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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
4
Notice lists entertainments box suppers and bene fits with admission fees charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect also billed. Association J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss as publisher and managing editor.
Published every Thursday with a yearly price of 1.50 payable in advance. The publisher will gladly correct any erroneous reflection on character, standing, or reputation of any person, firm, or corporation found in the columns upon notification.
The letter compares British and American press freedoms during wartime, noting criticism in the Sunday Pictorial. It cites a Labour Exchange dispute over part-time work for a wife with an invalid husband and a push for shorter work weeks as boosting production and reducing absenteeism.
The piece argues government payments to newspapers would corrupt editorial independence, urging a free press to continue printing news at its own expense. It criticizes government press agents and calls for reducing government material sent to editors, warning subsidies would threaten press freedom and public trust.
In Whitewright, the 24th consecutive low turnout election yielded 25 votes. Two city commissioners were re elected without opposition, with one incumbent serving since the commission form of government began about twenty years ago.
A Texas House investigation urged impeachment charges against J S Murchison executive director of Public Welfare. The committee called for elimination of useless jobs across the department and salary reductions in higher brackets. It noted 1000 employees and a $45 million annual budget with pay rolls signed without review.
A concise adage notes the crew member who rows must avoid rocking the boat. The saying emphasizes discipline and steadiness under pressure within teamwork contexts.
Gladys Ray writes that Amanda Adeline Mangrum of Whitewright aged 95 recalls feeding soldiers, including Gen Braxton Bragg, during the Civil War era. Born 1848 in Gibson County Tennessee she later moved to Texas, married Robert Mangrum in 1867, raised five children, and lived in Whitewright for fifty years.
Washington notes the first edition of an official Congressional handbook titled a Manual of Most Valuable Information and Data of Special Use and Interest to Members. The volume aims to aid lawmakers with guidance and referenced material for daily duties.
Arthur Joseph Altmeyer, chairman of the Social Security Board, urged that armed forces members be eligible for benefits. He proposed counting military service as employment so veterans accumulate larger Social Security benefits when returning to civilian life.
A traveling civilian invited a new soldier and other servicemen to share a buffet on a train. Chicken, ham and beef sandwiches and milk were offered to all aboard, repeated on numerous trips. A benefactor from the Aeronautics Board funded the gesture, his son serving in the Air Forces.
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