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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
4
Memorials and resolutions of respect will be charged for at regular rates. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees or monetary consideration will also be billed at standard advertising rates.
The Whitewright Sun notes subscription price at $1.50 per year payable in advance. The policy states any erroneous reflection on character or reputation will be corrected upon notification to the publisher.
An account from Homer Price in the Marshall News Messenger describes volunteers at a rest house and first aid station near the Palace of Versailles caring for exhausted refugees. He notes swollen feet, amputations, and widespread hunger among Belgians and French, with many children separated from families.
Washington notes a Department of Labor study by Dr. Alice Hamilton detailing illness insanity and death among viscose rayon workers from fumes of carbon disulphide and hydrogen sulphide. The two year investigation highlights severe digestive disorders eye and ear impairments and cases of sudden death. Preventive measures are being adopted with one firm spending about a million dollars to make its plants fume proof.
Poet Edgar A. Guest reflects on life purpose and faith versus doubt. He argues life may end without proof yet hints at a nonmaterial force guiding thought and prayer and a lasting experience beyond death.
A rhymed quatrain lampoons consumer habits and economic fear urging retreat from modern comforts. It repeats Until business is good and ends with the undertaker declaring the business is good, highlighting paradox and bleak humor.
Grace I. Neely of Texas A and M Extension Service advises home canners to adjust for dry years. Loose packs and more liquid help vegetables absorb less moisture loss, especially corn and root vegetables. Increase precooking time for corn, roots, and peas and harvest all vegetables while in prime condition. Extension Bureau B-85 timetables are available free from county agents or Extension Headquarters.
Labor Secretary Perkins reports 1 356 000 workers killed or injured nationwide last year. About 14 600 deaths, 91 500 permanent impairments, and 1 250 000 temporary disabilities. In agriculture deaths near 4 300 with 13 000 permanent and 240 000 temporary disabilities. Marine fossils found in Grand Canyon and Painted Desert regions of Northern Arizona.
U S Army approves chocolate bars as the chief emergency ration replacing old iron rations. Each bar provides 600 calories and will be issued with soldiers during wars or maneuvers, with pockets allowed before deployment. Major Paul P Logan led five years of development testing 150 combinations, earning the nickname chocolate kid.
Denison resident Dave Lovall, 70, born and raised near Whitewright, died when a brick wall collapsed on him in McAlester Oklahoma Tuesday. Two other men were seriously injured and not expected to live. Mr and Mrs Lovall attended the funeral services.
Am brose and Bells held a homecoming at Virginia Point two weeks ago. They wed January 18, 1890 at the Virginia Point church. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM in McAlester. Mrs. Lovall is sister to T. W. Price of Denison. Lovall had been away from Grayson County 25 years and died when a building wall fell on him and two others during demolition.
Texas fire insurance commissioner Marvin Hall warned housewives to avoid gasoline for cleaning and cautioned its explosive power is 83 times that of dynamite with a flash point near zero. Static and friction should be avoided and workers must understand its dangers.
One hundred students, sixty girls and forty boys, will work four hours daily at a college operated hosiery mill to pay for education. They will study three quarters of a four year course while the school covers expenses and will later produce silk hose. The $50,000 non profit project is financed partly by endowment funds and runs eight years under a contract to sell products to a silk supply firm.
The 1939 US Biological Survey reports fishermen spent over 877 million dollars yearly on trips for tackle, guides, lodging, boats, and more. Texas lags in replenishment, with streams fished out and lakes understocked. experts urge restoring balance through science to reclaim abundant fishing opportunities.
Sherman postal officials warn that endlessly repeating chain letters and post cards violate lottery rules and will be halted. Clerks report handkerchief and tea towel chains, echoing the 1935 dime chain, promising returns of five to each sender and 125 handkerchiefs if completed.
University of Texas linguist Katherine Wheatley argues that et and ate are both correct in different regions and times. She notes speech standards depend on usage and social context rather than fixed dictionary rules, citing George Krapp on standard speech.
An obituary style note honors Ezra Shank with a brief remembrance. It references a boat incident and a sinking, noting the somber tone and the loss.
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