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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1933
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun posts a subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance and confirms 2nd class mail status at Whitewright Texas. Notices of entertainments and benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. memorials and resolutions will also incur charges. The publishers will correct erroneous reflections upon request.
The State Press of Dallas urges Mr. Waggoner and neighboring towns to show generosity by sharing weather and trades day dates. It mocks rival towns for copying Whitewright and argues happiness comes from mutual aid and fair scheduling.
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram excerpt notes mob actions in Maryland and California challenge the belief that lynching is solely a Southern fault. It argues mobs arise where public resentment meets fear of legal escape, a phenomenon unlikely to please any sane person and likely to continue as long as utopian ideals persist.
United Press quotes Administrator Lawrence Westbrook declaring that no aliens will be hired for civil works. The piece notes the administration’s prerogative to decide policy with blunt authority and raises questions whether the program is charity or payment for work.
An editorial paragraph questions policy on aliens legally in the country who are destitute and offer to work. It asks whether they should be refused employment or left to charity and ends with a sharp jab at Mr Westbrook and the Dallas Journal.
A collection of quoted lines from newspapers including Dallas News San Diego Union Knickerbocker Press Boston Herald Punch Norfolk Virginian Pilot and The New Yorker. The excerpts touch on themes from end to ragged individualism to budget cuts Hollywood salaries and tariff politics.
The report describes Joaquina Valazaro’s fatal skull fracture after an accident at the hill. Other events include Nathaniel Myrick surviving a shark attack that severed his arm arteries, a Virginia sawmill boiler explosion killing Rob ert Penner, a minor injury to five workers, and a missing infant after a hurricane in North Carolina. A New York woman is found with nearly $2,000 in gold notes conflicting with federal limits.
The first public telegraph message was sent over the line between Baltimore and Washington on May 24 1844. It read What hath God wrought This historic event showcased early rapid communication.
Walter longs to join a circus parade but his mother warns against unsupervised attendance. He recalls her trust and decides to wait, watching the gilded chariot and elephants from the corner while weighing the risk of going with the Benson boys.
Walter feels the pull of temptation but chooses to obey his mother as Uncle Dick arrives with good news. The family plans a ride in a new flivver and a circus outing, emphasizing obedience as a path to success and happiness.
A reception honoring Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Merritt was hosted by Church of Christ members at the Atterberry home. Merritt leaves for Blevins Arkansas to pastor a church there after four years in Whitewright. More than one hundred guests attended and music, toasts, and a closing song blessed the evening.
At 11 a.m. the sermon discusses the National Recovery Act versus the Spiritual Recovery Crusade. At 7 p.m. the topic is Life's Conflicts led by pastor B Wrenn Webb. Sell it with a Sun Want Ad.
Swiss inventor claims a new electric typewriter uses only twenty parts. Geologists report Puerto Rico’s gold and manganese deposits are not at risk of exhaustion. Planning proceeds in Wales for a large coal to gasoline plant. The Agriculture Department introduces a seed drier allowing frozen seed cotton to be run and ginned easily. Washington Zoo acquires a lemon yellow frog with pink eyes. albino frogs are exceptionally rare and this one came from a white tadpole in a private aquarium.
Room stifling in winter can be eased by a tin of water on the radiator. A few drops of ammonia aid in washing greasy dishes. Stains deserve a final coat of varnish and some interior paints benefit from the same. The newest way to scent hair is a sachet bag sewn inside the hat. Kerosene remains a common, inexpensive cleaning aid.
A reader mails a yearly advance to support The Whitewright Sun and praises the paper. The letter mentions Wolfforth gin yards with over 100 bales of seed cotton and 80 bales on wagons. It reports two gins at Wolfforth processing 7,200 bales with 3,000 more to gin, running day and night, suggesting strong West activity.
John O Malley a young Iowa farmer was stung by a bumblebee in the neck and died ten minutes later. In a separate incident a mechanic in Ecuador was injured when a tire he was rolling rolled away toward him.
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