American Legion Adds 18 New Members at Barbecue
About 153 people attended the American Legion Post barbecue last Thursday night. Eighteen new members joined, boosting the post to roughly 150 members as it strives for a 200-member goal. The event, noted for its good food prepared by ex service men, featured minimal speeches under Commander Tom Sears policy and was described as one of the post’s most enjoyable gatherings.
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American Legion Post
Tom Sears
OPA Seeks Sugar Legislation for Rationing Plan
Washington A high OPA official said new legislation covering industrial sugar users is necessary if sugar rationing is to work. Without it OPA warns it cannot allocate sugar after about April 1 even if it survives a court challenge to its historical use system.
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Washington
OPA
War books give in to science medicine now
Chicago libraries report a shift from war era fiction to nonfiction and science. ALA survey of 150 libraries shows readers want realistic problems, biographies, family narratives, psychology titles, and medical topics. Atomic energy and medical advances top interest as war aviation fades.
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Chicago
American Library Association
Association
Paregoric Sale Limit Proposed by Texas Rep Overton
A bill by Rep. A. J. Overton Jr. of Palestine proposes banning paregoric sales without a physician prescription. Violation would be a misdemeanor with fines of 50 to 500 dollars and potential imprisonment from 30 days to six months.
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Austin
A. J. Overton Jr
Palestine
Prohibition Vote Ahead for Kansas Question
Kansans will vote next year on a constitutional amendment to permit liquor sales in the dry state. The measure cleared the Senate 35 to 4 after House approval, leaving only Gov. Carlson to set the election date.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
House
Frank Carlson
Rent Ceiling Boost Killed At 11th Hour
President Truman halted a last minute 10 percent rent ceiling increase and handed to Congress the duty to decide any broader rise.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Texas Rural Aid Teachers Get 300 Dollar Bonus
The Texas Senate approved a 300 dollar bonus for 15 000 rural aid school teachers in four monthly installments of 75 dollars each. The bill, authored by G C Morris, would add a 6 dollar per capita supplement plus any surplus in treasuries to teachers' pay if the House also passes it. The measure also allows funds for rural aid schools even without prior aid applications and would deduct one month's salary from a neglected superintendent or principal.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
G. C. Morris
House of Representatives
Rural Aid
Twenty-Fifth District Court
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Warning Near Southwest Border
In live stock areas the U S Department of Agriculture warns to watch for foot and mouth signs. Outbreaks in Mexico prompt U S and Mexican surveys to map control. No current U S border infections, but risk exists if disease reaches Texas and the Southwest. Report suspicious signs to authorities. border strays lack fencing to stop spread. A 1926 Mexican outbreak was contained by slaughter and quarantines.
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Texas
Southwest
United States
Mexico
Doctors Top List Of All Occupations In Student Vote
MINNEAPOLIS The doctor has replaced the banker as the man with the highest occupational prestige in a survey of 475 University of Minnesota students and area high school seniors in Minneapolis and St Paul. Bankers tie with lawyers for second. farmers and traveling salesmen slid in status since 1925.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Maethel E. Deeg
Donald G. Paterson
Occupations
Spirit moved him when he took lighter view of gas less gloom
John Coyne of San Antonio faced a gas shortage and ignore jeers from passersby. He bought lighter fluid at a drug store, emptied it into his car tank, and drove to the nearest filling station. The piece notes a biblical span measurement of three and five-eighths inches.
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San Antonio
John Coyne
Coyne
Sheriff Cracking Down On Traffic Law Violators
Sherman officials announce a murder charge in a fatal Sherman Denison highway crash signaling a new policy of drastic enforcement to reduce highway deaths. Sheriff Fred Prestage says the department will cooperate with state patrol and city police, urging public support to back prosecutions and traffic safety measures.
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Prestage
Sheriff's Department
A. D. Lummus
Lummus
Sun Honor Roll Adds Week’s Recognized Names
The Sun lists new honorees this week including R. H. Groves F. S. Call J. F. England Rev J. D. Fleming Mrs Cora Simmons J. A. Worsham R. A. Gillett Grover Gillett Mrs J. R. North W. H. Forrest Mrs Obie Rutledge C I Witt Roy Benson Mrs Ben Ball Guy Burchfield Printess Compton Billy Smith B J Harris Mrs H T Arterberry
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Sun
R. H. Groves
F. S. Call
J. F. England
J. D. Fleming
Cliff Emerson
Cora Simmons
J. A. Worsham
R. A. Gillett
Grover Gillett
J. R. North
W. H. Forrest
Obie Rutledge
C. I. Witt
Roy Benson
Ben Ball
Guy Burchfield
Printess Compton Billy Smith
B. J. Harris
H. T. Arterberry
Freezer or Locker Plan Suits Farm Families
Texas A M College Extension Service recommends a mixed system for a typical four person family. A six cubic foot home freezer plus three locker units at 12.50 each costs about 155 dollars yearly, about 80 cents more per week than exclusive community locker use, while improving home access to home frozen foods and quality produce.
