Southwestern Bell Proposes Dial System and Higher Rates
Mayor R R Summers announced a public hearing at 8 p m on July 25 with Jerome McKinney district manager of Southwestern Bell to discuss an ordinance raising rates in Whitewright For business phones the proposed one party rate would be 8 00 with a 1 50 extension and a 4 75 one party residence phone plus a 1 00 extension Rural rates would rise to 5 50 for business and 3 50 for residence with a 15 tax. The company plans a new dial system costing about 55000 and rural lines using power company and REA lines.
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R. R. Summers
the Sun
Jerome McKinney
Denison
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Whitewright
McKinney
City Commission
Telephone Company
Power Company
REA
Local Exchange
Union Debunks Report Of End To Steel Strike
Pittsburgh report claims of a secret settlement were denied by union aides and no new bargaining talks are planned. White House action is not announced. The strike, the costliest in steel history, maintains daily losses of about 40 million dollars in wages and production.
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Pittsburgh
White House
New York State
CIO United
Aids
The
Iron Age Magazine
Murray
Price-Fixing Law Gets President Truman's Approval
President Truman signed a controversial fair trade act allowing state level price fixing on brand-name merchandise. Supporters hail it for helping small independent merchants while opponents warn of higher consumer costs and antitrust concerns. The president urged Congress to study fair trade, price discrimination, and antitrust policy further.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Third Sunday Singing Convention at Bethel Church
The Third Sunday Singing Convention is set for Sunday at Bethel Church starting 2 30 pm. Lovers of good singing are urged to attend as quartets from various parts of the county perform in an air conditioned church.
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Bethel
L. L. Wendell
Texas crop acreage up 1 percent for harvest
The USDA said on July 1 Texas harvest acreage rose to 26.3 million acres from 24.5 million last year. Sorghum gained about 1.45 million acres while cotton declined by about 818,000 acres. other crops showed minor changes. Monticello is mentioned as Thomas Jefferson's home.
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Austin
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
Local businessmen eyeing exchange purchase named by papers
Marshall Hasty and another local businessman were said to lead a group interested in buying the exchange but this could not be verified. Mr Hight denied involvement, noting he learned of it from publications. He believed local capitalists could raise the price if the telephone company agreed to a fair sale.
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Marshall Hasty
The
Sun
Hight
Mr. Hasty
Texans Move to Compromise Over Delegation Seating
Loyal Democrats in Austin push for a compromise on seating at the Democratic national convention. Gov. Allan Shivers supporters insist on seating the regular delegation, while liberal Democrats urge recognition of their pledged group. Leaders from both factions plan to meet in Chicago to seek a resolution.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Chicago
Ill
Shivers
Fagan Dickson
Loyal Democrats
National Committee
Dickson
Texas Draft Call Seeks 1188 Men for September Quota
Texas selective service announces a September draft call for 1,188 Texans. Local board quotas will be mailed next week, Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield says. Men 20 or older to fill the September quota, with about 400 aged 21 or older to be provided by Texas.
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Austin
State Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Texas
Jenkins and Jenkins honor rolls of death notices
Graveside services were held for George W. Jenkins 56 at Wittitoe Cemetery after a heart attack at his home near Whitewright. Ministers conducted the services with nephews as pall bearers. Burial directed by Earnheart. Survivors include his mother and seven brothers and six sisters. In Savoy, Robert (Bob) Jones Jenkins 76 died at a Denison hospital. Funeral at Savoy Church of Christ with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery. He was born in Bells and educated at Savoy. survived by two brothers, a sister, four nieces and a nephew.
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Wittitoe Cemetery
George W. Jenkins
Whitewright
David G. McNeal
Church of Christ
Earnheart
Mr. Jenkins
Howe
W. L
Mary Jenkins
W. H. Jenkins
Carrolton
John J. Jenkins
Pat L. Jenkins
Tulsa
Okla
Robert L. Jenkins
Philadelphia
Walter Jenkins
Albert T. Jenkins
Dallas
Clyde Jenkins
Grand Prairie
Bonnie Stephens
Arthur Badgett
Florence Skipworth
Savoy
Savoy Church of Christ
Robert
Bob) Jones Jenkins
Denison
Jack King
Bonham
Sunnyside Cemetery
Bells
Halsell College
J. W. Jenkins
Amy Jenkins
Fletcher dies in Quitman Texas after Desert birth
Willie Andrew Fletcher died July 9 at his son's home in Quitman Texas. Born August 27 1887 at Desert south of Whitewright he was the son of John and Millie Fletcher. Funeral held Friday at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Desert. Survivors include wife two sons Wilton Fletcher of Quitman John Fletcher of Dallas one sister Mrs W A Akridge Desert one granddaughter Carter Jane Fletcher Quitman and three nieces. Chest X ray surveys in Texas were used to detect tuberculosis and other chest diseases.
