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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
7
New York report notes W C Durant contest entries suggesting torture for liquor law breakers. Proposals include hanging by the tongue on an airplane, electrocution, exile, and even distribution of poisoned liquor via bootleggers, with some proposing walls and sea-sick devices.
Boston inventor Henry Lotz showed Charleston navy yard officers a practical submarine rescue device. Miniature pontoon models attach to submarine bows and sterns, with folding hull hooks and float-linked chains to lift the vessel to the surface. Air lines and buoyant pontoons raise the submerged craft.
The Railroad Commission authorized Dixie Motor Coaches to acquire 240 miles of North Texas motor bus lines, making it Texas second largest system. The Delaware company plans to operate lines from Greenville to Denison, Paris to Sherman, and Denton routes to Fort Worth Dallas Ardmore and more. A. P. Barrett leads Dixie Motor Coaches and Texas Air Transport.
The United States Public Health Service plans a conference in Washington with state health officials, leading scientists, and private practitioners to plan for current and future influenza epidemics. Invitations have been sent to health officials from forty eight states and twelve large cities. Prominent influenza experts are expected to attend.
An advert claims 6060 as the fastest remedy for colds grippe flu dengue bilious fever and malaria, listing it as a universal speedy treatment.
The NAACP reports a record low lynching total for the year, nine nationwide, down from 175 in 1889. Georgia records zero lynchings while Mississippi leads with three, followed by Louisiana and Texas with two each, Missouri and New Mexico with one each.
Miss M Louise Gross head of the Women’s Committee for Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment distributed New Year cards urging a prosperous year through liquor manufacture. The greeting asked anti prohibition women to wish a happy year via bootleggers and speakeasies and stated that if national prohibition were wanted there would be no need for such establishments.
In 1897 New York City had 252 telephone names as the Bell system expanded. The article highlights rapid growth of telephones in use and underscores the early stage of telephonic service in the city.
The Tyler Courier-Times notes the U S telephone network now numbers 15 906 550 in use and argues today’s necessity stems from its vital, complex role in a developed society. It recalls forty nine years ago when the instrument was rare and unreliable, mainly owned by the wealthy.
Fire swept through the southeast section of Paris destroying nine dwellings. Firemen fought the flames for about a quarter hour after 4 p m and again after a second outbreak caused by a brisk southwest wind. One firefighter was severely injured as crews saved nearby homes. The blaze was controlled by 5 15 p m in two sections.
Firemen credited with preventing greater loss after two houses burned on East Herron Street and seven more in a nearby crowded residence four blocks northeast. A lull in the wind aided the effort.
Short notice item from The Sun announces availability of typewriter paper packaged in 25 cent bundles at the newspaper office.
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