Higher Telephone Rates Take Effect In Whitewright
The Whitewright City Commission approved higher local telephone rates to start with November billing. Current business rates rise to 6 25, residence options to 3 70 and 3 10 with a 15 percent government tax. Rates will climb again by early 1955 and rural lines to Kentuckytown Orangeville Canaan and Walker place will cost more per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Russell Summers
the Sun
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kentuckytown
Orangeville
Canaan
Walker Place
Desert
Whitewright
What’s New Will Be Shown Free at 1952 Texas State Fair
Free exhibits announced for the 1952 State Fair of Texas run Oct 4 to 19. Highlights include a Science Engineering Show with a TV studio and a one man helicopter, a 36th Southwest Automotive Exposition with $1.5 million in new cars, dream cars, antique autos, the Electric Building display of modern household equipment, and the House of Magic show. Free entertainment appears across multiple buildings and farm exhibits fill outdoor space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wfaa-Tv
Texas Astronomical Society
Defense Department
University of Texas
Texas A & M
Mason
Marathon
Maxwell
House of Magic
Telephone Company
Womens
Hall of State and Agriculture
Fishing cast tragedy in Cotuit leaves 3 year old dead
David Orr Jr of Cotuit flicked a fishing line at a sandpit and his two ounce sinker struck his 3 year old son Stephen in the head. The child died before reaching Cape Cod Hospital. The note references a separate line about the folding fan.
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Cotuit
Mass
David Orr Jr
Stephen
Orr
Cape Cod Hospital
Tigers Ready For Leonard Clash At Bryant Field
Whitewright High School Tigers host Leonard High Friday at Bryant Field in a 8 p.m. game aiming to move from ties to wins. Injuries haunt Whitewright with key players limited. last week’s 6 6 draw with St Jo and a 0 0 tie with Commerce noted.
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Whitewright Tigers
Leonard High School
Bryant
Allan Davis
Tigers
Commerce
St. Jo
Sun
Stop for School Buses and Safe Passing Rules
A discussion of state traffic laws stresses drivers must stop for school buses receiving or discharging children and may pass only up to ten miles per hour after stopping. It notes fines up to 200 dollars for violations and warns about passing on the right, center-line rules, and restricted zones near bridges, intersections, and tunnels.
Insurance Interview Ends with Pedestrian Exclusion
An agent questions a man about risk factors for life insurance. When asked if he drives or flies, the man denies both, prompting the agent to note the company no longer insures pedestrians.
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Life Insurance
Whitewright merchants offer free Saturday entertainment
A band of Whitewright merchants will fund a free Saturday show for five weeks starting Sept. 27 at 2 p m on Bond street east of Ayres store. Entitled Whitewright County Fair, Uncle Bert and his Melody Boys with guests from Leonard Albany Okla Durant and KFYN Bonham will perform with Bert Lyon as emcee.
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Whitewright
Bond Street
Ayres Store
Whitewright County Fair
Uncle Bert
Melody Boys
Bobby Stewman
Leonard
Dee Dansby
Albany
Okla
Amos Timberlake
Durant
Lloyd Henson
Madill
Ray Ingram
KFYN
Bonham
Bert Lyon
Lyon
Red Franklin
Nixon on Ticket: GOP Keeps Nixon as VP Candidate
Eisenhower told a Wheeling Stadium audience that the Republican National Committee unanimously backs Nixon’s continued run for vice president. He cited 107 of 138 committee members favoring Nixon, with 31 silent, amid Democratic calls for Nixon to quit over the $18,000 privately raised expense fund.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Nixon
GOP
National Committee
Arthur Summerfield
GOP National Committee
Lunchroom Menu for Whitewright Public Schools
The weekly menu for Whitewright Public Schools lists daily options from Monday to Friday including Cheese and Macaroni with greens and stewed fruit on Monday to Friday Bologna Spaghetti with green beans and hot rolls. Milk is served with every meal.
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Whitewright
Texans Face Low Eligible Voter Rate Despite Rising Age 21+
Dallas dispatch notes Census estimates 4,845,000 Texans aged 21 or older in November 1952, up 6 percent since 1948, but fewer than half will be eligible to vote due to poll tax payments or exemptions. State voting strength projected at 2,337,618 with 1,147,245 ballots cast in 1948. A separate street scene describes a clock repair incident and a shopper remark about wristwatches.
