Red Cross Drive Nears Deadline as Local Total Stalls
Mrs. Floyd Everheart reports $519.38 raised locally for the annual Red Cross membership drive with Pilot Grove and Bethel pending. The Whitewright quota is $650 and the campaign closes March 31. Notable gifts include $35 from Mrs. Olivia Whedbee and two $15 donations, with several giving $10.
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Floyd Everheart
Red Cross
the Sun
Pilot Grove
Bethel
Whitewright
Everheart
Olivia Whedbee
Harold Doss
First Methodist Observes Holy Week Services
First Methodist Church invites all to Holy Week services each evening from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday at 7 30 PM Palm Sunday morning Behold Thy King Palm Sunday evening The Mission That Brought Him Monday evening Whose Son Is He Tuesday evening The Decision We Make Concerning Him Thursday Holy Communion in the Presbyterian Church Friday Good Friday Service Easter Sunday morning Life Triumphant Over Death Easter Sunday evening Choir of First Methodist Church offers a musical program Harold Taylor pastor extends invitation to worship with us.
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Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Church
Harold Taylor
Lunchroom Menus Whitewright Public Schools
The meal plan lists daily options for Whitewright Public Schools. Monday offers Blackeyed Peas, boiled ham, glazed carrots, hot rolls, butter, honey. Tuesday features Meat Balls in Mushroom Soup, green beans and potatoes, fruit Jello. Wednesday serves Red Beans, kraut, hot rolls, peaches, cookies. Thursday includes Sliced Turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, potato chips, baked corn, doughnuts.
Eisenhower bids to purge civil service workers
President Eisenhower announced plans to screen and remove federal workers deemed incompetent dishonest or disloyal from the government civil service system. The move aims to tighten loyalty and efficiency within federal agencies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Shivers Plans Crime Battle in Texas Conference
Gov. Shivers vowed to stamp out crime in Texas in a meeting with 200 crime stoppers and Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd. They discussed a proposed state department of justice with powers to intervene when local law enforcement fails.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Shepperd
State Department of Justice
House Crime Investigating Committee
Eugene McElvaney Receives SMU Distinguished Alumnus Award
Four SMU graduates honored with Distinguished Alumnus Award at Hilltop Corral on Alumni Founders Day. Recipients include Eugene McElvaney of Dallas a pioneer in petroleum finance, John B. Dunlap former IRS commissioner now Dallas district IRS head, Judge Dick Dixon of the 95th District Court, and Joe J. Mickle Centenary College president and Far Eastern affairs expert.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
SMU
John B. Dunlap
Internal Revenue
Washington
Eugene McElvaney
Dick Dixon
95Th District Court
Joe J. Mickle
Centenary College
Shreveport
Hilltop Corral
McElvaney
Sue King
Bryant King
Whitewright
Better Cheaper Rural Mail Plan To Start April First
Post Office plan to improve rural postal service and save taxpayers millions is set to begin April 1. Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield announced reorganizing rural free delivery routes and Star contract routes to reflect population shifts and highway changes since World War II. He said it is impossible to estimate total savings but the reform promises lower costs with better service.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Posmaster
Arthur E. Summerfield
RFD
Star
Summerfield
House Group OKs Tidel Lands Bill
The House judiciary committee approved a one package tidelands bill for inner and outer continental shelf. It restores submerged lands to Texas and other coastal states within historic sea ward boundaries with police conservation and limited taxation powers outside the eastward limits. The final form passed 14 to 7 and debate begins Monday before Easter recess. Senate interior committee debates its version and may limit coverage to offshore areas within state boundaries.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Texas
House
J. Frank Wilson
Dallas
Republican House
Senate Interior Committee
Price Daniel
Senate Committee
Social Medicine Cost Set at One Billion Dollars
London reports the new fiscal year will see Socialized Medicine cost Britain 1 165 977 000 dollars. The bill drops 62 778 800 from the current year as National Health Service patients pay 14 cents per prescription. Savings come from dental and optical care with costs for teeth and eyeglasses reduced.
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London
Britain
National Health Service
AWOL GI WINS MEDAL FOR VALOR WITH SEVENTH DIVISION
Cpl. Robert W. von Kuznick awarded the Bronze Star for valor after going AWOL from Fort Knox Kentucky. He hitchhiked about sixteen thousand miles to the Korean front lines and surrendered to authorities in January. He served unofficially with a tank battalion before being shipped home. Von Kuznick, formerly of Dallas, left Fort Knox by plane to Seattle and joined military transport ships to Korea.
