Legion Hears Talks On GI Schools
At the Pres ton Everheart Post meeting two talks on GI schools planned for Grayson County were presented by W. M. Moulton and J. A. Dossey. Whitewright may host an agriculture class with 20 enrollees, offering subsistence allowances 65 dollars for singles and 90 for married veterans. Classes meet at night for 12 hours weekly, with farm mechanics and potential business administration offerings.
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Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Grayson County
W. M. Moulton
J. A. Dossey
Veterans Administration
Whitewright
Elbert Bennett
Tom Sears
Sears
James Bryant
Treasury
Bussy Thornhill
E. W. Fields
Legion
Legion Park
Flu and Pneumonia Tighten Grip on Texas This Fall
Texas Health Department reports rising flu and pneumonia cases for the week ended Sept 21. Four hundred fifty four flu cases and 78 pneumonia infections added to the year totals 63831 flu and 7651 pneumonia overall. Poliomyelitis cases also increase with 33 new patients including seven in Harris County.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Health Department
Harris County
Servicemen Granted Civilian Dress in Off Hours
Soldiers sailors Marines and Coast Guardsmen may wear civilian clothes in off hours in the Western Hemisphere and U S possessions. Local commanders can withhold permission if needed. Navy official sees little impact on clothing demand. Uniformed personnel will also receive furlough rail rates and cut rates at many events with proper uniform.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
United States
Navy
Britain to remove silver from coins for first time in 2000 years
London report says the British government will desilverize coinage. Legislation will replace silver coins with cupro nickel gradually due to high silver prices and a world shortage. The chancellor announced Parliament will be asked to approve the plan.
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London
Britain
Military training plan sparks debate at Legion convention
Secretay of War Patterson unveils a universal training plan to qualify 1,000,000 youths annually for six months of basic camp training, while four months is deemed insufficient. General Bradley rebukes Legion leadership over on the job training ceilings, criticizing Commander Steele for misrepresentation and urging stronger Veteran Administration progress. Bradley notes the ceiling limits access for veterans. Admiral Halsey, in a shaken voice, apologizes for the atomic bomb and rebukes suggestions it won the war.
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San Francisco
Calif
Robert Patterson
American Legion
Legion
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
William F. Halsey
Patterson
General Bradley
John Steele
Steele
Smith-Doxey totals hit new highs in Texas acreage
Applications for the Smith-Doxey cotton classing and market service cover 5,039,238 Texas acres this year, about 84 percent of statewide cotton land. The Cotton Division of USDA PMA administers the service, with 147 of 164 Texas counties on file. The committee has processed 1048 applications covering 91,971 producers and 1416 gins, with ongoing records and a five year file available.
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Lichte
million pounds of meat found at Massachusetts plant
Massachusetts investigators discovered 6 million pounds of dressed meat at a waterfront freezing plant as Governor Tobin orders checks on deliberate withholding. Two million pounds were Army owned, four million privately held. The governor requested the Army release 25 percent of its allotment to ease hospital shortages.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Maurice Tobin
Army
Tobin
Patterson
Negroes sue for education rights in Austin
Suit to require the establishment of a University of Texas branch for Negroes in Austin was filed in the 53rd District Court. The action mirrors a prior attempt at the State Supreme Court, which said it could not act except on appeal from a lower court.
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Austin
University of Texas
53Rd District
State Supreme Court
Sherman B Team Plays Here Tonight at Bryant Field
The Sherman High School B team hosts the Whitewright Tigers at Bryant Field tonight at 8. The Tigers are buoyed by a 26 to 0 win over Tom Bean last Friday, while Sherman’s B squad is described as a hardy, well conditioned group ready for the challenge.
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Sherman High School
Whitewright Tigers
Bryant Field
Tigers
Tom Bean
Sherman
Peterson Heads Committee For Road Amendment
George O. Peterson is named chairman of the Grayson County Good Roads Amendment campaign committee as Grayson County backs amendment number three on the November 5 ballot. The measure dedicates motor vehicle registration fees and gasoline taxes to road purposes with one quarter of gas tax to the free school fund, backing a statewide push by multiple organizations. The goal is to build and maintain rural mail and school bus routes and all‑weather farm to market roads, with improved policing of roads and traffic ways.
