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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1928
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun says entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission or fees will be charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions will be charged. It also notes a correction policy for any erroneous reflections.
Judge Charles Evans Hughes lauds New York Governor Alfred E Smith in a New York Bar Association address. He calls Smith a master of politics, expert in government, and a lifeworker in law, likening his rise to a progression from Baron Oliver to Earl of Manhattan and finally Duke of Albany in the American public service aristocracy.
An impartial survey of leading aspirants notes Hoover and Smith as the most prominent. Smith enjoys strong support in Houston but faces the Democratic two thirds rule, while Hoover is favored by the public but less supported by leaders. Other names like Lowden Dawes Curtis Willis Watson Reed and McAdoo show varying levels of interest and possible shifts as the campaign develops. Any dark horse could emerge at the convention.
A lighthearted line plays on an actress whose secretary mishandles records, leading to a punchline about more divorces than weddings. The snippet mixes humor with a celebrity reference and a play on personal life events.
Sam Rayburn of Bonham announces his candidacy for re election to the Fourth Congressional District. He pledges faithful service and notes potential duties as chairman or ranking member of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee if the Democrats win a House majority. He will campaign later in the year with district addresses detailing his stewardship.
The American Automobile Association reports one gasoline pump per mile of improved roads and a gas station every 1.8 miles. The survey counts 317000 retail stations and 640000 pumps across 575000 miles of improved highways, with 838 million dollars invested in stations pumps and tanks, part of 11 billion dollars in the petroleum industry.
Detroit railroads carried the Chevrolet Motor Company’s 1927 freight totaling 34,805,556.86 dollars. The movement included 289,575 carloads weighing 5,950,263,608 pounds and 208,152,247 pounds of less than carload freight. outbound shipments totaled 136,079 carloads and 1,972,926,117 pounds.
Chicago Daily News notes Senator Borah criticizes two American admirals for talking too much, labeling the actions as excessive or unnecessary chatter by naval leaders.
Vancouver news reports Maizie the world’s champion hen earned $2,225 in 1927 for the University of British Columbia. Prof. E A Lloyd notes $925 came from hatching eggs while $1,300 came from selling breeding stock of progeny.
Records from 1926 show 351 eggs laid in a 365 day test and poultry sales at the University of British Columbia earning 7000 dollars. Hen F319, a 335 eye registered hen, sold for 500 dollars to a Connecticut breeder, with 12 offspring pushing total from this bird to 1350 dollars. A distant telescope remark ties to Fall Sinclair case verdict discussion in Arkansas Gazette. Keep Whitewright money at home.
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