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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
4
Notice lists charges for entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees. Publisher J H Waggoner and editor Glenn Doss, weekly publication in Whitewright Texas with pay in advance subscription. The paper offers corrections for any erroneous reflections upon persons or entities.
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission reports progress across its ten hatcheries. New scientific methods and fertilized ponds prepared for brood fish across 14 varieties aim to release about 10 million fingerlings in 1941, with 15 percent going to private waters to ease public-water pressure. Coyotes in Texas are being trapped at 50 cents per animal to curb damage to game, according to wardens and sportsmen.
Trappers employed by the Texas Game Department reduced the coyote family by 6391 over the past ninety days and will extend predator control work for at least thirty more days, according to the executive secretary.
George Cowden of Pearsall displayed a four pound catfish with three deer hooves in its stomach in town per the Dilley Herald. The paper questions whether the fish caught a deer and if it could be liable for killing out of season. A separate El Paso County report notes a large catfish containing three empty cornbeef cans dissolved to a gelatinous state by digestive juices.
An East Texas resident was fined 21 dollars plus costs and 19.50 for car repairs after deliberately hitting a deer near a right of way. A game warden documented the damaged radiator and car parts, leading to the owner’s identification 70 miles away.
A Georgia bishop calmly reads his Bible on a train when a heckler challenges his faith. After repeated interruptions the bishop asks the man to “please go to hell quietly,” delivering a blunt, humorous rebuke.
A New York World Telegram editorial claims Camp Shelby construction is already deteriorating with buckling floors and gaps in walls as costs soar from 9 million to 22.5 million. It urges a Senate inquiry into national defense contracts, citing past graft losses and pressing for action now.
Texas reports 5,505 school buses carrying 290,219 to daily sessions, averaging 55 students per bus and 48 miles per day. The state spends about 7.5 cents per pupil daily, with a bill seeking 2 dollars monthly per rider and 2.3 million dollars yearly for rural transport.
A four year old, Tommy Blasingame, was kicked by a bronc at J. A. Ranch. He crawled 300 yards to a camp for help, then learned his leg was broken. He urged his mother to be brave, while a Massachusetts lottery of 1744 raised seven thousand five hundred pounds for government funds.
President Roosevelt approved WPA funds totaling 6,310,695 for free school lunches in Texas. The program will operate state-wide under the Texas state board of public welfare and assist needy children.
San Francisco report says the government plans to close every red light district within 10 miles of an army post. Charles P. Taft, assistant coordinator of health and welfare activities for the National Defense Council, stated a congressional bill likely to pass would make vice a federal offense in areas surrounding military concentrations.
About 112,000 umbrellas are turned in at London property office annually under normal conditions. This figure reflects routine losses and discarded rain gear collected by officials over a typical year.
In Seattle Washington the Blue Ridge suburb reports 167 registered voters including a county official and civic figures, yet no one voted in March municipal elections. Two contests on the ballot for school board and port commission did not attract voters, costing the county 40 dollars to open polls and employ three officials all day.
West Texas mesquite trees are being surveyed as a potential substitute for European briar and Australian Meerschaum in pipe making as World War II disruption cuts off imported pipe briars. Manufacturers test root and wood uses while war impacts supply of cheap briar pipes.
Desca Hale, a Texas A and M College Extension Service specialist, says two paths spoil a child. Over-production and over-indulgence harm adjustment, while too little affection can spoil as much as excess attention. She urges understanding and affection to foster a happy, well adjusted person. Sun Want Ads are economical. Sell it with a Sun Want Ad.
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