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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscription at $1.50 per year payable in advance and publication as second class mail matter. Notices of entertainments, box suppers and other benefits with admission fees are charged at advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions are charged. corrections will be made upon notification.
Senator Jim Hum Lewis proposed federalized medicine to the AMA. The Resettlement Administration backs a system to save RA loans to farmers by keeping them well. Two plans are tried: subsidized doctor bills via a cooperative with fixed incomes or socialized medicine with monthly family payments and hospital rate cuts.
A fragment of guidance listing ten health rules. It cautions against overeating to avoid sluggish circulation and drowsiness, and advises moderation with drinking water with meals to keep stomach acids effective. The text ends mid sentence promising further advice on wholesome practices.
A compact health guidance piece urges daily water intake of at least two quarts, morning hydration, daily bathing, eight hours sleep, balanced exercise, ample fresh air, regular routines, and a diet with vegetables. It warns excess or insufficient sleep harms, and stresses mindful living and associations.
A Pathfinder survey of 2,379 people aged 18 to 25 in New York reveals women now drink more than two years ago but still less regularly than male companions. Women prefer mixed drinks, while men favor straight liquor. City college girls 18 to 21 largely accept unaccompanied drinking. Half dislike hard liquor. white collar workers prefer it more than settlement house youths who favor beer and wine. Drinking is seen as making one gayer and more interesting.
President Roosevelt opposes high price crop loans without effective crop control. Senators Bilbo and others seek a 12 cent cotton loan, but would justify subsidies on corn, wheat and other crops. The piece argues subsidies distort markets and asks if producers should shift to goods in demand. The current cotton crop is predicted to face further policy tension.
The piece argues that cotton overhang and rising carryover threaten prices and that government intervention or crop control risks political misalignment. It urges farmers to accept stabilization or market-based world prices, noting grain and cotton alike face similar choices and that national policy should avoid undue market manipulation.
A Popular Science feature discusses the rise of arson and its cost to homeowners through higher premiums. It recounts a Los Angeles man’s attempted arson for $60,000 insurance and the clever police trap involving a bamboo sliver on a telephone bell. The piece notes fire-bug hunting has cut city insurance bills from 18 million to 9 million in two years.
The Big Bend Historical Museum at Sul Ross State Teachers College in Alpine was dedicated in May to preserve the conquest of the frontier region. It displays 12,000 specimens from the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society and includes laboratories for natural science study, highlighting geology, zoology, botany, and anthropology as researchers visit the area.
Clayton Rand argues advertising must be steady and local rather than explosive. Merchants should repeatedly advertise in their paper to steadily increase sales, likening ads to water eroding stone and warning against overestimating fast results.
Wichita adopts a traffic clinic system to replace punishment with discussion. Police interview drivers with a friendly approach, using questions about habits and mindset to reveal faulty attitudes. Eight of 200 violators reoffended, showing potential for broader road safety gains.
In Providence Rhode Island a father Leopoldi Roberts 64 and his son Victor 29 argued over salt at the dinner table. Victor fired three shots at his father wounding him thrice with a chest wound. The son was uninjured. Police said Victor admitted firing after being fired upon twice by the elder man.
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