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THE DENISON PRESS
RBMUBSFMTATIVE OF TME UNITED ITiESS
denison, texas FRIDAY, JUNE 14th, 1946
VOLUME 17—no. 52
OPA Powers Are Drastically Cut
ALONG THE
NEWS B€AT
BY TIDE EDITOR
• — •
the devil gets foremost
You have heard for a long time
that old saw about "every fellow
for himself and the devil talce
GRAYSON
Both Groups
Line Up To
Carry Point
COUNTY VOTES ON BEER JULY 2
Off Many
[Bloody Tragedy In
the Vi*idmost."
Well, like a lot
of otVci' of our
gj\b sayings, it
is all wrong.
The fact is the point in the forth-
fellow who does J 1
GRAYSON VOTES
With boch sides squaring off to
practice the
policy of being
for himself
stiictly, and he
gets out in the
front, the devil has already got
him, and the poor struggling guy
struggling along in the hindmost
part of the procession is not of.
particular use, or at least not so
valuable a tool for the devil as
the man in the frontmost section
of the line of march.
The more a man practices this
policy of "every fellow for him-
Belf," the less of human kindness
he has in his soul and the more
oi the sourness of the devil.
Of course, the devil has the
ability of appearing very sweet
and attractive, and the more like
an angel he looks, the more he is
able to deceive the saints. He
has plenty of devices, and one of
them is making, a fellow think
he deserves to get out in front
and leave behind the struggling
fcrm of his weaker or more con-
sciencious brother.
When Moody arrived in Lon-
don they told him they "hoped he
would be able to do something
for the miserable poor." He an-
swered that he "hoped to do some-
thing for the miserable rich."
Sam Jones went to Brooklyn to
hold a revival meeting fpr a cer-
tain congregation and the proud
folk of the church, headed by
the pastor, thought they would,
by a ruse, get him dressed up in
tails. He had the suit fitted,
never chirping a word that he was
on to what was going on, until he
stepped into the pulpit for the
opening sermon. He paraded
back and forth on the rostrum,
swinging the tails as he did so,
and casting an eye out front oc-
casionally at the brethren in the
pews eyeing their dressed-up par-
son from down Georgia way.
Then Sam remarked to the
membership, "If you people had
as much religion {is you have of
pride, you would not need to send
to Georgia to get n preacher to
hold a revival for you."
This thing of getting, ahead, has
an angle of pride to it also, and
it reaches far afileld, even into
the religious circles. We do a
lot of climbing and pushing others
around in this life in order to get
out in front and be in the public
eye.
We do not need to be so con-
cerned about the fellow in the
hindmost section or the miserable
poor. Better take a long look in-
to our own status—maybe the
(Jpvi| already has us and Is making
0 splendid tool, and the Good
popk says something about this
thing of taking the high seats and
standing in the market place to
be seen of men.
Also recall the Teacher s*ld of
such "verily thpy have their re-
ward.''
coming election July 2nd in Gray
son as to whether or not beer is
to be sold legally, the campaign-
ing may get warmer, but so far,
not much torridness has been en-
gendered. i
The boys who have been com-
pelled to go across on the Oklaho-
ma side) of Red River, or bring in
their beer from Dallas or other
counties, are saying that it is
time to stop (this spending of
money in other territories and
let it circulate here in Denison,
along with letting Grayson coun-
ty have its shai e of the taxes in-
stead of letting it go elsewhere.
The argument that beer can not
be secured does not hold good,
say those claiming to be in the
know, since the beer Denison and
the rest of Grayson county has
been getting from other cities
will be diverted1 here, while at the
some time the county will get the
taxes which so far have been de-
nied for expense purposes for the
various causes to which tax mon-
ey goes.
Grayson before permitted road
houses, but it is understood that
this will not be so any more as
alt beer sold must be within the
police area of the city.
There has been an overwhelm-
ing vote in the larger centers in
favor of the legal sale of beer,
according to records, it is dec-
lared, but it is the massing of the
smaller community vote which de-
nies the localites their wishes in
the matter. However, it is un-
derstood that the manner in which
the petitions were signed all the
county over, this sentiment has
considerably changed.
The election was called follow-
lowlng a checking of the several
petitions circulated over the coun-
ty and presented to the county
clerk.
