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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1947
Page
9
A reader asks about subsistence while in school or training. Retirement pay is not counted as earnings for subsistence. No extra compensation is added for dependents or marriage, regardless of WWII disability rating. VA will provide a wheel chair only for service connected disability or home care needs after discharge. A snail may have 40,000 teeth but only one foot.
GI loan data for May through August shows 45 percent of loans funded new construction and 55 percent for existing homes. Average new home price is 8200 dollars with about 22000 such purchases monthly, totaling 971000 veterans with VA guaranteed loans since 1944 and more than 5.61 billion in loan charges. The VA also notes a deadline of December 31 1947 for reinstating lapsed National Service Life Insurance policies without a full medical exam, with full insurability required for longer lapses.
The option allows reinstatement by signing a statement declaring health is as good as at lapse and paying two monthly premiums. This approach provides a straightforward path to resume coverage without detailed medical underwriting if the conditions are met.
It suggests canning pecans to preserve usable surplus from the harvest. Select well cured nuts, heat in a low oven, pack hot into hot jars or cans with dry lids, and seal. Process in a pressure cooker at 5 pounds for 10 minutes or use a water bath 15 to 20 minutes. Store in a cool dry place. cans best exclude light and air. Pecans and other nuts may be preserved this way.
Rep Trimble of Arkansas plans a resolution to establish an interim government if Washington is destroyed by catastrophe. Surviving military officers would pick an interim president who would convene governors to choose a new capital and organize elections and vacancies.
A&M College analysts show land prices track farm income and commodity prices, with prices leading land markets by a year. Peanut, beef, cotton, rice and corn patterns vary by region, and mineral rights affect surface values. Texas sees booms in grazing areas with many city transactions and low mortgage debt.
The text advises storing eggs with clean shells and wiping dirt with a damp cloth instead of washing. It mentions a sprinkler top on a blueing bottle to regulate water in laundry. It also suggests making a syrup from brown sugar and a little butter to serve over or glaze long carrot strips, either in a pan or oven.
Roy Crowder reported a pair of black work mules and a wagon stolen from his barn on West Hester. Fletcher Chadwick was charged in Jess Wall's court with mule and wagon theft and held in Grayson County jail after being arrested eight miles southeast of Denison. Crowder had previously filed a $4,000 bond on a separate theft charge.
Baton Rouge reports that agricultural extension figures indicate girls make up the largest share of rural farm children in school while boys exit earlier for on the job training. In cities, more girls leave school than boys. Also notes that Pan in Pan-American means all Americans.
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