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Gwendolyne Jones
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Right of Way Secured for Ida Road Farm to Market Route
County Commissioner E P Jackson and County Engineer Scott met with Whitewright residents to secure the right of way for the Whitewright Ida Sherman farm to market road. The existing path will be widened to meet state standards, with state work expected to start soon. The route, an A-1 farm to market road, will be built and maintained by the State Highway Department, promising a year round road for local residents. Most of the right of way from Choctaw Creek to Sherman has already been secured.
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E. P. Jackson
Scott
Whitewright
Whitewright-Ida-Sherman Farm
Ida
Jackson
State Highway Department
Choctaw Creek
Sherman
Gilchrist's Quiter Asked by Carets
Texas A and M College Cadet Corps officers resigned after a midnight march to President Gilchrist home. They voted to return to units but demanded Gilchrist's resignation. About 200 officers, including cadet colonel Ed Brandt, met with Col. Meloy Jr. and outlined demands for more cadet voice, senior privileges, and changes in regulations. The president declined comment.
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College Station
Texas A. & M
College Cadet Corps
Gibb Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Col
Guy S. Meloy Jr
West Point
Ed Brandt
Houston
Meloy
Brandt
Shannon Jones
Kaufman
A. & M. College
Bryan Army Airfield
House Keeps Wartime Excise Taxes
The House voted 373 to 35 to extend wartime excise tax rates, expected to raise $1.13 billion annually, extending beyond June 30 if Congress approves. The measure moves to the Senate, with Texas’ full delegation voting yes except Milton West who was absent. Taxes cover luxuries including furs and jewelry and non luxuries such as telegraph and telephone service and electric light bulbs.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Texas
Milton West
Brownsville
Tax Cut Proposal 25 Percent Under 1932 Plan
Rep Bender of Ohio proposed cutting Congress and general government spending 25 percent below 1932 totals. He cited 1932 figures of 4.948 billion with civil and miscellaneous at 2.641 billion, and contrasted Truman’s 37.5 billion budget with limited general government funding. He accompanied GOP members with a symbolic broom labeled Here’s yours lets do the job.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Heart disease kills Texans at twice cancer rate
Texas Health Department data from 1931 to 1945 shows heart disease deaths nearly always double cancer deaths. Heart deaths led all causes with cancer second. 1931 rate 129.7 per 100000 rising to 192.4 in 1945, with 87.6 for cancer. The bulletin notes incomplete reporting may affect figures and calls for prevention despite medical advances. Influenza outlook mild. January cases below seven-year high. Mumps whooping cough and chicken pox remain above median levels.
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Austin
Texas Health Department
Heart
State Health Health Department
Governor Jester outlines Texas policy agenda opposition to new taxes
Governor Beauford H. Jester told the 50th Texas Legislature the path of his campaign would be clear and specific. He seeks more than 88 million dollars in new appropriations by Aug. 31, 1949 without new taxes, and urges improvements in schools health crime and roads with targeted funding for teachers veterans and agriculture while opposing oil gas and sulphur tax hikes.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
State General Revenue Fund
Ex Sheriff McAfee Dies At Sherman
Robert Lee McAfee 85 former Grayson County sheriff died yesterday at 12 30 p m at his Sherman residence 909 E King He was appointed May 30 1899 to complete an unexpired term and was elected in 1890 1896 and 1910 Funeral services were to be held Thursday in Sherman A noted peace officer he also served six years as deputy U S marshal He was born in Kosciusko Mississippi in 1861 and came to Grayson County in 1880
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Kosciusko
Mississippi
Grayson County
Texas Bishop Backs Dry Cocktail Party Idea
Bishop Clinton S. Quinn of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas urged council delegates to hold cocktail parties without cocktails. He said young people are tired of the alcoholic social custom and that parties should have no liquor. He did not call for prohibition, but suggested removing liquor from gatherings. Egg beaters should be washed immediately after using. Keep cogs out of water.
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Beaumont
Clinton S. Quinn
Episcopal Diocese of
Texas
Foot Prints in Cement Prompt a Man's Ambition
In Abilene a 62 year old man, intoxicated, stepped into fresh cement on a residential sidewalk. He told officers that putting his footprints in wet cement had long been his secret ambition and he was glad to have achieved it.
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Abilene
Poliey
Sherman Man Charged In Fatal Auto Accident
Ted Jenkins, 31, was charged with murder without malice after Parks Claunch, 36, a Navy veteran, died when the car they rode in overturned one mile north of Sherman on Highway 75. Jenkins posted a $2,500 bond at a Tuesday hearing.
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Sherman
Ted Jenkins
Parks Claunch
Claunch
Jenkins
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