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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
6
A veteran attorney aged in his four scores appears in a Fort Worth federal court. He presents a hand written petition and a faded license to practice before the Supreme Court. A gray bailiff leads him to the door as the winter day ends.
The Belgian Embassy issued a statement saying Belgium was defeated by superior German force, equipment, and tactics after an eighteen day stand. There is no need to seek sensational explanations like betrayals or treasons, the embassy added.
Health officials note infantile paralysis like typhoid fever is largely a summer disease with most cases in July through October. By June 30 there were fifty three poliomyelitis cases reported. transmission is mainly by direct contact though insect spread is suspected but unproven.
Emil Ludwig predicts Europe will unify into one United States of Europe after the chaos. He cites Switzerland as a model and says monarchs like Wilhelmina Haakon and Christian symbolize a fading era. He foresees King George relocating to Canada signaling empire breakup and Hitler facing reaction. A 1936 Atlantic bottle story is recalled as a distant echo.
The State of Texas citation directed to Grayson County sheriffs and constables commands official service in the October Term 1940 district court case. The document is a formal court summons ordering appearance or action.
Writ summons Sherman T Bodkin Horace Kimble Alice Bodkin Ethel Hartley to appear Sept Oct 1940 before the District Court Grayson County to answer a petition filed June 13 1940 by Sadie Stanford West and Lucy Anderson and Bob Anderson seeking partition of real estate with a lien in favor of West. The property includes three tracts in Grayson County valued at about 4000 dollars and possession to be determined by the court. The defendants include multiple Bodkins and Hartleys with some residences unknown. The case file number is 47579.
Texas youths 17 years old become eligible for NYA employment as the National Youth Administration expands work opportunities. State Administrator J C Kellam announced that with new funds, about 15 000 Texas youths out of school can be employed, boosting employment prospects.
An old Sun want ad promotes CARDUS and CARDUI as remedies for dysmenorrhea and menstrual distress. It claims relief from cramps headaches nervousness and digestion issues tied to malnutrition and suggests taking CARDUS before and during the period, noting CARDUI has been popular for 50 years.
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