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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1947
Page
4
The Whitewright SWI announces weekly publication every Thursday. It lists subscription rates as one year three dollars and six months one dollar, with payment in advance and a policy against subscriptions shorter than six months.
A President Harding College column argues for restraint in federal spending, urging debt retirement and tax cuts while warning that budgets in the next fiscal year will dwarf 1929 levels. It criticizes pet projects, calls for home fiscal discipline, and notes the need to balance defense needs with efficiency amid a high national budget.
West News recounts Pop Gregory's dog that learned to tree and catch coons to fit drying boards. A twist of fate comes when an ironing board on the porch misleads the animal, which then vanishes, leaving Pop sure the dog still hunts a matching pelt. The item closes with a Bible women versus men aside.
The State of Texas issues a citation to Aline Marie Hopper to appear and answer the petition filed March 11 1947 by J. S. Hopper for divorce on abandonment over three years. The hearing is set for the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, by 10:00 A M at the District Court in Sherman. File No. 55464. Issued March 11 1947 by S W Earnest Clerk.
The Commerce Department reports January individual income payments totaled 14.422 billion dollars at an annual rate of 176 billion, averaging 1234 dollars per person. The figure rises 10 percent from January 1946 but trails December’s 15.952 billion.
In Hutchinson Kansas an 18 year old, Donald Cheever, died after taking poison in a troubled romance. A youth witness described his final moments and the circumstances leading to the tragedy. Police are investigating the incident as a possible suicide connected to an unrequited love.
Austin reports Texas total wool production for 1946 at 70,695,000 pounds, down from 74,816,000 the prior year and the smallest clip since 1936 according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
A letter from Lonesome Bill argues against Triple A offering free super phosphate to boost Johnson grass. He quips that his weeds grow regardless, prefers leaving it alone, and jokes that paying for fertilizer is wasted for a plant that already thrives on neglect. He notes neighbors struggle while his own grass prospers.
An outbreak of malignant edema among adult cattle has been reported in Grayson County with 15 to 18 cases in the last four to five days by Denison veterinarian Dr. W. N. Porter. The disease progresses rapidly with death in 24 to 48 hours. vaccination is the recommended prevention.
Fifty years after George Beck asked Elizabeth Ruess to wed in New York she refused for being too young. They reconnected last October after Beck’s wife died in 1944, and Monday they honeymooned together. He is 68 she 67. A beauty expert recommends a stocking tied under the chin to improve facial lines while warning against using a sock on the jaw.
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