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Willie Andrew Fletcher
Quitman
Texas
Desert
Whitewright
John
Millie Carter Fletcher
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Wilton Fletcher
John Fletcher
Dallas
W. A. Akridge
Carter Jane Fletcher
Roscoe Pace
Denison
Paul Cook
Jeff Wooldridge
Rockwall
Rain Delays American Legion Picnic Schedule
A slow ongoing rain drenched parched crops and pasture, recording half an inch by eight this morning. If showers continue, opening night will be muddy though organizers still aim to carry out the three night schedule as weather permits.
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City
American Legion
Truman Signs Bill For Home Construction
President Truman signed a law authorizing 1.395 billion dollars in federal funds to spur housing construction. The package includes 900 million for direct mortgage purchases by the government and a 400 million expansion of FHA authority, with 50 million for direct construction in defense areas and 5 million for Alaska loans. Fannie Mae will buy mortgage paper private investors won t take.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Housing Administration Authority
Treasury
Blind pugilist and seeing eye dog at Legion picnic
Buddy Dyer, a former middleweight fighter who lost sight in the ring, visits The Sun with his seeing eye dog Mike. He announces his book Champions Uncrowned published by Story Book Press and outlines sales arrangements through Jimmie McSpedden at Childress Pharmacy and Dallas stores pricing.
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Buddy Dyer
Mike
Sun
Mr. Dyer
Story Book Press
Flash
American Midway
American Legion
Jimmie McSpedden
Childress Pharmacy
FBI Near Perfect Record In Year Of 1952
FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover reports fiscal 1952 ending June 30 saw 11 000 cases solved and a near perfect record with 97.2 percent of trial defendants convicted. Most convictions were by guilty pleas at 92 percent, with 8 percent by trial. Recovery of funds to taxpayers reached 61 918 535 dollars, up 22 million from the prior year.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S
Uncle Sam
Candidates To Speak At Picnic Here Tonight
Chicago based Sen Richard Russell and Sen Estes Kefauver arrive in Chicago for the Democratic nomination push while Whitewright Grayson County picnic organizers announce speakers. Rayburn Reagan Brown and other officials plan appearances as Denison Sherman Night and a three day program unfolds with bands caravans and political rallies.
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Whitewright
Legionnaires
Grayson County
Lindley Beckworth
United States Senate
Legion
Price Daniel
Perrin Air Force Base
Chamber of Commerce
Sherman Chamber
Melvin Sisk
Wayne Sellers
Chamber
Sherman
Uncle Bert
W. O. W. Melody Boys
Bells
Freeman Carney
Denison Chamber
Hugh Chestnut
Good Neighbor Committee
Denison
Carl Whitten
Daniel Rules Employe Gets Time Off to Vote
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel ruled that employers may not block workers from voting or deduct wages for time spent at the polls. He certified the statute as constitutional with penalties up to 500 dollars. The opinion followed a request from Fort Worth District Attorney Stewart Hellman.
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Daniel
Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Stewart Hellman
Fort Worth
Mary K. Wall
Steel Lack Hits U.S. Industry
Drastic cutbacks by steel starved manufacturers deepen the industrial decline as the steel strike enters its sixth week. More than 1.2 million workers are out, auto plants idle near 300,000, and steel production losses reach 12.7 million tons while only about 15 percent of mills operate.
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New York
Fourth Odessa Youth’s Body Found on Texoma Shore
The remains of 17 year old Robert Reed, the last of four Odessa youths who drowned December 8 1951 in Lake Texoma, were found Monday near the Caney Creek homesite area in Oklahoma. Reed’s identity was confirmed by clothing and dental work and the body was moved to Watson Funeral Home in Maddill Oklahoma.
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Odessa
Lake
Texoma
Caney Creek
Oklahoma
Robert Reed
Watson Funeral Home
Madill
Okla
Columbia Unveils No questions Loan Fund
New York report details a memorial loan fund at Columbia University for engineering students. Initiated by classmates for Jay L White who died after graduation in 1948, it began with 106 dollars and grew to about 400 dollars funded by his family and others. Since October 1949 it has operated without loss.
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New York
Columbia University
School of Engineering
Jay L. White
White
Truman Moves Into Hospital After Virus Illness
President Truman entered Walter Reed Army Hospital for a checkup after a four day virus attack. Press Secretary Short said he had no fever and hoped to be discharged in two or three days. The visit would not delay his plans to attend the Democratic national convention in Chicago next week.
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Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
Joseph Short
Army Medical Center
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Bill
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Sheriff's Department
Whitewright Legion Post
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Thomas Sears
John Reeves
Wilson Kaiser
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Roy Blanton
Robert Doss
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Sears
Jack Meador
E. W. Fields
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