherman Work Unit Area farmers join Upper Elm Red Soil Conservation District in 1946 to implement erosion control and soil improvement. Practices include cover crops and legumes on 2,440 acres with 167,400 pounds of superphosphate, mulch from crop residues on 6,875 acres, pasturing to ensure ground cover on 8,466 acres, and pasture seeding or overseeding on 699 acres with 60,000 pounds of super phosphate. Bermuda grass overseeded with black medic on 6 acres by O T Howdershall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Work Unit
Upper Elm-Red Soil Conservation
O. T. Howdershell
Bermuda
AAF to Cocoon 1500 B 29 Bombers in Weather Shielding
Washington reports the army air forces will have about 1500 B 29 Super Fortresses kept in ready storage for rapid deployment. The 1500 aircraft are undergoing a cocooning process to protect them from weather damage in the years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Forces
AAF
Shareholders Meet as First National Bank Reelects Officers
The annual meeting in the directors room drew 875 of 1000 shares. Officers reelected were C B Bryant Jr president Emmet Penn vice president R A Gillett cashier and W T Simmons assistant cashier. Directors named include Bryant Penn King Earnheart May Waggoner Kimbell Pennington. Banks deposits and loans reach a historic peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
C. B. Bryant Jr
Emmet Penn
R. A. Gillett
W. T. Simmons
Penn
Tom Sears
Pernie Badgett
Edith Harper
J. B. King
Glen Earnheart
Gomer May
J. H. Waggoner
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
R. T. Pennington
Sherman
Poage Says Southwest Farm Group Weakens in House Panel
Rep W R Poage of Waco deplores shrinking Southwest presence on the House Agriculture Committee in the new alignment. Only Poage and Rep Eugene Worley of Shamrock Texas remain from the region, with Rep Ross Rizley moved to Rules. Poage warns projects may be viewed as state biased while others from Mississippi and Arkansas fill the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
W. R Poage
Waco
Southwest
House Agriculture Committee
Poage
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Texas
Ross Rizley
Guymon
Okla
Agriculture
Rules Committee
Worley
South
Tom Abernethy
Mississippi
E. C. Gathings
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
New York
Clifford R. Hope
Kansas
Sun Honor Roll Names Added This Week
The Sun announces new additions to its honor roll for the week. The list includes J. E. Mangrum, Mrs. Frank Phillips, Mrs. Madge Cobb, C. E. Rice, Mrs. W. M. Williams, Mrs. Robert Gordon, H. M. Garner, T. B. Blanton, J. G. Muirhead, E. C. Watson, Mrs. Emma McCarty, Hugh Hunter, L. B. Head, Dr. H. V. Reeves, Mrs. W. T. Ross, Jack Hammond, Mrs. E. G. Bow, Guy Hamilton Jr., Edgar Lowells, J. T. Williams, Mrs. J. A. McKinney, W. H. Stedham, A. W. Alverson, H. M. Gentry, Mrs. R. L. Giles, D. L. Buchanan, Miss Cordelia Russell Taylor Autrey, Mrs. R. H. Hoar, Mrs. W. L. Kincaid, J. P. Harper, Guy B. Ely, Harold Thornhill.
