Big Legion Picnic Begins Monday
The 21st annual American Legion picnic starts Monday at Legion park and runs through Saturday July 13. Since World War I the event has a long history, with WWII pause. local post veterans and Hammond's Pla-Park provide concessions and special nights including candidates night July 10 Sherman night and Denison night, with booster clubs running programs and police parking for a small fee. Large crowds expected, especially at night, and Whitewright returns after four years without a picnic.
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American Legion
Legion Park
Legion
Hammond
Pla-Park
Sherman
Denison
Whitewright
Truman Signs Bill to Extend War Powers
President Truman signed an amended second war powers act renewing authority to ration and allocate scarce materials. The bill prevents use as authority for price ceilings on commodities or rents and grants extended powers to requisition property and set priorities for another year to steer peacetime reconversion and production.
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Washington
Truman
Boom period for business is dead ahead
New York dispatchs into mid-1946 forecast a looming business boom with industrial backlogs, ample money, and strong demand. Estimates put national income near 165 to 175 billion dollars annually for six months, or 155 to 160 billion for the first half, more than double prewar levels. Prices expected to rise, with fears of strikes and withholding goods, while postwar reconversion officials cited substantial losses from recent strikes and disruptions. The article ends with an odd note about gulls and pea-soup fog.
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New York
Washington
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Steelman
Grayson Remains In Dry Column As Drys Win Election
In Grayson County the drys won the beer election by a margin over 1000 votes as 47 of 59 boxes reported. Denison 2494 yes 1155 no. Sherman 2186 yes 1752 no. Whitewright 403 votes with 310 against and 93 for. Whitewright’s strong showing contrasts with past years. County total votes 8246 dry by a large margin.
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Grayson County
van Alstyne
Denison
Sherman
Whitewright
Cotton margins cut to 20 dollars a bale in New York
The New York Cotton Exchange reduced cotton futures margins to 20 dollars per bale for present prices, down from 45 under old rules and 80 under former government requirements. The new schedule sets 10 dollars on futures at 25 cents or less, 15 dollars above 25 and under 30 cents, and 20 dollars above 30 cents. current prices are about 31 cents per pound, yielding a 20 dollar margin.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
OPA
Board of Governors
U.S. Spending Dips About 60 Percent in Postwar Year
Washington report notes the Seventy-Ninth Congress closed its first postwar fiscal year with about 60 percent of wartime appropriations, totaling roughly 24 billion dollars for the year beginning Monday. The year ending at midnight Sunday saw 58,921,229,000 dollars appropriated across all government activities.
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Washington
Seventy- Ninth Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Gunter Farmer Sets For Boll Weevil Fight
Grayson County Agent C L McConnell plans to combat boll weevil and cotton fleahopper in Gunter using a six row dusting machine with 15 pounds per acre of a calcium arsenate and sulfur mix. Weather must be calm and hot for the first application, and repeated dustings will follow as infestations justify. The preparation may be obtained from local gins, oil mills, or other insect poison suppliers.
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W. H. Jones
Grayson County
C. L. McConnell
Gunter
McConnell
Fifty-Five Cars Of Onions Shipped
The onion shipping season winds down in the White Wright area with 37 cars shipped by rail and about 20 by truck by Wednesday. Prices opened near $2.25 a bushel, then fell to about $1.25. Some growers profited, others barely broke even. one grower yielded 700 bushels on three acres while the average was about 150 bushels per acre. Many planted cotton between onion rows to pursue a separate cotton crop if insects stay away.
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Whitewright
New Texas Road Map Issued To Guide Visitors
Texas Highway Department releases limited postwar color travel map for out of state tourists. Deluxe edition includes U.S. map inset, Texas metropolitan insets, Pan American Highway routes, mileage charts, and 26 color scenes. Governor Stevenson invites travelers to explore Texas highways and attractions.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Lone Star
Texas
Department
United States
Mexico
Coke
Stevenson
Governor Stevenson
Baker's Process Gets More Bread
London report says H G Cripps of Berkhamsted Hertfordshire claims a secret doughmaking method yields 12 extra loaves per sack of flour. He says bread retains moisture longer, stays whiter and remains edible longer, but he will not publish the process.
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London
H. G. Cripps
Berkhamstedt
Hertfordshire
Cripps
Ministry of Food
FEPC Dies and Revival Hinted for 1947
Washington reports the Fair Employment Practice Committee has died at midnight Sunday. Six members resigned to President Truman, warning of renewed racial discrimination and an eventual revival in 1947. FEPC, created by executive order in 1941, spent 250000 for liquidation and turned records to the Treasury.
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Washington
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Congress
Truman
FEPC
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Texas drinks smokes more than last year
Texans are smoking more cigarets and drinking more liquor this year than last, while beer consumption declines. A state treasurer report released Saturday shows a $688,658.74 rise in revenue stamps sales for cigarets, liquor, prescription liquor and wine in June 1942 versus June 1941, with beer stamps dropping by $41,001.27.
