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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
3
M. E. Grice sues the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors in U S District Court seeking 6850 for a 1948 Oldsmobile Club Sedan bought December 11 1948. He claims grinding and creaking noises indicated defective parts not suited for the model and seeks 2540 purchase price 810 use loss and 3500 punitive damages.
Austin group urges Texas license tags to promote state strengths in cotton mohair wool and other commodities. They note open spaces as a survival asset and suggest segmental tags for regional chief products while warning against overprinting.
A humor collection with brief, dated style anecdotes. A traffic clerk jokes about driving control while his wife fears the runaway car. A servant misreads a dining cue as soup runs out. A child visits Fleety Fleet Express to solicit charity and negotiates a dollar bill. A near sighted man mistakes his reflection as a stranger. A riddle about where boys go when they smoke ends the piece.
A playful exchange has Freddie asking for an animal that hibernates in summer and the response names Santa Claus as the answer, reflecting a Christmas whimsy.
A humorous riff contrasts Mae Fay and a shipboard exchange with a captain, then shifts to a vignette about Thomas Huxley whose intense concentration let him ignore surroundings, even while receiving a haircut. The fragment suggests a newspaper page feature mix of jokes and curiosities.
At a party an actress complimented an authoress on her latest work. The authoress replies with irony, asking who wrote it, and who read it aloud to the actress, revealing a sharp jab at the author’s role.
A humorous dialog recalls an explorer meeting a tribe of wild women who had no tongues. The exchange questions how they could communicate and reveals that their lack of speech prevented talking, highlighting a fantasy misunderstanding.
A lighthearted vignette recalls a child pointing out a man sitting on the sidewalk talking to a banana peel as his mother asks questions about his behavior. The scene captures everyday street humor and playful parental reactions.
Airline cargo highlights 1948 as year of flying menageries with worms lobsters snakes lions tigers and other pets moved by air. Incidents include a parrot refused entry for foul language a dog whelping in transit and goats for medical hope along with diverse shipments from pumpkins seeds to monkeys and turkeys.
Palestine merchants vote to stay open on Armistice Day for the first time in two decades to meet competition elsewhere. Association director Emmet Pryor cites Dallas and other Texas cities as drawing business. group will observe July 4 Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year’s Day.
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