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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
8
Cleveland physician Dr. Morris Schaeffer says all infectious diseases will be eliminated soon and life expectancy could rise from 64 to about 120 years. He cites penicillin streptomycin aureomycin and vaccines as drivers plus advances in cell chemistry and aging research.
The text notes humans have brains larger in absolute terms but smaller as a share of body weight than several small mammals and birds. It cites percentages: human brain 2.8 percent of body weight versus rat 3.5 percent, marmoset 4.4 percent, and hummingbird 7.7 percent.
Blanton Home and Auto Supply Co becomes Whitewright dealer for Servel gas refrigerators, replacing Griffin Dollarhide Jr. Two 1950 models on display with the $199.50 price tag noted as the lowest priced gas refrigerator yet. Blanton will also continue Crosley electric refrigerators.
The Department of Public Safety estimates that Texas traffic deaths in 1949 were at least 100 fewer than 1948. The incomplete 1949 toll stands at 1,928 versus 2,059 in 1948, with final figures due March 13. An estimated 1,644 fatal crashes occurred in 1949.
In Rebecca Georgia Joe Laminack reports his mule insists a newborn calf is not its offspring. The animal dragged the calf from the mother, was restrained with force, then kept in a barn where it eagerly watched from cracks hoping to retrieve the calf.
A long list of local want ads includes for sale items such as a used gas cook stove and a 1937 Ford truck, plus farm equipment, houses for sale or rent, flowers, auto parts, and nursery stock. Also features an advertising note and trivia about historical facts.
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