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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
4
Notices from the Whitewright Texas post office indicate second class mail status and charges for entertainments box suppers memorials and resolutions. Association J H Waggoner Glenn Doss publisher and editor listed.
Publication details state weekly issues published each Thursday with a annual subscription price of 1.50 dollars payable in advance. The paper promises full correction if any reflection harms character or reputation and is brought to the publisher’s attention.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports Senator Wheeler accuses President Roosevelt of rejecting a German peace overture after Poland’s fall while praising Goering and Mussolini. The piece questions Wheeler’s anti Roosevelt stance and whether his loyalties lie with Berlin or America.
The official count gave Governor O'Daniel a 1 311 vote lead over Lyndon Johnson, with 254 vote variance from the unofficial Bureau tally. The Texas Election Bureau reported 534 921 of 575 870 votes on election night and credited 40 000 unaccounted votes as rural boxes arrived, shifting the margin. The bureau's accuracy reflected its value as a news gathering agency, aided by 90 member papers transmitting returns from 254 counties to a central office.
The editorial urges Dallas County to study adopting a professional county manager form to centralize authority, improve department cooperation, and boost tax collection, arguing a skilled manager would reduce politics and inefficiency. It cautions against inertia and notes potential cost savings from business methods.
A veteran Texas criminal lawyer defends a man charged with auto theft while a West Texas murder trial unfolds. The attorney hurries back to court after a hotel-room wardrobe check, finds no watch, and learns his partner took it. The judge allows unlimited argument time as the case proceeds.
Fragmentary text shows tensions over executorship and guardianship with Rudolph named executor and bond concerns. Mentions of Gustav, Judge, and payments to secure outcomes. Local social notes include visits by Elmer and Melvin Anderson and recovery update for Mrs. R Hill after St. Vincent's Hospital.
Dallas officials announce indictments for mail fraud tied to the Byrne Airplane School. Harry Edward Byrne, operator, and two employees Alfred A Reynolds and William Miller were charged over a scheme defrauding 30 youths. Byrne previously led Tyler Commercial College and later ran Byrne College and School of Commerce in Dallas.
The area saw another heavy rain over the weekend helping corn crops while cotton farmers fear continued damp cloudy conditions. Lee Alexander of Camp Bowie is on furlough visiting his brother and family. Several locals, including J. T. Williams of Sylvester and B. E. Hunter of Brownfield, are visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Leonard Jones and Mr and Mrs Harlie Howell called on Freeman Lambert at Ector.
Harvard sociologist Carle C. Zimmerman urged Americans to raise birth rates at the Harvard summer school conference Tomorrow's Children. He warned that a weakened family life would hamper wartime effort and called for immediate increases in the birth rate with couples having third and fourth children sooner and young people starting families now.
Orange Representative Dies departs for Washington saying there will be no inquiry into the recent Senate race. He adds he has said all there is to reveal and that facts would emerge if a fearless investigation were conducted.
Austin report shows 446 Negro selectees for the 21st call. Inductions set for August 4 and 28. Texas net quota after May 15 stands at 29,298 for future calls with 1,887 more inducted since then.
Washington reports the WPA estimates 5,000,000 people would be unemployed in fiscal year 1942. Carrington Gill, assistant WPA commissioner, told a House committee that the agency can provide only about 1,000,000 jobs. He warned that by summer one third of American industry may face guns versus butter.
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports July 1 farm wages at an 11 year high at 160 percent of the 1910 14 average. Wages rose 16 percent since April 1 and 24 percent since harvest last year with Kansas showing the largest gain up 1.10 to 3.05 per day.
A quoted quip says that if every word spoken in a day were printed, readers would tire of conversation. The piece then asserts that Thomas Jefferson was a failure as a public speaker.
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