10 Aug 1933
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
1
The Transportation Aid Act details are set for Whitewright school territory. Supt. Smith will present local arrangements to the Board of Education as routes and carriers are established. Aid is $2 per pupil monthly with eligibility for high school tuition aid and private conveyances possible with approval.
Government crop news reports 12,314,000 bales of cotton expected, down from last year's 13,001,507. Aug 1 conditions were 74.2 percent of normal, with 29,704,000 acres for harvest and an average yield of 198.4 pounds per acre. State-by-state figures list Virginia through California, and air races in Patterson, Louisiana, sweep top prizes.
The Palace Theatre at Whitewright will reopen August 18 under Joe Johnson with C. C. Horton as partner. It will run six days a week with no Sunday shows and feature State Fair starring Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor, using new high grade sound equipment.
The city announces its annual budget report for the year ending June 30 1933 and a forecast for the next budget year. The document on file with the City Secretary is to be presented to the City Commission on Monday night August 14 for adoption. The law requires budgets for counties towns and school districts and directs copies to county clerks and the State Comptroller. Expenditures must not exceed the approved budget except in emergencies.
George W. Spencer age 67 died of a heart attack while plowing one mile south of Pilot Grove last Friday at 11 am. He had long health issues and was a respected Pilot Grove resident. Funeral held Saturday at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Martha, son T J Spencer, daughters Prada Griffin Manda and Delia Spencer, two grandchildren.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace told Mississippi farm leaders that a cotton production control program will be undertaken next year. The choice between continuing this year’s plan or a new one depends on this year’s yield and what growers consider feasible.
The Whitewright Business Recovery League chaired by F. M. Echols and O. L. Jones formed to organize unemployment relief and revival efforts. The group pledged strict NRA code adherence, announced officers and committees, and planned ongoing trades days and community welfare activities.
Consumer protection under the National Recovery Act is being coordinated by the Consumers Advisory Board led by Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey of New York. Working with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the panel aims to expose and curb unjust price hikes by traders, wholesalers, and middlemen and to inform the public about fair pricing while ensuring increases cover only necessary costs.
If all ice in Greenland and Antarctica melted, enough water would enter the oceans to raise sea levels by about 150 feet. This stark estimate highlights potential global coastal displacement and climate change implications.
Congressman Sam Rayburn will press for approval of the $36 million Red River flood control dam at Baer's Ferry near Denison. He leaves Bonham after a two week visit as officials expect early action with a possible further hearing in Washington with administration officials.
Houston news reports ninety four 1 bottles of 3 2 beer were returned to A B Ellis operator of a cold drink stand by order of Judge Whit Boyd. The order followed judges instructions to ignore beer sales in Houston after fifty nine no bills were returned by the old grand jury. Ellis had ninety four bottles seized in a raid on June 27.
In Durant Oklahoma the kidnapping craze has reached pets with a dog named Elmo Duck losing six kittens. The kittens were spirited to a doghouse and the mother cat moved in. The dog and cat now feed the kittens on a 50 50 basis.
A well trained dromedary can trot nine miles an hour for a day and a night without undue fatigue. The assertion reflects traditional camel endurance studies and endurance tests cited in historical animal performance discussions.
The largest meteorite with a recorded fall date struck Earth on February 17, 1930, in Arkansas, marking a notable event in meteorite history.
Grayson County commissioners order August 26 elections on beer at county level and in precincts 4 5 and 6 with three-phase ballots for state county and precinct beer. Sherman and Denison remain wet. precincts 3 7 8 await petitions to determine future voting status.
New Orleans prices show futures rising 1.20 to 1.40 a bale as trading gains momentum after a government crop estimate of 12,314,000 bales is viewed bearish yet aids market clearing. October leads the advance to 9.98 and December to 10.19, about 2.80 above Tuesday lows.
A Sunday Help Wanted ad for 1500 girls to wrap candy drew 15000 applicants in Chicago. Women fought in line tearing dresses and a policeman was injured as crowding spilled into a glass door. The candy company said they needed extra workers to run four six hour shifts under the National Industrial Recovery Act. About half the applicants were men.
The earliest known treatise on bookkeeping originates in Italy dated 1495. Its author discusses double entry methods and the foundations of modern accounting practice.
A study finds that cud-chewing animals extract 10 to 12 percent more food from dry hay than horses do. The result highlights differences in digestive efficiency between ruminants and equines under same forage conditions.
Farmers in the Whitewright section expect one of the largest cotton crops if weather holds. Estimates vary from a third to a bale per acre, with an unusually large cotton acreage after grain losses. Plow-up was slowed by rain but is advancing. checks to farmers on Government contracts are due next week.
A revival at the Methodist Church ended Sunday night with fourteen new names added to the church roll. Six converts were brought in during the meeting led by Rev. R. N. Huckabee of Quanah and assisted by Rev. L. G. Hagard.
The National Industrial Conference Board estimates a 35 hour week in manufacturing and 40 hours in non manufacturing could require about 1.68 million more workers than May employment, possibly 2 million in June. The figures omit total hour increases and some industries under NIRA.
AUSTIN. After a talks with former Gov. Ferguson Representative Preston L. Anderson says a special session around Sept 5 will consider modifying the Roberson insurance law. The plan would tax outside insurers to raise at least 1 million dollars for the state and possibly restore part of payroll salary cuts by the last Legislature, perhaps 10 percent of the 25 percent reduction.
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