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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
8
St Louis reports inventor B O Burkitt promotes an all metal liquid lure rat trap. Instead of food the device uses water to attract mice and rats. A wide perforated trigger surrounds the water making access impossible without triggering the trap. Burkitt claims tests show rats seek the highest reach and climb the trigger for the water.
Charles F. Bran nan becomes Secretary of Agriculture and drafts a 1949 farm program that may reduce government price guarantees. Senate confirmation completed. Policy could lower supports while actual prices depend on supply and demand. Wartime safeguards expire December 31 unless extended. Price supports rely on loans and government purchases for stored and perishable farm products.
President Hoover warned that the American standard of living is at risk due to high government costs. He contrasted postwar budgets noting four billion dollars after World War I and forty billion after World War II, citing rising federal outlays.
Classified notices include baby chicks for sale from Cole's Hatchery with hatch options, Sherwin Williams floor protection product promo, Babcock Auto Store parts focus, Hi-Way Grocery feed offerings, Auto Finance Company loan services, and a card of thanks from T. L. Cowart and family for support after hospital stay and mother Callie J. Pace's passing.
Martin R Gainsbrugh chief economist of the National Industrial Conference Board told the National Association of Purchasing Agents that renewed armament and foreign relief spending could push the nation into a new sequence of hyper inflation. He warned that defense spending would increasingly drive material and labor allocation and fuel both cost-induced and demand-induced inflation as billions are spent on military production.
The House approved a compromise bill to keep women as regulars in the armed forces by a 206 to 133 vote. It extends the WAC for one year to phase into a peacetime program, allowing about 1,500 officers in two years and up to 2 percent of service strengths later. Supporters say it reduces future draft needs.
The Postoffice Department proposes a new service priced at 20 cents per first ounce and five cents per additional ounce. It would route letters by the fastest available means whether by plane train bus bicycle or star route. Transportation experts would choose the routing, replacing sender choice and potentially replacing airmail special delivery. A House committee led by Rep Youngblood of Michigan has reported the bill.
Mrs Ida Ciamma seeks advice after her black and white angora cat crawled into the family washing machine and was spun in soapy water. The cat emerged with a curled tail and the owner cannot straighten it.
In Hollywood, Associate Producer John H. Auer signed South American performers for jungle sequences in Drums Along The Amazon. On the first day he spoke halting Spanish, but one extra replied that he only understood English, claiming to be a Brooklyn native.
Since 1918 air mail began with a large public deficit into 1947, the Civil Aeronautics Act allows deficits to be covered by taxes. Air mail showed a 1947 loss of over 14 million while first class surface mail earned 83 million. Railroads carried franked mail with no extra pay, subsidizing airlines. Your three cent stamp covers rail mail costs. taxes fund airline deficits.
The House appropriations committee on Tuesday recommended an indefinite appropriation for income tax refunds due to imponderables, to ensure funds are available to make payments promptly.
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