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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
2
Veterans ask about guaranteed home loans under the G I Bill. VA guaranty increases loan security, encourages lending for nearly full price, and adds 4 percent of guaranteed amount as a gift to the borrower. Joint purchases allowed up to 50 percent guaranty. extensions possible to finish within 25 year limit. There is no loan size limit. the guaranty cap limits the guaranty, not the loan.
Texas health officer Dr George W Cox urged typhoid vaccination for summer vacations and outings. Those not vaccinated in 2 3 years should be updated, especially scouts and others on hikes and trips.
More than 6,000,000 of 14,447,000 WWII veterans have applied for VA education benefits. State counts include Texas 228,805 Mississippi 76,728 Louisiana 51,780. Many are in training or on the job in thousands of facilities. notes on certificates of eligibility and enrollment hold for many. Veterans urged to apply early for summer study and supplemental eligibility to ensure seamless enrollment.
A newspaper excerpt notes the ease of speaking one’s mind in a free country, but questions the risks to personal safety and reputation amid social pressure from a wife, neighbors, and employer. The piece frames the tension between liberty of expression and social consequences.
A humorous preface about a bookstore becomes a legal public sale notice in Grayson County Texas. Sheriff Fred Prestage will auction on the first Tuesday in June 1947 at the courthouse to satisfy a delinquent tax judgment against Zoel Watson and unknown heirs. The land described is lot 5 and the west 40 feet of lot 6 in O T P to Gunter Texas.
A mother, discouraged with their apartment, asks her four year old what he likes. He replies simply that he loves the apartment because the rooms are the shapes he likes and are where he wants them.
A famous pianist answers what makes a successful concert with a quip about audiences staying in rather than going out, provoking a fond reaction from the reporter and audience alike. The exchange showcases humor amid a musical performance.
A humorous quotation where a postman tells a woman he is not afraid of her dog but his trousers are frayed because of it, delivering a comic line about a domestic canine mishap.
A professor-type notices a woman stumble onto his hat left on a park bench. She apologizes profusely. He replies gracefully that it is no harm, noting humorously that her step transformed the hat from felt to satire.
A reader asks about holes in Swiss cheese versus limburger needing ventilation. The piece recalls Moritz Rosenthal, who knew a pianist friend fond of Liszt’s sixth Hungarian Rhapsody played at a slow tempo. Rosenthal challenged the man with a visit invitation after a dragging rendition.
A salesman, filled with instructions, forgets his first major customer’s name and address. The sales manager replies with a clipped correction: Customer Jackson at 22 Market St., and the salesman’s own name listed as Jones of Old Meadow Road.
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