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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
8
The Navy announced a workforce reduction of about 10,000 at 11 shipyards in the United States and Hawaii to meet budget limits amid higher wages and material costs. Boston yard faces about 1,700 layoffs while Brooklyn’s New York yard will shed roughly 30 of its 12,280 employees.
John Lamar 24 wed Constance Cronk 20 in Los Angeles as his mother Esther Lamar died of a heart attack at home an hour before the ceremony. His brother Louis Jr. and sister Suzanne were usher and bridesmaid and kept the tragedy secret until after the reception.
University of Texas instructor David Mackey warns mothers to balance children's radio diet with educational programs. He notes kids enjoy fast action and melodrama but parental guidance is needed and children share listening habits with parents. Rat population estimated at 130 million in the U S.
The Federal Works Agency said there isn’t a large enough backlog of federal projects to meet a nationwide unemployment emergency. Its monthly publication estimates fully planned local state and federal construction at about 4.5 billion dollars, a sum that could fund highways school construction sewers and waterworks without exhausting current needs.
Chicago blues wave blamed on emotional contagion says Dr Benjamin Karpman a Washington psychiatrist He calls emotional tension contagious like measles noting many are driven into anxiety or depression by others behavior He cites war propaganda as an example of the mechanism
In San Francisco UC dentistry professors Wendell L. Wylie and William A. Elsasser report that a long skull causes the lower jaw to be pulled back, creating a receding chin. They say chin weakness is not a character flaw but a structural result of head length.
Comptroller Robert S. Calvert reports March operations cost Texans 35,390,480, bringing seven month total to 258,706,981. This compares with 243,919,463 for the same period last year, an increase of 14,787,518, while seven month state income tops last year by 11,684,433.
Air Force Sgt. Joseph L. Alexander of San Antonio plans a career in the Air Force with retirement at 34. Enlisting at 14, he was captured by Japanese on Mindanao in 1942 and liberated in 1945. At 22, he needs 12 more years of service to reach his target.
Sylvester Graham provoked widespread controversy in the 1830s and 1840s with lectures and writings opposing the use of common commodities. His reforms drew thousands into opposition and stirred a national debate.
The text discusses Grahamism and its spread through coarse graham flour diets and boarding houses, plus a weekly The Graham Journal. It also notes the Roman catacombs under an Italian city holding millions of tombs and begins a Texas public notice naming M. L. Gentry and Eva Gentry with unknown heirs and legal representatives in Grayson County.
Advertisements list moved house and several sale items including linoleum rugs, refrigerators, gas ranges, wires, legal notices, feed and seeds, tool stock, and farm supplies. Agents named include Griffin Dollarhide Jr and Tom Barbee with contact details and local businesses such as Dawson Butane and Babcock Auto Store.
The State of Texas files a tax foreclosure suit in Grayson County against M. L. Gentry and others for Lots 17 18 19 Block 2 Cyrene Park Denison listing delinquent taxes interest penalties and costs up to judgment. The case 57317 seeks foreclosure of liens and notices require defendants to answer after forty two days by June 27 1949 at the Grayson County District Court in Sherman.
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