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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
3
The Aug 1 survey shows nearly all Texas crops except cotton above 1930 39 averages. Rice is set for a record 16 96 million bushels and milk and eggs hit historic August 1 levels. Cotton projections fall to 2 572 million bales while corn oats and peanuts show mixed prospects.
James Whitcomb Riley, present among aspiring authors, is teased by a young writer who laments literary earnings. She notes his fame and asks about pay, claiming to have heard he earns one dollar per word. Riley admits the rate but adds he sometimes cannot think of a word for a day.
Sherman tax officer Collier Yeary reports 91 percent collection on 555,725.70 due for state county and school ad valorem and poll taxes. current roll totals 484,221.97 with 51,838.76 delinquent. 1940 taxes are county’s highest. Polls 10,762. 364 new exemptions. total 572,767.96 for 1940-41 period with allocations to Texas state Grayson County schools.
County official Hogan says the 1941 total assessed valuation will be lower than 1940 due to farm land diverted to the Red River Dam basin and the Grayson Army airport. He estimates losses of about $200,000 in the dam basin and $20,000 in the airport area, offset partly by higher industrial values and new homes.
Price fixing extends to the lumber sector with ceilings on Southern pine set about 3 dollars per 1000 board feet below prior levels. Douglas fir to be included soon. Effective Sept. 5 for mills and yards. aims to reduce costs for consumers by about 20 million dollars annually. If not followed, ceilings will cover all wholesale and retail sales.
A front dispatch claims Germany sent hundreds of nude camp followers to distract Russian troops during a battle in Alpine Finland. The approach involved naked women wading a river while German soldiers attempted a simultaneous river crossing. Russians reportedly were not fooled by the ploy.
The eleventh annual highway safety booklet from The Travelers Insurance Co analyzes pedestrian deaths. It reports 12,500 killed last year with 3,950 or 31.6 percent due to crossing mid blocks and 190 or 1.5 percent at proper signal intersections. Other major causes include rural highway walking, intersections without signals, stepping from between parked cars, and crossing against signals.
Texas reports show Attwater prairie chickens nearly wiped out on coastal prairies due to floods and cultivation, while Lesser prairie chickens in North Texas prosper with abundant young and cover. No open season on prairie chickens for at least five years until 1945. brush clearing near Fort suspended to protect nesting white wings. Woodcocks and Wilson’s snipes populations are down, prompting possible new restrictions by federal authorities and state game officials.
A North Texas game warden reports a fat blind quail that lived for weeks after losing both eyes before dying in a collision with the warden’s parked car. The bird bore two dry eye sockets yet appeared well fed despite its impairment.
Col McKay of the United States Army cooperates to relocate about 2,000 white-wing doves nesting in mesquite at Fort Ringgold, Southwest Texas. The effort aims to protect the birds while allowing military activity in the area.
A game warden on a Temple stream found a large water moccasin on the bank with a huge bass in its jaws. Unable to reach the snake, the warden shot it twice and freed the fish, which swam away to grow larger for anglers.
A warden notes the only time he needed his gun in his years with the Game Department during an incident described as the land swam off. He remarks on the rarity of using his weapon in service.
Texas health officials report typhus cases in the first week of August far exceed the seven year average driven by rats and fleas. Dr Geo W Cox cites hot dry weather increasing flea populations in rat infested buildings as key to transmission. Rat control through trapping poisoning and rat proofing is urged with state and federal health bodies offering assistance.
China repays four U S loans received since December 1938 by shipment of tungsten tin antimony and wood oil. Candy sales reach an all time high of 2 250 000 pounds worth 336 million dollars in 1940.
A light dialogue quotes a girl claiming her nose is broken in three places and a response jokes she should avoid those spots. The exchange plays on wordplay and teasing tone typical of humorous letters.
Dialogue shows Jawson asking about a world where men are two faced and Skjold replying it would ruin him because he is a barber. The exchange frames identity and profession as a social vulnerability.
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