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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
7
A humorous reminiscence by a former small town editor recounting tense moments with a convicted killer visiting the office and demanding copies. The piece blends editor anecdotes with quips, editorials, and playful notes on language and frontier slang.
Reno Nevada Bryce Rhodes attorney for the Nevada Office of Price Administration ordered the seizure of forty tires in various parts of the state. He had to pick them up by bus because his own car tires were not fit for the trip and replacements were unavailable.
A series of short scenes unfolds from polite refusals to dinner. a thief in a bank plays for luck with a quarter check while a cashier offers heads or tails. A Chattanooga youth joins an English poker table, joking that he’ll outpace them with a ton raise.
Dr. Robert M. W. Kempner, exiled German official now at Pennsylvania and adviser to the U S government, said police warned Germany as early as 1924 and again in 1929 that Adolf Hitler should be deported and the Nazi party outlawed to prevent overthrow of the republic.
A collage of brief jokes and quips from a newspaper page, including a Nebraska woman arguing over ice quality, family humor about bills and questions, ring warmth, car keys hidden by mothers, a Toronto sight gag with a blind man, and light banter about a city bridge department.
A movie writer recalls changing the plot of a picture and admits the only portion they wrote was the knock on the door in the opening scene.
A telegram messenger boy forgot his hat in an elevator with one other passenger, a fussy middle aged woman who challenged his politeness, prompting a humorous exchange.
A police officer orders a driver to stop in a designated safety zone. The driver retorts that she entered the zone because it is for safety, highlighting the tension between law enforcement and road safety rules.
A humorous dialogue features a doctor asking Mrs Mac if her teeth chattered from the chill. She replies they lay on the table. The exchange shifts to a child asking to swim and the father notes insurance coverage as the reason for denial.
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