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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1935
Page
3
Satirical piece envisions chaos and absurdities if a thirty hour work week becomes standard. It mocks price controls and utilities shifting schedules, urging readers to adapt to reduced hours, fewer services, and altered consumer offerings under a fictional policy.
The Pathfinder lampoons a proposed rationing scheme that would cap outputs and impose fines for excess, arguing the plan would force 30 pound limits on livestock, fish, and crops, halve weights, curtail mining, and keep police busy while wrecking the economy. The text ridicules the idea as impossible and harmful.
Ray Ernest Hennecke age under two years died when the tractor driven by his father W Hennecke ran over him near a garage on the River Road outside Wharton. The child was pinned by the wheel and dragged under, with fatal head injuries. The family, living near Wittig Farar, took the body to Mentz for burial after attempts at Wharton hospital failed.
A deputy constable near Harwood reports active enforcement with 28 arrests last Tuesday night. Motorists are urged to check vehicle lights and slow down westbound on Highway No. Schulenburg Sticker.
E W Giles bought the R O Rockwood stake in the Main Food Market making Giles the sole owner. The pair had formed the grocery business months earlier after purchasing Wharton Mercantile Company on Milam Street from J W Prasifka. The Main Food Market has been a major local business under their management.
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