Whitewright Sun Notices and Cotton Policy Commentary
The Whitewright Sun announces notices for entertainments and memorials at advertising rates and congratulates the 1938 high school graduates. It then discusses Senator Lee of Oklahoma proposing a domestic allotment system for cotton to replace the 1938 Farm Act’s acreage reductions, outlining how quotas, pricing, and world-market sales would work and potential regional benefits.
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Senator Lee
Oklahoma
Congress
Lee
Middle West
Wage bill carveouts keep small papers free to work long hours
The House bill exempts newspapers with circulation under 3,000 from wage hour rules, signaling freedom for country papers. In Whitewright the impact would be limited to workers at Kimbell Milling Company, local gins, and utility firms linked to interstate commerce.
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House of Representatives
Whitewright
Kimbell Milling Company
Power Company
Gas Company
Telephone Company
Questionnaires gauge views on dictatorship and Constitution
Industrial News Review surveyed 12 521 newspapers. 1 648 returned results. On dictatorship, 1 204 said yes and 440 no. on constitutional principles, 1 360 no and 282 yes. Separate notes urge auto engineers to innovate engines and criticize littering behind homes.
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The
Industrial News Review
United States
Press Under Fire Draws Col Knox Critique of Films
Col Frank Knox publisher of the Chicago Daily News criticizes how newspapers and editors are portrayed in films. He argues the motion picture industry misrepresents many lines of human activity. He notes that every newspaper man is aware of the issue.
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Col
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Rebuilt Blue Eagle and the film romance debate
The piece argues that cinema, in its early stage, shapes public misconceptions about newspapers and journalism yet reflects broader cultural adolescence. It likens movies to other idealized aspects of American life and suggests realism will grow with national maturity, as audience tastes balance fantasy and fact.
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Fort Worth
Texas oil fights and political credit collide in high court ruling
In Austin clear lines of credit emerge as the U S Supreme Court reverses a Texas appeals ruling on Lone Star Gas rate cuts, affecting over a million Texans. The decision challenges the state’s use of proof standards in oil and gas regulatory cases while officials campaign, and Texas continues to benefit from oil revenue despite broader recession.
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Austin
Texas
Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Bill McCraw
Thompson
McCraw
Supreme Court of the U. S
Court of Civil Appeals
Lone Star Gas Co
Supreme Court
Washington
Railroad Commission
Fort Worth
Texas Appeals Court
District Court
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
East
Middle West
United States
John Schrader
Longview
Oil and Gas Division
Printing the Page and Knowledge in Texas
A compact excerpt notes that lines of metal form part of printing’s development, an art now valued at 24 million dollars annually in Texas. It asserts knowledge as a key to unlocking the unknown and that the printed page makes knowledge a common property.
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Texas
Gutenberg Dies 470 Years Ago Marked Printing Rise
A retrospective on Johannes Gutenberg notes his death about 470 years past and imagines a fifteenth century obituary dated February 23, 1468. It credits movable type with opening vast spaces of time and knowledge, linking printing to the Renaissance and to later Texas discoveries.
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Voltaire
Johannes Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Texas
van Banner
Rise of George W Truett at Dallas First Baptist Church
In 1897 Baylor graduate George W Truett became pastor of Dallas First Baptist Church, growing a 715 member church with 500 Sunday School attendees and $75 000 property into a megachurch of over 8000 members, six thousand in Sunday School, property valued at $1 250 000 and annual giving exceeding $250 000. His pulpit voice and simple faith leave worshippers with a profound spiritual impact and sense of divine presence.
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Baylor University
George W. Truett
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Truett
House of God
God
Revered Church Figure Revered by Faithful Worldwide
A devout tribute speaks of a renowned churchman regarded as unmatched since the apostles. The obituary or commemorative note honors his spiritual leadership and lasting influence across communities and generations.
Better aircraft engine gains from MIT design
A two stroke lightweight engine designed by MIT research assistant Heraclio Alfaro completed tests required by the Commerce Department. The four cylinder arrangement around the driving shaft improves compactness and claims include less weight per horsepower smoother operation and better fuel economy.
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United States Department of Commerce
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Heraclio Alfaro
Alfaro
Quote from Sir Philip Sidney on truth and achievement
A brief, period voice quotation reflecting on truth and merit over rhetoric. It emphasizes that truth stands plain and unadorned, requiring no embellishment to be evident.
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Sir Philip Sidney
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Denison Press
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Ernest Thompson
Walter Woodul
Greenville
Bill McDonald
San Marcos
Sul Ross
Capitol
State Department
W. T. Carley
Paris
Barbara Gould
Adrienne
Coty
Lucretia Vanderbilt
Gillette
Bill
Mangrum
Monarch
Kate Smith
Fritos
U. S
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