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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
4
The Whitewright SUT announces editors and owners J H Waggoner and T Glenn Doss. The weekly publication is issued every Thursday and registered as second class mail matter in Whitewright Texas. Subscription rates are one year 1 50 six months 1 00, payable in advance.
In Canyon a Standby fee for union musicians is charged to families for funerals even if union players aren’t used, a practice denounced as graft. The writer alleges labor bosses abuse influence under Roosevelt and Truman and fears city families bear the cost to honor the deceased.
A fragment from a longer report notes there is no one in the nation to shield people from what is described as an unjustifiable racket. The passage underscores widespread concern and calls for action against the exploitation.
The piece urges Americans to buy U. S. War Bonds and U. S. Savings Bonds as a government guaranteed savings plan. It highlights payroll savings as easy, promotes banks and post offices, and encourages planning for a ten year hatch.
The Veterans Administration operates 24 former Army and Navy hospitals to ease space needs. About 85 percent of VA self employment allowances go to farmers. Over 900 Indian Wars veterans received pensions as of Sept 30. VA pegs total veterans at nearly 17.9 million on Oct 31, up 150k from Sept. Less than 0.5 percent of VA guaranteed loans were indefault by September end. VA also processed over 84,000 physical examinations for pensions or compensation in September, the highest month yet.
Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of Franklin D. Roosevelt, told readers she is not dying of cancer or planning marriage, dismissing Washington gossip as unfounded. She notes age may fuel such rumors but should not imply marriage plans, in her New York World Telegram column. The piece references fertilizer use in the corn belt as a separate note.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Saturday for C Julian Boone who died Thanksgiving Day in a Oklahoma City hospital after a six week illness. Rev R L Gilpin and Dr W A Erwin officiated burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Boone born October 24 1892 in Weston Collin County came to Whitewright as a boy. He married Marguerite Montgomery November 5 1924 in Whitewright and worked for a cotton cooperative in Oklahoma City. He is survived by his wife his parents and several siblings with many out of town relatives attending.
Mrs. Robert B. Gordon died at her Whitewright home at 2 55 am Wednesday. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at the residence led by Dr W A Erwin and Rev E P Wootten with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband two sons Luther Gordon and W L Gordon daughters C W Pope A T Short and Mrs John Livingston sister Mrs J F Waddell seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Several out of town relatives attended.
William H Hopper 94 died at home Wednesday. Pilot Grove Baptist Church held a 230 pm Thanksgiving service. Rev J A Henderson officiated. grandsons served as pallbearers. Interment at Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by five sons S E Don Hopper Denison John Hopper Howe Clint Dolphus Hopper and four daughters Mrs Blue Ridge. Funeral arrangements by Glen Earnheart Funeral Home. Born May 22 1852 in Cumberland County Tennessee he married Ellen Elizabeth Sharp in Marshall County Tennessee in 1877. He had long been a Baptist member.
Willie Moran of Denison and Mrs Lee Car away with Mrs Ethel Ball of Wright and Mrs Sallie Burks of Arina account for 31 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren, and eight great great grandchildren in a sprawling family list.
Old age pensioners in Austin will receive an average December check of 26.41 dollars, needy blind 29.22, and dependent children 27.24. State Welfare official John H. Winters notes 1,000 more people reach 65 monthly than die. Old age rolls rose from 188,070 to 189,292 between Nov 1 and Dec 1, with 2,657 names added, 958 removed by death, and 477 withdrawn for ineligibility.
Navarro County voters on Saturday rejected the proposed legalization of beer. With 2,454 votes for and 4,270 against from 43 of 46 precincts reported, the three not yet reported are small and will not affect the final result.
In Jackson Mississippi Senator Bridges grilled witnesses at a Senate committee hearing on Senator Bilbo’s primary tactics asking each about political affiliation. Witness answers varied but many echoed There’s only one party in Mississippi the Democratic. Bridges then named Senators Hickenlooper and himself saying now you can tell your friends you have seen two Republicans.
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