Denison Dam 82 Percent Complete in $50 Million Project
Denison Dam progress shows 82 per cent completion for the $50 million program. The main embankment and spillway are 93 per cent done, with Atkinson finishing excavation and Lytle paving. Downstream powerhouse is 77 per cent finished as Amis and Briscoe seek steel workers for a 30 day truss job.
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Denison
U. S
Guy F. Atkinson Co
C. F. Lytle Co
Atkinson
Frisco
Liggett and
Platter
Washita River
Amis & Briscoe
Retired Clergyman Embraces Communism as Biblical Claim
Rev. Eliot White a 71 year old retired Episcopal clergyman in New York announces he and his wife join the Communist party. He cites that Communism is backed by the Bible and supports equal sharing of the world by all people. White was relieved of duties at Grace Church in 1931 after seeking an ecclesiastical trial over his sponsorship of a companionate marriage.
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New York
Eliot White
Communist Party
Mr. White
Grace Church
Notice to heirs of Joseph B Burkell estate in Grayson County
Citation directs the sheriff to publish in a Grayson County newspaper for at least ten days to summon all interested in the estate of Joseph Bernard Burkell deceased Norma Burkell administratrix reports final accounts in the Grayson County Court. Hearing set for the fourth Monday in September 1943 at Sherman Court House.
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Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Joseph Bernard Burkell
Norma Burkell
City of
Sherman
A. D
H. Grady Thompson
Iva Medlin
Texas House committee on diseased meat valid says Mann
Atty Gen Gerald Mann ruled that House Resolution 232 creating a committee to investigate diseased meat in Texas is valid. The panel chaired by Roger Q Evans has $2500 to spend and can sit after adjournment under Resolution 306. Goodman questions its legality and criticizes its inactivity.
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Goodman
Fort Worth
Mann
Publi
Officials For Getting Tough With Crime
Fort Worth report on law enforcement leaders urging tougher criminal penalties and stricter enforcement. DAs from Longview Georgetown Edinburg Fort Worth advocate repetition of offense habitual criminal laws and ending lenient parole policies to deter gangsters and reduce crime.
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Fort Worth
Boyce House
Texas
Fred Erisman
Longview
State District and County Attorneys’ Association
Gregg County
Gregg
W K. McClain
Georgetown
Tom L. Hartley
Edinburg
Marvin H. Brown Jr
Intense Sound Waves in Battle Prove Fatal
Navy report to surgeons details how sound waves kill with compression in air and water. Deaths occur with no external injuries. water blasting is most deadly. Effects include annihilation within 3 to 10 feet, abdominal collapse, brain injury among Marines at Guadalcanal, and long recovery times.
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New York
Bartholomew W. Hogan
United States Navy
International College of Surgeons
Hogan
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Question on head growth removal dubbed
Moe asks about what a growth removal from the head is called and Joe quips that an answer would be paired with a haircut. The joke plays on medical term wordplay and misdirection.
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Moe
Joe
Winter lawn from rye grass sowing
Sadie Hatfield of the A and M College Extension Service recommends Italian rye grass to keep a green lawn in winter without harming bermuda. Lawns can be seeded in September in North Texas and later in other regions, with 1.5 to 2 pounds per thousand square feet, and seedlings appearing in about three days with moisture.
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College Station
Sadie Hatfield
A. and M. College Extension Service
Bermuda
Texas
Miss Hatfield
Bar operator ordered to pay soldiers $700 damages
Municipal Judge Dennis O'Brien ordered Angelo Digia coma tavern operator to pay $700 damages to seven soldiers from Fort Omaha for charging 15 cents per bottle when the OPA ceiling price was 11 cents on 14 beers. He must also pay $140 in attorneys’ fees.
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Omaha
Dennis O'Brien
Angelo Digiacoma
Fort Omaha
O’brien
Digiacoma
Hugh Boyle
Boyle
OPA
Louis Carnazzo
Diagiacoma
William A. Hayward
Tes
Soldiers questioned beer pricing on orders after complaints
The passage notes that soldiers bought beer under orders after complaints that service members were charged more than civilians. It emphasizes inquiry and ends with a motto about truth being uncovered by search.
Sale of Grayson County land in Sherman on November 2
By order of sale issued August 4 1943 the Fifteenth District Court grants a sheriff's sale of defendants rights in a Grayson County Texas property. The proceeding recites taxes penalties and costs totaling 2421.58 with six percent interest. The sale of the described land is set for the first Tuesday in November 1943 between 2 and 4 PM at the Sherman courthouse to the highest bidder for cash.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Denison
James Allen
James Allen, Jr
James Allen Sr
Nina Allen
Alice Allen Talkington
Carl Talkington
Vivian Strode
Leil Strode
State of
A. D
Court House
Sherman
Sheriff Sale Notice of Grayson County Property
County of Grayson directs sale of Lot 2, Block 15, Day and Munson Addition Denison Texas to satisfy a final judgment with interest costs and penalties. Sale proceeds to be applied to the judgment with the remainder to heirs or as law directs. Dated Sherman Texas September 11 1943 by Sheriff G P Gafford and Deputy M G Dicken.
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County
Texas
W. R. Caruthers
J. K. Miller
Lankford
Day & Munson
Denison
Grayson County
Sherman
G. P. Gafford
M. G. Dicken
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Denison Dam
Emma Sraturer
By Howard W. Blakeslee
Barkeep
Herrick
Lone Star
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
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