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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
1
The Fifteenth District Court grand jury urged consideration of the county manager form of government for Grayson County in a late Friday report. After hearing 127 witnesses and returning 38 true bills, the panel noted friction among some county governing bodies and urged cooperative settlement. Indictments included murder, burglary, theft, forgery, auto theft, and other crimes.
AUSTIN state officials declare the cash in all state funds totals 62.6 million dollars, an all time high. Treasury chief Jesse James notes the funds exceed 100 accounts with few deficits, except the general revenue and Confederate pension funds.
The War Department said the A F L strike at Wright Field Ohio halts construction vital to expansion of a major military aircraft center. About 5.9 million dollars in work is paused including wind tunnel torque stand and aircraft radio laboratory delaying testing for Army Air Corps.
Henry Ford II, 23, son of Edsel Ford and grandson of Henry Ford, will go before his draft board next Monday. Harry Bennett said the Ford personnel chief that the Ford heir would not seek a deferment.
An elimination declaimer contest for junior and senior students will be held in the Whitewright High School auditorium on Wednesday March 12 at 2 p m. Winners will represent Whitewright in the Inter scholastic League meet in Sherman on March 28.
A Hartford booklet from The Travelers Insurance analyzes 1940 traffic deaths and injuries, noting about 100 deaths daily, with 35,000 killed and 1.3 million injured. It highlights speed as a cause, pedestrian victims, and that most fatalities occur in clear, dry conditions on weekends.
Washington officials said 584 000 persons would be removed from WPA employment rolls by June to fit the 375 million dollar supplemental relief appropriation for March through June. They warned a formal announcement would come Thursday as payroll cuts were deemed essential.
Sherman reports the AAA community and county committee will contact every farmer in the county to work out a 1941 farm plan. W. W. Gunn says representatives from government agencies will help. Each farmer receives a partially filled plan with allotments payments and soil-building allowances to decide on practices for 1941.
A large Sherman District Institute of Evangelism at the Methodist Church drew a record turnout. Roy G. Robinson of Trenton urged simple preaching and hymn singing, while Dr. Francis Asbury Buddin of Dallas preached soul winning as the church’s core aim. The ministers’ wives were hosted, and an offering supported flowers for Rev. Guy Perdue’s mother’s funeral in Whitesboro Honey Grove.
In Austin the House blocked a push for a committee report on the $26 820 000 social security appropriation bill. The 64 59 vote failed to extend the resolution, needing two thirds. The measure, introduced Feb 11 as emergency legislation from Governor W Lee O Daniel, would add 26 820 000 dollars annually.
SAN ANGELO starting April 1 and lasting eleven weeks the South Central Remount Area will purchase 1000 cavalry horses for the U S Army. Lieut Col Marion I Voorhes in charge says only horses over fifteen hands and not under sixteen hands will be accepted. growth beyond sixteen hands is also undesirable. The buying itinerary will be announced soon. Adding Machine Paper for sale at The Sun office 10c per roll.
George A. Butler, Houston attorney and Democratic leader, chairs the Texas Jackson Day drive to fund national party activities. The event culminates in the Jackson Day Dinner at the Rice Hotel in Houston on Saturday night March 29, with $25 donors invited. Myron G. Blalock announced Butler’s appointment as chairman.
The Grayson County Baptist Workers Conference meets at First Baptist Church in session from 10 a.m. with an all day program. Lunch was served at noon by church women. About one hundred persons attend, representing most county churches.
Judge Henry R. Isaacs freed 56 of 69 defendants charged with Delaware blue laws as Sunday life changed with newspapers corner drug stores and restaurants deemed modern necessities. 13 were fined eight dollars each.
Notice filed from Dallas states the Wage Hour Division appeals Judge Atwell ruling on A. H. Belo Corporation publishers of the Dallas Morning News. The case moves to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans where overtime payment system under the Fair Labor Standards Act is contested.
The House agriculture committee on Monday recommended $1,420,977,559 for the agriculture department and related agencies for the fiscal year starting July 1, including funds designated for parity payments.
Speaker Sam Rayburn told the Bond Club of New York he would like his generation to pay for defense and suggested new taxes may be coming. He proposed raising 1.5 billion dollars next year to push the defense debt toward 3.5 billion annually, aiming to pay it off in 10 years to avoid inflation. He urged paying a little as we go.
A bill by Rep. Roger Q. Evans proposes stripping Grayson County of the power to appoint the county auditor as purchasing agent with a 900 dollar yearly extra pay. The measure mirrors similar county provisions and follows a visit by Judge R. C. Slagle to advocate reform in the Fifteenth District.
Texas growers may receive 16 million dollars in cotton stamps if the 1941 supplementary program yields full participation. Farmers who reduce acreage earn stamps at 10 cents per pound times yield, usable in retail on cotton goods made in the United States. The plan, run by AAA, SAM and Texas A&M, aims to shift demand toward domestic cotton products and support parity benefits.
The House revenue and taxation committee recommended two bills to raise about 56.5 million dollars yearly. One would tax auto finance notes at 1 percent, and the other would levy 8 cents per gallon on gasoline with a repeal of the 4 cent tax, plus other rate changes on oil gas sulphur corporations and utilities. Rep. John Bell urged reporting the 42 million dollar measure to provide floor options.
College Station report states ineligible families who received a mattress or comfort under the 1940 1941 cotton mattress demonstration program must repay the Treasurer of the United States 6.55 for the mattress and 1.35 for the comfort. Unused items may be returned without penalty.
President Roosevelt signed a $393,687,775 deficiency bill and released $375,000,000 to extend the WPA program to July 1. An immediate $5,000,000 defense housing fund was also authorized. The relief money augments last year’s $975,000,000 appropriation nearly exhausted by March 1.
District Clerk W R Henderson asked the commissioners to appoint a second deputy at seventy five dollars a month for the rest of 1941.
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