Two Whitewright Women Hospitalized After Car Crashes
Two Whitewright women were seriously injured in separate collisions this week. Mrs. R. L. Sears, in a Fort Worth area wreck, endured a three hour surgery for facial and eye injuries. Mrs. Tom Russell, injured south of Whitewright, was hospitalized after a no passing zone crash. Both women were listed in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.
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Whitewright
R. L. Sears
Fort Worth
Bob Mitchell
Dallas
Orville Russell
Dan (Curley) Kent
Kent
Russell
Housewives Influence on Men’s Suit Purchases
A University of Maine report shows women affect 80 percent of men's clothing and one third of suits. Texas A&M expert Mary Routh urges housewives to judge wool by feel and label content, stressing fit, material, and construction for proper sizing and appearance.
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College Station
University of Maine
Mary Routh
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Miss Routh
End of Korean War Nears as Forces Link in Korea
Allied forces close a 215 mile noose around Reds in the south and meet near Changji 25 miles south of Seoul. MacArthur says North Korean invaders stagger toward defeat as UN troops liberate large areas and seal escape routes in a widening Pusan Inchon pocket.
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Tokyo
Seoul
MacArthur
South Korea
Inchon
Pusan
Yellow Sea
A. U. S. First Cavalry
Seventh Division
Changji
United Nations
Pusan-Inchon
Denison Gets Million Dollar Food Factory
Con way Oil Company a Safeway division announced a million dollar edible oil refinery to rise on a 10 acre site across from Safeway Coldstream and Table Products plant. The facility will process all vegetable oil stages with a 300000 pound daily capacity and construction starts within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Conway Oil Company
Safeway Stores, Inc
Safeway
Coldstream and Table Products Company
Kraft Foods Company
Garland
New Presbyterian Pastor to Arrive for Whitewright Service
Rev. Lee H. Smith of Homer NL has been called as pastor of First Presbyterian Church. He arrives with Mrs Smith and two children to live in the church manse and will preach next Sunday World Wide Communion Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee H. Smith
Homer, NL
First Presbyterian Church
Whitewright
Mr. Smith
Sun Honor Roll of Paying Subscribers
The Sun lists subscribers in good standing entitling them to placement on the honor roll. Names include Horace Belew Charles Skaggs Dr. Ross May and many others across individuals and companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Horace Belew
Charles Skaggs
Ross May D. E. McCoy
M. T. Craig Roy G. Blanton
Earl Jansson
William H. King
Billy Wayne Morris Whitewright Manufacturing
Claud Garner
Ed Ikonen
A. D. Asbill Lynn Ward
John Reeves
Glen C. Cole
Floyd Everheart Jr
R. G. Hicks
Riley Tabor
J. W. Henry E. O. Young
W. L. Gordon
J. E. Coggins
J. C. Gaines
J. L. McSpedden
E. P. Melver
R. T. Vestal
R. C. Vestal
W. W. Compton
Shivers Proclaims Week of Education in Texas
Gov Allan Shivers proclaimed October 22 to 28 as Audio Visual Education Week in Texas. He credited audio visual materials with effectively conveying information and aiding public understanding. The move aligns with National Audio Visual Education Week observed nationwide.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
National Education Association
Department of Secondary Schoolteachers
Men in Service Reported in Various Posts and Ranks
Cpl Jack Thrasher called to active duty with the Army Transportation Corps reporting to Fort Eustis Virginia on October 12. Cpl David Paul White returns to Linz Austria after a 30 day furlough and has served twenty years in the Army. Marine PFC Floyd H Harvey completes recruit training at San Diego and is assigned to a Marine duty station. J Frank Wilson promoted to first lieutenant in the Army Quartermaster Department stationed in Germany for over a year. Cpl Royce Rice arrives in Korea with a field artillery battery, a World War II veteran reenlisted in 1947. Pvt D W McKinney completes basic and serves as dental assistant at Lackland AFB. Pvt Jack McSpedden completes basic and transfers to Kessler AFB in Mississippi.
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Cpl
Jack Thrasher
Army
Army Transportation Corps
Fort Eustis
Virginia
David Paul White
Linz
Austria
Travis Bush
R. J. White
Tom Bean
Floyd H. Harvey
J. H. Harvey
Whitewright
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
J. Frank Wilson
Quartermaster Department of the Army
Lee Wilson
Lieutenant Wilson
Germany
Badtolz
Royce Rice
C. E. Rice
Korea
Rice
United States
Fort Sill
Okla
Tessa Lee
Dorchester
Pvt
D. W. McKinney
Army Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Jack McSpedden
3395Th
Kessler Air Force Base
Miss
Jack
J. L. McSpedden
Marshall warns of atomic attack as Red Cross to train millions
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall tells Red Cross volunteers the nation faces great peril from atomic threats and proposes training up to 20,000,000 Americans in first aid. He urges volunteers to bolster blood services and nursing, anticipating large scale emergency movements and continued Korea-era danger.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George C. Marshall
American Red Cross
Marshall
Red Cross
Korea
Disaster Area Declared for Rayburn District Crops
Seven counties in the Fourth Congressional District and additional Northeast Texas counties are declared crop disaster areas after a Farmers Home Administration survey found extensive crop damage from rain and insects. Local farmers may apply to FHA offices for loans to cover feed seed fertilizer and livestock.
