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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1935
Page
2
The article argues that adult pensions for all citizens 65 and over loom as the main campaign theme for next summer's legislature and possibly for the governor's race. While forecasts vary, observers expect opponents to any pension vote to push for universal payments, and speculate on gubernatorial candidates pledging broad pensions.
Lyndon B. Johnson states the National Youth Administration will extend the $6 a month high school aid jobs to needy students beyond relief rolls. Priority goes to May 1935 relief families, then current relief or PWA employed heads, then rural rehabilitation families, then the needy. Candidates must meet academic requirements and be deemed worthy by the county placement committee. The note ends with an irrelevant line about Ethiopian agriculture.
Michael Joseph writes in Harper's that cats are independent and aloof, preferring solitude and showing little desire to obey. The piece highlights the cat's aristocratic mood and dignity, contrasting with dogs and human expectations, while a farmer joke underscores language directed at livestock.
A National Geographic bulletin notes radium at about 1,000,000 dollars per ounce, its use in cancer treatment, and its scarce global supply. It highlights sources at Great Bear Lake, Belgian Congo, and U S deposits in Colorado and Utah, with historical price highs and wartime luminous applications.
In Ethiopia near Addis Ababa cash coins and Bank of Ethiopia notes serve as media of exchange. Inland salt bars trade at about half a Maria Theresa thaler, making salt a desirable currency and a luxury among locals. Austrian Maria Theresa thalers dominate the currency landscape.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the former president, was the unintended target of a prank by Theta Xi students near Stanford University. A dummy on a sharp curve was shown to motorists, then the car stopped and a gray haired woman exited. The students fled, recognizing her, and likely face a reprimand as the joke fades.
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