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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun published weekly on Thursdays with J H Waggoner as publisher and Glenn Doss as editor. Subscription is 1.50 per year in advance, mail entered as second class. notices of entertainments box suppers and benefits with admission fees are charged at regular advertising rates. corrections will be printed upon notification.
Aline Mechae writes of trusting tomorrow through change and doubt. The verse urges faith that future gifts may lift spirits, open cheerful vistas, and bring better experiences beyond current seasons of loss and uncertainty.
Lieut Frank M Kreml a Dallas based traffic expert with the International Association of Police Chiefs cautions smug drivers who believe they are safe because they have not yet had an accident He notes that statistics show 70 percent of those in fatal crashes had no prior reportable incident and warns that their number is up.
A Progressive Farmer editorial calls for a broader, more balanced South. It argues the region overemphasizes brawn over brain, agriculture over industry, plant over animal production, profit over saving, and elite education over economic independence, urging reforms to lift all classes.
Citizens express anger over the surge of regulation in the United States and anticipate mounting political reaction as policy actions draw scrutiny and debate across communities.
The Leon County News reprints a Tennessee bill proposing limits on bacon size. It bars slicing bacon shorter than one and seven eighths inches or thinner than one thirty seconds of an inch. The paper notes constitutional questions and doubt it will cut prices, urging alarm for anti-regulators.
In a column by O. O. McIntyre in Fort Worth, retirement thresholds vary by age with $200,000 at 4 percent cited for an $8,000 yearly income, $500,000 for a carefree life, and a 61 year old doubting a million is reachable. He recalls a banker once worth $50,000 to $75,000, noting era changes from horse and buggy to modern costs.
A playful compilation of humorous definitions and wry quotes. It pairs wit with wordplay, offering witty takes on courtship, widowhood, Mugwump birds, brickbats, a Gandhi table joke, a four person quartet, and a timeless view of love and behavior.
The text emphasizes that thinking rightly is the key to achievement. It argues that progress comes from constructive thoughts, which act as rungs on a ladder to rise higher in one's career. It frames thinking as the essential driver of improvement and advancement.
In San Francisco three men Jack Monroe Nicol Smith and Leonard Clark sail to investigate a legend of men with tails and to record Loi music while aiming to map inland areas of Hainan Island near French Indo China and to capture a bear unseen by whites, as part of a promotional notice for Whitewright printing.
Forest R. Martin of Denver says he enlisted at age 11 in 1917 becoming the United States Army's youngest soldier during World War I. He served with the 109th Engineers at Camp Cody, was honorably discharged after months, later paralyzed from a fall, and now seeks a birth record to prove he was born in Creston, Iowa on June 28, 1906.
Col. E. O. Thompson, railroad commissioner, said Texas now faces the biggest drilling campaign the world has seen. He cited 6,000 wells drilled this year and 12,500 last year, with 69,000 producing wells statewide and crude sales around 45 million dollars annually. Recovery from wells was reported at 97 percent.
Atlantic City report notes a new optical test measuring visual purple vitamin A fluid in eye rods. About 10 percent of motorists may suffer night blindness despite daylight vision being normal. The fluid shifts with lighting, explaining delayed adaptation in darkness. The Sun sells typewriter carbon.
Fort Sam Houston reports new training memos for 1937-38 that place recruits in dedicated units for four to six weeks before joining regular formations. During early weeks they skip K P and fatigue duties, learning basics of combat, marksmanship, marching, and obedience, with later focus on proficiency and ceremonial conduct. The program ends with eligibility to join fellow soldiers.
The Heart of America Hay Fever Club urges state and federal laws to compel farmers and property owners to destroy noxious weeds at roots. Dr D M Nigro says eradication of green plants on lawns and pastures could minimize or wipe out the yearly hay fever season. The club seeks WPA state director cooperation and has written to President Roosevelt requesting government action.
Texas received 250 tons of mill run feed 750 tons of sawdust and 10 000 gallons of sodium arsenate from the Federal Government to combat grasshoppers Extension Department announced. Entomologists warn the pest may rival the 1924 outbreak with worst in Northwestern and Central Texas counties including Dallam Hartley Sherman Carson Hemphill Wheeler Collingsworth Cottle Haskell Throckmorton Wichita Kaufman Bosque McCulloch Limestone Brazos Dallas Washington McLennan Lipscomb.
Denver, Mrs. Mary A. Barry, a widow, drew a $30 monthly pension from the Denver Bureau of Public Welfare for six months. After her death, officials found she had $40,000 deposited in a local bank.
Sherman reports the county will keep its 85 cent tax rate on the $100 assessed value for 1937, despite higher bonded debt from a new courthouse and WPA road aid. Budget work for 1938 begins July 1, with adoption planned in late summer. An increased valuation is expected to provide revenue for debt payments.
Fort Worth cattle magnate Guy Waggoner told friends in Colorado Springs he will move his business interests out of Texas due to high taxes and the repeal of race track betting. He left for his ranch between Guy and Tucumcari, N M, after visiting with A W Marksheffel. Friends expect gradual withdrawal from Texas to Colorado and New Mexico with plans to develop agriculture and horse breeding on the New Mexico ranch.
Collier Yeary predicted as sessor-collector. Columbia University scientists have created an artificial sun to demonstrate how much sunlight would enter proposed buildings at various hours using model simulations.
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