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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
3
The El Dorado Kansas Times lauds the oil industry for its rapid product expansion from seven to 1069 across sectors. It notes private enterprise’s adaptability, shifting demand for distillates fuels diesel growth, jet fuels, insecticides, plastics, and a coal to synthetic gasoline project.
The Dallas News notes the Texas House appropriations dilemma as revenue falls short by 33 million. With a 51 million teacher pay boost, lawmakers face retrenchment or new taxes. Past budget growth since 1920 highlights spiraling costs amid spenditis.
Chicago Daily News quips that Clark Gable earning six thousand dollars weekly pays about ninety percent in taxes ten percent to his agent and over two hundred percent to a business manager. The spoof suggests drafting him to manage national finances while Eleanora Duse began acting at age four.
The Dallas Regional Office of the Veterans Administration reported a record April in both number and value of checks certified for veterans payments. Manager Robert C. Rice announced 91 156 checks totaling 7 986 427 dollars for subsistence pensions tuition supplies beneficiary travel and medical services.
President Truman and his cabinet face rising recession risk per the President's council of economic advisers. A confidential memorandum urged immediate price adjustments to avert a serious slump, prompting an imminent call for voluntary cuts by businesses at a coming press conference.
Entomologists from Texas A and M College Extension Service say thrips feed on many flower varieties. The insects range from yellow to dark brown nearly black and measure under one tenth of an inch. Control involves five percent DDT dust and removing old buds to prevent development.
Thompson Hardware Company of Canyon celebrates 2020 weeks of continuous advertising in the Canyon News since opening July 1 1908. Owner T C Thompson has led the firm as president of the Texas Hardware Association and the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association.
“Two Country Kids” will be presented at 8 p m Friday April 18 at Bethel school house three miles south of Whitewright. The Whitewright Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors the Bethel Home Demonstration Club admission is 25 cents and proceeds go to these two organizations for good causes.
A diagnosis for flower gardeners explains that withered curling leaf tips and buds that fail to open point to thrips. The article describes thrips as small slender insects causing damage to flowers and gardens.
COLLEGE STATION USDA plant scientists say fresh strawberries this season can meet daily Vitamin C needs with an average serving over 60 milligrams. Varieties differ, sunlight and warm days raise ascorbic acid, ripening on or off the plant varies intake, and delaying harvest can boost content. Maple sugar compares similarly to ordinary sugar. An English inventor, W Greener, created the first modern cartridge in 1835 but was rejected by the British government.
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