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THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
Thursday, August 26, 1937.’
HELPFUL HINTS
By Julian Capers Jr.
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Wil] Be Labor Day
Exposition Speaker
For your health’s sake, fight colds this winter
with comfortable temperatures and adequate
ventilation in every room of your home.
Imports Heavy
While U. S. Cuts
Crop Production
NOBODY’S
BUSINESS
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$609,289,917 Crop
Loans in Four Years
Use plenty of clothes pins in hang-
ing the laundry on the line. Careful
pinning will save much ironing and
pressing.
Do not dampen clothes too far in
advance for summer ironing. They
mildew much more readily in warm
weather than in winter. If the iron-
ing has to be postponed, carefully
shake out all damp articles to dry„
They may easily be resprinkled.
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The cold germ is respon-
sible for more than two
hundred million ill-
nesses each year. Any
sudden change in tem-
perature as you go from
a warm room to a cold
one makes you suscept-
ible to "catching cold.”
Soon the common cold germ will wage its relent-
less attack to pave the way for such serious ill-
nesses as bronchitis, sinus infections, tuberculosis
and other health-wrecking diseases. Watch for
that first "sniffle” . . . it’s a warning that should
not be overlooked.
A novel bread to be served with:
soups, salad or tea may be made by-
fashioning dough into one-inch balls,,
rolling the balls into strips one-
fourth of an inch thick and tieing a
knot in each strip.
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demanded by the “cotton bloc.”
Washington dispatches indicate the
loans will be available for this year’s
crop, now moving, which will mean
the best prosperity since the depres-
sion for Texas farmers, and should
boom business throughout the state
before Christmas.
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NOTES
Prosperity will hit Austin Sept. 20,
with the opening of the University
fall session, with an estimated 10,-
000 enrollment, and two special ses-
sions beginning. Cafes, hotels, liquor
shops, and merchants in the capital
city reap a daily harvest estimated at
$10,000 during a session. . . . State
officials with political ambitions were
visiting the Texas American Legion
convention in San Angelo this week.
Speakers included Gov. Allred, Rail
Commissioner Ernest Thompson and
Bill McCraw, attorney general. . . .
The Governor was to proceed to
Denver to attend a wedding, making
Walter Woodul governor for the 12th
time in the past three years.....
State health officials reported the in-
fantile paralysis situation, which
reached mild epidemic proportions in
some sections this summer, improv-
ing steadily with the advent of cool-
er weather. No delay in reopening
schools next month is anticipated be-
cause of the disease.
Too much praise cannot be given the formula of
medical science that "it is better to keep well
than to get well.” Every effort should be made
to prevent illness particularly during the treach-
erous months of winter.
WILLIAM GREEN
The Pan American Exposition in
Dallas will be the center of labor
celebrations in the Southwest on
Labor Day September 6. William
Green, President of the American
Federation of Labor, will speak at
the Exposition grounds. It is ex-
pected that he will be rallying his
Southwestern membership to fight
C. I. O. encroachment.
WASHINGTON. — Crop loans of
the commodity credit corporation to-
taled $609,289,917 in the last four
years, records showed today. Farm-
ers have paid back all but $121,504,-
137.
The unpaid balance resulted large-
ly from loans on the 1934 cotton crop.
Secretary Wallace said the corpora-
tion lost $23,000,00 in liquidating this
loan of $300,000,000 and would lose
another $30,000,000 if the “collat-
eral,” of carry-over cotton, were sold
on today’s market.
These losses, he said, might reduce
the capital stock of the corporation,
originally $100,000,000, to $47,000,-
000.
Loans have been made, and large-
ly repaid, on cotton, corn, tobacco,
turpentine and resin.
Speaker Bankhead (Dem.) of Ala-
bama asked President Roosevelt yes-
terday to approve 10-cent loans on
this year’s cotton crop. Secretary
Wallace, he said, has asked for a 9-
cent basis which Bankhead con-
tended would not be as satisfactory
to either the government or the
farmer.
The 1934 cotton loan was on a 12-
cent basis. In 1933 and 1935 the rate
was 10 cents. There were no cotton
loans last year.
Small bath towels light in weight
but firmly woven are easier for chil-
dren to handle than larger, heavier
towels. They are generally easier to
launder, too.
Soap lasts longer if it is well dried
out. As soon as the soap is received
the wrappers should be discarded,
and the soap piled loosely in a dry-
place.
A refreshing citrus cocktail may
be made by combining equal portions;
of orange and grapefruit juices with
bottled lime juice. It should b&
served chilled.
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Fresh ham is cooked in the same-
manner as any other cut of fresh
pork. Allow at least 30 minutes per
pound. Serve the ham with apples,,
sweet potatoes and a green vegetable..
To cover scratches on dark colored
furniture apply tincture of iodine on
a swab of cotton that is tightly fas-
tened to a lead pencil. When the re-
touched area is dry, rub it with fur-
niture polish. The scratches will
hardly be noticeable.
Common colds are dan-
gerous. Don’t gamble
with them. If you
should catch cold dur-
ing the coming winter
months, consult your
family doctor before it
has an opportunity to
undermine your health.
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AUSTIN.—Two highly controver-
sial special sessions of the 45th Texas
Legislature, which will have impor-
tant effects not only upon the state’s
financial situation, but also upon the
1938 political campaigns, were seen
by observers here as the Sept. 20 date
set by Gov. Allred for the first ses-
sion nears. The Governor has indi-
cated that he will submit taxation
first, and public utility regulation sec-
ond, and other matters “if there is
time for them.” There probably
won’t be any time for these “other
matters,” because both taxation and
utility regulation are expected, as
they always have in the past, to stir
plenty of time-consuming contro-
versy.
