Dewey May Bring First Whiskered President Since Taft
The Edison Mustache Surveying Corporation reports that if Thomas E. Dewey wins the presidency he would be the first chief executive with a mustache since Taft. It notes only nine of 33 presidents wore whiskers, with Lincoln the first GOP officeholder to sport facial hair.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
William Howard Taft
James Abram Garfield
Taft
Dewey
Edison Mustache Surveying Corporation
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Garfield
Chester Alan Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Marshall
Charles Curtis
Survey Reveals Ongoing Texas School Overcrowding
The Texas State Teachers Association reports 46.7 percent of about 1.5 million Texas public school children in overcrowded classes. Large districts like Amarillo Corpus Christi and Galveston use half day schedules as classes soar past thirty, with some reaching sixty five pupils.
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Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Joe Humphrey
Abilene
Teachers Association
National Education Association
Willie Mae Floyd
NEA
Floyd
Humphrey
Truman vetoes restoration bill for Key House
The White House announced President Truman pocket vetoed a bill to restore the home of Francis Scott Key in Washington. The measure would authorize $65,000 for work, and would have directed restoration of the Star Spangled Banner author’s residence.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Francis Scott Key
Charles G. Ross
Flowers honor dog Patsy at hotel fire funeral
Mr and Mrs Monroe Maynard honored Patsy the dog with more than 100 dollars in flowers after the animal woke them during a hotel fire in 1935 in Hot Springs Arkansas. Patsy was buried in a satin lined air and water proof coffin with floral tributes exceeding 100 dollars from owners and friends.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Monroe Maynard
Patsy
A&M Establishes Journalism Department For Texas Newspapers
Texas A&M College will open a journalism department in September to train students for running small-town weekly and daily papers and to focus on writing about agricultural and technical subjects. Paris marks the Unknown Soldier tomb under the Arc de Triomphe.
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College Station
Texas Boys
Texas A&m College
Gibb Gilchrist
Paris
Political Announcements for Grayson County July 1948 Primary
The Sun publishes candidate slate for Democratic Primary on July 24 1948. Names include G C Morris Sam Rayburn David H Brown Grayson Col J A Benton William M Cramer Robert Doss George T Morris Calvin Buchanan Harold Vestal Jim Dickson Murkel Dicken Fred Prestage Edgel Jackson Far Work Louis Quassa Frank Trimm Tom Head and Choice Moore for Fannin County.
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Murkel Dicken
Fred Prestage
E. P
Edgel) Jackson
F. M
Far
Work Louis G. Quassa
Frank Trimm
Various listings and notices in Sherman area commerce
Classified style page itemizes for sale and rent items from autos and appliances to houses and flowers. Also includes notices for electric motors and tractor plugs, a nursing job ad, and a legal notice appointing Bonnie Lee Payne as independent executrix of David T. Payne’s estate in Grayson County Texas.
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F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis
Sherman
State of Texas
Grayson
David T. Payne
Grayson County
Texas
J. N. Dickson
A. D
Sadler
Bonnie Lee Payne
Negroes Despair Of Both Parties Over 1948 Election
Kansas City NAACP official says some Black voters back Henry Wallace due to disgust with two major parties. Walter White closes the 39th convention with a blistering attack on the 80th Congress. He warns if America endures another such Congress civilization may not survive. A line notes the Black Plague deaths in the 14th century.
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Kansas City
Henry Wallace
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Walter White
NAACP
America
White
High Radio Ownership Reaches 94.2 Percent of U S Families
The Broadcast Measurement Bureau reports that 94.2 percent of American families own radios as of last January, up 3.8 percent from January 1946. An estimated 37,623,000 radio owning households, with many families owning multiple sets, and total sets in use around 66 million.
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New York
Broadcast Measurement Bureau
Industry Research Organization
Cancer Deaths Rise 18 Percent in Texas 1943 to 1947
Dr Geo W Cox Texas State Health Officer reports mortality tables show cancer deaths climbing from 5557 in 1943 to 6770 in 1947 an increase of over 18 percent. He cites delayed treatment after suspicion of cancer as a major factor.
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Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Texas State Department of Health
Cox
Mrs Dewey’s Mother Was on Democrat Side
RESEDA Calif Mrs Thomas E Dewey’s mother was an avid Democrat a relative says Clark Meredith a retired dime store operator and second cousin of the wife of the Republican nominee recalls babysitting Frances and her brother in Sherman Texas He notes her strong Democratic ties Frances’ mother was related to Jefferson Davis. Melvin H Baker of Washington heads the Construction Industry Information committee says power tools speed home building and other construction work.
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Reseda
Calif
Thomas E. Dewey
Clark Meredith
Sherman
Texas
Frances
Jefferson Davis
Melvin H. Baker
Washington, D. C
Construction Industry Information Committee
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T. W. Ayres & Son
Stetson
A&m
the Sun
Congress
G. C. Morris Sam Rayburn
David H. Brown
Grayson-Collin J. A
Capt
Benton
Court of Civil Appeals
William M
Bill) Cramer
Robert Doss
George T. Morris J.C
Calvin) Buchanan
Harold H. Vestal
J. N
Jim) Dickson
Constable
Tom Head
Fannin County
Moore
Lon Smith
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Babcock Auto Repair Shop
Bath
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Food Choppers
Universal
Kelley Garage
Tom Sears
Tf Electric Motors
Tillett Grocery & Market
McQuay
Norris
Perfect Circle
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright
Ford
Chevrolet
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
Tom Barbee
Wolfe City Community Hospital
Farmall
John Deere
Allis Chalmers
W. E. Stanford
Wes Judd
W. A. Gladden
Joe W. McCarty
S. Travis
N. B. Nicholson
U. S. Army
U.S. Air Forces
Thermos
Steve Wicks
Minnow
Coleman Irons
U. S
Mrs. Dewey
Sherwin-Williams ProducTs
Souris
Sherwin-Williams
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