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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
8
Texas farmers nearly doubled trench silos used each year since 1930, with 9,483 filled in 1937 and an estimated 15,000 expected in Texas this year. Drought years 1934 and the value of silage storage boosted adoption, as E R Eudaly of Texas A and M Extension notes.
Washington. Henry P. Davis of the American Wildlife Institute criticizes the robin as spring’s herald. He argues the yellow palm warbler is a truer early passer, migrating from Central America, while the arctic tern travels 11,000 miles in two months as the unsung marker of the season.
Denison officials call a special election for Tuesday May 10 to decide a 115000 bond for two new elementary schools one for white students in Southwest Denison and one for black students in North Denison both replacing aging buildings with expanded playgrounds and sports facilities and a larger campus for the white school
Claude Callan argues that children should be shielded from family misdeeds and kept with a reverent view of relatives. He suggests praising "your people" as high class rather than revealing scandals or petty frauds. He warns disclosure can harm youngsters and advocates pride in lineage.
New York’s extensive tax program, aimed at raising about $10 million for relief, took effect. Mayor Fiorello H. Laguardia oversees a 3 percent utility tax a meals tax above one dollar a cigarette tax and a 0.1 percent general business levy, eliminating all business exemptions under 15,000 dollars.
Local Sun office advertises adding machine paper available for purchase. N/A
If you need money or want to refinance car payments to smaller amounts, this auto finance company will loan any reasonable amount or length of time with no delay. Bring your license receipt and car for inspection. F. W. Creager, Manager, 117% S. Travis St., Sherman.
A Nation's Business editorial traces how today's top executives common to steel railroads banking and telecoms often rose from humble beginnings. It cites stories of executives who started as minors clerks or laborers and rose to leadership from jobs like telegraphers and watch repairers. A comic exchange contrasts pants wearing women with a punchline about cigars.
The Sun lists 1938 Democratic primary candidacies including SAM RAYBURN for Congress in the 4th District Grayson County J H WAGGONER for Representative Place 1 SEWELL R McKINNEY E A MILLER for County School Superintendent J BENTON DAVIS JOHN C EVRIDGE for Sheriff HAROLD DOSS Re election FINIS ALVERSON WALTER W COMPTON BENNIE BEN BALL TOM BRICE for Public Weigher Precinct 3 For Contable DAVID CROSHER HASSLER K B SIMMONS MARK MONTGOMERY For Justice of the Peace W A FAIN.
The Branchtown police station’s long feared “ghost” ends its reign as a pensioned retiree. For fifteen years a spectral voice yelled for release at odd hours, startling officers and challenging Magistrate Dennis Fitzgerald at hearings. Sergeant George Overholdt, aged by twenty years of service, signs off.
A police chief jokes about ventriloquism as an amusing hobby, gathering fellow officers to discuss its quirky appeal and lightening the mood during a tense period.
An old farmer counsels his sons against waiting for luck or speculation. He warns that waiting like sitting on a stone with a pail between the knees for a cow to back up to be milked is futile. The proverb uses vivid rural imagery to urge proactive work rather than passive hope.
The exchange features Mrs Scallop noting her husband enjoys smoking in his den while Mrs Crabshaw quips that his growling extends through the house. The humorous dialogue showcases domestic quirks and playful banter between the two women.
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