Tigers to Play Wolfe City Here
The Whitewright Tigers host Wolfe City High School at Bryant Field Friday night at 8 for their second conference game. After a 39 to 6 win over Whitesboro last Friday the Tigers aim to extend their streak. ticket sales run until noon Friday with different prices for adults and students.
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Whitewright Tigers
Wolfe City
Bryant Field
Tigers
Whitesboro Bearcats
Wolfe City Boys
Whitesboro
Tiger
Honey Grove
van Alstyne
Cooper
Farmersville
Pet Show To Be Held Here Tuesday Night
The PTA sponsored Pet Show is set for Tuesday night Oct 21 at 7 30 at Bryant Field. Admission 25 cents for adults 15 cents for children with proceeds to the PTA. Pets enter free and late entries welcomed at show time. Prizes for largest and smallest pet best dressed pet best costumed child and best decorated vehicle. Children urged to enter bicycles tricycles scooters and kiddy cars with no vehicle larger than a bicycle considered.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Bryant Field
PTA
Daniel Faces Party Rebuff
Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell warned of reprisals against Texas Senate nominee Daniel for backing Eisenhower. Daniel introduced Eisenhower in Houston and said he will vote for the Republican candidate. Mitchell indicated Democratic patrons who bolt will be recorded and remembered by the party.
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Washington
Stephen Mitchell
Price Daniel
Senate
Texas
Daniel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Houston
Eisenhower
Mitchell
White House
Truman
Turning Down Of TB Patients Faced Because Of Space
The Texas state may halt new admissions to TB hospitals for four months or more if unused space at McCloskey Hospital in Temple cannot be secured. The space is needed to move patients from Weaver H. Baker Memorial Hospital. Temple residents oppose the plan, and Tyler and San Angelo TB hospitals would also pause new admissions for four to six months while Weaver Baker patients are absorbed.
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Austin
State Hospital Board
Larry O. Cox
McCloskey Hospital
Temple
Weaver H. Baker Memorial Hospital
Mission
Cox
Washington
Veterans Administration
McCloskey
Tyler
San Angelo
Weaver Baker
Two Volcanoes Erupt in 1951 Mauna Loa and Etna
Readable text notes two major volcanic eruptions in 1951 involving Mauna Loa in Hawaii and Mount Etna in Sicily. The events are summarized as simultaneous or near-concurrent eruptions affecting their respective regions and communities.
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Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Etna
Sicily
Gins Here Turn Out 1284 Bales Cotton
The two Whitewright gins had ginned 1284 bales by 8 30 this morning, up 103 bales since last Thursday. Prices were 34.5 cents for cotton, 75 dollars per ton for cottonseed, reflecting evolving government production estimates and lower prices than six weeks or a year ago.
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Whitewright
State Commander To Address Legion Meet in Sherman
Albert D. Brown Jr. of Austin will be principal speaker at the annual fall convention of Fourth District American Legion and Auxiliary in Sherman. Carey Anderson of Denison announced a joint Legion Auxiliary session at 10 a.m. A. R. Tyner of Dallas, national field representative, attends as a guest. Arlis Tarvin of Sherman posts acts as toastmaster at the noon Grayson Hotel luncheon. Mrs. Fay Killingsworth of Denison presides over the Auxiliary women's section.
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American Legion
Albert D. Brown Jr
Austin
Legionnaires
Fourth Congressional District
Sherman
Carey Anderson
Denison
Fourth District
Brown
American Legion and
Auxiliary
A. R. Tyner
Dallas
Grayson Hotel
Arlis Tarvin
Sherman Post
Fay Killingsworth
Theatre Straw Vote in Fort Worth Shows Ike Lead
A four week Interstate Theatre straw poll across 25 Texas towns reports Eisenhower with 67.2 percent in week two, 39,062 votes to Stevenson 19,036. At halfway 99,803 votes cast with 67,579 for Ike and 32,225 for Stevenson, poll ends Oct 29 five days before the election.
