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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
8
Abilene story of C M Biggers of Taylor County who moved his family from the city to a farm to escape economic hardship. He bred new feedstuffs, improved crops, and canned over 3000 foods while promoting self sufficiency through farming.
Washington officials announced a 25 percent additional countervailing tariff on most German goods to counter subsidies from German barter practices. The move, taken with State Department knowledge, sits over standard tariffs and aims to offset Germany’s export advantage in U S markets.
The House Fish and Game Committee backed a bill to shield bullfrogs during mating season and to ban capturing any frog shorter than four and a half inches. A companion measure would require frogs to be measured before shooting or gigging. Local papers lampoon the idea, with quips about bullfrogs joining the mating rush.
Herman Bedford, Bethel School principal, announces an amateur contest resembling Major Bowes, set for Friday night March 31 at 8 o'clock. Admission is free for contestants, with others paying five or ten cents. The article notes a Japan view that self-inflicted death is seen as an acceptable way to meet duties and honor.
A compilation of practical household tips covering baking apples with slit skins to prevent wrinkling, preparing a new frying pan to avoid sticking, cutting fabrics to prevent scissors sticking, darning silk stockings with silk thread or wool for ladder prevention, baby safety guidance for stairs, varied baked apple fillings, and proper drying of brushes and cloths to deter roaches. Includes multiple focused guidance snippets for homemakers.
Four members of the National House of Representatives became the first officials photographed and speeches transmitted by television. Receivers stood half a mile from the Capitol at the National Press Club. University of Iowa researchers report thrombin spray stops heavy bleeding in 2 to 10 seconds, useful in accidents and surgery, with potential in hemophilia. Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong demonstrates a radio using frequency rather than amplitude modulation to reduce static.
Want ads list Big German millet seed recleaned and Johnson grass free at $1.50 per bushel by H. H. Sears. Four good farm mules available. A selection of Case P&O and John Deere riding planters and cultivators priced from $10 to $25, mostly reconditioned and repainted. Manning & Meadow Hardware Furniture and Farmalls.
In the Texas Senate the debate on a constitutional sales tax amendment drew a blistering broadside from Senator Joe Hill of Henderson who called Governor Lee O Daniel unscrupulous and destructive to democracy. Hill accused the governor of betraying public confidence and using radio broadcasts as political medicine shows to pressure the Legislature. He warned that abandoning legislative duty to the voters would ruin democracy and praised his attack as the worst lambasting the governor ever received in the upper house.
A metal life size statue in Ontario honors a cow known for high milk production. The animal lived 18 years and became a local landmark while a separate ranch tale describes a job applicant misreading lambs for jack rabbits in a corral.
Texas Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall announced a public hearing for April 17 and signaled further rate reductions, noting improving loss ratios and the success of the fire prevention program. The board previously cut rates in June, saving about 2.5 million dollars annually for residents.
Eight year old Jimmy Bridgeman's kite touched a high tension line, triggering a transformer outage that dimmed downtown lights. Police and fire crews responded as Jimmy fled home claiming no intent, noting the kite string was non metallic and dry.
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