Merchants Offer Prizes For Mass X Ray Campaign Here
The State Health Department mobile X ray unit will visit Whitewright October 21 and 22 for a mass X ray drive. Merchants will award prizes to participants via numbered tickets matched to store window placards. The free X ray targets ages 15 and up to detect lung cancer heart disease and tuberculosis with early treatment emphasized.
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State Health Department
Whitewright
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Friday Literary Club
Rotary Club
Santa Claus
Whitewright Dog Poisoner Touts Law And Morality
A Whitewright note addresses a recurring dog poisoning issue during National Dog Week. It defends dogs as property, warns that poisoning dogs is a crime with a $100 reward for culprits, and cites local ordinances requiring annual rabies vaccination and license tags for dogs at large.
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Whitewright
Dick Walker
Two-Price Crop Scale Proposed for Wheat Policy
Washington considers a two price system for wheat with 100 percent parity for flour and no guarantee for exports and feed. The plan uses quotas and bank certificates to subsidize growers, with government buying only as a last resort and certificates cashed by banks to fund flour production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S
U.S
Sportsmen Favor Little Change In Fannin Game Laws
About 100 Fannin County sportsmen voted to keep the county game and fish laws largely the same with no changes to season dates or bag limits. They recommended turkey season closure, banning .22 rifles for deer, increasing mesh size, banning gigging, and adjusting net catch limits. The commission meets Oct 4 with new local law likely effective Oct 19.
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Fannin
Trainmen Demand $3 Daily Pay Rise Across Rail System
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, with 215 000 members, seeks a $3 per day wage increase effective Oct. 1 from all railroads. President W P Kennedy says he expects acceptance and no railroad opposition. Current scales run about $14.50 daily for workers and $13.50 for road workers. union covers conductors switchmen brakemen and dining car stewards.
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Albany
N. Y
Brotherhood of Railroad
W. P. Kennedy
Independent Union
BRT
Cost of living hits new high across the nation
The cost of living index rose to 115 percent of the 1947‑49 average, triggering a 3 cent hourly wage boost next month for 1.3 million rail workers and boosting railroad payrolls by 100 million dollars. Beef and veal prices jumped 6 percent as rents rose 1.1 percent. the report notes the sweet potato as the Ryukyu Islands national food.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Kentuckytown Thanks The Sun For Church Publicity
Mrs. S. O. Pool chair of the Kentuckytown Baptist Church building committee thanks The Sun for publicity of the fund drive. Donations include 100 from Mrs. Nannie Burks of Van Alstyne 50 from Whitewright business district 14 from Craig s Cafe gift box and 25 from Mrs. Jack Nossaman. The church plans to tear down the old building reuse lumber for a new one needing about 1500 in materials with outside contributions sought. Local carpenters will contribute labor. The church, one of Grayson County s oldest, serves a small adult membership with over 50 in Sunday School, straining to operate without aid.
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The
Sun
S. O. Pool
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Grayson County
Pool
Fight on Any Slump Set By Government
New York report says U S business leaders received assurance the administration will act decisively if a downturn develops. Treasury Secretary Humphrey said work is underway on plans to prevent an economic catastrophe and noted the excess profits tax will expire and personal income taxes will fall as scheduled.
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New York
U. S
Wall Street
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
America
Lavon Dam closing date set for Oct 27 dedication
Lavon Dam near Banham will be completed and dedicated October 27 with a public barbecue at 4 30 p m and ceremonies at 6 30 p m Speakers include Bonham Congressman Sam Rayburn and Col Herbert D Vogel and Col H R Hallock Army Corps of Engineers The dam will supply water to Northeastern Dallas and the 10 town North Texas Municipal Water District
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Lavon
East Fork Association
Army Corps of Engineers
EFA
C. Truett Smith
Bonham
Sam Rayburn
Herbert D. Vogel
H. R. Hallock
Dallas
North Texas
Trinity River
Grapevine
Benbrook
Army Engineers
Lewisville
Tigers Seek third straight win at Leonard Friday
Whitewright Tigers aim for three straight after 20 0 and 38 14 wins over Commerce and Bells. They travel to Leonard for a non conference clash before starting District 13 A play October 9 against Whitesboro. Leonard beat Wolfe City 13 0 and could challenge.
