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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
5
A creditor and Mrs. Vanasterbilt spar over a definite payment date with witty exchanges about Judgment Day. A humbler hobo pleads for aid while a Vermont farmer owns a prize Jersey heifer after a stranger admires the animal and visits the farm.
A tax assessor joke prompts a farmer to demand if the cow was killed by the railroad. The exchange turns into a testy courtroom moment as the prosecutor grills a witness about knowing jurors and the witness quips that he knows more than half of them.
A farmer fears a split in the family as sons pursue medicine and law. A gallery visit prompts a jigsaw joke. The Colonel, idolizing Napoleon, is amused by grandsons who flip pages while he naps. The War Department plans to abandon several old Indian war posts as belief in a frontier return fades.
A brief domestic quip unfolds as a wife checks the house at night and her husband replies in calm humor that everything else is shut up, leaving the home quiet and orderly. The exchange captures a light domestic moment with plainspoken banter.
A collage of witty quips about wedding delays sugar shortages and workers strikes, a laundry shop sign praising careful handwork, plus a classroom exchange where a student defines a hypocrite as a boy who smiles at school. The collection echoes old newspaper humor with names and places implied.
In Europe labor leaders and officials report the Communist element as highly organized and funded abroad, though small in numbers in many countries. In France the party is strong. in Britain, Scandinavia, and Switzerland, confusion rises from organized groups. In America, industrial troubles persist fifteen months after the war, with production lagging and labor seeking higher wages. J Edgar Hoover warns that American Communists have deepened inroads and organized influence, threatening civil liberty and the authority of law and order.
Mr. Hoover argues that Communism and Fascism undermine liberty and freedom. He says if other nations choose Communism, let them, but it has no place in the United States. The statement urges Americans to stand up and be counted. Separately guidance explains how to sew pockets with basting before stitching.
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