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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
2
A reflective piece urges perseverance over shifting aims. It contrasts hard work with the grasshopper mind, citing examples of men who toiled hard and built steady livelihoods while warning that indecision leads to failure and lost opportunity.
A classroom exchange explains that a gas flame will not light when the bill is unpaid. The teacher demonstrates with a match over a burner, and the boy answers that the reason is the overdue payment.
The Southland Paper Mills plant in Lufkin is inaugurating a new era in the South with a single unit newsprint mill completing in January and first runs on January 17. It will produce about 50 000 tons yearly from East Texas pine and chemical pulp, using 120 tons of pine and 30 tons of chemical pulp daily. The mill, led by Ernest L. Kurth, will supply newspapers across Texas and the Southwest, with an initial output capable of halving Texas paper demand.
Ernest O. Thompson, a fluent but cautious candidate, backs a five cent per barrel oil tax to fund social security and frames the issue as oil tax versus sales tax. He plans no late campaign blitz, aiming to appeal to the masses with a practical program while navigating past doubts about brilliance.
Thompson shifts stance on civil service, arguing merit system needed. He backs a five cent per barrel oil tax to fund social security, noting Texas mineral royalties history and underutilization of domestic oil. He claims 84 percent of oil goes abroad and advocates taxing production as a fair alternative.
The speaker argues against an oil tax noting most oil is owned out of state in Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia and Chicago while a sales tax would impact Texas residents only. This reflects a focus on regional ownership and tax incidence.
Martin Thomas Manton once the top U S circuit court judge is likely to begin a two year prison term within a week for conspiracy to obstruct justice. The Supreme Court refused review, marking a historic fall in the judiciary. Evidence showed his rulings were influenced by bribes totaling thousands of dollars.
A child asks if a doctor doctoring another doctor must mirror the other doctor’s preferences or if the doctor doing the doctoring uses his own method. The exchange plays on repeated doctoring terms for humorous effect.
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