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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun notes recent weather talk contrasting past drought and present rain, hints at national debates. It questions upcoming August elections and Texas prohibition repeal and seven constitutional amendments on the ballot.
The Texas Press Association conducted its fifty sixth annual session in Galveston over Thursday to Saturday. The city filled the three days with programs and entertainment and ensured a successful convention for visiting newspaper men and women.
A Sherman courthouse politician listed six probable candidates for Congress, noting early discussion usually spurs many filings. He warned predictions may miss, but the early talk signals a crowded field for the next year’s election.
James J Braddock the newly crowned world heavyweight champion is praised as a great American. He once lived on relief with his family until investigators uncovered his penniless state and the nation contributed 230 dollars to support them before his first big bout earned 1800 dollars.
James J. Braddock signed a $300 relief check covering government relief costs and added $70. The Sun newspaper won second place in the Texas Press Association ad contest, earning a $10 prize. Since 1911, The Sun and the Troup Banner are notable Belo cup winners.
Claude Callan advises that purchases on installment plans require a clause allowing no payments during marriage dissolution. He cites Cousin Lucy who nearly lost furniture after divorce and a rushed remarriage to cover bills. He urges brides to skip four payments in case of divorce to protect valuables.
The executive order ends the National Recovery Board and reorganizes remaining recovery act administration under Congress extension authority. This signals a shift in how recovery powers will be exercised and overseen going forward.
The administration outlines a sensible NRA plan blending possible complete demobilization with continued trained personnel if feasible. It supports retaining NRA workers for now and preserving the NRA structure through statistics collection voluntary codes and labor protection under collective bargaining. James O Neill succeeds Richberg bringing NRA experience and executive training as leadership changes amid the reform effort.
The Christian Century reports ten thousand pacifists marching down Fifth Avenue New York in a fourth annual anti-war display. They gather at Judson Memorial Baptist Church to take an oath against war—refusing to fight enlist or be conscripted while pledging to oppose war with divine aid. Dr John Haynes Holmes leads the group amid sharp editorial rebuke from the Dallas Journal calling them traitors to a country built on blood sacrifice.
A short dialogue traces wisdom through ages from a five year old boy claiming total knowledge to a sixty year old man admitting vast knowledge remains beyond reach. Each character asserts different bounds of certainty and skill across life stages.
The annual report of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness cites a 75 percent drop in new pupils entering blind schools due to ophthalmia neonatorum over 26 years. Only 6.7 percent of new cases now come from infancy neglect, down from 26.5 percent in 1908, with the rest caused by various factors.
Texas sold the final $2,000,000 of its $20,000,000 bread bond issue with Garrett and Company of Dallas bidding par plus $1,202 premium. Cost to state for the final sale was $222,232 with interest 2.42 percent on $1,450,500 and 2 percent on the remaining $549,500. Large portion due 1936-42, rest 1942-43. Expenditures of last bonds budgeted at $400,000 monthly through November and $700,000 in December.
Washington reports a Department of Agriculture livestock survey drew an unconventional answer from C Ridley of Vineland New Jersey. Ridley sent a poem titled Buddy the Rooster and Farmer Jones Report to the Department of Agriculture describing his life with animals and a political jab about FDR and the 1936 election.
The Department of Agriculture warns farmers to watch for encephalomyelitis or sleeping sickness in horses and mules after losses last year in Texas and several other states. Isolate affected animals disinfect stables and equipment with formalin or lye. Evidence points to mosquitoes as carriers with early signs of listlessness sleepiness and teeth grinding.
A vaccine developed by the department and partners offers partial protection against the disease. A commercially prepared serum provides short term immunity and is recommended, but administration should be by a competent veterinarian.
The Bob Hurst Shows will perform at the Bells annual picnic from June 27 to 29. Paul Wilson, a picnic committee member, announces the act, with opening on Thursday and a run through Saturday night.
Paris report says farmers and truck growers in the area are puzzled by a horticultural anomaly a cross between tomato and potato producing potato like tubers on the plant. The odd occurrence has appeared in scattered localities across the region causing concern among growers.
Farmers report a tomato sized fruit in the roots and above ground of a plant. Dr S W Wilson who farms east of town cut it open and found tomato like characteristics. Locals offer theories to explain the unusual finding.
In Sioux Falls South Dakota an emergency operation using a razor blade from a cigar clipper saved 2 year old Patricia Lee Fleege after she choked and was unconscious. Dr. Gregory I W Cottam performed quick windpipe incisions and then sent her to a hospital where she is recovering.
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