Farmers urged to enter dairy cows in RAV Exposition
Grayson County and nearby North Texas and Oklahoma counties are urged to enter best dairy cows in the Red River Valley Livestock Exposition Dairy Classification Show with over $1,000 in cash prizes. Dead line is April 10. Entry blanks from Grayson County Agent Ben D. Cook or Sherman Chamber of Commerce. Classification will feature grade and registered cows judged by breed ideal type, with separate public judging classes for men, women, boys and girls and prizes for closest expert opinions.
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Grayson County
North
Texas
Oklahoma
Ben D. Cook
Chamber of Commerce
Sherman
A. F. Scheid
Whitesboro
Scheid
Little Hope Held For Trapped Miners
CENTRALIA Ill amid dwindling hopes of relatives and officials belief that 122 men had perished rescue crews struggled against lethal fumes for possible survivors of a mine explosion in the Southern Illinois coal fields. Eighteen hours after the blast trapped a full shift at 3 30 pm Tuesday as it was to leave work rescuers wearing gas masks were held back by poisonous fumes halfway along a three and one half mile passageway.
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Centralia
Ill
Southern
Illinois
Scott Field
Tipple
Fred Hellmeyer
Hellmeyer
Sun Honor Roll Adds New Members This Week
The Sun honors list welcomes J. L. Boone R. M. Hash Sam Stateville J. B. Blanton Robert Chumbley Mrs. Dorothy Tarrance Mrs. John Freeman Guy Burchfield Grayson County Tuberculosis Assn Dr. L. B. Holland Chat Beazley.
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Sun
J. L. Boone R. M. Hash
Sam
Three Lamp System Warns Dimmed Light Drivers
Washington inventor Thomas M. Johnston proposes a third lamp mounted before the radiator that shines only when headlights are dimmed. The device, covered by US patent 2,417,507, signals approaching motorists to avoid flicker. Seed and soil improvement and good cropping systems underpin successful field crop production.
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Washington
Thomas M. Johnston
U. S
Clyde Craig Buys Wilsons Cafe
Clyde Craig purchases Wilsons Cafe from Lee Wilson and takes charge. An experienced cafe man, he plans changes to fixtures and will install a large food refrigerator to store provisions. He aims to serve the best foods and offer top service, promising Whitewright a first class operation.
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Clyde Craig
Wilson's Cafe
Lee Wilson
Mr. Craig
Craig
Whitewright
1946 Best Year In Farming History
United States farming posted its best year on record in 1946 with the highest overall production and top incomes. Crops reached a 26 percent surge above pre-growth averages, led by a 3.3 billion bushel corn crop and over 1.1 billion bushels of wheat harvested. Cotton fell sharply to one-third below average, the smallest yield since the turn of the century, while barley flaxseed rye and some minor crops remained below or near average.
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Washington
United States
Ten Red Divisions Already in U.S.
The House committee on un American activities testified that American Communists form the nucleus of 10 military divisions and aim to soften the country for a Soviet assault. James F. Green put the Communist strength at 100,000 with cadres for 10 divisions on American soil. William C. Bullitt warned Russia would bomb the United States only after building atomic bombs and a stronger air force, urging the U.S. to keep ample atomic weapons.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
James F. Green
Omaha
American Legion
Americanism Commission
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Russia
United States
Stalin
Bullitt
Hitler
America
Poor Man's Tommy Manville Weds 16th Time in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids man James F. Williams 65, known as the poor man's Tommy Manville, confirms marriage for the 16th time to former Mrs. Louise Parker 60 of Cleveland. She says they wed Oct 4 in Kansas City after eight months of correspondence. the couple traveled to Cedar Rapids where the ceremony occurred. She jokes about keeping him happy by letting him have his own way.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tommy Manville
James F. Williams
Shy Williams
Louise Parker
Cleveland
Ohio
Williams
Kansas City
Boxing Tourney Brings FFA Winners and Titles
The Whitewright FFA boxing event drew 51 contestants from Sherman Trenton Savoy Blue Ridge and nearby towns. Eleven fighters earned Golden Gloves certificates with multiple weight class finals decided Friday night including Alvin Hudson Blue Ridge and Joe Burk Gadberry Sherman to claim welter and fleaweight crowns respectively.