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Austin
George O. Peterson
Grayson County
Grayson County Good
Simons
Texas Safety Association
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
State Board of Education
Peterson
Good Roads Association
Cotton futures hit 39 cents in New York trading
Cotton futures climbed to 39 cents a pound for the first time in 25 years, with final gains of 3 to 4.60 per bale as mills begin large textile purchases after October price ceilings. The October 1946 delivery peaked at 39.17 cents, with forecasts predicting tighter supply and lower carryover stocks into July 1947.
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New York
Commission House
Paper Supply Outlook Dim Says OPA Officials
OPA spokesmen told a House subcommittee that despite record paper production demand far exceeds supply. Testimony focused on newsprint shortages but applied to other paper products as well, signaling no early relief in sight.
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Washington
OPA
House Interstate Commerce
Army calls 35,000 for October draft quota
Washington reports the Army set an October draft quota of 35,000 men, up 10,000 from September, with the same 19 to 29 age range. The increase follows War Department orders to speed release of about 300,000 nonvolunteer enlisted men.
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Washington
War Department
Twelve High Nazis to Hang on Oct 16 At Nuremberg
Hermann Goering and eleven other Nazi leaders were sentenced to death by hanging by the four power tribunal. The judgment named 12 to be executed on Oct 16 at Nuremberg jail, with prison terms for Hess and others in Berlin. Acquittals included Hans Fritzsche Franz von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht, while Raeder Funk von Neurath and Doenitz received long terms.
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Mernberg
Germany
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Nuernberg
Berlin
International Military Tribunal
Hans Fritsche
Franz von Papen
Hjalmar Schacht
Russia
Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Alfred Jodl
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Martin Bormann
Hess
Walther Funk
Erich Raeder
Baldur von Schirach
Albert Speer
Constantin
Food Output Up 45 Percent in 1945 Despite Fewer Workers
CHICAGO Farmers produced 45 percent more food in 1945 than in 1918 with fewer workers. Asher Hobson of the University of Wisconsin said at the American Meat Institute meeting that the rise came with about 3,000,000 fewer male farm laborers 14 years old or older since 1918, and with little if any increase in acres. He cited better machinery, til lage methods, higher yielding seeds, more fertilizer, and fewer draft animals. Farm output will stay high in the current year, he added, around 25 percent above the prewar 1935-1939 average.
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Chicago
Asher Hobson
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Wisconsin
Hobson
American Meat Institute
WAC Captain Gets 5 Years in Gem Theft
In Frankfurt Germany former WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant was convicted by a military court of stealing 1.5 million dollars in Hesse family jewels and sentenced to five years hard labor with dishonorable discharge. Her husband Colonel Jack Durant and Major David Watson face trial on complicity charges in the Kronberg Castle theft.
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Frankfurt
Germany
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Zoo to butcher three bears amid meat shortage
Des Moines zoo to butcher Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear due to feed scarcity. Zoo owner says meat will be provided in rounds and expresses reluctance, comparing bears to his own relatives.
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Des Moines
Sonderleiter Zoo
Derleiter Guies
Auto Insurance Rates to Stay Up If Accidents Don’t Drop
The Insurance Commissioner warns rates will remain high unless autocare improves. He notes that last year's accidents influence next year's premiums and only a clear dip in accident frequency or costs in the months ahead can prevent further rate hikes. He urges drivers to exercise caution to reduce potential increases.
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Austin
J. P. Gibbs
First National Bank of Whitewright Milestones
National banks received a Treasury call for condition as of September 30. First National Bank of Whitewright reports deposits at 1 554 322 47, the first time over 1 500 000, up from 1 425 285 32 on June 29. Total resources 1 734 074 33. Loans 386 569 90. U S securities 504 418 75. County and municipal bonds 182 074 33. Cash and due from banks 653 010 35.
