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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun published by J. H. Waggoner as publisher. Subscription price set at $1.50 per year payable in advance. Entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter. Publishes every Thursday.
The Sun again provides space for Whitewright high school students to publish The Reflector. The first issue fills an entire page due to opening week activities, with staff names to appear next week as the staff is yet to be finalized.
A 60 page bulletin from the Railway and Express Employer Association of Texas compares 1932 and 1933 Texas truck accidents and tax data. It lists 1,487 accidents in 1933 with 362 deaths and 1,972 injuries, and notes county ad valorem taxes paid by trucks and railroads, citing Grayson County figures.
A mathematician shows that turning clocks back for daylight saving time saved 26,280,000 Americans an extra hour of sleep last Sunday morning. This equals 1,095,000 days or about 3,000 years in total across the population.
The article notes daylight saving time shifted activities and radio programs one hour earlier. Whitewright enjoyed a high school football game last Friday where the Tigers, facing a veteran Whitesboro squad, held a draw until the final quarter before the visitors won with an aerial attack. The piece honors courage, clean sportsmanship, and doing one's best, saluting the Tigers.
The Association of West Texas County Judges and Commissioners opposes reducing automobile registration fees unless the Legislature provides for maintaining or improving lateral roads. The group argues fees fund road upkeep and moving revenue to other taxes would harm drivers who cannot afford to pay.
George Bernard Shaw proposes a British law requiring an inquest after deaths following operations. He argues surgeons should forfeit their fees if death results from alleged carelessness, pressing for accountability in medical practice.
The editor of The Whitewright Sun argues that 13 cents a pound for cotton will still entice farmers to overcrop. He contends many growers accept cotton despite expected low profit and would plant heavily if price holds around 13 cents and gov restrictions end, predicting a bumper 1935 crop.
In The Whitewright Sun, a snappy jab questions robbers forcing silence and suggests editors may urge law to hush women voters. The piece mocks henpecked husbands and notes women vote in diverse camps, urged to avoid imputing male traits to others as politics becomes a tightrope act.
The Dallas Times Herald notes the editor argues farmers will plant for a bumper crop next year if left unrestricted, even at 7 cents. Voluntary reductions fail. planting decisions hinge on prices around 7 or 12 to 13 cents and surpluses.
The AAA issued orders seen as concessions rather than mandates. Farmers who joined programs like cotton and wheat reduction signed contracts voluntarily and may now benefit from allowances allowing departures for their own needs. Most signers view these orders as welfare rather than compulsion.
Mr C E Ratliff of Hinton West Virginia praises Thedford s Black-Draught a pure vegetable family laxative used for constipation tiredness and headache for thirty five years He notes it remains unmatched and suitable for cleansing needs Bold in 25 cent packages Thedford s BLACK-DRAUGHT CHILDREN LIKE THE SYRUP.
The Al G Barnes show, a world renowned circus, scheduled for Friday in Sherman, features a traveling zoo with 1 080 staff plus 108 advance men. The fleet includes 22 tents on twelve acres, a full corps of specialized artisans, famed performers from eighteen countries, and performances at 2 and 8 pm with zoo inspection and a band concert beforehand.
The statement frames the land curtailment bonus as a voluntary contract for farmers. It asserts farmers control their own farms and choices, with coercion addressed by courts protecting constitutional rights to manage their business.
Four babies born to Mrs. Mary Spinelli in the Bronx perished within twenty minutes of each other. The mother, who kept housework up to the births, had recently resumed work as her husband Joseph found CWA employment. In a second note, Netherlands built airplanes with American motors are used in air lines across the Netherlands Indies.
George Bernard Shaw urged Britain to require inquests when a patient dies after surgery. He argued surgeons cannot be barred from practicing but should face inquiry into preventable deaths and medical fees.
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, divorced wife of Senator William G. McAdoo and daughter of Woodrow Wilson, is confined to her Hollywood apartment with a fractured leg after leaping between rocks in Palm Canyon near Palm Springs.
A witty exchange in a divorce or domestic dispute scene features Mrs. Hitt defending a sharp remark about striking while the iron is hot while discussing a hot flatiron incident involving her husband. The dialogue riffs on proverb and domestic mischief.
The text promotes a measured dose using a liquid laxative to safely relieve constipation. It praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an approved natural laxative with senna and cascara, available at drug stores. It urges readers to try the “liquid test” costing sixty cents to relieve bowel worries in the home.
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