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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1952
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists rates for Grayson and Fannin counties 1 year 1.50 six months 1.00. Outside these counties 1 year 2.00 six months 1.25.
The Haw Thorne letter argues workers treat after tax pay as total pay and expect employers to raise wages when deductions rise. It warns if citizens push taxes onto others, tax relief becomes unlikely and inflation risks grow from a perpetual rat race.
Health officer Dr. Geo W Cox warns chickenpox can cause serious illness, especially with complications like pneumonia and kidney inflammation. The disease is highly contagious, often from skin eruptions, and spreads in families and schools. patients should rest in bed and isolate until danger of spread passes.
Control of chickenpox is vital due to its high infectiousness and impact on children. Success depends on cooperation of parents with family physicians and school and health authorities.
A House armed services subcommittee says the Defense Department wastes about 5 billion dollars yearly through inefficient buying and will begin an inquiry February 11. Chairman Hebert asserts widespread overbuying, cites a catalog project and nails price disparities as examples, warning the nation cannot afford such mismanagement.
Oklahoma official Owen Watts, assistant state attorney general, rammed the front of a cafe with a new car in Wagoner. He said he pressed the gas instead of the brake and was briefly detained then released. Witnesses reported extensive damage to the drive-in front.
Multiple churches list weekly services Sunday schools and worship times. First Presbyterian notes events including session meetings and film presentations for Christian Social Action with regional church activities in February 1952.
Miss Joanna Rogers died in a hospital at 88. She was believed to be the oldest linotype operator in the state, working at the Jacksboro Gazette News until Tuesday night and connected with the paper for seventy two years. Her father founded the paper.
Wise County Medical Society defends a physician accused of denying aid to a coal miner’s dying infant. Neighbors described a desperate eight mile mountain trek by Mrs. Richard Hazelwood to obtain care she could not pay for. Doctors stated there was no unwillingness to attend the patient due to the family’s finances. Dr. E J Benko criticized indecisive conduct.
A physician argued it is a legal duty to assess a patient’s finances before accepting care. He said doctors are free to choose patients and should not be bound to attend someone before agreement. In another case, Mrs Hazelwood walked four miles to save her dying child, who died of pneumonia at a hospital.
A man filling a job form answers No to have you ever been arrested and, when asked why, writes Never got caught, delivering a dry joke about evading scrutiny.
A beggar pleads for five cents from a passer by while recounting a two year rise in business, a motto on his wall that urged constructive thinking, and a catastrophe that ruined his fortunes after a scrub lady burned the motto. Sun advertising gets results.
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