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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
4
Notice states entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission or monetary consideration will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions and similar items also incur charges. Publisher Glenn Doss Managing Editor J H Waggoner. Subscription 1.50 yearly. Corrections policy noted.
An extended tour narrative describes Hot Springs Arkansas as a bustling resort with baths, hotels, shops, and racing at Oaklawn Park. Included are references to Memphian E. H. Crump and the One-Eyed Connelly figure at events, plus observations on local politics and humorous anecdotes from travelers.
Secretary Perkins reported 37,218,000 non agricultural jobs in March, the highest for the month on record. Gains were led by manufacturing and trade with 165,000 and 69,000 respectively, reflecting defense industry expansion and wholesale retail growth.
Berlin reports Dr. Ferdinand Sauerbruch demonstrates artificial limbs for double arm amputees. A 26 year old man with forearm loss operates clothes, lights a cigar, carries coal, and writes with prosthetic hands. The system uses skin channels, ivory pegs, and muscle movement to drive the prosthesis, aiming for 30 to 60 percent of normal arm efficiency.
A wry anecdote recalls an insurance agent who induced a man to buy a $25,000 policy and died the next day. The agent, worn out, quips that his persuasive powers were effective because he married the widow.
Col. Charles A Lindbergh resigns his commission in the Army Air Corps citing loyalty concerns raised by President Roosevelt. The move follows Lindbergh’s public letter expressing distress at implications about his patriotism and questioning his role in national defense.
The President labeled Lindbergh an appeaser during earlier wars. Lindbergh protested, saying his right to voice opinion in peacetime must not endanger his reserve status. He warned Roosevelt implies disloyalty and resigns from reserve officer duties.
A skin test for pregnancy developed by Drs. F. H. Falls V. C. Freda and H. H. Cohen of the University of Illinois Medical College shows results within hours. The test replaces older methods that used injections into animals such as white mice and bitterling fish.
Churches schedule for Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m led by Dr Alan Harvey-Brooks. No evening services due to Baptist revival meeting.
Rev Granville Stinebaugh will preach at the Orangeville Baptist Church on Sunday, inviting congregants to attend the service at the local house of worship.
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads 10 am Sunday school with R P Montgomery as superintendent. The sermon by request focuses on The Office and Work of the Holy Ghost. High School quartet with two choirs sings, accompanied by Miss LaVerne Kilgree. No evening service. Worship with Baptist brethren at 7 45.
Researchers in Illinois describe a skin test using a small amount of colostrum to detect pregnancy. A reaction appears in nonpregnant individuals within an hour and fades by four to five hours, while pregnant women show no reaction. The test is 98 percent reliable for women under 50 and not useful for prepubescent girls.
A comedianically framed exchange shows a Black man asking a minister to pray for a floating kidney. The minister says he prays only for spiritual needs, prompting a joke about praying for loose lives last Sunday.
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