Tigers Open Conference Play at Gunter Friday
The WHL Tigers face Gunter in the first conference game of the season Friday night. Backfield ace Billy Earl Brown is out with an infected ear for two to three weeks, leaving the Tigers slight underdog against a struggling Gunter squad that has dropped three straight league games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHL
Tigers
Gunter
Billy Earl Brown
Tiger
Brown
Pilot Point
Whitesboro
St. Mary’s
Gainesville
Universal Draft Idea Would End All Deferments
The Senate armed services committee considers Universal Military Service UMS a mandatory system where youths at about age eighteen enter the armed forces after meeting physical and mental tests with deferments limited to disability. After service a period in reserve follows, with potential call in war. UMT would only train but not deploy, keeping deferments and civilian status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Britain
UMS
Selective Service
Congress
George C. Marshall
Korea Relief Funds Estimated for Next June
Lake Success U S officials put the partial cost of Korean relief and rehabilitation through next June at 160 million to 220 million dollars. General MacArthur has submitted nine relief requests totaling 36,060,500 dollars to the U N secretary general, with others pending. Korea aid offers of food medicine clothing and other supplies have a 13 million dollar cash value from various nations and U N agencies. Uruguay Lebanon and Ethiopia have offered 2 million dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Brig. R. H. R. Parmintier
Uruguay
Lebanon
Ethiopia
Carnegie Institute Roots and Founding Noted
The New York Tribune notes the paper’s early independence under private ownership and acknowledges the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh founded in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Rotary Club Hears Dallas Speaker on Social Security
Ernest L. Tutt of Dallas explained Congress changes to the social security program at the Rotary Club meeting. Tutt, manager of the Dallas OASIS office, described who is covered and who remains outside the system, with a Q and A session follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Biggerstaff
Rotary Club
Ernest L. Tutt
Dallas
Tutt
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Congress
Rotarians
Mr. Tutt
Defense role for everybody Johnsons aim
The Korean War prompts universal military training talks led by Senator Johnson with President Truman backing. They seek non military training for noncombatants and civil defense integration while preparing a manpower bill and probing defense production, including aluminum supply for potential aircraft programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Johnson
Texas
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Burglar testifies about Chicago safe cracking university
A 22-year-old burglar from Ewart Michigan testified that he learned safe cracking at a so called modern crime university in Chicago Illinois. He described a foreign professor teaching techniques with movies and a graduate school offering aid by telephone. Line faces an $800 burglary charge and a seven and a half to fifteen year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadillac
Mich
Modern Crime University
Chicago
Ill
Dale Line
Ewart
Line
Loop
University
Lewis Cook
Cook
Service Members Transfer and Training Updates
1st Lt. Lucian Vestal of the Marine Corps moves from Camp Pendleton to Quantico for several months of training. Douglas Judd of Borger has entered an officers training camp in California. Billy Wayne Morris of the Navy leaves Friday after a furlough with his parents. Pfc Clarence Woodson Jr. reports to Fort Lewiston for overseas duty after a 20 day furlough at home. Pvt Charles E. Woodson is assigned to Camp Polk for basic training. Sgt and Mrs Maurice Roy Neathery, at McDill AFB, conclude a visit with his parents. Carrl Gene Hansard, Navy petty officer third class, is on furlough with his parents. Pvt J O Huseman at Sheppard Field visits his parents. Pvt J D Taylor of Camp Hood spent the weekend with his uncle and aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian Vestal
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Calif
Quantico
R. C. Vestal
Whitewright
Douglas Judd
Borger
Wes Judd
California
Pfc
Clarence Woodson Jr
Fort Lewiston, Wash
C. A. Woodson
Charles E. Woodson
Camp Polk, la
Carrl Gene Hansard
Navy
Florida Hurricane Dwindles To Gale
A tropical hurricane weakened to widespread gale winds in Central Florida after tearing up South Florida’s Atlantic coast. Three people died and millions of dollars in damage occurred. Warnings remain from Stuart to Cape Hatteras as the system moves north at about 17 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Stuart
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Daytona Beach
Ocala
Use Autos Ash Trays Urged For Road Fire Prevention
Motorists urged to use automobile ash trays to prevent fires along tinder dry roadsides in Texas. State Highway Engineer D. C. Greer said a lighted match or cigarette tossed from a car now risks starting fires due to prolonged dry fall weather, threatening life property roadside plantings and pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
D. C. Greer
Healy family relocates to Houston church post
Mr and Mrs Therman Healy and their son Carson move to Houston this week where Healy will serve as minister at Pecan Grove Church of Christ. He previously led the local Church of Christ for 18 months. A welcome dinner was held at the American Legion Home last Sunday. During his ministry 17 members joined the church, 12 by baptism, and a new parsonage was erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therman Healy
Carson
Houston
Healy
Pecan Grove
School Tax Office Opens in City Building
Whitewright In dependent School District assessor-col lector Mrs B W Newman has set up an office in the city building election room. She will be on duty six days a week from 9 am to 3 pm for in person tax payments. Pay by mail by sending checks to Mrs Newman and contact at home for outside hours. Phone 170.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Newman
