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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1933
Page
2
Washington officials move ahead with a new cotton production control program for 1934 and possibly 1935, with about 100 million dollars in payments to more than 700 thousand farmers in sixteen states. The plan emphasizes voluntary allotments and parity prices, replacing emergency elements of this year’s program.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Roosevelt era plans to extend a 30 hour week to farmers. Henry A Wallace supports the idea but timetables for farm tasks remain unsettled. Proposed routine includes mornings of milking once daily, noon rest, and evenings of recreation and light tasks.
A heart saving device uses electric current rather than medicine to restore rhythm. A rare ore from California’s Little Tujunga mining district yields a metal as hard as top alloys. Pneumatic tires for rail use are tested in the United States. A nickel chromium alloy white metal for window screens claims equal lifetime to its frame. Water powered fountain pens self ink via a cartridge barrel. A German inventor works on a projector to cast animated cartoons onto clouds.
The Sun invites readers to share details of visitors, social gatherings, or any local news items. The paper aims to publish community happenings and seeks cooperation to inform on prospective visits and parties.
D C Mooring former Oklahoma A&M extension horticulturist says plan for fall gardens now with crops such as beans cabbage carrots corn kale lettuce mustard onions potatoes radishes spinach turnips and more. He lists approximate days to maturity and notes frost tolerance and succession planting for a reliable autumn harvest.
A collage describes life in New York with facts and anecdotes from daily life. It notes measles cases, egg packing, literacy gaps, subway rules, slug use, free lunches, and odd pricing by a dentist and a barber. Heywood Broun took a self described vacation to give readers a rest.
A business man delays advertising citing weak sales. The speaker recalls influenza and grippe as analogies, noting the habit of waiting for a cure before taking medicine, implying parallel faulty timing in business decisions.
The Federal Land Bank of Houston reduces new loan rates to 5 percent as approved by the land bank commissioner. A temporary 4 percent rate applies for five years on loans made before May 12, 1935, with the government subsidizing the difference. Territory covers all of Texas.
The 1930 discovery of Pluto, once thought to be the last major planet, followed by notes that its gravity was suspected earlier. A new German alloy Hydronarium is claimed to rival steel in hardness and aluminum in lightness. The American Museum of Natural History will exhibit a 35 foot long Patagonian snake fossil, said to be 45,000,000 years old.
A reader reports rapid weight gain and rheumatism improving after using Kruschen Salts. After two bottles she weighs 148 pounds from 163 and credits the product with reduced rheumatic pain and increased energy. Kruschen is sold at Kirkpatrick Pharmacy and drugstores. a four week jar costs 85 cents.
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