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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
8
In Los Angeles Deputy City Prosecutor Byron Gentry ruled that snoring in one’s own home is lawful. He noted the noise can be loud and unusual but not malicious or willful, granting immunity to the snorer despite neighbor complaints of disturbance of the peace.
In Darwin Australia a crocodile killed by hunters yielded two large shark hooks, poisoned meat chunks, and eight feet of barbed wire. The incident underscores how dangerous confrontations with crocodiles can be for both wildlife and people.
Texas prison population stood at 5,854 on May 31, including 123 women, with 1,661 burglars and 832 murderers among inmates. The report notes a wartime rise after a 1945 low, demographics by race and age, sentences 60 years to life, and eight awaiting execution.
Harry Rolnick teams with Joe Franklin Myers to create a resistor candy hat. National hat eating headquarters set up at the Garland plant by Byer Rolnick Hat Co. Hats come in six fruit flavors offering a sweet consolation for a lost hat.
Beginning in 1949 every baby born in the United States and Canada will receive a serial number. The system will start with as followed by state indicators, year, and a unique six digit ID. Alabama births in 1949 might read 101-49-042218.
Radio Moscow over the weekend quoted Karl Marx that religion is the opiate of the people and called religion a pillar for prolonging capitalism. A Soviet lecturer said US reactionaries allied with church figures wage a crusade against science, while religion in the USSR is the survival of the past.
A father explains knot holes to his son, clarifying that the small dark openings are knots in wood. The boy asks what they are if not holes, prompting a simple, corrective answer about wood grain and knot formation.
Local ads list for sale items including Westinghouse vacuum cleaner, six cap cook stove, Chevrolet rebuilt block, folding beds, rugs, mixers, electric percolators, and many small goods. Also offerings for rental floor waxer, six room houses, autos, tractor parts, dishes, and farm equipment. Notices request rent and employment while community thanks note closes.
College Station experts urge early action to protect stored corn and grain sorghum from weevils as storage space remains tight. Clean bins, seal weather tightness, and use DDT sprays or fumigation blends to treat 1000 bushels. August is recommended to begin this important job.
Chromium plated copper pans show bare spots after use and stain easily. Owners must scrub with steel wool and scouring powder after every use to prevent staining and maintain finish.
The piece quotes Jimmy Byrnes defending Southern usage plural you all at Winthrop College. It contrasts Yankee impersonations of Southern speech with Shakespeare and Bible examples and notes Byrnes laments Yankee interference on culture and race. It adds side notes on Memphis folks songs and practical home tips about mattress springs and linoleum repairs.
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