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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1938
Page
2
The Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee urged farmers to learn the workings of the new farm act. A referendum on cotton marketing quotas is set for March 12. State and county agents will lead public talks and distribute explanatory articles and radio programs.
Federal grand jury indicts Thomas Jefferson Blair, 36, of Robertsdale, on ten counts of peonage for keeping a Black family of five enslaved on his Baldwin County farm for two years. FBI head John S. Bugas says Blair argued the family owed him money and refused a neighbor raised purse.
Albert Scott, 61, of Oklahoma City, has endured a series of injuries since 1918 including broken legs after falling from a car, multiple rib fractures, a thigh injury, and a rebroken left thigh after a bicycle collision. He is back in a hospital today.
A man jokes that his cold is under government control after three commissions fail to decide on treatment. He mentions his wife and children, a congressman, and delays awaiting federal guidance as Washington weighs what to provide. The exchange satirizes bureaucratic oversight of personal health during a tense era.
A humorous dialogue imagines residents debating federal control of golf and housing projects. A jokey exchange about agents regulating a golfer’s game and a government wedding for a daughter adds satire. The note mentions Boston Post Road's 1803 recognition by New York's legislature.
Dr. Victor G. Heiser of the International Leprosy Association warned that leprosy is spreading rapidly in Texas and neighboring states. He said 1,500 to 2,000 people in Texas, Louisiana, Florida and California are afflicted and criticized local health authorities for insufficient action. Heiser spoke before departing for a Cairo conference to study why leprosy appears in these states and not elsewhere.
Mrs. Anna Van Skike marked her seventy seventh birthday by swimming five miles in Venice California from 6 15 a m to 3 15 p m. She rested at noon to sip coffee and plans to attempt ten miles on her next birthday with a note that she was a little muscle bound this year.
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