Truman Quiz Plan Snarled By Mixup
Washington mixture delays and denials shadow the Truman and Clark subpoenas in the Harry Dexter White spy case. Eisenhower distances from subpoenas while Brownell defends bringing the case to public view and Vaughan prepares Senate testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House
Harry Dexter White
Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
House un-American Activities Committee
United States
Herbert Brownell Jr
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Ruth Anderson
Public Spending Totals Reach 101 Billion in 1952
The Census Bureau reports total government spending in 1952 at more than 101 billion dollars, or about 646 dollars per person. It notes federal outlays in 1952 were roughly double 1942, while state and local government spending was about triple the 1942 figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Presbyterians Mark 100th Anniversary in Whitewright
Whitewright First Presbyterian Church celebrates 100 years with morning worship led by Rev. Joe M. Russell and a 3:30 pm Fall Festival service featuring Rev. Jasper Manton. Parish events include a basket supper, evening program of history through story and tableau, and an attendance award for distant members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Whitewright
Joe M. Russell
Fort Worth
Russell
North Texas
Leonard
Cross-Roads
Tom Bean
Pottsboro
Ladonia
Dodd City
Spring Hill
Jasper Manton
Dallas
Synod of Texas
Lee H. Smith
George H. Walker
Howard L. Holland
Vera Hickman
Floyd Bassett
O. L. Jones
Robert Grant
Bonham
Janis Horton
Jill McMurry
Gayla Wren Sears
Kit Sears
Bob Jones
Dorriss Barbee
R. F. Jones
John Fender
Fine Arts Society Exhibit Set for Denison on Nov 22
The Interstate Fine Arts Society of Denison announces an art show at the Art Center, 300 Main Street, on November 22. Entries from Denison and nearby Whitewright are invited. Entry fee is 2.50 for a year of exhibitions and activities. Deliver entries to the Art Center November 19 or 20 between 2 and 5 p m. Public is welcome with no charge. Coffee served 2 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Fine Arts Society
Denison
Art Center
Main Street
Whitewright
School Lunch Menu Week of Monday to Friday
The menu lists daily meals for a school week. Monday offers roast and gravy with mashed potatoes turnip greens corn bread pear halves cookies and milk. Tuesday features cheese and macaroni casserole English peas sliced tomatoes apricot pie and milk. Wednesday serves steak and gravy cabbage slaw creamed corn doughnuts and milk. Thursday includes Lima beans sliced bologna pickles carrot sticks cherry shortcake and milk. Friday presents barbeque on buns potato chips lettuce and celery salad French pastry and milk.
Corn Production Estimate Lowered
The Agriculture Department cut this year’s corn crop to 3,180,430,000 bushels, down 15,671,000 from last month. It trails 194? yearly output of 3,216,007,000 and sits above the 10-year average of 3,036,380,000. Final figures come December 17. a 750,000,000 bushel reserve supplements the crop. Secretary Benson warns potential planting allotments next year to curb over-production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Benson
Funeral Today for Frank A. Jones in Sherman
Funeral services for Frank A. Jones of Sherman, 72, are set for 2 30 p m at Earnheart Chapel with Rev A C Broach officiating. Burial follows at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman. He died Wednesday morning after a long illness. He was born July 8 1881 and lived in Bethel most of his life, operating a grocery and filling station for 25 years. He is survived by a brother George Jones of Amarillo and a sister Mrs J L Denton of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Jones
Earnheart Chapel
A. C. Broach
West Hill Cemetery
Sherman
W. E. Denton
Ezra Bow Beckett
Lloyd Alexander
Doyle Alexander
Earl Denton
Clarence Jones
Jones
Mr. Jones
F. Jones
Bethel
George Jones
Amarillo
J. L. Denton
Whitewright
Funeral services held for two day old child Deborah Leah Merritt
Funeral services for Deborah Leah Merritt two day old daughter of Sgt and Mrs Edwin Merritt were held at 2 pm Tuesday at Cedarlawn Cemetery under direction of Earnheart Funeral Home The child was born Sunday in a Denison hospital The father is on duty in France and Mrs Merritt is living in Denison Surviving besides the parents is a brother Edward Allen Merritt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Leah Merritt
Edwin Merritt
Cedarlawn Cemetery
Earnheart Funeral Home
Denison
France
Funeral services held for Mrs A R Parker 66
Funeral services were conducted at Earnheart Chapel for Mrs A R Parker 66 of the Ely community who died Monday in a Bonham hospital after a heart attack. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery with pallbearers Chat Beazley Shirley Sells Jack Robbins Jim Wallace Raymond Spencer and Lynn Cooper. She was born Salina Crump June 28 1887 in Charleston Texas and married A R Parker in Saltillo Hopkins County in June 1919. Surviving are her husband two sons five daughters and a sister with families listed.
