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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
6
A father writes a stern yet affectionate letter to his son about an auto accident and the shared blame of the Other Fellow. He notes the driver’s boss’s mercy, tallies fines, and warns that politeness saves lives more than wide roads or brakes. The piece links manners, driving, and fatality rates to civic responsibility and family example.
In Sundance Wyoming a tin wall over a mile long and six inches wide protected a small Black Hills town from Mormon crickets sweeping from Bear Lodge forests. A secondary barrier trapped the insects, with thousands destroyed by poison and fire while the rest redirected to nearby grain fields and pastures. Farmers sprayed oil and plowed furrows to slow the invasion, preventing widespread crop damage.
Secretary Perkins announced that unemployment registered with the United States Employment Service reached a record low for June. Private employment was tied for second highest on record, with 224,692 private jobs filled. New applications fell from June of last year, and total job seekers registered dropped to 5,016,014, a 5.5 percent month‑over‑month decline and 22.8 percent year‑over‑year decrease.
Captain Moseley Baker commanded Company D of the Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. The Beeville Picayune chronicle details his two conflicts with Samuel Houston, Baker’s recruitment of 120 men, and his stand at San Felipe preventing a retreat. It notes Baker’s later feud with Houston, rooted in past accusations and revenge, and identifies Fayette, Colorado, and Washington County residents in his unit.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor asked its executive council to decide in August two key questions in the battle with John Lewis' committee on industrial organization. The first asks whether to push industry wide union organization in addition to traditional craft unions, and the second whether to propose a permanent dues increase to fund the fight for labor leadership. Some AF of L units, such as the...
Electrical Workers pressure to meet Lewis by offering induction memberships as unions were asked last May to double national contributions. The United Mine Workers international board, linked to both Lewis and Green, met to decide if Green should be ousted, accusing him of treason for aiding the AFL in its battle against CIO during labor conflicts.
Ned the monkey at the Nebraska Humane Society Shelter has adopted a two day old coal black puppy and learned to feed it with bread in milk. Now Ned tries to teach the pup to climb a tree but the eager youngster remains grounded as Ned grows anxious and puzzled by the failure. Thousands of gypsies roam the Balkans.
The Toltec religion was intimately connected with astronomy, reflecting a culture in which celestial knowledge shaped spiritual beliefs and ceremonial life. Strong ties linked sky observation to ritual timing and cosmology.
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