Bonfire Tonight At Legion Park Before Big Game
Tiger fans gather at 6 30 p m in the northeast corner of American Legion Park for a public bonfire. This last demonstration precedes the Thanksgiving Day game at Bryant Field at 2 p m. Van Alstyne supporters of the Panthers visited Whitewright painting sidewalks and placing a grave mound with WHS Tigers’ names on campus.
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Tiger
American Legion
Tiger- Panther
Bryant Field
van Alstyne
Panthers
Whitewright
Sun Office
WHS Tigers
State Hospitals Disgrace To State
Texas mental hospitals are overcrowded with 16 000 patients, packed into aging buildings. A journalist tour led by Governor Allan Shivers and Sigma Chi exposure urged a January legislative session to grant funds for more space and safer facilities.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Sigma Chi
James S. Scarborough
San Antonio
Abilene
Terrell
Rusk State Hospital
Austin Hospital
Abilene Institution
American Legion
Joe Spurlock
John Ben Shepperd
State Legion Americanism
Shivers
Texas American Legion
Trial and Error in Physics Lab Sparks Laughing Mystery
Two physics students test electricity with hands on wires. George feels nothing with one pair, then questions the other pair while joking about two thousand volts nearby. The playful exchange captures a light moment during a science experiment.
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George
U S Control Over All Basic Crops Slated
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will set up programs to cut about 30 million acres of land in wheat cotton corn rice peanuts and tobacco next year. Farmers complying may shift to other crops with a push to increase livestock by planting grasses and legumes while soybeans oats and barley may receive price supports without mandatory limits.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
U.S
Washington Tipplers Maybe That's Why Our Government Is in Such a Mess
A prominent dry congressman from South Carolina claims Washington has the nation’s highest liquor consumption. Rep Bryson says liquor stores thrive in the capital and crime rises with unrestricted drinking. He notes 1948 U S liquor spending reached 9 billion dollars and predicts a political swing toward temperance.
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Washington
United States
Rep
Bryson
Dem
South Carolina
Dry
Congress
House
Senate
Sun Honor Roll Subscribers Renew Their Sun Subscriptions
The Sun lists subscribers who renewed for another year including Mrs. J. S. McIver J. W. Blakey T. E. Blakey Ira Fleming L. H. Darwin Miss Myrtle Badgett George Pace J. H. Hune John R. Bow Paul Taylor Mrs. E. R. Johnson Mrs. Roscoe Pace R. A. Scott Manton Fain J. W. Gordon Mrs. F. L. Clendening Jack L. Dickerman E. F. Douglas Mrs. George Key C. H. Lewis B. L. Sanderson R. V. Wilson Mrs. S. J. Janway.
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Sun
J. S. McIver
J. W. Blakey
T. E. Blakey
Ira Fleming
L. H. Darwin
Myrtle Badgett
George Pace J. H. Hune
John R. Bow
Paul Taylor
E. R. Johnson
Roscoe Pace
R. A. Scott Manton Fain
J. W. Gordon
F. L. Clendening
Jack L
16 Miles of FM Roads Get Approval
Gray son County Commissioners Court approved four road projects totaling 16.6 miles. Projects include IV-19 from Dutton farm north of Gordonville Sadler road to Independence school site, IV-20 Sandusky to county line, I-27 from Hood filling station to Howe Tom Bean road, and UI-21 from Highway 160 at Bethel to Cannon store with two miles to Pilot Grove. Bids open December 5 at 10 a.m. for oil application.
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Grayson County Commissioners Court
Dutton Farm
Gordonville-Sadler Road
Independence School
Sandusky
County Line
Hood
Howe-Tom Bean Road
Bethel
Cannon Store
Pilot Grove
Most of Farm Money Tied Up in 3 Crops
The government reported $2.68 billion invested in farm price support on Aug 31 with about three quarters in wheat cotton and corn. July and August losses totaled $17.8 million, with 12 month losses at $254 million. About $2.1 billion remained for support operations. Loans backed by collateral totaled $479 million on 346 million bushels of corn and $364 million on 185 million bushels of wheat and $143 million on 361 million pounds of tobacco.
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Washington
Ralph S. Trigg
Commodity Credit Corporation
Trigg
Mule Train Sparks Recording Rush Across Country
Burl Ives joins a rush of singers to record Mule Train as the nation buzzes over a song once ignored then revived. The piece, while not a true folk song in origin, uses a folk theme and echoes frontier ballads like Riders in the Sky and Buttons and Bows.
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New York
Burl Ives
Ives
Burma the Circus Elephant Devours Thanksgiving Feast
In Circleville Ohio Burma the 7000 pound circus elephant escaped at 3 a.m. from Mills Brothers winter quarters and walked to the cookhouse truck. She consumed about one hundred pounds of potatoes, twenty five pounds of onions, ten pounds of pancake flour, twenty loaves of bread, eight candy bars and a box of shredded wheat.
