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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
4
Whitewright Sun page includes post office notice about second class mail, advertising rates for entertainments and memorials, editor contact details, a safety valve about corrections, and a humorous mix of local scenes and quotes. The items reflect small town life in Texas with sketches of Fort Worth peanuts and Cisco Rising Star highway contrasts.
The Sun reports Lieutenant Governor Coke Stevenson foresees a special legislative session failing to enact pension taxes. He argues constitutional amendments require regular sessions, and warns the Senate led by him will not approve taxes on oil, sulphur, natural gas, or oil pipelines to fund pensions. The piece contrasts a House willing to tax special interests with a Senate aligned against pension levies.
The Texas Safety Association urges county commissioners to allocate bond funds for warning signs at danger spots on lateral roads. A six month survey shows fatal accidents on unmarked secondary roads rose 121 percent from 1938, while marked highways fell 9 percent. The State Highway Department marks state highways but not non system roads, and higher speeds on lateral roads increase risk.
The article reflects on postwar costs versus potential housing gains, questions war allocations, and then shifts to farming life noting September cotton harvests, storage, and rising productivity. It mentions 40 billion dollars spent on the last world war, eight million homes at 5,000 each, and a third of the population housed, followed by cotton picking in Whitewright with improved harvest speeds over past decades.
The column notes that wartime rhetoric often invokes divine support with phrases like Forward with God for Germany and similar Polish lines, and it recalls Lincoln’s reply that one should be on God's side rather than presume God is on ours. It warns against equating divine endorsement with righteousness in conflict.
In Texas the old age pension program faces a funding squeeze as the public welfare board cuts all checks equally to meet bank loan repayments. Analysts note Gov. O'Daniel's insistence on a constitutional tax amendment hindered compromise, fueling a political stalemate while 120,000 seniors see reduced benefits. The piece also contrasts wartime recollections and remarks by State Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler on the cost to families of war.
A lone customer in a highway tavern near a large city avoids danger as three rough men pause at the door to ask about him and depart. The piece then recalls wartime jokes about a razor-wielding negro soldier and a Mississippi merchant’s joke about future U.S. soldiers, highlighting the era’s humor.
Texas health authorities warn that many mothers miss early prenatal care and syphilis testing. They cite 1,200 deaths and 3,000 yearly syphilitic births as the cost of ignorance, urging education to ensure treatment before or during early pregnancy.
A Boston young woman explains a method to empty an egg by perforating both ends and blowing, while an older listener recalls a similar past practice of making holes in each end and blowing out the contents.
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