Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 183, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 1946 Page: 2 of 29
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BIRTHS
A boy was born to Mr and Mrs.
R L. Harris. 314 Wood. Saturday
in the Denton Hospital and Clinic
A boy was born to Mr and Mrs
C W Proffer of Handley Wednes-
day in the St Josephs Hospital in
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of Krum
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after 18 months of service with the
Second Marine Division in the
South Pacific. A graduate of Krum
High School. Wilkins attended
Texas Technological College before
entering the service in January,
1944. He participated in the cam-
paigns of Satpan, the Northern
Marianas and Okinawa and the
occupation of Japan
Cpl. Woody C. Griffith, 348 East
Mulberry, has been honorably dis-
charged from the Army at the Fort
McPherson. Ga., separation center,
according to an Army news release
He had been in the service for 13
months.
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B E Drake is no newcomer to
Texas, nor to Denton for that mat-
ter Formerly he lived in Iuka Miss .
from where he came to Texas. Just
60 years ago, landing in Comanche.
Forty-one years ago he came to
Denton, where he has since lived.
He was with the Record-Chronicle
as foreman of the mechanical de-
partment for near 40 years Friday
he celebrated another birthday.
। gaged in producing and marketing
i dairy products. The purpose of the
! meeting is to acquaint the dairy in-
dustry with new regulations issued
by the State Board of Health cov-
ering production and marketing of
ellode
additional 4.535 employees, but the j
increase only cancelled out when
4.518 workers were dropped from
some friend or organization that
could be induced to move to Denton
to enjoy and take advantage of
the offerings here.
THE Rexakk
PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
IS KEYED TO THESE TIMES . . .
Saturday.
Mrs. Sid Smith, 311 Welch, was
. admitted as a medical patient at
| the Denton Hospital and Clinic
George Elliott from Quan
Navy 221 Marines, six Army
Rom Compton will present stu-
dents of sociology at North Texas
State College, who have recently
completed a social welfare study of
Denton County, at a meeting of
the Denton County Social Welfare
Association Monday at 8 p m in
the municipal auditorium
PERSONALS
Mrs. A, T. Sturkie, 1621 W Oak,
left Tuesday for San Diego where
she will join her husband. Chief
Petty Officer Sturkie
Mrs J. C. Dehler and Miss Sue
Steele of Dallas are the week-end
FORT WORTII GRAINS
PORT WORTH, March 16— (AP)—
Wheat No 1 hard 91,815/8-871/8
lower, other clasmes steady.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Mrs. Willie Jetton of Gaines-
ville was admitted Friday for sur-
gery at the Dm Street Hospital and
Clinic.
Jerry Wayne Nivens, 114 Fannin,
underwent a tonsiieciomy Satur-
day in the Dm Street Hospital and
Clinic.
Miss Mary Lois Kelso, 414 Ave.
or more workers. A total of 920,327 : hall auditorium here Friday at 10
Texas employees are included in a m
the classincation. ! E W Daley of Bowie will serve
„ ... ias chairman of the meeting, to
Transportation, communication! which people in the dairying in-
and utility companies took on an . dustry in counties of North Central
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undergoing surgery at the
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States give assistance to the Cn‛-
nese and that other nations not
scheme deliberately egainst vein-
corporation of the rich Man chur-
fan territory into a unafied, peace-
ful China
He laid heavy emphasis on the
IT IS THE policy of the Rexall Drug Score to maintain a
complete supply of laborarory-fresh drugs at all times. In-
eluded are the miraculous Sulfa drugs which—along with
many other new drugs — are Available for prescription by
milk and cream and to explain
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HUBBA-hubba or classical? Opera scores or nursery rhymes? What’s
your specialty in recordings? We serve "platters" to please every collec-
tor’s palate. Everything new, the minute it's released—and a library of rare
back numbers we have to keep under lock and key! But they are all for
sale ....
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13 75. good and choice stocker calves
•nd yearlings • 14 00-15.50.
was Hogs Stocker and butcher pigs
50-16 higher, some butcher pigs 91.90
higher, other weights steady, good
and choice 120 lbs. up 814.65 sows
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FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
PORT WORTH March 16—(AP) —
(USDA)—Compared close last week
Cattle All classes strong with most
sales at the highest levels of the sea-
•on wk's tops Good beef steers
816.60. choice lacking; yearlings to
817.36, beef cows •1360. slaughter
calves •16.00. stocker yearlings 815.75;
stoeker calves 815.50; week's bulks
Good slaughter steers and yearlings
• 15 60-16.60 medium •14.00-15 00.
good beef cows •12.50-13.60. medium
59.00-12.00; good and choice fat calves
814.50-16.00, medium calves 911.00-
DUlman of Wichita Falls, Harrilee
Hale of Houston, Florene McGrew
of Rotan, Joyce Mellina of Galves-
ton. Laura Sessions of Waxahachie.
