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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
4
The Whitewright paper notes Wednesday marks the first day of fall and urges caution as grass fires threaten amid drought. It reports cotton yields down from last year while corn yields stay above average, with gins not rushed and harvest expectations easing.
The forthcoming November general election will feature eight party columns plus an independent and a blank column for self created tickets. Voters will also face eight constitutional amendments on the ballot. A trip over Whitewright suggests many homes have been improved.
The passage describes Hastings Baker’s flight over China amid refuse strewn streets and rumors of disease. Health authorities in Pieping plan to spray the city with DDT, provoking protests by goldfish owners and halting progress. Tokyo Rose is noted as six different girls.
A Los Angeles woman linked to a treason case reopens after a Justice Department pause. The tale recalls her wartime romance with a football player, hidden Japanese ancestry, and a fraternity pin kept when arrested. Also notes England cigarette taxes and a new self check out store concept called Keedoozle.
Four men from Sherman and Denison were charged in Madill Oklahoma with opening a burial place to steal. J B Wright Henry Eugene Jackson Sid Hall and E L Jackson faces a felony count with $1000 bonds. They allegedly opened two Indian graves in Star Cemetery seeking gold and jewelry, but found none.
Hugh Dalton the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told a political meeting he quit cigarettes due to the rise in living costs. He earns a cabinet salary of 20 000 dollars yearly as context for the decision amid Britain’s 70 cent per pack price for twenty cigarettes.
A man who tried to cash a $300 check in Roxbury faced Judge F W L Miles after removing his robe and rushing from the bench. The tense scene unfolded at the First National Bank as the man confronted trouble over the disputed check.
Judge Miles noted the Sunday dated check voids the payment and stated he did not know the signer. The accused, described as the man with the forged signature, was taken away and is due to appear in Roxbury Court later. Judge Miles will be sitting on the bench.
A North Fort Worth Presbyterian deacon and his father fired on and possibly wounded a burglar at 310 N. W. 14th. Loot valued over 250 dollars was stolen, including a pulpit Bible and an American flag. An armed guard was stationed by the elder Bowling and his son during the intrusion.
Hollywood reports the life story of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, the Oklahoma outlaw, will be turned into a movie. Producers Leo Popkin and John Shelton secured film rights and plan to begin production early next year. Floyd’s brother E W Floyd has been nominated for sheriff of Sequoyah County Oklahoma.
In Petersham Massachusetts scientists report male poplar trees outperform females. Scott S. Pauley cites Harvard Forest findings in Science noting 76 tested strains show males four to one over females in stem form and vigor when propagated by cuttings.
The Sun newspaper notes a 1948 divorce case in Grayson County Texas. Gene P. Thompson sues Gladys Elsie Thompson, seeking divorce for cruel treatment and custody of their minor child. Citation requires appearance by November 8, 1948, before the district court in Sherman at 10 a.m.
The document records S V Earnest clerkship in the District Court of Grayson County Texas with a date of September 21 1948 and officials noting the seal and office in Sherman Texas.
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