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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
7
Washington reports the nation’s courts issued nearly one-third as many divorces as marriages in 1945, a record 25.5 percent higher than 1944. More than 502,000 marriages ended in divorce courts while 1,618,331 couples formed new families. The marriage rate sits 8.7 percent below 1942 peak.
Gainesville auto mechanic Frank Loden blew himself to death Sunday as neighbors watched. He casually connected dynamite with a wire from an auto battery while a friend begged him to stop. Witnesses saw no reason for the act.
Thirty four West Point cadets forced down by a storm at Bridgeport Airport dined at Chance Vought Aircraft and, after receiving meals with only ten dollars among them, formed a single file line to scrub dishes sweep floors and wash the cafeteria before flying back to West Point.
Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfield said the Navy will place emphasis on programs to train officers and men for atomic age warfare. Sailors and Marines will be taught advanced science to operate new guided missile ships and redesigned aircraft.
McCall Idaho. Editor M O Brown explains the weekly Payette Lakes Star will use larger pages. The decision follows reader complaints that the paper was too small to wrap a whisky bottle.
Fitchburg Mass Mrs Mary Morin 102 hospitalized after hip fracture rests with briar pipe at Burbank Hospital nurses say she plans to celebrate her 103rd birthday on Nov 8. She says she has smoked since she got a toothache 25 years ago.
A young man asked Rev. S Parks Cadman if he could lead a good Christian life in New York City on twenty dollars a week. Cadman replied that was all he could manage there on that amount.
Citation notes that Fannie Mount or unknown heirs and all interest holders are defendants in a tax foreclosure brought by the State of Texas and Grayson County. Lots 4 and 5, Block 15, College Addition to Van Alstyne are delinquent $7.39 State taxes and $7.24 county taxes. The district court in Sherman, Texas, must hear the case on October 21, 1946, to condemn and foreclose the land for taxes and costs. Court clerk S. V. Earnest issues and deputies authenticate.
Two well located farms offered by Stephens and Bryant near Whitewright. One farm spans 83 acres with a good house and barn, five miles from town. The other covers 10414 acres (likely 10.414) and sits 1.5 miles from Whitewright on a blacktop road. Good land. LE
Citation No 54974 names Ed Smith and wife Laney Smith both deceased and unknown heirs or representatives with an interest in land in Grayson County Texas. It lists 0.5 acre from J McKinney Survey near Van Alstyne, requests appearance in Sherman Texas court, notes state taxes of 32.87 dollars and 35.56 dollars in taxes, issued September 5 in Grayson County.
The Ronald Vestal family expresses heartfelt thanks for acts of kindness after the death of their loved one. They remember the kind words, floral offerings, and prayers. May God bless you.
The Communications Commission authorized KRLD Radio Corporation to operate a new television station at Dallas. Sell it with a Sun Want Ad.
Sugar from the Philippines remains far from normal on the prewar basis. Cane planters and mill owners lack funds for repairs and fertilizer, and field and mill restorations are slower than hoped. Thirteen mills will run in 1946 47 versus five last year, but cane supply covers only about 66 000 tons, roughly five times last year and about one twentieth of prewar output, while the country imports thousands of tons from Cuba.
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