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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1933
Page
7
Texas lawmakers debate a radical oil production tax aimed at curbing output and funding state needs. Supporters say gradual per barrel rates will align production with demand, while opponents warn of oil price disadvantages. Hearings proceed as House advances a gasoline tax enforcement bill to curb evasion and boost revenue.
The comptroller warns that thousands of persons firms and county officials cause serious leaks in state revenue. He estimates at least five million dollars is lost annually in evasions of the gasoline and cigarette taxes with further losses in inheritance and ad valorem taxes due to insufficient audits. He argues stopping these evasions would enable the state to operate on a cash basis.
Greenville Senator Moore introduces a bill to limit Confederate pension benefits to those in actual need amid a rising fund deficit and increasing claims. The House approved a poll tax cut to one dollar, while the Senate has yet to act. Earlier a proposal to cut the gasoline tax under four cents was rejected by the House.
Americus Baker saved all his life and kept $40,000 in old cans in a shack near Salisbury Maryland. An overheated stove started a fire, leaving him with only $5,000. the rest of the cans burned to ashes.
City inspectors in Athens were historically referred to as bishops in local tradition and records, reflecting their elevated role in municipal oversight and governance during earlier eras.
The Nation honored Thomas J. Walsh with a Senate chamber funeral service attended by his widow, President Roosevelt, Cabinet members, and Supreme Court justices. Archbishop Curley conducted the Catholic rites as Walsh’s coffin lay in the Senate well, surrounded by flowers and candlelight. The senator’s bride of a week was present as he died en route to Washington from Florida last Thursday.
The New York Daily News, a Republican leaning paper, pledges support to President Roosevelt for at least one year and asks other papers to give him better than an even break. It cites abnormal times and a need to back the new leader despite potential criticism.
A witty exchange frames a joke on temperament and mood. The line contrasts a claimed ninety five per cent temper with five per cent mental, highlighting social humor about personality traits.
A local agent warns against discarding a life policy after missed premium payments. He recalls a family losing a parent who thought the policy lapsed, only to learn premiums had extended coverage for years, and the mother recovered the policy’s face value.
Michael Sypiewski praised as the perfect landlord after returning a back rent check to the Poor and Alms department. He said his tenants were honest and had lived in his house long enough to own it, and he would carry them along until times improved.
The note urges treating the underlying cause of periodic pains rather than masking symptoms. It promotes Cardus as a tonic to build up strength and reduce nagging discomfort, claiming wide usage and availability at drug stores.
Pittsburgh veteran Frank Totino recounts his near death in the Argonne when a shell hit near a tree he hid behind. Believing him dead, burial parties marked his grave, but he survived and later learned a grave existed for him in France. He now travels to visit the site with a photo of the cross marking his name.
The Detroit Free Press cites Moses as history’s first health officer, teaching sanitation and regular bathing to the Israelites after leaving Egypt. It notes his theocracy and holy laws as forerunners of city ordinances, using water as a symbol of cleansing that endures in custom. The Sun sells typewriter carbon.
A Berlin physician and physiologist has invented pills to combat weather related temper and health effects. The hormone remedy stimulates the central nervous system while calming vascular nerves and also eases heart pressure during storms.
A column catalogs how state residents are named in three suffix styles such as ans ers ers and ers. It lists Arkansasans Coloradans Idahoans Illinoisans Iowans Kansans Minnesotans Montanans Nebraskans Nevadans New Mexicans North Dakotans Ohioans Oklahomans South Dakotans Tennesseans Texans Utahans plus Alabamians Arizonans Californians Dela warians Floridians Georgians Louisianians Indianians Kentuckians Mississippians Missourians North Carolinians Oregonians Pennsylvanians South Carolinians Virginians Washingtonians West Virginians Marylanders New Yorkers Rhode Islanders Vermonters and notes other states defy simple suffixes. The Sun invites readers to guess more.
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