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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1937
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun charges $1.50 per year, published weekly on Thursdays, with notices of entertainments and funerals billed at regular rates. The paper warns against misstatements, notes a rabid dog incident and advises dog confinement, and praises local agriculture and versatility of crops in Texas.
Ralph B. Wilson of the Babson organization predicts two to three strong business years in the United States and a likely boom, but adds qualifiers and warns a subsequent slump could follow if war or other calamities alter conditions. He says favorable factors may outweigh negatives and asks how this will influence the 1940 elections and campaign.
The piece argues prosperity drives major political outcomes from Coolidge to Roosevelt, noting prosperity as a potent national issue across recent campaigns. It questions whether prosperity will dominate next year or in 1940, suggesting voters may see Washington as only partly responsible for economic conditions.
A Leonard Graphic note urges use of a reflector button on cotton wagons to warn approaching cars at night. It argues a tiny 39 cent reflector can prevent torn wagons and injured or killed mules or people, avoiding costly wrecks on highways.
A Dallas Journal snippet mocks a tariff dispute over imported rags used for paper versus wiping cloth. It satirically praises protecting domestic ragmakers from foreign “pauperized rags” and humorously belts out a split stance on duties. The piece frames the issue with playful Southern vernacular and national economic themes.
NEW YORK. American music lovers face a claim that certain songs spur reproduction as a crusade forms in Newark to label music sexy or nonsexy. Prof. Arthur Cremin leads the Committee for the Establishment of Censorship of Sexy Music asserting swing and torch songs raise birth rate and propose banning sexy music and even eliminating the saxophone.
A digest of historical objections to modernization from 1670 to 1888 cites Governor Berkeley on printing, gas lighting fears for Britain’s navy, oil lit Philadelphia fears, financiers wary of Fulton, W Y M C A typing for women protests, a Springfield Republican editor’s auto doubt, Depew’s caution on Ford stock, Cincinnati’s gendered auto fitness claim, bankers’ early tractor lending fears, and Buffington’s steel-frame skyscraper patent forecast.
The Federal Government deposited 2,460,000 into the Texas State Treasury as the state's half of old age assistance for the rest of the year. Acting pension director W. A. Little began mailing October checks totaling 1,500,000 to recipients.
The Christian Science Monitor recalls two textbook tenure cases as portraits of instability in teaching jobs. Miss A, a long time geography teacher, loses her desk to the chairman’s niece, then must search far and wide for work while losing her home. Miss B, after 15 years in 7A, faces a student repeat decision amid parental business influence.
A discussion of tenure laws and the hiring practices of school boards. It covers the instability of rural teaching, the push for tenure to protect teachers, and how boards evade tenure through probationary moves, forced resignations, or demotions. It cites state variations and opinions from educators and associations.
New Orleans report shows as of June 30, 1937 state banks held 38,644,777,035 in resources while national banks held 30,337,071,000, totaling 68,981,848,035 and exceeding last year by 1,676,256,808.
TYLER. An aged negro pensioner drawing $11 monthly from the state was found with fourteen $100 bills and $74.80 in smaller notes wrapped in brown parcels in his pockets when jailed on a minor theft charge. A well known Tyler figure, he once taught in Smith County schools forty years ago and kept his money out of banks.
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