Helen Acker of Jacksonville. Lucille
Bristow of San Antonio, Margaret
Ann Browning of Sherman, Sue
Dunkle of Denton, Pat Hill of De-
vails Bluff, Ark., Joyce Hunter of
Dallas, Margaret Lueke of Dallas.
Barbara Puffer of Weslaco, Ginger
White of San Antonio, Leota Wil-
liams of Deport, Sue Alice Brock
of College Station, Dot Caltagirone
of Texarkana, Gwendolyn Hale of
Shamrock, Peggy Hudson of Ver-
non. Judith Hughes of Childress,
Mary Jane Johnson of La Porte,
Louise LaGarde of Seymour, Pa- ।
tricia McElroy of Austin, Benny
Lou McGuire of Greenville, Joan
Hoffman of Milwaukee, Wis . Char-
Isie Allison of Teague, Mary Ann
Barrier of Omaha, Kathryn Blank-
enship of Gainesville. Mary Louise
Bryant of Shreveport. La . Gene
Greiner of Beaumont, Dorothy
Mr. and Mrs J. L. Baldwin and
daughter, Mrs Kirk Cansler, 1933
N. Locust are visiting relatives in
Sherman today
Mr. and Mrs W W King are at
Savoy at the bedside of his mother,
who is critically ill.
Mr .and Mrs. Wallace Beasley and
children. 900 Egan, are spending
several days in Austin. They re-
turned Friday from Abilene, where
Beasley, who is a police training
instructor in the extension depart-
ment of A&M College, has been
taking a course in police work
Mr and Mrs Ed Pewitt, 1821 W
Oak left Friday for Greenville,
where they will visit Mrs Pewitt’s
parents.
Miss Mary Helen Mitchell of Dal-
las is visiting her mother. Mrs E
. S. Mitchell. 116 Ferguson, during
the week end. She was accompanied
to Denton by her mother, who visit- '
ed Mt Friday ant Baturany morn-
ing in Dallas.
Mrs. F. W Maxwell and daugh-
ters, Mary and Sally, 936 N. Locust,
were in Fort Worth Saturday to
attend a party given Mrs. Max-
construction employers' I cream buyers and all others en-
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Jacobs of Kirkwood, Mo., Marjorie
Penick of Wichita Falls, Willa Ly- i
ons of Houston, Norma Walker of I The analysis covered approxim- ings being conducted over the state
Amarillo. Alice Ann Wallace of ately 90 per cent of the total 21 000 by the Texas Dairy Products As-
Dallas, Virginia Geisler of Temple, Texas employers who retain eight I soclation will be held in the city
Betty Golden of Munday, Patsy more workers A total of 920,327/hall auditorium here Friday at 10
Oats No 2 white 92′4-9312
Sorghums No 2 yellow milo
100 pounds 82 57-70
SEW ORLENSS (OTTOS
NEW ORLEANS March 16
Staff Sgt. Earl C. Barr, Jr., of
Denton has been honorably dis-
charged from the Army at the Fort
Bliss separation center, according
ton on Army news release
The Evening circle of the First
Presbyterian Church will meet
Wednesday at 7 p. m. in the home
of Mrs. Dorothy Foster Ober. 1013
N. Locust. Misses Elizabeth Phil-
lips and Lila McMahon will also be
hostesses
Critical Stage
WASHINGTON, March 16 —(A—
Gen. George C Marshall disclosed
today that urgent measures are
being taken Jointly by American
and Chinese officers to extend into
Manchuria a peace formula con-
sistently successful so far in other
parts of China.
The General, here to report to
President Truman of his efforts as
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estimated at 176.500. appeared even
more critical today under a Tex-
as Unemployment Compensation
Commission analysis which revealed
there were actually 34.610 less Jobs
in December than last July among
19,270 major Texas employers.
Returning veterans. 110,550 of
whom are among the present un-
employed, could see little if any en-
couragement in the analysis fig-
Street Hospital and Clinic.
Mre. 8. E. Boyles of Argyle is a
medical patient at the Denton Hos-
pital and Clinic.
Mrs T L. Anderson, 509 Frame,
was dismissed Saturday after un-
dergoing minor surgery at the Den-
ton Hospital and Clinic
Mrs F. D McKenna. Pilot Point,
was admitted Friday for medical
treatment at the Denton Hospital
and Clinic.
