Sun Subscription List Grows in 1946
The Sun reports a year end rise in subscriptions with many renewals and some subscribers paying two years ahead to avoid rate increases. Editors note possible price hikes as production costs rise, urge new subscribers to join now. A revised honor roll adds Edwin Badgett and twenty others including Mrs J D Lane and Anna Ruth Johnson.
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Sun
The
Edwin Badgett
W. T. Walker
M. R. Smith
F. L. Baxter
L. A. Newman
Lawrence Burden
Hugh Trotter
T. L. Cowart
W.C. Musser
J. D. Lane
S. J. Janway
Alva Blacker
W. T. McKinney
J. M. Franklin
J. D. Russell
Frank Armstrong
Anna Ruth Johnson
R. L. Benish
B. L. Janway
Jester Takes Oath As Texas Governor
Beauford Halbert Jester of Corsicana was inaugurated Texas governor amid a large ceremony with thousands of Texans, foreign officials, and military honors. Lieutenant Governor Shivers took oath earlier as Allan Shivers received ovations, while John Boles led the crowd in The Eyes of Texas as the event closed outdoors at the Capitol.
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Jester
Texas
Austin
Beauford Halbert Jester
Corsicana
Mexico
Tom Tyson
Beauford Jester
George T. Jester
Texas A. & M. College
Hardin-Simmons Band
Reed
W. O. Reed
Dallas
A. Frank Smith
Houston
Lloyd Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals Commission
Shivers
James P. Alexander
Supreme Court
Capitol
Death Strikes Double Blow at Fort Worth Church
Two Sunday school teachers at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth died after heart attacks during the morning service. Mrs. Weaver Owens, 45, and Mrs. Irving McDonald, 43, taught in the primary department and were seated together when the first attack struck. Mrs. McDonald aided Owens, waited outside for an ambulance, then fell ill during the sermon and died at home days later. Owens died in a hospital shortly after 6 p.m.
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Fort Worth
Travis Avenue Baptist Church
Weaver Owens
Irving McDonald
Owens
Denison Plans Fireproof Apartment Block at Corner
Mercer Simms announced a $100,000 apartment project in Denison featuring 21 to 28 efficiency units. The fireproof structure will be at Mirick and Morgan streets, with materials being assembled and occupancy expected by mid summer.
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Denison
Mercer Simms
Mirick
Morgan Streets
Simms
Pay Demands Rise in Portal-to-Portal Suit
In Los Angeles three CIO unions sue Ford, Curtis Wright, Timm Aircraft, Chrysler Motors, Freuhauts Trailer and American Aluminum seeking over 21 million dollars. The suit cites pay for time workers spend waiting to receive checks, part of ongoing portal-to-portal litigation.
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Los Angeles
CIO
Ford
Curtis Wright
Timm Aircraft
Chrysler Motors
Freuhauts Trailer
American Aluminum
Texas Farm Goals for 1947 Announced
Washington—Secretary of Agriculture Anderson outlined Texas crop and livestock production goals for 1947 with planted acreages and cattle figures. Key crops include wheat 6,000,000 acres and cotton 8,460,000 acres, plus beans, corn, oats, sorghum, peanuts, and potatoes, alongside beef cows on farms and ranches at 2,700,000 head and sows to farrow at 198,000.
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Washington
Anderson
Texas
Evans Proposes $300 Million Veterans Bonus Plan
Texas lawmaker Rep. Roger Q. Evans of Denison unveiled a bill to raise 300 to 400 million dollars for state veterans bonuses. He proposed funding via natural gas and crude oil taxes on pipelines, a 10 percent luxury tax on liquor and wine, and taxes on slot and vending machines. The plan would pay each veteran 15 dollars per overseas month and 10 dollars per month in the states, up to a possible 500 dollar maximum.
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Austin
Roger Q. Evans
Denison
Big
Little Inch
Evans
Texas
Building program proposed for 16 state schools
In Austin twenty three state senate members co author a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to authorize a building program at 16 state supported colleges and universities. The plan aims to meet veterans enrollment growth under the GI Bill and would let UT and Texas A and M issue 15 million dollars in bonds while the other 14 schools could issue bonds from five cents of the current 25 cent property tax. Governor Beauford Jester backs the measure and the senate approval is likely with 21 votes needed.
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Austin
State
Senate
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
House of Representatives
House
Beauford Jester
University of Texas
Texas A. and M. College
University Permanent Fund
Lumber production up in Southern Pine mills in December
Southern Pine Association figures via the University of Texas show December lumber production rising by five percent from November to 194,405 board feet per reporting mill. November output was 184,563 board feet, up 28 percent from December 1945, with a December output index of 67.5 versus 61.1 in 1945 and a yearly average index of 65.6, roughly two thirds of prewar levels.
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Austin
Southern Pine Mills
Southern Pine Association
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
GOP Backed By Senator O Daniel Keeps War Probe Panel
Senator W Lee O Daniel crossed party lines to sustain the special war investigating committee formerly led by Truman. The vote preserved the committee to air Roosevelt era war expenditures. Democratic leaders failed 45 to 47. O Daniel aligned with 48 Republicans, while 41 Democrats and 2 Republicans opposed. Connally sided with the Democratic minority.
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Washington
W. Lee O’daniel
Truman
O’daniel
Roosevelt
Special Committee
Tom Connally
Truman Committee
Three Die in School Shop Blast at Monroe City
Three Monroe City High School students in a shop class were killed when an electric welding machine ignited a gasoline tank in a 30 by 40 foot wooden shop building. Six others were burned, one critically, as flames spread from the tank to the fuel and the structure near the main school building.