A drive by members of the Legis-
lature, led by a Senate investigat-
ing commitee which has been study-
ing the problem, to balance the
budget by lopping off unnecessary
expense of state government by
eliminating duplicating departments
and unnecessary employes, has gained
considerable pre-session support
among members. Gov. Allred has
indicated he will stick to his original
tax recommendations — higher nat-
ural resources taxes—but the Gov-
ernor’s taxation record makes it ex-
tremely hazardous to predict in ad-
vance just what he may recommend.
Best early indications are that the
resources folks will oppose bitterly
any new taxes, on the ground that
they are unnecessary and that a large
state deficit acts as a “brake” upon
public expenditures; but they will
centralize their efforts toward keep-
ing new increases in taxes on oil, gas
and sulphur as low as possible, with
the reasonable expectation that they
will get some increases. Some reduc-
tion in unweildy bureaus, centering
on old age assistance, and the liquor
control board, may be achieved, and
■ some of the extremely liberal ap-
propriations voted by the regular
session may be trimmed downward,
In an effort to balance the budget.
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V POLITICS OPENS UP
The special sessions, of course, will
mark the jumpoff of the 1938 politi-
cal season, with the usual scrambling
for advantage which may affect legis-
lation as much as any other factor.
Gov. Allred has not elaborated upon
his third term ambition. Jim Fergu-
son has been trying desperately to
work up sufficient enthusiasm to
nominate his wife for a third term,
on a sales tax and pensions for ev-
erybody platform. The McCraw can-
didacy, which reached its peak
ahead of the primaries, appears to
have eased off considerably during
the past 30 days, while that of Col.
Ernest O. Thompson is slowly gain-
ing headway as his friends have be-
gun active work.
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LAW AND ORDER IN DALLAS
Twenty-five department of public
safety men, ordered into Dallas by
the Governor after a disgraceful se-
ries of beatings and kidnapings of ri-
val labor faction leaders and a So-
cialist lecturer, restored peace there
this week,and were busy on the job
of clearing up some of the lawless-
ness which Dallas police officials and
Smoot Schmid, the Dallas County
sheriff, raised no hand to halt or
prosecute. Allred declared the state
coppers would remain on duty “as
long as necessary,” despite a dozen or
more inspired telegrams of protest
sent by the rival labor factions to
him.
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SCHOOL ROW OVER
An ending as happy as a movie
fade-out climaxed the long-drawn
out battle over the $22 school appor-
tionment, which the board of educa-
tion met, rescinded its former action
in fixing $22 per capita apportion-
ment, then reset the apportionment
at exactly the same figure—$22—on
the basis of a revised estimate by
Comptroller George Sheppard de-
claring there would be sufficient
money available to pay the $22. All
the pending lawsuits have been drop-
ped, the automatic tax board scored
a moral victory, the school kids get
the money, and everybody is happy
over the outcome.
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TREASURER’S RACE
Interest in the race for State Treas-
urer Charley Lockhart’s job height-
ened following Lockhart’s positive
announcement that he will run again
next year, after a story was pub-
lished to the effect that Rep. Jesse
James, of Cameron, who resigned
from the Legislature to become Lock-
hart’s chief clerk, would run and
Lockhart wouldn’t. Lockhart de-
clared his health, which has been so
poor as to make his candidacy doubt-
ful, is much improved, and added
James had promised him not to run.
Lockhart will have other opponents,
however, at least two having an-
nounced already. Special elections
have been called for Sept. 18, to
name successors to James and Rep.
Oscar McCracken of San Antonio,
who also resigned. Rep. Byron Eng-
land of McKinney is scheduled to re-
sign after the special sessions, to ac-
cept an accounting job with one of
the state departments..
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COTTON LOAN PASSES
Best news of the week for Texas
farmers was the action of Congress,
in the closing hours, in making avail-
able a $65,000,000 fund to take up the
slack between the market price of
cotton and the 12-cent loan figure
WASHINGTON. — The rest of the
world sold the United States farm
products valued at $1,539,239,000 in
the, 1937 fiscal year, the Bureau of
Agricultural economics reported to-
day.
This was an increase of nearly
$400,000,000 over the previous 12
months when the figure was $1,140,-
727,000.
A similar compilation last week of
farm exports for the same period
showed a decline of about $30,000,-
000 for the last year to a total of
$732,839,000.
Imports of farm products classed
as competitive with those produced
in this country were valued at $782,-
662,000 for the period ending June
30, 1937, compared with $578,961,000
for 1935-36. These included meats,
grains, sugar, wool, cotton and sim-
ilar products.
The value of non-competitive agri-
cultural imports, such as coffee, tea,
bananas, spices and rubber, was
$662,226,000 compared with $493,-
327,000 a year earlier.
The bureau said many of the im-
ports grains “may be attributed al-
most entirely to the unusual drouths
in the United States in 1934 and 1936
which reduced domestic supplies and
raised prices.”
Convenient placing of cooking'
supplies and utensils in the kitchen,
will do much to lighten the work,
of preparing the family meal. Uten-
sils needed for cooking should be
placed near the stove. If it is pos-
sible, the china cupboard should be
located near the sink so' that dishes
may be put away quickly once they
are washed.
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