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280 Estimated Holiday
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By The Associated Press
Millions of motorists in holiday
mood headed for Labor day out-
ings today as the nation began the
summer’s last extended holiday.
But before Saturday noon had
arrived 39 persons were dead
from accidents. Of this number,
34 died in automobile crashes,
two were dead from drowning,
and three from other mishaps.
The National Safety council
predicted a probable death toll
of 280 in traffic deaths from 6
p. m. Friday (local time) to mid-
night Monday.
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Truman elected on Anti-Taft-Harleg platform
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Phillip Murray asails comanists at CIO convention
8 a. m. Judging of poultry be-
gins.
10 a. m. Labor day parade op,
downtown streets.
10 a. m. Gates of Fair park
open for 1949 exposition.
10 a. m. Judging of agricul-
tural exhibits.
1 p. m. Opening of Electric
Appliance show.
6 p. m. First game of double-
header, Wichita Falls Spudders
vs. Gainesville Owls, Big State
league.
7 p. m. Free band concert by
Gainesville high school band on
open air stage.
Bill H. Hames shows on car-
nival midway every day.
Second Day, Tuesday, Sept. 6
10 a. m. Judging of poultry,
beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine,
sheep, boys’ division.
1 p. m. Electric Appliance
show opens.
7 p. m. Free entertainment
program on outdoor stage.
Be sure and see the automo-
bile show under canvas big top.
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A friend asked Rufe, “Can you
read?”
“Well, I can, sorter,” was the
reply. “I can read figurin’ but
not letterin’. On one of these here
road signs, I can tell how fur,
but not where from.”
A Negro maid said, “I resigned
my job because of the fewness of
the vittles for the muchness of
the dishes.”
Old Ephraim had heard that his
son was secretly married. When
the young man gave an evasive
answer, the father said, “I ain’t
askin’ you is you ain’t; I’se askin’
you ain’t you is.”
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Recently, Miss Schofield would
not give him a date, although he
telephoned many times. Yester-
day afternoon he called her at
the office twice.
The first time, she said she did
not want to see him any more.
On the second call, Petersen
asked if he could see her occa-
sionally. She said she thought it
was best that they break off al-
together.
“I came to town and went to
a hardware store and bought a
new pistol for $56,” he told of-
ficers. “I also bought a box of 50
cartridges.”
With the pistol in his pocket
and the box under his arm he
went to Carolyn’s office.
For an hour and a half he tried
to persuade her to go with him
again. She said she was going to
marry another man.
“I got up and went out final-
ly,” Petersen said. “I went to the
rest room and loaded the pistol
and went back to talk with her
some more.”
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of water, 78; barometer, 29.99
steady. Scattered thundershowers
today and .tonight, wind occasion-
ally 30 mph in thunderstorm.
Wind mostly out of the south ex-
cept west in the thunderstorm.
Small craft warning this after-
noon and tonight. Flag should go
up about 4 or 5 p. m. and up until
tomorrow morning. High today,
90; low tonight, 65; high Sunday,
86; low Sunday night, 64.
DALLAS, Sept. 3 (A)—A dis-
appointed college boy suitor was
charged with murder today in
the death of a pretty secretary
who had told him she planned to
marry another man.
Keith Petersen, 21-year-old
junior journalism student at
Southern Methodist university
here, was accused of the gunshot
death yesterday of Carolyn Scho-
field, 20.
Police said he walked into a
downtown office building yester-
day and shot the comely bru-
nette.
Petersen surrendered to officers
shortly after the attractive secre-
tary was killed by six pistol shots
in the office of Henry Rogatz, pe-
troleum engineer, about 4:25 p. m.
Young Petersen appeared calm
as he talked to officers.
He met Miss Schofield at a
YMCA dance on Oct. 30, 1942.
“We have been going together
off and on ever since,” he said.
“We were engaged, but I guess
you would not call it formally
engaged.”
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FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Sept. 3 (A)—
Livestock, Compared week ago:
Best fed cattle steady, grassers
50 cents to $1 lower, cows steady
to 50 cents higher, fat calves 50
cents to $1 lower, stocker cattle
and calves steady, butcher hogs
and sows 50 cents higher, pigs
steady, spring lambs and year-
lings strong.
Wee’s prices, slaughter steers
and yearlings $14 to $24, beef
cows $13.50 to $16, slaughter
calves $12 to $24, stocker year-
ing steers $16 to $21; stocker
calves $17 to $24, stocker cows
$13 to $16, best butcher hogs at
close $21 to $21.25, sows $16 to
$17.50, feeder pigs $14 to $17,
slaughter spring lambs $20 to $23,
yearling sheep $14 to $18, feeder
lambs $17 to $20.
