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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1937
Page
2
Sherman reports the Grayson County commissioners set the 1937-38 tax rate at 85 cents per $100 valuation with a projected top of 310,250 dollars. The budget preserves 1937 expenses, highlights WPA road work and a $300,000 courthouse, and details cuts in relief and hospital costs.
Household tips cover pantry, storage, cleaning, and cooking ideas. Brown sugar stays lump free in airtight cool jars, cornstarch boosts pie crust flakiness, camphor spirits remove white furniture markings, lemon juice and whiting brighten ivory and bone handles, butter helps cheese retain moisture, finely crushed egg shells clean enamel, sandpaper sharpens dull scissors, spinach curry mushrooms and kidney enrich scrambled eggs, plan six broilers from three at about one and a half pounds each, rich brown biscuits by brushing milk tops before baking.
Bob Calvert of Hillsboro and Speaker of the Texas House says he will announce his candidacy for attorney general. He argues the office must be free of entangling alliances and not a tool for oil interests, citing his legal background and three-term Legislative experience from Hill and Navarro counties. His formal announcement will come later.
Governor Allred joked about eavesdropping during a press conference while noting Texas law does not prohibit eavesdropping. He referenced indicting a newspaper man for eavesdropping on a governor of a neighboring state and admitted there is little the state could do if journalists merely eavesdrop.
Austin liquor board allows tobacco and ice to be considered consumer commodities for beer dealers seeking supplementary licenses beginning Oct. 1. The license enables legal beer sales from midnight to 7 a.m. plus Sundays. dealers must prove food and other goods exceed beer sales by receipts, and keep records during the prohibited hours for one week before applying, choosing any September week as the average.
Senator John Bankhead of Alabama charged that federal price pegging and loan plans favor exports and hurt farmers. He urged holding cotton in government‑financed pools awaiting better prices while a Memphis plan seeks an alliance of New York brokers and Southern planters to regain world markets. Parity payments and extended subsidies were demanded, with Alabama farmers voicing discontent over the policy and tariff protections urged against imported jute replacing U.S. cotton.
Hillsboro postmaster Burris C. Jackson hosted a Sunday barbecue with about 1,000 attending to honor five leading Texans. Guests included Rep. Sam Rayburn, Bonham. Hubert M. Harrison, Longview. Julian Montgomery, Austin. Dallas J. Matthews, San Antonio. and Frank L. McNeny, Dallas, with hosts from Northeast Texas cities recognizing their achievements. The event marked Montgomery’s first statewide function since becoming highway engineer.
Texas faces a rising general revenue deficit from 15.2 million dollars in August 1937 to an estimated 24.5 million by 1939, unless new revenues materialize. Auditor Tom King warned Gov. Allred that the shortfall could grow by about 5 million annually, prompting a special session to consider broad tax and revenue measures including lines for old age, teachers retirement, and social security related obligations.
Harley Sadler's Company will erect a tent theatre in Whitewright on Friday September 17. A free 7 p m concert by the band and orchestra precedes a three act comedy drama Rose of the Rio Grande. Between acts a vaudeville features the Big State quartet Ranger Riders string band the Nulls entertainers Sputter Denver Crumpler radio tenor and Billy Mack. Whitewright merchants offer better values.
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