Rainfall Totals for May and 1951 Compared in Local Report
Rainfall this week reached .49 inches with .26 on Tuesday and .23 on Wednesday morning. May total rose to 2.65 inches and 1951 year-to-date to 8.60, vs 21.08 inches by this date last year. Farmers found the rain unwelcome for cotton and corn, but pastures, gardens, and lawns benefited. Local water department records credit Ray and Charley Cates.
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Ray
Charley Cates
City Water Department
Chinese Reds Launch Second Spring Offensive in Korea
Chinese forces estimated at 75 000 in an operation believed near 500 000 attacked Allied lines in central and eastern Korea, forcing a withdrawal southwest of Inje near 25 miles northeast of Seoul. Artillery and tanks reportedly aided the assault with heavy casualties among Reds.
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Tokyo
Korea
Inje
Seoul
United States
Eighth Army
Kapyong
Chunchon
Lunch Room Menus For May 21 to 30
The schedule lists daily menus with meals including meats, fish, sandwiches, sides, desserts, and milk. Items feature meat loaf, fish fillet, tuna salad, hot dogs, sausage and kraut, varied vegetables, breads, and fruits across two weeks.
Census Farm Figures May Be Misleading
A census analysis states the 1950 farm count drop since 1945 is largely due to a definitional change. The new rule lowers thresholds for what counts as a farm, accounting for up to 200,000 fewer farms despite real declines.
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U. S
Census Bureau
Post Office Moves To New Quarters
The post office moved to a new building on lower Main street on a Saturday. A L Biggerstaff handled the moving contract with helpers working through the day and part of Sunday. The new building, owned by Pascal Farley with a 10 year post office contract, replaces a 31 year old site. Fixtures were not new as promised and the dark lobby hampers access.
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Lower Main Street
A. L. Biggerstaff
Pascal Farley
Post Office Department
Buiding
Ed LaRoe
Senate approves loaned food aid for India
The Senate voted 52 to 32 to authorize 2,000,000 tons of grain for India on a straight loan basis, amending a bill to replace a mixed loan and gift plan. The House may act next, with President Truman urging a $190 million gift of food.
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Washington
Senate
India
House
Truman
Congress
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Acknowledged
Mrs Jack Harper of 205 East Ninth Claremont California renews with 2 00 for another year. The Sun acknowledges payments from Royce Jones Verner Hodel M C Smith Howard Hedgpeth Frank Thornhill R I Wilson Chat Beazley Community Public Service Co Clifford Phoebus S A Jones Mrs A R McMurry M J Denton E S Williams Mrs T J Giles Roy Hamilton Mrs Mary McGaughey South Grayson TB Association Royce Lay John P Barbee Mrs C C McKenna Ted Spinks Floyd Harris.
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Jack Harper
East Ninth
Claremont
Calif
The
Sun
Royce Jones
Verner Hodel
M. C. Smith Howard Hedgpeth
Frank Thornhill
R. I. Wilson Chat
A. R. McMurry
M. J. Denton
E. S. Williams
T. J. Giles
Roy Hamilton
Mary McGaughey
Mrs Ray Dobson Heads Eastern Star Chapter
Whitewright Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star elected Mrs Ray Dobson as worthy matron for the coming year. Officers named include Ray Dobson as worthy patron and Lewis Cooper as associate patron. Installation set for June 8 at the Masonic Hall. next meeting May 24 with three candidates to be initiated. 27 members attended.
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Whitewright
Order of the Eastern Star
Ray Dobson
Lewis Cooper
Jim Williams
Riley Smith
Herman Bedford
Jim Robinson
E. M. Badgett
Masonic Hall
Seventy Percent of State Wheat Crop Destroyed
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Texas wheat crop near ruined with an estimated 14 438 000 bushels forecast for May 1 down 5 million from April 1. Losses blamed on green bugs brouth and cutworms across the high plains. Belgium Congo story notes Belgium's equatorial empire is 77 times larger than Belgium.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculure
USDA
High Plains
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Tigers Split Squads For 1951 Football Tryouts At Bryant Field
On Friday May 18 the Tigers’ 1951 squads, Gold and White, will scrimmage at Bryant Field to pick next year’s starting lineup. Probable starters include Gold: Cooper Reeves Ayres Smith Wallace Chesser Christian McKnight Partridge Jones. White: Smith Harper Simmons Stephens Pierson Simmons Hyepock Hull Hayes Clark Brown. Reserve players listed with possible positional changes. Game starts about 7 45 p m with no admission charge. Follow up game vs 1951 seniors planned for May 24. Schedule includes nine games from Sept 7 to Nov 16 against St Jo Bells Here Bonham There Van Alstyne Here Wolfe City There Honey Grove Here Leonard There Cooper Here Farmersville Here.
