Whitewright Cotton Gins Report 207 Bales For Week
Up to Thursday morning the Whitewright gins had received 207 bales of cotton. Showers earlier in the week reduced receipts but activity picked up Wednesday afternoon and again this morning. Middling cotton brought 36 cents, seed at 68 dollars per ton. Last year at this time prices were 22.25 for cotton and 57 for seed. Whitewright corn buyers report a strong market with white corn at 1.70 a bushel and yellow corn up to 1.45.
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Whitewright
Sherman Boosters Visit Whitewright for Fair Promotion
At noon Tuesday about thirty Sherman autos arrived in Whitewright to drum up interest in the Red River Valley Fair to be held in Sherman September 23 to 28. Led by Will Leslie, the fair association president, the delegation highlighted agriculture and livestock exhibits, county Home Demonstration Clubs, a four night rodeo, Hill Brothers shows, and a 1946 Ford prize on the final night. The caravan was sponsored by the Sherman Booster Club.
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Sherman
Whitewright
Red River Valley
Ford
Sherman Booster Club
Sugar Price Increase Signals OPA Action
OPA plans an 18 percent sugar price increase while removing price ceilings on items including razor blades baby carriages fountain pens and over 20 other goods Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderson confirmed the move saying an announcement would come soon He described a broad shakeup of consumer controls with many items freed from price limits while sugar moves toward higher pricing amid living cost concerns.
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Washington
OPA
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
Booster Club Seeks Members in Whitewright Drive
The Whitewright Booster Club membership committee led by Mrs. Eva Jang Ball canvasses town households to recruit members. Individual dues are 50 cents monthly and business memberships two dollars, with signups also possible at Whitewright Variety Store for residents outside town.
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Whitewright Booster Club
Eva Jang Ball
John Reeves
Charles Skaggs
Charley Ayres
May Badgett
Calvin Raley
C. M. Dillon
W. E. LaRoe
Booster Club
West Maple Street
Wilson's Cafe
Edwin Badgett
Carlton Johnson
Homer Sanderson Community Frozen Food Locker
Sam T. Montgomery
1945 Cotton Pooling Warns Texas Farmers to Sell Early
COLLEGE STATION Texas farmers holding 1945 crop cotton under loan should consider marketing before it is pooled by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Pooling occurs if not redeemed by October 1, with net proceeds distributed to producers after all pool cotton is liquidated.
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College Station
Commodity Credit Corporation
F.C. Elliott
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Texas
First Texas school apportionment to begin around Oct 1
Public schools of Texas will receive the first payment of the new apportionment about Oct 1 and it will be approximately $5 per capita. This follows liquidation of last year's apportionment of $36 per capita, largest in the history of Texas, completed on Aug. 15.
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Austin
Public Schools of
Texas
Broken Heart Diagnosed At Atlantic City Hospital
Wesley Mingo a 30 year old New York railroad worker entered Atlantic City Hospital with chest pains after a quarrel with a fiancée. Doctors diagnosed the ailment as a broken heart and prescribed a mild sedative before he left for the boardwalk.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic City Hospital
Wesley Mingo
New York
Mingo
A and M reports record 9000 enrollment at College Station
Texas A and M College registrar H L Heaton announced a record enrolment of 9000 students, including 2100 new students, mostly veterans, at College Station.
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College Station
Texas A. & M. College
H. L. Heaton
Heaton
Tragic Death of Sergeant Jarvis D Maddux in 1946
War Department confirms Sergeant Jarvis D. Maddux Air Corps died January 29, 1946 after parachuting from an aircraft over a river near Shanghai China. His parents Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Maddux were notified by Brigadier General B. M. Fitch with condolences and official details after a prior missing in flight report.
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R. D. Maddux
War Department
Set
Jarvis D. Maddux
Air Corps
B. M. Fitch
Local Negro Good Juvenile Officer
Constable Burn Everheart investigated two Negro boys for stealing chickens. After their confession and a meeting with the father, the boy was punished with a wooden board. Four hard blows convinced him to stop stealing chickens, and Everheart noted the father’s method may have greater influence than formal admonition.
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Burn Everheart
Constable Everheart
Everheart
Eisenhower's mother dies unexpectedly in Abilene
Ida Stover Eisenhower 84 mother of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower died early Wednesday at her Abilene home. She woke in pain about 3 15 a m asked for water and told her housekeeper to go back to bed before dying of a heart attack. She had taken two automobile rides Tuesday.
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Abilene
Kans
Ida Stover Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Trulap Robinson
Whitewright Schools Open With 350 Enrolled First Day
The Whitewright public schools opened Monday with 350 enrolled, 111 in high school and 339 in elementary. About 150 more may enroll later to help with crops. Two new teachers join the faculty: Sewell McKinney of Van Alstyne in 7th grade and Mardell Pumphrey in elementary. Lunch room staff: Earl Benson, Ernest Smith, and Tom Head, to start soon as equipment arrives.
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Whitewright
the Sun
Sewell McKinney
van Alstyne
Mardell Pumphrey
Earl Benson
Ernest Smith
Tom Head
B. R. Caraway
Booster Club Directors Appoint Housing and Garment Factory Committees
At the Whitewright Booster Club monthly meeting a housing committee was created to locate apartments for new residents. Marshall Hasty Joe Johnson Tom Barbee and Paul Stephens named. A second committee will raise funds to outfit a garment factory building, set to open when machines arrive. The factory expects fifteen sewing machines. work will begin once delivery dates are confirmed. Several new members joined, boosting total to over seventy.
