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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1952
Page
8
In San Antonio, a 4 year old who told deputies how he shot his mother was seen as imaginative. Officers found only toy and plastic pistols after the boy’s claim, and his ironworker father said he had not paid board and the couple is separated.
In Red Deer Alberta farmers report a shift from coyote control to a mice surge after a heavy coyote drive. Trappers and locals fear millions of mice now threaten poultry and small stock as the predator press eases.
Two national magazines report reader straw polls showing General Eisenhower favored by a majority. The Woman's Home Companion found 52 percent support him for president, ahead of Truman and Taft. The Saturday Review predicted Ike as likely winner with 59.5 percent election likelihood. Byrd was third choice on the Democratic ticket.
Ellis Arnall new head of the Office of Price Stabilization says he favors rapid decontrolling of the economy once inflation danger passes. He cautions the threat remains for a while and asserts he aims to remove controls as quickly as feasible without harming the country.
The text notes that labor supply areas and full scale defense production expected late this year will likely put upward pressure on prices, signaling inflation risk and policy concerns.
In London on February 21 the government announced the abolition of numbered identity cards carried by every Briton for 124 years. The decision, greeted by cheers in the House of Commons, ends a system long criticized as a barrier to personal freedom. Pocket-size cards bearing the results of the change were expected to be phased out.
Health Minister Harry Crookshank said the compulsory name and address cards and dubbing number system, in force since Sept 29 1939, will be scrapped. Abolition would save about 1500 staff and 1.5 million dollars in costs, with postwar debate among Conservatives and Labor over policing and social security registration.
A representative explains a non cancellable hospital and accident policy covering medical payments. The product aims to meet the insured’s needs with clear terms and comprehensive protection.
A highly educated and refined Whitewright girl was found dead by hanging in the family parlor. After a evening disappearance and failed searches, the mother discovered her daughter hanging, with the scene noting a sweetheart’s subscription plea to The Whitewright Sun for local news.
A January 1835 banquet celebrated the nation nearing a debt free status during Andrew Jackson's presidency, highlighting fiscal achievement and political climate of the era.
A teacher warns of astigmatism in a boy named Johnny. The next morning the father replies humorously he punished Johnny to “lam him tomorrow,” implying a misguided cure.
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