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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1949
Page
8
DETROIT reports strong auto industry outlook with 575000 units built so far this year and a forecast for over 5750000 by year end. Ward's Automotive Notes high demand in low price field and long backlogs, with 1949 models from Chrysler expected by Feb 25 and new orders rising.
In Humpherys Mo a couple mark 78 years since a teens era wedding in Taney County They crossed from Indiana in a covered wagon to homestead on rugged hills Later noted as possibly the nation s longest living marriage The husband turns 96 in May and his wife was 94 last week
Texas poultrymen built thousands of laying and broader houses plus range shelters amid high costs. The 1948 county agent reports show 3 405 laying houses 4 126 broader houses and 1 435 range shelters plus 9 002 remodeled old houses. 7 106 4 H Club members led demonstrations and produced 336 936 chickens.
Mrs. Clyde Shrier dug up $1,600 in 1880s gold coins in Hancock County near Carthage. Her son Merlin, 40, was jailed in Macomb after trying to buy a drink with the coins. Sheriff Willard Steinberger warned against a gold rush and federal investigators were contacted.
College Station report advises storing eggs standing on the small end with the large end up to keep the air cell intact. Myrtle Murray, extension home marketing specialist at Texas A&M, explains the large end contains an air cell and should be up to avoid pressure on it.
Mixed list of classified notices from Whitewright including autos for sale and rent, farm animals and hay, land and property listings, brick buildings for sale, loans, flowers, and thanks cards. Notable items include a Jersey cow with calf for Leo Clinton, four-room apartments for rent by Mrs T H Sears, 47-acre black land farm on Whitewright Orangeville highway, two five-room dwellings in East and West Whitewright, and auto loan offers by Auto Finance Co.
Miss Murray notes 640 farm wives from 35 Texas counties sell eggs directly to consumers on a graded basis. Eggs stored with large end up have yolks centered and not floating to the top, while candling helps maintain quality.
Rep Jerry Stockard of Frost says not enough clamor exists to assure success for statewide prohibition though he supports dry legislation as a counter to efforts to liberalize liquor laws. The note contrasts with a separate line about Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico discovered in 1901 and regarded as among the deepest caves.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department set a $1.80 per 100 pounds support price for all 1949 crop potatoes, $1.12 below the current floor for 1948 No. 1 potatoes. The move could shave at least a penny a pound from consumer potato prices when the new crop hits markets in about three months. An official said if prices don’t drop, it will not be the government’s fault.
Manhattan briefly faced a symbolic darkness as a warm southerly flow met a northwest front. Traffic relied on headlights while observers explained the unusual gloom as a weather phenomenon.
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