30 Mar 1933
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
1
The scholastic census for 1933-34 is nearly complete with March enumeration and April report. Whitewright and District No. 42 show minor shifts in white and colored residents. final totals likely vary little from last year, with possible small increases or decreases.
John T. Smith of the Texas Tax Journal summarizes Texas travel and meal bills for the year ending August 31, 1932. The state spent 773094 teaching taxpayers about government travel costs including rail and bus fares rooming and meals for employees.
The Masqueraders Club presented a two act program with song and dance numbers Tuesday at the high school. One play, God's Move, tied to a Paris contest, used the same scenery and cast. A second two scene farce featured first public appearances by several members. Miss Gladys Ray planned and directed, Sidney Young led the orchestra, with Keles Watson and Jack Silman as guest musicians. Proceeds go to defray stage and production costs. Rainbows appear to be big circles to flyers high up in the sky.
The Copeland bill to remove monthly prescription limits on liquor for medicinal use passes the Senate and moves to the House. It would allow physicians to prescribe as needed beyond 100 prescriptions a month and a pint per ten days, provided necessary for medicine. The vote occurred without debate as Vice President Garner announced passage.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to impose federal regulation on new securities issues via a general blue sky law. The bill would authorize the Federal Trade Commission to enforce full publicity of securities transactions and curb fraudulent issues. The plan begins Roosevelt's investment protection program. A second measure on stock exchange regulation will be advanced soon.
In Austin Dr. Charles D. Reece of the State Department of Health urges vaccination against typhoid fever, noting 2,071 Texan deaths in four years. He says the vaccine, not a serum, uses bacteria from salt water and provides protection for two to three years.
A group of high class artists from Texas Christian University's music department is expected to give a concert at the Whitewright High School auditorium. Likely participants include soprano Mrs Helen Fouts Cahoon violin cellist Samuel Ziegler and pianist Miss Bailey. The tentative date is Friday April 14.
Experiments are under way in Czecho-Slovakia to produce a cheap motor fuel from wood. Researchers hope to develop a viable process to convert abundant timber into a usable fuel source for transportation.
President Roosevelt announced a 15 per cent reduction in federal employee salaries, effective April 1 through June 30 to aid budget balancing. The cut, tied to living cost changes, aims to save about 40 million dollars this fiscal year, with further action to depend on living costs. The same day, Budget Director Lewis W. Douglas proposed an $11 million DC supply bill reduction and substantial cuts to public works and school funding as part of a broader austerity push.
J M Parrish of southeast of Whitewright lost two barns a granary and a chicken brooder house plus feed in a Thursday afternoon fire started in the brooder. Neighbors saved the dwelling as flames in a barn spread aided by sparks and high winds. Loss ran several hundred dollars beyond Parrishs insurance with no feed insurance. He plans a large replacement barn.
Washington officials announced a partial reopening policy for closed banks. Conservators may authorize limited withdrawals if safety conditions permit, under a Woodin regulation tied to Roosevelt’s bank holiday order. The Treasury interpretation and state or national bank authority shape the scope while gold hoarding remains barred.
Washington reports the Senate Agriculture Committee weighs a proposal to insure farmer production costs via price fixing as part of the Roosevelt administration farm aid bill. John A. Simpson of the National Farmers' Union pushes the idea. panel aims to vote on Thursday amid expected changes to the broader measure.
The Federal Reserve Board released an unpublished opinion by its chief counsel stating Congress can abolish State banking systems and centralize banking under Federal control. Prepared for the Senate Banking Committee at the end of 1932, the document addresses unification methods amid the bank crisis and Roosevelt’s inauguration.
The Mozart Midgets Music Club met at sponsor Miss Tommie Chenoweth’s studio for a regular session at 3 p m on Wednesday. Members gave roll call and shared what they enjoy about the club. Performances included a piano solo My First Lesson, a song Our Thanks for Music, a biography of Franz Schubert, a rhythm band number, and a musical jigsaw puzzle presented by the group.
Texas Senate State Affairs Committee recommends a statewide referendum on repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment for November 7 1933. The House plan to hold the vote in November 1934 was amended to require a 31 member convention elected by statewide voters with 31 anti repeal and 31 prohibition candidates.
New York report cites investigator Samuel L. Antonow estimating the annual cost of the common cold at more than 750 million dollars. He notes average losses of 2.2 workdays per worker, total days lost and wage impact, plus added medical costs. Other claims include occupation and clothing factors affecting cold susceptibility and links to disabling diseases and pneumonia.
Grayson County division of the Texas Interscholastic League will hold its annual meet in Sherman on Saturday April 1. Whitewright teams compete in multiple events with finalists in debate and county championship finals.
The Texas Democratic group led by Roy Miller and Margie Neal aims to raise 75000 dollars, about 10 percent of the national deficit, to support the Democratic National Committee. Grayson County votes totaled 9632, yielding a local quota of 963.20 dollars, with county chairmen urged to collect the sum as New Deal support.
Premier Mussolini orders a nationwide campaign to glorify buxom feminine figures. The press bureau bans slender images and dictates content, forcing artists like Umberto Onorato to fatten women in fashion sketches as part of state policy.
The report notes 157000 telephone lines in Czecho-Slovakia with 42000 of them automatic expanding communications across the country as authorities push modern infrastructure.
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