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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
2
Questions and answers outline VA aims for veteran reemployment and retraining to place veterans in suitable jobs or provide training to overcome disabilities. It also covers policy convertibility, GI Bill loan eligibility, gratuitous insurance for POWs, reinstatement exams, and timing for guaranty applications.
Dr. George Lawton of the Old Age Counselling Center in New York City argues that tasks matched to individual ability can extend vitality in older adults. He notes pension plans exist, but most seniors prefer ongoing work they enjoy when physically able, boosting mental and physical well being through meaningful activity.
The Army quartermaster general said maintaining and equipping a soldier for his first year costs averaged $590.68, up 57.10 from a year ago and 125.42 from 1944. Only food clothing and individual and barracks equipment were counted. weapons ammunition transportation pay and similar outlays were excluded.
Earnest seeks re election as district clerk citing record efficiency and expanded civil litigation handling. He reports civil fees of 3515.36 in early 1946 versus 1089.12 previously, and 220807.44 managed for widows orphans and minors in 1945 and six months of 1946. He notes banking training and wartime service with The National Bank of Denison. He asks for vote and aid in continuing a well trained, efficient office.
Farm Credit Administration reports many farmers decline offers for farms priced above prewar levels. It urges keeping farming as home, job, and investment, warning that cashing out or reinvesting elsewhere risks losses if crop yields fall or prices drop. Emphasis on unit size and quality affecting income and debt capacity.
Vernie R Henderson formally announces his candidacy for County Judge. He touts college and business training, courtroom experience, and frugal taxpayer stewardship. He pledges support for veterans, Farm to Market roads, better schools and teacher pay, and proposes aging exemptions near election day. Henderson stresses independence, prior runner up status, and a democratic, unbiased administration.
State Health Officer Dr. George W. Cox urges Texans to adopt strict personal hygiene and home sanitation as polio cases rise to 292. He stresses frequent bathing, clean clothing, dental care, nasal cleanliness, and sanitizing kitchens and baths to curb transmission from flies rats and roaches in the home.
Liquor control officers visiting a home in a dry area found a man bathing, covered in suds. They inspected and discovered the suds were beer, not soap, and arrested him for pouring home brew into his bath. The piece adds that in 1945 two of five motor vehicle fatalities involved pedestrians, noting the broad impact of traffic dangers.
College Station report on cotton stain treatments from A and M College Extension Service expert Dora R. Barnes. Instructions cover asphalt tar wax paraffin with carbon tetrachloride, fruit stains with javelle water on white, warm water and lemon juice on color, grass with javelle water on white, ink removal with alcohol for color, test first, rust with oxalic acid or lemon juice, paint with turpentine or carbon tetrachloride, lipstick with carbon tetrachloride after priming colored fabric, mildew with hot suds javelle water and oxalic acid on white, colored items with soap and water.
A reflective verse piece notes that all winners were once on the weigher and that infancy makes philosophy look foolish. It muses on whether the wise sandpaper their glassware and warns that pent-up feelings lead to overflows.
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