Bond Street Road Delayed By Right Of Way Acquisition
F. L. Sawyer explains that Farm to Market Highway 1283 through Whitewright hinges on securing nine tracts of right of way within the city. Construction cannot begin until all acquisitions are completed, and utility adjustments are urged to avoid future delays. The Sun article on water main work ties into a pending decision about paving and the highway route.
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Bond Street Road
Whitewright
U. S. 69
Maple Street
Highway Commission
Fannin County
Sawyer
The
Sun
South Bend Street
State Highway Department
Trenton
Highway Department
Vouchers for VA life insurance dividend due April 2
The Veterans Administration will issue vouchers April 2 for a 685 million dollar WWII life insurance special dividend. Checks should begin arriving mid April, with an average payout around 85 dollars. No application is needed. delays may occur as Treasury processes payments.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Treasury Department
Monty Named Ike Deputy in European Army
General Eisenhower appoints British Field Marshal Montgomery as deputy supreme commander of Atlantic Pact forces with HQ at Fontainebleau. Montgomery previously led unified Brussels Pact forces and served under Eisenhower in World War II as commander of the 21st Army Group. The OCR ends with an unrelated note about ancient Rome.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Montgomery
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Fontainebleau
Eisenhower
Revival Meeting At Central Christian Church
A six day revival began at Central Christian Church and runs through Friday with nightly services at 7 30 p m Rev R R Hudler assistant pastor of First Christian Church Denison preaches each evening He is joined by other Denison church members for the meetings and the church invites all congregations and unaffiliated worshipers to attend.
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Central Christian Church
R. R. Hudler
First Christian Church of
Denison
Hudler
Soviet Note Refuses Return of 670 Lend Lease Ships
Washington reports Russia refused to consider immediate return of 670 lend lease ships including 84 merchant vessels 556 small naval craft and 30 military water craft in a note during talks. The US seeks repayment settlement of the $10.8 billion lend lease account and accuses the US of promising to sell ships to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Soviet Union
Sun Honor Roll List of Renewals in San Angelo
Olen Looney of San Angelo asks for renewal of subscriptions including his and his mother Mrs W J Looney. He praises the Down Memory Lane column and notes friends in Whitewright Midland and nearby towns. A list of subscribers paid this week is included with many local names.
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Olen Looney
San Angelo
W. J. Looney
Whitewright
Jack Spindle
Joe Weldon Carr
Lester
Pug” Short
Bernard Collins
Midland
Senate Finance Chair Doubts Tax Hike Implementable Before Oct
Senate Finance Chair Wal ter George of Georgia said new personal income taxes likely cannot take effect before Oct 1. He noted at least ninety days after House passage, with House action not expected until May 1, delaying withholding rate changes into summer. Truman seeks a 4 billion dollar personal income tax increase as part of a broader 10 billion defense tax plan.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Dem
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
George
House
Senate
Truman
Treasury
Whitewright Forms Housing Authority to Seek Low Rent Units
At a city commission meeting the Whitewright Housing Authority was created with Griffin Dollarhide Jr. named chairman. Other members are Roy Blanton B. W. Newman George Brown and George Hight. Plans include a five unit Negro housing project and a 15 unit white housing project with a federal representative to confer.
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City Commission
Whitewright Housing Authority
Whitewright
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Roy Blanton
B. W. Newman
George Brown
George Hight
Dollarhide
the Sun
Cub Scout News Den No 1 Plans Pack Meeting
Cub Scout Den No 1 met at the Grade School auditorium Tuesday afternoon. A Pack meeting is set for 7 30 p m at the Grade School Thursday March 29. All parents of Cub Scouts and eligible boys are invited.
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den No. 1
Deaths of Mrs. Minnie Ball at 86 in Whitewright
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Minnie Ball 86 at First Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday in a Dallas hospital. Survived by son Billy Ball and four daughters, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren.
