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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
2
The treasury reported two dollars of outlay for every dollar of revenue with a $2.249 billion deficit as eight months’ receipts rose to $2.262 billion. Income tax up, customs down, ordinary expenses up to $2.185 billion while emergency outlays eased. Debt growth slowed by drawing $501 million from cash reserves.
The Denton Chronicle lists eight of the longest English terms including Honorificbiltudinity Philoprogenitiveness and Transsubstantionableness. The write up mocks verbose compound words and challenges readers to pronounce them.
Washington reports Japan has become the leading customer for raw cotton, scrap iron and steel, and tin plate. Commerce Department figures show Japan bought 65 percent of U S scrap iron and steel exports in 1934, over 20 percent of tin plate, and about three times more raw cotton than any other country.
Ephraim Hixson of the Oklahoma A and M College entomology department says winter plowing, deep six inch furrow cuts, crushes or suffocates soil insects and improves soil condition and water holding capacity. Best months are December January February, and winter plowing is cheaper than fighting outbreaks.
A humor piece riffs on kisses as social glue and downfall, mixing playful lines about affection and duty with cheeky satire of political kisses. It links a lighthearted essay to a news note reporting Cuba exported 58,901,841 pounds of fresh vegetables last year, a new high compared with 33,125,126 pounds the prior year.
College Station announces that 28 000 Texas farmers signed the 1935 corn hog adjustment contracts, up over 25 percent from last year. The program offers payments for retiring corn and planting feed crops, with 35 cents per bushel for corn. County deadlines run from March 1 to March 15, and national turnout exceeds 450 000 farmers signing nationwide.
Texas government bought 2,013,972 cattle from 150,205 ranchers across 235 counties in seven months, averaging 12.14 per head. More than 684,455 head were condemned. A relief program opened 22 beef canning plants and added over 50 million cans of meat to relief stores.
In Kiangsi province the postwar government faces a delicate problem with thousands of women who joined the free love system under the Reds. Fleeing Reds left women behind, complicating whether to restore them to former families or find new homes as many men have left.
A Clones resident revived a medieval remedy to rid his home of rats by placing a ring through a trapped rat’s lip and releasing it. The rats reportedly vanished the next day. The article notes the Careful Kids Safety Club in Missouri Valley, Iowa, as the largest local group with over 1,000 members.
Gregg County farmers produced 1 200 pounds of leather from 24 dollars worth of hides at about 100 dollars in costs. Officials bought hides and tanning materials and had county prisoners tan the leather for harness use, with an estimated sale value at 50 cents per pound and a cost per pound of 4 cents. Net onion profits in Rockwall County total 210 45 on six acres, with 459 90 receipts and 249 45 total costs. In Bexar County, a garden project used 300 feet of concrete tile costing 3 dollars and yielded 98 50 worth of vegetables, with 5 25 total garden cost. Collin County's yard work includes planting beds and 105 cuttings ready for transplanting after plowing and cement tile work.
Sudan grass is favored as a pasture crop for dairymen and can extend through July to September. It tolerates drought, adapts to late May to mid July sowing, and its hay can rival alfalfa in protein. A Bureau study at Woodward Oklahoma found 13.5 percent protein in 30 day cut hay, 11.6 percent when headed, and two thirds of an acre hay equaling one acre pasture. Silage from early cut hay supported milk yields well.
Farmers in Whitewright and rural towns are urged to keep a sturdy ladder at home to prevent fires. Dr. D J Price of the USDA says ladders aid on farm repairs and chimney inspections, noting cracked mortar from temperature changes and high past fire losses. A Clarksville ad notes bargain pillow cases.
Moffett Oklahoma reports the Arkansas Legislature nears passage of a bill ending nineteen years of prohibition. Fort Smith Arkansas sits across the river as a likely liquor source for Eastern Oklahoma once the law is repealed.
A weight loss pitch claims fat can vanish in three weeks by taking Kruschen Salts with hot water each morning. It promises energy, clearer skin, and a younger feel, and urges readers to buy a quarter pound jar from any leading druggist for a four week supply.
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