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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
8
A veteran asks about lapsed versus expired GI term policies and reinstatement. They inquire about using GI loan guarantees for paving a street and about burial flags and disability award increases. Answers explain policy status, eligibility, and VA procedures.
An insurer clarifies that the total rating used for insurance purposes can include disabilities not connected to service. The message notes that the overall rating may reflect additional impairments beyond service connection.
Washington reports shoppers in a nationwide moral lapse are stealing larger items from groceries. General Foods president Austin S. Iglehart told grocery chain owners that a poll shows rising shoplifting and higher per theft values. One storekeeper cited increased stealage along with embezzlement and returned checks by regular customers.
Bloomington Indiana a laundry faced a scare when workers opened bags from Brown County State Park and found five garter snakes. The snakes were part of a batch returned from a state fair exhibit in cheesecloth bags and were declared harmless by park officials. The laundry manager complained about the odd request to bathe snakes.
Health officer warns properly cooked pork prevents trichinosis, notes risk from pork from uncertain sources and hogs fed garbage. Describes life cycle of Trichinella spiralis and urges eating pork that is gray throughout. Also mentions sepia pigment from cuttlefish ink sacs.
A varied page lists wants and sales including two Angora goats missing for weeks, multiple for sale items from farms and houses to a five room rental, trades offered like a 1937 Ford for bois d arc posts, and ads for services, hardware, beauty shop, and real estate in a Texas town. Names include R D Maddux J L Ball Lewis Whitworth Mrs Jack Nossaman Carrie Hamilton Tom Barbee Hasty Chevrolet Co Bab cock Auto Store Sandy's Radio Shop and Stephens & Bryant.
A Texas study by Del mar G. Roos estimates motorists waste 222.5 million dollars yearly on gasoline. Speed, neglect, and faulty maintenance cut mileage, with 30 mph yielding 31 mpg in tests and 60 mph reducing efficiency.
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