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Sun
J. E. Mangrum
Frank Phillips
Madge Cobb
C. E. Rice
W. M. Williams
Robert Gordon
H. M. Garner
T. B. Blanton
J. G. Muirhead
E. C. Watson
Emma McCarty
Hugh Hunter L. B. Head
H. V. Reeves
W. T. Ross
Jack Hammond
E. G. Bow
Guy Hamilton Jr
Edgar Lowells
Truman Seeks Cuts to Crop Price Supports
President Truman projected government losses of at least 330 million dollars in supporting prices for 1947 crops and asked Congress to curb surpluses. He proposed cutting soil conservation payments for 1948 from 300 million to 200 million while warning losses could rise if farm markets weaken.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ford Prices Cut 15 to 50 Dollars in Big Move
Detroit dispatch reports Henry Ford II announcing price reductions from 15 to 50 dollars on current Ford passenger cars as shock treatment to halt rising costs. Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman praises the plan while Walter Reuther seeks to study the impact before commenting. The UAW-CIO had signaled a push for 2 34 cent hourly wage increases nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Ford
John R. Steelman
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Uaw-Cio
Republicans Plan To Extend Present Luxury Taxes
Washington reports Chairman Knutson of Minnesota announced that House Republicans will sponsor quick passage of legislation to indefinitely extend wartime excise levies on liquor furs jewelry and many other goods to forestall a July 1 rollback risking a 1.5 billion annual revenue loss. The measure tops tax bills and could be approved by Friday, aligning with President Truman’s recent recommendation to sustain war rates to ease distress seen in several industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
House
Knutson
Knutson Said It Might Be Approved By the Tax-Framing Committee
Truman
Congress
M K T to launch credit card system for travelers
ST LOUIS The Missouri Kansas Texas Lines will soon offer a credit card system and added conveniences to the traveling public Donald V Fraser president said Tuesday The plan covers credit to qualified card holders payable monthly for railroad tickets and Katy diners services including personal checks tele phone orders and free ticket delivery Fraser said the Katy aims to provide new services and simplify rail travel beyond existing transportation offerings
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Fraser
Federal Insurance Rolls Show Increase in 1946
In 1946, 885 people drew lump sum Old Age and Survivors Insurance payments totaling 123000 or so dollars, while monthly beneficiaries rose by 1,558 to 6,427 in Dallas eight-county area. Lump-sums paid to deceased insured workers with no eligible survivor also increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Tutt
Social Security Administration
Dallas
Tutt
Doctor Buys Interest in Denison Hospital
Dr. R. E. Lingenfelter announces purchase of one third in Denison General Hospital and Clinic at 215 West Sears Street Denison effective February 15 He buys Dr Henry Spivy's share and partners are Dr Chas Hawes and Dr T H Hoard Lingenfelter plans to move to Denison after selling his Whitewright office to Dr Ross R May He came to Whitewright in 1941 and cites better opportunities in Denison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Lingenfelter
Denison General Hospital
Sears Street
Denison
Henry Spivy
Chas. Hawes
T. H. Hoard
Lingenfelter
Ross R. May
Whitewright
Leonard Teams Split Doubleheader With Whitewright
In District 17-A action Leonard boys remained undefeated with a 26 to 10 win while Whitewright girls won 12 to 6. Leonard’s Robinson Collins and Lucas scored six each, Kaiser added five. Whitewright’s Huseman led with ten points in the girls game.
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Leonard
Whitewright
Robinson
Collins
Lucas
Kaiser
Tigers
Huseman
McBroom
Baker
American Legion Meets Celina Here Wednesday Night
The Whitewright American Legion basketball team will meet the Celina independent team at the High School gym next Wednesday night. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes for infantile paralysis. The Legion has not been defeated. Celina has a strong record, promising a strong game and large attendance.
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Bells
Whitewright High School
Tigers
Joan Huseman
Whitewright
Victor Burchfield
Whitewright American Legion
Bonham
Celina
American Legion
March of Dimes
Stassen Attacks Truman Budget as Wasteful and Extravagant
Former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen, the GOP presidential hopeful, labeled President Truman’s budget wasteful and extravagant. He urged a $5 billion cut to reach a total of $32.5 billion, sparing national defense, veterans hospitalization, housing, and debt interest. An across the board 25 percent cut would apply to the remaining $20.3 billion, aimed at trimming padding and non entitled beneficiaries in the $7 billion veterans budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Truman
GOP
Stassen
Million Pounds Sugar Conspiracy Case in New Mexico
In Albuquerque two Hobbs residents face federal charges for conspiring to illegally withdraw 1 044 904 pounds of sugar. U S Attorney Everett M Grant said Bartlet A M owner of a Hobbs soft drink franchise and Trudy Edwards former Hobbs bank clerk are charged with conspiracy in alteration of a US agency document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Hobbs
U. S
Everett M. Grantham
United States
A. M. Bartlett
Trudy Edwards
Whitewright Ida Road Designated by Commissioners Court
Grayson County Commissioners continued salary study for assistants and deputies but took no action. Judge J N Dickson cited budget limits as restraint while noting salary increase requests. The court accepted the farm to market road designation from Sherman to Whitewright via Ida and agreed to provide needed right of way. Bids were authorized for county depository services, pauper funerals and clothing, and typewriter service for the county building.
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Sherban
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
J. N. Dickson
Texas Highway Department
Sherman
Whitewright
Ida
Highway Department
Two Whitewright Boys To Receive Degrees At A. & M.
COLLEGE STATION One of the largest mid year classes to graduate from Texas A and M College will receive degrees as the current semester ends January 24. No formal commencement exercises. Total candidates 422 including 18 for masters 10 for veterinary medicine 14 for arts and 380 for science. Whitewright boys Billie G. Earnheart and Jack M. Meador are candidates for bachelor of science in mechanical engineering.
