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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
1
The Rus sell and Everheart rodeo group announces a wild buffalo will perform at the free rodeo Monday at 10 30 am as the trades day feature in Whitewright. Additional bucking stock and bargains from merchants enhance the event and space east of the trading lot is opened for traders.
Washington observes the Garner faction remains influential in Congress, with Texas chaired committees guiding legislation and key players like Rayburn and Milligan steering the House. A pay-cut vote showed tight party discipline and strategic defections, signaling rebels act only within safe limits while aiming to avoid opposing Roosevelt.
Measles remains prevalent in Texas says State Health Officer Dr. John W. Brown. He urges strict isolation of cases, especially during convalescence, to prevent contagion and protect other children. State law requires cases to be kept from school for 21 days.
Washington reports explain the 60 cent dollar concept and how devaluation affects buying power. The article outlines gold content changes, the potential rise in prices, and the impact on farmers seeking higher dollar returns for crops like cotton and wheat.
DENISON Texas reports the death of James R. Chapman 82 noted civil and electrical engineer who built the Katy railroad from Denison to Whitewright He also supervised Chicago elevated railroads and led London underground electric railways service Chapman began railroad work in 1873 with the Katy survey team including Jim Tobin, now a T and P master mechanic.
The California State Park Commission weighs a plan to create a state park from about one million acres of desert near Brawley. The action would designate the vast arid area as a protected recreation and conservation site under state authority.
Senate bill 1974 seeks government control of cotton farming with annual licensing of ginners, permits for farmers, and apportionment of 500 pound bale quotas. It outlines licensing, enforcement, penalties, and authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate interstate commerce and potential foreign export rules.
A local committee Bryant King Finis Alverson and J W Henry urge Whitewright area farmers to sign cotton acreage reduction contracts at once to avoid last minute rush. Contracts may be signed upstairs over the Roberts Company store until January 31.
A South Dakota editor asks townsfolk why they use newspapers for every matter except advertising. He cites family obituaries, social events, hotel registers and home weddings as examples and urges readers to place ads in the paper.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, coauthor of the Eighteenth Amendment, warned on the Senate floor that prohibition will inevitably return. He argued repeal was driven by propaganda to dodge taxes and that a new campaign to regulate liquor is under way. He likened repeal to placing dynamite on roads and factories and warned of the perils of a legalized saloon.
Denton reports funds from the C. I. L. A. Student Loan Fund will be available to the upper fifty percent of state high school graduates starting in 1934 35. Previously only students who had attended the college for at least one semester qualified. Scholarships will also be offered to the graduate with the highest scholastic average.
Washington report says President Roosevelt intervened to protect peanut seller Steve Zasillakos whose stand at the White House grounds was ordered moved after traffic complaints. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly forwarded the clipping to Stephen Early prompting a presidential inquiry.
The Whitewright library, part of Grayson County’s county library system, will open Friday from 1 to 6 pm with Mrs. A L Jackson in charge. The project, funded by the CWA and overseen by county officials, seeks donations of books and equipment to establish a reading room and circulation in the May building.
The Civil Works Administration moved to employ 500000 more people in rural areas by cutting civil works hours from 30 to 15 per week. Harry Hopkins extended the staggered 2,500 population town rule to all states, noting rural living costs are lower and about half a million workers will see reduced hours.
Greenville businessman Jess Morris announces his bid for Congress from Texas fourth district to oppose incumbent Sam Rayburn. Morris, manager of Greenville Printing Company, vows a rigid campaign and will release his platform after this session of Congress adjourns, within 60 to 90 days.
Vermont voters kept to Republican lines electing Ernest W. Gibson to the Senate and Charles A. Plumley to the House in a low turnout special election. The total vote fell far below 1932 levels, reflecting a restrained political test since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s era began. Separately in Charlotte, North Carolina, workmen repairing a church roof uncovered a beehive with three buckets of honey.
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