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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
8
Public health notice urges home and school cooperation to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among children. Parents should observe signs such as vomiting coughs rashes fevers and fatigue before sending a child to school and keep any ill child home. Immunization and hygiene are emphasized to protect the child and peers.
Practical advice on preserving colors and fabrics and simple sewing tweaks. Suggestions include placing screen door hooks on door casings, doubling coffee and tea strength for iced drinks, using hooks and eyes on elastic in children's undergarments, avoiding lint transfer, drying colored clothes in shade, and keeping leather items dry and ventilated. Also tips on threading beads with glue.
After six years of wartime strain and occasional air attacks, Britain plans modernization of its iron and steel sector with an estimated 100 million pounds to be invested. Production rose to about 13.2 million tons by 1939 and stood at 13.0 million in 1943, with the northeast coast district near Newcastle remaining the largest pig iron and steel region.
The article reviews the government industry drive to mass produce synthetic rubber, led by GRS, during World War II. It shows GR S consumption rising from 108 tons in 1941 to 600,001 tons in 1945 as natural rubber stockpiles dwindled. Natural rubber use declined from 775,000 tons in 1941 to 105,406 tons in 1945.
The study of midshipmen eyesight at the Naval Academy shows predicting future vision is unreliable. Many admitted with normal vision become shortsighted within a year or two, suggesting latent farsightedness and strain-related decline.
The Enamelware Standards guide explains that labels will show if a vessel uses a multi coat or single coat finish and if it meets commercial standards. Multi coat finishes have white enamel over a dark base while single coats are speckled. Surface quality matters. smooth surfaces with no air bubbles prevent chipping into food.
New Haven tested a water fog nozzle system on a freight train gasoline fire near the mercantile district. Over 10,000 gallons burned as the fog-equipped firefighters acted after six months of practice. In 25 minutes the fire area shrank to 30 feet, and within 40 minutes the blaze was extinguished.
A reflective piece urges persistence amid pitfalls and critics. It counsels facing duty with bravery, ignoring envy and criticism, and maintaining focus on the light. The note closes with a satirical twist about buses adopting a harsh motto.
Citation in Texas Case No. 55246 commands Mary Bales Maxey Bill Maxey Claud Maxey Bertha Maxey Curtis Carl Curtis Thelma Maxey Hatfield and Louis Hatfield to appear in Grayson County District Court Sherman on January 13 1947. Plaintiffs Lula Bales Green F S Green Sarah Elizabeth Stubblefield Ralph Martin and wife Mary Bales Maxey and others seek partition and sale of Lots 16 and 17 in Block 13 W P Carters Addition Sherman to fund court division based on respective interests. Issued November 29 1946 by Clerk S V Earnest Seal.
Letha M. Wagoner testified at her divorce trial from George W. Wagoner that after their May 23 wedding in Yuma, Ariz. the husband forced her to sleep with the dog, which had fleas. The judge granted the divorce.
Plaintiff E D Truesdale seeks fee simple title to Tract No 4 of a land division in Grayson County Texas, alleging peaceable possession since 1936 and removal of clouds from title after a July 1946 forcible entry by defendants led by D L Coleman et al The citation lists multiple defendants and their heirs or representatives and commands their appearance by January 13, 1947 before Judge of the Grayson County District Court at Sherman Texas.
The document lists recipients William L. Holder and Mary Ann Holder their heirs devisees and representatives James B Gabbert Julia A Gabbert Geo B Gabbert and Mary E Gabbert with unknown heirs and legal representatives, greeting.
In a suit filed November 26 1946 in Grayson County Texas Mrs Josie Kohfeldt seeks full simple title to a 24 acre parcel described as the north half of a 48 acre tract once part of W L Holder survey. The action names William L Holder et al as defendants and asserts ordinary quiet title grounds based on ten years of peaceable possession.
Citation No 55234 to Thomas S Larimore et al as defendants in a boundary and possession case. Conrad Martin sues to recover 90 acres on the waters of the Red River, part of survey Abstract No 711, after plaintiffs allege unlawful entry and dispossession on January 2 1946 and ten years of possession claims.
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