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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1950
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties as 1 year $1.50 and six months $1.00. Outside these counties the annual rate is $2.00 and six months $1.25.
This editorial cites Bernard Baruch before the U S Senate urging full mobilization including production controls and high taxes to fund defense. It recalls a Soviet official warning Western democracies would fail if they avoid sacrifices and mobilization, urging Americans to choose liberty through effort over comfort.
Billy Paul of the Abilene B team punted from nine yards deep in the end zone against Brownwood B Friday. The ball traveled 107 yards to Brownwood’s two yard line with 65 yards in the air.
Ilario Basioni of Pozzo Magra leapt from a one story house after learning his wife bore triplets all daughters. He survived uninjured and called the day the saddest of his ire. The piece notes Wisconsin hosted the first state editorial association in 1853.
Drew Pearson argues infantry soldiers receive the poorest pay in the army despite bearing the war’s brunt. He cites average infantry pay around 135 dollars versus 226 for air force crew and 175 for submariners, noting missed bonuses and lower medals.
Texas A and M College offers soil analysis for one dollar at a new lab led by M K Thornton. The service analyzes reaction, organic matter, nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, lime, soluble salts, chlorides and sulfates to guide farmers on field management and improve yields.
Harrisburg report cites Pennsylvania fiscal records showing a volume titled appeals listing draft cases from July 29 1777 to September 27 1782. An appellant was excused for being lame and unfit. Three others were passed for working in the gun factory defense jobs.
A collage of humorous vignettes and poems about marriage, money, and domestic life. The pick includes jokes about a sales manager, a wife hiring a secretary, a Thanksgiving tale, a turkey stuffing quip, a Fatherly advice line, a portrait of a frugal husband, and a university law department quip, all in light verse tone.
A worried father questions his son's arithmetic teacher as the boy deflects blame. The scene shifts to the classroom where the boy signals his father, implying the teacher has begun nagging again.
A bride confesses subscribing to her favorite magazine and jokes about paying extra for unwanted copies. The dean of the law department briskly interrupts as a caller asks about the city gas works, prompting a sharp response from the dean.
An M. E. bishop describes preaching to wealthy congregants urging repentance and conversion or face doom in some aristocratic churches. He warns that neglecting moral reform among the rich would lead to judgment.
A man named Gino answers a judge’s citizenship question with an ill advised joke about the American Flag claiming it is seen over the courthouse. In a desert West setting a tourist remarks on the weather and an old timer shares a painterly hope for rain for the boy, noting his own prior experience with rain.
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