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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
1
About fifty San Antonio women met in Texas on May 30 to adopt a resolution withdrawing from all public activities in response to Bexar County's vote against the equal suffrage amendment. They will continue work in clubs and homes while leaving outside public work to men. A mass meeting is planned for next Thursday to discuss the action.
Plans for a large welcome in San Antonio as the Nineth Division units arrive were announced. Red Cross canteen committees will aid in homecoming celebrations with hundreds of relatives and friends expected to attend.
Howard Wilcox of Indianapolis won the seventh annual 500 mile sweepstakes at the Speedway with a 5 hour 44 minute 21.72 second time earning 20000 dollars. Ralph DePalma set early records, but finished sixth as Arthur Thurman died in a crash and Louis Lecocq and R Bandini perished in a fire. The event drew about 125000 spectators with top prizes totaling 50000 dollars for the first ten drivers.
The First National Bank of Trenton has taken over the district good roads bonds and work will start once preliminaries are arranged. Commissioners have not yet decided road locations. Due to high labor and material costs, few miles will be built, but $25,000 federal plus $40,000 local funds will provide a fair mileage.
The article profiles Sergeant Alvin C. York of Pall Mall Tennessee as a national figure for his WWI exploits in the Argonne. York led a small detachment killing twenty Germans and capturing 132 prisoners while silencing 56 machine gun nests. He faced religious doubt but chose to serve, accepting the draft and fighting in France as a conscientious objector turned soldier.
The American Relief Administration led by Herbert Hoover announces that the Food Administration cancels all rules and price controls on the cotton seed industry and related products effective May 31. It notes most cotton seed from last season already sold at stabilized prices and remaining products near average stock levels, eliminating the need for continued control.
President Wilson stood in the Suresnes cemetery near Paris on Memorial Day and urged opponents of the League of Nations to heed the standards of the new order. He warned that revival of war would lead to another, final conflict and praised the dead for dying for freedom. He also commended French women for tending the graves of allied soldiers.
A new time card on the Katy improves train service at Whitewright. The Limited, moved back to the Katy, arrives from the north at 5 55 am and stops on flag for Dallas. All trains southbound stop at Whitewright except the Texas Special. northbound trains arrive 10 12 am and 10 05 pm while the Flyer and Texas Special do not stop here.
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