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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
2
Austin August 29 The Inter scholastic League releases the constitution and rules for the coming year. Roy B Henderson athletic director says copies are available by mail from the UT bureau. Teachers and others may order by writing to the bureau.
New nationwide air express service starts September 1 with unarmed flights. President B. E. M. Cowie notes each package limited to 5000 dollars, yet multiple packages may fly per plane. No guards aboard. security focuses on landing fields guarded by officials.
Pleas of guilty entered in State of Texas versus Rudolph and L J Bowling in Cameron county court. They were fined 20 dollars plus costs for failure to render property for taxation after arrest July 30 by Sheriff Blaylock at Gause. They refused bail, sought writ of habeas corpus, and remained jailed until Aug 1. They agreed to pay all taxes due on property at Gause previously claimed to belong to God.
A fragmentary exchange recounts a wife lamenting how fame ruined her husband after his health cure and a newspaper feature. She notes he has not worked since his picture appeared in print.
Advertises 7h sheets bond typewriter paper sold at Sun office for 25 cents per package. states the store does not break packages.
Commissioner J R Westbrook of Grayson County is grading the road west from Andy Jones home toward the Whitewright and Blue Ridge road. The widened stretch will be in better shape and may be graveled as part of a county wide good roads system, creating a continuous pike from Sherman to Greenville via Trenton.
Miss Madge Sears of Whitewright honored at a banco party Thursday morning and her sister Miss Martha Joe Sears honored at a Thursday afternoon bridge party at Mrs C C Langford’s home on South Crockett Street. Beatrice Brittain won banco high. Betsy Spangler received consolation. A luncheon followed with many guests. In the bridge, Dorothy Williams had high score and Martha Joe Sears the consolation.
The article condemns the destruction and riots following Governor Fuller of Massachusetts denying executive clemency to Sacco and Vanzetti. It asserts no new trial basis or unfair trial signs exist and argues the criminals were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It warns such acts harm law abiding citizens and reflect poorly on the nation.
The author argues that clemency was unlikely and contends radicals received every chance. He says six years of delaying justice shows bias and warns armed guards are needed to protect public buildings. He cites incidents in Paris and Morocco and urges enforcement of deportation for violent aliens to curb immigration loopholes.
Representative Albert Johnson, head of the immigration committee, urges Congress to tighten naturalization laws. He says Sacco and Vanzetti should not have been admitted and calls for revoking naturalization from naturalized citizens who pledge allegiance to Mussolini or other dictators.
A reflective selection asserts that a person’s world is limited only by their mind and perception. It mocks wealth and art as worthless without inner understanding. The piece invites self reliance and imagination as the true measure of value.
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