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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1955
Page
4
Rates list for Grayson and Fannin counties with outside region and foreign subscriptions. Includes a note promising corrections for erroneous reflections upon any person, firm, or corporation upon notification to the publisher.
The Laurel Leader-Call quotes Ella Wheeler Wilcox on two kinds of people: lifters who do the hard work and leaners who watch. The piece praises lifters for shaping the country and giving life value to themselves and others, while leaners benefit from their efforts.
Col J Earl Rudder of Brady 44 a WWII Normandy hero was appointed Land Commissioner by Gov Allan Shivers to fill Bascom Giles’s term. Rudder will also chair the Veterans Land Board amid ongoing investigations of alleged fraud in veteran land loans.
Sheridan Ind Ken Biddle offered $100 to factory workers who swear off smoking through 1955. Eight of nine signees kept the pledge by the Christmas party. a year earlier six of 19 did. He still allows smoking in the plant but won't hire women smokers or men who chew tobacco.
Texas planted 8,051,000 acres in 1954 with about 7,700,000 harvested producing 3,920,000 bales at a record 244 pounds per harvested acre. The total lint yield for the cotton belt averaged 339 pounds per harvested acre, the highest on record. American-Egyptian cotton in Texas totaled 10,000 bales. Cottonseed output across the U S reached 5,568,000 tons.
The Texas A&M College agronomy department reports last year’s corn performance tests. Texas hybrids 26 and 28 ranked highly across 19 locations, with Texas 30 and 32 slightly below. White hybrid Texas 17W showed greatest consistency and earlier maturity under limited moisture, while Texas 30 32 yielded less consistently.
President Eisenhower ordered veterans benefits restored to peacetime terms effective January 31, promising large annual savings. The action ends wartime provisions for education, unemployment, loan guarantees, and pensions while preserving existing wartime rights and ongoing peacetime benefits. A court scene closes with a joke about a man who struck his wife.
Chemists of the Amer Company warn bathroom medicine cabinets may harm drugs. Steam and moisture damage medicines even in tight bottles. Heat and light reduce potency, while dark cool dry closet storage preserves stability.
The Federal Trade Commission charged six insurers with misleading accident and health policy ads. The firms claimed policies stayed in force if premiums were paid, but renewal depended on the company's option. Names include Sterling Insurance Co Chicago Combined Insurance Co of America Chicago Professional Insurance Co Jacksonville Service Life Insurance Co Omaha Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co Kansas City Guardian Insurance Co Dallas.
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