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Korea
Cpl
Robert W. von Kuznick
Fort Knox
von Kuznick
Dallas
Seattle
Whitewright Boys Join Sherman-Denison Twins Tryout Camp
Three Whitewright area youths take part in the Sherman Denison Twins tryout camp led by manager Al McCarty. Participants include Paul Cole from Tom Bean and Don and Roy Anderson from Trenton. Four exhibition games are booked starting April 2 at Wichita Falls against the Spudders, then April 5 at Twins Park vs Sheppard Field, April 12 at Greenville Majors, and April 19 vs Hutchinson at Twins Park.
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Twins Park
Twins
Greenville
Hutchinson
Kan
Whitewright man marks 12th anniversary as deputy clerk
O. L. Jones of Whitewright observed the 12th anniversary of his employment as a deputy in the Grayson County clerk's office. He has not missed a day since being hired on March 24, 1941, often driving to Sherman from his Whitewright home despite bad weather.
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Sherman Democrat
O. L. Jones
Whitewright
Jones
Sherman
Grayson County
Deaths T J McCafferty 82 Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for T. J. McCafferty 82 were held at Earnheart Chapel with Rev. Harold S. Taylor officiating. Burial followed at Restland Memorial Park near Dallas. He died Thursday at his East Spruce home after an extended illness, survived by his wife Lula Gullick McCafferty and a large family.
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T. J. McCafferty
Earnheart Chapel
Harold S. Taylor
First Methodist Church
Restland Memorial Park
Dallas
James P. Murphy
Rudy Kormos
Lynal J. Moore
Elmer Spencer
Charles Phelps
R. L. Hays
McCafferty
East Spruce Street
Mississippi
Texas
Grayson County
Lula Gullick
Ferris
Methodist Church
T. G. McCafferty
Sherman
Eldrid McCafferty
Santa Anna
Calif
Word to the Wise Ends Driving Career After 1934 Crash
In St Louis Francis E Schwentler stopped driving after a 1934 crash when a truck driver scolded him into quitting. His estate report notes the 1934 Ford, found in a garage with a 58 mile speedometer, and Schwentler died in 1951 at age 90.
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ST. Louis
Francis E. Schwentler
Schwentler
Schwendler
Wife seeks divorce after repeated abuse and dog cruelty
Pauline Deats describes a pattern of assault by her husband Jack Deats 40 an aircraft company employee who beat her two or three times weekly and once struck her with a fist. She notes his drunken acts including forcing their dog Skippy to walk up a wall and a New Year party incident. She received a decree on cruelty grounds.
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Los Angeles
Pauline Deats
Jack Deats
Aircraft Company
Skippy
Deats
Taft McCarthy Clash Delays Bohlen Ambassadorship Fight
Senate clash between Robert A. Taft and Joseph R. McCarthy over Charles E. Bohlen for ambassador to Russia delays action to Friday. The five and a half hour debate included sharp exchanges with Senator Knowland and Republican allies, signaling a major intra party confrontation on a key appointment.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Charles E. Bohlen
Russia
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Taft
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Bohlen
Eisenhower
William F. Knowland
California
GOP Policy Committee
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Payable Acknowledged
The notice explains how to read expiration dates on address lines with month and year digits and states that all subscriptions expire on the first day of the month. It lists individual names acknowledged for subscription payments including D. L. Holley Floyd Harris Houston Darwin Royce Jones W. E. Stanford and others.
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D. L. Holley Floyd Harris Houston Darwin Royce Jones
W. E. Stanford
Riley Smith
Billy Smith
E. O. Thomas
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Johnny Mac Vestal
Cordin Gill
Texas Population Outpaces U.S. Gain in 1950s
The Census Bureau reports Texas population rose to 8,189,000 on July 1, 1952, up 477,000 or 6.2 percent since 1950, compared with a national 3.4 percent rise. A molasses-based insecticide is being used to kill flies resistant to DDT.
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Washington
Texas
Census Bureau
Gift to Widow of Hero Revealed
New York report recounts a 1945 dinner where Maj. Gen. George A. Horkan and a British colonel learned of a British Victoria Cross hero whose widow and children were destitute. Dwight D. Eisenhower later approved naming the donor as the anonymous benefactor, keeping the hero unnamed.