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Fort Worth
Ike
Interstate
Texas
GOP
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Johnson Demands Survey of Military Manpower Waste
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, chairman of the Senate preparedness subcommittee, urged a new outside study of military manpower waste. He cited reports the Defense Department is stalling progress on a proposed commission of eminent citizens to conduct the survey.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense Department
Texas Democrat
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Lunchroom Menus for Whitewright Public Schools
Monday features Spiced Ham Escalloped Potatoes Slaw Hot Rolls Butter Honey. Tuesday offers Barbecue on Buns Potato Chips English Peas Banana Pudding. Wednesday serves Beans Slaw Corn bread Cinnamon Rolls. Thursday includes Tuna Sandwiches Cheese Sandwiches Lettuce Tomato Salad Baked Apple. Friday presents Hot Dog Chili Sauce Potato Salad Doughnuts.
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Whitewright Public Schools
Secret Alaska Airbase Sparrevohn Revealed
In temperatures down to 60 degrees below zero an Air Force airlift completed a top secret warning base tightening America s radar network in Alaska. The base code named Sparrevohn is located in a remote area believed untouched by man.
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Sparrevohn
Alaska
Air Force
America
Alaska Air Command
Eisenhower Ends Texas Campaign With Accusations of Fear Tactics
Ike Wraps up a two day Texas tour amid charges that opponents run a fear campaign. He labels administration records poor and cites the Korean conflict and a blamed “disloyal” government. crowds exceed 23 000 across Dallas Fort Worth. He defends tidelands stance as states rights and predicts cleansing of disloyal officials if elected.
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Dallas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas
Fort Worth
Ike
Truman
Stalin
Joe
Eisenhower
Dallas and
Texas & Pacific
Love Field
Shreveport
Memphis
Knoxville
Tenn
Tidelands
Louisiana
Texas crops advance in USDA October crop report
The U S Department of Agriculture boosted Texas corn to 39 117 000 bushels at 17 per acre and raised rice to 13 402 000 bags while lowering grain sorghum to 38 038 000 bushels and 13 per acre. Wheat remains at 40 380 000 bushels. Orange output seen at 1 200 000 boxes and grapefruit at 450 000 boxes.
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Washington
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Fulton Lewis to Introduce McCarthy In Tyler Friday
Radio commentator Fulton Lewis Jr will introduce Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin in Tyler at a high school auditorium rally on communism in government. The event is sponsored by the American Legion with Max R Wells Tyler commander. a 54 station network will air the hour long program from 8 30 to 9 30 p m. Albert Brown Texas Legion commander will also speak and Judge F W Fischer former Democratic candidate for governor will be master of ceremonies. Average depth of the ocean below set level is 12 450 feet.
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Tyler
Fulton Lewis Jr
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
American Legion
Max R. Wells
Tyler American Legion
Lewis
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Albert Brown
Texas Legion
Pink Boll Worm Quarantine Expands to Grayson County
The State Department of Agriculture declares Grayson County under quarantine for pink boll worm after the pest was found there. Quarantine stops outbound cottonseed shipments until sterilized and restricts gin activity after December 1. Farm practices require cutting and plowing under all cotton stalks by December 31 to curb the infestation.
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State Department of Agriculture
Grayson County
Collin
Hunt
Fannin County
Lloyd Alexander
Whitewright
Texas
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions List Acknowledged
The Sun notes subscription payments from a long list of subscribers including Thomas E. Owens A/2c and Jr. and many others. The roll includes renewals and new subscribers such as Mrs. R. L. Sears, Roy Blanton, Lloyd B. Cato, James B. Blanton, Mrs. Elvis Scott, and numerous others across individuals and families.
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the Sun
Thomas E. Owens
Thomas E. Owens Jr
R. L. Sears
T. A. Holcomb
C. K. Smith
Roy Blanton
N. B. Nicholson
Lloyd B. Cato James B. Blanton
Elvis Scott
G. A. Burnham Howard Cook
D. R. Badgett
R. S. Morehead
George Key Drewie Caylor Alhart Smith
Remember Darling You Won't Always Be a Junior Clerk
Dialog reveals a character facing career change with a week's notice. The exchange hints at a turning point and future independence in a workplace setting. No other context provided.
Stevenson Sees GOP as Eisenhower Team of Isolationists
Gov Adlai E Stevenson blasted Gen Dwight D Eisenhower s campaign calling it led by Sen Robert Taft and an Old Guard of isolationists and cut throat reactionaries He ridiculed Republican opposition and urged voters to back the Democratic ticket noting Nixon s finances as a dig at the vice presidential candidate in California speech at the Cow Palace Auditorium.
