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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
1
Governor O'Daniel announced he seeks reelection and endorsed a 60 million dollar program funded by an across the board tax plan. He favored a one percent transactions tax but would accept any tax plan to erase the state deficit within four years and boost education and eleemosynary institutions.
Representative Dies of Texas vows to obtain and publish the Communist party and allied groups membership lists. He says Communist members face strict discipline and cannot honorably serve the American government. He warns of a coming attempt to form a national defense committee to raise funds.
State Superintendent L. A. Woods announced that half the rural transportation funds for Texas schools were mailed, totaling 1 070 000 dollars. The funds cover bus transportation for about 280 000 children in 5 700 buses, with the remaining payment due likely in late April.
Four hundred San Saba High School students narrowly escaped death when the plastered steel lath foundation collapsed in the main auditorium. Desks and chairs were crushed and ceilings in rooms below were loosened, forcing dismissal. the 1925 building sustained unspecified damage.
San Antonio report says Harry Hines pledges frankness in his Texas governor race. He will deliver Monday night broadcasts from the city, vows no straw man tactics, and promises to discuss real issues with plain talk. He also commits not to use foreign radio stations or publish political papers.
A region seven meeting of city fire marshals and fire chiefs will be held in Greenville on April 11. Marvin Hall the state fire insurance commissioner announced today. Fire fighters and officials from 60 cities will be invited. Representing Whitewright will be Mayor F M Echols and Fire Marshal Jesse Wallace. The meeting will discuss fire inspection and investigations to reduce fire losses.
Norman Oklahoma U professor Dr Ralph Bienfang says the first ice cream cone was a rolled waffle created by an unsung Chicago World's Fair genius in 1893. Witnesses watched him eat it and others copied the idea, leading to cone production. Waffle markings on cones allegedly prove the origin.
Orchard and garden pests such as canker worms bagworms and lice may be saved by spraying the trees and plants. For canker and bagworms use arsenate or lead with two pounds of chemical per fifty gallons of water. A kerosene soap mix to treat lice and canker worms combines soap boiled in water with kerosene then arsenate of lead mixed into six gallons of water.
In Knoxville Tennessee Dr Robert L Creal WPA adult education director leads a two hour class for about twenty five Knox County preachers on how to prepare and deliver sermons The interdenominational program centers on Bible English and sermon construction and is free of charge with no doctrinal instruction The class aims to aid pastors without access to schools or seminaries It notes an additional Liberia fact about 10 000 000 rubber trees.
Whitewright captured the class A high school division with 98 points at the Inter scholastic League meet in Sherman. First places included Boys' debate Robert Emerson Sears and C B Bryant III, Girls' debate Laverne Kilgree and Dorotha Darwin, Junior Boys' Declamation Foucheaux Vestal, Senior Boys' Declamation Arlie Durham, with Bettye Nell Yeager winning Girls' Declamation in the ward division.
College Station Texas A and M College set July 8 to 12 for the annual farmers short course. The event will run in three sections with juniors on July 8 9 adults July 11 12 and county agents July 9 10 11. The Texas Home Demonstration Association and the Texas Agricultural Writers group will meet with the adult session.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas plans to run for re election in 1942 to extend his time in Congress. He says his goal is to break the all American record for length of service, counting his 1902 start in the House and ongoing Senate tenure. The piece notes his age and career duration ending with a curious line about interior Labrador inhabitants.
Mrs. M A Mangrum marked her 92nd birthday with family gathered at the J E Mangrum home. Attendees included daughters Ida Graves J C Mangrum and J E Mangrum and F O Mangrum plus grandson Al Mangrum. Born in 1848 in Tennessee she moved to Texas in 1876 and has lived near Whitewright 47 years.
In Los Angeles Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt said her personal view is that unless conditions are extraordinary the nation should keep to tradition and not seek a third term. She spoke after an address at an open forum in an auditorium Monday night.
Oscar Johnston of Scott Mississippi, president of the National Cotton Council, warned at the Texas Cotton Ginners Association that further reductions in government cotton acreage would harm the South causing general economic maladjustment and widespread disturbance throughout the cotton belt.
Dr. Q B Lee of Wichita Falls warned Texas Surgical Society members that a common mole can become cancer if untreated. He cited removal as a simple operation but cautioned against leaving growths in place.
Census takers visited the White House as 120,000 enumerators nationwide begin a month long survey of the population. Roosevelt says he can answer many questions but will refer some to aides and Hyde Park for agricultural Census items. The scene mixes light humor and privacy debates.
Cleveland report says men with protruding waists risk coronary thrombosis and can reduce it by wearing elastic belts to lift adiposity. Dr Kerr presented cases showing early recognition of coronary death and belt use aiding diaphragmatic movement to improve lung oxygenation and blood oxygen levels.
Washington report shows more than 100,000 claims filed and about 3 million dollars paid since January 1. By March 25 96,628 claims were on record and projected to reach roughly 106,000 by March 31, with January and February benefits totaling about 1,953,063 and March likely pushing quarter total near 2.9 million as more insured workers reach retirement age.
Madisonville reports Rafe Connor, six foot six, running for Madison County district clerk. His platform promises to lobby President Roosevelt and Congress to pressure China and Japan to improve silk thread quality so stockings do not snag or run, calling stocking runs the greatest injustice.
Washington announced the wage hour division will inspect firms for possible minimum wage violations even without a complaint. Col. Philip B. Fleming said inspections previously occurred only after a complaint and now the division will also act when an employer cites noncompliance by competitors.
Secretary of State Hull said the United States continues its moral embargo on shipping American airplanes and aviation equipment to Soviet Russia despite the end of the Soviet Finnish hostilities.
Fifty five votes polled as Mayor F M Echols runs unopposed for re election. He first became mayor in 1916 and has served 24 years. Whitewright kept par bonds and refinanced debt under a city manager system, with praise for stable leadership and growth in water and street services.
To the lot owners of Oak Hill Cemetery, spring work has begun. Graves need filling and some tombstones lean. dirt can be hauled to your lot for filling sunken areas. Please drive only on gravel driveways. Several owners have not paid annual dues of $3.00, averaging 25 cents a month. Please pay promptly to aid maintenance. Committee.
Finnish men and women of all ages deposit rings watches bracelets to raise 150 million Finnish marks about 6 million dollars for pursuit aircraft. The plan to melt gold into steel birds was paused by peace but now the drive resumes as the reorganized government strengthens defense.
The Senate grasshopper bloc won a partial victory as House conferees on a deficiency bill agreed to a $500000 increase for grasshopper control. New Jersey Governor A Harry Moore is noted for earning $3 a week in his first office boy job.
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