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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
8
New York brash tale portrays James J Braddock as a gentle, devoted family man with a tough fighting edge. The 29 year old heavyweight champion is praised for honesty, perseverance, and loyalty despite hardship and poverty.
The Deport Times quotes The Clarksville Times noting a week of free material filling nineteen pages of the Times. It argues editors do not seek filler but prune excess to avoid gray hair, countering the notion editors crave fluff.
June calendar notes nine red letter days. Key events include Jefferson Davis birthday holiday on June 3 and Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana, Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary on June 17, printing press birthday on June 24, Lincoln emancipation proclamation on June 19, 1812 war start, American WWI landing in France on June 26, 1917, Flag Day on June 14, first non stop Atlantic flight June 15 1919, Father’s Day June 16, and the coming start of summer one week after Flag Day.
Oklahoma City reporting that Miss Bessie Hamby, who cared for her elderly grandfather in his modest home, is named principal heir and administrator of R. Schwint’s estate worth over $300,000. The will, filed in County Court, leaves only $25 to Mrs. Josie Martinson of Hiawatha Kansas. Schwint died April 3 at over 80.
Mrs. W. H. Bush and her daughter Betty Jane were burned when a jar of stringed beans exploded while canning. The mother sustained neck and arm burns, and the child suffered facial and abdominal injuries as boiling liquid and glass sprayed the kitchen. A physician tended the injuries.
Washington reports military historians say Napoleon would have favored outcomes with today’s tech. telephones radio and air reconnaissance would improve staff work communications. mobile artillery tanks and air bombardment could alter the Mt St Jean battle dynamics, with Prussian reinforcements and larger French forces shifting the result.
A Chicago visitor in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin asked the local operator about a phone charge. He was told fifty cents for the distance, and he quips that in Chicago you can call Hell for that price. The operator coolly notes it may be within city limits.
Max Schmeling agrees to fight James J. Braddock in the United States if European negotiations fail. Schmeling is under contract through September 17 with Walter Rothenberg and wants a European bout first. New York promoter Jimmy Johnston says Braddock is signed to defend in America, with a September title defense possible if Schmeling can be brought over.
The patient fears the procedure as risky while the doctor reassures with a blunt remark that a dangerous operation cannot be bought for forty dollars.
An old classified blurb offers rubber stamps and stamp pads for order from The Sun and cotton bags for sale at five cents each suitable for towels linings or various uses. The ad is attributed to Lester Haile.
The Hecht MacArthur drama The Scoundrel debuts Noel Coward in his first film role as a literary Casanova. Cast includes Julia Haydon Stanley Ridges Hope Williams Ernest Cossart Everley Gregg Lionel Stander and Rosita Moreno in a tale of New York literary sophisticates.
Mrs Whiteman explains adopting two babies and notes the Dionne quintuplets have created a girl baby boom. She recalls orphanage staff saying demand for girl babies soars while boys remain scarce, with couples traveling to many homes in search of female infants.
Three Brooklyn residents died last week after coffee pots boiled over and extinguished gas flames leaving asphyxiation as the cause. In Greece three archbishops were arrested for opposing the Gregorian calendar favoring the Julian calendar. In Springfield Republicans cheered Alfred E. Smith as a possible GOP candidate while a Dallas federal judge named Atwell was noted.
Last week the final charge against Raymond Hamilton was dismissed. The so called blond terror had already been executed in the electric chair thirty three days earlier.
A Hereford bull wandered onto Highway 40 near Gainesville causing multiple vehicle crashes. The bull charged the truck driver and passenger who climbed onto the truck. Spilled peanut butter covered the road leading to a overturning car and additional collisions as more motorists halted.
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