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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
8
Austin bids opened by the Board of Control for state wards groceries and prison system needs totaling 300000 to 400000 dollars. Items include cane sugar and coffee, large tobacco quotas, beans, candy, baking powder, soda, and cans made at Sugarland prison plant with bids for machinery due August 10.
Officials of the Board of Control said the lack of new construction will force about 1,000 insane to be confined in jails by the end of the next biennium. The forecast follows plans for a 400-patient hospital at Big Spring and stems from Gov. Lee O'Daniel's veto of appropriations for additional beds in the state’s eleemosynary system.
COLLEGE STATION A shift away from cotton is shown in Texas 1939 planting estimates. The 1939 state allotment is 10,200,000 acres but projected planted cotton will be about 8,980,000 acres. Last year planted was 9,400,000 with a ten year average of 13,710,000. George Slaughter of the Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee notes farmers cooperate with the program, cut acreage below the allotment, and devote more land to soil conservation and home or neighborly food crops. He adds that despite smaller 1938 acreage, cotton production may stay normal due to crop rotation and retirement of marginal land.
In Waterbury Connecticut an 11 year old boy Benjamin Orricchio died after attaching a toy electric motor to a four blade propeller in a bathtub. Police theorize an electric shock hurled him into the tub causing drowning.
Wallace Reilly Texas labor leader will be toastmaster at the Immortal 56 banquet on August 12. Larry Mills, executive secretary of the planning group, said the event honors legislators who voted against Governor O Daniel's sales natural resource tax constitutional amendment to finance social security.
An unidentified man stabbed Harold Ince in the heart Sunday night, then fled. The 19 year old pulled the knife from his chest and walked a block to summon help. Doctors said the knife penetrated half an inch and that he likely will recover.
In Houston 54 year old T. H. Crawford organized an Over 40 Club after friends aged 40 to 43 were denied jobs due to age rules. The group maintains a card index of over 500 skilled men and has helped 18 find new employment. Crawford aims to compel employers to hire older workers, including for government posts. The Under 30 Club, started in January at the YMCA, reports about ten active members with a waiting list triple that size and has helped 77 members secure jobs, all with at least high school education.
In Santa Rosa Johnny Curtis a 16 year old Eagle Scout who returned a wallet with 2000 dollars earned a nickel reward and widespread praise. Letters of admiration poured in a fund was created for him and his widowed mother. A civic club invited him to a banquet and the owner of the money asked Johnny to keep the owner’s identity secret. The man named his residential district prompting residents to parade in ribbons claiming innocence.
James McHugh, 24, told police he killed his father Frank McHugh, 46, after seeing his mother Anna beaten by him for years. He said a beer stein was thrown at him and he struck back, believing his father hit his head on the fall. The mother and attempted revivers described the father as a good husband when not drinking.
Flowers alert for Haile's absence directs to J P Bynum at Haile's Greenhouse. Whitewright Hatchery advertises baby chicks and fryers. Real estate listings by Stephens Bryant note several dwellings and farms for sale. Auto loans offered by Auto Finance Company F W Creager at 117% S Travis St Sherman with car inspection and license needed.
A new series of Japan National Park stamps is on sale at the Board of Tourist Industry booth in the New York World's Fair Hall of Nations. Denominations range from 2 to 20 sen, with two blocks of four stamps per series. The Setonaihai Park set features Nantai volcano on the 2 sen stamp, Kegon Falls on the 4 sen, Shinkyo bridge on the 10 sen, and Hinchidake volcano on the 20 sen. A Daisen National Park set shows Dai gen volcano on the 2 sen and Dan no ura Bay lava plateau on the 4 sen, with Abuto Kannon on the 10 sen and Tomo no ura Bay on the 20 sen. Each series sells for thirty-five cents.
Washington. Senator Tom Connally of Texas loses ground on his amendment to the social security bill. It would pledge the government to pay two dollars for each one dollar state contribution for old age pensions up to 15 dollars, then fifty fifty. The measure aims to aid low income states but faces House opposition in conference. The Senate approved it 43 to 35, while House conferees refuse to yield. The Republican minority and conservative Democrats oppose higher federal contributions.
In a light market exchange a June Bride notes chickens cost 25c a pound versus a rival offer at 21c. The Butcher questions whether the birds have their feet, and insists that their shop sells the whole chicken, feet included.
In Brunswick Georgia three year old Paul McMillan begged his mother to watch boys play baseball. She allowed him to attend. A pitched ball was swung and missed and the bat struck Paul at the base of the skull, killing him instantly.
Washington residents face a new local income tax in the District of Columbia, enacted alongside the federal levy. The 1940 tax ranges from one to three percent of income, with the same exemptions as the federal act, and applies only to domiciled District residents. It does not affect workers who live in Maryland or Virginia but work in the city.
A 13 year old high school student Henry Page Owsley at North Texas State Teachers College demonstrates chemurgy by auditing a summer chemistry course to test bois d arc apples for potential rubber content. He works with college students to extract gums resins and assess rubber potential from the fruit.
Les Tribble, 28, a former Texas Tech football player and Sherman police veteran since 1935, was named Sherman chief of police following a city commission reorganization. The move came after a Monday hearing for E. M. Hatfield, desk sergeant who was discharged, as Thompson and Hatfield were reassigned to patrol and Jordan promoted to desk sergeant. There remains a note about Tribble seeking greeting cards during the event.
Dialogue fragment shows Nora defending herself to a Mrs and stating she has no guilty conscience regarding fingerprints on plates. The exchange hints at a domestic or stage scene with accusation and stubborn stance.
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