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Minnie Ball
First Baptist Church
W. J. Epting
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Dallas Hospital
Ball
Kentuckytown
S. B. Sivells
Whitewright
Billy Ball
Beulah Ownby
Tulsa
Okla
Granville Ball
Leta Ball
Tom Bean
Gray
Posey
C. M. Howard
Denison
Preston
McKinney
Zack Langston
Grace Tyler
Dallas
el Paso
Hope Brooke
Corpus Christi
Maple Wilson
Lubbock
Billie Magar
Gladys Magar
Little Rock
Ark
Tom Bean Ginner Patrick H. Luby 75 Dies
Patrick H. Luby a well known Grayson County ginner and grain businessman died Sunday at 6 a m in a Sherman hospital. Funeral services were held in Sherman Monday at 3 p m conducted by Robert D Bankes. Burial was in Whitemound Cemetery. He was born in Kentucky November 7 1875 son of Michael and Sarah Brooks Luby. A Spanish American War veteran and Church of Christ member. Survived by wife Lillie Lackey Luby and a son A S Luby.
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Tom Bean
Patrick H. Luby
Grayson County
Sherman Hospital
Sherman
Robert D. Bankes
Whitemound Cemetery
Mr. Luby
Kentucky
Michael
Sarah Brooks Luby
Church of Christ
Lillie Lackey Luby
A. S. Luby
Dallas man David Newberry dies at 26
David Newberry of Dallas aged 26 died Wednesday morning at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. He was brother in law of Mrs. Jack Farley of Whitewright and husband of the former Faustine Riley of Trenton. Funeral services will be held in Dallas Friday.
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David Newberry
Dallas
Jack Farley
Whitewright
Baylor Hospital
Newberry
Faustine Riley
Trenton
New Mustang Oats Is Winter Hardy
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station announces Mustang a new winter hardy oat variety enlisting 25 percent more winter hardiness than current types. It resists crown rust supports grain in Central and North Texas and winter pasture in South Texas aiding reduction of winter killing losses. Copies of bulletin 728 available from Publication Office College Station Texas. About 3 000 crossties laid per mile of standard railroad track.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas
North
OPS Orders Check Made On Records
Washington DC government moves to enforce price controls by ordering a nationwide crackdown on firms failing to keep essential records. Edward P. Morgan, OPS enforcement chief, cites wide spread non compliance and orders field staff to verify full price schedules and records. Retail investigations begin after March 22 when record rules take effect.
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Washington, D. C
Edward P. Morgan
Federal
Morgan
FBI
Office of Price Stabilization
Easter Seals Drive Reaches 4350 Grayson County Citizens
In Sherman Grayson County Easter seals go to 4350 citizens to fund treatment for crippled children. Dr. Barney C. Cooksey, president of the Crippled Children's Society, calls for donations during Easter Seal Week in March 1925. Each letter includes 100 seals and a $1 minimum gift is urged.
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Crippled Children’s Society
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Cooksey
Wilson Predicts Fine 53 Economy Amid War Readiness
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said 1953 will see a mighty array of weapons ready for war and a potential expansion of civilian goods output. He projected no runaway inflation, no planned rationing, and a debt controlled program including interest and credit control. He noted a summer operation for a materials plan covering steel, aluminum and copper.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Wilson
Truman
Charles Sawyer
Treasury and
Federal Reserve Board
Texas Redistricting Act Signed Into Law
Gov. Allan Shivers signed Texas first legislative redistricting act in 30 years in a brief Austin ceremony. The house measure by Rep. Harley Sadler and senatorial reapportionment by Sen. Rogers Kelley clear the way for the next legislature. The act marks the first redistricting since 1921.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Harley Sadler
Sweetwater
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Laborer Docks Pay for Heroic Act in Southport
Southport officials dock 54 cents from James Clarkson's pay after he left his pier job to rescue a man from drowning. The city council called it a disciplinary matter and ruled the hour and a half off the clock unpaid. Councilor H. H. Barber stated discipline was the issue.
