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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
5
The Whitewright Sun notes a coming dual governorship after next Tuesday and recalls the Grayson County commissioners under Judge Jake Loy cutting salaries and expenses in two meetings. Taxpayers support further economy and reduced government costs.
Jim Waggoner, editor of The Whitewright Sun, argues Texas should reduce its more than 250 counties to about 100 to streamline government and administration. He outlines potential efficiency gains and regional representation considerations.
The piece notes taxpayers’ pain over county consolidation and courthouse costs. It argues the courthouse is a costly “furniture” item and suggests cutting expenses to relieve the tax burden, urging business people to push for constructive reforms.
The Grayson County community mourns multiple deaths as longtime local leaders W H King of Whitewright and G D F Whiting with son Claude Whiting of Bells, and J M Stephens with son Walter Scott Stephens of Tom Bean, pass within days marking a heavy eastern section loss at year’s end.
The Mississippi example draws attention as Governor Conner cuts state expenditures by 9.82 million for two years and enacts strict budget controls. The state faced 31 million in bonded debt plus deficits, and the sales tax is paired with disciplined spending to restore solvency.
The 1931 annual report of the Bureau of Internal Revenue shows over a million individuals left the federal income tax bracket as incomes collapsed from 1929 highs. Taxable returns fell from about 25 billion dollars in 1929 to 12 billion in 1931, with 1932 figures pending March filings.
The article notes total incomes for 1931 likely below 9 billion dollars with corporate earnings dropping more than individuals. About 600,000 corporations reported. around 170,000 had taxable incomes while nearly 270,000 posted non taxable incomes and a combined deficit exceeding 6 billion dollars. The trend suggests further declines for 1932.
A compilation of humorous and clipped editorial quips from multiple papers. Items mock politicians, taxation, and diplomacy, noting Roosevelt Jr., Bolshevik taxation, Prohibition, and a two-hearted man in banking, with stabs at Coolidge and soldiers’ bonuses.
Bruce Catton reflects on Calvin Coolidge as a modest president who won broad affection through a plain, common touch. He notes Coolidge steadied the nation after disillusionment with governors, delivering honest normalcy and a peaceful, unexciting administration. The piece compares his era to harsher times and mourns his passing.
Bruce Barton relays a back pages miscellany from 1932 noting progress in cancer fight as celebrated by the American College of Surgeons. Other items include typhus recovery, a new aircraft searchlight demo at Fort Totten, Nobel medicine prizes, germ entry routes, cod liver oil reduces colds, Crimea dandelion rubber source, and Adler begins medical psychology teaching stint.
A long-forgotten editor’s motto encourages perseverance: when at the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on. A 40-year city businessman notes many failures could have turned to success with one more effort amid two hard years of testing, a time when fire refines gold.
Poem contrasts two kinds of people lifters and leaners. It argues most lean and few lifters exist, urging readers to join the lifters who bear their share of work and responsibility rather than let others carry the load.
Judge Carl Weygandt spared a manslaughter convict from prison by ordering him to support two families. For three years the man worked hard, received promotions, and saw his widow's children graduate and find work. The judge’s patient leniency, guidance, and investigation earned national praise.
A list of mothers whose sons became U S presidents. Notable examples include Mary Washington and Nancy McKinley. The note also cites four fathers who lived to see their sons reach the presidency.
Police Chief Holmes of Niles Center Illinois, famed for fighting auto theft, had his new car stolen while he dined with a friend. The incident underscores his intensified drive against car theft.
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