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A. R. Parker
Earnheart Chapel
Harold Davis
L. D. Beall
Oak Hill Cemetery
Chat Beazley
Shirley Sells
Jack Robbins
Jim Wallace
Raymond Spencer
Lynn Cooper
Charleston
Texas
John Crump
Saltillo
Hopkins County
Ely
T. C. Cooper
Hot Springs
Ark
James L. Parker
U. S. Navy
Sanford, Fla
Jimmy Echols
Phoenix, Ariz
Thomas Dobbie
la Porte
Ind
G. R. Price
R. M. Morris
Ector
J. Y. Jeter
Paris
J. M. Bowman
Harrison, Ark
Obituary of John A Moore of Savoy Texas
John A Moore 80 died at his Savoy home after a stroke six years ago. A retired farmer and stockman he lived in Savoy 11 years born May 18 1873 in Cullooka Tennessee and married Jessie Kate Mathews in Bells in 1893. Survivors include wife two sons Clarence and C H Moore two daughters Mrs T L Beckham and Mrs E G Stone a sister Mrs W O Cherry and 10 grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 pm Thursday at Savoy Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Moore
Savoy
Moore
Mr. Moore
Cullooka
Tenn
Texas
Hugh
Mary Moore
Jessie Kate Mathews
Bells
C. H. Moore
Clarence Moore
Denison
T. L. Beckham
E. G. Stone
W. O. Cherry
Methodist Church
Texas Cotton Crop Upward Revision Boosts National Estimate
The Agriculture Department raised the 1953 Texas cotton crop to 4,150,000 bales on 8,977,000 acres with 222 pounds per acre lint yield, lifting the national forecast to 16,093,000 bales. The revision follows August and October upward adjustments and precedes marketing quotas for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Department
Ezra Taft Benson
Local water gets approval from Grayson health unit
Mayor R. R. Summers releases a letter from the Grayson County Health Unit dated Nov 9, signed by C. A. Purcell and Dr. Frank P. Miller. The five bacterial reports show four dated Nov 2 and one Oct 29. Whitewright water is now 100 percent safe for all uses after distribution system contamination and chlorine treatment were addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Summers
Grayson County Health Unit
C. A. Purcell
Frank P. Miller
J. R. Cates
Whitewright
Former Whitewright Boy Dean at NTSC
Dr. Frank H. Gafford is named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at North Texas State College in Denton He will remain professor and director of history joining NTSC as associate professor in 1949 His prior posts include Tulane Mississippi College of Charleston and Sewanee He received a 1948 Carnegie grant to study Anglo Russian imperialism in the Near and Middle East
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Gafford
College of Arts and Sciences
North Texas State College
Denton
Frank Gafford
Whitewright
B. F. Gafford
Gafford
NTSC
Tulane
University of Mississippi
College of Charleston
University of the South At
Sewanee, Tenn
Carnegie
Near and
Middle East
Democrats Plan Ninth Senatorial District Dinner in Sherman
Sherman businessmen E B Chapman and Lewis Hall Jr chair a committee for a November 23, 10-a-plate Democratic dinner in the municipal building banquet room. About 1000 Democrats from Grayson Fannin Collin Hunt Cooke Rains and Rockwall counties expected. funds go to the national party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
E. B. Chapman
Lewis Hall Jr
Sherman Municipal
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Charles Hughes
Grayson
National Democratic Organization
Fannin
Collin, Hunt, Cooke, Rains
Rockwall
Rayburn
Denison
Methodist Week of Special Services At First Church
A full preaching mission at the First Methodist Church runs Monday November 16 through Friday with services at 7 30 p m each evening Five guest preachers from the area will speak including Rev Robert Howner ton Howe Rev Duke Barron Waples Memorial Denison Rev Fred Mooring Bells Rev Ford Boulware McKinney Navy Rev Raymond Corrigan Key Memorial Sherman Everyone is invited to attend each service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Robert Howerton
Howe
Duke Barron
Waples Memorial
Denison
Fred Mooring
Bells
Ford Boulware
McKinney
Navy
Raymond Co
1953 tax blanks mailed to taxpayers nationwide
The Internal Revenue Service says 70.5 million packages of 1953 income tax forms are being dispatched to Kansas City for labeling and mailing. Tax returns are due by March 15, 1954 in most cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Kansas City
Bonfire and Pep Rally Tonight Friday Game
The PTA held its monthly meeting in the school library with Mrs. J C McMillin presiding. Mrs. Joe Rich read minutes. eighth grade won the parents turnout prize. eight more members joined for a total of 162. Supt Montgomery led civil defense briefing. Judge Jim Dickson spoke on defense measures. Benediction by Rev Lee H Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
J. C. McMillin
Joe Rich
Fred Cook
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
R. R. Summers
Jim Dickson
Sherman
Lee H. Smith
Administration outlines progressive farm program at milk producers meeting
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture John H. Davis said the 1940s program will improve existing ideas rather than a new model, focusing on commodity by commodity changes and moving toward market expansion to reduce government dependence while handling wartime surplus. Federation president W. P. Davis urged expanded education, research and advertising for the dairy industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John H. Davis
W. P. Davis
Boston, Mass
Federation
Eisenhower Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
President Eisenhower officially proclaims Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day and urges all Americans to attend church and give thanks for manifold blessings from God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Tigers Set Big Friday Showdown With Farmersville
The High School Tigers host Farmersville at Bryant Field in a crucial game that could crown co champions of District 13 A. A pep rally at American Legion Park boosts local spirit. Farmersville men warned Van Alstyne they will win, impacting playoff scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Bryant Field
Farmersville Farmers
American Legion Park
Farmersville Boys
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Farmersville
Cooper
Cooper Bulldogs
Cooper Boys
Honey Grove
Rain Frost and Freeze Pattern Hedges Week
Weather across the week brought rain dampening business and stopping cotton picking. A killing frost blanketed the area Sunday and Monday nights with ice on exposed water. Farmers recall wet years with frequent rain on Saturdays and a rush to service stations for anti freeze as temperatures barely neared freezing.
Landscape of Hell and Paradise in Michigan
In Michigan the towns Hell in the Lower Peninsula and Paradise in the Upper Peninsula sit far apart with contrasting locations. Hell lies south while Paradise is in the north, illustrating regional geography.
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Hell
Mich
Paradise
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
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White
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International Monetary Fund
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Harold Velde
Rep
Illinois
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High Court
James F. Byrnes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Byrnes
Atty
Herbert Brownell
FBI
Russia
Brownell
Presbyterians
Fine Arts Society
Merritt
Parent-Teacher Association Meets
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