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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1947
Page
8
Tuberculin tests help detect exposure to tuberculosis and guide further checks. A positive reaction prompts chest X rays and follow up to locate active TB cases, with care to prevent spread. Tests are painless, useful among school children, and can reveal exposure within families and close-contact groups.
Late philanthropists Mr and Mrs T G Hendricks of Abilene left more than 3 000 000 in a joint will to the Abilene Children's Home and Memorial Hospital the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children the Baptist Foundation and to the perpetual endowment of the Hendricks Home for Children. They were the parents of one child who died in infancy.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports field tests across 17 substations showing hybrids yield about 33 percent more than open pollinated corn. Hybrids from station and commercial sources performed well, with Nos. 8, 18, 12, 20, and 9W highlighted for central and western Texas and wide adaptability. Two experimental hybrids, yellow and white, promising for 1947 production. Adapted hybrids shown superior to open pollinated varieties.
District Attorney Fred L. Blundell of Lockhart retired after 24 years with a near flawless record. Across five counties he prosecuted 5848 cases with few acquittals. In Comal 873 prosecutions yielded one acquittal, in Caldwell 1801 prosecutions three acquittals, and in Hays, Fayette, and Austin Counties he hadn’t lost since 1932, 1925, and 1930 respectively.
The 1944 release Wilson became the most costly motion picture, its production and advertising exceeding 6 million dollars. Among its spectacular scenes is a recreation of the 1912 Democratic convention with lighting powerful enough to light a city the size of Lansing Michigan.
In 1945 the United States had about 398 437 miles of railroad trackage. The only living creatures truly blue-blooded are snails oysters and lobsters. Charles Dickens' father was once imprisoned for debt.
In Grayson County Texas plaintiff Russell W Bryant seeks title to Lots 6 7 8 in Block 1 Old Town Howe and requests quieting title under five ten year statutes of limitation. The defendants include Texas Electric Railway Co and many listed heirs and guardians. Citation requires appearance by 10 a m on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, March 38 1947, in Sherman before Judge. petition filed January 13 1947. filed by clerk S V Earnest.
The text notes how Sumerian base sixty influenced today’s 60 seconds per minute 60 minutes per hour and 360 degree circles. It also states U S marriages in 1946 rose about 35 percent from 1942 and that wartime service left only one in eight U S veterans actually in combat.
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