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Commerce
Bells
Whitewright High School
Tigers
Leonard
Leonard High School
Rockwall
Whitesboro Bearcats
Leonard Boys
Wolfe City
Weekly School Lunch Menu highlights a week of meals
For Monday to Friday the menu lists salmon croquettes with sides, hot dogs with soup, red beans with chili, beef roast with potatoes, and cheese macaroni with greens. Each day includes milk and a dessert option.
Tobacco held as cancer causing by surgeon in Dallas
Dr. Alton Ochsner of New Orleans told the Texas Academy of General Practice that tobacco tar is cancer causing beyond question. He urged Texas family doctors to suspect lung cancer in smokers over 40 with respiratory illness and suggested quarterly chest X rays to detect cancer early. He also proposed cigaret makers fund research on the tobacco cancer link.
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Dallas
Alton Ochsner
New Orleans
Texas Academy of General Practices
Texas
Dr. Ochsner
Linda Theatre Announces Weekly Family Night
Linda Theatre owners Mr and Mrs Frank Gillespie announce family night every Thursday and Friday with a 50 cent admission for all in a family. The first family night features The Great Sioux Uprising starring Jeff Chandler and Faith Domergue. The Gillespies say the program boosts moviegoing and benefits Whitewright's business district.
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Frank Gillespie
Linda Theatre
Jeff Chandler
Faith Domergue
Gillespies
Whitewright
Inspection Sticker Round Two Opens This Week
State auto inspection resumes with $1 fee at stations for a 1953 54 sticker after passing tests. April 15 deadline fines drivers who remain stickerless. Officials urge inspections before April 1 to avoid lines. Round Two limits checks to lights brakes horns and wipers.
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Texas
Dept. of Public Safety
New Agency Sets Policies For Lending
The Small Business Administration set lending policies to charge rates that are appropriate and avoid giveaways. Administrator William D. Mitchell said the agency will not offer giveaways and that service stations should not apply now. Preference will go to production enterprises and loan applications will be accepted at headquarters and 30 branch offices starting September 29.
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Washington
Small Business Administration
William D. Mitchell
Prompt Medal Honor To World War Pair
Stephen Krawczyk, 58, received a citation and Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry in action in France in 1918. He recalls the moment vaguely, saying the recommendation came from his commanding officer during combat in World War I.
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Cleveland
Stephen Krawczyk
France
Humphrey Pledges Tax Reduction
Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey promised personal income taxes will drop and the excess profits tax will end by December 31 as planned. President Eisenhower urged bankers to seek sound, nationwide solutions, while a new cigarette design teases a built in fire capsule for ignition.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey
Humphrey
Eisenhower
American Bankers Association
Constitution Hall
Bankers’ Seventy Ninth Annual Convention
Boston
Karl Marx’s Tribune Contributions Amid London Poverty
Karl Marx often contributed to the New York Tribune while living in poverty in London after his exile from Prussia and France.
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Karl Marx
The
New York Tribune
London
Prussia
France
Whitewright Area Escapes Major Storm Damage
Whitewright and surrounding area recorded .69 inch of rain with no significant wind damage to cotton. Farmers resumed picking on Tuesday while other Northeast Texas towns such as Randolph and Farmersville faced heavy losses to cotton, damaged homes, and downed antennas as cool fronts moved in and temperatures dropped from 102 to 58. Gins reported 530 bales ginned by 8 this morning and cotton prices rose to 32.5 and 33 cents per pound for snapped and picked cotton.
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Randolph
Leonard
Farmersville
Dallas
Whitewright
Cotton Damage Estimated At Millions From Northeast Dallas Storm
The Dallas News reports hail and high winds caused millions in cotton losses across northeast Texas, with a swath three miles wide damaging Collins and Rockwall Counties. Farmers like Royse City seed dealer John Pullen and Josephine coop giant W H Myre estimate losses in the hundreds of thousands to millions, with Royse City trade territory alone near a million.
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Dallas News
Dallas
Texas
Collin
Rockwall
Leonard
Fannin County
Farmersville
Collin County
Josephine
Rouse City
Scatter Branch
Fairlie
Hunt County
Burro
Union Valley
Royse City
John Pullen
Here
W. H. Myre
Farmers Cooperative
Army Opens Enlistments For Nuclear Weaponeers
The Army announced it will recruit high school graduates for atomic service. Recruits enter four Sandia base training tracks in weapons assembly maintenance radar and radio skills after eight weeks of basic training and pretraining at Aberdeen proving ground.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Atomic Service
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
Sandia Base
Albuquerque
N. M
India School
Aberdeen
Ordnance Proving Ground
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