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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1934
Page
8
Wilmington Del. Farley chair of the Democratic National Committee defends canceling air mail contracts and accuses special interests of seeking to reap recovery gains while others suffer. He spoke at a Jackson Day dinner marking the start of Democratic campaigns and warned against blocs delaying normal conditions.
Census Bureau reports 12 659 953 running bales or 13 043 110 equivalent 500 pound bales ginned for 1933 with lint ers excluded. Comparisons show 1932 at 12 709 647 running bales and 13 001 508 equivalents, while 1931 reached 16 628 874 running bales and 17 095 594 equivalents.
A code to regulate grain exchanges and curb speculation was approved by President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace. Effective March 31, the rules ban trading in margins and indemnities, set price fluctuation limits, and raise margins above 2,000,000 bushels. The code is administered by a seven member authority under the NRA and Agriculture Department.
Garland Wright 20 told police he joined burglaries after his father Jack Wright 46 threatened to whip him if he did not help rob homes He implicated his father and Lemar Portwood 26 as officers arrested them while they were disposing of stolen property.
The House approved the Bankhead cotton bill in a 251 to 114 vote establishing a 10 million bale cap for the current crop. It imposes a 50 percent tax on excess lint value, with quotas based on the farmer’s last four to five years of production and provisions for disaster adjustments. The measure travels to the Senate with administration backing and potential for a third crop year.
Bland Lake attorney and retired lumberman Guy B. Fisher of San Augustine County declared his candidacy for the United States Senate as an anti-Roosevelt candidate. He advocated a graduated tax to cap personal wealth at one million dollars, saying most will not reach that amount.
Texas NRA compliance office reports four more cleaning and dyeing shops must surrender Blue Eagles for allegedly selling services below regional prices. Named are Parisian Cleaners Corpus Christi Cleaners Port Cleaners Corpus Christi and Luther Davis shop Greenville.
In Whitewright Texas a mayoral election is set for the first Tuesday in April 1934 to choose a two year term official. Election officials include W H Horton as presiding judge J N Powell as assistant judge and J W Henry R C Vestal as clerks. City secretary Jesse Wallace notes the notice by order of the city commission with F M Echols as mayor. The text also contains an unrelated auto finance advertisement by F W Creager manager of Sherman Auto Finance Company offering loans with inspection required.
A dialogue contrasts two Black individuals discussing Sam’s limited day and his perceived willingness to work. The exchange uses period dialect and notes Sam’s behavior in a light, humorous tone.
Two women speak from the bench over marital strife as Wife No 1 complains of her husband’s snoring and Wife No 2 notes his habit of saving small change triggering a dispute. The colorful exchange highlights domestic tensions and humor.
The Sun publishes a preprimary slate with candidates. Sheriff Frank Reece, Assessor-Collector R B Caraway and Carl Allred, Representative Place 1 J H Waggoner, Justice of the Peace Prec 3 Pp Janway J L Cantrell, and Public Weigher Tom Brice Harold Doss listed.
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