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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
6
In heated debate, Tom Blanton questions the Townsend plan’s viability and cost of 24 billion dollars yearly. He argues no government can raise that much and warns against misleading 9 million seniors about benefits.
Divorced husbands paid more than 396 million dollars in alimony in 1934, per the alimony reform league. Over the past decade, about 1.8 million Americans have paid alimony, with average awards around 15 dollars weekly. The report notes two billion dollars spent on lawyers and courts related to divorces and cites 1929 as peak marriage and divorce year.
We examine the view that government pensions and employment insurance prove individuals cannot handle their own affairs. The piece argues self-sufficiency failed in the Depression, questions the wisdom of war, and uses a hypothetical $400 billion to critique national decisions and human prudence.
Texas motor truck fatalities in 1934 reached 515, up 538 from 1933, with 1,701 accidents and 2,314 injuries reported. Official data show 76 percent of roads are 18 feet or less, too narrow for wider trucks, and many 7,000 pound capacity rigs exceed eight feet in width.
Amid looming European conflict the War and Navy Departments push seven wartime bills to empower the president to seize private property, draft all citizens, regulate business, and mobilize civilian labor. Senator Bennett Clark opposes rushing such measures in peacetime. The Senate munitions committee weighs concerns of a Hitleresque power grab and overreach into civil rights.
A neighbor suggests red and pink flowers should not be planted near a brick house and that white blue and yellow combinations are more attractive. For floor varnish removal the article recommends using a solvent or chemical remover appropriate for the varnish type.
A recipe combines three tablespoons of washing soda to one quart of water and is applied with a coarse brush. Peeling a narrow strip around potatoes before boiling helps remove skins. Wood ashes serve as fertilizer for shrubs and flowering plants like roses dahlias peonies and lupine, scattering ashes over soil to sweeten and loosen it.
The S P C A of Philadelphia marks its 23rd anniversary as the first free animal clinic established in the United States. The milestone highlights its long-standing commitment to caring for pets regardless of owner means.
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