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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1950
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Union-Operator Negotiations
Break Down, Coal Truce Accepted
First Outright Revolt Against
Governor’s Tax Plan Loses in House
Gossett Expects House to
Approve Electoral Change
The Romans are credited with
introduction of the glass window.
Ice Thaw Sets in, New
Cold Wave on Its Way
the whip from the governor” and
was resigning from the House
Revenue and Taxation commit-
tee.
Immediately after he spoke,
Rep. Joe Fleming of Henderson,
chairman of the committee, de-
clared: “Nobody’s fixing to cram
no bill down anybody’s throat.”
In his speech yesterday, Gov.
Truman Hints Pressure Is
On Rayburn to Aid FEPC
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (A) —■ President Truman said today that
he is doing everything he can to get congressional action on fair
employment practices legislation (FEPC).
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TP) — President Truman made plain to-
day the U. S. stands by its demand for tight international control
inspections before outlawing atomic weapons, including the pro-
ting the most popular votes gen-
erally gets all the electoral votes
in a state.
Rep. Gossett (D-Tex) said in an
interview he thought the house
would approve the Lodge amend-
ment before the end of the month.
The house judiciary committee
last April approved an amend-
ment offered by Gossett identical
with the one originally introduced
in the senate by Lodge.
Before adopting Lodge’s pro-
posal yesterday, the senate ap-
proved an amendment offered by
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas
(Ill.)
It would require that a win-
ning candidate get at least 40 per
cent—or a total of 212.4—of the
531 electoral votes.
Each state now has an electoral
vote equal to the total of its U. S.
senators and representatives. That
would not be changed.
If no' candidate got 40 per cent
under the Lucas provision the
531 members of the senate and
house would elect the president
from the two highest candidates.
OFFERED TOP SCIENTIFIO
POST — William Webster, 49,
(above), has reportedly been of-
fered the chairmanship of the re-
search and development board in
the Department of Defense by
President Truman. Webster, a U.
S. Naval academy graduate, is
vice president of the New Eng-
land Power company. (AP Wire-
photo)
Gainesville Produce
Prices paid by Gainesville
wholesalers to farmers and other
producers:
Butterfat: No. 1, 52 cents.
Hens: Light, 12 cents; heavy, 16
cents; roosters, 10 cents.
Eggs: Current receipts, 25 cents.
Native pecans: 18 cents.
Green Hides: 14 cents.
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COOKE COUN i y 3 AIRARY
That was his reply when a re-
porter asked at his news confer-
ence if he had any plans to get
House Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex)
to recognize Chairman Lesinski
(D-Mich) of the Labor committee
co- bring up the FEPC bill.
Then he hinted that he has been
putting some pressure on Ray-
ourn. He said that if reporters
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AP) —
Northern and western coal oper-
ators today accepted President
Truman’s proposal for a 70-day
strike truce while fact-finders
investigate the coal dispute.
They advised the White House
of their acceptance shortly after
collapse of direct negotiations—
begun only yesterday—with John
L. Lewis.
Lewis, chief of the mine work-
ers, told reporters he would reply
to Mr. Truman by Saturday. He
did not say what his reply would
be.
Asks Replies Saturday
Mr. Truman asked for replies
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“no” votes and 59 “ayes.” This
was a victory for administration
forces as the resolution was auto-
matically sent to the committee
on appropriations.
Rep. J. M. Heflin of Houston
told a hushed house that he re-
fused to listen to the “crack of
past three days.
And apparently, it was just in time to prevent prolonged
inconvenience and greater damage, as a new, mild cold wave
was headed for this area from the panhandle of Texas, where
temperatures were as low as eight degrees early today.
At 1 p. m. Thursday, the
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AUSTIN, Feb. 2 (TP)—Backers
of Gov. Allan Shivers’ “hospitals
first” plan and a new tax to pay
for them won victories in the
house and senate today.
The first revolt against the
Shivers plan of action was beaten
down in the house by a 66-59
vote. The administration won a
senate test, 21 to 3.
