All Amendments Defeated Here in Whitewright Election
In Tuesday’s Whitewright vote all ten proposed state amendments were defeated. Poll tax repeal failed 71 to 64. legislature pay raise lost 109 to 19. Total 144 votes, with about 15 improper ballots. Roy Baker led for State Board of Education with 116 votes to 13 for Paul Matthews.
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Whitewright
State Board of Education
Roy Baker
Sherman
Paul Matthews
Greenville
Methods of retiring at 60 explained in Kiplinger style
Washington report outlines a plan to retire at 60 to 65 with a secure income. It details budgets and multiple funding sources including Social Security, pensions, life insurance, annuities, and savings bonds, plus a plan to compute needed shortfall and how to save it.
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Washington
Kiplinger Magazine
Social Security Administration
D. C
Community Public Service Co Wins National Safety Award
Community Public Service Company earned the 1948-49 National Fleet Safety Contest first place for Public Utilities Group I. The 208-vehicle fleet logged 12 accidents in 2,238,921 miles, an outstanding 0.5 per 100,000 miles, with awards presented at the Palmer House in Chicago on October 27.
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Community Public Service Company
National Safety Council
F. G. Hoover
United States
Palmer House
Chicago
National Safety Congress
C. C. Waggett
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Potomac Edison Company
iMississippi Power & Light Company
Utah Power & Light Company
W. J. Millican
Inventors tout new mousetrap ideas at Patent Office
Washington reports a flood of new patent claims including a sanitary mousetrap by Paul Rosen of West Orange New Jersey and a finger safe trap by Otto R Siems of Yoakum Texas. Also listed are a ship rat guard by Thomas J Bernard and various quirky gadgets from toothbrush handles to a two directional propeller hat.
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Washington
Patent Office
Paul Rosen
West Orange
N. J
Otto R. Siems
Yoakum
Tex
Rosen
Siems
Thomas J. Bernard
San Pedro
Calif
Bernard
State of America
Cotton Crop Estimate Rises to 15.5 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department raises its semi final 1949 cotton crop forecast to 15,524,000 bales, up from 15,446,000 a month earlier. The department also proposes marketing quotas for the 1950 crop to limit output to about 12 million bases, to be voted by growers on December 15 with a two thirds approval required.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Shivers to Call January Special Session on State Hospitals
Gov. Allan Shivers plans a late January special session to secure funds for operating state hospitals and to fund expansion and repair of overcrowded facilities. He wants money for Southwestern Medical College buildings, UT dental school, Houston cancer research, and the Negro University in Houston, with tax needs to balance the budget.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Beauford H. Jester
Board For State Hospitals and
Southwestern Medical College
Dallas
Universty of Texas Regents
Dental
Houston
State University For Negroes
Groundhog Day Forecast Says Unusual Shadow Event Ahead
Dublin New Hampshire reports Abe Weatherwise of a famed almanac predicting a rare groundhog day with a daytime shadow not seen before and a moonlit shadow afterward. The almanac foresees a cold stormy winter ahead with a mild January and a late cold spring.
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Dublin
N. H
Abe Weatherwise
Abe
Almanac
Tulip bulbs mistaken for onions by teen in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee Mrs Carl Thelin searched for tulip bulbs she dug from her garden for winter storage. Her 15 year old son confessed he cut them up for hamburger sandwiches believing they were onions. Also mentions misinformed visitors at Yellowsone Park about local phenomena.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Carl Thelin
No Armistice Day Holiday Here
Whitewright businesses will not observe Armistice Day on November 11 this year. They selected New Year s Memorial Day July 4 Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas as holidays. Thanksgiving will be observed on November 24 and The Sun will publish a day early to observe the holiday.
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Whitewright
Big Steel Sets Peace Meetings as Lewis Relents
United States Steel Corp opens contract talks with CIO United Steelworkers and Youngstown Sheet & Tube agrees to the Bethlehem pension pattern. John L. Lewis ends the 52 day soft coal strike for three weeks while talks continue. Bethlehem Republic and John & Laughlin had signed earlier. The Youngstown plant joins on pension and social insurance terms including a 100 dollar monthly pension at 65 with 25 years’ service and a 5 cent per hour social insurance split.
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United States Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
John L. Lewis
United States Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Ohio
Bethlehem, Republic
John & Laughlin
Soldier Keeps Promise From German Death March
New Cumberland Pa Sgt Walter Konetsco returns to the Army to fulfill a pledge to 170 buddies from a 700 mile death march across Germany after being captured on December 16 1944 following the Battle of the Bulge. He visits families of fallen comrades and seeks a transfer to a western station.
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New Cumberland
Walter Konetsco
Germany
Konetsco
Connellsville
Republic Bank of Dallas Tops Texas in Deposits
The Republic National Bank of Dallas leads Texas banks with resources of 340,813,929.26 and deposits of 305,513,060.17. The First National Bank of Dallas is second with resources of 322,000,000 approx and deposits around 297,672,536.57.