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Southport
England
James Clarkson
H. H. Barber
U S Casualties Rise to 55824 in Korea Toll
Washington announced U S combat casualties in Korea rose to 55,824, up 1,165 from the prior week. The Defense Department weekly summary lists 8,335 killed in action 36,893 wounded and 10,586 missing in action with notices through March 16.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Manor Bakery Loses Whitewright Suit
Fifteenth District Judge R C Slagle Jr ruled for the City of Whitewright denying Manor Baking Co of Dallas a permanent injunction against enforcement of the peddler's ordinance. The bakery, with routes in nine Texas counties, appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals after paying a $40 license fee under protest.
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Fifteenth District Court
R. C. Slagle Jr
Whitewright
Manor Baking Co
Dallas
Baking Company
Texas
Joe Keith
Court of Civil Appeals
R. R. Summers
the Sun
City of
UN Units Ready to Cross 38th Parallel in Korea
Allied forces advanced within eight miles of the 38th parallel with Chunchon fallen to U.S. troops. Chinese troops reportedly retreated beyond the line as U.S. and Allied forces prepared to strike across the border whenever ordered.
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Tokyo
United Nations
North Korea
Chunchon
Eighth Army
Korea
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
United States
Seoul
House approves bill to force annual car inspection
Austin notes deathtrap cars with faulty brakes lights horns or steering would be removed from highways under a compulsory annual inspection. The plan requires a one dollar fee and a safety certificate before registration and licensing, with the State Department of Public Safety supervising. The bill moves to the Senate.
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Austin
House
State Department of Public Safety
Senate
Fresh Water Fishing Slump in 1950
Washington reports a drop in freshwater fishing popularity for the year ending June 30 1950 with 15 337 758 licenses sold, down from the prior year. Despite the decline in licenses, total state revenue reached a new high of 34 018 009 dollars, surpassing last year by 1 360 069.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Husband Refusal to Change Nose Denied Divorce
In Vienna a 25-year-old wife could not divorce her 52-year-old cattle dealer husband over his refusal to undergo plastic surgery. The court ruled the request invalid claiming the man is known at the cattle market as "the man with the cucumber nose" and that surgery would threaten his reputation.
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Vienna
Austria
Faith in Man Shattered as $50 Disappears at Peoria Flower Shop
Gott lieb Zeller reported a break in at his Peoria flower shop. The cash drawer was found open and $50 missing after a door left unlocked since 1. The incident ends a twenty two year trust in his fellow men.
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Peoria
Ill
Gottlieb Zeller
Shelter Survey to Be Made Here in Grayson County
W C Cummings reported a disaster shelter housing survey for Grayson County as part of Texas civil defense. A committee under Mayor R R Summers will catalog emergency shelter sites in Whitewright with details on rooms, capacity, facilities, occupancy, and availability, due by April 5.
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W. C. Cummings
Sherman
Grayson County
Civil Defense Project
Dallas
Denison
United States
Red Cross Chapter
Farm Price Ceilings Affected By Change
Washington amended the general price ceiling law to apply farm product controls within five days after parity is reported by the Agriculture Department. The measure sets a new base period for ceilings on commodities at or above parity and removes exemptions once parity is reached, with tobacco remaining exempt.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Clerk Who Took Postal Scraps Faces Federal Charges
Detroit courts heard Ove T. Bjerregaard a 29 year postal employee plead guilty to stealing from the U S mails after taking scraps from a post office trash bin to build a church model. He was released on a 1000 dollar bond and admitted taking damaged package pieces and trinkets deemed worthless.
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Detroit
Mich
Ove T. Bjerregaard
Bjerregaard
U. S
Denmark
Worn-Out Gas Wells Prove Rentable For Farmers
Industrial growth has turned pumped-out gas wells into rental assets. Pipelines lease these wells to store gas in summer for winter use, with over a hundred fields across Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania and Michigan already in service renting for about 250 to 300 dollars annually.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Marry the union leader’s daughter says Dr. Bender
The National Institute of Human Relations director Dr. James F. Bender argues that old advice to marry the boss’s daughter is outdated. He suggests courting the union leader’s daughter as a path to success, alongside encouraging timber workers to protect and develop their woods.
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New York
James F. Bender
National Institute of Human Relations
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