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The 4-H boys were accompanied
by their parents and B. T. Haws
and S. E. McKay, county and as-
sistant county agents.
Thirty-seven boys with 50 head
of swine entered the show, which
covered 15 counties in extension
service districts Four and Eight.
Each boy’s entry had previously
drawn first place in a home coun-
ty-wide show.
A. B. Jolley, Dallas county agri-
cultural agent, served as general
superintendent of Friday’s show.
Judge was E. M. Regenbrecht of
College Station, extension service
swine specialist. C. T. Johnson of
Dallas, Sears Foundation director,
estimated the total value of the
boys’ entries at $3,000.
The show was sponsored by the
Sears - Roebuck Foundation of
Dallas.
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THE ENTERTAINMENT end of
the fair is heavy this year. The
carnival attractions owned by
BILL H. HAMES, which will ar-
rive from Paris Sunday afternoon,
are new this year. We know, be-
cause we saw them in operation
at Wichita Falls a few weeks ago.
Many of the rides have never
been seen in Gainesville before.
In addition to the carnival mid-
way, there will be free entertain-
ment attractions every night on
the stage in front of which are
set up benches for hundreds of
people. Denton and Nocona have
already sent in their programs
and promise tip-top entertain-
ment.
The baseball season comes to an
end with a double-header between
the Owls and Wichita Falls club
Monday, and the Ponder rodeo
will hold on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
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THEN THERE ARE the com-
mercial y booths. The merchants
have many attractive items to dis-
play this year, and there will be
television sets in action particu-
larly for those who haven’t seen
them.
Fifty per cent more booths were
set up for merchants in the com-
mercial building this year, and all
of them have been taken. Be sure
to see The Register’s teletype ma-
chine in operation, showing how
this newspaper receives its Asso-
ciated Press news over an auto-
matic typewriter, connection with
the Dallas AP bureau by tele-
phone line.
And the concession stands, where
you buy your hamburgers and
drinks, sandwiches and ice cream,
will be operated by local civic
groups this year instead of pro-
fessional concessioners.
You’ll enjoy your visits to the
fair this year. This is a money
back guarantee from this writer.
Yugoslavia
Denies War
Possibility
BELGRADE, Sept. 3 (P)—Yu-
goslavia officially denied today
that official Yugoslav sources had
said Premier Marshal Tito’s gov-
ernment is considering the possi-
bility of a Soviet army invasion.
In a statement issued through
the ministry of information, Tito’s
government declared:
“On the second of this month,
the United Press printed news
from ‘official Yugoslav sources’
to the effect that the Yugoslav
government is supposedly consid-
ering the possibility of an inva-
sion of Yugoslavia by Russian
troops.
“It is officially stated that this
news to the effect that Yugoslav
official circles made such state-
ments is ordinary fabrication and
arbitrary guesswork of the cor-
respondent of the United Press in
Belgrade.
The ministry denied also a
Voice of America broadcast that
the Yugoslav government has reg-
istered a complaint with the In-
ternational Danube commission
about the presence of an armed
Soviet ship in the Danube river
last month.
“It is officially announced that
the news about this complaint is
untrue,” the statement said.
The United Press in New York
said it had no comment immedi-
ately but might have when it gets
a report from its Belgrade cor-
respondent.
Gainesville Produce
Prices paid by Gainesville
wholesalers to farmers and other
producers:
Butterfat: No. 1, 50 cents.
Hens: 18 to 20 cents; roosters,
10 cents.
Fryers: Heavy colored, 28
cents; leghorns, 25 cents.
Turkeys: Hens, 23 cents; toms,
20 cents.
Eggs: Candle basis, No. 1, 45
cents; No. 2, 30 cents.
Green Hides: 14 cents.
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This time, Petersen said, he
pointed the pistol at Carolyn and
told her to go into an inner office.
“I told her not to scream. Then
she grabbed for the gun and I
tried to hit her over the head
with it but I missed. Then I
started to shoot. The first shot
hit her and she looked surprised,”
Petersen said.
Petersen told officers that he
fired five more shots, one of
which missed, as she lay on the
floor.
“I called my mother at home
and told her I had just shot Caro-
lyn,” Petersen said. Then he
called his father, Lewis F. Peter-
sen, an official of the Dallas Pow-
er and Light company, whose of-
fice was nearby.
Petersen said his son had lost
40 pounds during the past few
months. “That boy used to weigh
212 pounds,” his father said, but
he has worried so much lately he
hasn’t even been eating regu-
larly.”