MOORE WIltlDRAWS
IS FOR BOYCE HOUSE
FOR LT. GOVERNOR
Brown wood, June 10,—Latest
development in the swift mov
ing campaign of Boyco House
for Lieutenant Governor is the
withdrawal of Bob Moore, A ma
irillo and Brownwood publisher,
from the race, and the an
City Turns Down
Request to Create
Airport at Randell
Denison Wipes Out
Heads Two Families
Friday morning the condition of
Aliss Geoigiana Cuchenor remain-
ed critical at the Madonna hospit-
al. A brain specialist from Dal-
las came up with a staff of as-
sistants to see if anything could be
done in the way of removing the
bullet from the brain of Miss
Cuchenor. It is understood that
while some relief was given, her
condition was such as to make
it inadvisable to remove the bul-
let. Her condition was still pro-
nounced critical Friday morning.
Funeral services for the other
three members of the family were
held Friday morning.
Another one of those regretta-
ble date lines to Denison was ad-
ded this week, when the news
was flashed that one more, and
the most grewsome of all trage-
dies had been enacted. Hardly
believing their ears, hundreds
sought to be convinced with act-
ual* sight of the scene of a hus-
fand and father's work with a .38
calibre automatic revolver, which
first took the life of his mother,
then his wife, and following up
his killing spree by chasing his
only daughter into the yard, fir-
ing at her. He then turned the
weapon upon himself and his body
was seen prone in his own yard.
The shooter In the tragedy was
George Cuchenor, and his vistipis
were his own n^other, Mrs. Lena
Cuchenor, his wife Mrs. George
A. Cuchenor. Later the husband
and father died of his wounds,
The daughter, Miss Georgine,
who told police her own father
did the shooting, is still figjiting
to live at Madonna hospital. She
had only a week prior to being
shot down, received her M. A.
degree from T. S. C. W. where
she had been doing some teaching
following the receiving of her A.
B. degree.
The physical iacts in the trag-
edy seem to point to the fact that
death came upon the household
like a thief in the night, as the
mother was in the act of doing
some sewing and was wearing a
thimble. The wife was eating a
sandwich and was sitting at the
idining table when she was shot
through the head as was the first
victim. The daughter was in the
act of packing her grip for re-
turng to her school work.
House Approves
Lateral Canal
Red River Case
The House of Representatives
voted approval of the $43,000,-
000 Red River Lateral Canal,
which was a part of the 1946
Omnibus Rivers and Harbors
Bill, on June 6 by a majority
vote of 208 to G8.
Although the Canal project
still has to be passed on by the
Senate, it is very probable that
the OVERTON RED RIVER
WATERWAY will secure con
gressional authorization during
this session of Congress. Sena-
tor Overton, Chairman of the
Sub-Commerce Committee of the
Senate has notified the Red
River Valley Improvement Asso-
ciation and the Department of
Public Works of the State of
Louisiana that his Committee
will open Senate Hearings on
the Rivers and Harbors bilf on
Monday, June 10/. Your Asso-
ciation will be represented, to-
gether with the Director and
Chief Engineer of the Depart-
ment of Public Works of thd
State of Louisiana in support
leading citizens throughout the
State of Louisiaan in support
of the Red River Canal project.
Senator Overton has also noti-
fied the Association that Senate
Hearings on the $77,500,000
Red River Interim Flood Con-
trol report will be conducted by
his Committee on June 24. The
plan has the approval of the
Flood Control Committee of the
House; and House action is ex-
pected during the week of June
10.
Following a request that per
mission bo given the Civil Air
Daitrol to place an airport in! It is recalled that the father of
the vicinity of Randell lake, the|George A. Cuchenor was found
city authorities denied the pe-i,i„„, • .. , ... . , .
tition on the ground that if. . . ' )'V W" * |,IS(1
might piove a hazard to thelfr°m wh,CLh a shot had t>ocn fimi
water's purity. i I V g at his sk|e, The verdict
A representative of the pa-,was death from self-inflicted
health hazard for the lake, the wc-unds,
mission and mqde the request, | T},e Cuchenors for several years
and on the grounds it might * m operating their laundry>
prove a source of creating a1 . . , . , , ,
health haatord for the lake, the w ^ was taken over on the death
request wa„ thought not to be °r thc father< w<*e familiar faces
granted.
