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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
4
The Weatherman favors a rich fall for crops in Whitewright with harvest near. Sherman city drilling blocks pock the area as oil prospects rise. Taxpayers see county and state rates total 1.67 dollars per hundred, up from last year, with a 30 cent road tax approved previously and state tax up 35 cents.
Charles Hilliard of Fort Wayne, president of the National Used Car Dealers Association, told delegates at the Texas Association of Automobile Finance Companies convention in San Antonio that prices for used cars, especially late models, are tapering off by about five to 10 percent.
Hilliard says the entire automobile sector is on trial amid widespread public criticism. He urges firms to restore character to business practices, warning that many have gone money crazy and lost sound ethics.
The Stamps Quartet will present a program on Wednesday night Oct. 29 at 8:00 at the Bells High School auditorium Bells Texas under sponsorship of Shining Light Sunday School Class of the Bells Baptist Church Admission 25c and 50c.
Movie actor Adolphe Menjou told the House Un-American Activities Committee that if communism ever reached the United States he would relocate to Texas where he believes Texans would kill Communists on sight. He testified about alleged Communist activity in the movie industry.
Felepi Castonan Men doza was fined $100 and costs and Frank Perez was fined $200 and costs after pleading guilty before Dawson County Judge Kilmer B. Corbin to operating employment agencies without a state license. County Attorney Vernon Adcock said they recruited cotton pickers from local farmers and arranged employment with other farmers. Officials noted the cases may be the first of their kind tried in Texas.
Texas residents born on November 7, 1857 are invited to prove eligibility for a birthday recognition by Sanger Bros Dallas 2 Texas. The firm seeks a 90th anniversary participant or nearest November date with proof by family Bible or public record. responses due by November 1.
A fireman chose to wait for a break in the program before removing a corpse to prevent panic. Saul carried the body from the theatre and summoned an ambulance after advising a boy to fetch his mother, claiming the father was sick.
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming former wage hour administrator urged Congress to raise the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour with allowances for higher wages in capable industries. He told the House labor subcommittee that 40 cents is grotesque and obsolete and called for extending some protections to workers on large or industrialized farms while exempting family sized farms.
Representative Knutson of Minnesota, chair of the House ways and means committee, predicted Congress will pass an income tax reduction bill soon after reconvening. He said details cannot be spelled out until he consults other committee members, noting the committee handles all tax matters. Congress may meet in January or be recalled for a special session.
In Cincinnati Walter Saul recounts sitting through a neighborhood theatre double feature with a dead man resting his head on Saul's shoulder. He noticed the man was dead after trying to awaken Aloysius Bolin and felt the lifeless head on him during the screening of the film featuring Dorothy Lamour.
Knutson announced hearings on the revenue act of 1948 will resume November 4. Before then the committee is expected to receive a report from a special tax study committee.
Komosomol Pravda, the Communist Youth League paper, denounces Bolshevik Youth for tolerating religion among young Russians. It states a member cannot join if religious beliefs remain and calls the magazine’s stance an attempt to reconcile materialism with priestism and idealism. It quotes Prime Minister Stalin.
A move seeks expulsion from the Communist party for individuals obstructing the broad development of anti religious propaganda. The effort targets those perceived as impeding ideological campaigns, signaling a tightening stance within party ranks.
The article states that average adults in office or housework need about 2000 calories for men and 1800 for women daily. Overeating above these levels leads to weight gain, while reducing intake prompts the body to burn stored fat. A Want Ad will sell it for you.
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