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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
2
A Dallas Times Herald piece outlines tax deduction strategies from charitable gifts to business expenses. It explains deductions for taxes, licenses, real estate and casualty losses, and warns deductions reduce taxable income not total tax, with examples and proof requirements.
The Agriculture Department warns its 130000 farmer members on local AAA committees to abstain from active participation in presidential, state, congressional and local campaigns. Hatch Act liability is cited by Wallace aides, noting thousands of committee members are local party leaders, underpinning rural support for the Wallace campaign.
A reflective piece on laziness illustrates how sloth leads to debt illness and poverty. It contrasts industrious ants and bees with a lazy farmer who ends in misfortune, noting culture and charity allow decent burial and urging preparation for tough days.
Officials say department rulings prevent involvement in campaigns and elections. About 70,000 employees nationwide are instructed to remain out of active politics, including staff in Washington and the field, in response to a Wallace plea urging supporters to back favorable congressmen.
The Department says European war lowers export demand for tobacco and fruits while boosting domestic demand via higher industrial output. Exports of pork lard and cotton have weakened, wheat sales abroad are small, and overall industrial demand is less propitious as production declines.
In 1939 the world had five bushels of wheat for every four needed, indicating a surplus balance in global grain availability compared with demand.
A vintage advertisement promotes Syrup of Black Draught as a gentle laxative for children. It claims the syrup pleases kids with its flavor and provides thorough relief from sluggish bowels, noting two sizes 50c and 25c and urging future use.
The Texas Game Department warns anglers about closed seasons for bass crappie and other species from February to May in multiple counties and notes several county restrictions. A Bay City fisherman G P Hardy Jr recounts a redfish swallowed by a shark, later recovered as the shark’s stomach revealed the redfish head, with no flavor impact. National Wildlife Week is set for March 17 to 23 with wildlife stamps supporting restoration efforts.
National Wildlife Week mobilizes over 11 million Americans to back a non profit, non political effort led by the National Wildlife Federation. The group forms to unite actions for restoring depleted natural resources and guiding conservation initiatives.
Salem Oregon report notes two human skins sent to a Napa California tannery were identified and the case forwarded to Marion County prosecutor Lyle Page for routine handling. State police said arrests are unlikely.
A student from North Pacific Dental College in Portland admitted taking a physician's skin billfold fascination and passing hides to Orin C. McDowell Jr. of Salem who then gave them to Elmer Griepentrog for tanning. Griepentrog sent skins to Napa Tannery amid suspicions triggering an eighteen hour cross state investigation.
A tense exchange unfolds as a wife reminds John of her birthday and he coldly admits forgetting, saying there is nothing about her to remind him she is a day older than last year. The vignette captures sharp dialogue and fractured affection in a domestic moment.
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