A new policy has been an-
nounced for U. S. Army Engi-
neer operations on Red River
below Fulton, Arkansas to its
mouth at Old River l'n Louisi-
ana. Two areas have been set
up by Colonel B. L. Gahalager,
New Orleans District Engineer.
The Shreveport area, under the
direction of Field Assistant
II. G. Casserleigh, will have
headquarters in Shreveport, and
will be responsible for supervi-
sion of construction of existing
projects* in Sulphur River, Cyp-
ress River, Bodcaw and Wallace
Reservoirs, and projects on main
stem Red, from Fulton, Arkan-
sas, to Natchitoches or Grand
Ecore. Below Grand Ecorc and
extending to Old River the area
office will be located at Alex-
andria and for this area, super-
vision is under Field Assistant
Monry E. McDowell, As in thc
Candidates Put Ban
On Being Center At
Pie Suppers Again
Again the candidates for of-
fices in Grayson county have
placed ia ban against being the
boys to put up cash for pie sup-
pers and the like which are so
popular ruring election years,
and by ,a vote of some 24 can-
didates, they ruled they would
not patronize the parties.
In the old days pie suppers
sold at auction pies and cakes
at a big profit and the per-
centage of profit for the holders
was such as to make it highly
profitable for the. sellers and
rather costly for the buyers. It
was to hedge off this expendi
ture and stop the competing
with each other ab an auction
that the boy3 decided they
would hold rallies but stay shy
of all long profit-making affairs.
June 15 is the final date fof
candidates to file and it is un-
derstood additional filinge at the
last hour are likely,
A committee composed ot
three candidates with no oppo-
nents will map out a schedule of
speaking dates. They are Ray
Short, J. C. Buchanan and
Roger Q. Evans,
As tentatively scheduled, the
final campaign week begins
Monday night, July 22, in
Whitewright and continues
through the week at Van Al-
styne, Whitesboro and Denison,
and' closes Friday night in
Sherman.
Other assemblies to he con-
sidered are ■ rally at Howe for
■June 14, Gunter picnic in mid-
Jnlv. picnics in Pottsboro and
"Rell«5 and a July 4 celebration
in Van Alstyne.
June 15 is final date for fil-
ing for county offices. Final
nrranpements for the rallies
will be announced after that
date.
Articles
In a rampant session of the U.
S. Senate Thursday night the body
went on record as dealing a slash-
ing blow to the powers of the
OPA and ceiling prices were re-
moved on many articles of the
family diet such as manket basket
items. Included in the group
were such items as milk, butter,
eggs, chickens, meat. The vote
was 53 to 11.
The lid will comeoff as of June
30 this year.
OPA backers fighting back in
an angry frame of mind, declared
the step taken would "massacre
and crucify" price control, and
that the coalition which put over
the act would regret the step in
six months.
Those pushing the measure de-
clared they were freeing business
so that it might go ahead more
speedily with full production.
Dr. Levinson
Adds Jones To
His Offices
Dr. A. J. Levinson, who re-
cently reourned to his optome-
tric office after three years in
the service, has added An able
assistant in the person of Rich-
ard (D. Jones, a graduate ol
the School of Optics, Brooklyn,
he announced {his week. The
Levinson offices are at 50b
Main street.
Mr. Jones, who was born in
Denison, decided to return to
and! his home town after his gradu
Tax Hike For City
For School Causes
Being Given Study
Hiking taxes in Denison for
city school purposes to carry on
the work of the school, and
part of the increased taxes to
go toward bringing the salaries
of school teache.rsi up to a level
in keeping with other schools of
like grade in Texas is a imatter
to be taken under consideration
at once by the city council, it
was announced this week.
Recently it was brought be-
fore the school board that the
negro school teachers with an
equal amount of preparation as
whites in the same grades
should receive pay comimensiu-
rate with theirt training regard-
less of color. The daise was
brought before the courts and
a rulintr made in favor of the
nlaintiff.
