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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
1
A 2:30 p.m. game in Van Alstyne features the Tigers facing Van Alstyne after recent lopsided wins. The piece urges fans to attend peaceful, well behaved sportsmanship and to avoid the town feud behavior, noting Van Alstyne is ineligible players this season.
Whitewright's high scoring Tigers crushed Royse City 79–0 after the new Royse City stadium dedication. Starr led with 27 points, Holmes and Kaiser 19 each, while Thornhill and the line opened wide holes for a 544 to 205 yards edge. The Tigers praised their pep squad and standout performances as fans witnessed an overwhelming win.
Local players mock the field as the horse apple bowl while noting its poor setup near thorny trees and barbed wire. The team seeks a decent field before next season and lists weekly winners including Whitewright and Plano with other regional results.
The Sun announces a last day to subscribe at the $1.00 bargain rate, after which the regular $1.50 rate applies. Renew now to save 50 cents yearly and possibly extend your expiration date. A list of subscribers who paid this week is printed, with reasons some preferred anonymity. Names include D. A. Vowell, Dan Hollingsworth, J. A. Norris, Mrs. E. R. Johnson, Claud Phillips, and many others.
Tonight the Palace shows Pepper with Jane Withers Slim Summerville and Irvin S Cobb for the last time. Thanksgiving and Friday present Gorgeous Hussy with Robert Taylor and Joan Crawford. George O'Brien stars in Daniel Boone on Saturday. Saturday night prevue and Monday feature Lady Be Careful with Lew Ayres and Mary Carlisle. Tuesday and Wednesday offer King of the Royal Mounted with Robert Kent Rosaline Keith and Alan Dinehart.
The Texas canvass of official presidential returns shows Roosevelt with a broad lead of about 630000. Democrat electors head Joe Pollard earned 734485 votes to 103711 for Republican elector C C Weichsel. In 1932 the tally was 753304 to 96682 with Gillespie and Kendall counties voting Republican two of 254.
The article recounts how George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving in 1789 but waned in later years. Sarah Josepha Hale rallied for a fixed national observance, funding projects like the Bunker Hill Monument and pressuring presidents. Abraham Lincoln adopted her idea in 1864, making the last Thursday in November a national Thanksgiving Day, earning Hale the title Mother of Thanksgiving.
New York reports a wave of extra dividends and Christmas bonuses from industrial firms. About fifty companies used expanded earnings to pay nearly 100 million to shareholders, including a 25 million arrears payment by United States Steel. Total dividends declared by 311 companies since late October reach 720 million, with several more millions voted by a dozen large firms across shoe, food, retail, machinery sectors. The rush aims to secure tax credits under the federal undistributed profits levy.
SHERMAN Warrants may be issued for search and seizure of liquor, District Attorney B F Gafford ruled in answer to a justice of the peace inquiry. Justice C O Scott quoted the opinion Tuesday noting the ruling amid questions whether state repeal affected search warrants. Gafford did not construe repeal as altering the search law, and the sheriff's department was told to search where there is good reason to believe violations occur.
Grayson County gin reported 35579 bales of cotton before November 14, up from 17774 bales for the same period last year per G O Peterson government cotton statistician.
London reports Great Britain sent submarine flotilla with a destroyer depot ship from Malta to the Spanish peninsula to bolster warnings over shipping interference. Cyclops and eight submarines would relieve Woolwich at Alicante and likely avoid entering Spain nine mile territorial waters.
Texas again names a governor in a two year span as Senator Deberry of Bogota to assume acting Governorship on December 3 4 and 5. Governor Allred announces Lieutenant Governor Woodal will attend a parole conference in New Orleans leaving Deberry as President ad Interim.
A humorous exchange centers on a boy sent for two pounds of strawberries. The merchant doubts the weight, the father jokes about his youth and blush, and the daughter questions what was said to girls in the past. The scene captures playful social commentary in a domestic moment.
Following demonstrations by Nobel laureate Dr. Friedrich Bergius, German scientists report a method to convert wood scraps into human food using hydrochloric acid. They claim carbs fats and proteins can be produced cheaply, aiming to cut living costs and lift living standards with broad distribution.
The Grayson County Baptist Workers' Conference will gather at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright on Tuesday December 1. Program items include a devotional, a state convention report, objectives for next year, Week of Prayer and Lottie Moon Offering, sermon, lunch, group meetings, and an inspirational address by Rev. J. F. Smith.
State Auditor C B Sheffield warned of an $18.8 million general revenue fund deficit by August 31, 1939, based on current legislative policies and no cuts in appropriations. He cited a peak shortfall of $13.96 million on November 20 and projected continued growth unless taxes rise or spending falls.
In Tulsa Oklahoma an 18 year old died of infantile paralysis and his father with six friends raised 1390 dollars to bring a costly iron lung to a local hospital this week to save other victims.
Whitewright will observe Thanksgiving as a city holiday with the Sun paper issued on Wednesday to allow shops to close Thursday. A joint Thanksgiving service will be at the Presbyterian Church with Dr. Everett King of Fort Worth preaching. Whitewright and Van Alstyne high school teams meet in a football game after the holiday, amid favorable turkey consumption forecasts as schools dismiss early Wednesday and resume Monday.
Memphis doctors advise limiting Thanksgiving turkey as breathing tightens or heart oppression appears. Dr Morris Fishbein of the Journal of the American Medical Association recommends eating just enough and avoiding overindulgence. If extra portions are taken, rest on a soft couch rather than sleep to ease strain.
Berlin reports the Nazi government denounced the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize award to Carl von Ossietzky as an insult and challenge to Germany. Officials vowed a direct, undisclosed reply and warned that Ossietzky’s release makes him a potential rallying figure for disruptive elements.
Grayson County will hold a crippled children clinic on December 18 in Sherman. Citizens are urged to submit names of crippled children to physicians so cases can be reviewed by the clinical board. The effort aims to arrange treatment where beneficial and is described as the county's largest Christmas project with broad impact.
New Haven Conn Satan's Kingdom a section near Winsted in the northern part of the State reported a blanket of eight inches of snow Tuesday with more expected.
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