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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
8
Dallas police records show October drunkenness arrests at 888 the highest for a month since records began. The annual rate sits at 3.1 per 1 000 based on a population of 281 800, with 1913 peak annual totals at 5 205 and a wartime decline followed by a late 1920s rise.
Secretary Wallace told the Association of Land Grant Colleges that limiting crop production could lead to a rational resettlement of America with acre by acre control of farmland. He warned that colleges must train graduates to tackle tough problems as agriculture shifts to reduced crops and new land use.
In a wild unsettled country a traveler recalls meeting a piano tuner who earns a fair income by tightening barbed-wire fences. The exchange highlights that almost any work can be found if one uses ingenuity and adapts to local needs.
New York report explains a sandpaper production method where sand grains rise on end and stick in glue under an electric field. Positive and negative belts charge each grain to align spokes outward, spacing grains evenly, with voltages from 20 000 to 75 000. The article notes the sandpaper industry is about 100 years old.
Census data shows many graduates enter business without proper training. Readers are urged to pursue formal business education at Tyler Commercial College and School of Business Administration. A free booklet titled Achieving Success in Business explains the real college courses offered and how a Tyler term delivers practical, time-efficient training.
Maj. H. B. Hickman president of the National Conference of Juvenile Agencies says the ballot is the best weapon against crime and political bosses who ally with the underworld. He urged breaking alliances between political leaders and criminals during the American Prison Association congress in Atlantic City. Public publicity by the press, he said, has stirred demand for corrective measures.
An English professor returns home to find a note reading Dear James I have eloped with the ice man Amy. He responds with a quip that she spells dear with two e s, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
Sheriff Benton Davis reports seizure of three nickel machines as gambling devices paying in nickels not tokens. One taken at Whitewright and two from a Tioga store, now held by the sheriff. No charges yet against operators. Similar machines paying cash and merchandise to winners are said to be active in Sherman.
Georgia textile manufacturer W. D. Anderson defends the recovery program in a recent address saying prosperity will not arrive instantly and rejecting the idea that wealth will magically appear. He calls the program a return to proven policies with government supervision to prevent injustice and to foster cooperation across classes and businesses.
At the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting Mrs. O. T. Anderson urged dedication to stamping out crime. She warned society is menaced by organized criminals and called for stronger law respect and full enforcement of penalties. It ends with a quip about helping a child sleep.
Card of thanks from J H Biggerstaff and children thanks friends who ministered in their Gethsemane and prays blessings.
Mr and Mrs D M Taylor hosted a covered dish supper for locals and old timers with attendees including Mr and Mrs Tom McSpedden Mrs W O Davis and many Taylors. The Pilot Grove club met at Mrs Bill Dixon to elect officers and add three new members with Pauline Binion as president Benton Wallace vice president Durelle Hunnicut secretary treasurer and yard bedroom and 4 H pantry demonstrators.
A dialogue sketches a classroom exchange where Mrs Nayber quips about her boy’s learnings this term. She lists vaccinations eye health dental work and obsolete breathing method as unexpected lessons reflecting humor and social commentary.
A witty exchange shows Harmony joking that fights with a spouse don’t happen because each partner keeps to their own path. The remark plays on a playful division of duties and space within a married couple.
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