The school board asked the
city to give the matter of an
increase in taxes for school pur-
poses close study with such an
objective in view.
past, all designs, plans, a u,
other details nre to be compiled tion from the school of optome-
hvcZ,"l<M W HMrict try We left the field of ™-
•Office in New Orleans; but con- reading in Denison to take, hib
umce . . .1 course in the Brooklyn school
st,ruction supervision m the , ,
on Main street. They had the
policy of closing down Saturday
Neither the working hours nor n<)0" would 8Pend the nfter*
the vacation time of tho Presi- noon nA even "K viaitinK 8tores
dent of the United States has down town. They always ap-
ever heen pet by law,
People south of the equator
see Southern Lights, or Aurora
Austral ia
pcared most congenial. The news
of such a termination of the pop-
ular family came doubly shocking
to friends.
When thc sod falls into the
nnuncemcnt of his. support of, open graves and tho minister
House. says "Earth to earth, dust to
Moore, one of the leading dust, ashes to ashes and the soul
candidates until his withdrawal to wh0 gave it," only Divine
several days ago, is widely
known over the stajfce and politi
wisdom and mercy will know the
answer and judge aright ns to
cal observers hM^dicted h%vhftt be ^ fate of the hug.
would ha would have polled a
credible voto. i I •'< ' l"""1
in
Field will be under the direction
of the Field Assistants in the
areas heretofore mentioned.
The arrival of additional
equipment at Lucas Bend was a
welcome sight to observers on
Monday, June '3- A dredge boat,
a pile driver with smaller craft,
and a quarter-boat housing 78
[men of the crew, arrived for
an extended stay at this trouble
spot on Red River. This signals
the start of extensive operations
en Red River,
On Thursday, May 30. ap-
proximately1 some 30 miles north
of Shreveport on the Ricnden-
horn Plantation the river cut
through a narrow neck of land
in forming a new channel and
eliminating a deep bend of ap-
proximately 4 1-2 milffs.
Although it is too early to pre-
dict what effect this Will have
on the river below and abovd
this cut-off. it is being watched
closely by the Department of
Public Works and the United
States Army Engineers. Tho
rate of fall at this particular
point is approximately 7 7-10
per mile.
Starting with this week, Mr.
Jone^ was placed in charge oi
all dispensary work, adjusting,
repair work, and is to serve a&
credit and advertising manager,
Dr. Levinson will give hit.
full time exclusively to eye ex'
animations and glass fitting.
iMr. Jones is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. D. Jones of this
city. With his wife, the formei
Miss Virginia Warvey, he live;
at Sir.. W. Woodard street
They Wave a six-year-old son,
Dickie.
AIR SCOUT CAMP IS
OPENED AT CAMP PERRIN
Approximately 200 Air
Scouts of America from 39
towns in Texas, Oklahoma and
New Mexico began a five-day
encampment at Pcrrin Field
Monday for avlition training
under tho AAF Training Com-
mand.
Scouts will follow a schedule
similar to the war-time aviation
cadet training program. On tho
field, they will he housed
in bachelor officers' quarters
and eat at officers' mess.
Cooling
System At
Saratoga
Announcement is made thi*
week by Jim Johnson and son
Jimmy, co-owners of the Sarfcr
toga Cafe, that a cooling Hys*
tem of 14,000 pound capacity,
of the Super Cold type, is be-
ina installed at their cafe, 101
W- Main. Installation wa9 start-
ed Monday and the cafe was
planned to be opened by Wed-
nesday.
This f .achine is a complete
air-conditioner. Some alteration
and decoration will be made on
the interior of_ thd cafe while it
is closed for placing the ma-
chine, the Johnsons announced.
BitLLY BRUCE ARRIVES
FOR FOURTEEN DAY STAY
Billy Bruce, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Bruce, 021 E. Mor-
ton street, who is connected
with the Army Ordnance Depart-
ment in the wheel vehicle auto
mechanic sectifai, is home for a
fourteen day visit with his par-
ents and friends. He is sta-
tioned at Camp Killmer, N. JV
In his training Billy has beeiv
in Georgia and other states.
While in high school here,
Billy was one of the route boys
for the Press and later learned'
considerable of the mechanical
end. Billy later worked severar
months as an apprentice for
the Sherman Democrat He en-
listed last year, '
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Anderson, LeRoy M. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1946, newspaper, June 14, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth328774/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.