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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
4
Whitewright Sun announces post office entry as second class mail matter. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular rates. Memorials resolutions of respect also charged. Publisher lists weekly Thursday edition and subscription at $1.50 per year.
The state deficit has fallen from over 30 million to 7,299,139 the lowest since 1934. Nearly 18 million has been cut in the past year without bond issues. Governor Coke Stevenson is credited for reducing red ink, while critics note party rhetoric. Radio is praised as a great invention with the mute button close behind.
A quip-like statement argues that preventing further wars hinges on settling current conflicts and paying the cost. It emphasizes a conditional peace and global restraint as the path to lasting tranquility.
Letters are the biggest morale builder for troops overseas and journalists agree on their importance. An Army statement cites that 15 percent of mail to soldiers overseas is improperly addressed or insufficiently labeled, hindering delivery.
The Fort Worth Press notes soldiers should include rank full name with middle initial serial number service organization and unit APO number and postmaster at the embarkation point for mail routing. The Army urges not to rely on memory if unsure of the address.
The Christian Science Monitor outlines how a new political map arises from a Wisconsin eruption. Governor Dewey looms as a key GOP figure while Wendell Willkie challenges, potentially altering leadership in peace efforts and party balance.
Edmond E. Lincoln extols American pride rooted in diverse roots. He notes courage, industry, and honesty as shared inner traits among settlers and immigrants, leading to home ownership, bank savings, insurance, and stock ownership. He highlights mass car ownership in 1941 and the potential for individual progress through capable effort.
The passage argues that Americans differ in heraldry yet share bathhouse habits and growing families. It asserts rising living standards and advancing American culture beyond old-world races while condemning meaningless restraints and obscure disputes. Mr Lincoln expresses doubt subversive foreign influences will prevail.
The speaker argues against isolationism while urging global aid and cultural openness. They warn that a dominantly strong centralized government threatens American ideals, freedom, prosperity, and ambition if it runs unchecked.
Returning soldiers recall island economies using shells as money and the humor of shelling out taxes. A father wishes for two shell types to cover money and coupons while relatives nag about age and wealth. The piece riffs on family frictions, language echoes, and social pressure.
A White House visitor argued that strong men can do without books while President Lincoln emphasized the importance of reading. He said he values being among books and believes literacy aids personal growth and
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Smith and their Sherman children visited relatives in the area, extending through the long weekend. The excerpt notes that a man’s thoughts he believed were original are not as new as he thought.
Two years into war a Rocksprings Record editorial blasts civilian morale and war effort. It argues arms production serves profits, labor leaders seek votes, bond campaigns favor comfort, and soldiers fight an ugly war for national security and postwar jobs.
A dramatic quote from Violet Moore in the Atlanta Journal describes a mysterious, uniformed mailman causing scandal. The anonymous messenger is linked to a married woman, a jealous husband and rumors of repeated visits to Mrs. Browns door and the Perkins girl.
The bride, supported by her father in an armchair pushed by great-grandchildren, wore white with a bouquet of white rosebuds and smiled despite gray bobbed hair and crutches. The groom walked, head bald, teeth chattering slightly, as they finally married after saving.
Bruce Barton in Your Life says fast eating is a national disgrace and a danger to health. He warns that rapid meals cause digestive ills and claims sodium bicarbonate cannot undo the damage.
The text discusses overeating at noon and high sugar and starch intake. It advises to finish the middle of a meal with hands flat on the table and then push the chair back to avoid a midafternoon slump.
Citation issued in Grayson County Texas commands the sheriff to publish for ten days in a Grayson County newspaper. Guardian Verne W Murray filed final report in County Court of Grayson County. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days service, April 1944, at Sherman Court House.
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