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San Francisco
Calif
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Old Guard
Eisenhower
White House
Cow Palace
Stevenson
California
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Illinois
Grayson County Favors Farm to Market Road Additions
Grayson County Commissioners recommended to State Highway District Engineer L D Cabaniss funding for four new farm to market road projects in the 1954 55 secondary program. Each precinct listed first and second choices with anticipated state and federal aid. total farm market funds estimated around 400000.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Ambrose
Denison
Gunter
Sadler
Sandy Creek
Finke
Gordonville
J. N. Dickson
Why Voters Pick Winners and Losers Says Dr Talley
In Waco Dr John E Talley a psychiatric fellow explains voting behavior. He says people vote for the man who can defeat the candidate they oppose and notes childhood recollections influence choices.
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Waco
John E. Talley
American Psychiatric Association
County Line Singing Convention Set at Savoy
L L Wendell announced the County Line Singing Convention at Savoy Sunday at 2 p m with several area quartets to perform. He urged lovers of good singing not to miss the event.
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Savoy
L. L. Wendell
Mr. Windell
Lewis and UMW Endorse Stevenson for President
The United Mine Workers union endorsed Democratic nominee Stevenson for president. Delegates voted unanimously following Union President John L. Lewis’s lead.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Stevenson
United States
Does Your Vote Mean As Much in Texas Tax Journal
An 80 year old man in Dallas asks a physician to keep him alive until November to vote. The piece frames voting as a civic duty and warns against skipping Election Day.
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Texas Tax Journal
Dallas
Whitewright Van Alstyne oil test may be re opened
A county paper reported a test well between Whitewright and Van Alstyne might be reopened. R A Gillett said the remaining machinery was removed this week and no near term drilling is planned. The well had reached about 8900 feet when abandoned last summer. oil show reports were not verified. Gillett doubted a Texas Company drill nearby due to acreage limits.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
The
Sun
R. A. Gillett
Texas Company
Gillett
Absentee Voting Delayed By Printer In Grayson County
Grayson County absentee voting was delayed when a Sherman printer failed to deliver ballots on schedule. County Clerk Calvin Buchanan said the printer hoped to have a few ballots available by Friday, continuing a prior July primary delay. The law requires 20 days before and 3 days before the election for absentee balloting.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Calvin Buchanan
Denison Herald
Buchanan
PT Association Holds First Executive Kick-Off Meeting
The PT Association met at 7:30 Tuesday night in the High School for its inaugural executive session led by Mrs. Jack Lackey. Rev. Harold S. Taylor gave the invocation and special musical numbers were performed by Gayla Wrenn Sears Wanda Sue Alexander and Mrs. Houston Darwin. The audience met school board faculty and staff with Benediction by Tildon McFerrin. An informal reception followed with refreshments.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Jack Lackey
Harold S. Taylor
Gayla Wrenn Sears
Wanda Sue Alexander
Houston Darwin
Labor Group Warns of Fair Trade Action in Texas
Texas Federation of Labor warns readers to guard against so called Fair Trade laws seen as consumer gouging. Weekly Newslet ter argues fair trade bills would enable price fixing and curb competition, condemning them as un American and a monopoly move by big business.
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Austin
Texas Federation of Labor
Texas
Texas draft quota set at 2784 for December
Texas will draft 2784 men in December, largely 20-year-olds, per State Selective Service. The quota, the largest in almost two years, will be assigned to 137 local boards later this month. Fourteen doctors and six dentists will be inducted in November as part of a national call for 341 physicians and 200 dentists.
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Austin
Texas
Selective Service
Morris S. Schwartz
Schwartz
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J. W. Jenkins
J. L. Cooper
R. L. Simpson
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M. O. Carpenter
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C. B. Robinson
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E. P. Meliver
Minnie Climer
Horace Below
Marion Felker
Carlton Johnson
J. T. Robinson
Charles Kelieher
Earl Blanton
W. L. Gordon
Lee Smith
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J. E. Christian
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William Neal
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B. R. Caraway
Arthur J. Decker
Rice Melugin Prilla Ann Hinton
W. M. Cox
Virgil Smith
Davie McCorstin Owen Hull
R. E. Walt W. D. Allcorn
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Lillian Neathery
W. R. Milam
Frank Armstrong
N. R. Stillwell
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Lester Short
W. L. Hatfield
Charles Skaggs
F. L. Starr
Fred Starr Jr
Prilla Bynum
Adlai
Taft
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