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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
4
The Agriculture Department projects a 14 805 000 bale 1949 cotton crop raising potential government controls again to curb surpluses. Officials expect a fall decision on a program to limit 1950 plantings to about 21 million acres, with income around 2.44 billion dollars if prices stay near support.
Grayson County Commissioners authorize C. R. Law of Austin to compile a delinquent tax list for 1945 through 1948. Tax Officer Robert Dean will execute the contract at five cents per line, with state cost sharing to be determined.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to exclude about 400000 of the 600000 self employed professionals from the expanded social security program. Excluded groups include editors publishers physicians surgeons clergy lawyers dentists veterinarians chiropractors osteopaths optometrists and engineers not in industry.
The House rejected a bill to lift federal prohibitions on liquor for Indians only in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The committee noted Indians there have demonstrated competence, while the federal ban remains in effect nationwide. The piece also notes Minnesota repealed a state ban on liquor sales to Indians.
Local church listings name pastors and service times for Assembly of God Enterprise Baptist First Presbyterian and related groups. Topics include sermons on Communism and the Church and Jesus and the Church with morning worship and evening programs across multiple churches and leaders.
Reading Massachusetts deep sea diver Art Mercer plans an ocean floor hunt to salvage the wrecked Hesperus, claiming the find could be profitable though Longfellow’s poem misplaces the ship. He believes the Hesperus lies in Boston Harbor, not Gloucester. Doris Nicholson, East Texas State Teachers College student, begins Red Cross swimming and water safety training in Commerce.
Representative Ray Kirkpatrick returns from Lake Austin with a 175 pound catch that is his chief clerk Jess Irwin. The line snagged Irwin's ear causing brief distress before colleagues freed him ashore.
A man tells his wife he purchased another large life policy provoking her sharp reaction. The exchange ends with her startlingly saying she could kill him, signaling dramatic domestic tension.
A 1949 letter from H M Branch states that Sheriff Markel Dicken and his deputies assisted in most searches in Grayson County Texas. A response from Gertie Hodgin defends Dicken against a church vote comment, praising his leadership and noting Christian community backing. The piece also describes a Jefferson area gas explosion scene near Black Cypress River with extensive blast effects and geological notes.
An underground explosion at a Jefferson site splintered cy press trees and formed a wide mud crater emitting gas over a 900 by 15 foot area. Many residents ignored warnings and hiked to the crater despite patrol blockades, which were later lifted.
The Senate approved expanding the federal crop insurance program now experimental, sending a bill with House-passed provisions to the House for consideration. The plan would gradually extend all risk insurance by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, currently in about 400 counties.
A local quip centers on a retiree who jokes about a black eye being a birth mark. He explains the mark came from an accidental misstep trying to board the wrong berth on the Limited last night. The exchange captures lighthearted railway humor.
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