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Treasury Department
First National Bank of
U. S
Fire Prevention Week Urges Rural Fire Safety
COLLEGE STATION Fire Prevention Week runs October 6 to 13. President Truman urges every citizen to learn how to detect and eliminate all causes of fires at home and in business. A Texas A&M Extension Service report notes rural fires caused 200 million dollars in losses last year, with 3,500 farm deaths and 30 million acres burned. Suggestions include keeping firefighting tools handy, creating fire breaks around haystacks and buildings, inspecting farms for hazards, and prioritizing prevention over firefighting.
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College Station
Harry S. Truman
U. S. Deartment of Agriculture
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
United States
Department of Agriculture
PTA Meeting Tuesday at Grammar School
The Parent-Teacher Association will meet at 3 p m on Tuesday at the Grammar School. Special numbers will be presented by the fifth grade and a talk will be given by Rev R L Giplin, pastor of the Methodist Church. All patrons are urged to attend.
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R. L. Gilpin
Methodist Church
Corn Still Top Crop in U. S. Says 75-Year-Old Farmer
Jared van Wagenen Jr. spoke on WGY on GE Farm Paper of the Air, stating corn dominates U S agriculture. He noted for every bushel of wheat, three bushels of corn are grown and corn brings twice the value of wheat, with 80 percent of corn remaining on the farm. He listed four American crops tomato potato tobacco and corn, calling corn the imperial crop in importance.
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Schenectady
Jared van Wagenen Jr
Lawyerville
N. Y
WGY
General Electric Farm
Air Program
United States
Tax Stamps Bring State in September Revenue
State revenue from tax stamp sales in September totaled 2,760,215 dollars, up 180,469 from a year earlier. Cigaret stamps yielded 1,646,065. liquor 873,006. prescriptions 44. wine 24,832. beer 216,267. Beer wine and prescription stamps trailed September 1945, but cigaret and liquor gains offset the shortfall.
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Austin
Jesse James
Cotton Prices Hit 38 Cents A Pound In Whitewright
Whitewright gins paid 38 cents a pound for middling cotton and 80 dollars per ton for cottonseed on Thursday morning, the highest in 25 years. Gins had received 965 bales, with picking delayed earlier in the week due to rain. The local corn market also drew attention as farmers from Ambrose sold corn in Whitewright.
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Whitewright Gins
Whitewright
Ambrose
Press Day at 1946 State Fair in Dallas
State Fair of Texas will revive Press Day on opening Saturday Oct 5 with about 750 Texas journalists expected. Merriman Smith United Press White House correspondent to speak at the luncheon. Entertainment includes Waxahachie vs Dallas Tech football Southern Methodist vs Texas Tech, Tommy Dorsey show Ice Cycles of 1946 and Pat Hamilton rodeo.
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Texas
Dallas
Andrew de Shong
State Fair Association
Merriman Smith
United Press White
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Hamilton
New Vitamins Question Unveiled by Folkers Discoveries
Princeton report outlines about twenty mysterious vitamins and growth factors studied by Dr Karl Folkers Merck research director. Newly found factors include an anti stiffness agent in guinea pigs a feeding factor for chicks and unidentified vitamins pigs require. Folic acid already used to treat certain anemias was once thought only needed by bugs.
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Princeton
N. J
Karl Folkers
Merck
Phone Callers Get Sermon Upon Request
Rev. Harvey M. Racer in St. Paul preaches Bible verses over the telephone from his chair. Each day about 100 callers ring Dale 3851 after being told to call. If they stay on, he reads passages and urges Bible reading, noting most will listen and few become angry.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Harvey M. Racer
Racer
Tennessee Mountains
University Congregational Church
Dale
Hay fever season opens in Houston with record pollen
Houston officials announce the hay fever season is officially open as pollencount reaches a 1946 high of 359 grains per cubic yard. Dr. Wende of the city laboratory says it may rise further, but sneezing may not increase beyond what the nose allows.
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Houston
Wende
City Laboratory
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