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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
4
Whitewright Sun lists post office status as second class matter in Whitewright Texas. Notices for entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions will also be charged. Subscription price is 1.50 per year payable in advance.
The report emphasizes Fire Prevention Week with advice on cleaning chimneys and flues, checking wiring safely, avoiding open flames, and proper gasoline handling. It lists common risks like cigarettes, matches, pests, and overheated stoves, urging education over reliance on insurance. It also comments on local politics and editorial stance of The Sun toward Texas voters.
A Daily Tribune lead editorial condemns Texas and the South for voting by tradition and emotion without considering impacts on livelihoods. The Sun counters, arguing Texas and Southern voters are as informed as those elsewhere, criticizing the Tribune’s stance toward Willkie.
Elliott Roosevelt, the president’s son, entered the Army as a captain at 31 with a wife and two children. Critics accuse him of not enlisting as a private, though enlistment rules restrict ages and dependents. He forfeited a potential $6,000 monthly income for military service while earning $315 monthly as captain.
McKinney Examiner reports Abilene Reporter warning against rising bitterness in the presidential race. The piece argues tackling hatred aids Hitler’s aims, urges respectful hearing for all candidates, and calls for unity and support for Roosevelt or Willkie if elected, especially during wartime.
A Chicago Times analysis notes Wendell Willkie’s western tour and New York debut drawing cautious optimism from supporters and skeptics. Bruce Barton argues California odds favor Willkie. Wall Street backs Roosevelt. Sloan projects rising GM output while taxes and regulation bite profits. the piece cites Times figures to compare corporate earnings and warns on post January 1941 profits.
Churchill in the Commons pledges to reopen the Burma Road for war supplies to China despite Japanese bargaining. He cites German air raids at home and notes 8,500 deaths and 13,000 injuries from bombing, praising British resolve and forecasting hard months ahead.
The Rev G L Hodges pastor of Rayburn City Baptist Church north west of Denison near the damsite was reelected for the ensuing year and will be installed at dedication services Oct 20 at 2 30 p m The Grayson County Baptist Association announced. The mission now has nine services monthly and will meet next September with the First Baptist Church of Tioga.
Federal Judge Collet postponed sentencing an unnamed German alien to permit sending his gunboat design to the Navy Department. Henry Resch of Columbia, aged 49, pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen auto from Salt Lake City to Columbia. The inventor claimed the craft could travel 60 miles an hour and right itself after capsizing.
Funeral services were held in Pauls Valley Oklahoma for Mrs Sarah Carter 86 tied to Bonham roots as daughter of William and Mary Fitzgerald pioneers. She lifelong Baptist member, survived by sons Dr C S Carter Bells and R W Carter Pauls Valley sisters Amanda Boyd Bells Nora Bell Savoy brothers J T Fitzgerald and L H Fitzgerald Sherman.
Funeral services were held at the Tom Bean Baptist Church for J. D. Welch 44 of Dallas who was killed in a gun accident at Crockett. Welch reared at Tom Bean and long worked for a Dallas gin company directing a plantation gin project. Survived by mother Mrs E P Welch of Tom Bean daughter Mrs John Massingale of Sherman son J D Welch Jr of Dallas brother Bill Welch of Gainesville and three sisters Mrs C S Teague Mrs Joe Vivian and Mrs Robert Caraway of Tom Bean.
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