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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
2
Texas A and M extension specialists say the 1948 bumper peanut crop leaves ample supplies for producers and oil crop stocks rise. Despite high employment and rising population, savings fall and competition for consumer dollars grows. Peanuts for food remain down from wartime peaks.
Clarence W. Thompson, 41, on unemployment for seven months, is charged with taking a purse from a movie theater seat on February 1. The purse contained Mrs. Otto Wilsons life savings: $10,000 in cash and $5,000 in bonds. Detective Chief Azel T. Bryant says Wilson identified Thompson as the man who sat beside her empty seat.
The Oakland police mascot Timmy the bobtail cat is expectant for the 33rd time in 13 years, with about 160 kittens born. Safety Director George E. A. Fairley praises Timmy as the best mouser in the country and notes demand for Timmy offspring. A 1924 Niagra Falls casting machine produced the first commercially sold cellophane sheet.
The Crippled Children's Division of Texas State Health Department aided nearly four thousand children across 225 counties in 1948. Services included clinic visits, hospital and convalescent care, and doctor visits for conditions such as poliomyelitis effects cerebral palsy and cleft palate. Applications require physician and county judge approval and are funded by state funds for eligible children under twenty one.
East Texas State College announces 300 16 mm education films in its Audio-Visual Aids Library for free loan to Northeast Texas high and elementary schools. Schools may borrow up to six films weekly by mail or in person, with parcel post charges paid. Subjects include agriculture aviation chemistry history geography and more. list available by mail from Commerce Texas.
Curious to learn how tax dollars are spent Senator Styles Bridges asked agencies to send one copy of each current booklet. He received over 83 000. The items touched many odd topics and included a tax suit in Grayson County Texas involving Margie Marie White and J C White Jr a divorce case and delinquent property tax notices identifying parcels and heirs in the counties court filing of 1949.
Court orders property foreclosed to satisfy taxes, penalties, interest, and costs. Plaintiff and taxing units may claim all delinquent taxes up to judgment day. Citation requires appearance within 42 days after May 16, 1949 in Grayson County District Court.
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