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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
4
An editorial piece reflects on wages and government missteps, then tells a fable about a lark trading feathers for worms, illustrating how vanity and unworthy habits trap the spirit. The author urges readers to avoid petty temptations that diminish dignity and purpose.
Ranger Texas hosts a colorful mix of legends including Rural Murry holder of a dirt track mile record and Mayor famed for secret barbecue sauce. Buster Mills, OU gridiron great, stunned a San Francisco East West crowd with a lone field goal and once combined track and baseball feats in a single meet. A Marine wounded in Nicaragua also hailed from Ranger.
A column muses on why young men claim their girlfriends are unique and better. It contrasts home minded partners with shopping and social routines, then notes marriages can redefine expectations and warns against bragging about family.
A reflective note describes an old story retold for readers seeking spiritual uplift as a lark sings in thin air and thoughts rise beyond earthly bounds.
Dialogue from Voice Prophecy International Bible broadcaster presents questions about becoming a child of God, punishment of the wicked, judging spirits, and the nature of Paradise. Uses cited Bible verses to argue that believers are children by faith, the unjust await judgment, and Paradise equals heaven with the tree of life by the river of life.
MT. CLEMENS Michigan William F Carr a factory worker was found dead at the wheel of his car apparently from a heart attack Police discovered a hoard of food supplies in his Roseville home including 1000 cases of canned goods sacks of sugar a refrigerator full of meat cases of beer and ale two new tires and three drums of gasoline Authorities described the rooms as stacked with soap chips soups preserves fruits and chocolates indicating a severe food hoarding situation.
Havana reports a severe drought crippling Cuba sugar cane, cutting the U S supply as Cuba provides about half of U S sugar. An eight month dry spell was only recently broken by rain.
Portland crowds cheer as President Truman declares that the veterans of this war are going to run the country in the next generation. He speaks at the Veterans Hospital during a two hour visit en route to a postwar conference.
A 13 month old, George Klein Jr., nearly strangled by a venetian blind slat, was found hanging by his head in the living room by his mother after his cousin cried out. He was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition.
Dallas collector W A Thomas credits publicity for boosting tax collections. He cites the Treasury probe into black market profits and notes about 50 000 extra dollars in amended returns in one week after coverage on newspapers and radio broadcasts.
A Normoyle Army Air Field GI suggests a national Army run lottery to finance the National War Debt. Tickets would fund repayment while three daily winners receive Army discharges as prizes, aiming to ease demobilization concerns. The note also mentions poet Keats who died young.
Mrs. Joe Johnson of Dallas sought survivors benefits from the Social Security Board after the death of her son Joe, a theater manager earning $200 monthly. She, 64, planned to wait until 65 for monthly payments, receiving a lump sum now. The article notes possible changes to extend low-cost protection to farmers and previews future items on lump-sum payments to children. It also profiles Chase hospital dolls by Mrs. Chase and their use in nursing education and wartime training.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island Mrs Martha Jencks Chase wife of Dr Julian A Chase born 1850s conceived a toy doll idea in 1889 to aid nurse training and support wartime needs. The endeavor shaped a small international business credited with improving care teaching and morale.
On her first visit to a farm Marie watches the hired man milk cows. He offers fresh milk and Marie replies it tastes awful good, wishing their own milk man had a cow.
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