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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1943
Page
4
Public notice from J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss at the Whitewright Postoffice states second class mail matter and that entries for entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions will also incur charges.
Published every Thursday with subscription priced at $1.50 per year in advance. The publisher offers full correction of any erroneous reflection on character or reputation upon being brought to attention.
The piece reports President Roosevelt defends reusing coffee grounds with a London printed inscription as support, while Mayor La Guardia endorses a similar method. It notes skepticism from reporters, mentions opposition to a fourth term, and reflects broader war effort criticism and public sentiment.
Washington report notes the Office of Price Administration assigns seven points for a pound of caviar under rationing, equal to salmon. A shopper at a Washington store explains jar sizes and prices, with a four ounce jar at 3.15 dollars equaling a pound for 12.60 dollars in total.
A large number of Texans were among 530 airmen receiving awards, announced by the Eighth Air Force in England. Capt. Robert B. Campbell and Capt. Clifton Pyle of Marshall earned oak leaf clusters to the Air Medal, with First Lieutenants Butler of Brownwood, Whitson of Denison, Holmes Jr. of Denton, and Sgt. Gonzales of Mission among other recipients.
The Texas House adopted a resolution with little discussion to eliminate 56 contingent expense fund employees who had been checking school census rolls. The vote was 113 to 4 as Rep. Montgomery cited past figures of overflow staff paid across the Forty-fifth to Forty-seventh Legislatures, totaling thousands of dollars.
Grand Rapids report shows a casual question from William J. Hillary's son about his father, a jail turnkey. Censors and the provost marshal investigated after police linked the slang to an army training school using the jail as a guardhouse.
Governor Stevenson visited Hillsboro briefly on Tuesday to proclaim National Cotton Week. The ceremony highlighted cotton industry support and state efforts to assist growers and manufacturers.
A proclamation designates May 17 to 22 as National Cotton Week in Texas. The governor urged farmers to plant all permitted cotton and met with leading cotton figures in a conference with Capt Burris C. Jackson, chairman of the Statewide Cotton Committee.
John W. Nugent of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute resigns after 47 years as assistant treasurer. He worked about 12 hours daily, had one vacation in June 1914 for his marriage to Julia Quinn, and only one illness-related absence two years ago. Now 70, he credits exceptional health to constant activity and daily long walks.
Franklin Dobie granted leave from the University of Texas to accept a Cambridge University visiting professorship in literature. He worries about luggage limits for boots and hats and whether available transportation will allow his trip.
The War Department will stop accepting further discharge applications for men over 38 after March 31. An 8th Service Command order notes the release regulation is being amended. Previously, men over 38 could be discharged if a job in essential occupations awaited them.
College Station notes by Dr. H. G. Johnston advise an offensive, early start against pests. Begin as soon as invaders appear and continue with treatments every four to five days until eradicated.
Insecticides such as cryolite and calcium arsenate defeat flea beetles cucumber beetles and cabbage worms on fruit and foliage. Nicotine sulfate or pyrocide fight plant lice stink bugs squash bugs and other sap suckers. A home made duster from a tin can broomhandle and cheesecloth can help. Begin spraying as pests appear and hit lower leaf surfaces thoroughly. Destroy crop stalks after harvest to prevent lice and bug breeding.
Miss Josephine A. Brown of New York described China's mobilization for total war at a Texas A and M conference. She noted 85 percent of China is agricultural, industrial wealth centered along the coast, and the disruption after factory bombings and a mass evacuation of about 50 million people.
Miss Brown reports on China in year six of the war noting the growth of small rural industrial cooperatives inland. These groups employ evacuees, supply raw materials, manufacture items for military and civilian needs, and help stabilize prices. Broadcast set for Tuesday April 20 at 6 am on the Texas Farm and Home program.
Citation directs the Sheriff to publish in Grayson County newspapers summoning interested parties in the estate of George Ezra Lockhart and others to appear in the Grayson County Probate Court in Sherman on the second Monday in April 1943 to contest guardian F R Lawdon's final report. Clerk H Grady Thompson issues the writ dated March 30 1943 with deputy Iva Medlin.
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