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Austin
Jesse James
Second Bikini Lagoon atom test planned for undersea detonation
After a near view of Bikini Lagoon’s target fleet, observers noted heavier damage than earlier counts while some animals including pigs goats and rats survived. Twenty white mice also lived through the radioactive cloud in unmanned drones. Bikini Island showed few signs of harm as Joint Task Force One prepared for the next test set beneath Bikini Lagoon in three to four weeks. A third blast is planned for next spring or summer in deep water.
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Bikini Lagoon
Bikini Island
Joint Task Force One
Bikini
Nagasaki
Snyder Sees Taxes as Inflation Block
Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder said inflation may trigger higher taxes on individuals and corporations if prices run out of control, though no new tax levies are planned for 1946. He urged maintaining price controls and supported extending OPA powers temporarily until a new price bill is enacted.
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Washington
Snyder
Senate
House
Congress
Texas judge says husband may chastise wife
Federal Judge W H Atwell stated during a husband and wife suit that a man is allowed to chastise his wife in Texas, a common law state. The remark drew no objection from lawyers though the wife questioned its accuracy.
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Texas
Dallas
W. H. Atwell
Composing Room Men Seek Higher Weekly Scale
Rochester Times-Union and Democrat and Chronicle composing room workers demand a 100 to 115 dollar weekly pay scale in new contract proposals. Current Gannett contracts pay 58 dollars for day, 63 for night, and 65 50 for split shifts on a 37 5 hour week. contract expires July 30.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Times-Union
The
Democrat and Chronicle
Gannett Company
International Typographical Union
Terminal Leave Bill Postponed by Senate Committee
The Senate Military Affairs Committee delayed action for a week on a bill granting terminal leave pay to about 14 million veterans of the war. Senator Edwin C. Johnson said the delay allows the budget bureau to report on President Truman’s views.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Budget Bureau
Truman
Daniel Again Blocks OPA Stopgap Revival
In Washington a two week or longer price spike looms as Senate delaying tactics hinder renewal of price controls. Senator W Lee O Daniel and allies block House and Senate extensions, with Wherry and Bridges aiding the stoppage. Debate postponed until Friday as both chambers race to bring renewal measures before the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
W. Lee O’daniel
Dem
Texas
OPA
Kenneth Wherry
Rep
Nebraska
O'Daniel
Allen Barkley
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Grayson County WWII Veterans Count and VA Roles
Grayson County has 8332 World War II veterans with a probable 10 percent extra from other areas. VA regional reports cover 54 North Texas counties from Dallas, detailing medical care education loans and insurance. Current and future discharges may push regional totals toward 300,000, with caveats on transients and older veterans. Al’s joke ends the page.
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Grayson County
Veterans Administration
Selective Service
Dallas
North Texas
National Service Life
Texas
Federal Building
Sherman
General Holiday Planned For Fourth Of July
Whitewright observes its first general holiday since Christmas with most businesses closed July 4. Banks rural mail and post office follow holiday schedules while some grocery stores stay open briefly. No local celebration planned. many residents travel to Lake Texoma. Firecrackers return after a week as roads become crowded. drivers urged to stay safe.
Livestock Prices Decline as Markets Cool
Prices for cattle and hogs fell Tuesday amid a flood of shipments at stockyards. Hogs moved slowly around 16.50 after Monday's 18.50 high, the strongest since 1919. A 12-market survey showed 111,700 hogs penned, with supply pressures easing. The stock market cooled with narrow changes while wool, cotton, and grains fluctuated. Meat prices rose in the West and Midwest as Western packers lifted rates up to 30 percent.
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Chicago
OPA
West
Midwest
Western States Meat Packers Association
Midwestern States
Five Injured In Auto Crash On Sherman-Bells Road
Five young people from Whitewright were injured Friday night when their 1940 Ford struck a concrete bridge abutment after the car lights failed. The injured are Wanda dell Sanderson Pinky Raley Loren Paul Ryan Jack McSpedden and driver Joe Robinson. Ryan sustained head injuries and will be bedbound for two weeks. others had minor cuts and bruises. The car was nearly total wreck and sold to a junk dealer for 100 dollars.
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Whitewright
Sherman-Bells
Wandadell Sanderson
Pinky Raley
Loren Paul Ryan
Jack McSpedden
Joe Robinson
Young Ryan
Young Robinson
State funds climb to 108 878 465 in June
Total cash in all state funds rose to 108 878 465 last month, surpassing May by 1 985 780, per the state treasurer balance sheet for June. The general revenue fund stood at 33 428 598, down from 33 981 580 in May.
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Austin
General Revenue Fund
Five Room House Painted in Five Minutes at Marion
In Marion Indiana a team of 38 painters finished a five room home in 5 minutes 34 seconds as onlookers cheered. The project led by A A Roberts aimed for three minutes with a 50 man team and was set to paint the home of Albert Turner who retired due to illness.
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Marion
A. A. Roberts
Albert Turner
Turner
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