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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
4
Whitewright Sun announces notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions and similar items also billed. Glenn Doss publisher and managing editor sets subscription at $1.50 yearly in advance. The paper offers corrections for erroneous reflections upon any person firm or corporation.
The Pittsburg Gazette notes loyalty to home firms keeps taxes local and government functioning. It cites out of town printing hurting hometown printers, civic clubs endorsing local services, and editors receiving free publicity. It also critiques price cutting by outside printers and remarks on Garner’s proposed income tax exemptions affecting voters nationwide.
The Celina Record laments the long Texas Legislature session and $850,000 in costs while noting no pension funding yet. It explains Senate Joint Resolution No. 12 would affect tax on natural resources and social security funds, details its voting shifts, and criticizes political pressure. It also mentions Denison’s new fire truck and federal enforcement on businesses dodging social security taxes.
The Whitewright Sun launches departmentalized pages with a new first page heading. Editor Glenn Doss and publisher J. H. Waggoner explain the shift groups world news form news and other items on dedicated pages.
The Austin American reports the end of a lengthy battle over a sales tax constitutional amendment. Defenders of Texas against the tax stood firm amid intense pressure, viewing the victory as a gain for Texans and a step toward meeting pension and social security obligations. The article praises the sincerity and courage of House members on both sides, noting the hard but fair fight and the 56 pivotal votes that carried the measure.
A satirical lament on modern work and consumption. The piece traces a man laboring from youth to old age to afford a gasoline car, corn, and a costly lifestyle. Debt, housing costs, liquor, and misfortune follow, ending with judgment by neighbors and a widow chasing vanity as the world recalls him as dust.
A Denison Herald note highlights a pancake-eating contest as the feature event at a Michigan community festival. The suggested tactic to win involves sabotaging an opponent by removing their syrup. The second item in the piece reports that artificial wool is now being produced from whale meat.
In Austin rumors swirl about Senator Joe Hill possibly running for the U S Senate. The piece recalls old jokes and political quips, notes a Dallas garage mishap, and highlights Charles S Papa creating La Tribuna Italiana in Dallas in 1908 and its 25th anniversary on June 20 with a national subscriber base and Italian opportunities coverage.
A physician lectures on how to recognize death with definite signs such as absent respiration and pulse. He describes methods like checking finger turning color under light, lack of bleeding from arterial cut, no skin redness from blistering, unresponsive eye touch, and gradual dark spots on the eyeball after life ends. He notes coma and suspended animation can mimic death but are not death.
A Texas newspaper notes growing cooperation with Italian American civic organizations, highlighting strong ties in cities with large Italian communities. The article emphasizes collaborative efforts across civic groups and cultural exchange within Texas.
The husband, insisting he runs things in the house, pushes the vacuum cleaner during a domestic dispute indicating ongoing tension over authority in the home.
A preserved kid’s verse recounts ten motorists in a countdown. Each verse notes a fatal or dangerous action reducing the count by one, ending with none after the final line. The piece uses rhymed couplets to warn about risky driving choices.
Washington reports show 22 116 farmer correspondents urged a law restricting acreage per operator. They cited growing use of power machinery enlarging farms and pushing tenants off land, prompting migration to cities and many onto relief rolls.
A man stayed with a friend who ran an inn and could not eat Stilton cheese at supper. He hid the cheese at the bottom of a plant to avoid offense. After about two weeks he got a telegram from his friend asking where the cheese is. The Sun sells typewriter paper.
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