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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
12
Notice lists admission fees for entertainments and box suppers with standard rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect will be charged. J. H. Waggoner is publisher and Glenn Doss managing editor. Subscription is $1.50 yearly. The paper will correct erroneous reflections upon request.
Analyzing the Iceland base proposal shows the isolationist critique blaming the President for bypassing Congress. The piece cites past actions, from Taft to Roosevelt, to argue executive action often precedes formal approval and asserts immediate moves protect American safety over lengthy deliberation.
Burlington Vermont. Tilden Young age 96 registers for civil defense in Vermont and comments there has been too much hot air in this war. Typewriter carbon at Sun office.
Walter Duffey recalls Fort Worth editor Walter Duffey and Mangus oil boom days with colorful town gossip and sharp political shots. He recounts a wedding spoof about Jim Zilch and Georgiana Thistle and recalls a stubbornly diverse slate of local characters and campaigns.
Joseph W. Lancaster 23 died in a Bowie hospital from an infection tracing to an abrasion on his right index finger while playing his guitar. Funeral held Friday. he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will F. Lancaster of Bowie.
J B Orr a negro from the Pilot Grove area southwest of Whitewright was charged with murder after the shotgun killing of Byron Stinnett a 39 year old negro at 1 a m Sunday in front of Orrs home The charge was filed Monday in the court of Jess Wall justice of the peace in Sherman W H Horton Whitewright justice held an inquest before the court proceedings continued
Sherman police were praised for cleanliness by two state rangers invited by Gov. W Lee O Daniel after a Sherman woman complained about law enforcement. One officer told Chief Les Tribble that Sherman was the cleanest town he had inspected in his tenure.
The Rangers arrived Friday and conducted a discreet probe before city officers learned of their presence. They spoke with Mr. Tribble after presenting a letter from a local woman alleging various irregularities and a citywide tolerance for gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging. The Rangers said their checks found no undue law violations.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, a veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars, told J C Coppage of Plainview Texas that at 25 he would join the Navy or Marines. He urged accepting responsibilities and said he will address the Legion of Valor meeting at Fort Sheridan Illinois next Monday with remarks to be broadcast nationally.
Washington announces a tentative program to slash output of automobiles, mechanical refrigerators, and household laundry equipment by up to 50 percent over the next year. Auto production would fall 20 percent in the next three months and 50 percent thereafter, refrigerators 50 percent, and washing machines 30 percent below the last year’s average.
At the Fifteenth Texas District American Legion convention in Edinburg on Sunday a unanimous resolution denounced Senators Wheeler and Nye and Charles A. Lindbergh for attempting to create disunity and confusion in the country.
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