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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1952
Page
8
Dr. Geo W Cox State Health Officer urges sanitation driven polio control stressing clean up campaigns safe water supply proper septic systems and mosquito and fly control. He calls for strict food handling dish sterilization milk safety waste disposal and personal hygiene to prevent early infantile paralysis symptoms and to seek medical help promptly.
The Railroad Commission denied Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway request to cut intra state freight rates on less than carload lots to match truck rates. The decision cited lack of proof of profitability and recent hearings where the railroad argued higher rates were needed.
The Agriculture Department forecast a 5 to 6 percent rise in farmers production costs for the year. Higher prices are expected for labor machinery feed fertilizer and seed, with building and fencing materials likely to hold steady.
Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd outlined procedures for permitting Armed Forces members to vote this year. Digest summaries reflect study of authorities and attorney general staff input. Absentee ballots may be sent to any qualified service member who asks, except permanent regular military.
Texas Democrats meet at New Braunfels to study campaign filing fees for lieutenant governor. A 5 percent annual salary rule sets governor fees at $600 on $12 000, while lieutenant governor fees depend on per diem rates. The shift from $100 entry to $30 under the new plan prompts concern over campaign costs.
The Omaha Optimist Club used a hearse to transport citizens free of charge to the courthouse to register for the spring primary. A spokesman said an unregistered citizen is a dead citizen.
In Flint, Judge Paul V. Gadola acquitted Joseph Soja of using a postdated check to buy a car for 2500 dollars. Soja dated the check for the day after purchase while having only 3.50 in the bank. The judge said postdating a check is a promise to pay, not a crime for insufficient funds.
The Sun announces candidate Richard S. Stark as seeking the Democratic nomination for State Representative Dist. 49F in the upcoming primary on July 26, 1952. Stark is the named entrant in this official political notice recorded at the Sun office.
London reports twenty thousand state doctors will share almost 28 million dollars more each year. The award, by High Court Judge Harold Danckwerts on request of the health ministry and doctors association, retroactive to 1948 raises the 1950-51 pay bill to 143.5 million dollars. Money goes into a central fund and pays about 2.30 dollars per patient per year, with doctors handling up to 4,000 patients and an average of 2,300.
William Hillman, author of Mr. President, says President Truman plans to teach American history after leaving the White House. He expects Truman will lecture and pursue teaching opportunities.
Washington report shows farm property values rising 125 percent from 1940 to 1950, reaching a record 76 billion dollars in the 1950 agricultural census.
Commerce Department reports personal income in February at an annual rate of 257.1 billion dollars, about a 5.14 percent rise from a year earlier, with a modest $600 million decline from January due to farm income. Admiral Dewey's body was moved from Arlington to a crypt in Washington Cathedral on March 28, 1925.
Independent executor of the estate of J. B. Carter invites all debtors to settle and all claimants to present claims by law at 200 North Travis Street Sherman Grayson County Texas. Published in The Whitewright Sun April 17 24 May 1 and 8 1952.
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