Red Cross Drive Opens in Whitewright Area Campaign
The annual Red Cross membership drive starts this week in Whitewright Pilot Grove Bethel and Kentuckytown districts with a $400 quota. Harold Doss oversees city hall collections and Inez Ray handles Pilot Grove inquiries. Last year’s report highlights veterans aid and global relief efforts totaling hundreds of millions in services and materials.
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Red Cross
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Bethel
Kentuckytown
Harold Doss
Kaiser's
Inez Ray
The
Cash Sought for GI Bonds Discharge Petition Aims Floor Vote
Rep Dwight L Rogers of Florida drafts a discharge petition to force a House vote on cashing now the 2.15 billion dollars in bonds issued to ex GI’s for terminal leave pay. He predicts strong Republican support and notes bills sit in the armed services committee awaiting action. If signed by 218 members, the petition would bypass the committee and bring the measure to the floor for action.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
Florida
Rogers
House Armed Services Committee
House
Price Rise on Canned Food Seen Inevitable
In Dallas at the Texas Wholesale Grocers Association convention President Harry Shufford warned that higher freight rates wages and sugar costs will push up prices on many canned foods. He expected a gradual leveling of overall prices over the next two years.
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Dallas
Harry Shufford
Texas Wholesale Grocers Assn
Shufford
Death Plays It Double Or Nothing
In San Francisco Miss Mildred Bryant, 80, reports her sister Helen, 72, librarian, just died of a heart attack. Mildred then collapsed and died of a heart attack at their home. Near San Jose Harry Richmond, 76, retired rancher, died of a heart attack while driving. his wife, 70, collapsed and died after trying to rouse him. The couple had been married 55 years and were returning from a wedding.
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San Francisco
Mildred Bryant
Helen
Mildred
San Jose
Calif
Harry Richmond
Clark Puts Truman Upswing for 1948 Bid
U S Attorney General Tom Clark said he will be busy in 1948 helping reelect Harry S Truman, while denying any political ambition himself. Speaking to a legislative joint session, he praised Truman for wartime outcomes and warned against Communist ideology, stressing justice department vigilance.
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Austin
U. S
Tom Clark
Harry S. Truman
United States
Dallas
Fred Harris
Clark
Truman
Fred Vinson
Supreme Court
George Marshall
America
Department of Justice
Teacher Pay Bill Seeks No New Taxes in Senate Race
A Senate counterproposal to the House plan for higher teachers salaries aims to avoid new taxes while funding raises to about 2007 dollars a year, with Taylor asserting the measure mirrors Gov. Jester's equalization plan and ties aid to attendance rather than census figures. The plan would base pay on degree status and experience, cap state aid to smaller districts, and shift maintenance duties to local districts.
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Austin
House
Senate
James E. Taylor
Kerens
Beauford H. Jester
Dallas Blankenship House
Jester
Taylor
Blankenship
Goos and Gander Quote Sparks County Debate
Tom H. Thornton of Spur, a former Palo Pinto resident, tells the Palo Pinto County Star that a woman has as much right to drive from the back seat as a man to cook from the front room. The Sun does all kinds of printing.
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Tom H. Thornton
Spur
Palo Pinto
The
Palo Pinto County
American Legion Plans for Home Progress Discussed
At the Post 225 meeting in the Legion hall a drawing of the proposed American Legion home by Sherman architect Jim Grady was reviewed. No action was taken, but Grady will meet with the post to explain his plans. Drawings are on display at Blanton Home & Auto Supply for inspection. Commander Tom Sears announced a basketball game between the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars at 7:30 Friday night in the High School gym with proceeds shared to fund uniforms.
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American Legion
Legion Hall
Jim Grady
Sherman
Grady
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Tom Sears
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texoma To Get New Crop of Bass
Denison report states about three million largemouth bass fry will be released into Lake Texoma from the Tyler fish hatchery as soon as hatched. Biologist Homer Buck notes it will take at least a year to reach the 10 inch legal limit.
