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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces a subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance and publication details. Notices of entertainments with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates and memorials or resolutions will also incur charges. The paper offers corrections for any erroneous reflections upon persons or firms upon notification to the publishers.
Western railroads observe Railroad Week June 10 to 15 to publicize improved freight and passenger services. They cite $19,000,000 spent on air conditioning for principal trains, historic low passenger fares, better freight service, and safer, faster travel amid bus and rail competition.
The Humble Oil Company announces a 5 percent blanket wage increase for workers, seen as a humane response to rising living costs. The move follows Henry Ford’s wage hike and is viewed as a barometer of improving business conditions as major firms likely join. Retail food prices remain well below 1929 levels but above 1933, underscoring wage growth lag.
The piece argues that marble machines are gambling if players expect returns, while pure entertainment from inserting a nickel is not gambling. It notes state power to destroy licensed machines may conflict with license law and hints that destroying machines after payment could amount to compounding a crime.
The Dallas Journal condemns taking money from law-breakers under the pretense of permitting law breaking. It argues licensing should align with legality, insisting that if something is licensed it must be lawful, and if not lawful it should not be licensed. It questions how else to view the issue and calls for accountability.
The Dallas Journal argues that expanding pensions beyond veterans to civil servants teachers police officers and firefighters risks swelling the pension rolls and burdening private citizens. It suggests a universal old age pension as a fairer long term solution.
A survey of one thousand successful men shows diverse beginnings from farmers’ sons to newsboys and printers apprentices. The piece notes many rose from humble origins to shape science, architecture, education and industry, rejecting laziness as a barrier to invention and progress.
An inscription encourages seizing the present and creating opportunities rather than waiting for luck. Ruth Smeltzer signs a motivational verse about personal agency and time.
Robert Earl Jackson Ph D of CIA government and economics says the inability to laugh signals aging. He finds humor in life and often speaks at events. Jackson spoke at the fifth district bankers meeting in Dallas noting many laughs in human anatomy and that people laugh at the fat man more than anything.
Rental and benefit payments to producers cooperating in the farm adjustment program and other expenditures charged against processing taxes reached 790,062,385 dollars as of May 1 1935. Processing tax receipts totaled 824,430,579 dollars for the same period. Expenditures of 211,533,906 dollars were charged against net appropriations or financed through special trust funds not from processing taxes, with the largest item being drought relief including cattle removal to pasture.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports two year NRA administration costs total 93 884 595 dollars. Industry paid 71 704 406 dollars for code authorities while the Federal Government covered about 21 million dollars. The board also notes rising costs for the National Labor Relations Board and other agencies amid NRA activity.
A Dallas News item quotes a speaker praising a bookkeeper's joke about balance and weight. A woman in Abilene notes the speaker's out of shape condition and asks why fat people are cheerful. The speaker cites a medical journal claim that fat people eat more sweets that ferment in the stomach.
An article highlights a Seattle engineer's device that sterilizes soil with electrical power to prevent disease and pests in homes, greenhouses, and gardens. It also offers seasonal planting guidance such as bulb storage after leaf color change, tulips narcissus and hyacinth, sowing oriental poppy seeds in August, and timely transplanting for spring bloom. Practical kitchen tip advises heating gravy separately for roast beef to avoid toughening. It also recommends washing flour sieves with soda water, drying, and hanging. never use soap.
A Beachwood carpenter, energized by alcohol, crawled under his porch to repair a damaged lattice screen. He began nailing the cracks and crevices when he inadvertently ended up securing himself under the house.
Official records show the government as potential owner of more than half the world’s American cotton. Loans totaling 315.6 million dollars on 1933 and 1934 crops covered 6,001,649 bales with private banks backing. If unpaid by February 1, 1936, title to these bales would revert to the government. The Aug 1 1934 world carry was 10,634,000 bales. AAA officials warn the issue could worsen, echoing farm board criticism.
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station report notes flea hop quantity above the nine year May average early in May then dropping later. May ball weevil emergence at College Station was 0.18 percent, cumulative to June 1 at 0.31 percent. Weevil emergence near Crystal City cages reached 4.8 percent. Cotton leafworms appeared in Calhoun and Brooks Counties in late May and Hidalgo County recently.
The ERA report notes a man trapped after a collapse, aided by nearby ERA workers and the village fire chief who extricated him. A boy asks, Father, what is psychology, and the father replies that psychology is a four syllable word used to distract when explanations get difficult.
County farm agent Benny Gray said June will bring an accurate measurement of all corn acreage in Grayson County. Supervisors will be appointed to oversee the check, following a Friday corn hog meeting in Arlington with 14 counties represented. Judson Wood and Miss Irma Orr attended, with E M Regenbrecht directing the program at A and M College.
Washington reports nine bills before the House judiciary committee aim to limit Supreme Court power to strike down congressional acts. Proposals vary from requiring a seven to two vote to three fourths to declare a law unconstitutional. Representative Monaghan of Montana criticized the Court’s overruling of congressional action on the floor.
The Mahara jah of Kapurthala, arriving on the Normandie, dines with cap on and twelve staff serving grapefruit. He boasts vast wealth and jewel collection including a gold harness and a 2700-diamond diadem, and warns gangsters might be interested.
A Sandusky reader recalls a bridge club of finicky girls who dislike salads sweets fruit and meat. The younger brother quips that the only remaining option is a good chaw of tobacco illustrating the household humor of the moment.
A beard growing contest sponsored by the Cooke County Fair starts Saturday June 15 in Gainesville. Contestants must be clean shaven at the start and will compete for prizes in longest beard best trimmed beard most comical facial adornment and best handlebar mustache ending September 2.
Dr. Matthew Luckeish of Cleveland explains to Colorado optometrists that talking passengers in a car reduce a driver's visibility. He calls it a measurable scientific fact showing the body must work harder to see, increasing strain under certain conditions.
A brief exchange after a farewell kiss reveals a young man’s claim of prior experience and a sharp reply from the woman, signaling a candid test of their communication and expectations. The dialogue hints at unresolved tension and the learning curve in their relationship.
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