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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
4
Whitewright Texas post office lists PIA as second class mail matter. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect also priced.
Memper associates J. H. Waggoner with Glenn Doss in a combined role as publisher and managing editor at the newspaper.
Elsa a refugee from Germany and Inge nine arrive in Fort Worth to live with Uncle Sol Englender. They will soon move to a new home, learn English and attend school while their aunt handles new clothes and German and English communication.
Sam Byron, a 31 year old St. Paul entrepreneur, leased the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum for 10 years to install an ice rink in Fort Worth. He built a business empire including a lumber yard and warehouse, led civic groups, and recently retired as president of the Minnesota Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A lively piece notes Sam Byron, a ready speaker who has moved to Texas and will bring ice hockey to the state. It highlights his Southern charm and the entertainer’s influence, with quirky quotes and regional banter interwoven in a columnic style.
A historical discourse argues that the United States was planned as a government by and for the people, founded on democratic principles and tested under favorable conditions. It compares American democracy to past experiments, notes Fulton’s folly critique, and asserts democracy’s resilience and future challenges.
A prose passage argues that American democracy remains unfinished and must advance rather than revert to autocracy. It contrasts democracy with backward looking tyranny, urges forward planning and pursuit of a thriving social order that preserves freedom for future generations.
Thirteen year old Elsa Kokotek sat down today and wrote a long letter to her father. The father probably will never get it.
A Chicago survey of several hundred young voters from both major parties shows only 11 mentioned the national debt. They overwhelmingly opposed the three per cent retail sales tax and favored simpler costs over federal treasury concerns. They want relief from petty taxes and faster service.
The note mentions notarized documents with a 25 cent fee, wasteful overlapping taxes, and unequal automobile taxes between states, alongside a reference to typewriter ribbons at Sun office.
A humorous dialogue captures Seaman Sam and Bill joking about a misdialed call and a wallet mix up. The quick banter pokes fun at mistaken identity and pocketed money in a light naval comedy scene.
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