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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun states it is published every Thursday and entered at Whitewright Texas as second class mail. Subscription rates are one year 1.50 six months 1.00 with advance payment required. The paper pledges to correct any erroneous reflections upon any person, firm, or corporation if brought to the editors' attention.
Dr Geo W Cox State Health Officer releases guidance on polio prevention focusing on sanitation fly and mosquito control clean water sealed garbage systems and proper sewage and septic tanks. urges strict food safety hygiene milk quality pool standards and disinfection of excreta with case contact precautions quarantines and minimizing child contact during outbreaks.
The Texas State Teachers Association reports 945 superintendents answered a survey covering 36 057 teaching positions. Since September, 3 633 teachers have resigned about 10 percent of total. 5 546 teachers were listed with sub standard qualifications about 15 percent. Many districts struggle to fill positions due to low salaries and expected resignations. Cities report average 13 percent resignations.
A survey shows 110 independent districts voted tax increases above prior rates while 142 plan elections for higher levies. In 40 counties common districts raise rates with 10 counties planning elections. About 500 teachers entered the armed forces since 1941 and only 1,277 have returned to teaching. Elizabeth Koch of San Antonio, Texas State Teachers Association, urges salary increases to keep qualified teachers and halt departures.
S V Earnest announces candidacy for re election as district clerk of Grayson County. He urges voter contact before the July primary and notes his World War I service. He is well known to Grayson voters and plans an active campaign.
Ladonia News argues the ballot box is the cure to stop labor unions and criticizes Congress for delivering the country to labor bosses through progressive laws. It claims the real hard labor was done by nonunion workers who worked long hours.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan told the Senate Education and Labor Committee that rural life, though simple and outdoorsy, is not as healthy as urban living. He stated rural health care lags about 40 years behind and warned the Wagner Murray Dingell health bill would change access.
An analysis contrasts rural and urban health outcomes noting higher birth and death rates on farms, greater typhoid and diphtheria impacts, low smallpox vaccination, and doctor shortages. It cites Brannan on rural medical access and contrasts farm versus city medical spending, highlighting 80 percent of rural families unable to afford a $100 health care minimum. It also mentions jimson weed as a Solanaceae relative to tomatoes and potatoes.
A poem titled Do It Now urges immediate action in simple rhythm. The item then notes a Southwestern history fact: six men were hanged at Fort Smith Arkansas in a single execution under Judge Parker, for murder, in the era when Indian Territory hosted many criminals. One convict was convicted of killing a 19 year old and stealing boots.
The father testified that he and his son left Texas for Indian Territory. He had given his son boots like his own, and the son wore boots with a heel issue fixed by nails. The defendant wore boots matching the slain man and even the heel held three horseshoe nails, linking the boots to the fatal outcome.
A brief note describes a beaver damming a river and a man with a near empty gas tank doing the same to his vehicle, drawing a humorous parallel between nature and human effort. The quirky scene underscores persistence in everyday tasks.
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