The house showdown came on
a resolution by Rep. Jack Ridge-
way of San Antonio asking Shiv-
ers to submit appropriations bills
passed last year for reconsidera-
tion and possible revision down-
ward.
The senate test was on an ef-
fort by Senator Keith Kelly of
Fort Worth to introduce a bill to
defer payments on the regular
session’s 30 million dollar rural
road bill for the balance of the
fiscal biennium. This would have
required suspension of the rules.
The senate voted 21 to 3 against
it. Voting with Kelly were Sena-
tors Searcy Bracewell of Houston
and W. R. Cousins, Jr., of Beau-
mont.
Shivers yesterday asked the
legislature to dispose of the prob-
lem of financing hospitals and
special schools first. He said if
this was done, he might submit
the question of re-examining past
appropriations with a view of cut-
ting them.
An attempt to suspend house
rules so the resolution could be
voted on immediately brought 66
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with atomic matters already have
been studying the possible costs
of producing the H-bomb. They
have estimated its cost at hun-
dreds of millions of dollars—not
billions.
One suggested that $200,000,000,
might be a likely figure.
Members of the Senate-House-
Atomic Energy committee also
predicted the gates of secrecy will
be slammed shut on the H-bomb
until scientists are ready to test
it. Some of them seem to think
that might be in a year or two.
Until then, they look for no
more big splashes in the head-
lines from the titantic new weap-
on President Truman has ordered
for the American arsenal, a weap-
on expected to be anywhere from
eight to 1,000 times as deadly as
the original atom bomb.
GROUNDHOG FAILS TO
OBSERVE ITS SHADOW
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Feb. 2 (AP). — The
groundhog seer of Gobblers Know made it short and
sweet today. It’ll be an early spring.
The little animal with the big reputation as a weath-
er prophet did his stuff for a little band of faithful under
cloudy, dark skies.
Lack of a shadow, according to tradition, means
spring is on the way. If the groundhog had spotted his
shadow, all faithful followers would have believed the
nation was in for six more weeks of winter.
For fifty years, members of the Punxsutawney
Groundhog club have kept the watch. This is the first
time he failed to see his shadow.
Innovations were the order across the state at Quar-
ryville, where a rival groundhog was under observation.
Members of the Quarryville Lodge of the Slumber-
ing Groundhog—clad in night shirts and silk hats—gath-
ered at the burrow of their favorite weather seer.
For the first time, walky-talkies were employed to
relay the woodchuck’s reaction back to headquarters.
Not to be outdone by the Punxsutawney group, the
Quarryville lodge named Professor Albert Einstein an
honorary member and invited Orchestra Leader Fred
Waring to conduct the lodge band in a rendition of “Me
and My Shadow.” The band consists of one bass violin
and two sets of cymbals.
south northward past Red river.
Hardest hit was the thick belt of
counties—three deep—along Tex-
as’ Red river boundary.
Southwestern Bell estimated its
damage would run more than
$700,000. The company said ice
had broken 812 circuits, 1,400
poles and 20,000 wires. The tele-
phone company had 600 trouble
shooters working in the ice area
and 560 more were on the way.
The company said additional ice
damage in Missouri, Oklahoma,
and Arkansas would boost the to-
tal damages to over $1,000,000.
Many small independent phone
companies in the ice area also
suffered great damage but no es-
timates were available, South-
western Bell said.
“There is still ice at Denison
and Sherman,” a telephone com-
pany spokesman : said, “but in
other areas it is going fast or has
gone.”
Temperatures climbed into the
high 30’s in North Texas.
But another cold wave was
sweeping down from the Pan-
handle and colder weather was
predicted for the state. But the
weather bureau looked for no re-
newal of the ice storm.
Drizzling rain and fog blan-
keted great areas of the state to-
day.
New Cold Wave Due
The new cold wave was labeled
as “not severe.”
