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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
4
Whitewright Sun edited by J H Waggoner and T Glenn Doss published weekly. Subscription rates listed for Grayson and Fannin counties and outside counties with minimum six month term. Postoffice declaration confirms second class mail status.
A rural resident recounts jury duty as a costly, confusing distraction from daily work. He laments not learning trial outcomes, and shares humorous anecdotes about settlements in Smith vs Brown and Higgins vs Shute as judges broker deals during proceedings. The piece ends with a neighbor wanting a story to expose the injustice in juries.
A wife berates her husband as a cautionary example to a neighboring bride. She recalls early generosity giving way to neglect, warning the bride that her husband may turn out like Old Blow. She urges prudence and patience as family weighs how to help Uncle.
The passage highlights an elderly man dubbed Uncle Codger living on a park bench while lamenting work on pleasant days and gloomy weather. It notes old people finding happiness in neglect by children and Kate insisting her husband and wife share a single mind that must be hers.
Candidate Frank Trimm announces for County Commissioner Precinct No 2. He cites hands on experience with six county commissioners and 52 years resident of Cherry Mound. Trimm operates a Cherry Mound grocery and seeks voter support for an efficient workmanlike administration.
A Texas oddity piece notes a Kilgore man Paul Bizzell calling his mother in California who refuses to believe it is him. She suspects a practical joke until he recites family details. The Tyler Morning Telegraph quotes that many a true word has been spoken between false teeth.
Mrs. Rehkopf discovers a two headed turtle during lake cleaning on her father in law's farm. The creature with four front and two back legs shows perfectly formed heads on a neck that branches inside the shell. The story notes a playful Texas Arkansas split of the heads.
A State Department code room, a gray cubicle filled with teletype machines and cables, is tightly guarded and staffed mainly by women. Supervisors say messages are hidden with scrambling machines and garbled teletype output, with only a few officials allowed access.
The article explains the State Department's communications division with about 700 employees from Washington to Timbuktu. It outlines the message flow from the wire room through cryptology reviewers and editors to typists and distribution, highlighting the communications watch officer as the crucial figure who can call the Secretary of State or the President if a message is deemed critical.
Washington analysts of the Federal Reserve Board say at least one in four American families will overspend income in 1947. The survey notes weakening signs, with many in higher income brackets charging purchases and many cashing out savings bonds. Installment buying climbs, while overall consumer income rises over 10 percent.
The University of Michigan Research Center survey for the board finds almost 50 percent of spending units report higher money incomes in 1947 than 1946. Yet many feel higher living costs left them worse off financially by year end.
A neighbor jokes that attorney Jenkins seeks a second wife soon after his wife’s grave. The other quips that the lawyer is moving for a second trial, reflecting local humor on personal scandal and legal career.
A father rebukes his son's attempt to argue racial superiority by recalling a history where Native Americans managed without taxes or debt, and women did all the work. The exchange questions whether colonial dominance improved an existing society.
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