Whitewright Sun notes and political items from Texas
The Whitewright Sun summarizes national politics with a cartoon critique of the Republican convention in Cleveland and a quip about Roosevelt. It mentions Kal Segrist’s penny postcard campaign for agriculture commissioner and announces Roosevelt’s Grayson County visit with a Denison stop and a Democratic reception. It also notes summer arrivals in the area and an admonition about paid notices and corrections.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Kal Segrist
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kal
Texas
Segrist
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grayson County
Denison
Rabies Efforts in Corsicana Highlight Dog Control
The Bonham Favorite reports Corsicana treated over 100 people for rabies this year. The city has culled 400 stray dogs, vaccinated 500 more, and the McKinney Examiner notes a push to kill about 1,000 stray dogs.
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Corsicana
Bonham Favorite
McKinney Examiner
The New Unemployed Youth Employment Outlook
The National Youth Administration estimates that at least five million Americans aged 16 to 25 will seek summer work. The figure combines about four million already unemployed with an added 1,000,000 high school graduates and 130,000 to 140,000 college graduates. The article notes many of these youths will seek jobs this season.
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National Youth Administration
Youth employment outlook praised by officials
The government agency reports best prospects for young graduates in five years as employers favor high school and college trained youths. Despite high unemployment, youth should continue education, since the best prepared individuals reach gainful employment first, per the Clarksville Times.
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Clarksville Times
Success and Income Of Yale Graduates In 1930s Study
John Tunis surveyed Yale graduates twenty five years after leaving college asking for their earnings. Of those who replied the average income was $4,432 yearly with doctors and some lawyers earning more. The richest group were corporate lawyers at $8,250 while farmers averaged under $1,000. Some professions varied greatly and the overall class average of employed men was about $4,500. The piece notes many value money less than happiness and cites national income context.
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John Tunis
Yale
Mr. Tunis
Denison Herald
Ashurst amendment would centralize federal power over economy
The Dallas News comments on Senator Ashurst's proposal to amend the Constitution to extend Congress authority over agriculture, commerce, industry, and labor, arguing it would shift power toward a centralized federal government and limit state sovereignty, while warning against relying on Supreme Court rulings to drive such change.
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United States
Ashurst
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Union of
States
Congress
Supreme Court
Dallas News
Helpful Hints From An Odd Kitchen Note
A collage of odd food tips and stray quotes notes fat can be used to make soap cocoa should be cooked in water before milk added a sandwich spread blends peanut butter mayonnaise onion avoid hot foods in fridge and mix salads with a fork the fragment references a doctor and a car sale to pay bills
Yeury Seeks Grayson County Tax Assessor-Collector
Grayson County candidate Yeury visited Whitewright and had his name placed in the Sun political column. His formal announcement will appear later. He aims to meet voters personally and asks for their vote and influence. A member of a pioneer Gray son County family, he has not run before but served three years as deputy sheriff under Sheriff J Benton Davis.
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Collier Yeury
Grayson County
Whitewright
Yeury
Sun
The
Yeary
J. Benton Davis
Prisons Fail At Reforming, Says Officer
Portland Oregon report quotes Charles M Charlton a federal probation officer with over six decades near people on society s edge He argues first offenders are not hardened criminals and should be supervised not jailed He advocates work programs on probation to prevent crime while recommending penitentiaries for confirmed criminals He cites interactions with many offenders including Harry Tracy the North
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Portland
Orc
Charles M. Charlton
Charlton
Harry Tracy
North
Bride Buying Feudal Customs Rise in Far Soviet Regions
In Daghe stan and Central Asia, ancient practices like underage and forced marriages, wife beating, and bride purchasing persist. Kommissioner Khazkevitch notes socialist industry and collective farms lift women into public roles, but educational work remains weak. Reports cite multiple cases, including murders and lax judicial response, with bride prices from 1000 to 1600 dollars. A special commission was empowered to combat this.
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Moscow
Daghestan
Uzbekistan
Tujkistan
Alexander Khazkevitch
Nationalities
Khazkevitch
Izvestia
Merkrath
Supreme Court
Kasumkentsky
Tadjakistan
Presidium
Central Executive Committee
West's No. 1 bad man Tracy escapes Oregon State Penitentiary
Tracy, once Oregon State Penitentiary's notorious escapee, fled in 1906 and later haunted Oregon and Washington. Surrounded by a posse, he died by his own hand. Charlton praises his work cure, noting less than four percent of first offenders under supervision relapse, arguing penitentiaries do not reform though probation sometimes does.
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West
Tracy
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon
Washington
Charlton
Oddities of the Era Across Cities and Courts
A man collapses in a St Louis soup line with 396 in his pockets and nearly 5000 in bank funds. Chicago antiwar rallies are marred by clashes. Dandridge Tennessee residents collect 5 bills from flood strewn trees. Congress allocates Treasury funds for coin abrasion though no gold coins circulate. WPA chief Hopkins praised by hoboes as supreme sir knight. Chicago charity plans a 100000 luxury shelter for stray animals. New York court orders a wife to support her estranged husband. An estranged wife calls 900 monthly alimony insufficient. Lexicographer Sir William Craigie traces backwoods to Virginia.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Dandridge
Tenn
Congress
Treasury
WPA
Hopkins
Hoboes of America
New York
Everybody Has Some Pet Superstitions
A compact survey of common beliefs about luck. The list covers bad luck and good luck sayings such as walking under ladders, black cats, mirrors, umbrellas indoors, seating thirteen, and other superstition probes. It reads like a folklore clipping of cautions and folk wisdom.
After Edward-Who Should a Plague Rise in England
The Sun notes the line of royal succession, listing the Duke of York as next in line after King Edward, followed by the Duke’s daughters Elizabeth and Margaret, then the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent. The infant Prince Edward, Princess Mary, and Viscount Lascelles are also named as future successors.
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England
Edward
Duke of York
Elizabeth
Margaret Rore
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward
Princess Royal
Mary
George Henry Hubert
Viscount Lascelles
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