Towns newly • isolated from
telephone communication today
included Rockwall, Midlothian,
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the command of its owner grabs the family cat by the neck and puts him out. Here Hopeless, the
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APPROPRIATION BILL
AUSTIN, Feb. 2—Even be-
fore Gov. Allan Shivers ad-
dressed the state legislature
Wednesday, recommending tax
proposals for revamping the
state hospitals and special
schools system, State Senator
Howard A. Carney of Atlanta,
introduced an appropriation
bill.
The measure called for the
expenditure of $20,875,128 for
hospitals and juvenile schools
at Gainesville, Gatesville and
Brady.
The finance committee will
hold a hearing on Carney’s bill
at 2:30 p. m. next Monday.
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FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 2 (A)
Cattle 100; active, strong; medium
grade slaughter steers and heifers
19.00-23.50; good fed yearlings
26.50; beef cows 15.50-17.25; good
and choice fat calves 22.50-25.00;
common to medium 17.50-22.00.
Hogs 300; butcher hogs 25c-50c
higher; sows and pigs unchanged;
good and choice 185-260 lb. butch-
ers 17.50-18.00; good and choice
160-180 lb. 15.50-17.50; sows 13.50-
14.00; feeder pigs 11.00-14.00.
Sheep 600; slaughter lambs
strong; slaughter yearlings 1.00
higher; feeder lambs 50c up; good
and choice over 100 lb. wooled
slaughter lambs 23.75; good and
choice 85 lb. shorn slaughter lambs
23.50; good 115 lb. wooled slaugh-
ter yearlings 21.50; good feeder
lambs 23.00.
Tucson Citizens See
Dark Object Flash
Rapidly Across Sky
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 2 (AP)—
An object which flashes noise-
lessly over Tucson at an esti-
mated 30,000-foot altitude re-
mained a mystery today.
Thousands witnessed the long
black plume of smoke that
trailed over the city about 6:30
p. m. yesterday, but no one had
the answer on its cause.
Sighted by the control tower
operator at Davis-Monthan air
force base, the object was first
believed a plane with engines
afire.
First Lt. Roy L. Jones, Jr., of
the Second Air Force Refueling
squadron, piloting a B-29
bomber, was instructed to at-
tempt to intercept.
“Whatever it was, it was go-
ing too fast for me to catch,” ra-
dioed Jones.
The object had zoomed out of
the east across Tucson Munici-
pal airport and quickly dis-
appeared behind a range of
mountains to the west, leaving
its funnel shaped trail of black I
smoke hanging in the sky. |
Theories that it was a meteor
or a stray rocket already have
been proved baseless.
By OLIVER W. De WOLF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AP) —
One of its backers predicted to-
day that a senate-passed proposal
to change the system of electing
presidents will be approved by
the house and sent to the states
within a month.
By a three-vote margin, the
senate yesterday stamped its okay
on a suggested constitutional
amendment to overhaul the presi-
dential election machinery. With
a two-thirds majority required,
the vote was 64 to 27.
The proposed amendment must
summon the same margin in the
house, then get the approval of
three-fourths of the state legisla-
tures, before it becomes law.
The amendment, sponsored in
the senate by Senator Lodge (R-
Mass), would give each presiden-
tial candidate electoral votes in
proportion to the number of pop-
ular votes he gets in a state. Thus,
if a candidate got two-thirds of a
states’ popular vote, he would get
two-thirds of its electoral vote. .
At present, the candidate get-
could sit in on his weekly meet-
ings with congressional leaders
they would know how hard he is
working to get FEPC action.
He added that the question of
recognition of Lesinski is a mat-
ter for Speaker Rayburn.
On FEPC, the house situation is
this:
The bill has been approved by
the Labor committee but the
Rules committee, which has gen-
eral control over the legislative
program, has refused to send it
to the floor for a vote.
Under house rules, there are
certain days when it could be
brought up anyhow. But in order
for that to be done, Speaker Ray-
burn would have to recognize the
Labor committee chairman to
make a motion to consider FEPC.