Three Cooke county 4-H boys
who entered the Dallas district
4-H club Swine show at Fair park
Friday “brought home the bacon.”
They won top honors in two of
the show’s three divisions, and
placed third in the final contest.
Those who entered were Mi-
chael Neu, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Neu, route 1, Gainesville,
Walter Hermes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Hermes, Lindsay, and
Henry Hess, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hess, Sr., route 6.
Michael Neu, who exhibited a
pen of three fat barrows, won the
first place prize of $30 in the con-
test. This was his. second time
to place in the Dallas show, as he
won third place in the gilt divi-
sion last year.
The other Cooke county boy
who placed first was Walter Her-
mes, who was awarded the $50
first prize for the finest boar at
the exhibit. He showed his five-
month old registered Duroc. This
was his second time to enter the
district show. He had previously
exhibited a gilt during the dis-
trict contest a few years ago.
Henry Hess, who entered the
district hog show for the first
time, received $40 and third place
for his gilt exhibit.
six minutes on the ground, and
were due in Cleveland within
four hours from takeoff. Winds
aloft were reported around 30
mph.
The six contestants in the Ben-
dix 2,010-mile dash from Rose-
mond dry lake, Calif:, were
clocked off in a race-horse start
at 8:30 a. m. (CST) and were ex-
pected to arrive here about the
same time as some of the jets.
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Gainesville will present a bright,
gaily decorated face Monday for
the opening of the Cooke County
Fair, September 5 through 10.
Banners and flags welcoming
visitors are already fluttering in
the breeze, and the city streets
will be scrubbed clean Sunday
evening for the event.
The possibility of rain is the
only dampener cast on Monday’s
events. The weather forecaster
has predicted scattered showers
and cooler temperatures over the
weekend. This will not stop the
parade unless there is a down-
pour, officials of the Hobby Horse
club, sponsoring the event, have
advised.
The fair will open officially
with a gala, all-Cooke county pa-
rade led by Ed Gossett, congress-
man from this district, W. T. Bon-
ner and Dr. P. P. Starr, Fair board
president and vice president.
Seven floats have been entered
for the parade, and more riders
than have ever entered before are
expected to add to the parade.
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car for themselves, and will be
honored at the ball game to be
held on the fair grounds at 8 p.
m. Monday night. Escorted by
Jake Bezner, member of the Fair
board of directors, they will be
given free passes to all events
during the Fair.
Business will also be attended
to Monday morning. At 8 a. m.
judging of the poultry division
wil be held and prizes awarded
the best exhibits. C. O. Spence,
associate county agent from
Grayson county, will judge the
agricultural exhibit, corn, cotton,
wheat, oats, barley, general field
crops, fruits and vegetables,
which starts at 11 a. m.
Following the parade, the Fair
grounds will be open and the
general amusements will be open
to the public. The highlight of
Monday evening will be a dou-
ble-header ball game between the
Wichita Falls and Gainesville
teams.
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Before that he told a reporter:
“This may bring this airplane
issue to the front. If the military
officials can assign planes to any-
one they like, then congress may
have to take notice of it and fix
the policy.”
Thomas, one of the leaders of
an insistent senate economy bloc,
conceded with a wry smile that
the drive to slash government
spending had apparently boom-
eranged.
But Thomas merely passed
along Johnson’s blunt comments
to other senators who had indi-
cated they wanted to make a
leisurely flying inspection of Eu-
rope, with a number going on
around the world.
Senators Grumble
Other senators grumbled pri-
vately that President Truman,
Vice President Barkley and other
officials of the executive depart-
ment make frequent flying trips.
Secretary Johnson was firm,
writing Senator Thomas:
“For economy reasons, both in
aircraft and in dollars, so far this
year I have refused to agree to
the assignment of special mission
aircraft to accompany congres-
sional parties on trips around
the world.”
Thomas had informed the de-
fense secretary that a number of
the 17-member appropriations
subcommittee, which handles the
armed services’ multi-billion dol-
lar money bills, wanted a large
military airplane to make the in-
spection trips of six weeks to two
months.
They planned to take a boat to
Europe Sept. 21, then tour Eu-
rope by military plane, with some
of the senators continuing the in-
spection tour by air to the middle
and far East, then fly on home.
But Johnson replied:
“I have felt that the services
do not have aircraft to spare for
trips of this sort, and, also, I have
felt that I could not justify plac-
ing the armed services in compe-
tition with commercial carriers
who are engaged in carrying pas-
sengers over these same routes.”
Johnson commented:
“The air force estimates that
it costs $130 an hour to keep a
4-engine aircraft aloft, and that,
on a trip of six or seven weeks’
duration, the cost to the govern-
ment for such a special flight
easily can exceed $25,000.”
