Bond Street Road Delayed By Right Of Way Acquisition
F L Sawyer explains that FM 1283 through Whitewright cannot start until right of way is secured. Nine tracts remain in Whitewright, delaying construction despite Highway Commission Minute 28719 approving the route from U S 69 to the Fannin County line. Utility adjustments before construction may avoid future delays.
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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 said vouchers will start April 2 for a 685 million dollar World War II life insurance special dividend. Checks should begin by mid April, with about 85 dollar average payments. No application is needed.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Treasury Department
National Service Life Insurance
Monty Named Ike Deputy in Europe Army
Gen Eisenhower appoints Field Marshal Montgomery as deputy supreme commander of Atlantic Pact forces headquartered at Fontainebleau. Montgomery previously led the Brussels Pact nations unified forces and commanded the 21st Army Group with British and Canadian troops under Eisenhower in World War II. The text also mentions an ancient Rome note about Lucius and a grocery chain.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Montgomery
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Fontainebleau
Eisenhower
Lucius
Ancient
Rome
Revival Meeting In Progress At Central Christian Church
A six day revival began at Central Christian Church and runs through Friday with services at 7 30 p m Rev R R Hudler of First Christian Church Denison preaching each night. Hudler brings other Denison church members to the meetings and invites all congregations and unaffiliated residents 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 ships lent to the USSR during World War II. Moscow claims the United States violated a promise to sell the vessels and notes U.S. surplus sales to other nations. The ships include 84 merchant vessels and 556 small naval craft and were turned over under lend-lease aid. The United States seeks recovery and settlement of the 10.8 billion dollar lend-lease account.
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Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Soviet Union
Sun Honor Roll and Renewal Subscriptions List
Olen Looney of San Angelo renews his subscription with a four dollar check to cover his own and his mother Mrs W J Looney's renewals. The notice lists numerous other subscribers including Mrs J L Kirkpatrick, T A Holcomb, Mrs I L Neathery, and George M Hight among others.
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Olen Looney
San Angelo
W. J. Looney
Whitewright
Jack Spindle
Joe Weldon Carr
Lester
Pug” Short
Bernard Collins
Midland
J. L. Kirkpatrick
T. A. Holcomb
I. L. Neathery
W. P. Haston
H. Thomson J. L. England
E. D. Lyons
T. L. Hopkins
J. L. Boone
R. W. Martin
G. O. Looney
H. E. Horton
L. A. Newman
Maggie Reeves
O. V. Barker
S. G. Wilson
Byron Sears
George M. Hight
Tax hike for individuals unlikely before October 1
Senate finance chairman George of Georgia said the next personal income tax increase likely cannot take effect before October. He noted at least ninety days are needed in the Senate after House action, with no retroactive levies and Treasury time required for withholding adjustments. President Truman had urged a four billion dollar rise as part of a ten 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 Seeks Low Rent Units
At a City Commission meeting Whitewright creates the Whitewright Housing Authority with Griffin Dollarhide Jr. as chairman and members Blanton Newman Brown and Hight. Plans call for a five unit Negro housing project and a 15 unit white housing project with a federal representative to visit.
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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 Announces Pack Meeting
Cub Scouts met at the Grade School auditorium Tuesday afternoon. A Pack meeting is set for 7 30 p m Thursday March 29 at the Grade School auditorium. All parents of scouts and eligible boys are invited to attend.
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den No. 1
Deaths D Mrs Minnie Ball Funeral Held in Whitewright
Mrs Minnie Ball 86 died at a Dallas hospital and her funeral was held at First Baptist Church Whitewright with Rev W J Epting officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery under Glen Earnheart Funeral Service. She was born July 24 1864 in Kentucky and survived by a son, four daughters, eight grandchildren and 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
L. Z
Lubbock
Billie Magar
Gladys Magar
Little Rock
Ark
Patrick H. Luby 75 Tom Bean ginner and grain businessman dies
Patrick H. Luby of Tom Bean Grayson County died Sunday at 6 a m in Sherman hospital. Funeral services were held Monday in Sherman with burial at Whitemound Cemetery. He was born November 7 1875 in Kentucky, Spanish American War veteran, Church of Christ member. Survived by wife Lillie Lackey Luby and 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. funeral Friday
David Newberry age 26 of Dallas died Wednesday at Baylor Hospital Dallas. He was the brother in law of Mrs. Jack Farley of Whitewright and husband of Faustine Riley of Trenton. Funeral services set for Friday in Dallas.
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David Newberry
Dallas
Jack Farley
Whitewright
Baylor Hospital
Newberry
Faustine Riley
Trenton
New Mustang Oats Shown Winter Hardy for Texas Farmers
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin introduces Mustang, a new winter hardy oat variety. It is about 25 percent more winter hardy than current varieties, resists crown rust, and suits grain production in Central and North Texas and winter pasture in South Texas. Farmers can obtain bulletin 728 from the Publication Office at College Station. About 3 000 crossties are laid into a 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 businesses failing to keep essential price records. Edward P. Morgan directs field staff to begin checks on manufacturers and wholesalers. retailers face investigations after March 22 when record requirements 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 Citizens
In Sherman the Grayson County Crippled Children's Society launches Easter Seal Week during March 1925. Dr. Barney C. Cooksey urges 4350 county residents to contribute at least 1 dollar each. 100 seals accompany every letter. Contributions go to the Crippled Children's Society via the Sherman Chamber of Commerce for those who did not receive seals.
