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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1939
Page
4
Whitewright Sun enters at Whitewright Texas as second class mail matter. Notices of entertainments box suppers and bene fits with admission fees will be charged at regular rates. Memorials resolutions also charged. Members Press published every Thursday Association J H Waggoner Glenn Doss. Publisher Managing Editor Subscription $1.50 per year. Corrections policy for erroneous reflections on character.
Bill Cunningham writes in December Cosmopolitan that football is a crippler. He cites 300000 youths playing yearly with 60,000 to 75,000 temporarily crippled and 20 to 33 killed seasonally. He notes SMU injury list after Texas game and insists football causes lasting harm.
Governor O Daniel urged a social security revenue bill by November 19 and a special session. House members moved toward an omnibus tax bill estimated at 21 million dollars with signatures sought for quick passage. The piece contrasts the bill with a sales tax plan and recalls government farm support broken promises to cotton growers ahead of December voting.
The First National Bank publishes the hot check provisions in The Sun as Texas enforces the new law effective Sept. 20. It strengthens penalties for rubber check passers to curb check swindling. California votes down pension plans, Ohio rejects monthly seniors pension, turkey prices slump with farmers delaying sales for higher holiday markets.
Governor W Lee O Daniel says a special session is unlikely since both houses must agree in advance on tax bills. The piece notes budget pressures, possible tax reform, and the political maneuvering around a postal card vote plan, with emphasis on accountability and economy across state departments.
E Sullivan notes at the New York World's Fair that visionaries showcased airports highways skyscrapers and other material gains but omitted churches and cathedrals. He argues a future world must be based on religion, contrasting Europe amid chaos as evidence against godlessness.
Willie Dysart, 16, left school in third grade, claims dream visit to Heaven gave him flawless mental arithmetic. He says he can name birth dates and calculate exact ages without a pencil, and determines brick needs for a house with precision. He attributes his gift to a Heaven encounter after his mother’s death.
The Oil and Gas Journal recalls 1919 Burkburnett pool costs with rig builders at 16 to 24 dollars daily, teamsters at 15 dollars, trucks at 80 to 100 dollars, plus fuel water pipe and six to nine dollars per drilling foot for 1000 to 1500 foot holes, noting the era had high operating costs.
College Station report notes war reduces agricultural income but horse and mule trade shows resilience. Data cover prewar exports, prices, and postwar swings 1914 through 1919, with German and French stockpiles, U S shipments to Turkey, and near-term order outlook through spring.
The oil man could sell all he produced near 1.75 a barrel while Texas ran about 220000 barrels daily and totaled 157,729,000 for the year. The average annual price hovered near 2 a barrel with 2.75 not until December 1919, showing some operators did profit despite many regions being little known then.
A white man bows to the savage chief and claims to come from beyond the sunset and the Great White King. The chief interrupts, demanding to know why their radio programs are so poor.
Dr. Edward A. Strecker argues that material values, especially, are overestimated and need lowering. He warns that inflated value may blunt true value through materialistic pressures and urges reassessment of modern priorities.
Drouth, the bugaboo of Texas farmers, strikes Panhandle wheat growers who supply two thirds of the state's crop. A survey shows Northwest Texas suffers severe moisture deficiency, forcing planting in dust with rains still absent. Some relief came on Oct 7 and 8, but subsoil moisture remains critically low for large yields.
Below Hereford, Claude and Canyon a critical condition prevails as moisture is scarce. The Panhandle-Texas wheat belt holds over 3,000,000 acres but yields outlook uncertain due to drought. Rain on Oct 9-10 helped some, yet farmers fear additional precipitation is needed within weeks.
A trio of Russian chicken farm managers were questioned by an investigator after a joke about feeding chickens with corn. The first says corn, earning a mock arrest for feeding people. The second mentions corn husks as cloth, also risked arrest. The third says he gives chickens money to buy feed.
A reader asks for the book Who Is Your Principal and learns the librarian identifies Hoosier Schoolmaster as the correct work. The exchange highlights naming confusion and a specific book reference.
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