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Whitewright Booster Club
Housing Committee
Whitewright
Marshall Hasty
Joe Johnson
Tom Barbee
Paul Stephens
Booster Club
Triplet Calves Double His Joy
Allen Murray of Childress enjoyed relief from chores as his Holstein cow calved. The cow produced healthy triplets two bulls and a heifer, ensuring the milking burden would be shared by the new calves. Murray smiles at the unexpected dairy bonus from a dry spell turned lucky.
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Childress
Allen Murray
Murray
Rent Increase Hits University of Houston
The Houston board of education voted to raise the monthly rent the University of Houston pays for a public school building from 50 to 500 dollars. The facility serves a Houston College for Negoes. University President Dr. E. E. Oberholtz said the university must pay despite the impact, stressing that success requires payment.
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Houston
Houston Board of Education
University of Houston
Houston College
E. E. Oberholtz
Grayson Adopts New Tax Plan After Narrow Vote
A countywide ballot on reallocating tax funds drew about 2 200 voters of 24 000 eligible. The measure would add about 32 cents per 100 dollars for road maintenance and construction. Whitewright 70 52 16. Denison 106 344. Sherman 178 75. county totals 1 233 for 933 against with several rural boxes unreported.
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Whitewright
Denison
Sherman
Pilot Grove
Kentuckytown
Bethel
Ida
Cotton yield forecast says 9 171 000 bales for 1946
The Agriculture Department projects a 1946 cotton crop of 9 171 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight based on conditions as of September 1. The state breakdown lists Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas New Mexico with harvest areas percentages yields per acre and forecasted production by state.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Money Held Up For Lake Texoma Work
A. E. Demaray of the National Park Service said in Denison that 148000 was approved for Lake Texoma recreational development including beaches bathhouses roads and trails. He noted 30000 for beach work and 118000 for roads and trails, but government orders and President Truman's anti inflation policy delay all construction for months.
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Denison
A. E. Demaray
National Park Service
Lake Texoma
Demaray
Truman
Electric shock kills woman in chicken coop
Daisy Findley of Waukesha Wisconsin, 42, died of electrocution after entering a chicken coop to plug in an electric heater. She was found unconscious by her son Floyd, and deputies cited a bare wire or too-close hand to the plug as the likely cause. Wet feet and shoes contributed to the accident at the farm.
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Waukesha
Wis
Daisy Findley
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Findley
Floyd
Sheriff's
Not a Plaything for Old Folks Injures Des Moines Women
Two Des Moines women aged 52 and 66 were seriously injured when their motor scooter overturned while turning a corner too quickly. Alice Martin, 52, suffered a leg fracture, and Emily Hauser had cuts and a possible brain concussion.
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Des Moines
Alice Martin
Emily Hauser
Child Killed by Run Away Team in Whitewright
Alondra Jane Vestal eleven daughter of Ronald and Mrs Vestal route three died at 2 p m Tuesday when a team of horses she was driving ran away She fell or jumped from the wagon and died instantly Funeral services were held at 2 30 this afternoon at the Trenton Methodist Church with Rev E B Jackson and Rev R L Gilpin officiating Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery The seventh grader and fifth grade student at Trenton was born November 3 1935 in the Medlintown community She was a church member and beloved by playmates Survived by her parents two brothers Elmo Foucheaux and Arvin Monroe a sister Mrs R J Wandling grandmother Mrs J D Russell and other relatives
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Alondra Jane
Ronald A. Vestal
Route Three
Trenton Methodist Church
E. B. Jackson
R. L. Gilpin
Whitewright Methodist Church
Carl Whit Smith
Jerry McCarley
Melvin Riley
Joe Garner
Herman Tilger
John Vestal
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Medlintown
Whitewright
Trenton
Elmo Foucheaux
U. S. Navy
Arvin Monroe
R. J. Wandling
J. D. Russell
Kaiser Buys Cleaning Plant to Become Sole Owner
Ralph Kaiser has purchased the interest of his brother W G Kaiser and Ballard Stegall of Clarksville in the Zenith Cleaning plant and is now sole owner. The plant opened here about eight months ago as a partnership with equipment moved from Clarksville, and Kaiser has operated it since opening.
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Ralph Kaiser
W. G. Kaiser
Ballard Stegall
Clarksville
Zenith
Monty Praises U S Soldiers at West Point Address
Field Marshal Viscount Bernard Montgomery told 2,130 cadets in Washington Hall that soldiers must be bold gamblers. He praised General Eisenhower, called American troops first-class fighters, and urged an adventurous spirit for success.
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West Point
N. Y
Bernard L. Montgomery
Washington Hall
Montgomery
West Pointers
Europe
America
Eisenhower
West
Prohibited Matter Mailing Warning in Whitewright
Whitewright Postmaster T. J. Lilley warns the public about unmailable materials that can lead to federal prosecution. The list includes intoxicating beverages inflammable items ammunition firearms obscene matter poisons narcotics extortion letters and fraudulent lottery materials.
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Whitewright
T. J. Lilley
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Miss May Badgett
Roy Blanton Russell Summers Harold Doss Clay Horton
O. V. Barker
N. E. Skaggs
E. D. Pennell Thomas Sears
R. A. Gillett
Will Simmons
C. B. Bryant Jr
E. B. Martin
Chas. Skaggs
Bob May
Co. M. Dillon
A. M. Bryant
Elbert Bennett
A. B. Jones
James Bryant
Clyde Craig
Jim Anna Ba
Jarvis Mabdux
Negro Good Juvenile Officer
U. OF Houston
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Sun
Grayson
Monty
U.S
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