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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
1
C C Cates of the city water department logged rainfall on 16 days in April totaling 5.63 inches. Measured at 8 am and 4 pm daily when rain occurred, with additional misted days not meeting collection.
Speaker Sam Rayburn disclosed that administration plans favor a compulsory universal military training program with a revision of the selective act to require one year of service for all able bodied young men. The plan would offer an option to serve in any year between ages 18 and 23. President Roosevelt indicated support for universal training in a recent press conference.
AUSTIN. Jim Ferguson the veteran Texas politician signals possible candidacy for the U S Senate. In a Monday statement he outlines positions and urges voters to mail views on state issues and the race, noting a plurality could win the June 28 election. He jokes about asking supporters to write to a prospective candidate.
The article outlines three U S Savings Bonds Series E F and G detailing purchase options amounts maturity values and yields. Series E targets small investors with 18.75 to 25 10 year growth Series F serves large buyers up to 50000 with 12 year growth to 100 and Series G provides current income with annual 2.5 percent interest redeemable at par after 12 years. It ends with a quote from John W Bradbury on the perils of greed.
At the Friday meeting Glen Earnheart became president of the Whitewright Rotary Club for the coming year with Dr Geo K Stephens as vice president and Dick Montgomery as secretary. C J Meador remains treasurer and Barnheart moves to president.
A Whitewright group joined the Northeast Texas Youth Conference at Bonham High School with 200 plus attendees. C B Bryant III led as president with speakers including Mary Dale King and Dorothy Jean Crowell. Jean Russell was elected president for 1942.
Secretary Jesse H. Jones told the United States Chamber of Commerce that defense and British aid will require greater sacrifices and costs than expected. He warned debt could exceed 90 billion dollars and that one quarter of work hours must shift to war production.
The House concurred 146 to 1 with Senate amendments to a broad tax bill raising funds for old age pensions, road bonds, and state programs. New rates include higher oil, gas, liquor, cosmetics, and stock transfer taxes, plus revised motor fuel and utility levies.
May 1 marks the opening of the game fish season for lakes around Bonham except Coffee Mill Lake. Lakes Fannin Crockett and others open. Coffee Mill opens June 1. Permits vary from 25 to 50 cents daily, with season rates and boat fees differing by lake. State Park lakes carry stricter limits and sizes for bass crappie bream and channel catfish. General laws apply to other waters.
Washington The Supreme Court ruled that negro travelers between states are entitled to railroad accommodations equal to whites. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the decision in a test case by Illinois Representative Mitchell, the only black member of Congress, with no dissent. Mitchell said he was forcibly ejected from a Pullman in Arkansas and forced to finish the Chicago to Hot Springs trip in a Jim Crow second class car.
Miss Grace Williams announces national penmanship contest results for fifth and sixth graders. Fifth grade gold seals go to Jack McSpedd en, Johnnie Mac Vestal, Eugene Thornhill, Nelda Raye Brown, Jannette Harvey-Brooks, Betty Lou Reeves, Betty Ann Darwin, Harold Ray Vineyard, Louise Owens, Irene Kent, Loren Paul Ryan. Sixth grade gold seals to Marco Lane Blanks, Bobby Witt, Dan Kent, Jimmie Bartlett, Betty Jo Hamilton, Melva Colleen Allen, Wandadell Sanderson. Remaining pupils receive certificates of award for effort.
The National Restaurant Association reports American diners left 200 million dollars in tips last year. Association president Grace E. Smith notes restaurants try to discourage tipping but guests view it as a personal matter between them and the waitress.
Complete returns from 40 of 41 boxes show Fannin County residents approve $200,000 road improvement bonds by 1,891 to 833. WPA aid could raise the total to about $600,000 for road building over the next two years, shared by four precincts. A 10 cent per $100 tax will retire the bonds in 20 years.
Mr Cruse succeeds T H Cunningham as vocational agriculture teacher at the High School. He has four years teaching experience, including Fannett and Devers. Born in Woodville Tyler County he is a Sam Houston State Teachers College graduate. Mrs Cruse, the former Mary Ellen Sims of Van Alstyne, is foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Claud McKinney. They reside at Penn Apartments.
Mrs. Floyd Everheart, local Red Cross chair, formed Home Demonstration Club and American Legion Auxiliary committees to sew 32 wool garments for Whitewright from Denison Red Cross. H D Club: Mrs. George Burnham, Mrs. R A Vestal, Mrs. Lee Wilson. Auxiliary: Mrs. G C Stateville, Mrs. Burnham. Committees allocated work and reported completion by Mrs. Glen Earnheart, Mrs. Emmet Penn, Mrs. C P Johnson, Mrs. R A Gillett, and Miss Inez Ray. Miss Jennie Jackson praised Whitewright for past high quality work.
L. E. Ricketts principal and faculty invite the public to attend open house at the Grammar School Friday from 2 to 4 p m. visitors will see work from all grades and refreshments will be served.
The War Department said it will test giving selective service men army examinations before reporting to camps. The trial runs in May in Pennsylvania. if feasible it will become general. Currently men ordered into service are examined after they report to induction centers, which has led some to be rejected after quitting jobs and severing civilian ties.
Secretary Wickard will press Congress to extend government crop insurance from wheat to cotton. The plan was discussed at a Friday conference with Senator Bankhead of Alabama and Representative Stegall, and follows a prior veto by President Roosevelt on similar legislation.
Ernest C. Butler, former Lancaster Public Schools superintendent, was elected Whitewright Public Schools superintendent at a school board meeting last Thursday night. He succeeds Harold W. Key and will move to Whitewright after the term ends.
Gov W Lee O Daniel asked the Legislature to provide 1 028 000 emergency funds to supplement old age pension for May through August pending higher returns from the omnibus tax bill. He warned checks would be cut without immediate money and urged action.
Drunette Farley of Whitewright and a speech major at East Texas State Teachers College is named director of continuity. She will supervise collecting and revising scripts for broadcast on Texas radio stations and KMOX in St Louis, announced by Miss Maude Webster.
Havana Cuba. The Caibarien health officer asked the Ministry of Health for a new draft animal to replace a 52 year old mule believed to be the oldest in the world. Records show the mule was bought in 1907 from the U S Army of Occupation after being condemned at age 18. The mule's strength is failing.
Ed Martin, a harness and saddle maker, announces relocation to Watson shoe repair shop across the street from the old location. Visitors are invited to come to the new shop for leather repair work.
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