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Denison
Texoma
Tyler Fish Hatchery
Homer Buck
Mr. Buck
Texas
Buck
Truman Pushes End of Draft as Enlistment Backstop Hangs
President Truman urged Congress to let the draft law expire March 31 and signaled a renewal only if voluntary recruiting fails. The Army will discharge 100,000 draftees by May 15 domestically and June 30 overseas, leaving an all volunteer force. Navy draftees already released. If the act ends, 18-year-olds won’t register, old registration cards can be torn up, and many draft boards and payroll staff may vanish.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Selective Service
War and Navy Departments
Setback for racing bill stalls at House vote
The Texas House voted 70 to 64 to recommit Rep. John J. Bell's horse race betting bill to the Committee on State Affairs. Bell, chairing that panel, opposed Rep. Sterling Williams' recommit motion along with Rep. Tom Martin. Williams urged a public hearing, arguing opponents should have a fair chance to testify. He said previous notice may have satisfied legal, not moral, obligations.
Open Shop Measure Approved by House
A Texas open shop bill passed the House by 98 to 37 and moves to the Senate. The labor committee endorsed two related bills: one to outlaw strikes by state and local employees, including teachers, and another to hold unions liable for damages from unlawful lockouts or picketing. Amendments to exempt railway brotherhoods and long apprenticeships were rejected. The bill guarantees the right to work and bargain, prohibits employment discrimination for union status, and voids contracts forcing union membership except for renewals or new agreements after the act’s effective date.
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Austin
Texas
House
Cecil Storey
Longview
John Crosthwait
Dallas
Storey
Frank Svadlenak
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Marshall O. Bell
Sun Honor Roll Adds March Subscriptions The Sun
The Sun reports March starts with lively subscription renewals and new honor roll additions this week. Names include Miss Lattie Brown J W Murphy E G Fields Mrs Lelia Sublett Mrs Mattie Hastings Chesley Rutledge and many others across the community.
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The
Sun
Lattie Brown
J. W. Murphy
E. G. Fields
Lelia V. Sublett
Mattie Hasting Chesley Rutledge
O. A. Bennett
John Biggerstaff
Grady Chapman
Bill Muirhead
E. F. Everheart
Lloyd Mitchell
F. O. Mangrum
J. O. Scott
H. G. Hayes
New Poison Found For Aphids Mites
CHICAGO Ill Development of a new insecticide TEP reported capable of killing some pests unaffected by DDT announced by Dr Leo R Tehon acting chief of the Illinois History Survey The new insecticide tetraethyl pyrophosphate has been found unusually effective in laboratory tests against aphids and mites described as difficult or impossible to control with DDT Laboratory tests indicate TEP is ten times as toxic as nicotine alkaloid the poison usually relied on for control of aphids on peas apples potatoes peaches and other crops.
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Chicago
Ill
Leo R. Tehon
Illinois History Survey
Negro V. Bill Passed Finally
The Texas Senate gave final passage to a bill creating a system of higher education for Negroes. The measure, approved 23 to 2, appropriates more than 3,000,000 dollars for a State university for Negroes at Houston and interim courses at Austin and Prairie View College for Negroes.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
House
Stewart
Houston
Prairie View College
Senate votes to end wartime controls by June 30
The Republican led Senate approved a 58 to 29 vote to end OPA and other wartime agencies by June 30, with a separate 3 to 2 subcommittee vote backing a 10 percent rent hike. The deficency bill allocates 17 million to wind down OPA and its remnants including Civilian Production Admin and Office of War Mobilization.
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Washington
Senate
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Office of
House
Second Book Review To Be Given March Seventeenth
The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney becomes a national best seller with movie rights sold. The Current Book Club will feature the novel as its second selection, reviewed March 17 by Mrs. R. L. Gilpin.
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Russell Janney
California
Current Book Club
R. L. Gilpin
County Judges Back 2-Cent Gas Tax Hire Plan
Austin reports the Texas State County Judges and Commissioners Association committees approve adding two cents to the gasoline tax. President Carroll Sullivant notes one fourth of revenue would fund public schools and three quarters fund county road construction. Last year four cents yielded about 69 million dollars. the extra two cents would add about 45 million.
