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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun notes deteriorating lateral roads hinder travel for students and markets and discusses liquor legality. It argues residents may shop out of town if local option fails and urges spending money in Whitewright.
A letter urges voters in Texas to oppose the Eighteenth Amendment and the 3.2 percent beer measure. It argues licensing liquor harms many while alcohol causes organ damage and risks from drunken driving, urging a vote against beer as a Christian duty.
A sermon warns Christian mothers of Whitewright about beer culture and the peril to youths. It cites Mark 9 42 urging readers to resist tavern temptations. The message frames beer as the first step toward ruin and urges action before the upcoming election.
Will Rogers on the San Diego waterfront urged belief in the NRA saying the president is in the little man's corner. He warned results take time like crops and expressed optimism that conditions in the Middle West and East are improving with broad support for the program.
An intensified fight against sleeping sickness unfolds as 18 deaths and 182 cases are reported in St Louis and vicinity with a government expert arriving from Washington to study transmission. The outbreak reaches five other Midwest communities, with deaths surfacing in Wichita Kansas City and Warrensburg while encephalitis cases appear in Maryville and Muskogee. The Public Health Service calls it the largest outbreak ever seen in one place and sends a third scientist.
In Washington labor advocates urged a forty eight hour week and pay from fifteen to twenty dollars weekly, arguing it would restore buying power and unemployment relief. NRA adviser Rose Schneideman backed the plan and cited potential jobs for hundreds of thousands. Deputy administrator Whiteside noted a longer work week could rapidly reemploy workers.
Omaha report says Billy Sunday, famed prohibition orator, will stop preaching prohibition due to hay fever and fatigue. He plans to return to gospel work at Hood River Oregon, asserting the Eighteenth Amendment may be repealed soon.
A playful exchange unfolds during Idle Flycatcher Youth as voices compare listening with eyes closed to listening with mouth shut, offering a humorous glimpse of backstage banter and performance mood.
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