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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
4
Notice from the PRESS at Whitewright Texas warns that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission or monetary consideration, as well as memorials and resolutions of respect, will incur regular advertising charges.
The notice states a weekly edition published on Thursdays with a subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance. It also offers to correct any erroneous reflection about any person, firm, or corporation upon notification to the publisher.
Announcement this week states the city poll tax will be ignored by the election judge in Saturday's Whitewright election restoring suffrage for men. The August primary will follow an AG ruling that cities may not set separate voting standards for men and women, amid Texas court and AG decisions on poll taxes.
Photographs of National Guard training reveal a dire lack of modern weapons. Tanks appear as trucks with painted signs and a soldier uses a beer can barrage labeled as a 60 mm mortar. The piece notes Congress bears no blame given past public opposition to war prep.
In his acceptance speech Wendell Willkie criticizes Nazi persecution of the Jews and contrasts American life with Hitler's, pledging to out-distance the dictator if elected. The Dallas Times Herald notes his sharp rebukes of totalitarianism amid foreign policy talk.
The passage argues that hostile regimes scoff at democracy and suppress it while praising force. It states Americans who defend liberty and oppose persecution offend those governments. It notes the President’s sharp rhetoric and Willkie’s firm opposition to totalitarian movements.
Attorney General Gerald C. Mann expands anti usury effort beyond injunctions suing an auditing and managing company for operating in Texas without a permit and four chartered firms for alleged charter abuses. He argues charters cannot authorize law violations and aims to curb a practice that charges up to 300 percent interest to Texas borrowers. The move targets a loan shark network said to involve about a half million Texans.
The column dismisses astrology as a fad while scrutinizing a national poll that predicted Roosevelt versus Willkie. It recalls 1936 forecasts, notes the instability of public opinion across states, and argues that polls reflect opinion volatility and advertising value rather than precise forecasts.
The State Health Department warns Pellagra remains a concern with a five year Texas mortality average of 697 annually. It is a dietary deficiency disease not contagious and early signs include nervousness indigestion and burning feet and hands. Prevention rests on a diet rich in milk fresh meat vegetables tomatoes whole wheat salmon and brewer’s yeast with medical guidance as needed.
Bonham Texas Fannin County commissioners set the 1940 tax rate at 71 cents per $100 valuation a cent below 1939. The budget assumes 85 percent collection and totals about $111 508.54 with allocations for jury road and bridge funds permanent improvement general funds and bonds. District rates and remaining budgets are listed with no changes to the submitted plan.
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation reported Saturday the sale during June of more than 4800 foreclosed homes for a total of 16 million dollars. Ivan Carson deputy general manager said the corporation had sold 105000 homes since founding and nearly 50000 during the fiscal year ending June 30. Fatalities from farm accidents remain about 4400 annually. The nation's cash loss from accidents ranges around 2.0 billion dollars annually with 27 to 35 percent on farms.
Improvements on the Huntsville State Fish Hatchery will finish by Sept. 1. The WPA project enlarges the facility from 32 to 38 ponds covering over 33 acres, with deeper ponds and improved water inlets. The upgrade supports an expected 10,000,000 fish next season and includes pond drainage improvements with rock and cement.
The Pales tine Herald quotes Calvin Hinson that redbugs or chiggers are unusually numerous this year due to heavy rainfall keeping vegetation green. They are killing many young quail and have caused young chickens to die and hens to stop laying.
A Del Rio state game warden recalls a five pound bass that hanged itself on a limb two years ago while leaping to catch a bird. He notes the fish made two attempts with the second successful and then vanished into Devils River as nature played out the drama.
State Game Department biologists report indications of tularemia in Texas squirrels and warn hunters and skinning persons to wear rubber gloves. Tularemia is common in rabbits and may be present in other wildlife species.
Texas sportsmen groups plan a movement similar to the San Antonio Anglers Club to divert Guadalupe River waters into Medina Lake. The Guadelupe River flow would fill the depleted lake and support the resort area. The plan outlines preliminary steps to finance and construct a canal to redirect the water.
Austin liquor officials announce no beer or liquor sales from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the runoff election day. Liquor Administrator Bert Ford cites the Liquor Control Act prohibiting alcohol sales during general elections.
Santa Barbara obituary notes Ernest Lawrence Thayer 77 author of the Casey at the Bat poem died Wednesday. Thayer wrote the verse in 1888 for the San Francisco Examiner briefly launching his writing career. The work later brought wider fame through actor Dewolf Hopper.
The sole U.S. school teaching monkeys to perform tricks operates in Louisville Kentucky. It trains primates for entertainment roles and unique public demonstrations continue to attract attention.
The article notes the first electric locomotive made its trial trip on April 29, 1875, achieving a speed of 19 miles per hour.
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