Texas Drought Cuts Wheat and Bites Cattle
November rainfall reached 1.46 inches while most of Texas remained dry. Drought shriveled crops, drained water holes, and worsened cattle illnesses across Central and South Texas. Wheat output may drop to 15 20 percent of 1949 levels, with 100 head dying in Smith County from tannin poisoning linked to acorn and oak leaf diets.
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Panhandle
Red River Valley
Texas
United States Agriculture
South
Smith County
Ben Browning
Browning
Army vests may cut Korea battlefield deaths
New eight pound body armor, built from nylon fiberglass and plastics, could prevent 50 to 75 percent of deaths by protecting chest and abdomen. Field tests in Korea showed success. about 50 vests tested, with wider use planned for further trials.
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New York
Korea
John R. Wood
Army Medical Corps
Foot size rising among American women in recent decades
A 48 state survey shows the average woman's foot lengthened by one inch since 1930. In 1930 size 9 was most popular, now size 10. Second choice shifted from 8 4 to 9 percent. Active lifestyles are linked to the change, while other lines note dietary and marital misalignments.
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New York
Contract Set For Refinishing Outside High School Building
At a Board of Education meeting the Broom Company of Dallas was awarded a cost plus contract not to exceed 5800 to bondac the outside of the high school. The cream colored coating will match campus buildings and cover necessary masonry repairs. Work is to begin Monday and take about six to seven weeks.
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Board of Education
Broom Company of Dallas
Bondac
Denison
Lunch Room Menus for Whitewright Schools Week
Monday potatoes with meat patties English peas peach and cottage cheese salad Tuesday baked beans bacon pickles onions cornbread cherry pie Wednesday weiners with chili sauce on buns pinto beans relish apple Thursday cheese sandwiches tuna sandwiches celery and carrot sticks orange juice chocolate pudding Friday fish potatoes slaw baked apple orange juice
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Whitewright
Farmersville and Hawkins Meet in Regional Playoff
Farmersville and Hawkins face off Friday at 2 p.m. in Memorial Stadium Commerce for a state quarterfinal berth in Class A. Farmersville edged Plano in a bi district tie win to claim Districts 14-A and 13-A, while Hawkins beat Daingerfield 51 to 14 for Districts 16-A and 15-A. The Hawkins squad beat Whitewright 28–0 earlier, and defeated Farmersville 27–13 on November 16. Tigers and Tiger fans hope for a Farmersville upset.
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Farmersville Farmers
Hawkins Hawks
Memorial Stadium
Commerce
Plano Wildcats
Hawkins
Daingerfield
Whitewright Tigers
Tigers
Farmersville
Tiger
Cotton Bowl fate tangled in SWC football race
With three games left in the SWC title chase 27 scenarios exist four teams can share the crown three could win the Cotton Bowl bid versus Kentucky Texas A and M Baylor TCU SMU battles in College Station Houston and Fort Worth determine undisputed or co champs and potential triple deadlock outcomes.
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Kentucky
College Station
Houston
Fort Worth
TCU
Baylor
Texas
Rice
SMU
Grayson County Tops U.S. Bond Drive Total
Grayson County exceeded the U S Defense Bond quota by over 20000 dollars with sales reaching 246700 75 dollars county chairman G R Stephens announced. Series E bonds contributed 222338 25 dollars while Series F and G added 24362 50 dollars in the final tally.
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Grayson County
U. S
G. R. Stephens
Funeral services for Ada Blackerby set Friday in Ely
Funeral services for Ada Blackerby 60 are scheduled at 3 p m Friday at Marvin Methodist Church in the Ely community with Rev. Harold Davis and assistants. Burial will follow in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, under Glen Earnheart. Survivors include four sons, four daughters, a brother and three sisters.
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Ada Blackerby
Marvin Methodist Church
Ely
Harold Davis
L. E. Vowell
Whitewright
W. H. Vail
Ector
Willow Wild Cemetery
Bonham
Glen Earnheart
Chat Beazley
Shirley Sells
Harmon Hayes
George Hicks
Jack Robbins
Kenneth Booker
R. E. Blackerby
S. D. Blackerby
Alva Blackerby
Jesse Alton Blackerby
Rudolph Pierce
Luther Wagoner
Douglas Anderson
Big Lake
Jean Blackerby
W. T. Reagan
R. Sexton
Lubbock
Press Ingram
Larbuddie
Ed Ingram
Desert
Funeral for Mrs. Georgia Smith Held at Local Church
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church for Mrs. Georgia Smith wife of Lon M. Smith. She died suddenly at home Sunday and burial took place at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her husband their daughter Miss Marguerite Smith of Dallas and three sisters, all of Dallas.
