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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
3
Public notice announces publication cadence in Whitewright Texas with postoffice entry as second class mail matter. Subscription rates shown include one year at 1.50 and six months at 1.00 with advance payment requested.
Four Celina school trustees incumbents in the April election tendered resignations as a group. E. C. Helms Lee Ownsby Mrs Leta O'Brien and H. B. Douglas submitted to Collin County Supt Lyman D Robinson. The resignations were returned to Celina board president Vic Arrington and accepted by the remaining three directors George W. Smith Jr. and Leslie Biggerstaff last week, with no reason given.
County Sept Robinson Arrington and the remaining board members hold the power to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies, outlining the process and scope of authority.
Dr. Arthur A. Smith of Southern Methodist University urged Southern Newspaper Publishers Association attendees that the current American business boom warrants a monument to Adolf Hitler. He attributed postwar prosperity to the wartime activity generated by the Nazi leader.
In Mishawaka Indiana a Father's Day gift boat capsized on the St Joseph River near the municipal golf course. Father Leo Streich 53 drowned after stepping into the boat as his sons Charles 14 and Paul 12 watched from shore. Paul clung to the boat side but could not save him.
Latest recommendations from Texas A and M College Extension Service entomologists advise using a mixture of five percent DDT and sulphur to control flea hoppers with at least 75 percent sulphur. Apply 12 to 15 pounds per acre in one application. The bollworm requires a ten percent concentration.
Entomologists suggest using a DDT and sulphur mixture containing 75 percent sulphur for bollworm and stink bug control. Apply 10 to 15 pounds per acre at five day intervals. Thrips require a five percent DDT and sulphur dust at 10 pounds per acre.
Taxi fares fixed today with drivers charging 20,000 Chinese dollars for 20 minutes and a 20 percent tip of 4,000 dollars. The cost in U S currency ranges from about 70 cents to 1.70, depending on the exchange location.
New York reports three major soap firms cutting wholesale prices on household soaps and powders. Colgate-Palmolive Peet reduced an average of 8 percent with item cuts from 4 to 12 percent. Proctor & Gamble and Lever Brothers each lowered about 5 percent.
In Long Beach California Mrs Mary Bumbul left fifteen thousand six hundred dollars for the care of her eight dogs in her will filed for probate. The document also leaves five dollars to her husband Andrew. The report notes that people who play the stock market usually play out.
Carnegie Corporation of New York awards 250000 for a five year program to create four permanent university study centers on Latin America. The project will be carried out jointly by the University of Texas University of North Carolina Tulane University and Vanderbilt University. Each institution will focus on a specific geographic area with Texas emphasizing Mexico.
The notice lists several churches and pastors with service times. Rev E A Doty leads Assembly of God with Sunday school at 10 am and services at 11 am and 8 pm. Ray Bristol and J Pat Salyer are noted with morning service at 11 am and Sunday school at 10 am. James I Logan Jr advances 11 am worship and 7:30 pm youth, with choir practice Thursday at 7:30 pm.
The text notes plans to broaden Latin American studies for students and officials, strengthening undergrad programs, expanding graduate facilities, and enlarging library resources. It emphasizes institutional growth and enhanced regional knowledge across centers.
Finland has paid another installment on its debt to the United States, continuing a pattern since other World War I debtors defaulted. An interesting angle is that Risto Ryti promoted measures linked to this responsibility.
The text notes Ryti as Finland’s wartime leader and later prime minister during a Soviet attack, followed by a WWII presidency and conviction under an ex post facto law for drawing Finland into war with Germany. It ends with a cynical moral about fortune, small nations, and the value of want ads.
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