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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun prints Christmas greetings from local businesses and notes New Year ads next week. Secretary Ickes condemns Ford and Lindbergh for accepting German decorations, saying such trinkets desecrate American birthright.
Five farmer groups voted on marketing quotas this month. Four groups rejected quotas while more than half in all divisions supported them. Only one division reached the two-thirds needed. Cotton growers backed government control hoping for price gains. other products near parity led to rejection of compulsory production control.
W Lee O'Daniel, Texas governor elect, travels to Michigan for an interview with Henry Ford and plans to visit Mr Firestone and other industrialists. The piece notes O'Daniel will not entertain job seekers during the trip, while highlighting the strong demand for regular pay and praising the WPA and relief agencies for aiding thousands. It critiques federal business policy and warns political scrutiny may curb employment growth.
Mrs. Sarah Truss, 75, long invalid, died in a house fire in Greenville. Absent son Curry A. Truss, she awakened moments before being overcome by flames and called for help. A telephone operator redirected the call to the fire department. firemen recovered her body after two men entered the blazing room.
Raymond Overmeier roamed Elgin's taverns repeating a trick: demand a drink and pay later. The ruse worked at many bars until a mistaken return misled him to tavern No 1 as No 38. He is now jailed while his memory is tested.
The National Association of Professional Santa Clauses closes its second annual convention in New York and passes a code of ethics for amateurs. It rejects labor affiliation to avoid picketing and cites a decline in the profession. Uneducated Santas will be barred to prevent crude tactics in front of children.
Mrs Lola Templeton of Sherman seeks 25000 dollars in two suits filed in Fifteenth District Court. One claim asks 10000 for her injuries and the other 15000 for her husband Marvin Templeton deputy to Tax Assessor-Collector Collier Yeary who died after the Feb 7 crash near Sherman. The other driver was A G Lewis of Denison. Yeary was injured and hospitalized weeks.
In Pittsburgh, Judge M A Musmanno remarried Mr and Mrs Hope B Hand after their 24 years of marriage to allow them to spend Christmas with their six children. The rewed couple had divorced a month earlier and reunited at their request for the holiday.
Plans for a $100-a-plate appreciation dinner for Gov Elect W Lee O Daniel have been abandoned. Rev J Leslie Finnell of Magnolia Avenue Christian Church arranged the affair which was set for December 28 but was called off at O Daniels request.
The government sent a bill for 57692.29 dollars to Al Capone on Wednesday. The total includes a 50000 dollar fine not yet paid and 7692.29 dollars in court costs from his income tax evasion case still outstanding in federal district court here. The Greeks had only a given name.
Senator Clark of Missouri criticizes the U.S. rearmament program arguing current naval strength suffices to defend the Western Hemisphere and warns that building arms could drag the nation into war. He decries hurried moves toward pre war hysteria and the neglect of facts.
Sherman commissioners delayed action on naming a special investigator for the district attorney’s office until after Pleas Porter of Sherman takes office January 1 following discussions. District Attorney R. C. Slagle Jr. had urged Wesley Barnhill of Denison, who resigned as deputy sheriff last week, be named. Several court members want to consult the incoming sheriff first.
Sherman. Gray son County tenant farmers will cost more than 63650 dollars annually, estimates Ernest H. Gunn, county supervisor of the farm security administration. About 1273 farm tenants move each year, with a cash cost near 50 dollars per family, though the total burden to tenants and the public is higher. The FSA seeks to cut this by promoting long term renting and leasing, favoring both landlords and tenants.
Houston Printing Corporation owner W P Hobby announced a $1,000,000 loan from Republic National Bank of Dallas to refinance finances and cover operating expenses. The deed of trust lists the Post newspaper, its plant, goodwill, radio station, news service contracts, ads and the subscription list as security, with 80 first mortgage notes issued and maturing 1939 to 1948.
Joe Burton announces Bible study at 10 am and preaching at 11 am and 6 30 pm with Wednesday Bible study at 7 pm Everyone is invited Christmas Day morning services will replace the usual schedule Sunday school starts 10 15 am The choir will provide music and the sermon will have a Christmas theme There will be no evening service J M Connally urges proper observance through worship
Dr. B Wrenn Webb invites attendance for a Christmas program Saturday evening December 24 at 7 p.m. with songs readings and Santa Claus gifts for Reynolds Presbyterian Home children. A Christmas Meditation at 11 a.m. with no evening service. Families urged to gather.
A child named Little Willie begs for more peaches at dessert, but his mother pins him down with a sharp retort about where peaches come from, quipping that they surely do not grow on trees in the moment.
In a playful exchange, Mrs. Nuwed asks her husband to lend her 20 dollars but only give 10, so they each owe 10 and stay even. The humorous prompt frames a simple loan as a balancing act between spouses.
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