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Dallas
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Texas Banks
Republic
First National Bank of Dallas
Reed Kansas Senator Clyde Reed Dies After Fall
Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas, 78, was killed Monday night in a fall down stairs at his Parsons home. He had just returned from a hospital visit for influenza. Mrs. Reed was upstairs and did not witness the accident. cause of death not immediately determined by Dr. Guy Cramer.
Mrs. Johnson Visits Dallas Kin This Week
Mrs. W. C. Johnson of Dallas visited her sisters Mrs. Olive Myrick and Mrs. Adah Gillespie here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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W. C. Johnson
Dallas
Olive Myrick
Adah Gillespie
Farm election set for next Saturday in Sherman
Arthur Badgett of the AAA office in Sherman says a Saturday election will choose committeemen to run the farm program. Current committeemen are Roy Belew Taylor Autrey and John Tramel. Badgett also notes the cotton allotment for 1950 should be announced by Dec 1 and there will be no corn allotment for 1950 in this section.
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Arthur Badgett
AAA
Sherman
The
Sun
Roy Belew
Taylor Autrey
John Tramel
Badgett
Harvest Nears End as Fair Weather Aids Crops
The past two weeks of fair weather sped harvest as farmers worked long hours leaving little cotton and corn in fields. A final week or ten days of sun is expected to finish harvest. Whitewright reports a good corn crop with above average careage. corn buyers stayed busy, gin activity high, 2496 bales of cotton received by Wednesday night, prices ranged 22.50 to 24.75 for cotton and seed at 45 a ton, corn at 1.10 a bushel.
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Whitewright
Attack Dues On Poll Tax Drives Congress Abolition
A new drive for congressional abolition of the poll tax began after Texas and Virginia failed. The House has passed the bill 273 to 116 to outlaw the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting. The Senate must act, with administration sources saying the ant-poll-tax bill will get top priority when the 1950 session opens January 3.
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Washington
Texas
Virginia
House
Senate
Congress
Sun Honor Roll Adds List Of Local Students
The Sun adds several names to its weekly honor roll including Miss Lillian Neathery A. A. Hudgins T. A. Holcomb Miss Dessie Reynolds H. O. Ford Mrs Riley Tabor Mrs M L Thornhill C B Clem Mrs J E Everheart Mrs Arthur J Reed Mrs Lois Allen J C Carr Clyde Sadler and R B Matthews.
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Sun
Lillian Neathery
A. A. Hudgins
T. A. Holcomb
Dessie Reynolds
H. O. Ford
Riley Tabor
M. L. Thornhill
C. B. Clem
J. E. Everheart
Arthur J. Reed
Lois Allen
J.C. Carr Clyde Sadler
R. B. Matthews
Widows rise as aging population widens ranks
Metropolitan Life statisticians estimate about 460000 American women become widows each year and the total widowed population exceeds 6500000. One in ten widows has dependent children, totaling 1250000, with about 2000000 widows at work. They note more widows created yearly due to higher male mortality and older husbands. They foresee a growing widowhood trend with longer durations.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Census Bureau
United States
If Junior Swears Do Not Cuss Back Says Child Expert
Los Angeles reports Dr. Benjamin Spock author of Baby and Child Care and Mayo Foundation psychiatry professor says mild profanity in children over six is normal. Such language signals growing independence as youngsters spread their wings.
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Junior
Los Angeles
Benjamin Spock
Mayo Foundation
Spock
Tigers Peak to Tie Notre Dame Record With 17th Win
The WHS Tigers won their 17th straight game 46 to 0 over Gunter, reaching 282 points for the season and setting a possible record. Wolfe City visits Whitewright at 2:30 PM, and the Thanksgiving showdown between Van Alstyne and Whitewright will decide the district championship after both squads run perfect conference marks.
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Sam Montgomery
WHS Tigers
Notre Dame
Gunter
The
Sun
Tigers
Wolfe City
Whitewright
van Alstyne
Pilot Point
Lehman and O Dwyer Win in New York
Democratic Herbert H. Lehman won the U S Senate race in New York State as President Truman hailed the victory as a big boost for his fair deal program. Lehman led over Republican John Foster Dulles, while Mayor William O Dwyer was re elected by a large margin in New York City.
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Herbert H. Lehman
U. S. Senate
New York State
Truman
Lehman
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York City
William O’dwyer
Thanksgiving Service Not Held in Whitewright
It is announced that no union Thanksgiving service will be held in Whitewright on Wednesday evening November 23. The revival starting that evening at Central Christian Church led local pastors to cancel the annual event.
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Whitewright
Central Christian Church
Concealing Age Costs Social Security Benefits
In Elizabeth New Jersey Leonard F Sawyer of the Social Security Administration warns that hiding a womans true age can cost money. He cites a case where a 69 year old wife, married to a man four years younger, concealed her age from her husband and children. When her husband retired in 1945 he listed her age as 61, causing her to miss benefits of 21 dollars a month for several years.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Leonard F. Sawyer
Social Security Administration
Sawyer
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