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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1945
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun discusses postwar retail competition and the need for a business group in Whitewright. It notes Victory Loan drive targets, with Whitewright’s quota at 73 300 dollars, lower than prior bonds, and mentions the last public war bond sale. The column lists animals and oddities from Ripley’s drawing collection, concluding with a note to readers.
Observers predict 1946 will be a highly eventful political year in Texas as election tensions rise and campaigns heat up. The warning to voters urges timely action on poll tax payments amid heightened civic fervor.
A sweeping portrait of Texas describes its vast size variety and contrasts from east to west. It highlights cities, geography and climate from El Paso to Brownsville and Amarillo to the Llano Estacado, noting oil wells cotton fields and unique wildlife as emblematic of the state.
The article surveys the long dispute over Texas joining the United States highlighting sectional conflicts between North and South. It notes abolitionists opposing annexation, Southern calls for unity, and fears of secession. International tensions involve Mexico England and potential war while British interests shape policy on slavery and commerce.
The article analyzes British and French aims toward Texas and annexation by the United States. It argues Britain sought a protectorate to preserve independence, while France avoided aggression, aligning with Britain. It notes Houston Jones and Lamar shaped U S annexation outcomes, with doubts about their true preferences.
A broadcast explains Joel 2 31 and the sun darkening on May 19 1780 with the moon turning red that night. It notes Lamech and his wives Adah and Zillah and continues with early biblical origins.
A Bible study Q and A covers polygamy after creation, salvation for those unaware of Christ, Jericho marching around walls, belief and intelligence, and Sargon of Assyria. It cites Romans, Corinthians, Isaiah, and Khorsabad with historical notes and dates.
Dr. A B Cox UT cotton marketing expert says cotton prices must fall to compete with synthetics after touring Southeastern mills. He cites mills preferring rayon at 24 cents per pound over 23 cents for raw cotton and the costs of cleansing and waste removal. Texas farmers are shifting to livestock and other crops.
The economist notes 1928 cotton acreage at 17 million acres vs 7 million today. Dr. Cox, representing a Pace committee set by Congress, pursues cotton marketing redistribution warehousing and transport, synthetic fibres research, and southern industrialization to absorb displaced agricultural workers. Cotton mills run three shifts to meet households needs.
Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church for Choice Boswell Randell 88 former congressman from this district and Grayson County Attorney who died Friday night. He served twelve years including six on the ways and means committee and helped obtain federal buildings in Sherman Denison and other towns and rural mail delivery routes. He was born in Georgia admitted to the bar in 1878 moved to Denison in 1879 served as city and county attorney and belonged to Masons Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He survived by two granddaughters and a great grandson.
A Houston patrolman responding to a drunken man's plea to be driven home ended with the man entering while the wife attacked with a broom. Captain Sawyer noted the episode and considered adjustments to the police free taxi idea.
The report lists 730 ships destroyed or sunk and 49,305 officers and men killed, 14,656 wounded, and 1,593 missing. A V Alexander, first lord of the Admiralty, disclosed the figures on Monday. Naval losses exclude light coastal or landing craft. Officers killed totaled 4,950 and sailors 44,355.
A reader complains after taking six cans of corn syrup and reports no health improvement. The note seeks a refund and describes ongoing foot discomfort.
The Red Star argues that Russia’s entry into the war in the East broke Japan’s will, not the atomic bomb. An article by Nikolai Bogdanov says the first bomb failed to shatter Japanese resolve, who merely sought time while awaiting more bombs, and after the Soviet entry the Japanese could not bargain or resist.
Hamilton N Y extensive use of the lie detector in business and industry is predicted. Dr F Kenneth Berrien Colgate University psychologist says surveys show as many as 75 percent of employees at hotels stores banks and filling stations pilfer cash or merchandise. Lloyds of London has endorsed the polygraph and offers 10 percent bond premium reductions to employers who test workers regularly. He adds that without public and police misunderstanding the lie detector would be in wider use for crime detection and mutual protection of employee and employer.
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