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Barrie Blant
Tigers
Tiger
Larry Cooper
John Dale Reeves
James Ayres
Jack Smith
Joe Wallace
John C. Chesser
Jimmy Christian
Aubrey Burnham
Dearle McKnight
Billy Wayne Partridge
Kenneth Jones
Garland Smith
Norman Harper
Leon Simmons
Johnny Paul Stephens
Lyndal Pierson
William Simmons
Kenneth Hyepock
Robert Hull
Larry Hayes
Bobby Clark
Johnny Mack Brown
Jerry Brown
Jackie Pannell
David Reeves
Donald Lansford
Ralph Hughes
Buddy Gibson
Montgomery
Bryant Field
St. Jo
Bells
Bonham
van Alstyne
Wolfe City
Honey Grove
Leonard
Cooper
Farmersville
Whitewright Boy Wins Farm Prize at Hotel Grayson Award
At a Sherman Chamber of Commerce beef production program banquet at the Hotel Grayson, Norman Harper of Whitewright won first prize a $225 check as top beef producer. Second place went to Murray Akin Jr. of Howe with $200 and Billy Ray Bell of Southmayor earned $175 for third.
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Grayson
FFA
Norman Harper
Whitewright
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Murray Akin Jr
Howe
Billy Ray Bell
Southmayor
Michael Dagman
St. Joseph’s Academy
Mary Nell Howard
Tioga
Frank McGraw
Sherman Ffa
Harper
Akin
Bell
Blind Spot in Each Eye Noted by Optical Experts
An article from SOUTHBRIDGE MASS discusses the eye’s retina blind spot where the optic nerve attaches. It explains why it remains unseen and provides a simple self test to prove its existence. It also mentions a 125 pound striped bass record from Albemarle Sound in 1890 and a note on chess as an ancient game.
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Southbridge
Mass
American Optical Company
Albemarle Sound
Edenton
N. C
Armed Forces Day Celebration Moved to Perrin Field
1st Lt. Arthur J. Knudsen announces the Armed Forces Day program will be at Perrin Air Force Base at 7 p.m. this Thursday instead of Twins baseball park due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict. The Sun previously announced Perrin as the location.
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Sun
Arthur J. Knudsen
Perrin Air Force Base
Twins
Perrin
West Texas C of C Man Praises Soil Work in This Area
George Logan of Abilene, manager of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce agriculture and live stock department, praises the Upper Elm-Red Soil Conservation District at an awards dinner. He notes broad public support for soil and water conservation across the district and predicts it will be a premier place to live.
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the Sun
George Logan
Abilene
Agriculture and Livestock Department
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Upper Elm-Red
Panhandle
del Rio
Gainesville
Waco
Austin
Kerrville
el Paso
Millionth Family Buys Telephone Stock in Saginaw
A Saginaw couple, the Brady Dentons, became the millionth shareholders of American Telephone and Telegraph by purchasing seven shares. Jerome McKinney of Southwestern Bell notes one family in 45 owns Bell stock and highlights Texas: 15,000 shareholders hold 485,000 shares with over 4.3 million in dividends.
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Saginaw
Michigan
American Telephone and Telegraph
Jerome McKinney
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell
United States
Brady Dentons
Denton
Dentons
McKinney
Bell System
Texas
Telephone Company
Whitewright
New Suit Cloth Retains Crease In Rain
Du Pont scientists announce Dacron Polyester fiber fabric that resists wrinkling in humidity and rain. Dr Louis L Larson says the material keeps its crease at 90 percent humidity and remains pressed after laundering, enabling home washing.
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New York
du Pont
Louis L. Larson
American Association of Textile Technologists
Larson
Injury rise in U S motor vehicle crashes exceeds prior year
The report shows 235,800 more persons injured in U S motor vehicle accidents last year than in 1949, highlighting a significant increase in road injuries across the nation.
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U. S
Rotary Club Fish Fry Rescheduled to Thursday Night
The Rotary Club announces its annual fish fry will be held Thursday evening at the Joe Johnson pasture southwest of town with a sundown start. If rain delays, the American Legion Park will host the event. Last week’s program featured Russell Summers with George and Mrs. Hight performing, and visitors included Charles Birge and Kirk May.
