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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
3
A portrait of the U S first army doughboy enduring cold, mud, and constant duty in Belgium. He patches roads, carries heavy gear, and endures brutal conditions while moving with forward units. Despite hardship, he shows grit, humor, and quiet pride, earning respect from fellow soldiers.
Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced new measures to help veterans start businesses by amending price and rationing rules. Revisions will broaden eligibility beyond pre set dates and ease rationing for items like sugar fats and oils. The move aims to align with other federal agencies for a uniform policy as the American Legion urged removal of barriers to veterans entering commerce.
A small town notice states the Ladies Aid will hold a rummage sale next Wednesday evening at the Methodist Church. The ad jokes that it’s a good chance to discard items not worth keeping but too good to throw away and invites attendees to bring along their husband.
A sanatorium patient complains about his roommate. The doctor explains the only available room. The roommate repeats a phrase about lions tigers and elephants while the room is full of them. The quotation ends with a Wanamaker saying about taking steps to great heights.
Two sailors living in Egypt for months on dehydrated beef milk and vegetables visit a Cairo museum and see a mummy. One says this is going too far and jokes that dehydrating women is next.
The Jones couple clash over many points while the village vicar tries to mediate. He suggests unity, but the husband reveals they are as ten with her as the one and him as the nought. The quip lands as a dry twist on marriage harmony.
A concise dialogue shows a person weighing 115 pounds noting they usually carry at least two passengers heavier than themselves, inviting readers to deduce total weight. The snippet focuses on weight carry context and the implied calculation.
A teacher questions why sub division matters more than division. The reply from a student, a chip off the old block, hints that selling lots by his father explains the preference.
A collection of humorous vignettes about children and a ship launching motherly pride and a bike rider claiming feats. Wry exchanges show parents and kids in playful, ironic moments. The tone mimics a lighthearted newspaper humor column from a past era.
A humorous exchange finds Mrs Raggs buying a used vacuum cleaner and Mrs Taggs asking if it works. The punchline reveals the machine is the same one Raggs had previously sold to a junk man a year earlier.
A new ration book in England features Banana Sponge Pudding using four bananas one lemon and two eggs reflecting scarce items. The recipe page offers an optimistic note amid rationing and shortages.
A young buyer recently bought a car and learned to drive. A bystander advised inflating the tires as part of basic vehicle maintenance at the service station.
Six year old Mabel took part in a school exercise and spoke her lines with evident enthusiasm. She repeated the final phrase loudly quoting plead the cause of the poor and needy as the class prepared to leave for the exer cise.
The state of Texas Grayson County sheriff to sell on the first Tuesday in March 1945 at the Sherman courthouse between 2 and 4 pm. The sale covers one acre in Tioga described by metes and bounds from the John Fizer survey to satisfy a 1944 judgment for tax related amounts totaling 515.20 with 6 percent interest. Remaining proceeds to be distributed per law.
The State of Texas requires Frances Binion to appear before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman on the first Monday after 42 days from March 26 1945 to answer a petition filed January 6 1945 by Virgil Binion for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment.
A woman prompts a child to repeat a line slowly, revealing the child says feeding cows because they are poor. A boss questions an employee about strengths, a doctor asks for blood, and a man jokes about saving a pint for a barber shave. A wife drives the car everywhere, including sidewalks.
A Texas execution sale is scheduled after a 1944 district court judgment in favor of Laura Glidwell against C. B. Glidwell. On January 26, 1945 at 11 A M the levy covers 117 acres of land from the D. Bickenback survey partition dated August 2 1940, north and west of Sherman, part of the Hardy land.
On the first Tuesday in March 1945 between 10 A M and 4 P M at the county courthouse door there will be a public cash sale of all rights and interest of C Glidwell in the described property. Dated January 26 1945. G P Gafford Sheriff. M G Dicken Deputy.
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