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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
2
Washington expects a 1929 style business surge this fall if strikes end by Labor Day. Retail buying may set records despite economic uncertainty. Employment remains high, farm prices are strong, and government revenue rose 40 plus percent in the first half of the fiscal year.
Louisville teen James Baker, 19, won a local $100 model car design contest but lost his regular job after spending three months building the model. He said he stayed up late and was sleepy at work, which led to his dismissal from the furniture store.
Texas relief rolls fall from 1,200,000 to 46,616 while federal aid tops $1,000,000 monthly in food and clothing. Government surplus purchases keep food prices steady, CCC enrollments total more than New York, and cash back to families reaches $450,000. Relief staff drops to 34 under Adam R. Johnson as relief programs stabilize state economy.
Virgil E. Arnold a 45 year old Houston attorney and legislator announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor in next year’s primaries. He emphasizes prohibition as the paramount issue, opposes liquor traffic and beer sales, places labor concerns second, and defends the U.S. Supreme Court while criticizing changes to constitutional rights.
Los Angeles report cites Dr. Alva Davis of UCLA predicting vegetables could disappear from human diets as energy might be obtained directly from the sun. The item ends with an advertisement urging readers in Whitewright to save money.
Washington report notes about 20 000 workers who turned 65 since January 1 are eligible for lump sum Social Security payments of 3 percent of earnings since 1937. As of June 20, 1941, 4 419 claims certified, 5 342 pending, 104 disallowed. many eligible have not filed. Estates of deceased workers may receive payments. one Texas official received 192.50 posthumously. A Pennsylvania executive claimed 270 for three 3 percent shares.
President Roosevelt signed a contract with a New York publisher to issue The State Papers and Addresses of Franklin D Roosevelt. The initial five volumes come in spring 1938, starting with The Seeds of the New Deal covering his New York governorship. Subsequent volumes will cover his first four years in office and annual updates thereafter.
Washington reports a new Farmers Home Corporation will provide low interest loans to tenant farmers to buy farms. The act authorizes up to 50 million dollars annually for loans and sub marginal land purchases. Loans carry 3 percent interest with 40 year terms secured by farm liens. The program targets farm tenants and laborers with ownership aid, rehabilitation loans, and debt adjustment support.
In Bombay synthetic ivory from casein is challenging elephant tusks. Real ivory values have fallen 30 percent in seven to eight years, averaging 2 to 4 dollars per pound. Indian carvers, often self-taught, work from wood to coconut fretwork to ivory, earning nine cents to 75 cents daily.
On advice from his special committee, the Government was urged to buy farms and resell to tenant farmers to guard against speculation. Although many Congress members opposed government land involvement, the bill passed by using ordinary banking methods to loan to individual tenants. The government corporation would loan the full value of the farm to be purchased, a departure from standard practices.
The Agriculture Department estimated China's 1937 cotton crop including Manchuria could reach about 4,000,000 bales of 500 pounds each. Shanghai reported plantings 10 to 15 percent above last year and yields plausibly above recent averages, aided by favorable weather. If realized, China would challenge India for second place behind the United States in world cotton production. Apple jelly gains lime juice to improve flavor.
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