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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
6
Agriculture Department reports Texas farm crop value for 1936 at 384,052,000 up from 364,137,000 in 1935. Acres harvested increased to 26,116,000. Cotton remains leading crop with value 173,755,000 on 11,829,000 acres. California tops state values at 427,988,000.
In Columbus Ohio the State Tax Commission ruled that popcorn is a taxable commodity under the Ohio sales tax law while ice cream remains a tax exempt food.
The Sun promotes discounts on daily and Sunday newspaper plans. Dallas Morning News offers daily and Sunday options at $7.95 per year, or daily-only at $6.95. Denison Daily Herald $3.65 yearly. Fort Worth Star Telegram $6.95 yearly. Dallas Times Herald $5.95 yearly for daily and Sunday. The Sun advertises club offers and many national magazines.
The American Federation of Labor cites estimates showing high sickness costs for families and urges a federal commission to draft sickness insurance as part of social security. President Green says no social security program is complete without sickness provisions.
Sherman report shows Gray son County vehicle registrations near 15,000 by Dec 14 with 14,898 total. The Cannon George compiled figure tops the state highway department’s file as it feeds into a U S bureau of public roads study of Texas highway development.
Washington officials anticipate a 20 percent further cut in the WPA work relief program as President Roosevelt seeks a deficiency appropriation of about 500 million dollars. WPA projects would employ about 1.9 million people through June 30, with current rolls near 2.38 million and funds lasting to around January 20.
Washington. The White House announced Thomas E. Qualters, Massachusetts state trooper and former Notre Dame football player, as personal body guard to President Roosevelt succeeding the late Gus Gemerich. The selection followed a suggestion by James Roosevelt, the President’s eldest son, who also used Qualters as his bodyguard in the recent campaign.
Bragg Oklahoma once hosted two banks two cotton gins and a large hotel shipping 5000 bales of cotton and 150 carloads of sweet potatoes by 1920. A 1934 survey for Resettlement Administration land purchase shows both banks and the hotel and one gin closed with under 500 bales of cotton passing the remaining gin. Officials cite soil erosion as a major factor in the decline.
Christmas requests from Texas kids beg for trains wagons toys and candy. Names Billy Ward Evans Patsy Ruth Cooper Larry Connely Cooper Dorothy Head and Cassie Goodnight appear with requests for gifts including trains a red wagon a red tricycle a cowboy gun set a dump truck a doll scissors crayons and candy.
In a humorous exchange, Dale asks who truly leads the home. Doc replies that his wife rules the children, servants, dog, cat, and canary, while he can still direct the goldfish with few limits.
Noting a casual exchange, a man asks Mabel to check the gas gauge. The woman muses the indicator reads half, debating whether it signifies half full or half empty, reflecting uncertainty about the tank’s level.
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