Rayburn had a chance to recog-
nize Lesinski on Jan. 23, but gave
his nod instead to another com-
mittee chairman. He told report-
ers he did not think there was the
“proper atmosphere” at the time
for consideration of the contro-
versial anti-job discrimination
measure.
There are other ways the bill
could get to the floor and south-
ern house members are using all
their parliamentary tricks to
block it.
They delayed the date on which
the bill might be brought up by
uncorking a junior filibuster yes-
terday.
The house spent five hours yes-
terday under its “Calendar Wed-
nesday” rule which may bring the
FEPC bill to a v o t e late this
month. It passed only one bill, a
relatively minor banking meas-
ure, in all that time.
Allen Shivers asked for new tax-
es, and the leadership of both the
house and senate indicated they
would go along with him.
A bill generally following along
the governor’s recommendation,
increasing taxes on items such as
oil, liquor and gas already taxed
was introduced in the house yes-
terday.
Heflin’s Charges
Heflin charged that the gover-
nor had painted “a vivid picture
of the state of our mental hos-
pitals so that he might alarm
them so that we could blindly tax
them.
“He takes it upon himself to tax
people already bearing the bur-
den of taxes. I refuse to see them
sacrificed on the altar.
“If we allow the governor to
usurp the powers of the legisla-
tive branch, I see no reason why
I should sit here. I see no reason
why this isn’t all prearranged.
“Where was the governors’
voice last session when the peo-
ple in the hospitals were just as
bad off? His heart wasn’t on them
then. He had his heart set on La-
mar college and cracked his whip
over the senate until it was
passed.”
Attacks Shivers’ Policy
Heflin then called the governor
“a political office seeker trying
to advance his own political op-
portunities by quoting the Bible
and using those poor people to
ride to the governorship of Tex-
as.”
by 4 p. m. (CST) Saturday and
for resumption of full coal pro-
duction on Monday.
■ In a statement, the northern
and western operators promised
their cooperation with the fact-
finding board “in the hope that
it may find just grounds for a fair
and equitable settlement of the
current dispute.”
They said their mines would be
ready for operations on Monday.
Lewis blamed the operators for
collapse of the direct negotiations.
He said they wanted government
intervention.
Less than an hour after their
second session began, George
Love, chief negotiator for north-
ern mine owners, walked from
the conference room with this an-
nouncement:
“Negotiations with the miners
have been terminated.”
He said the operators would
have a “full statement” later.
Shortly before the crack-up of
the negotiations, President Tru-
man had nudged both sides, in ef-
fect, to get on toward an agree-
ment or look to the White House
to make every possible move to
get full coal production.
T-H Law Not Out
He said his request for a 70-
day strike truce did not rule out
possible action under the Taft-
Hartley law.
He would use the Taft-Hartley
law whenever an emergency de-
veloped, Mr. Truman told a news
conference.
He could ask a court for an 80-
day “no strike” order by involv-
ing emergency provisions of that
law.
The union-operator negotiations
were resumed only yesterday aft-
ernoon, after a long lapse in ef-
forts at settling the eight-month
old coal dispute.
After Love’s first announce-
ment, Harvey Cartwright, choir-
man of the joint northern and
western operators’ conference,
told reporters that the operators
had broken off the talks.
Cartwright said the operators
would have a statement discuss-
ing not only what happened in
the bargaining session, but giv-
ing also the operators’ reply to
President Truman’s proposal for
a 70-day truce.
On Tuesday, Mr. Truman asked
John L. Lewis and the soft coal
operators to agree to 70 days of
full coal production while fact-
finders look into their contract
dispute.
He asked for replies to his pro-
posal by 4 p. m. (CST) Saturday.
The proposed fact-finding board
would be appointed outside the
Taft-Hartley law.
jected new hydrogen bomb.
Mr. Truman also told a news
conference he sees no reason for
formal notification to the United
Nations on his order for the
Atomic Energy commission to
continue its work on atomic
weapons, including the hydrogen
bomb.
