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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
3
Fannin County commissioners cut officer salaries starting January 1 1945 to fit the overdrawn salary fund. Officers including the county judge clerk district clerk attorney sheriff and tax assessor will be paid from 2400 to 3000 per year in 12 equal installments. The measure passed unanimously in open court.
The piece recalls how cradles mirror the manger where Christ lay with starry skies above. It cites an August 8, 1888 Chicago Tribune article and its line drawings noting Dutch and Russian nativity motifs on cradle foot boards.
The piece surveys cradle songs from around the world linking them to Christmas lullabies and family rituals. It notes cross cultural motifs from Hungarian crosses to German religious scenes and Danish lines about shoes, with references to Native American, African, Japanese, Chinese, Scottish, and other traditions.
On Christmas Day troops worldwide will hear three hours of radio featuring entertainment stars bands and greetings from top military leaders. Home front listeners will hear overseas voices including 200 American soldiers in the Holy Land a South Pacific island tree decorating and a Midnight Mass from a location behind Italian battle lines.
Texas Highway Department survey shows 30 percent drop in road use in the first ten months of 1943 from 1941 prewar levels. Yet heavier cargo loads strain pavement, placing Texas among three states with the highest highway distress due to increased truck load limits. October 1943 truck traffic down 8.1 percent year over year, but average load per truck rose.
Denison's only watchdog at the War Army Garden entered last October. Queen the dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Coffey was discharged from service due to gun shyness. She is expected home in time for Christmas. Syrians regard pickled grapes as a great delicacy.
A barber argues that the customer’s hair needs cutting, while the customer counters the barber cut it badly last time. Satan and a junior devil observe, with the junior devil noting a woman is locked in a room filled with a thousand hats and no mirrors.
Citation No 49859 commands Norma Lee Gattis to appear by January 24 1944 in the Grayson County District Court Sher man Texas. Plaintiff O G Gattis seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. petition filed July 27 1943. Issued December 8 1943 under seal.
A fragmentary court ordering text appears dated December 8 1943 from a Sherman Texas office. The readable portion notes a court action and official dating.
S V Earnest serves as Clerk of the District Court in Grayson County Texas with Nancy Drake as Deputy Clerk. The notice appears as part of a district court filing dated April 16.
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