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Crippled Children’s Society
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Cooksey
Wilson Predicts Fine'53 Economy
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson forecast a strong 1953 with a mighty weapons array ready for war and expanded civilian output. He told U S News & World Report there would be no runaway inflation, no rationing, no labor conscription, imperfect wage-price controls, and a summer rollout of a materials plan for steel aluminum and copper. He also said he had President Truman’s green light on his debt control program focused on interest rate and credit control. Secretary Sawyer urged tighter installment buying rules and the Treasury-FRB agreed on government bonds.
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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 in 30 years in a brief Austin ceremony. House measure by Rep. Harley Sadler and senatorial reapportionment by Sen. Rogers Kelley take effect for the next legislature’s elections.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Harley Sadler
Sweetwater
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
City docks pay for heroic act on Southport pier
Southport, England, docked laborer James Clarkson, 35, for leaving his post to help save a drowning man. He loses 54 cents for an hour and a half off the job. Councilor H. H. Barber calls it a matter of discipline.
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Southport
England
James Clarkson
H. H. Barber
U S Casualties Rise to 55 824 in Korea
Washington announced U S combat casualties in Korea rose to 55 824 after a 1 165 gain last week. The Defense Department summary notes 8 335 killed in action 36 893 wounded and 10 586 missing in action with notices received through March 16.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Manor Bakery Loses Whitewright Suit
Fifteenth District Court Judge R C Slagle Jr. ruled for the City of Whitewright denying Manor Baking Co of Dallas a permanent injunction against enforcing the Whitewright peddler ordinance. The bakery, with a house to house delivery route in nine Texas counties, had sought to block license fees for itinerant vendors. The company plans an appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals and had prepaid a $40 license fee under protest. The mayor said no permit card would be issued while a refund stipulation remains, keeping the bakery in violation until compliance.
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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
Summers
UN Units Ready to Cross 38th Parallel on Order
Allied forces stood eight miles south of the 38th parallel near Chunchon as Chinese troops pulled back. Eighth Army, ready to cross at any moment, eyed Chunchon as a key staging point toward Central Korea and Seoul.
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U.N
Tokyo
United Nations
North Korea
Chunchon
Eighth Army
Korea
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
United States
Seoul
House Passes Bill To Force Car Inspection
Austin measures require annual compulsory motor inspections under the State Department of Public Safety. Vehicles with faulty brakes lights horns or steering face removal from highways. A $1 inspection fee applies and registration requires a safe certificate before license plates are issued. The bill advances to the Senate.
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Austin
House
State Department of Public Safety
Senate
Fresh Water Fishing Drops From Peak in 1950
Fresh water fishing declined as a favorite outdoor sport in 1950. Licenses sold totaled 15,337,758, down 140,812 from the prior year’s high, while state revenues reached a record 34,018,009 dollars, up 1,360,069.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Nose nose no grounds for divorce in Austria
A Vienna court refused a 25-year-old wife’s bid to divorce her 52-year-old cattle dealer husband who rejected plastic surgery to alter his face. He is known in the market as "the man with the cucumber nose."
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Vienna
Austria
Faith in Man Given a Jolt at Peoria Flower Shop
Gott lieb Zeller owned a Peoria flower shop for twenty two years. Last week a missing fifty dollars from an open cash drawer ended his trust in others. Door had stayed unlocked since 1929.
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Peoria, II
Gottlieb Zeller
Shelter Survey Planned in Grayson County
W Cummings led a Sherman meeting to form a disaster shelter housing survey for Grayson County as part of Texas civil defense. Mayor Summers will appoint a Whitewright committee to complete a catalog of emergency shelters by April 5, detailing rooms capacity occupancy and facilities. Similar county surveys will feed data to Red Cross chapter headquarters nationwide.
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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 action adjusts price controls on farm goods after parity. DiSalle amended the general price ceiling law to set a new base period and extend controls on commodities reaching parity, with tobacco exempt and a five day automatic removal once parity is reached.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Clerk who took USPS scraps faces charges
Detroit, Mich. Ove T. Bjerregaard, a postal employee for 29 years, pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing from the U S mails. He admitted taking scraps of damaged packages from a post office trash bin to build a model replica of a church, and was released on a thousand dollar bond. Postal authorities say it violated regulations to take home trash even if it would later be burned.
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Detroit
Mich
Ove T. Bijerregaard
Bjerregaard
U. S
Denmark
Worn-Out Gas Wells Become Rental Income Source
Industrial developments have turned pumped-out gas fields into revenue as pipelines lease wells to store gas seasonally. Over 100 fields in Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania and Michigan are in use with rents around 250 to 300 dollars per year.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Marriage politics and labor leadership in the old guard
The New York note cites Dr. James F. Bender of the National Institute of Human Relations advising that future success depends on marrying the union leader’s daughter rather than the boss’s daughter. A Tangential remark compares assisting a timber grower to protecting woods from fire as a metaphor for support.
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New York
James F. Bender
National Institute of Human Relations
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Texas Highway Department
Bonham
Monty
Ike
Europe
Cub Scout News
Pat Luby
Manor Bakery
Trenton Tribune
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