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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
12
The paper discusses worsening lateral roads in Whitewright and the impact on students travel. It notes doubtful local beer legalization prospects, poll tax issues affecting voters, and potential trips to nearby towns for alcohol if local option fails. It urges spending money in Whitewright.
A letter urging Texas voters to oppose the Eighteenth Amendment and 3.2 percent beer, arguing licensing alcohol harms the public and comparing liquor to drugs. It warns against drunkenness and its social costs and appeals to readers as Christian mothers to vote against beer.
A religious exhortation urges Christian mothers in Whitewright to oppose beer sales. It cites scripture about causing little ones to stumble and warns that expanding beer availability tempts youth toward drinking and ruin. The message frames the upcoming vote as pivotal to protecting children.
Will Rogers spoke in San Diego on the waterfront urging support for the NRA. He framed Roosevelt as aiding the little man, warned patience for results, and noted improving business in the Midwest and East as backing for the program.
A rising sleeping sickness outbreak in St Louis and nearby counties has killed 18 and sickened 182, drawing a federal inquiry from Washington. Cases extend to Wichita and Kansas City in Kansas, with encephalitis diagnosed in Maryville and Muskogee. A Public Health Service team, noting the global scale, sends a third expert to aid investigations.
Washington. Labor pushes for a 40 hour week and pay of 15 to 20 dollars weekly for store clerks, opposing the retailers proposed 44 hour week and 12 to 14 dollars. Rose Schneideman and others argue the changes would restore buying power and jobs in the recovery drive. Whiteside notes Nyström estimates of 1 million and 400,000 workers could return to work under different week lengths.
Billy Sunday declared he will give up preaching prohibition as he travels through Omaha toward his Hood River ranch. He cited hay fever and age, saying he cannot continue to preach prohibition and must return to gospel preaching. He remains a firm prohibitionist but believes the Eighteenth Amendment will soon be repealed.
A playful exchange unfolds as idle youth at the fair engages in a mock debate about listening to a play with eyes closed versus mouth shut. The witticisms echo through the row behind, reflecting local humor at the event.
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