Air Force Day set with Perrin Field open house
Perrin Field hosts Air Force Day on Thursday with open house for Sherman and Denison residents. Aerial displays include 24 AT-6 formations over the area at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., B-25s A-26s C-47s and other craft on display, plus parachute jumps, a rescue drill by the fire department and a helicopter and P-80 display being pursued. An Air Force recruiting booth will provide enlistment facilities.
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Air Force
Perrin Field
Sherman and
Denison
Perrin Field Fire Department
Grady Thompson Jr. Endorses Father in Grayson Sheriff Race
Grady Thompson Jr., 1st Lieutenant Infantry, writes from Manila Philippines to Grayson County voters urging support for his father Grady Thompson in the upcoming Grayson County Sheriff election. He recalls helping his father’s campaign in 1940 and emphasizes the candidate's experience and qualifications.
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Grayson County
Grady Thompson
Grady Thompson JR
Grayson County Rumbles Over New Oil Well Output
In Delaware Bend near Denison the Handy No. 2 well on the J. R. Handy estate tract reportedly flowed 20 barrels per hour under its own pressure after casing and a cement plug were removed. A new location was started 600 feet north as tanks move in. The crude shows a gravity around 40 and is hailed as possibly Grayson County’s best yield.
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J. R. Handy
Denison
Handy
Delaware Bend
Money Gone To The Dogs In Farm Town Scandal
Waldo Spain kept racing greyhounds fed with scraps from Coleman Jennings and Gip Smith. Friday morning Smith found about $600 in missing cash and checks hidden in the meat scraps box after a night gone to the dogs. They searched the pen and found torn money and mangled checks in the dog area.
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Farmersville
Waldo Spain
Spain
Coleman Jennings
Gip Smith
Smith
Jennings
Property Buy Sell Offer by Tom Barbee
A compact land and city property notice by Tom Barbee invites buyers and sellers to contact him for transactions. The message emphasizes availability of land or city property for purchase and suggests consulting Barbee for selling.
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Tom Barbee
Senate Approves Terminal Leave Pay Plan
The Senate approved a plan to grant 2 to 3 billion dollars in terminal leave pay to enlisted personnel and discharged veterans, with most payments to be issued as bonds to curb inflation. The measure, passed by voice vote, returns to the House which had backed cash payouts in a similar bill.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Truman
Claude Pepper
Dem
Florida
Edwin Johnson
Colorado
Treasury and Budget Bureau
Law on ogling sparks Detroit debate
In Detroit a revived city ordinance targets ogling the opposite sex with a fine up to 500 dollars or 90 days in jail. Lt. Charles Witherite notes a first class leer may cost 20 to 25 dollars if no molestation occurs. The report also notes 4,300 farming people were killed in motor vehicle accidents last year.
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Detroit
Mich
Best Qualified Judge Ad Endorses Paul McCarroll
A Dallas Bar backed claim calls McCarroll the Best Qualified for Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals. The incumbent is described as lacking combat service despite 25 years in politics. The ad advocates electing the ex-combat soldier to the judgeship.
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Dallas
The
Court of Civil Appeals
Carpenter, 60, Proves One Can Live Cheap In Mass
STOUGHTON Mass Leonard A Whitten 60 a carpenter who estimates his yearly expenses at 400 dollars is not concerned about high cost of living. He built the two room house he lives in grows vegetables hunts for meat and lets his hair grow. He has no electricity or telephone and cuts his own wood for fuel. He says unwashed overalls do not wear out.
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Stoughton
Mass
Leonard A. Whitten
Death Ends Sherman Woman's Honeymoon
The honeymoon of Mrs. Charles D. Davis Jr. ended in tragedy when she died in Roswell New Mexico from injuries after being thrown from a horse. She was the former Miss Clotile Abernathy of Sherman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Abernathy. Funeral services were held in Sherman. Also included is a humor item: What Happens Stranger about boys who play marbles on Sunday.
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Sherman
Charles D. Davis Jr
Roswell, N. M
Clotile Abernathy
Jeff Abernathy
Butter boycott signs told shoppers to skip high prices
Grocer John Stedelin in Centralia II posted a sign on butter at 80 cents a pound urging a boycott. He announced with satisfaction that no butter sold as customers refused to buy high-priced items, hoping to influence prices.
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Centralia, II
John Stedelin
Stedelin
Rug With Cushioned Deep-Pile Feel Described
A trade journal notes a floor covering that mimics the cushioning of a deep-pile rug with a surface of polyvinyl chloride resin and an eight inch sponge layer beneath, suggesting a product designed for comfort and warmth.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Kingston
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Texas
Elbert Bennett
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
Main Street
C. P. Masters
C. T. Sadler
W. J. Schiller
Whitewright
West Main Street
J. A. Bixler
Karo Maxey
Stephens & Bryant
Ribbons—The Sun
Stafford
Universal Typewriter
J.D. Durmon
Louise St
Atlanta
Tad
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
E. E. Tomlinson
W. H. Woods
S. H. Johnson
M. L. Tollenson
Ben Tollenson
R. H. Tollenson
F. C. Tollenson
Cash Plan
Paul McCarroll
France
Carpenter
B. L. Janway
Boyce House
Retty
Hetta Shell
Fort Worth
Hetta
J. P. Shell, Jr
Edger Jackson
Ek, P. Jackson
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