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Monroe City
Two Men Plead Guilty to Income Tax Evasions
Dallas report states Martin Kornblatt of Denton and Nick Ellipolus of Dallas pleaded guilty to income tax fraud before Federal Judge Davidson. Kornblatt, owner of the Boston Store in Denton, paid a $5,000 fine and a total tax and penalty of $45,000, while Ellipolus faces sentencing later this week with tax and penalties totaling $9,214.51.
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Dallas
Martin Kornblatt
Denton
Nick Ellipolus
Davidson
Kornblatt
Boston
Ellippius
Burglary Ring Busted in Grayson County Trio linked to multiple thefts
Three youths arrested by Sheriff Fred Prestage confess to burglaries in Grayson and nearby counties. Loot recovered includes radios typewriters tools and clothing from several sites. Items sold to Dallas secondhand dealers. several suspects charged: Harold Phillips LaRock Carl Ross Neal and Raymond Lewis Walker.
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Fred Prestage
Alton McDowell
Grayson County
Collin County
Oklahoma
Sheriff Prestage
Dallas
E. M. Gant
Tom Bean
McDowell
Sheriff's
Princeton
Dwight Smith
Gant
Texas 15th in draft rejections among states in 1945
Texas men aged 18 to 37 were rejected by Selective Service at a 32 percent rate of those examined, ranking 15th. Fourteen states had higher rejection percentages, with South Carolina the worst at 44.2 percent and New Jersey the best at 23 percent. overall, 286400 Texans were rejected out of 894300 examined by Aug 1 1945.
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Washington
Texas
South Carolina
Lone Star State
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
Florida
Tennessee
Vermont
West Virginia
Colorado
Arizona
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Selective Service
Don't Give Hot Drink to Junior He'll Stay Awake
A report notes that hot cocoa can keep children awake due to increased body metabolism while adults may fall asleep believing it will help them. Dr. Mina Lamb of Texas Tech explains psychological factors influence adult insomnia whereas children react to physiology. Also mentions vividly colored leeches in the South Seas.
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Junior
Lubbock
Mina Lamb
Texas Technological College
Lamb
Veterans May Reinstate NSLI by Feb 1 1947
Veterans with lapse or inactivity in National Service Life Insurance may reinstate without a physical exam until February 1 1947. Reinstatement requires a signed statement of health and can involve two monthly premium payments. Policies issued before January 1 1946 carry eight years from issue. after carry five years or convert to permanent. Beneficiaries may include individuals corporations or estates. An income disability rider may be added with extra premium. VA Sherman office Room 320 P O Bldg.
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Thomas FE. Mack
Veterans Administration
American Red Cross
NSLI
P. O
Sherman
Texas
Battle for the presidency in 1948, Reece warns
CHICAGO. B Carroll Reece, Republican national chairman, told Cook County precinct workers that victory last November would be nullified unless the party wins the 1948 presidential battle. He warned the campaign of 1946 was only the first major battle in restoring the American system and noted Republicans hold only one of three federal branches. He accused the Democratic Party in the South of ruling by racial dictatorship termed Bilboism.
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Chicago
B. Carroll Reece
Reece
Cook County
Democrat Party
Grayson County to issue two license plates in 1947
Grayson County automobile owners will receive two full-sized plates for 1947, the first time two plates have been issued since 1942. The black plates with white letters will be ready February 1 and distributed then, with a through April 1 deadline to register and obtain the new plates.
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Grayson County
Robert Dean
Texan Disclosed as One in Famous Photo
Washington DC A Marines identity change in the Iwo Jima flag raising photo was disclosed by General A A Vandegrift. Corp Harlan H Block of Weslaco Texas replaces Sgt Henry O Hansen of Somerville Mass after an investigation at the request of Representative West of Texas. The Feb 23 1945 image by Joseph Rosenthal is reassessed amid the Mount Wilson note.
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Washington, D.C
Mount Suribachi
Iwo Jima
West
Henry O. Hansen
Somerville
Mass
Joseph Rosenthal
Associated Press
Meador Adds Son to Business and Expands
C J Meador announces son Jack M Meador will be assistant general manager after earning a mechanical engineering degree from Texas A M College and four years in the Army Air Corps. The firm, an International Harvester dealer, launches major improvements with new showrooms, shop, and warehouses. Fred Cook also joins as service manager to oversee the shop. completion targeted by March 1 if weather allows.
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C. J. Meador
Jack M. Meador
Young Meador
Texas A. & M. College
Army Air Corps
International Harvester Company
Pruning Guidelines For Texas Gardeners In January And February
College Station January and February are prime pruning months for Texas gardeners says Sadie Hatfield from Texas A and M Extension Service. She notes avoid pruning very early bloomers like spirea and redbud until after bloom, while Panhandle waits for warmer weather.
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College Station
Texas
Sadie Hatfield
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Miss Hatfield
Texas Parole Probe Promised By Senate Senators
A Texas Senate resolution calls for a sweeping probe of the state pardons and paroles system after criticism from various quarters. Seven senators including Kyle Vick and Jim Taylor sponsor the measure, with a special committee possible if not acted on within twenty days. The chamber adjourned to study the plan before final action on Monday.
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Austin
Senate
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Kyle Vick
Waco
Jim Taylor
Kerens
Senate General Investigating Committee
Girl Shoots Father During Family Quarrel in Houston
In Houston, Doyle Whittington 32 was shot in the back at his home during a quarrel as his wife was attacked. Their 13-year-old daughter Bonnie Lee Whittington told officials she shot her father with a .38 caliber German Luger while trying to help her mother.
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Houston
Doyle Whittington
Bonnie Lee Whittington
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