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Whitewright
The
Future Farmers of America
Sherman
Trenton
Savoy
Blue Ridge
Alvin Hudson
Loren Paul Ryan
Joe Burk Gadberry
Joe Glenn Pannell
O. L. Winkle
Monte Lawrence
Travis Skinner
Douglas Neal
Keith Higginbotham
Johnny Ramsey
Lois Mackey
Harvey Walls
Junior Dunn
Clifton Vance
Benny Hudson
Gene Stephens
Rey Kolb
Dowell Ray Williams
Bob Coleman
Philip Ooten
Lee Yeager
Clyde Marr
Jerry Lupher
Jake Brownfield
Dean Neal
Cisioned Tommie Greer
Billy O'Brien
George Neal
Billy Neal
Raymond Sledge
Bert Waldo
Barney Elk
Alton Ray Morris
Edward Fernandez
Conway Bunch
Clifton Vincent
Junior Sharp
D. W. McKinney
Billy Jack Blackerby
Joe Pannell
Byron Neathery
Buster Branham
Larry Hayes
Doyle Neal
Pressley Miller
Ina
Joe Glen Parnell
Kenneth Keller
Victor Burchfield
R. C. Thrasher
Jess Walls
Scout Committee Meeting Friday in Whitewright Bank Room
The Whitewright Boy Scouts troop committee will meet Friday at 4 PM in the First National Bank director's room to conduct the annual charter review with Sherman neighborhood commissioner Jack Hammock in attendance. Hammock will return Monday night for the monthly review. all scouts are urged to attend in uniform. Last month's review earned a near perfect score. The Wolf Patrol led by Kelly Pierson will prepare the Scout Hut.
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Whitewright Boy Scouts
First National Bank
Jack Hammock
Sherman
Hammock
Wolf Patrol
Kelly Pierson
Ex-GI Students Clash With A and M Over Hazing
COLLEGE STATION Texas A and M confronts a dispute over new rules banning freshmen hazing as 5813 veteran students enroll. Ex-GI leaders plan a Thursday meeting to shape veterans administration relations and stance on hazing and the cadet corps. Senior cadets resist anti hazing rules claiming they disrupt cadet traditions and face possible punishment or dismissal. Early oil methods recovered only 20 percent of existing oil but modern techniques reach about 80 percent.
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College Station
Texas A. & M
Veterans Administration
Cadet Corps
TWO WOUNDED IN FANNIN COUNTY
Two Fannin County residents suffered gunshot wounds in separate accidental incidents Tuesday. Paul Dean, 25, was hit in the left leg by a stray bullet while building a scarecrow near Savage. A 3 year old child in the theater discharged a pistol, striking a woman in the right shoulder as he played in the manager's office area.
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Fannin County
Paul Dean
Savage
Dean
Marnie Burleson
Leonard
Burleson
Southwest Grayson Oil Test Planned in Grayson County
R B Ferris of Fort Worth will drill a 3 500 foot test well this week in Southwest Grayson County. The hole to be sunk on the J L Schindler farm lies about five miles south of Tioga and one mile east of the Tioga Pilot Point highway in the Peter Gass survey. J L Tippit of Gainesville outlined the 1 400 acre lease block.
Home Made Alarm Device Kills Sulphur Springs Man
William M. Beville a 21 year old resident of Como south of Sulphur Springs built a self designed alarm device using an electric clock and an electrical charge. He was found dead in bed Tuesday morning and had been electrocuted making the device the likely cause of death.
