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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
4
Whitewright Sun lists post office classification and advertising rates for entertainments box suppers memorials and resolutions. Publisher J H Waggoner and editor Glenn Doss note publication frequency weekly and correction policy for errors in the columns.
The Sun declares it will not back any candidate in editorials, aims for equal coverage of all contenders, and will publish news as candidates make it. It supports no governor or state office candidate and remains a community newspaper.
AAA studies show drivers under 25 have five times the accident rate of the 40 to 45 age group, highlighting education as key. The piece notes younger drivers react quickly yet lack caution, suggesting school safety programs plus hospital visits to show injury consequences. It also mentions youths arrest rates for drunken driving are lower in many cities, with Detroit’s average 38.1 years.
A 1939 report shows an increase in the percentage of arrests for drunken driving across all age groups compared with 1938, indicating broader enforcement impact and shifting public behavior amid wartime social changes.
Finnish volunteers travel to Norway to assist in resisting German aggression as Finland's resolve and unity draw praise. The piece notes Norway and Sweden misjudgments, while Finland’s stance and volunteers bolster Allied prospects ahead of a broader conflict. In other notes, a Whitewright trades day and rodeo promise local excitement.
The column records weekend visits and family gatherings across Porter area households. Numerous pairs and groups—Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ramsey. Jim Woodson. Melvin Anderson. Fairy June White. W D White. Carl Hicks. Dorotha Jean McCord. Willa Jean Hunter. Robert Morris. Amos Morris. Cleve Anderson. Mabel Pace. Ellis Parks. Murl Wilkinson. Kerr. Gun ter siblings. Betty Marie. Melva Colleen Allen. Harvey Gunter. Lee Williams. Mary Lee Fincher. Ina Lee Hicks—are noted visiting relatives in Oklahoma, Sherman, Tom Bean, Bells, Randolph, Kerr, Pilot Grove, Whitewright, Dallas, and other localities during the weekend. The frost damaged gardens and corn noted.
Gov W Lee O Daniel tithes to support churches using Hillbilly flour profits. Pat and Mike O Daniel claim profits suffered last year as grocers refused to stock flour over political pension support. Letters praise the governor for his 12000 annual state pay gift and urge caution about buying to earn tithe certificates. Checks to churches range from 15 cents to 3.65 dollars with mixed responses.
Flint Michigan William Green AFL president charged Sunday that John L. Lewis is secretly planning a political revolution to make himself dictator of the United States He alleged Lewis suffers delusions of grandeur and is playing the game of the Communist influence in the CIO leader.
A heated confrontation centers on alleged calls to mobilize underprivileged groups to back a third party. The speaker challenges a rival to explain threats of using these groups to gain power and influence in the nation.
In Louisville Kentucky a $250 unemployment check intended for Circuit Judge W. H. Field was cashed by a man identified as W. H. Fields. The state later learned the mix up and the man’s actions.
The state revenue department said the bank would bear the loss after W H Fields spent a lump sum from unemployment compensation. The bank argued the state must cover it due to an S on the name. The state sent another check, Fields called the matter closed. Gilbert Patten, author of the Frank Merriwell stories, earned six dollars for his first two short works. Sun Want Ads get results.
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