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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
1
Local chairman J. H. Waggoner urges immediate volunteer buyers to reach a $67,000 quota for Whitewright and surrounding communities. The appeal compares bond purchases to soldiers volunteering for perilous missions and calls residents to buy $500 to $5000 bonds at the post office or First National Bank this Friday and Saturday.
The notice outlines ration stamp validity for Meats and Fats, Processed Foods, Sugar, Shoes, Gasoline, and related dates through late spring and summer. It also notes Texas aging pension payments averaging about $21 monthly versus $27 in other states, with 46 percent of elderly Texans on pensions against 24 percent nationally.
Rev. E. P. Wootten, former Whitewright pastor for five years, is reappointed by nearly 300 Baptist members with no dissent. He left in January for Burleson but is expected to return to Whitewright to resume leadership as pastor after strong civic and church work.
B W Newman was elected president of the Whitewright Rotary Club with Roy Blanton as vice president H G Hoover secretary C J Mead treasurer and Marshall Hasty and Joe Johnson as directors. The new officers assume duties in June and Dr Ross R May is retiring president.
A long list of servicemen and family news from Whitewright and surrounding areas details Pvt Fred Starr Jr entering Army hospital at Camp Robinson Ark and numerous relatives shipping letters, furloughs, deployments, and homecomings from World War II through theaters in Europe the Pacific and China, including Iwo Jima and Guam.
The Sun reports a growing subscription list with several new names and renewals this week. Expired accounts were mailed notices last week and response has been strong. Under postal rules, expired subscriptions are removed, but the paper notes a year of growth and minimal arrears. Subscribed or renewed names include Walter L. Martin, James Stateville, E. M. White, and many others.
The will filed in Dutchess County New York states that Franklin D. Roosevelt's widow may select and use any personal property for her lifetime. It includes bequests to St James Church Hyde Park the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation and to personal employees. The document was made public in Poughkeepsie and released by the law firm O'Connor and Farber. Fort Davis Texas is noted as the highest town in the state at a mile high.
Three men were held Wednesday by Grayson County sheriff's department in connection with an assault on a 12 year old Trenton girl. The offense was said to have occurred at a dance place near Denison just across Red River. Officers were alerted after a Whitewright physician, who examined the girl, advised a Sherman doctor. The men held lived near Trenton and were with the girl and a companion Tuesday night.
Utica New York George Morrill 31 was jailed thirty days after pleading guilty to falsely informing the Utica Daily Press that his mother had died He said he hoped to gain creditor sympathy to defer a $24 bill City Judge John J Walsh said newspapers are the greatest source of truth in democracy.
Plans for Whitewright participation in the United National Clothing Collection are led by W. E. LaRoe. The goal is 10 000 pounds of serviceable clothing bedding shoes and goods for war torn Europe. Committees include Publicity Marshall Hasty J. H. Wagogner and church and school groups with donation sites at local agencies and churches. Contributions accepted through April 30 with urged early donations at designated locations.
A Katy passenger train and a pickup truck collided Tuesday morning at a crossing near South Bend street. The truck was demolished and the locomotive dragged the vehicle several hundred yards before stopping. The drivers, A R Woodruff and John Newman, escaped unharmed and exited the train safely.
The local F F A calf show was held Saturday at 5 pm with judge Bill Speed of Leonard. Pat Gray won first prize of 10 dollars, J A Harper second with 7.50, and four others earned 5 dollars each for notable care and gains.
A mother scolds Agnes for dirty hands and asks if she ever saw her mother dirty like that. Agnes replies she has not. the exchange reveals a memory or moment of mother daughter interaction with a playful claim about childhood.
Miss Martha Lee Bradley twenty died in a nighttime auto crash on the McKinney Dallas highway south of McKinney. Earnheart ambulance moved the body to Whitewright. Funeral set for Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev. L O Evans. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by parents a brother Sgt Lon Reedy Bradley and a sister Mrs Mack Pierson. Family moved from Blanton farm to Stafford farm near Trenton.
War correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by a Japanese machine gun on Ie Jima while with a U S Army unit. Reports differ on whether he died instantly or after seeking a ditch, with Corporal Alexander Roberts later confirming Pyle’s death amid heavy enemy fire.
Navy head Admiral Chester W. Nimitz disclosed heavy American losses in the Okinawa campaign and southern approaches to Japan. As of Wednesday 7,895 casualties: 1,467 killed, 4,677 wounded, 1,751 missing. Japanese losses cited include 9,108 killed and 391 prisoners by Friday midnight.
District Judge J. D. Moore voided the emergency maternal and infant care program for wives and children of servicemen in Texas. Osteopathic physicians claimed discrimination for excluding them. The ruling barred the State Board of Health from continuing the current plan or any plan that excludes osteopaths. The Board of Health appealed to the Third Court of Civil Appeals.
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