Christmas comes on Sunday this year
The Whitewright Sun notes Christmas falls on Sunday and jokes about one less holiday and big shopping, with editorial quips on annuities and the rapid pace to buy what one can pay for. It mentions W Lee O'Daniel's Texas governorship and a trip to Michigan to interview Henry Ford and Firestone industrialists, implying limited job concerns while out of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Michigan
Henry Ford
Mr. Firestone
O’daniel
Christmas Lights Brighten Whitewright Streets
Local residents enjoy festive Christmas decorations visible in Whitewright homes at night. The piece reflects on public sentiment toward upcoming Texas Legislature revenue measures and notes cotton marketing quotas gaining strong support while tobacco and rice quotas face opposition.
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Whitewright
Indirect taxes hit workers harder as income rises
The Kansas City Star argues many believe they pay no taxes. It cites a life insurance company survey showing an $80 a month worker earning $960 yearly pays $10.29 monthly in indirect taxes, or $123.48 yearly, about 13 percent of income, added to the cost of essentials like food, rent, clothing, fuel, and utilities. The tax burden grows with earnings and affects every necessity.
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The
Kansas City Star
Star
Texas Needs Vehicle Inspection
At a meeting of the American Association of State Highway Officials a plan for periodic motor vehicle inspection by state departments is urged not as policing but for driver safety. A Washington state example shows 548000 vehicles inspected biannually, with Texas having prior brake and headlight inspection laws repealed and local ordinances still in force.
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American Association of State Highway Officials
L. V. Murrow
Washington State
Texas
Call for Texas car inspection law to prevent highway failures
The writer urges Texas to amend its drivers license law to require regular inspections of all automobiles. They argue illuminated headlights and faulty brakes raise crashes, and inspections by any licensed auto garage would prevent a state racket. The need for nationwide regular inspections is deemed obvious to avert accidents.
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Texas
Seventeen and Nineteen Compare Crime Age Groups
A Ro Tarian Magazine essay contrasts Booth Tarkington’s Seventeen with real crime data showing nineteen year olds as the largest single arrest group per FBI stats. It notes Georgia welfare survey figures on penitentiary admissions, reasons for youth crime, and the business role in prevention through jobs and youth programs.
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Booth Tarkington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Department of Public Welfare
Works Progress Administration
State
G. Bromley Oxnam
Rotarian Magazine
Historic Texas hotels and political jabs illuminate lore
The piece revisits famed Texas hotels such as the Menger in San Antonio, the Driskill in Austin, and the Milner in Fort Worth, noting closures and replacements. It recalls defunct properties like the Nemitz and Crosbie, and the Mc Closkey in Ranger tied to a boom. It also reflects on politics, with a summer candidate admitting predicted defeat, Allred’s critique of care for the mentally ill, and pension gaps under Allied administration.
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Texas
Menger
San Antonio
Driskill
Austin
Metropolitan
Milner
Fort Worth
Nemitz
Fredericksburg
Crosbie
Beaumont
McCloskey
Ranger
James V. Allred
Peculiar local notes mix humor and danger
A clash of small town scenes blends a Swastika salute in a cafe, a bridge party accident in a highway home, and a Dallas theatre clock gimmick with two time displays. A humorous street exhibit features a man describing films for hours, rivaling Huey Long's filibuster pace.
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Jefferson
Clarendon
Amarillo
Dallas
Huey Long
Senate
Mortuary services for Mrs Bessie E Hott held in Sherman
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie E Hott 46 of Collinsville were conducted at the Nazarene Church Sherman by Rev Eugene Lewis. Interment followed in Bells cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews and brothers in law. Surviving are Kirby parents five sons a daughter a brother and seven sisters.
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Bessie E. Hott
Collinsville
G. L. Baugher
Whitewright
Nazarene Church
Sherman
Eugene Lewis
Bells Cemetery
Hott
Texas
Kirby
Bells
James W. Hott
Wyoming
Marvin L. Hott
Henryetta
Okla
Olen H. Hott
Sherman and
Howard
Earl Hott
Maggie C. Hott
Doyle Kirby
San Antonio
Florence Vinson
Denison
Pearl Files
Edna Ritchert
Wichita Falls
Jewell Holland
Dallas
Jim Ann Baugher
Gladys Anderson
Deputy Resigns May Aid to District Attorney
Sherman report states Deputy Sheriff Wes ley Barnhill of Denison resigned effective immediately. Mayor said Barnhill received offers as a peace officer and may become special investigator for the district attorney. Rumor ties potential vacancy in Grayson County DA office to appointed assistant attorney general candidate Gerald Mann. Whitewright merchants offer better values.
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Barnhill
Claude O. Boothman
Gerald Mann
Grayson
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Boyce House
Juanita
Kirby of
R. C. Slagle Jr
Commissioners’ Court
Bestyett
Apples, Ark
Oleo
Morgan's Food Store
Bill
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