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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
8
Washington report shows 1.4467 billion dollars allocated for highway construction across the 50 states this year. The American Road Builders Association notes expenditures for road improvements excluding maintenance rose 15 percent from 1949, per Lt. Gen. Eugene Reybold.
Donnie Lantz a 14 year old home economics student at Los Angeles Horace Mann Junior High baked a cake for a judging panel and defeated a group of housewives with over 2000 baking hours total to win the contest.
Prague reports a growing Czecho Slovak Airlines program nicknamed whoops a babies. Health statistics say the method helps by reducing air pressure during a one hour flight at 9000 feet for children with whooping cough. Parents accompany them on daily trips.
Capt John M Brewster of the U S Naval Hospital Philadelphia urged a fair trial of antihistamines for treating the common cold at the American Industrial Physicians and Surgeons meeting in Chicago. He noted widespread skepticism and said many doctors require a definite diagnosis before treatment, but cold therapy deserves evaluation.
In London a judge granted Edward Philip Collins a divorce for desertion after his wife Mary demanded he first kiss her, then her sister, then their cat each day. The court said cat kissing is not a ground for divorce. The report notes George Washington faced no opponents in his presidential elections.
Classified highlights include for rent five room house. real estate agents invite buyers for Vittitoe farm 80 acres west of town. Equipment for sale two row corn picker on commission. Also mules bulls and underwood typewriter for sale. Tires batteries and auto parts promoted with prices. Life insurance and real estate services offered. Household items and small trades listed with contacts and locations.
A state police magazine Chaparral urged drivers to remove suction cup windshield decorations called dickie birds seen in windshield clusters. It argued the ornaments hinder visibility and warned they pose highway safety risks. The piece compares them unfavorably to college football decals.
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