Earl A. Cochrane, 1031 W. Syca-
more. underwent an appendectomy
Friday morning at the Denton
Hospital and Clinic.
Ben Goode, 1421 N Dm. is a
surgical patient at the Denton Hos-
pital and Clinic.
Wanda Louise Sauls, 308 E Oak.
was admitted for minor surgery at
the Denton Hospital and Clinic
operations of "unity" teams of
American, Nationalist and Com- w
munist officers who are dispatched
to trouble areas for on-the-spot-
pacification
In other parts of China, Marshall
said, these groups have straighten-
ed out what seemingly were im-
possible conditions" with almost
never a failure.
Arrangements for the operation
of such teams in Manchuria were
completed, in principle, the general
said, only about 10 minutes before
he left China on fits way here.
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well's sister, Mrs. G L. Boykin. Los
Cruces, N. M , who is in Fort Worth
visiting their mother, Mrs W H
Matthews.
Miss Fay Ratton and Miss Addie
Bell Langford of Dallas are visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs Irl Crowder, 411
Mounts
Mr. and Mrs M L. Allison and
son, Robert, of Paducah are visit-
ing during the wek end with Dr.
Lena Skiles, 1721 Bolivar.
Rev. F. L. Shannon, paator of the
First Presbyterian Church, return-
ed Friday night from a visit of
several days in Shreveport, La. He
was in Dallas Tuesday to make
plans with a special church com-
mittee.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B Foster and
son, Kent, and Miss Lona Mae
Simpson, all of Port Arthur, are
week end guests of Mr and Mrs.
B. D. Simpson .1012 N. Locust.
Mrs. E D Criddle, 315 Normal,
returned Friday night from Hend-
erson, where she visited a cousin,
Mrs Dee Mulligan, and from Long-
view, where site visited Mr and
Mrs. Opha Grissom and an aunt,
Mrs John L. Grissom. Mrs. Criddle
was en route home from Nacog-
doches after attending the State
Conference of the Texas Society
Daughters of the American Revo-
lution March 10-13.' Miss Edna
Haynes McCormick of Denton also
attended the conference
Mrs W 8 Wilroy of Dallas,
formerly of Denton, was in Den-
ton Friday and visited friends here.
MARSHALL RETURNS FROM CHINA—Gen. George C. Marshall (center) is wel-
comed upon his return from China to Washington by. Mrs. Marshall and Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower (left), Army chief of staff. Gen. Marshall, President Truman’s special
envoy to China, arrived by plane. (AP Wire photo).
DIVERSIFIED ACTIVITIES
Benjamin Franklin's name must
be mentioned in any complete his-
torv of American literature, politics,
economics. Journalism, education,
diplomacy, philanthropy, or philo-
sophy.
— The average price of middling
15/16-inch cotton at ten designated
Southern spot markets today was
10 cents a bale higher at 26 47 cents
a pound. Average for the post 30
market days was 26 30 Middling
7/8-inch average was 24 79
Former President Of
Allen Academy Dead
BRYAN, March 16— (P— Funer-
al services will be held here to-
tomorrow for Dr Nat Burtis Allen,
president of Allen Military Acad-
emy from 1920 until he resigned
because of ill health a year ago
Dr Allen died today at a hospital
here
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Mass layoffs by manufacturing, DistClCt Dairy
companies in the last six months j J
of 1945 were reported at 71,438 Ma- Moptino to Ro
Jor cushion for the heavy manu-55-8 “ "5
factoring employment decline was,
an increase of 34,737 employees l nEl • r rlUUj
in Texas where local demand ex- problems facing the industry during
cceds local supply of labor, the Uni- ’ the current year.
ted States Employment Service re- The state association will be rep-
ports. । resented by M E McMurray, man-
j ager. Accompanying him wiil be M
L. Raines of the State Board of
Health, who will interpret the new
regulations.
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Another significant sign that
Denton Ls "on the march’ is in the
percentage of gain in the business
done by the local Mode O'Day. The
store lead the procession of gain
shown In the week ending March
2 among the 36 Texas organizations.
The Denton store showed a gain
of 146 per cent, while one of the
36 stores showed only "plus %.
The closest store gain to Denton
was 113 per cent, the third 104 and
the fourth 70 and on down to the
plus per cent.
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Greatest single increase in the
trade classification was in retail
merchandise where employment
jumped 19,318 and quarterly pay-
rolls, $5,454,822.