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Austin
Texas State County Judges and Commissioners Association
Carroll Sullivant
Gainesville
E. Y. McDaniel
Waco
McDaniel
Dallas residents die in fires and influenza sways San Antonio schools
Three Dallas residents die in separate incidents as Chester Seidmeyer, Bennie Walker, and Jeannes Fuller perish from a trash fire, home explosion, and clothing fires. In San Antonio influenza hits Thomas Jefferson High with half the student body absent, while other schools suffer similar disruptions. Washington to send over 20,000 letters to relatives of Americans buried overseas asking about repatriation. A Dallas woman quips a judge will save trips by accepting a photocopied driver’s license, after repeated license-lessness cases.
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Dallas
Chester Seidmeyer
Hutchins
Bennie Walker
Jeannes Fuller
San Antonio
Thomas Jefferson High School
Washington
Wants One Of His Knots Untied Detroit
Richard Chatham a scoutmaster filed suit for divorce from Alice Chatham alleging his wife and her mother locked him in the house to stop him from attending scout meetings in Detroit.
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Detroit
Richard Chatham
Alice
Booster Club Plans For Annual Meeting In Whitewright
Whitewright Booster Club directors met Friday to arrange the annual meeting including a banquet and an out-of-town speaker. The event is set for about June 1 with officers to be elected for the year starting July 1. Griffin Dollarhide Jr. resigned as president and F G Hoover was elected president while Wilson Kaiser became vice president. Board vacancies were filled by Joe Johnson Earl Blanton and N E Skaggs.
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Whitewright Booster Club
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
R. E. Lingenfelter
Denison
F. G. Hoover
Mr. Dollarhide
Wilson Kaiser
Joe Johnson
Earl Blanton
N. E. Skaggs
Crimes in 1946 Break Records Across Nation
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said 1946 set all decadelong crime records with 1 685 203 major crimes nationwide an average of one crime every 18 7 seconds The report lists totals for murder and manslaughter 8 422 manslaughter by negligence 4 701 rape 12 117 robbery 62 782 aggravated assault 67 512 burglary 357 991 larceny 941 738 and auto theft 29 920 Hoover noted daily averages of 36 slain 33 raped and 185 feloniously assaulted based on monthly reports from 2 200 cities with a combined population over 67 000 000.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Methodist Youth Group Meets Here
About fifty members of the Sherman District Methodist Youth Group met at the Methodist Church Tuesday evening. A banquet was served under Mrs. Olivia Whedbee's supervision with Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Gilpin and the young adult class assisting. Miss Mary Beth James led a program by the Trenton group. Harold Taylor of Southern Methodist University gave the principal address, accompanied by Miss Katie Kincaid. Attendees came from Trenton, Bells, Savoy, Leonard, and Whitewright.
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Sherman
Methodist
Methodist Church
Olivia Whedbee
R. L. Gilpin
Trenton
Mary Beth James
Harold Taylor
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Katie Kincaid
Cve
Denton
Bells
Savoy
Leonard
Whitewright
Sherman High School Band to Perform Next Thursday
H M Gentry announces Sherman High School Band of fifty pieces will give a program in the High School auditorium on Thursday March 13 at 11 15 a m. Band directed by Rex Carnes and hailed as one of Texas best high school bands. Public invited with no admission charge.
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H. M. Gentry
Whitewright High School
Sherman High School
Rex Carnes
Texas
Women Will Make A Million Men's Hair Curl This Year
CHICAGO A Helene Curtis Beauticians Guild estimate places 2 percent of permanent waves for men this year. A growing trend shows male patronage rising in New York Chicago and Los Angeles, with entertainment and professional men among clients. A little wave helps restrain the male locks. Mexico’s area is 758,258 square miles, making it the third largest in Latin America.
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Chicago
Helene Curtis Beauticians Guild
Miss Curtis
New York
Los Angeles
Mexico
Latin America
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