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich),
the Republican foreign policy
leader, has suggested that the
president let the world know this
country is ready to stop work on
the H-bomb if all such weapons
can be outlawed definitely. Van-
denberg said the president could
act through the United Nations.
A reporter’ asked Mr. Truman
about that suggestion.
No UN Notification
Mr. Truman said he does not
believe a separate notification to
the U.N. is necessary.
Also, he said, he does not pro- 1
pose to use the hydrogen bomb
order as a basis for a new move
on the international control front.
The president said this govern-
ment has repeatedly and continu-
ously made its position clear to
the United Nations, that if favors
international controls with rigid
inspections.
He said hardly a week goes by
but that such assurance is given.
Soviet Russia differs with the
United States on the matter of
inspections safeguards as a pre-
liminary to international con-
trol.
No progress has been made in
the U.N. thus far toward recon-
ciling the United States and Rus-
sian viewpoints on controls.
Congress members who deal
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15th century, a Geonese
navigator landed on the
coast of San Salvador
aboard the Santa Maria.
Who was he?
2. In the 17th century, the
English explorer, Henry
Hudson, discovered Hud-
son Bay in Canada. Was
his ship called the Half
Moon, the Hesperus or
the Barbary?
3. What American frigate,
made famous during the
War of 1812, was nick-
named “Old Ironsides”?
Was it the Constitution,
the Ship of State or the
Clermont?
4. In 1620, an English ship
from Holland landed at
Massachusetts Bay. Was
it the Mayflower, the
Nina or the Pinta?
5. In the 17th century, Lord
Nelson commanded a fa-
mous English warship
which is still in existence.
Is it the Victory, the De-
fiance or the Great Har-
ry?
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AND MESSENGER *ee AS
Temperatures—Today noon 35,
low last night 31, high yesterday
32, high for year 82, low for year
13, barometric pressure; precipi-
tation .34 inches.
East Texas (including Gaines-
ville)—Mostly cloudy, occasional
rain this afternoon and in north-
east portion and near upper coast
tonight and Friday. Colder north
and central portions and near the
coast tonight and Friday with
lowest temperatures tonight 22-
28 northwest and 28-32 northeast
portion. Moderate to occasional-
ly fresh mostly northerly winds
pn the coast.
West Texas—Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Friday.
Occasional rain this afternoon up-
per portion Pecos valley east-
ward. Colder panhandle and
south plains tonight with lowest
temperatures 10-20 panhandle
and 20-30 south plains.
Louisiana—Mostly cloudy, oc-
casional rain or showers this aft-
ernoon, tonight and Friday. Cold-
er northwest and extreme north
portions tonight and over re-
mainder area Friday. Lowest
tonight near 32 extreme north-
west portion. Moderate souther-
ly winds shifting to northerly on
west coast this afternoon and to-
night and on east coast Friday.
mercury stood at 36.5 de-
grees in Gainesville, and the
ice was rapidly disappearing
from power and communica-
tions lines, trees and shrub-
bery, and storm sewers were
carrying off the moisture.
C. B. Stringer, district manager
of the Texas Power & Light com-
pany, expressed confidence that a
second break in the high tension
power line serving Gainesville
and points west to Muenster,
would be repaired in time for re-
sumption of full service in this
city by nightfall.
With power restored, Superin-
tendent Roy P. Wilson said school
classes would be resumed Friday
morning. The two-day break in
school classes will not alter the
schedule for school closing this
spring, he said. The local sched-
ule called for 176 days of school,
whereas 175 are required. Mr.
Wilson anticipated cancellation
of one holiday would give the
schools the required number of
days without extension of the
term.
Power Fails Again
Power which went off at 3:37
a. m. after two H frames support-
ing the high lines fell in a pasture
west of Sherman, was restored
completely at 7:37 p. m. Wednes-
day, but went off again at 2:05 a.
m. Thursday when another break
occurred, three miles west of
Sherman. Repairs were being
rushed early Thursday afternoon,
with prospects for restored serv-
i c e shortly unless additional
breaks occurred.