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Sulphur Springs
William M. Beville
Como
Beville
Hamilton Will Not Seek Reelection To City Commission
Guy Hamilton announced to The Sun on Tuesday that he will not run again for the Whitewright City Commission in the upcoming election. He has served since 1921, totaling 26 years with no prior opponents. Fellow commissioners are Mayor F. M. Echols and Roby Childress, with Echols set to reach 32 years as mayor after his term.
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Guy Hamilton
Sun
City Commission
Hamilton
F. M. Echols
Roby Childress
Whitewright
Echols
W. H. King
Aham Pennington
Sherman
Pennington
Mr. Hamilton
Treasury targets tax chislers in new drive
Secretary John W. Snyder announced the Treasury aims to net at least 2.5 billion dollars in the coming fiscal year from a campaign against income tax chislers. He projected about 2 billion in additional assessments by July 1 and noted over 1.0 billion in extra payments in the first seven months, a 44.7 percent rise. He cited 50 million Americans filing returns and said 10 thousand new IRS workers have not yet been fully trained, praising the impact of the new team of accountants and clerks in flagging questionable returns.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Chisler
Cislers
Texas House OKs Gas Line Tax in Texas Assembly
The Texas House approved by 85 to 50 a bill by Rep. C. S. McLellan to tax natural gas gathering lines at about 1.85 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, targeting $30 million plus yearly. Revenue would first fund $55 per capita school apportionment and a $2,000 bachelor degree teacher salary, with remaining funds for county road building. Rep. Harley Sadler called the tax punitive to producers and royalty owners.
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House
C. S. McLellan
Harley Sadler
Sweetwater
West Texas
Sadler
Grayson County Ginned 14,584 Bales by March 1
Grayson County had ginned 14,584 bales of the 1946 cotton crop through March 1, according to G. O. Peterson of Carpenters Bluff, federal cotton census man for the county. This compared with 14,234 bales on the same date of the preceding year.
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Grayson County
G. O. Peterson
Carpenters Bluff
Boxing Tournament Opens Tuesday At Bryant Field
The Preston Everheart Post American Legion sponsors a five night boxing tournament beginning Tuesday at 8 p m at Bryant Field with elimination bouts Tuesday through Friday and finals Monday April 7 Proceeds fund the Legion building fund Curl Reeves is general chairman with Lucio Orozco assisting The event features two minute rounds with three rounds per bout and entrants from Dallas Sherman Trenton Blue Ridge Durant Okla and nearby towns Tommie Barron of Sherman Golden Gloves state middleweight champion is signed for Tuesday night promising strong matches for fans
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Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Bryant Field
Building Fund of
The
Legion Post
Curl Reeves
Lucio Orozco
Reeves
Truman signs OTC death bill undermines rent and sugar controls
President Truman ordered continued rent controls and sugar rationing beyond June 30 despite Congress terminating funds for the programs. He noted the Office of Temporary Controls would be liquidated by that date and said he signed the deficit appropriation bill to fund critical agencies including the Veterans Administration, the Office of Defense Transportation, and the Treasury disbursement division.
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Washington
Truman
Office of Temporary Controls
Congress
Veterans Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Division of Disbursement of the Treasury
32 Charged With Passing Bad Checks In Fannin County
BONHAM Sheriff Wait reports a surge of hot checks in Fannin County with 12 jailed by noon and warrants out for 20 more. Thirty-two checks, $2 to $50, were issued in Bonham over the weekend. a $50 check by a McKinney man led to fines and repayment. Most offenders have prior records. those unable to pay will serve fines in jail. Sheriff notes many cannot pay and mentions his new garden efforts at the county farm.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Dick Wait
Law and Order
McKinney
Onion
Sheriff Wait
Wait
Dollar-Down Days Return Warned By Editorial
Washington editor warns that in coming months curbs on installment buying will vanish as producers and retailers lift restraints. By summer the dollar down era returns and a borrowing binge may follow, risking a painful hangover for those who overextend. Since 1941, Regulation W controlled installment purchasing.
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Washington
America
Federal Reserve Board
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