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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1954
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties and foreign subscriptions. It notes advertising rates for notices of events with admission or sales, and welcomes news items while reserving the editor's rights to decide news value and reject promotional material.
Despite gloom peddlers, authorities foresee a strong 1954 for salesmen and hustlers. Some storekeepers must relearn merchandising as many order takers return to work. If pessimists fail to sap morale, there is little cause for alarm despite a lingering low mood.
A French sailor in a small cafe cancels a champagne order after reading a pessimistic magazine editorial predicting a depression. He learns the piece is five years old, but his warning spreads through the town causing layoffs and refusals of raises. The piece ends with a booster message for America and Texas and a call to join progress.
A National Newspaper Week editorial by Fred H. Gage of Wilton Times is praised across the industry. The piece declares the newspaper as the recorder of births and deaths, guardian of public welfare, watchdog of officials, and a beacon of the era.
A town salesman cites statistics claiming U S dog food spending last year exceeded church donations, and canned dog food outsells baby food in larger grocers. He argues this shows a high material standard but a low spiritual one, warning America is morally and socially deteriorating.
Poem notes love and resolve in daily life portraying dedication over whim. Lines contrast palace and hut with duty and restraint. Whims are tempered by will and common sense in a reflective verse.
The passage cites Job 42 1 2 5 where Job declares God can do all things and that his previous knowledge came by hearing but now his eye sees Him. It reflects on corrected understanding and reverence before the divine.
UN command charged that Communists impressed captured Allied soldiers into North Korean or Chinese army units and demanded a neutral investigation. The prisoners were said to remain with those armies when the last prisoners were to be turned over to Indians on Sept 24. Arkansas is nicknamed “Wonder State.”
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