Red River Norther Pedigree Winds Through Canada to Texas
Weather expert A M Hamrick explains blue norther origins from Canada and the Plains. He describes the high and low pressure forces, eastern movement, and the Red River as a battle line where Gulf winds contend with cold air to reach Texas. Norther speed ranges 24 hours to three days.
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Texas
Dakotas
Hamrick
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Gulf
Canada
Alaska
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Prices for cotton clothes stay steady as cotton falls
An OPA official said November prices for cotton dresses shirts and similar items will be lower due to last week's market drop. The ceiling tags for cotton goods are tied to market prices under the OPA extension act, preventing a boost in ceilings for November.
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Washington
OPA
Parity price near 25 cents. market averages higher
Parity price sits around 25 cents a pound while the average market price runs higher. Last month the average was 36.51 cents per pound during the 8th to 22nd base period used by OPA for the purpose. For Oct 8 to 16 the average exceeded 38 cents.
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OPA
War veterans to get 2.7 billion in leave pay delays
Washington reports the distribution of 2.7 billion dollars in terminal leave pay to war veterans is delayed by a shortage of envelopes. Maj. Gen. W. H. Easton, Army chief of finance, says it will be next month before enough properly sized envelopes are available to mail five year treasury bonds that compose most payments.
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Washington
W. H. Easton
Army
Treasury
Army Finance
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Nazi Plot Aimed at Defeating Roosevelt in 1940
Swarthmore, Pa. special assistant to the U S attorney general described a Nazi backed scheme to block F D Roosevelt's reelection by pressuring John L Lewis to oppose him. He named Hermann Goering Joachim Hertsler and William R Davis as key figures, citing captured German documents and interviews.
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Swarthmore
O. John Rogge
U. S
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Swarthmore College
Rogge
Herman Goering
Joachim Hertsler
William R. Davis
Washington
Lewis
Davis
Goering
Justice Department
America Committee
Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hertsler
Lewis-Davis
Church schedules and notices from local churches
A list of Sunday worship times and pastors for multiple churches including Leonard Church of Christ Presbyterian Central Christian Assembly of God First Baptist and Methodist Women’s Day of Prayer details for October 28 plus a note on photoelectric cell development in Germany using lead sulfide.
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First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
Women's Society of Christian Service of
The
Methodist Church
Germany
Tooth Decay Linked To Polio Spread In Study
CHICAGO. Decayed teeth provide an easy highway for the poliomyelitis virus, a university professor and a dentist report. The Dental Digest notes that infantile paralysis victims show 41 to 43 percent more cavities than those who escape the disease, with fluoride in drinking water correlating to fewer polio deaths.
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Chicago
Hans H. Reese
University of Wisconsin
John G. Frisch
Madison
Wis
Dental Digest
Services Held For Retired Pastor D W Grounds
A son and son-in-law conducted funeral services for the Rev D W Grounds 86 retired Methodist pastor who died at his Talpa home Monday Officiating were the Rev Hargrove Grounds of Wichita Falls a son and the Rev J D Ramsey son-in-law and present pastor at Talpa
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Abilene
D. W. Grounds
Talpa
Hargrove Grounds
Wichita Falls
J. D. Ramsey
Cotton Crop Forecast Sees 7.99 Million Bales for 1946
Washington report shows the Southern Cotton Conference predicting a 1946 cotton crop of about 7,985,000 bales, down from 9,015,000 in 1945. Conference chairman Tom Linder, Georgia agriculture commissioner, noted Farm Commissioners of South submitted figures supporting the lower harvest.
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Washington
Southern Cotton Conference
Tom Linder
State of Georgia Agriculture Commissioner
Farm Commissioners of
South
British Sinks G. W. Across Delaware Crossing
The Bremen command reports the original Washington Crossing the Delaware by Leutze was destroyed in a British bombing raid on Bremen on Sept. 15, 1942. The painting, once damaged, was retouched and sold to Germany in 1863, later hung in Bremen’s gallery, valued at 60,000 marks.
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Berlin
Washington
Delaware
Leutze
Bremen
Rummage Sale Saturday by Methodist Church Women
The Methodist Church women announce a rummage sale Saturday October 26 in front of Simpson and Spinks Garage beside the Locker Plant. Hours run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please send all donations to Mrs H C Willis by Friday or call Mrs Glenn Doss Mrs Olivia Whedbee or Mrs Willis to arrange pickup. Secretary.
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Methodist Church
Simpson & Spinks
H. C. Willis
Glenn Doss
Olivia Whedbee
Willis
Cuba Journal Editor Cites Shortstaffed Press Failings
Sir James Nelson, editor of the Cuba Journal, tells subscribers the weekly paper is not up to standard due to staff shortages. He must set ads, run news, operate the press, do job printing, wrap, mail, deliver, and sleep only every other night. The nearest Russian land to the U S is Big Diomede Island, about 1.5 miles away.
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Cuba
James Nelson
Nelson
United States
Big Diomede Island
Notice to heirs of Margaret Eggleston estate in Grayson Co
In Grayson County Texas administrator Max Eggleston seeks final settlement of Margaret Eggleston estate filed October 23 1946 in County Court docket 8663. Hearing set for November 11 1946 at 10 am in Sherman courthouse. Creditors and interested parties must appear and contest the account. publication required for ten days before return day. Dated October 23 1946 J C Buchanan Clerk with Deputy Iva Medlin.
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State of Texas
State of
Texas
Grayson County
Margaret Eggleston
Max Eggleston
Said
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
Iva Medlin
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Clifford Taylor
Assembly OF God Church
E. A. Doty
DAY OF Prayer
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Whitewright
Clifton Page
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
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Tom Barbee
H Farmall
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Billford
Trenton
Sun Office
Jersey
Robert Roberson
Sears
Dallas Times Herald
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Wilson’s Cafe
White Auto Store
Home of Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
J. A. Watson
High School
Hi-Way Grocery
John Norris
Joe Johnson
Fannin County
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J. C. Parsons
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J. A. Cagle
T. W. Ayres
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