Mr. Stringer reported that
there were only a few interrup-
tion of services due to distribu-
tion system line breaks in the
city, most of these caused by fall-
ing tree limbs.
Similarly, Manager Malcolm
Garrett of the Southwestern Bell
Telephone company, reported few
service interrupations in Gaines-
ville because of line breaks, but
he anticipated more as the thaw
set in and cables were likely to be
soaked. The only telephone toll
lines out of Gainesville Thursday
were to Oklahoma City and Ard-
more.
Seven towns remained without
power, light or water supplies
Thursday, the Associated Press re-
ported. They were Muenster,
Trenton, Bells, Blue Ridge, Bon-
ham, Leonard and Celeste.
59 Towns Isolated
The Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone company reported at mid-
morning that 59 North Texas
towns are isolated from telephone
communications and that two oth-
ers—Bonham and McKinney—
were depending on radio-tele-
phones.
The ice area had extended from
Abilene and Wichita Falls on the
west to Paris and Geeenville on
the east. And it stretched from
Dallas and Fort Worth on the
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By A. MORTON SMITH--
A N IMPOSING LOOKING cer-
A tificate bearing a gold seal
has been received by The Regis-
ter from the Texas Safety Asso-
ciation, Inc. of Austin, certifying
that this newspaper “is a member
of the organized safety movement
of Texas through membership in
the Texas Safety association, a
non-profit, non-political organi-
zation dedicated to the conserva-
tion of human life in Texas
through the prevention of acci-
dents.
Whether'there was a Safety as-
sociation or not, and whether this
newspaper were a member or not,
it has been and continues to be
the editorial policy of this news-
paper to publish every possible
warning and suggestion to the
readers that might save a life or
prevent an accident.
The experiences of other people
in activities that may cause acci-
dents and fatalities is published
at every opportunity in this
newspaper so that readers may
profit by such experiences for
their own welfare.
The greatest drawback in any
safety campaign is the failure of
so many people to take advant-
age of the experiences of others
in avoiding situations that may
cause accidents, and the fact that
so many people scoff at hazards
and danger in their daily pursuits.
THIS IS GROUNDHOG day
and usually local citizens wel-
come a cloudy day so that the
timorous little woodchuck fails to
see his shadow and therefore ends
his long winter nap, signifying
according to legend, an early
spring.
This was one morning, how-
ever, that Gainesville citizens
welcomed the sun, groundhog or
no, early spring or late.
The sun burst through the
clouds at 9:24 a. m., faltered a few
minutes, and then took command
of the situation. As the sun’s rays
gathered force, thawing of the
icy tentacles that have enveloped
power and communication lines
and trees for the past three days,
set in rapidly, and by noon, there
was little evidence of ice over-
head, although the slush on the
ground was still visible in most
shaded places.
Another cold wave is due to hit
tonight, but if the thaw is com-
plete or nearly so before night-
fall, the new cold front is not ex-
pected to cause much damage or
inconvenience.
A BAND OF GYPSIES has fled
Fort Worth, after extracting an
estimated $10,000 from victims.
An investigator spent some
three weeks vainly tracking the
gypsies, according to the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram. The group
is said to have taken $2,250 from
one Parker county farmer and
numerous smaller sums of cash.
We hope that the ice storm in
this area sent them scurrying
southward and that they have no
notions of “working” Gainesville
and vicinity.
— . US Backs Demand
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One of the most vitriolic mem-
bers in all the history of Congress
was John Randolph of Roanoke.
A tedious constituent said to
him, “I passed your house the
other day,” Randolph replied, “I
hope you always will.”
But the master of the stinging
word was out-matched on one oc-
casion.
Randolph detested Henry Clay.
One day, they met, face to face,
on a single plank that spanned
a mudhole in then unpaved Wash-
ington. “Sir,” said Randolph, with
darkening brow, “I never give
way to a scoundrel.” Clay, with a
courtley bow, said, “Sir, I always
do,” and stepped into the mud.
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Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 135, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1950, newspaper, February 2, 1950; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1510519/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.