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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
4
Notice outlines that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with an admission or monetary charge will be billed at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect will also incur charges. The item is registered as 2nd class mail matter at Whitewright Texas.
Member Press Association J H Waggoner is referenced alongside Publisher Glenn Doss and Managing Editor in the byline.
Published every Thursday. Subscription price is $1.50 per year payable in advance. The publisher will gladly and fully correct any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation appearing in the columns upon notification.
The Roosevelts proclamation sets November 20 as Thanksgiving while Governor Stevenson marks November 27. Texas schools vary with Roosevelt or Pilgrim dates, colleges pick sides, and business sectors align to the governor. A 100-foot bridge near Whitewright and Van Alstyne collapsed after a car strike, injuring none. The Sun teases sausage and backbones for subscribers as November sports wind down. The piece also flags political debates over mining policy with President Roosevelt and John L. Lewis, urging government restraint if Lewis resists.
The message claims the government, via an intermediary, asks Lewis and United Mine Workers officers to respond for a third time, outlining a request or directive they must address.
Thoughts from great writers mix with personal reminiscences about Texas figures and a playful mood. The piece reflects on Governor Coke Stevenson, Houston lawyer George E. B. Peddy, and an anecdote about a runaway motor and a flivver.
A collection of moral reflections and brief news items recounts a WWI incident at Scapa Flow and Judge Few Brewster joining a Texas Supreme Court commission. It notes an upcoming magnesium plant near Austin with the Union Potash Company, outlining power allocations and potential site between Austin and Marshall Ford dam.
Texas officials expect approval to return British released oil tankers to the Texas Atlantic coast trade. They argue ships are idle otherwise and improved anti submarine protection aided shipping. Lyndon Johnson urges higher crude prices to boost state revenue. his view reflects wider Texas benefit from oil gains.
The oldest investment in the world is real estate mortgage. In ancient Babylon around 2100 BC during Hammurabi's reign, money was loaned on real estate.
The article states Hitler and his party own or financially control nearly 2,000 newspapers, suppressing unfavorable content while manufacturing favorable news to shape public perception.
In a Progres sive Farmer reflection the speaker urges reviving the historic practice of a mills cow from the bride’s parents to secure a milk supply and establish a growing herd as part of national nutrition efforts.
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