CPS Co Takes Top Safety Honors
Community Public Service Company wins the National Fleet Safety Contest for the second year with an accident rate of 39 per 100 000 miles across 2 001 506 miles July 1949 to June this year. Safety Director W J Millican accepts the plaque in Chicago. Northwestern University Traffic Institute praises the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Millican
Community Public Service Company
Public Utilities
Nationnal Safety Council
Franklin M. Kreml
Northwestern University
Traffic Institute
la Salle Hotel
Chicago
Mr. Millican
Public Utility
National Safety Council
Fort Worth
United States
CPS Co
Millican
Krem
U S Spends 22 Billion in Europe Since War
The Defense Department reports the United States has committed 22 305 779 000 dollars to aid Europe since World War II. Most of the total has been committed in the last three years. The figure excludes armaments and troop costs abroad under NATO. An additional note mentions Nebraska’s growing food processing industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
United States
Europe
Department
Drive to prevent home accidents urged by doctor
Dr. Leona Baumgartner urged community wide action to reduce home accidents, noting they kill more children aged one to 14 than polio in non epidemic years. She urged officials and voluntary groups to organize prevention efforts and make communities accident conscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
New York
Leona Baumgartner
New York City
American Public Health Association
Texas Christian University Seeks Trust Substitution in Grayson Case
Citation issued in Grayson County names plaintiffs Texas Christian University and Nellie B. Holt. Defendants include J. W. Goddard deceased, Minnie C. Fox heirs, W. B. Smith heirs, R. A. Carr heirs, O. A. Carr heirs, and Merchants and Planters National Bank. Petition seeks decree appointing TCU as successor trustee replacing Jesse F. Holt with authority to carry out trust terms. Court date set for November 27, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
W. B. Smith
R. A. Carr
O. A. Carr
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas Christian University
Nellie B. Holt
J. W. Goddard
Minnie C. Fox
Merchants and Planters National Bank
S. V. Earnest
Greveon County
Nancy Drake
Red River Valley Fair Opens With Gov Ferguson to Officiate
News notes reveal Sherman hosts the fair on November 11 with Gov James E. Ferguson officiating. The item lists local happenings from Whitewright through Celina, including fires, marriages, obituaries, elections, and civic events across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ferguson
Sherman
L. A. Yates
Will Barr
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
W. T. Sears
Jackson
Miss
J. C. Parsons
D. S. McMillin
Celina Masonic Lodge
Celina High School
Minnie Montgomery
Hugh Norris
Lawton
Okla
R. C. Montgomery
Eastern Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
Two women reunite and share life updates on the street
Two ladies meet after a long time on the street. Blanche exclaims that since they last met she has had her teeth out and had an electric stove and refrigerator installed.
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Blanche
Incompatibility Divorce Quip Sparks Courtroom Laughs
A jokey dialogue features Sly Husband Mert asking for a divorce due to incompatibility. Gert suggests suing for incompatibility, and Mert quips that he would file if he could catch him at it.
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Mert
Gert
Social questions nudge at private life curiosities
A reader asks about personal events from visitors to divorces purchases parties engagements and family changes, exploring what counts as notable in private life and how others share such experiences. The tone treats everyday events as topics of social interest and inquiry.
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U.S
Nebraska
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Grayson
William H. McDaniel
J. N. Dickson
Said County
M. & P. Bank
Jewel E. McDaniel
Comptroller of Currency
Warren G. Harding
James E. Cox
Pat Neff
John G. Culbertson
H. McGregor
C. B. Bryant
Whitewright
Mike Grogan
E. Y. Skaggs
K. R. Isbell
Dallas
Whitewright Methodist Church
Retail Merchants Association
A. E. Major
Central Christian Church
W. M. Morgan
Brannon Bros
Nancy Bernice Wilson
Orangeville
the Sun
F. E. Douglas
van Alstyne
Walter Arnspiger
R. T. Pennington
Rotary
Lucian Andrews
Clyde Gibson
Ethel Chumbley
Bonham
W. R. Hooper
Mineola
Devonport
J. E. Risley
Rowlett
Katy-Cotton Belt
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Fair Park Auditorium
Highland Park
E. Houston
Reddy
Atom
Your Friendly Electric Company
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