There are no longer any areas
In-
now
By VICTOR EUBANK
NEW YORK, March 16.——
The stock market today finished a
generally losing week by extending
the recovery which got under way
in the preceding session
Dealing slowed after a fairly ac-
tive start Aviations then took hold
and were followed by assorted
"thin" blue chips, utilities, motors,
steels, olls and rubbers Rails were
narrow. While scattered plus marks
of 2 to 4 points were in evidence at
the close, gains mostly ranged from
fractions to a point or so Transfers
01 550,000 shares compared with
460,000 last Saturday which were
a low since last September.
The Associated Press 60-stock
average was up 8 of a point at 75.
duplicating its bulge of yesterday,
but on the week showed a net loss
of .2 of a point.
Advancers included du Pont, up
4 12; Johns-Manville 3 3 4, East-
man Kodak 3, Allied Chemical 2
3 4, American Telephone 2 5 8.
American Airlines 2 1/2, Douglas
Aircraft 2 1 8 and Texas Co. 2
Lesser Improvement was shown
for Eastern Air Unes. Glenn Mar-
tin, United Aircraft, U S. Steel,
Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Mo-
tors, Western Union "A," Electric
Power & Light, Goodyear, Good-
rich, Lockheed, Southern Pacific,
Southern Railway, Paramount Pic-
tures, Anaconda, Philip Morris,
Westinghouse and General Electric.
Bonds pushed higher selectively.
At Chicago oats were off 1 8 to up
1/4 of a cent a bushel and rye un-
changed to up 1 1/4 Cotton added
20 to 35 cents a bale.
former Miss Mattie Pryeme Wil-
son, daughter of Mrs R B Wil-
son, 1323 N. Locust.
tops Wooled lambs and spring lambs
814.25. shorn lambs 813 26. fat ewes
»7 76. feeder lambs 814.50: bulk
prices: Good and choice wooled and
spring lambs »13 75-14 00. medium
wooled lambs 812.50-13.25; good
shorn lambs •12 26-12 75. good ewes
87.50.
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Hicks of Beeville. Jeanne Marie
Rice of Dallas, Linda Santini of
New York City, Louise Applin of
Washington, D C., Drew Armstrong
of Keller. Shelia Barnes of Denton,
Winona Bickley of Houston, Anna
Lee Crumpacker of Houston, Jean-
nette Hudson of Ola, Ark , Rose- 1
mary McElwee of Kilgore. Mary
Frances Stubblefield of Baird. Mar-
tha Vesey of Torreon Coahuila.
Mexico, Shirley Trammell of Hous-
ton. Dorothy Atherton, Mae Jean
Brewer, Mary Kathryn Gardner,
and Barbara Williams, all of Den-
ton. Joyce Cronk of Dallas, Patsy
Harris of Shreveport, La . Esther
Marie Henry of Hearne, Joan John-
son of Center, Bonnie Ruth Mat-
thews of Sand Springs, Okla . Iris
Parker of Post, Frances Pond
of Wichita Falls Wanda Thomas of
Post. Peggy Williams of Olney,
Betty Jayne Wright of Wichita
Falls, Betty Abright of Palestine.
Mary Joyce Kubala of Beeville.
Catheryn Oliphant of Monroe, La.,
Ann Ragsdale of San Antonio,
Jackie Shaw of Brownwood, Tom-
mie Jo Smith of Hooks, and Jean
Thomas, Winfield, Kansas
AUSTIN, March 16 —IP—
creasing Texas unemployment,
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dghuhgheeel.
The Denton fire department an-
swered three alarms Saturday af-
ternoon. including two calls on
trash fires and one for a burning
automobile
The automobile was parked on I
the inside of the campus of Texas 1
State College for Women and fire I
of undetermined origin destroyed J
the front seat about 10 p m The
owner of the car was unidentified
Grass fires included one in the
1400 block of Egan street at 2:15
p m and one at the end of Ber-
nard street at 3:55 p. m. No dam-
age was reported from either
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Less than 3,000 service veterans on ,
lour transports are scheduled to ar-
rive sunday at New York and two
West Coast ports
Ships and units arriving
AT NEW YORK
Montclair Victory from Antwerp.
868 troops including 125th Engineer
Combat Battalion: 602nd Ordnance
Company! Medical Detachment. 314th
Ordnance Company; and miscellane-
ous troops.
AT SETTLE
LSTs 1128 and 1142, combined
total 73 naval personnel from Pearl j
Harbor.
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the chief executives personal
troubleshooter in the Far East. I
called the situation in Manchuria
"a critical state of affairs."
Throughout a long news confer-
ence, however, the military-leader-
turned diplomat took a tone ot
general optimism conditioned by
two requirements which he said
were elementary: That the United
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