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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1937
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists price and publication details including price at $1.50 per year payable in advance and second class mail status. It states notices of entertainments, box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates along with memorials and resolutions. It promises correction of erroneous reflections upon request.
The Dallas Journal, Garland News, and Howe Messenger push bypass arguments while The Sun notes a neglected angle. Town loafers delight in truck violations and overloads, using streets as entertainment and a critiquing forum for local enforcement, regardless of bypass plans.
Governor Allred justified signing bills under pressure from organized minority groups. He claimed he kept promises to dentists, teachers and engineers, while critics say lobbying shaped pensions, salaries and licensing. The piece argues lawmakers serve political futures over public welfare.
By a 10 to 8 vote the Senate Judiciary Committee denounces the White House court packing proposal as a shallow imposture and self-defeating, aimed at replacing nine judges with fifteen. The panel calls it unworthy and unwise, reflecting strong opposition within Congress.
The Dallas Journal reports a split among Democrats and Republicans over Roosevelt's court packing attempt. Signers include King, Van Nuys, McCarran, Burke, Connally, O Mahoney, and Hatch, with Borah labeled progressive. Ashurst opposed the plan previously and now dissents. The piece notes widespread Senate opposition to the President's tactic.
The Texas Legislature last week passed a bill banning all dentist advertising, prompting editorials warning it threatens free speech and press freedoms. The piece argues the measure sets a dangerous precedent and highlights how narrow definitions could sweep in various forms of advertising, from listings to door signs.
Japanese factory workers face a new statute limiting women to eleven hours per day while men endure twelve to fifteen hours. Wages run 3 to 6 cents daily in U. S. money, yet women save for marriage dowries. Despite long hours, rest periods, radios, schools, board, lodging and medical care are provided.
After repeal, liquor production rose sharply with 1935 output surpassing 1914 in distilled spirits by 115,775,000 gallons. Total investment in liquor making exceeds $1 billion, with roughly $500 million in distilled liquors and beer and ale investment matching or exceeding 1914 levels, yet per capita consumption remains below prewar highs. Decade-long population growth and stock rebuilding shape the shift in appetite and industry scale.
Huntsville prison data from 1936 shows one in three male inmates and over half of female inmates suffered from syphilis, with gonorrhea present in roughly one in five. The medical supervisor notes many inmates were unaware of their infection, while all venereal cases received treatment based on age and health.
A fragment of dialogue contrasts classroom lessons about Columbus and distant American cars. The exchange shows skepticism toward what teachers teach about history and modern industry.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced open competitive exams with salaries from 11.71 to 21.12 daily and annual rates up to 5 600 for positions in engraving printing science and agriculture. Full details from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners at major post offices or the Commission in Washington D C.
In Schenectady New York Earl Thelen a Hatcheltown road goat farmer flatly rejects the old tale that goats eat tin cans. He says goats seek the label since it is wood pulp and sometimes the glue due to its sweet taste. He notes goats and deer prefer tree bark and young shoots to grass.
Sherman County beer halls that permit dancing sign an agreement to stop dancing at midnight each night. Deputy Sheriff John Evridge circulated the pact and noted several establishments also requested a midnight beer cutoff, with potential action soon.
Sun office advertises typewriter carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. Local stationery store highlights affordable writing supplies and office essentials available for customers.
Sherman notes the commissioners court authorized County Auditor B M Whiteacre to purchase 11000 in Whitewright city bonds at 106 on the dollar. Funds from retiring Van Alstyne bonds and road and bridge bond sales will cover the purchase to keep the school funds invested in solid securities.
Los Angeles report states actress Jean Harlow, who died recently, left her entire estate to her mother Mrs. Jean Bello. The estate's value was disclosed as in excess of 10000 dollars.
Meadolake Milk Products Company of Sherman and Kraft Phenix Cheese Corporation at Denison announced a half cent per pound reduction in butterfat for the first half of June. Plants quoted 35.5 cents per pound for whole sweet milk bought June 1 through 15.
In Rochester New York a frantic bride called Rochester Gas and Electric complaining her new refrigerator freezes ice cubes too fast. An electrician found ice cubes piled in every pan scattered across the kitchen floor. The bride said she thought they should be removed as soon as they froze.
The poem from Mary Kathleen McDonald in Avon speaks of discovering vastness and perspective. It ends with a self aware twist that the speaker realizes they had never explored their surroundings before.
The Twentieth Century Funds estimates total taxes on the average person from birth to death at 12.5 billion dollars across federal, state, and local levels. It lists soap and tooth cleaners four dollars fifty-three cents yearly, medicines with 172 hidden taxes, milk and wheat with taxes on consumers, meat at one cent on a forty cent roast, bread with fifty-three taxes totaling two cents a loaf, shoes twelve hidden taxes, rent thirty cents per dollar, train rides three dollars on a ten dollar ticket, liquor eighty-five percent of price, cigarettes six cents per pack, theatre tickets ten cents per dollar, tennis racquets or golf clubs one cent per ten cents, and death with 157 hidden taxes, excluding inheritance tax. Typewriter paper and related supplies sold by The Sun.
A governor's report to the Australian prime minister describes native Papua girls demanding a slain man’s finger as proof a suitor is worthy. A doomed hunt, river crossing, near capture by an alligator, and a brutal beating end a hopeful suitor’s quest, ending with a rejected proposal.
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