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Dallas
U. S. Census Bureau
Texas
AFL Endorses Adlai Stevenson for President
The American Federation of Labor endorsed Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson as the Democratic nominee in a historic first for the AFL. Delegates urged 8 million AFL members to back Stevenson financially and politically. Eisenhower faced a cooler reception, criticized for opposing Taft Hartley repeal but favoring amendments.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
AFL
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Ohio
James P. Kern
Missouri
Harry P. Cain
Washington
John W. Bricker
William E. Jenner
Indiana
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Debts Rise 33 Billion in 1951 with Private Debt Surging
The Commerce Department reported total net private and public debt climbed to 519 billion dollars in 1951. Private indebtedness reached 277 billion, up 31 billion from 1950, while state and local government debt rose 2.5 billion. Federal debt held steady at about 218.7 billion. Farm debt totaled 13.3 billion, up 11 percent.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Office of Business Economics
Dr German to See Patients In Whitewright Saturdays
Dr James L German physician at McKinney veterans hospital will be in Whitewright every Saturday from 1 to 9 pm for general medicine. He uses the former Ross May office with Estelle Coleman, head surgical nurse at the veterans hospital, assisting.
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Dr. German
Whitewright
James L. German
Veterans Hospital
McKinney
Ross May
German
George German
Dallas
J. L. German
Estelle Coleman
Whitewright Boy Serves In Korea With 3d Antiaircraft Unit
Corporal Norman F. Watkins of Whitewright Texas serves in Battery B of the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 3d Infantry Division in Korea. His unit uses twin 40 mm anti aircraft guns on full tracked vehicles to defend against air attacks and assault ground threats.
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3D Infantry
Korea
Norman F. Watkins
Loving A. Watkins
Whitewright
Texas
3D Infantry Division
Texas Senators Face Criticism Over Federal Spending Voting
The Council of State Chambers of Commerce accused Texas investors of backing larger federal outlays, contrasting with Texans J Frank Wilson and O Clark Fisher who backed economy in government nine of ten times. The tally shows Lyndon Johnson favored spending in 14 of 20 votes, Tom Connally leaning to bigger spending, and party lines separating Republicans as economy champions from Democrats as spenders.
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Washington
Texas
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
J. Frank Wilson
Dallas
O. Clark Fisher
San Angelo
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Tom Connally
Williams
Delaware
Hill
Alabama
Humphrey
Minnesota
Auburn Citizen Advertiser Switches Support to Stevenson
The Auburn Citizen Advertiser announced a shift in presidential endorsement from General Eisenhower to Governor Stevenson in a Page 1 editorial. It cited Stevenson’s appeal to high principles and a conservatism guided by faith while condemning Eisenhower for aligning with reactionary elements. The piece contrasts racial TB death rate data, noting Negro deaths exceed white deaths by three and a half times.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn Citizen Advertiser
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Independent
Democratic
Republican Party
Chicago
United States
Fashion Show Here Tonight by Whitewright Music Club
A fashion show presented by the Whitewright Music Club takes place Thursday at 7:45 PM in the high school gym to benefit the school piano fund. Admission is 15 and 50 cents. Lilley Ayres of Denison handles the show with 55 costumes across nine scenes and a commentary by Mrs. Jack Lackey.
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Whitewright
Jack Lackey
Lilley-Ayres
Denison
Philip Earnheart
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Ron Faison
Charles Skaggs
James Bryant
Percy Darwin
Lelia McFerrin
J. C. McMillin
Wilson Kaiser
Beverly Bassett
Karen Ann Darwin
Brendan Barker
Judy Gosnell
Janet Smith
Sandra Braly
Gayla Wrenn Sears
Bill White
C. B. Bryant III
Ruth Ann Cummings
Johnny Cummings
Janis Jayne Horton
Stevenson outlines four point anti inflation plan
Baltimore Md Gov Adlai Stevenson proposes temporary price wage and rent controls and a four point program to curb inflation. It calls for cutting nonessential federal expenditures to safety levels retaining controls until price rises stop, curbing excessive private credit and moving taxes toward a pay as you go standard.
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Baltimore
Adlai Stevenson
GOP Finances Double Those of Democrats
Reports filed with the House clerk show the Republican National Committee with a Sept 1 balance of 509,709 versus 183,958 for the Democrats. From Jan 1 to Sept 1 the GOP took in 1,227,671 with 734,000 in the last three months while the Democrats raised 584,399, including 307,000 between June 1 and Aug 31 and spent 390,441 since June 1.
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House
Republican Committee
Democratic National Committee
Truman Lists Whistle Stops In 24 States
President Truman announced a 15 day coast to coast whistle stop tour through parts of 24 states to rally votes for Governor Stevenson. The trip begins Saturday night from Washington and ends October 12 with 11 prepared talks and at least 77 off the cuff remarks to train side crowds.
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Washington
Truman
Stevenson
Tax Roll Names Local Land Owners Include Notable Figures
Hamilton County tax records list Winston Churchill Rip Van Winkle and Wilbur Wright as land owners. These figures appear on bona fide warranty deeds as real estate owners in Hamilton County.
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Hamilton
Hamilton County
Winston Churchill
Rip van Winkle
Wilbur Wright
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Pa Pass
Law
Labor Federation
Adlai
Suez Canal
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