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New York
Great Britain
George A. Horkan
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Horkan
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Eisenhower
Lone Star Gas Rate Increase Approved Outside Whitewright Areas
The Railroad Commission of Texas approved Lone Star Gas Co. to raise residential and commercial nat ural gas rates outside Whitewright city limits and in surrounding unincorporated towns. The order allows 13 cents per thousand cubic feet and follows prior approvals by Whitewright and over 240 Texas cities since last September.
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Railroad Commission of Texas
Lone Star Gas Company
Whitewright
M. L. Baird
Dallas
Lone Star
General Division of Distribution
Railroad Commission
Bird
Texas
IEE to Accept Standby Curb Measures
The Eisenhower administration told Congress it would accept but not recommend a standby law to authorize a 90 day price and wage freeze in emergencies. It urged a five month extension of federal rent controls in 1,400 cities and towns and a year long extension of rent ceilings in housing critical areas until April 30, 1954.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Death Comes to Queen Mary
Queen Mary of Britain dies in London at 85 after a long battle with a gastric ailment. Widow of King George V and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, her life bridged Victoria era to the Cold War.
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London
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth II
England
George V
Queen Victoria
Kaiser Frazer to Buy Out Willys Overland
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation plans to buy Willys-Overland Motors for an estimated 62.3 million dollars. The deal would place Kaiser Frazer as the world’s fourth largest auto company with assets over 200 million dollars. Completion expected next month pending Willys-Overland stockholder approval on April 24. Kaiser Frazer finances with 72 million privately raised dollars. The purchase includes assumed liabilities. Last year Willys-Overland and Kaiser Frazer sold 242,461 vehicles. combined annual sales near 600 million dollars.
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New York
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Kaiser-Frazer
Willys- Overland
Kaiser- Frazer
Willys-Overland
Pecan Preparation Method Keeps Meat Whole
Boil whole pecans then cover with hot water for thirty minutes. This helps loosen shells so the meat can be removed in nearly whole pieces for use in recipes.
Ochsner Warns Smoking Sparks Rise in Lung Cancer
New Orleans physician Dr. Alton Ochsner predicts a 10 percent increase in lung cancer over the next two decades and blames smoking for the trend. He urges regular X rays for early detection, noting higher lung cancer among men and alarming cigarette use in 1952.
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New Orleans
Alton Ochsner
Tulane Medical School
Ochsner Clinic
Foundation Hospital
Ochsner
House OKs Amendment to Extend Homestead Exemption
The Texas House approved a constitutional amendment to extend the $3000 homestead exemption to bachelors and spinsters. The action was reported from Austin as part of the day’s legislative business.
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HOUSE
OKS
Austin
House of Representatives
M A Mangrum Day Proclaimed Here
Mayor R R Summers proclaims a local M A Mangrum Day to honor Mrs Mandy A Mangrum, Grayson County's oldest resident, turning 105 on March 31 with a party planned at her home. Born 1848 in Tennessee, she lived near Pilot Grove before moving to Whitewright, with two surviving children J E Mangrum and A T Mangrum.
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R. R Summers
M. A. Mangrum
Mandy A. Mangrum
Grayson County
Texas
Pilot Grove
Texas Teachers Back 3000 Dollar Minimum Salary
A survey of 543 Texas school board members found strong support for a 3000 dollar minimum annual salary for teachers. Most opposed increasing the local districts share of the minimum foundation program, with 67 percent favoring the 3000 dollar minimum and a majority opposing raising the local share from 21 percent of current costs.
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Austin
Texas
James A. Redmond
Beaumont
Texas Association of School Boards
Redmond
Cow Teeth Tell True Age in Modern Bovine Dental Timetable
Chicago reports the American Medical Association says a cow with a full set of incisor teeth is likely just over three years old, not five, challenging the long standing dental timetable used to determine cattle age.
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Chicago
Bessie
American Medical Association
Association
Spring Cleanup Of Home Hazards
Spring is the time for a home hazard hunt says Dr. Geo W Cox Texas State Health Officer Accidents in the home are the second leading cause of accidental death in Texas and about one thousand die yearly from home accidents The article urges cleaning attics basements closets and garages to remove junk and dangerous materials and to check electrical cords ensure metal garbage cans have tight lids and coordinate with neighbors to keep yards and alleys sanitary This effort could reduce home accidents and disease transmission including polio typhoid malaria and typhus.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Hard to Get a Cold British Test Shows
British scientists report a chilly finding where a cold is rarely caught from exposure. In a blanket隔 study 25 participants on one side and those with colds on the other showed only 2 transmissions across repeated trials.
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Sun Office
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Hero
Lone Star Gas Co
IEE
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