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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
4
Notice details post office classification and policy on charges for entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees. Memorials resolutions and similar notices incur standard rates. Subscription price listed as 1.50 per year paid in advance. Corrections policy referenced.
The Sun celebrates its 56th birthday and thanks readers, advertisers, and business supporters for their continued confidence. It invites tips and news tips from the public to publish more local items.
A Dallas legislator claims 31 House members back a bill to levy a one cent per gallon processing tax on Texas refined gasoline and repeal the four cent motor fuel tax. The proposal, estimated to raise 87.5 million dollars yearly, would force oil companies to ship crude out of state, risking refinery closures. The writer suggests taxing crude oil at the source as the surest method.
The Howe Messenger reports a possible bill in the upcoming Legislature to transfer all highway traffic control from local authorities to state police. The proposal aims to centralize enforcement and standardize rules across the state.
The Messenger opposes speed trap innovation citing little complaint while The Sun argues traffic deaths can only drop with more state patrols. The piece notes reckless driving beyond speed and praises cameras in some states for proving violations and cites cost concerns of patrols. A farmer questions delayed parity cut news before the AAA cotton referendum and warns elections aren’t safe until votes are counted.
The column jokes that the federal rule naming the husband as head of the household persists while alive, urging women to pop the question within 365 days. It notes leap year offers no extra chance and wryly blames women for not securing marriage.
The article notes Washington's federal workforce expansion from 39,000 in 1917 to about 200,000 projected, with 150,000 current workers earning 26 million dollars monthly, amid heightened defense program restrictions and staffing. It cites Civil Service Commission figures and historical peaks, framing Washington as a de facto Federal city. It also mentions college funding plans requiring monthly payments and refunds if college is not attended.
Stev ens Institute of Technology in Hoboken N J plans a prepaid college program to ease costs by spreading payments over five and a half to eight years. The plan, akin to Bucknell University’s approach, was devised by a trustee considering his two sons education.
Dusty files in the general land office reveal that portions of Colorado Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Louisiana are not parts of the United States under title. Colorado briefly claimed the land by flag. others have not claimed or conquered their no man’s lands.
Dr George Gallup surveyed advertising and found the average smoker believed only 3 cents of the 15 cent price of a cigarette package went to advertising. The result highlights consumer perception of advertising costs in the product price.
The piece argues that about one half cent of a cigarette price funds advertising and supports a large volume that allows a 5 cent pre tax pack to exist. It notes federal taxes take 6c, states add 1e to 5c, and some cities add 1c, while advertising sustains manufacturing costs and distribution.
War Department revises a line from classic poetry to recruit female hostesses for Army camps. The hires, aged 25 to 50, would run service clubs cafeterias and organize social and recreational activities for soldiers and visiting women and children.
Pathfinder reports a flood of about 7000 applications for 99 Army positions in Washington and thousands more to corps area officers. Army chiefs refuse further letters from hopeful aspirants, urging women to refrain from submitting applications.
Churches announce Leroy Anderson pastor leading Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m Dr Wrenn Webb pastor holds 10 a m service Sunday school 10 50 a m Lord s Supper administration plus a Communion meditation 7 p m Evening worship follows.
Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks conducts a communion at 11 a.m. and sermon by the pastor. Evening service at 7 p.m. targets young people and parents. Rev. W. Harrison Baker preaches Friday at the Palace theatre with a church service to follow on the theme The Brotherhood of Man.
Yoakum County commissions authorize a two story jail with 12 cells built without debt and paid for in cash. The project ends a 30 year wait since the old frame jail burned and inmates were sent to Terry County in Brownfield. The area's oil boom boosted county valuation to 20 million dollars.
The Sun invites readers to mail news items weekly, especially from rural routes, signed not for publication to identify contributors. For every ten men in steel, about five remain at work supplying raw materials.
A dad explains to his son that an optimist is someone who does not care what happens as long as it does not happen to them. The line frames optimism as self-protective indifference.
Mortuary services for George Bud Pierce 71 were conducted at 2 30 p m last Thursday at the late residence by Rev E P Wootten. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died at 3 a m Christmas day after a long illness. Born Sept 7 1869 in Morristown Tennessee he moved to Texas in 1900 and to Whitewright in 1920. He was a Baptist. Surviving are two daughters two sisters two brothers five half sisters a half brother and five grandchildren.
Nellie Brown 80 died at her home in Orangeville at 1 30 a m Sunday. Funeral at Orangeville Baptist Church at 2 p m Monday conducted by Rev Dan Vestal and Rev R L Cates. Burial at Porter Cemetery. Surviving children include Sam Brown Desert Mrs Harry Spencer Blue Ridge and several others. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Born June 16 1860 in Fannin County she lived in Orangeville 60 years and was a Primitive Baptist member.
Mrs. N. M. Marshall 63 died at her home after a long illness. Funeral plans were pending with services likely at the Baptist Church in Whitewright. Maiden name Nathan Melissa Holder born December 20 1877 near Paris. Survived by daughter Lizzie Roper two sons Roy Tucker and Tom McCollum a sister and a brother and 17 grandchildren. Also a cooking tip about removing fish odor with baking soda.
Representative-elect John W. Connelly of Trenton Texas, the youngest legislator, denounces calls for no new increased taxes as propaganda by special interests. He vows to work for constituents and the state, noting the need for revenue to fund social security, teacher retirement, aid to the blind, dependent children and other state obligations.
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