He said cost by commercial
planes would be much less.
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rHE RESULTS .OF . MANY
A months of planning and
working on the part of a great
number of persons will be seen
down at Fair park beginning
Monday.
For on Labor day, the annual
Cooke County Fair will open its
gates and it is to be hoped that
many thousands of North Texans
and Southern Oklahomans will
avail themselves of the opportu-
nity for fun, frolic and education.
Take the home demonstration
club exhibits, for instance. About
200 women have had a hand in the
planning of the club exhibits,
alone. Each of the clubs repre-
sented by booths in the fair, se-
lected a subject and has gathered
together material suitable for dis-
play. The home demonstration
club booths alone make up one
of the finest exhibits at the fair.
But there are also agriculture
shows, and club boys and girls
shows, livestock, poultry and
swine shows—all of them with
scores of entries from scores of
farmers and housewives and chil-
dren.
New features this year are the
electric appliance show and the
automobile show. Eleven dealers
have cooperated in making the
electric appliance show well
worthwhile, with exhibits and
demonstrations going on each aft-
ernoon and evening.
The automobile show, although
confined to one dealer this year,
has scores of vehicles, new and of
ancient vintage, on display.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (AP)—
Secretary of Defense Johnson’s
refusal to fly senators around
the world in a military plane
backfired today with a sen-
atorial inquiry into free flights
for administration officials.
Senator Elmer Thomas (D-
Okla) demanded that Johnson
furnish immediately a report on
all trips made by top administra-
tion people in military craft, with
an account of all the expenses in-
volved.
Specifically, Thomas wants the
record on flights by President
Truman, Vice President Barkley
and Johnson himself, among oth-
er officials who fly.
Yesterday Johnson wrote
Thomas that a group of senators,
planning a flying trip to Europe
and on around the world, could
save the military up to $25,000 by
riding ordinary commercial air-
lines. He said he didn’t want to
compete, put out hints about the
current economy drive in congress
and said besides, that the military
just didn’t have the planes to
spare.
Today Thomas blasted back.
If congressmen “who make the
policies for government and pro-
vide the funds to keep it a going
concern” must ride the private
airlines, Thomas said it might be
a good idea for the downtown
government leaders to do the
same thing.
What’s more, Thomas wrote
Johnson he was sending staff in-
vestigators of the senate appro-
priations committee, which con-
trols the nation’s pursestrings, to
check all recent flights from
nearby air force and navy flying
fields.
Thomas Supplies List
Then Thomas supplied a list of
eight detailed questions about air-
craft travel by the president, vice
president and others. He wanted
to know the length of flights, the
purposes, the names of persons
aboard and the total cost of the
armed services and government.
Late yesterday Thomas told a
reporter his inclination was to
protest Johnson’s letter. But he
decided against it and made a
meek reply. All he said then was
that the information was being
passed along to other senators.
But today the silver-haired Ok-
lahoman became irritated at news
accounts and decided “to let him
have it.”
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Temperatures: Today noon, 69;
low last night, 65, high yesterday,
93; high for year, 107, low for
year, 4; barometric pressure,
30.06; precipitation, 1.09.
East Texas (including Gaines-
ville) : Partly rg-y
cloudy this aft- ."49
ernoon, tonight
and Sunday;
scattered thun-
dershowers this
afternoon and
Sunday in north-
west portion to-
night; cooler in
extreme north-
west Sunday;
moderate mostly
southeast winds ___
on the coast. CLOUDY
West Texas: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Sunday
with scattered thundershowers;
cooler in panhandle and south
plains Sunday afternoon.
Louisiana: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Sunday;
scattered thundershowers Sunday
and in south portion this after-
noon and tonight; moderate to
fresh east and southeast winds on
the coast.
Oklahoma: Mostly cloudy with
occasional showers today. Sunday
partly cloudy west, cloudy with
showers east portion; cooler Sun-
day.
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By JAMES J. STREBIG
CLEVELAND, Sept. 3 (A3) —
Bill Brennand of Oshkosh, Wis.,
today became the first pilot to
win an event at the 20th anniver-
sary National Air Races.
While Bendix trophy cross-
country fliers were winging
their way to Cleveland Munici-
pal airport from the west coast,
he took the first heat of the
Goodyear race for midget planes.
Brennand, who won the 1947
event, averaged 177.6 mph for
eight laps around the six-sided 1
3-4 miles course. He was trailed
by James J. Kistler of Los An-
geles.
