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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun notes post office class and ad rates for notices, then surveys Texas events and politics. It discusses the Texas State Fair opening October 5, Wendell Willkie's Texas visit and a Roosevelt victory forecast, plus The Austin Daily Tribune and J M West's newspaper influence and finances.
Henry Wallace, Democratic vice presidential candidate, chose the wrong right for his acceptance speech. The same right had earlier been used by professional football champions to defeat a Picked team of amateur all-Americans. He delivered a message of vital importance to the American people on party issues.
Tax experts deem sales taxes undesirable as they bite purchasing power, especially for the poor. Louisiana becomes eighth state to abandon them and撤 revoke New Orleans municipal sales tax authority, part of a post Depression trend as arms spending rises nationally.
The Texas Manufacturers Association report analyzes a small town’s purchases to show taxes paid on common goods. It details percentage tax bites on autos furniture rent wallpaper movies and other daily items highlighting steep levies across categories.
The Commissioners Court set a tax rate of the levee improvement districts on Bois d Arc and Sulphur Creeks. The county tax rate was already fixed at that figure. The court also discussed building a new jail after the present structure was condemned by multiple grand juries.
A short poem by Edgar A Guest on life and death describes the gate of final passage, the end of earthly show, and the spirit’s ascent to the God of all. The verse reflects on pain, struggle, and the surrender of the mortal robe.
Tungsten is a very heavy hard metal with high heat and acid resistance. It occurs in wolfram and scheelite ores mined in Southern England Brittany Spain Portugal Rhodesia China Japan Burma Australia Canada Argentina Peru Bolivia and the United States. Major U S deposits lie in Nevada Colorado California and Texas.
Sidney Hollaender of New York has spent ten thousand dollars to place a message on the back cover of a publication. The move is presented as strong evidence that he truly believes in the principles he preaches.
The Pauls Valley Enterprise quotes York stressing core freedoms. He asserts citizens may worship freely read freely speak freely receive uncensored mail untapped telephone join any party vote freely and enjoy due process protections for life and property.
Dr. B A Cartwright of the University of Oklahoma compiled a 12 000 belief collection on money superstitions. The article samples some beliefs from his files in a study noted as one of the world’s largest.
A collection of vintage proverbs links money to luck and daily actions. It mentions apples on St James Day, ants in yards, leap year pennies, spider signs, dreams of spiders, Tuesday job loss, oranges under beds, falling stars, Christmas wear, shoe soles midfoot, and bread slice butter side down as hints of wealth or loss.
UT librarians note eight cities served as Texas capital with 11 seatings across 10 years. The sequence began in San Felipe in 1835 under Stephen F. Austin, then Washington on the Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, and Velasco as the fledgling government moved amid conflicts and evacuations.
University library records trace Texas capital moves from Columbia in Brazoria County to Houston by 1837 and then Austin in 1839. Mexico’s 1842 invasion prompted a return to Houston, then Washington-on-the-Brazos, with Austin restored in 1845 and made permanent by 1872 election.
A U S Census Bureau study from 1920 to 1938 shows 300 580 suicides nationwide with 1938 highest rate since 1932 at 15.2 per 100 000. Pacific Coast states top regional rates California 30.5 Washington 26.8 Oregon 21.5, Nevada lowest in numbers yet highest rate 35.6, South Carolina lowest 6.7. New York led in total cases with 2 248, California 1 874, Pennsylvania 1 397, Ohio 1 274, Illinois 1 271.
The article notes women in Northern Africa wearing long capes to erase footprints as they walk through desert sand. It describes the garments as a practical measure to conceal steps and preserve privacy in the harsh landscape.
Actuarial tables used for individual life assume similar longevity for businesses. Dunn and Bradstreet study shows 734 of 1 000 firms exist beyond 2 years, 549 beyond 5 years, 335 beyond 10, 83 beyond 25, and 8 beyond 50. Kansas trends show fewer women in county offices but more in city offices.
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