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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
2
A collage of humorous snippets from a picnic including Mrs. Smith winning a ladies rolling pin throw and Mr. Smith taking a 100 yard dash. A Hollywood producer narrates a night with the leading lady and his wife confronts him. A chaplain evangelizes a regiment and a wary colonel orders baptisms. Brother James provokes laughter at a prayer meeting. A Kentucky colonel explains his drink habit with a southern drawl.
Dr. Barnett Sure of Arkansas University says synthetic hamburgers can be made from a milk solids powder mixed with water and cooked. The product reportedly tastes like beef, has higher protein and calcium, and could appear in school lunches in Arkansas.
A college boy tries to mail a parcel at newspaper rates. The clerk says it must be open at both ends. He explains it is a pair of socks being sent home to be darned.
A minister advertised for a handyman and a neat young man applied. The interview asked to start a fire, prepare breakfast, polish silver, wash dishes, and tidy the house. The applicant protested that he came to marry not work, and walked away.
The Army Medical Corps stated that those within a mile of an atomic blast would be doomed but not all beyond that radius would perish. They warned mass hysteria would endanger lives and stressed timely medical care could save thousands and lessen radiation effects.
University of Texas tests show motor minded people spell automatically by hand. If you hesitate to spell aloud and choose writing first, the hand learns the word. Mrs Ruth Allen says writing repeatedly builds a pattern and later the hand can spell correctly without conscious thought.
In reaction to President Truman's civil rights plan, the Delta Leader newspaper asserts Mississippi and the South show the nation's best example of harmonious race relations. It argues progress continues through orderly, local solutions by Mississippians and Southerners without outside interference.
To Kate Douthitt and unknown heirs and representatives of W D Ownby G C Stateville G W Warren and Mary Warren plus all adverse claimants and unknown parties owning or claiming interests in the described estate this notice is issued under state law by publication in Texas Grayson County. The document sets forth a sale action under Sun Want Act with citation by publication number 56396.
City of Whitewright seeks foreclosure to recover delinquent ad valorem taxes on Lots 7 8 9 10 11 12 Block 12 W T Sears Addition Grayson County Texas against Kate Douthitt et al with taxes penalties interest and costs totaling 71 53 plus additional claims from intervening taxing units and other claimants the citation return day is May 17 1948 before the Grayson County District Court to show cause why judgment should not be rendered and property condemned for tax liens of the plaintiff and taxing units.
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