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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
8
Hiroshima held its second peace festival with Mayor Shinzo Hamai leading 230000 residents in prayers for world peace at 8 15 am the exact moment of the 1945 atom bombing. The city recalled the disaster and more than 100000 innocent lives lost as a dove release marked the ceremony.
The Hygeia health magazine warns sun exposure can be dangerous and even fatal for some people. Vivian Vieweger from Johns Hopkins cautions that benefits of sunlight such as skin sterilization and vitamin D are outweighed by risks of overexposure.
Tokyo reports say farmers resume selling daughters due to worsening rural economy. Daughters allegedly sent to Tokyo and factories for loans, with contracts from two to four and a half years. Miyagi union cites investigation showing many girls were sent for factory labor for about 10 000 yen per girl.
Classified list of various sales rental and service notices from Babcock Auto shop and local merchants. Items include for sale signs for tractors refrigerators farms, rugs, mixers, coffee percolators, guns, and household goods. Also notes on cotton picking season and a tribute card to Pvt Leo W Ford.
Edinburg promoter Harry Cook of the Chamber of Commerce announced the next month’s poultry show will display a red rooster that began life as a hen and laid eggs for several years. He described the bird as a bona fide rooster with spurs and crow.
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