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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1937
Page
3
Publisher tightens pricing and publication details for The Whitewright Sun. Subscription price is 1.50 per year payable in advance and second class mail matter. Notices of entertainments, box suppers, and memorials will be charged at regular rates. Corrections policy offered on any erroneous reflections.
The Roosevelt commission warned that the right to work when and whom one pleases is a core personal liberty. It cautioned government must restrain passions causing disorder and that approval of strikes cannot justify interfering with others’ choice to work. The piece stresses that liberty depends on common sense and common law, not majority power.
Before a special session closed, legislators voted overwhelmingly to outlaw dog race betting and tighten statutes against bookmaking. All forms of race track gambling were banned in one session. The wave of liberalism subsided as Texans realized gambling harms all players, with business leaders leading the protests.
The Denison Herald editorial argues that race track wagering damaged business and morals, predicting the pari mutuel system will not be legalized again. It states none were helped and only a few profited, calling the practice gone for good.
The Garland News denounces the Dallas Journal stance that highways should bypass towns. It cites experiences in New Braunfels Mesquite and others where by-passed towns suffered tax revenue losses and property declines. It argues highways should not bypass small towns and notes local traffic costs.
Governor Earle signals support for Roosevelt in 1940 but condemns rivals and asserts no one matches his stature. The piece notes cabinet chatter over a 1940 bid, Roosevelts stance, and the White House aiming to pressure Congress by reviving third term talk. It portrays the New Deal era as a one man party with Roosevelt central to leadership.
In Indianola 1859 a rumor spread of a slave ship amid strange camels. Two Canary Islanders and Senor Machado cared for 40 camels shipped to Galveston and Sim's Bayou, linked to smuggling. Locals recalled prior camel imports and saw the herd as cover for slave trafficking. The camels, fed on prickly pear, wandered near towns while authorities sought facts about the mystery widow's ship and its caretakers.
A village tale recalls a herd of camels led by Men dez and Gonzales. Watered only twice yearly, the camels frightened horses, bogged in marshes, and were eventually freed to roam the gulf prairies. Cattlemen opposed them, fearing the impact on their steeds.
The Dallas Journal notes a contention that new dealers must renominate the President or accept deflation under the new deal. It asserts there is no second in command and challenges readers to name who that second in command would be.
The average American motorist’s yearly tire bill was over 200 dollars in 1917 and about 15 dollars this year. Only two-fifths of U S businesses are run by corporations with assets over one million. In Italy and Germany hours needed to earn for a car are 8300 and 4054 respectively, 2786 in Sweden, 853 in the United States. A printer today can set up more than five times as much type as in 1890, with five times as many employed. Thirty-three percent of our population earns a living by common labor.
Akron Ohio rubber workers earn the highest average hourly rate among major industries at nearly $1 per hour with 27 percent by skilled labor 25 percent by executive and white collar roles 15 percent by agriculture yet sit-down strikes have been frequent. Household appliance dealers sell on credit 72 percent, furniture dealers 67 percent, auto retailers 58 percent and several other trades below 10 percent. Also quoted are quips about girls and winter skating.
A courtroom exchange features the judge asking if the defendant has appeared before him. The defendant replies with a quip about not knowing the judge’s waking time, creating a light moment amid proceedings.
A visiting co-ed jokes about animal temperaments and student crowds. The mother remarks on streets filled with students, and the co-ed contrasts Jersey mosquitoes with Jersey cows and clarifies that passersby are college men.
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