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Rotary Club
Sherman
Denison
Nuell Skaggs
the Sun
Joe Johnson
Glen Earnheart
Rotaryanns
Barnheart
American Legion
Russell Summers
Rotary Clubs
Summers
George Hight
Pack 5 final meeting honors Cub Scouts and awards
Parents and Cubs gathered for the last Pack 5 meeting before summer. Chancy Corse attended as scout executive while Cubmaster Dick Walker presented awards. Robbie Phillips earned a Wolf badge with the gold arrow and two silvers. Scottie Phillips earned the gold arrow and one silver. Several Wolf badges were awarded to Jimmy Bassett Dirk Jameson Joe Chat Beazley Marvin Taylor Joe Don Cummings George Key Wilbert Lee Bennett Donald Walker and George Key Jerry Lee Bennett Wilbert Lee Bennett. Richard Cook and Cliff Emerson received bobcat pins. Creations of the boys’ work were shown and refreshments with blue and gold decor and a bluebonnet centerpiece plus the U S flag were served.
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Chancy Corse
Dick Walker
Robbie Phillips
Scottie Phillips
Jimmy Bassett
Dirk Jameson
Joe Chat Beazley
Marvin Taylor
Joe Don Cummings
George Key
Wilbert Lee Bennett
Donald Walker
Jerry Lee Bennett
Richard Cook
Cliff Emerson
United States
Mint Coins 21 Miles Of Pennies a Day
Denver report explains penny shortage as 21 miles worth of pennies produced daily at the U S Mint. Moses E Smith notes about 90 000 dollars in pennies enter gum machines banks and similar channels weekly. Production runs about 1 800 000 pennies daily with no clear reason for the shortage given.
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Denver
United States Mint
Moses E. Smith
Denver Mint
Texas Tales Favorite With German Youths
In Frankfurt West German youths prefer Texas and the wild West over other American themes. An illustrated booklet Acht Grosse Amerikaners features Washington Jefferson Whitman Lincoln Carver Carnegie Addams and Edison. More than 80 percent of German students aged 10 to 15 liked it and asked for more adventure tales and Western stories.
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Frankfurt
Germany
George Washington
Texas
U. S
Washington
Jefferson
Walt Whitman
Lincoln
George W. Carver
Andrew Carnegie
Jane Addams
Edison
America
Wild West
1914 Model T traded for 1951 car in Bozeman
Mrs. Rosa A. Currier, a former vaudeville actress from Springdale, traded her 1914 Model T Ford for a new 1951 model in Bozeman Montana. The antique car, shown with carbide lamps and three inch tires, was described by the dealer as in tip top shape.
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Bozeman, Mont
Rosa A. Currier
Final Suit Filed For Easement Of Road Right of way
The Sun publishes a legal notice on condemnation proceedings for three lots along Farm to Market Highway 1283 known as Oak Hill Cemetery road. The City of Whitewright, via the County Attorney’s office, handles the suits with Assistant County Attorney Lester Newman in charge. Hearings set for July 6, with commissioners to appraise and escrow to fund awards, paving hoped before year end. The county plans to extend the highway from the county line to join the Ely to Ector project once this right of way is resolved.
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the Sun
Oak Hill Cemetery Road
Whitewright
Lester Newman
Fannin
Auto Inspection Required Before Next Tags Issued
Gov. Shivers signs a law mandating annual mechanical safety inspections for highway vehicles. A certificate of pass required before obtaining 1952 license plates. Enforced 90 days after adjournment. Rep. Jerry A. Steward of Fairfield introduced the measure. Inspections cover steering, brakes, lights, horns, mirrors, and wipers. cost $1 with 75 cents to the mechanic.
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Shivers
Jerry A. Steward
Fairfield
Republicans Pick Chicago for 1952 Convention
The 1952 Republican National Convention will be held in Chicago marking the 13th GOP gathering in the city. Chicago has hosted 24 national conventions since 1856, with Lincoln nominated in 1860, and last GOP event here in 1944.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Abraham Lincoln
Veep Barkley sheds 35 pounds in four months
Chicago report states Vice-President Barkley has reduced his weight by 35 pounds over four months. He declines to issue a blanket diet recommendation to wives, saying let the husband's figure guide them. He likens weight loss to removing a 35 pound sack from the shoulders or midriff.
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Chicago
Barkley
As Maine Goes and the National Outlook in Elections
A historical note traces the saying As Maine goes so goes the nation to 1888 and campaign manager insight for Benjamin Harrison. It notes Maine’s early vote influence, Republicans’ early wins, and the 1932 1936 reversals that led to the variant As Maine goes Vermont and its official change by Jim Farley.
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Maine
Benjamin Harrison
Mississippi
Alf M. Landon
Vermont
Jim Farley
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U.N
OKS Food Loan
Mrs. Ray Dobson
Eastern Star Chapter
Whitewright Boy
Armed Forces Day
Perrin Field
West
C of
Cub Scout News
Veep
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