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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1933
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription at 1.50 per year payable in advance and notes publication as 2nd class mail matter in Whitewright Texas. A notice warns that entertainments and benefits with admission fees are charged at regular rates and requests corrections for any erroneous reflections found in the columns.
Next Monday in Whitewright the town holds trades day and hosts a free rodeo at 11 o clock. The event invites residents to enjoy the program and watch rodeo activities as part of the day’s lineup.
The Sun prepares receipts for new and renewal subscriptions with ample supply. The Texas Legislature sits in session as campaign year looms and politics threaten taxpayer costs. The Blue Eagle gains popularity nationwide with signs of its sharp claws emerging.
The next big show on the program is the State Fair to be held in Dallas next month. It is touted as the largest and best state fair in the United States, potentially surpassing Chicago's World Fair. Whitewright schools open Friday with emphasis on full attendance and enrollment from all school age children. Last Saturday saw unusually busy Whitewright merchants, with timing critical as government cotton checks are slow to arrive and will boost business once received.
Maine joins wet column as the first dry state to reverse the Eighteenth Amendment after eighty years of dry status. The Maine result shows a two to one majority for repeal. Overall twenty nine states have now backed repeal of the amendment that made the United States dry.
A San Diego youth received a one year jail term after confessing to a murder he did not commit. The case followed a high profile San Diego murder that drew significant public attention.
The paper criticizes a man named riiety who confessed to police but was found ignorant of the truth. He faces a year for obstructing justice, a move the Greenville Herald says would deter notoriety seekers and reduce nuisance confessions.
Public campaign underway as governors in 34 states and DC promote automobile accident prevention. Seventy five percent of cars are in participating areas, yet 75 percent of the 29 000 deaths occurred there last year. Officials urge drivers to curb speed, obey right of way, and show courtesy.
The Dallas News argues two rapid trials, both resulting in guilty verdicts, expose unequal treatment of black defendants versus white defendants. It cites public opinion, newspaper bias, and procedural flaws as contributing factors to unequal justice.
A summary of brief science tidbits: rubber analyses since 1835 to craft synthetic rubber. Naval Academy professor projects a lunar trip under 100 million dollars. Births peak 2 to 5 am with 40 percent variance. An auto truck railcar attachment costs about 50 dollars. Berlin tests an electrical information robot answering 180 questions. Sleeplessness fix by a mechanical sandman. California electrician's neon powered self playing violin.
Rev S L Ball expounds on the prophecy of a great multitude from every nation washed in the blood of the Lamb and saved through tribulation. He urges Christians to wear the armor of God daily and avoid worldly compromise while stressing personal devotion and repentance. He cites Jas 1 27 and laments casual religion.
A steel coal barge was built in New York by welding steel channel beams with flanges facing alternately in opposite directions to create a corrugated form that combines strength and lightness.
The fragment echoes a biblical phrase about purification through sacrifice. It references believers cleansing their robes in the blood of Jesus, symbolizing redemption and purity.
Major P. D. Cornell U S Marine Corps announces few vacancies in the Marine Corps to be filled through the Recruiting Station at 535 St Charles Street New Orleans Louisiana during October. Applicants must have graduated from an accredited high school or attended higher learning and be of the highest physical and moral type. Enlistees undergo intensive training at New Orleans before transfer to Marine Corps Posts. some seek sea service with the Fleet and go to the Sea School Detachment in Norfolk Virginia. Inquiries should be directed to Major Cornell for information and application blanks.
Chris Botsch, a Dawson 1898 gold rush driver, visits Seattle after 35 years. He sees an elevator, a moving car, and modern life for the first time, learning of flour at 7.50 per 98 pound bag and peaches at 50 cents a can from radio news. He recalls a life without these conveniences through his long Alaskan sojourn.
An ad from Annette Morse Smith urges workers to insist on full pay by signaling labor standards and not signing with companies. It promotes warning about deductions and endorses verbal declarations of 40 hours and patronizing U B-cause ICU, 2,R NRA. It also markets premium adding machine paper from The Sun office.
Chicago a report to the American Chemical Society says chemical diets built on protec tive foods can extend life expectancy from 70 to 77 years and keep adults near 65 at peak work. Prof. H. C. Sherman cites half of menus from protec tive foods and notes key elements calcium minerals and vitamins, with milk as a primary calcium source.
The speaker urges daily intake of milk, vegetables, and fruit with eggs as a supplement to ensure ample vitamins. He contrasts this with bread, meat, potato, and sugar heavy diets that he says are low in calcium and vitamin A. Professor Sherman notes amino acids from proteins produce catalysts like glutathione thyroxin adrenalin and insulin.
High grade typewriter ribbons are for sale at the Sun office for 75 cents each.
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