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Fourth Congressional District
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Dallas
Rayburn
Wright Patman
Lindley Beckworth
Patman
Bowie
Delta
Lamar
Red River
FHA
L. J. Cappleman
Bill Raising Taxes Signed By President
President Truman signed a war emergency bill totaling 4.7 billion dollars to raise revenue for Korea war costs. Individual income taxes rise 12 to 20 percent effective Oct 1, while corporate rates jump from 38 to 45 percent retroactive to July 1.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Not in Sight For Men Over 25
Washington report says men aged 26 to 35 will not be drafted in the foreseeable future and those over 35 probably won’t be called. Col Daniel O Omer of the Selective Service advised prioritizing men 19 through 25, including WWII veterans, for calls and urged stricter occupational deferments for that group. He noted the Army may ease some physical mental and moral standards for them as the Navy plans to draft about 15 000 additional reserve officers for its expanded fleet.
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Washington
Daniel O. Omer
Selective Service System
Farm Labor Committee On
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Boy warns teacher of possible punishment over grades
Fred confronts Miss Jones claiming his father warned that someone will get a lick if he does not improve grades. The line captures a child referencing threatened corporal punishment and a tense student teacher moment.
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Fred
Miss Jones
PTA Seeks Old Clothes and Shoes for Needy Children
The PTA asks the community for wearable clothing and footwear for underprivileged area children. W C Cummings notes a few districts lack sufficient attire for school attendance. Donations of suits shirts socks shoes pants coats dresses and undergarments are welcomed at the Elementary School for distribution by Principal Herman Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
W. C. Cummings
the Sun Today
Cummings
Herman Bedford
New County Agent Assistant Named in Grayson County
Jerry M. Price, 28, of Andrews County, will arrive in Sherman on Oct. 1 to serve as assistant county agent for Grayson County replacing Gerald York who resigns to farm. Price is an Air Force veteran, Texas Tech graduate with two years 4-H work, currently a rural representative for the Lamesa Big Spring district of the Texas Electric Service Co. York returns to Belton Bell County to partner with his father Edwin York. York came to Grayson County last September from Fannin County.
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Texas Electric Service Co
York
Belton
Bell County
Edwin York
Grayson County
Fannin County
Charles Gains Decision Over Ex King Louis
Charles defeats Joe Louis in a fifteen round unanimous decision at Yankee Stadium. The aging former champion bleeds from the face as Charles, carrying a 33 pound disadvantage, presses a relentless attack to reclaim the title in a bout marked by heavy exchanges and a late knockout attempt.
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Charles
Louis
Yankee Stadium
New York
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
Mark Conn
Associated Press
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Jim Jeffries
Jack Dempsey
Max Schmeling
Army costs to arm will be huge warns Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder warned at the American Bankers Association that mobilization will cost the nation more than anticipated. He said tax increases are inevitable as defense spending rises beyond the current 30 billion dollars per year and will grow in the next fiscal year even if the Korean War ends quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Snyder
Congress
Snyder
American Bankers Association
Tigers to face Ladonia Rattlers Friday night
Whitewright High School Tigers under Coach Sam Montgomery host the Ladonia Rattlers at Bry ant Field at 8 p m. The Tigers beat Honey Grove 30 to 0 last Friday before about 1200 fans, while Ladonia lost 7 to 0 at Bells.
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Sam Montgomery
Whitewright High School
Tigers
Ladonia Rattlers
Bryant Field
Ladonia
Bells
Bells High School
Honey Grove
Whitewright
Billy Earl Brown
Van Alstyne Junior High to visit Whitewright juniors
Whitewright High hosts Van Alstyne Junior High in a Wednesday night game announced by Coach Montgomery. Tip off at 7 30 p m.
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van Alstyne
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
Montgomery
Tigers Top Honey Grove in District 15 B Title Race Proof
Honey Grove and Leonard were top opponents as the Tigers won 21 to 6 and 30 to 0 to claim early District 15 B supremacy. Key plays featured Brown on a 20 yard TD run and a safety, with Musser and Partridge also scoring as Whitewright moves toward the district crown. Coach Montgomery urged fans to stay behind the dotted line restraining boundary under new rules.
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Barrie Blanton
Bobby Hyecock
Brown
Jimmy Christian
Dearle McKnight
Mece- Knight
Warrior
Musser
Hyecock
John Dale Reeves
Bill Debenport
Floyd Carpenter
Honey Grove
Debenport
Carpenter
Tigers
Montgomery
Kenneth Jones
Billy Partridge
Whitewright
Warriors
Leonard
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Farmersville
Muenster
The
Sun
Dallas Lands Regional Office for General Services Administration
Washington reports Dallas designated as a regional hub for the General Services Administration joining nine other regional offices. The Dallas region will cover Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Oklahoma with Karl E Wallace named to lead the bureau.
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Washington
Dallas
General Services Administration
Housekeeping
Federal
United States
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Karl E. Wallace
Santa Anna
War Assets Regional
Grand Prairie
Do Biting Dogs Bark Joke Exchange
A humorous dialogue plays on a dog’s bark and bite. One person recalls a dog’s bark being worse than his bite while another responds with a safe comic twist. The exchange ends with the bite remark prompting laughter.
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John L Hooper
New Presbyterian
Shivers
Week of Education
Rayburn District
PTA
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