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Circleville
Ohio
Burma
Mills Brothers Circus
Mark Roe
Home Town Paper Ideal Xmas Gift
The best Christmas present is a year's subscription to the old home town newspaper. Order now to send to relatives or friends and be remembered fifty two times a year as the paper keeps them informed.
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Ideal Xmas
Drug claimed effective in curing colds
Two researchers report 100 percent cure rate for colds with Neohetramine Anahist when given within 48 hours of onset. Tests at Sing Sing and Maryknoll showed 182 of 200 prevented colds vs 241 of 300 in a sugar pill control. AMA warned against indiscriminate antihistaminic use for colds.
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Chicago
Ill
Sing Sing
Maryknoll Convent
Ossining
N. Y
Charles C. Sweet
Joseph J. Arminio
American Medical Association
Council On Pharmacy and Chemistry
Bailey Gin Fire Destroys Bailey Structures and Cotton
Damage estimated at 85 000 dollars after a Saturday afternoon fire at the Traylor Gin Company at Bailey destroyed several buildings. 100 bales of cotton and 500 tons of seed were ignited or burned, with cotton worth about 15 000 dollars and seed 20 000 dollars. Buildings valued near 50 000 dollars were damaged.
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Bailey
Traylor Gin Company
Record cotton ginned reaches over eleven million bales
The Census Bureau reports 11,693,204 bales of 1949 crop cotton ginned by November 15, up from 11,678,631 last year. American-Egyptian cotton counts 2,063 bales vs 2,304 previously. Texas leads with 3,958,059 ginnings. A grizzly bear may reach nine feet and weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Texas
Local Citizens Claim They Were Not In SMU Line
W. T. Nicholson and Allen T. Short say they were not in the SMU football lineup in the game with Baylor on Saturday. They report black eyes bruises and rib injuries from an auto accident near Bells that sent them to Denison hospital. Dr. John A. Ray accompanied them and was uninjured.
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W. T. Nicholson
Allen T. Short
SMU
Baylor Bears
Denison
Mr. Short
City of Bells
Mr. Nicholson
John A. Ray
McKinney
Earnheart
Whitewright Lawyer to Address Book Club
Robert L. Doss will speak at the November meeting of the Current Book Club next Monday night at Craig's Cafe. He will discuss George Sessions Perry's My Granny Van or The Running Battle of Rockdale Texas, a tribute to Perry's grandmothers and already sold for dramatic production.
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Robert L. Doss
Current Book Club
Craig’s
Mr. Doss
George Sessions Perry
Sinus Ills May Be Just Mental Upsets
Dr. Steward Wolf of Cornell explains that many so called sinus troubles may reflect belief in personal woes and family mistreatment. He cites examples from wartime New Guinea and a 42 year old salesman to show how mental biases and social cruelty can trigger physical symptoms and even death. He urges kinder behavior to prevent such cases.
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New York
Steward Wolf
Cornell University Medical College
National Committee On Mental Hygiene
Wolf
Cornell
Whitewright Prepares for Thanksgiving Football Showdown
Whitewright fans await a 2 p.m. district championship game at Bryant Field between WHL Tigers and Van Alstyne Panthers, broadcast on KTAN 1500. Gates open 12:15, Tigers seek 19th straight win and back-to-back district titles as Thanksgiving closes local businesses and a community service lines up at Central Christian Church.
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Whitewright
Bryant Field
WHL Tigers
van Alstyne Panthers
Ktan of Sherman
Gates
W. C. Cummings
Tigers
Texas Christian Missionary Society
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Fort Worth Worth
Thanksgiving Union Service Opens Revival at Central Christian
The Central Christian Church hosts a citywide union Thanksgiving service tonight with choirs from area churches and Texas Missionary Society evangelist A G Abbott delivering the sermon. Reviver J R Wright notes the event honors long standing local Thanksgiving customs and invites all to attend.
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Central Christian Church
A. G. Abbott
Fort Worth
Texas Missionary Society
J. R. Wright
Whitewright
Union
Denison City Annexation Ordinance Upheld
Judge W M Taylor Jr in Fifty-ninth District Court upheld a Denison ordinance of Aug 6 annexing Des Voigne school district for school purposes. Des Voigne trustees claimed petition defects but after four days and 61 witnesses the case was withdrawn from the jury and decided on law.
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Denison
Des Voigne
W. M. Taylor Jr
Denisoh
Taylor
134Th District Court
Dallas
W.C. Dowdy
Squirrel planted by Red Inventor strikes at acorns
London reports a Soviet Tass dispatch from Bucharest about Nica Moisei of Barlad Romania who devised an acorn planter that digs a furrow drops acorns at intervals covers them stamps the earth and marks the site observers say it will save labor in reforestation projects though squirrels forget burying places
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London
Tass
Bucharest
Nica Moisei
Barlad
Romania
Moisei
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