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Georgia Smith
Lon M. Smith
Methodist Church
E. B. Jackson
L. E. Vowell
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
George Bennett
Fletcher Williams
Roy Robinson
J. A. Harper
J. P. Harper
Clarence Cooper
Smith
Mary McLelland
C. J. Miller
Dallas
Funeral services for Fred G Garrett held at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Fred G Garrett age 57 were held at 3 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church conducted by Rev Fred Thomas of Trenton He died at home southwest of town between Thanksgiving eve and Friday morning when found fully clothed except shoes Burial was in Warden Cemetery under direction of Earnheart Pallbearers were Tom Brice C A Giles Robert DeBerry Carson Burchfield Virgil Thornhill and Houston Darwin He was born August 9 1894 a World War I veteran and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars He is survived by two brothers Charley Garrett Trenton and Finis Garrett Denison D W Garrett died last summer
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Fred G. Garrett
First Baptist Church
Fred Thomas
Trenton
Warden Cemetery
Earnheart
Tom Brice
C. A. Giles
Robert DeBerry
Carson Burchfield
Virgil Thornhill
Houston Darwin
Mr. Garrett
E. S
Helen Garrett
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charley Garrett
Finis Garrett
Denison
D. W. Garrett
Funeral Services for Mrs O N Sloan 82 at Pilot Grove
Funeral services were held at the Pilot Grove Baptist Church for Mrs. O N Sloan 82 who died at her Pilot Grove home Saturday at 3 20 p m. Born in Tennessee, she was the daughter of Frank and lin Branch and married to Mr Sloan in 1889. She is survived by her husband two sons two daughters 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren with a great aunt relation to Wilson Kaiser of Whitewright.
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O. N. Sloan
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
C. J. Graves
Pilot Grove
Sloan
Tennessee
Franklin Branch
C. B. Sloan
Southmayor
Tony Sloan
Sherman
Edna Brashear
Wilma Meador
van Alstyne
Wilson Kaiser
Whitewright
J C Mangrum 82 Dies at Grand Prairie After Heart Attack
J C Mangrum 82 of Grand Prairie died at his home after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church of Grand Prairie. He and his wife would have observed their 60th wedding anniversary today. He was the son of Mrs M A Mangrum of Whitewright and father of Fitzhugh Mangrum of Sherman. Survived by his wife six other sons two daughters two brothers Joe Mangrum Albert Mangrum Whitewright and sister Mrs Ida Graves Long Beach Calif Attending the funeral from here.
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J.C. Mangrum
Grand Prairie
First Baptist Church of
Mr. Mangrum
M. A. Mangrum
Whitewright
Fitzhugh Mangrum
Sherman
Earnheart plans to build funeral home on old school site
Glen Earnheart won the bid for eight school lots and the building for 4256 dollars. He plans to clear the site this year and erect a combined funeral home and residence next year using the existing foundation and basement walls. Some timber remains, with 11000 feet of dimension lumber left. The two west Spruce street lots are retained by the Board of Education for separate sale later.
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Glen Earnheart
Earnheart
the Sun
Board of Education
Spruce Street
State Police Seeks Recruits In Texas
The state police invite men to apply for highway patrol positions. Applicants must be 21 to 35 years old, at least 5 feet 8 inches tall, and meet weight requirements. A high school education, Texas citizenship, one year residency, and passing tests are required. Interested individuals write W J Elliott, chief of the patrol, at Austin.
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Austin
W. J. Elliott
Texas
Warfarin Leaflet Boosts Poultry Feed Savings
Warfarin, the new rat poison, cut feed loss for a Northeast Texas poultry farmer. In a two week period 58 pounds of bait killed 306 rats, showing strong results and cost efficiency. A cooperative publication from Fish and Wildlife Service and Texas A&M Extension details safety, formulas, and application.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
U. S. Department of Interior
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Rodent Control Service
San Antonio
Patrolmen to Boost Bonham Highway Patrol
Bonham will receive an extra highway patrolman starting December 1. Patrolman W. W. Wade announced Jesse Reed will transfer from Sweetwater to Bonham and begin duty December 1, with arrival expected in Bonham Wednesday.
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Bonham
W. W. Wade
Jesse Reed
Sweetwater
Reed
Mangrum and Gillett Couple Named in Notice
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mangrum and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Gillett are mentioned in the readable portion of the notice.
