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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
4
Whitewright Sun issues notice on entrainment box suppers and benefits with admission fees priced at advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions also incur charge. Publisher J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss acknowledge corrections for any erroneous reflections. Subscription price is $1.50 yearly in advance.
The Sun welcomes ex students of Grayson College for a Sunday reunion the first since the college closed in 1911. Hundreds who attended from 1886 to 1912 are gone, but those present will be warmly welcomed and urged to make the home-coming an annual event.
A collection of opinion items on oil shutdown efficacy, proposed oil tax to fund social security, and criticism of political actions. Notes on Governor O Daniel, Labor Day football broadcast boycott, and reflections on democracy, free speech, and beer legality in Muenster. Includes proposals by Railroad Commissioner Thompson and Lieut. Commander Wurtele.
Wendell L. Willkie warns in a page ad that Tennessee Electric properties and a 2.8 million tax burden will be handed over at midnight to the Tennessee Valley Authority and other agencies. He argues the federal power program collapses private enterprise, elevates government subsidized plants, and ends 150 years of democracy and private wealth creation.
Insurance association notes wide state disparities in auto fire rates and suggests arson drives Texas burnings. It cites 300 cars burned monthly in Texas, 90 percent allegedly arson, and claims higher losses due to nighttime, low-travel roads and lack of witnesses. Calls for police and DA action.
COLLEGE STATION Texas A M College near completion of 12 new dormitories and a dining hall aimed for the opening of school on September 22. The dorms provide 1810 rooms to house about 2620 students this year and will finally accommodate the entire student body in campus housing. A second Y M C A building is under construction and slated for completion before September 22. Terracing under AAA farmer participation is projected to add about 4 000 000 dollars in land value over three years.
In Sleepy Eye Mina Abbie Neumann driving Tuesday with window open and arm on the sill felt a bite of danger. A passerby dumped a cigarette into his sleeve causing a burn and injury. The incident highlights motor hazards and bee related dangers on the road.
A columnist rebuts Republican claims of economic doom by contrasting unemployment, income, and farm prices with Bureau of Economics data and Dun and Bradstreet permits. He cites rising retail, railroad, and business indicators, arguing GOP figures mislead voters to fear under the New Deal.
Health note warns that acute appendicitis causes a death toll in the United States with peritonitis killing a person roughly every 29 minutes. It stresses that prompt recognition and surgery cut fatality to 1 in 200, and cites self treatment and delays as key factors in high mortality. Most victims are under 30.
Washington reports discovery in Texas of an insect that may transmit Cragas disease a severe heart ailment with no known cure The bite bug known as kissing bug or Mexican bedbug was studied by Dr Ardzroony Packchanian protozoologist in field trips across Houston Galveston San Antonio Dallas Austin and several counties The disease is caused by a parasite entering the bloodstream and attacking heart tissue The insect Triatoma has 46 species worldwide 15 in the United States and only two were known to be naturally infected before this Texas work More than 500 Texans were said to have been bitten by the bugs though human infection had not yet been demonstrated in the United States A farm wife near Three Rivers said her family killed 300 or more of the insects nightly for six weeks Cragas disease occurs in the Americas Guatemala Panama and parts of South America and was seen in California Arizona and now Texas The disease has two stages acute and chronic with acute cases potentially fatal and chronic cases lasting years.
The piece argues procrastination worsens appendicitis outcomes and stresses personal intelligence as key to mortality reduction. It warns against laxatives, urging immediate physician contact if abdominal pain persists. It emphasizes not to use laxatives under any circumstance and to seek prompt medical attention.
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