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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
2
The article explains why everyone should make a will even with no current property. It outlines advantages like appointing an executor, avoiding costly bonds, and ensuring desired distributions. It warns that without a will the law of succession may not honor wishes and notes holographic wills and codicils as alternatives under tight circumstances.
In Belcher Islands Hudson Bay Canada seven Eskimos face murder charges after nine others are said to have died in a dispute over whether Christ had returned. Victims died by gunshot and beating, four children perished in wind swept snow. TheOntario Supreme Court judge headed a 13 day northern trek with interpreters and tribal leaders.
An advertisement extols new scientifically designed home lighting for Americans. It emphasizes eye comfort, nerve relaxation, and mood lift with balanced lamps, 100 watt bulbs, and vertical light reflection, enabling family activities and reading without moving lamps.
The federal government asks vital statistics departments in 48 states to issue birth certificates more quickly using conclusive evidence such as family Bible records or friend statements. The change aims to cut red tape and speed up records for defense job applicants and others awaiting certificates.
The article notes that Texas state government spending has tripled over the last fifteen years, detailing a steady increase in budget outlays and a widening gap between revenue and expenditures. Public programs and administrative costs are cited as primary drivers.
Washington report states the army plans to release 200,000 by December 10 from a total strength of about 1.576 million. Released soldiers go to the reserve until age 45 or for 10 years, whichever ends first, with eligibility based on hardship and prior service. The Third Army would lose 46,000, and 3,700 officers in the regular and reserve corps will receive temporary promotions.
The piece explains that potluck came from an English custom where a large cooking pot hung over the fire and kept boiling. In eighteenth-nineteenth century villages everyone served themselves from the pot, and the meal was called potluck.
Dear Editor describes crop woes and travel mishaps as a farmer laments wartime uncertainty. He complains of too much free wheelering and Lindberghers while planning to gather cotton and corn despite worm threats and a bicycle picking joke.
A brief note claims insufficient free ice water and hamburgers in the country. The writer signs off with an unusual farewell and a misspelled name.
Dr. F L Thomas chief entomologist Texas Agricultural Experiment Station warns that leafworms and bollworms will cause heavy damage to succulent cotton in North Texas and parts of Northwest Texas. Lights in North Texas attract moths signaling worm buildup. protection costs may be uncertain as late cotton fields may need limited measures and earlier crops show less need for control.
A Honey Grove Signal reader shares a quirky ritual for wishes. Cut the sharp point of a pie into a bite size piece, set it aside, eat the rest, then chew the saved bite while making a wish. The paper claims two successful trials.
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