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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
4
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After twenty three years editing The Sun the editor departs Sunday for Austin to join the Legislature amid a stormy 44th session. Glenn Doss will oversee operations in the editor’s absence and asks readers to support him. The publisher wishes readers a happy prosperous year and notes the change from newspaper work for a few months.
The United States Chamber of Commerce calls on the NRA to let the industry set its own competition rules. It recalls that industry once fixed its own rules by employing women and children at wages as low as fifty cents a week.
The 1934 Lindbergh baby case returns to center stage as Bruno Hauptmann goes to trial in Flemington New Jersey. News coverage expects the proceedings to monopolize daily front pages and a planned radio broadcast was blocked to protect public welfare.
The governor faces criticism for pardoning the sole conviction in a 4 year old lynching and courthouse fire in Grayson County. Though many were indicted, only one received two years for arson and rioting, while the mob participants avoided punishment.
A Republican senator drafts a bill removing postmasters and postal officials from politics except the postmaster general. He seeks civil service for appointments, criticizing past claims of civil service while noting favoritism in selecting from the top eligibles. He warns the plan faces Democratic administrations and questions its political viability.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration announces that unemployables on its rolls will be returned to state responsibility. Harry L Hopkins defends the policy, noting the prior local care for aged and infirm, while critics cite the vast rise in unemployables and the impact on those with savings or relatives who previously supported them. Hopkins argues the dole cannot continue forever, but urges continued support for the unemployables and dependents, estimated at four million.
Dallas Times Herald argues inflation would hurt the majority. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma defends lowering dollar value to gold, but the piece notes wages rise slower than prices, higher living costs, reduced value of life insurance, and higher medical costs, with no record of inflation aiding most citizens.
A parable about a man and his furnace contrasts with a merchant cutting ad spend. The city improved access to Oak Hill Cemetery with better drainage, bank and driveway work, using city equipment and labor. Additional streets to the cemetery in East Whitewright are part of the ongoing program.
When bristles loose their stiffness wash in warm soapy water with sugar lemon juice soda and salt. Shake to mix then dry quickly. Do not rinse the brush.
The normal portion is placed on a plate and covered with an inverted plate. A pan of boiling water is kept underneath to create moisture and gentle heat that preserves the meat’s softness juiciness and appeal.
Frank Kraft and Will Meadow reported from Kraft Phenix Company plants in Carlisle Arkansas Houston Mississippi and Water Valley Mississippi that winter feed shortages reduced milk output. Daily receipts fell from 44 000 to 8 000 pounds in Houston and from 30 000 to 4 000 pounds in Water Valley while Bonham plant milk intake nearly doubled since opening. Meadow urged trench silos for Fannin County and Kraft announced an early year dairying education program focusing on silos.
Mrs. Louisa Jane Compton dies at 12 30 a m Wednesday at Gainesville home of daughter A O Clack after three year paralysis. Born October 25 1861 in Kentucky. survived by three daughters C A Wilson Whitewright A O Clack Gainesville E M Townsley Dallas and son J B Compton Dallas. Funeral Thursday at 3 p m at C A Wilsons home with Rev. G C Minor officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers C A Wilson Bruce May Wirt May Josh May Weldon Wilson Boss Piatt.
Julius A Robbins aged 79 died Sunday at St Vincent's Sanitarium Sherman after three months illness. Funeral services were held Monday at the residence three miles west of town conducted by Rev Cleophus Chumbley. Interment in Vittitoe Cemetery. Survived by wife Melissa and several children including Claude Robbins Kentuckytown W A Robbins Ablcene O M Brown Kentuckytown Maude Smith Roswell J F Gant Sherman and numerous grandchildren. Robbins born January 24 1855 in North Carolina came to Grayson County in 1901.
Winnipeg report cites discovery of 10 grams of uraninite near Point du Bois, with Dr J S Delury stating two independent groups using different methods converge on a Earth age of about 1 725 000 years. He notes small mineral quantities limit future research.
The number of tuberculosis cases registered in Moscow declined fourfold during the six years ending in 1933, reflecting a significant drop in recorded illness in the city.
A germ carried by a flea from rats to humans transmits bubonic plague, explaining the disease pathway and how infection occurs in people.
The year 1935 brings a call to faith and action urging church school and home to cooperate for youth development. The column notes work ethics, church attendance, and the role of teachers and ministers while inviting readers to attend services and report 1934 attendance. It stresses threefold development physical mental spiritual and the need for unified community effort.
Marion North Carolina Albert Teester a backwoodsman who allowed a rattlesnake to bite him three times to demonstrate faith says he would repeat the act if God directs him and if it would restore faith in His word He believes divine healing would follow and he would recover from the bites Teester now travels as a wandering preacher seeking opportunities to spread his message nationwide.
An evangelist who recovered from a rattlesnake bite last summer left his mountain cabin and conducted revival services in Ohio. He has returned to North Carolina where he continues evangelistic services.
Representative Miller of Arkansas drafted an amendment to the Bankhead Act proposing a minimum allotment of five bales of cotton to each family head grower. The plan aims to reduce inequalities in administration and relieve hardships on tenants and sharecroppers. The five bales would be exempt from taxation under the Bankhead Act.
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