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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
3
In a Texas city known for gambling a warehouse full of 150 slot machines was not deemed a violation since the law requires actual exhibition for gambling. The Big Boss was acquitted, highlighting a legal loophole critics say hinders law enforcement and calls for statute revision.
Texas farmers increase lint per acre with a 210 pound estimate for 1949. C B Spencer, agricultural director of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association, cites yield gains from fertilization and early insect control. He notes past yields and acreage, noting cottons’ one third of Texas cash income and wide cooperative support.
More than four and a half miles of special copper tubing are being installed in Chicago Universitys atomic research synchrocyclotron. Temper improves the longer you keep it.
AUSTIN health officer Dr Geo W Cox warns that obsessive self diagnosis fueled by alarmist health literature and recent deaths leads to brain and nerve exhaustion and possible mental effects. He urges normal health practices and trusting doctors to diagnose actual disease, noting symptom hunting is dangerous. Times note on history ends with a brief allusion to ancient girls listening to a lyre.
Public notice commands sheriff or constable to publish for ten days in Grayson County newspaper. Administrator S Stanley Everett filed final settlement account in County Court on August 11, 1949 numbered 7834. Hearing set for August 29, 1949 at 10 a.m. in Sherman courthouse. interested parties must appear and contest the account. Witness J C Buchanan Clerk. Deputy Marguerite Berry.
The piece argues repairs to the White House could cost five to six million dollars, criticizing government waste and the mindset of spending Sam’s money. It notes the house isn’t structurally sound, mocks large armament spending, and suggests rebuilding elsewhere for less while blaming Uncle Sam for high costs.
Citation commands Ethyl McCollum to appear and answer Royce McCollum in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas by 10 A M on September 12 1949. Plaintiff filed July 27 1949. Case No 57516. District Clerk S V Earnest signs the notice with Deputy Nancy Drake.
The Greenville Herald recounts a local audience at a nearby city's Eastern Star conclave where a member read a satire titled All Men Are Alike. Dr J E Boswell of this city replied with an impromptu tale illustrating why men are not alike.
A brief anecdote contrasts two boys visiting different homes. Johnnie hides from his father’s arrival while Jimmie cheerfully welcomes his dad home. The tale ends with Johnnie lamenting he wishes his father were like Jimmie’s, illustrating a point about parenting.
A light exchange shows a woman asking for a dozen diapers and a clerk quoting 1.45 dollars plus three cents tax. The woman then shifts to pins, rejecting tacks in a playful street corner snapshot.
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