Whitewright Independent
Farnheart Sells The Flower Shop To Miss Sallie Cherry
Miss Sallie Cherry of Bells has purchased The Flower Shop from Philip Earnheart and took charge this week. Mr Earnheart owned the business since last spring after buying it from George M. Hight who established it about a year ago. Mrs Ethel Short will remain an employee and agents are set at Bells Savoy and Trenton with local representatives named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Cherry
Bells
Philip Earnheart
Earnheart
George M. Hight
Ethel Short
Savoy
Trenton
Otis Anderson
Max Atterberry
Grady Riley
Parcel Post Rate Increase Sought by Post Office
Washington Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson seeks higher parcel post rates using a little used statute to reach about 105 million dollars annually. He has petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a rate boost as Congress has not approved the move. The proposal would raise the first pound from 4 to 9 cents with zone variations and add small increases per pound for each additional pound. Parcel post covers fourth class mail including catalogs and similar printed advertising material in pound form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Parcel Post
Jesse Donaldson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Parcel
DDT loses edge against later fly generations
In Dallas on Wednesday an entomologist said DDT, while effective against early flies, loses impact as second and third generation flies and mosquitoes build up resistance. The Kerrville Experiment Station director noted resistance in colony tests and urged targeting larvae to prevent breeding, with DDT useful there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Department of Agriculture
E. W. Laake
Kerrville Experiment Station
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Entomology
City Lets Contract For Water Tower
Whitewright officials announce a 75,000 gallon elevated water tank contract to Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company for 18,980 dollars. Tank to rise 75 feet with 100 feet overall height, delivering 35 psi, replacing a 40,000 gallon standpipe by July 1, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Summers
The
Sun
Whitewright
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Water Main
Summers
Lone Star Steel Company
Daingerfield
Bond Street
State Highway Department
Paris
Ely
Ector
War job seekers told to stay in current work
Texas Employment Commission warns Texans seeking defense jobs to remain in existing positions until local TEC offices confirm available defense work. TEC notes no large contracts have been let in Texas yet and expects materialization by late November or January next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Texas
Ike’s Gratitude and Doubt on 1952 Presidential Run
General Dwight D. Eisenhower thanked Governor Thomas E. Dewey for suggesting him as a 1952 presidential candidate but reaffirmed his refusal to run. He cited his ongoing commitment to public service and his job at Columbia University as fitting avenues to serve the cause of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Dewey
Republican Party
GOP
Mint workers toil to cover penny shortage in Philadelphia
Philadelphia mint employees work overtime to meet a rising demand for pennies and other coins. Superintendent Edwin H. Dressel says operations have run two weeks and will continue, noting the mint lacks funds to hire more staff despite the surge in requests. The piece ends by referencing telegraph news distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mint
Edwin H. Dressel
U. S
Dressel
Mint
Currie Urges Texas GOP Victory Over Tidelands Fight
HOUSTON Ralph W. Currie the Republican nominee for Governor said a strong Republican vote in Texas could help win control of tidelands ownership. He claimed it would push the tideland quit-claim bill through Congress and avoid a presidential veto. He called the tidelands issue the state's most vital. The Supreme Court on June 5 acknowledged federal paramount rights to Texas tidelands and recently refused a rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Ralph W. Currie
Dallas
Congressional
Washington
Currie
Supreme Court
Texas Tidelands
Draft to Draft Men Up to 35 Warned by Selective Service
Washington Selective Service told industry not to expect deferments for workers under 26 and said a major mobilization could draft men up to age 35. Col J D Griffing said the 19 to 25 draft group would be kept small with few deferrals and that those over 35 could be cleared for service. He also noted a plan to end voluntary enlistments and rely on the draft with all services sharing inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Col. J. D. Griffing
Manpower Division
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Griffing
Bells Housing Fund Approved for Grayson County
The Public Housing Administration approved 10 rural housing units for Bells in Grayson County, providing $2,000 for preliminary planning of non-farm rural housing. It is the second such Texas approval after Wortham, with Ladonia Honey Grove Archer City Pottsboro Hico and Ector also applying. Charles A. Dana helped educate the public to want news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Housing Administration
Bells
Grayson County
Tom Connally
Texas
Wortham
Ladonia
Honey Grove
Archer City
Pottsboro
Hico
Ector
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bonham High School
Bryant Field
Korea
New York Tribune
Billy Wayne Morris
Mrs
John Morris
Maurice Roy Neathery
McDill Air Force Base
Roy Neathery
Pvt
J. O. Huseman
Sheppard Field
O. A. Huseman
J. D Taylor
Camp Hood, Texas
Claude Garner
Main
Ralph Stein
Farnheart
William G. Barr Jr
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Birge-Forbes
East Houston Street
Sherman
Ike
Bells Housing Fund
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!