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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1950
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside these counties. Rates include 1 year for 1.50 in county, 2.00 out of county, and six months for 1.00 in county, 1.25 out of county. The paper is edited by T Glenn Doss and published weekly on Thursdays.
A brief history traces the phrase Let George Do It to 15th century France with Laissez Faire a Georges. It credits Cardinal Georges d'Amboise as an origin point and notes later English adoption and meaning as letting others do the work.
An 82 year old rug presented by Queen Mary to Britain arrives in New York for a United States and Canada tour to raise dollars for goods. Sealed bids will be accepted with the buyer announced in June. Public institutions of repute only may purchase.
Washington reports state governments doubled postwar spending and reached an estimated peak of twelve thousand dollars as 1949 spending records.
The Census Bureau reports rising state spending across the 28 states with 1949 expenditures totaling 4.513 billion dollars, up 17.2 percent from 1948. All 48 states spent 10.4 billion in 1948, while revenues also hit a new high. The 28 states averaged 73.51 dollars per person in 1949 versus 63.95 in 1948.
A 14 year old girl, Maurice Raymer, died in Nashville after falling onto a fish bowl, a four inch glass shard piercing her heart. Neighbors say she tripped on a rug while changing the water, and the bowl was held to her chest as she collapsed. Police report she died en route to the hospital.
Ninety London street cleaners won a five day week after a nine month campaign. Last week they sought permission for a five and a half day schedule. They cited pressure from wives doing housework on Saturday mornings and quipped about not wanting the mussus.
A fragment from a humor column notes blunt quips about a man who cannot inspire doubt and a woman described as a frozen type. It contrasts a sweeter girl with others, mentions a nursery rhyme line, and jokes about a husband marrying his secretary to keep control.
The piece argues for strict factual counter propaganda focused on truth. It praises in-plant education programs in industry that promote free enterprise and Americanism with union support, urging readers to challenge misinformation with solid evidence and defend American liberty against socialist pressures.
Citation to Billy Merrell Gist commands appearance by May 8, 1950 in Grayson County District Court Sherman. Plaintiff Emma Elizabeth Gist seeks divorce on cruel treatment with custody of two children Ronald and Elizabeth Gist, costs and relief. Issued March 21, 1950 by Clerk S. W. Earnest, Deputy Nancy Drake.
A whale oil shortage in the 1850s pushed the oil industry forward. Samuel Kier in Pittsburgh learned kerosene could be extracted from crude oil and used as a cheaper lamp fuel, creating demand that Col. Edwin Drake met by drilling the first commercial oil well. The article ends with a note: law does not compel husband and wife to live together.
Practical tips cover stove cleaning rust removal with sandpaper and onion odor control for knives. Advice includes making a towel rack from clothespins or a mousetrap, using marbles as a double boiler alert, and notes on resale value tied to structural soundness and livability.
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