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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
5
Public notices list that all entertainments box suppers and events with an admission fee or monetary consideration will be billed at standard advertising rates. Memorials resolutions and similar items are also subject to charges.
A Harrison County note argues for extending motor vehicle registration and property tax deadlines to December 31 to ease hardship. It questions why some borrow or sacrifice to pay on time while others gain extensions, warning of potential tax strikes as only 61 percent of taxes were collected by February 1.
A reflective critique of American fickleness toward leaders and ideas. The author argues that public enthusiasm fades quickly after initial euphoria, citing Admiral Dewey Babe Ruth and movements. Psychoanalysis is satirically portrayed as overused to explain greatness and failure.
The essay argues technocracy shifts work toward automation increasing leisure for some and unemployment for others. It frames unemployment as permanent, notes temporary suffering for workers and loafing for some, and predicts societal adjustment as people work fewer hours. It ends that common senseocracy will endure.
A Washington dispatch notes Democratic interest in rev enue reform. The Texas perspective argues tobacco and gasoline taxes overburdened, harming growers and retailers. It urges Congress to cut government costs first and then shift taxes away from these "good horses" to balance the budget.
A commission including Calvin Coolidge Alfred E. Smith Bernard Baruch studied US railroads and found a grim outlook. Rail lines have suffered long declines while buses trucks pipelines water traffic and autos capture more travel and freight.
The Pathfinder cites a drop in freight with rail car loadings halved from a decade peak and steel output down to 20 percent of capacity. It notes a Class 1 deficit of about 170 million dollars, while government aid increases charges. The piece questions ownership and forecasts regional mergers and a possible U.S. government takeover, contrasting Canada’s profits with U.S. politics and business leaders.
President Roosevelt urges Congress to create a civilian conservation corps to provide about 250000 jobs in 1000 camps. The plan calls for $30 monthly pay with food and housing, funded by savings from the economy act. Legislative moves stir House opposition and labor concerns.
A West political gathering heard a noted politician relate an Indiana man who had the epitaph inscribed on his wife’s monument. The inscription read Here lies a wife. Tears cannot bring her back. Therefore her husband weeps.
Dallas reports a surge in farm property sales with cash deals reaching above 100000. Purchases include 37000, 25000, and multiple 10000 sums. Investors and small buyers alike race to buy, signaling revived farm prosperity and expectations of rising land values as Roosevelt's program appears to take hold.
Henry Morgenthau Jr. estimated Hoover era stabilization losses at about 350 million dollars for the Farm Board. He cited 38 million in cash and good loans from the original 500 million fund and projected assets of 140 to 159 million. He disclosed a cotton loss of 159,254,349 and pledged further examinations of wheat and other commodities.
Anderson, Clayton and Company dispatch a lengthy letter to Congress attacking the administration’s farm relief bill. The firm, the world’s largest cotton factors, praises banking and economy measures but says the farm aid bill is a tax on city dwellers and will not restore prosperity to agriculture.
A brief exchange features Simpson questioning long engagements and the other affirming their value for a young couple’s happiness and time together. The remarks frame a light stance on marriage timing.
Governor Miriam A Ferguson signed a new gasoline tax enforcement bill effective immediately. The act creates a dealer class beyond distributors and authorizes a tax enforcement bureau under the comptroller to pursue evaders, with felonious penalties and two-year permit forfeiture upon conviction.
Faith South Dakota Dr H C Dykee, who spent over twenty years attending the sick and injured, cancelled his outstanding fees totaling about 29500. He urged patients to live simply save for a rainy day and share excess with the poor while appreciating health and citizenship in the United States.
Grayson County Commissioners discuss budget reforms and plan to attend West Texas county judges meeting in Wichita Falls to learn the new road law. Salaries for county farm staff set, and 40 cents per day for feeding jail prisoners authorized.
Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman of National City Bank, was arrested at his Fifth Avenue home on a federal warrant for willful attempt to defeat and evade the income tax law. The charge cites an alleged tax deficiency of 657,152.40 on a net income of 2,823,405.85 for 1929.
Miss Lucille LaRoe presents an expression class recital featuring readings on Thursday evening March 23 at 7 30 in the grammar school auditorium. The program includes Sara Kathryn Atterberry Marjorie Nell Blanton C B Bryant II Norma Frances Donigan Vivian Echols Morris Fogle Gillett Sarah Belle Gillett Luther Guy Hagard Dorothy LaRoe Margaret Lilley Doris Nicholson Aileen Pennington Eugene Reeves Wallace Reeves Mary Frances Stephens James Stuteville Lucian LaRoe Vestal Frances Hedgpeth Fred Starr Billie Lanius Kincaid Joe Thomas May Ruth Vestal and Dale Watson. The public is invited to attend.
Bonnie Nicholson wed Louise Johnson of Leonard in Durant Oklahoma Wednesday night at 9 30 o clock. Rev Miller of the First Baptist Church officiated with witnesses Louis May Whitewright and Pebble Simpson Leonard. The groom co runs a grocery with his father W T Nicholson and the couple will reside in Whitewright.
In Fayetteville Arkansas a stave shortage for beer kegs sparks a regional timber boom. About 70 miles of stave mills across six counties hire farmers and mill workers as demand rises. Staves from mountain white oak move out of state due to the bone dry law restricting beer manufacture and sale in Arkansas.
The Whitewright Rotary Club passes a resolution mourning the death of S. H. Montgomery a charter member who remained active until ill health forced retirement The club offers sympathy to his family and commends his exemplary life to the town and community Signed by W R Hooper president Jno Silman Jr secretary and F W Smith committee member
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