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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
8
The Whitewright Sun lists editors owners Whitewright Sii J H Waggoner and T Glenn Doss and publishes weekly on Thursdays. It outlines subscription rates one year 1.50 six months 1.00 payable in advance and promises correction of erroneous reflections upon notice to the editors.
A reflective piece contrasts moral clues about returning good for evil with economic observations on rayon and cotton. It links wage growth, tool efficiency, and postwar industrial potential, arguing modern machinery and capital investment raise output and living standards while sustaining cotton’s competitiveness against rayon.
About 25 years ago competition emerged between industries. Rayon, a new yarn form, shifted prices and market share after World War I. By last year rayon claimed a growing slice of cotton exports, signaling a pending sales struggle as wartime demand waned and both industries faced world markets.
In York Pennsylvania a seeing eye dog led a blind man and two companions over 2.5 miles of country dirt roads to seek help when Gayle Burlingame chief of the State Council for the Blind collapsed while clearing flood debris. Burlingame died and the dog later refused to release the body to a funeral director until chained.
The Veterans Administration struggles to handle postwar duties as it expands to serve returning servicemen. With 15 million potential claimants and new congressional inquiries, officials fear it cannot absorb the workload. Brig. Gen. Frank Hines leads a department reshaped by wartime demands and low priority budgeting.
The VA, once labeled an essential war agency, battles a 14,000 personnel gap with 1500 Washington vacancies and similar needs in New York and regional offices. The piece notes congressional action via the GI Bill of Rights, yet shortages persist amid postwar staffing shifts and policy shifts.
A religious dialogue touches the significance of the resurrection, biblical literalism, figurative language, and salvation. It cites 1 Corinthians 15, Psalm 115, Habakkuk 2, and Romans 4 to explain core Christian doctrines and interpretive approaches.
At a Washington press conference Paul V. McNutt, wartime labor chief, handles a reporter’s cue about woman power. He smiles and says manpower includes women, clarifying the phrase reflects total labor needs.
A humorous dialogue contrasts gendered sports notions as a girl questions catching a ball and the reply implies men are easier to catch, reflecting playful social commentary.
Ernie Pyle explains the carrier flight deck operations in the Western Pacific detailing how planes take off from the rear, how idle aircraft are parked at ends, and how crews perform respotting. He notes engine warmups, signalmen, barriers, and nightly tie downs to withstand storms.
A terse exchange shows a sergeant denying extended rest as the requester pleads for time off and relief from a spinning head while dust from rafters looms, highlighting tension and authority in a confined setting.
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