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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
8
The government’s farm price support program has cost the Treasury about 600 million dollars in three years. Loans are issued to farmers on parity figures. if not redeemed, crops are sold at whatever price obtained. Additional losses loom from a two billion dollar fund for stored cotton and grain.
College Station. Farm and ranch land prices in Texas have fallen six percent from last year yet remain 96 percent above levels 10 to 14 years ago. Expert C. H. Bates notes postwar price dynamics, government supports, and high costs may slow price recovery and urges buyers to keep payments manageable. Bees must travel an average of 150,000 miles to gather a pound of honey.
Denison Dam adds a second generator unit awaiting a new transformer due August 1. Operation should begin about 30 days after, with Texas Power & Light taking first unit output and Oklahoma Gas & Electric handling the second. The lake level is expected to drop further, with drought cited as the cause of last spring's low level.
In the eighth inning of a game between Seagraves and Sundown Ernest A. Blue Graham 40 a former college and minor league player collapsed and died of a heart attack before his at bat.
Walter H. McKenzie of Dallas told the Texas district council of the Assemblies of God at its 34th annual session that liquor drinking is linked to 85 to 90 percent of all divorces. The editor of the Christian Crusader spoke in San Antonio.
The Missouri Senate on Wednesday killed a bill to grant official status to "The Missouri Waltz" as the state's song. Opponents labeled the tune a low rate barroom ballad, denying it official standing despite President Truman's preference in Jefferson City.
University of California chemists report a method to prevent ice cream from shrinking during storage and transport by controlling pressure and temperature. The breakthrough aims to keep volume stable across varying conditions. The article also notes an unrelated historical line about Jewish betrothal practices.
A mixed page of want ads lists items for sale including flyers, flowers, farming gear, appliances, and tractors, with notices of estrays and real estate foreclosures. It also contains sheriff sale notices in Grayson County involving properties in Whitewright and Sherman and references to local businesses and services.
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