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College Station
Texas A. & M
H. L. Heaton
Whitewright
Billie G. Earnheart
Jack M. Meador
Crystal Ice From Mendenhall Glacier Chills Waldorf Dinner
At a Waldorf Astoria dinner, guests of Thomas H. Beck enjoyed cocktails cooled with glacier ice from Mendenhall Glacier Alaska. The ice, 6 million years old, arrived by transport plane after traveling 3,300 miles to the event hosted by Crowell-Collier Publishing chairman Beck.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Mendenhall Glacier
Alaska
Thomas H. Beck
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
Buy a Town and Get a Car Free in Dragerton Utah
War Assets Administration lists the unincorporated town of Dragerton Utah for sale as a whole 377 acres 604 frame dwellings water system utilities built 1943 for Geneva coal mine employees. Car included with the deal a Dodge sedan among miscellaneous equipment awaiting delivery.
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San Francisco
War Assets Administration
Dragerton
Utah
Price
Geneva
No Woman Ugly Educator Defends Hidden Beauty
Loyola Medical School professor Herbert A Ratner told a Burnham School of Beauty Culture graduating class that some women may be anemic or fatigued but every woman is endowed with a unique beauty He cited St Thomas Aristotle Augustine and Hippocrates to support cosmetic makeup as acceptable when a wife aims to please her husband.
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Chicago
Herbert A. Ratner
Loyola University
Medical School
Burnham School of Beauty Culture
St. Thomas
Aristotle
St. Augustine
Hippocrates
CIO GIVES VETS RADIOS TO ALL VETERANS HOSPITALS
General Omar Bradley, veteran administrator, received a $10,000 check from the CIO on Monday to fund radios for all 116 veterans hospitals.
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Washington, D. C
Omar Bradley
CIO
Senator praises Connally for wartime leadership
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, new chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, praised Senator Connally of Texas for able, friendly and effective leadership during the war years in a brief Senate speech.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Senator Connally
Texas
Traffic Problem Discussed By City And Booster Club
The streets and roads committee of the Booster Club met with the City Commission to discuss traffic regulation in the business district and other matters. The M K T Railroad will include warning signal installation at Main street crossing in its 1947 budget. Unloading trucks in rear alleys was urged to avoid mud and traffic hazards. owners to provide rear approaches with rock and gravel. The city will provide culverts as needed. School zone signs, stop signs, and curb markings on Main street were requested and the commission agreed to install them. Plans to end double parking on Main street were discussed. Night turning on residential street lights was debated. lights have been off at midnight for years. Attendees included Mayor Echols, Commissioners Hamilton and Childress, and Booster Club members Paul Stephens, B W Newman, C B Bryant Jr., Roy Blanton, T G Doss, and Marshall Hasty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster Club
City Commission
Marshall Hasty
M-K-T Railroad
Main Street
F. M. Echols
Grammar
Guy Hamilton
Roby Childress
Paul Stephens
B. W. Newman
C. B. Bryant Jr
Roy Blanton
T. G. Doss
Farms Grow Bigger as Numbers Shrink Across U S
U S Agriculture economists report fewer farms in the United States but with larger holdings. The average farm is about 50 acres bigger than 25 years ago. In 1920 there were 6,448,343 farms. by 1945 the total fell to 5,859,169. Over 40 percent exceed 1,000 acres, up from 25 percent. Midwest gains are less dramatic but still show larger sizes.
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Washington
United States
U. S. Agriculture
United States Census Bureau
Middlewest
Thirteen Weekend Arrests Record Set by Sheriff
Sherman report shows thirteen weekend arrests, the highest in months, with charges to be filed Monday for liquor law violations against two men from a raid north of Denison. One driving while intoxicated case noted. Other arrests include drunkenness five, highway violations three, vagrancy one, and one investigation. two detainees held for military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Sheriff's Department
Fred Prestage
Denison
Spinsters In Wedding Rings End In Divorce
Chicago reports playwright Alice Gerstenberg argues many married women remain spinster at heart blaming high divorce rates on lack of adjustment. She contrasts bachelor belles as more domestic and better adjusted than those who marry for security.
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Chicago
Alice Gerstenberg
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M-K-T
Dr. Lingenfelter
Denison Hospital
Plano
Plano High School
Whitewright-Ida Road
Senator
Connally
City and Booster Club
Sheriff's Force
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