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Joe Mangrum
Grady Gillett
Death of Eugene E. Wilson 78 Slaton resident with Whitewright ties
Eugene E. Wilson known as Gene, 78, died November 21 at his Slaton home after months of illness. Funeral held at Slaton Methodist Church with burial in Slaton Cemetery. Survivors include wife Alice Bennett, four sons Grady Harold Ray and Earl, two brothers, and several Whitewright relatives. He lived near Whitewright before moving to Slaton in 1917 and once ran a local movie theatre.
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E. E
Gene) Wilson
Slaton
Slaton Methodist Church
Whitewright
George Bennett
Elbert Bennett
O. A. Huseman
Kentucky
Alice Bennett
Wilson
Grady
Harold
Ray Wilson
Earl Wilson
Lubbock
R. V. Wilson
Bells
W. R. Wilson
100 Division Army Plan by NATO Aims for Europe
The Atlantic Council seeks nearly 100 battle ready divisions in Europe by end of 1954 with a supranational European army concept to be approved by six national parliaments. Schuman says recruit could begin in April and German French Italian Dutch Belgian Luxembourg divisions could form forty three units by 1954. Britain presses for Middle East command and British leadership before American appointment.
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Rome
Atlantic Council
Europe
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Robert Schuman
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations
NATO
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Schuman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
North Atlantic Sea
Middle East
North Atlantic
Germany
Paris
Council
Chiefs of Staff
Defense Ministers
Greece
Turkey
Farm Roads Face Limits on Loads
Texas farm and ranch roads will be load zoned after the Legislature set 58,420 pounds as the max on major highways and gave the highway commission power to lower limits on lighter farm pavement. State Highway Engineer D. C. Greer said reductions will be implemented soon to protect roads during freezing and wet conditions this winter.
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Austin
Texas
D. C. Greer
Highway Commission
Greer
Public aid costs shrink to one cent of national income
The Social Security Administration reports public aid now costs one cent of the national income dollar, down from 3.5 percent in 1940. SSA head Oscar R. Ewing notes a decade of falling costs and case loads and a drop in dependent population from 11 percent in 1940 to under 4 percent today.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Oscar R. Ewing
SSA
Ewing
Army surgeon general cites Korea war battle death rate drop
New York report says the Korean death rate from battle wounds for American soldiers is now approximately half that of World War II. Maj. Gen. George E. Armstrong notes wounds of unprecedented severity are being survived with amazing regularity during the dinner of the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association in New York.
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New York
George E. Armstrong
Army
Armstrong
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association
Democracy Still Best System in the World
Georgetown Times argues the democratic system, though flawed, provides greater freedom and prosperity than any other, and should be improved within the American Constitution framework.
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Georgetown
S. C
Meeting to plan Christmas party at First National Bank
A Friday 10 a m meeting in the directors room at the First National Bank will organize the annual Christmas party for local business interests. W C Cummings of the Chamber of Commerce will seek approval for a new Santa Claus event replacing the traditional parade to align with December 15 chest X ray activities. All business men are urged to attend and others are welcome.
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First National Bank
W. C. Cummings
Chamber of Commerce
Army Food Getting Better
At Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Korean GIs acknowledge improved Army chow since World War II. Post commander Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis notes hot meals at the front in Korea with fresh vegetables grown in chemical solutions from Japan. A Long Island private quips the Waldorf joke about Army rations.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Samuel D. Sturgis
Korea
Japan
Long Island
N. Y
the Waldorf
Administration's Tax Take Tops All Others
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports the Truman administration collected more taxes than all prior regimes combined by about 8 billion dollars. Using treasury records, the chamber states federal net receipts from 1789 to mid 1945 totaled 254.2 billion dollars, versus 262.6 billion during the Truman era.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Chamber
Arms Outlays Over Taxes By 20 Billion
Budget experts say present taxes will fall about 20 billion short of funding the defense program on a pay as you go basis for the next two fiscal years. If Congress resists tax increases in an election year, borrowing will finance the rearmament. Public debt stands at about 28.2 billion with deficits rising to around 7.5 billion by next June 30.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Treasury
Snyder
Byrd Calls Truman Weakest Possible 1952 Nominee
Senator Byrd of Virginia says President Truman is weaker than any other potential Democratic nominee for 1952 and cannot be re elected if nominated. He adds he will help Truman decide and believes the president will not win if nominated.
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Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Truman
Family Matrimony Announcement Sparks Playful Banter
A humorous exchange reveals a forthcoming wedding between the speaker and Willie’s sister. The lines show surprise and affectionate teasing as the couple shares the news. The dialogue captures informal family dynamics and a light moment of celebration.
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C. C. Cates
City Water Department
Éasacaumscamciaceas
Grayson
U.S
Mrs. Blackerby
J. C. Mangrum
Warfarin
Eugene E. Wilson
Public
Willie
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