Brennand’s average speed was
the fastest competitive heat ever
flown in the Goodyear, and ap-
parently was the fastest ever
flown in the 190 cubic inch en-
gine class in competition. The
fastest Goodyear heat previously
was the 174.2 mph by Herman R.
Salmon of Van Nuys, Calif., win-
ner of the $7,500 prize last year.
The top qualifying speed for
midgets this year is 183.3, flown
by Billie Robinson of Pacoima,
Calif.
The event was first closed
course competition of the three-
dav show, which will close with
the $40,000 Thompson Trophy
race on Labor day.
The actual start of racing took
place more than 2,000 miles away
when four air force F-84 Thun-
derjets began leaving Muroc, Cal-
if., air base in the “J” division of
the Bendix. They were to refuel
at Salina, Kan., with an estimated
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for this year after senate vote.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (TP) —
Handsome, 33-year-old John Da-
vid Provoo — just discharged
from eight years in the army —
was in jail today on charges of
betraying his country to Japan
during wartime.
An ex-sergeant, Provoo alleg-
edly volunteered his services to
Japanese military commanders
after his capture on Corregidor
in 1942.
Fe de r a l authorities said he
worked for the war-time enemy
for three years as a propagandist,
an inquisitor of American prison-
ers and in other roles.
His arrest yesterday on a
treason warrant, just a few min-
utes after he had shed his army
uniform, apparently surprised
him.
“This is the first I’ve heard of
this,” he said.
Maximum penalty for war-time
treason carries a death penalty.
An investigation of Provoo’s
case had been underway off-and-
on ever since the war’s end. The
FBI launched a new inquiry a
year ago.
The tall, dark-haired Provoo,
a native of California and a one-
time student of Oriental philo-
sophy, allegedly worked with
“Tokyo Rose” in broadcasting
Japanese propaganda to U. S.
troops.
At the time Corregidor fell to
Japan, he allegedly changed from
his U. S. army uniform to the
robes of a Buddhist priest, hoping
by this means to curry favor of
the Japanese.
Provoo was arraigned yester-
day before U. S. Commissioner
Edward W. McDonald.
U. S. Attorney John F. X. Me-
Gohey, and his chief assistant,
Irving H. Saypol, gave this ac-
count of the case:
. Before the war, Provoo worked
in the Federal Reserve bank in
San Francisco, where he had a
good record. He made one or
more trips to Japan, ostensibly to
study the Japanese language and
the Buddhist religion.
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SAYS WAS SHANGHAIED —
Walter D. Leathe (above), 23,
Malden, Mass., testified that he
was .snatched -into -the -French
Foreign Legion against his will
early in 1948 and recounted stor-
ies of violence and brutality un-
der the tri-color. Leathe was a
suurprise witness in the naval
court martial in Washington of
James Patrick Ryan, 24, Hunting-
ton, Pa., on charges of desertion.
Ryan said he, too, was held in
the French legion against his
will. — (AP Wirephoto).
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Navy jets were due to finish a
dash from the Carrier USS Mid-
way—steaming off the coast 500
miles east of Cleveland—about
the same time. Air National
Guard jets will compete in a low
level swoop from Indianapolis to-
morrow.
The first closed-course race
scheduled at 9:30 (CST) brought
into competiton half a dozen
midget planes in the first heat of
a three-day marathon for the
Goodyear trophy and a share in
$25,000 prize money. Four heats
were scheduled for the 25 little
speedsters.
The big closed-course event of
the day was the $7,500 Sohio tro-
phy race. The field is made up of
10 of the 19. qualifiers in the un-
limited class. The other nine
qualifiers will fly tomorrow in
the Tinnerman Trophy race.
The Sohio field includes the
odd-numbered planes ranked by
qualifying speed; the Tinnerman
includes the even numbered
planes.
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Among the floats in the parade
will be a jalopy made of dis-
carded auto parts with a minia-
ture merry-go-round on the back,
a horse drawn vehicle with a rid-
er in a Martha Washington dress,
and a special float entered by the
Disabled American veterans. Mrs.
J. N. McArdle will act as chair-
man of the judges. Prizes will be
awarded the best organization
floats, commercial floats, sad-
dle clubs, children’s entries,
mounted men, mounted women,
Shetland ponies, and pioneer rigs.-
The Gainesville High school
band will furnish music for the
event, and the Muenster band has
also been invited to participate.
Officials state that anyone who
wishes to join is welcome. The
parade will form at 9:30 a. m.
Monday at the entrance to Fair
park.
Three Future Farmers of Amer-
ica and two 4-H members will
have a busy, exciting week ahead
of them. They will also partici-
pate in the parade, with a special
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Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1949, newspaper, September 3, 1949; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1535000/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.