War Loan Drive Nearing End in Whitewright
The War Loan drive in Whitewright nears completion with about $10,000 still to raise by Friday April 30. C B Bryant Jr the general chairman notes strong local support and urges everyone to buy bonds at banks or post offices to back the war effort. The appeal emphasizes patriotism and the need for immediate personal financial sacrifice to ensure victory and a return with interest.
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Whitewright
C. B. Bryant Jr
Section
Bryant
First National Bank
Sot
War Loan Committee
Hitler
Morgenthau Urges More $25 Bond Sales for War Loan
Secretary Morgenthau criticized weak sales of E F and G bonds in the second war loan drive as the $13 billion goal reached 75 percent in a week. Banks contributed $2.49 billion and non banking sources $7.47 billion, with total sales $9.53 billion by Saturday night.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Stevenson Signs Anti-Loan Shark Bill
Governor Stevenson signed an injunction bill to curb loan sharks, allowing the attorney general and district attorneys to halt firms with three or more usurious loans in six months. Senator Weaver Moore and Rep. Emmet Morse witnessed the signing. the law takes effect August 9.
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Austin
Stevenson
Texas
Weaver Moore
Emmet Morse
Houston
Rationing Roundup Details for Food and Fuel
Ration Book No. 2 A B C D red coupons valid now through April 30 with E from April 25. Blue D E F for processed fruits and vegetables through April 30. Sugar Stamp 12 in Book 1 five pounds through May 31 plus extra canning sugar via local boards. Coffee Stamp 26 through April 25 and Stamp 23 April 26 to May 30. Shoes Stamp 17 Book 1 one pair through June 15. Gasoline No 5 coupons four gallons through May 21.
Victory Program Final in Series Set for April 29 at School
The last Victory program of a series will be held at the High School auditorium Thursday night April 29 at 8 30. Admission is the purchase of War Saving Bonds or Stamps at the door. Superintendent E C Butler announced the event as the second bond drive is underway and expects to top prior sales.
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E. C. Butler
Butler
Whitewright Builds Green Light For Community Canning Center
The town moves toward a community canning center with plans to purchase or rent pressure cookers. McKinney Plant reports seven to eight hundred cookers needed. local residents owning cookers are urged to rent them to the school so the center can begin.
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McKinney
Reports Required From Employers on Victory Tax Paid
Employers who withhold the victory tax must file two reports. Form V-1 is quarterly, due the month after each quarter end. Form V-2 is an employee receipt filed annually or at job end, with the original sent to the Dallas collector. Penalty for late filing starts at $5. Forms mailed to social security taxpayers. others may write to Thomas in Dallas.
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W. A. Thomas
Internal Revenue
Thomas
Dallas
Egg Production Reaches New March Record
The Agriculture Department reports March egg output per farm hen at 15.74, up from 15.51 a year ago and above the 10-year average of 14.18. Total farm egg production rises 17 percent from last year due to more laying hens, signaling continued gains if feed supplies hold.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Sunrise Easter Service at Central Christian Church
The annual union sunrise Easter prayer service will be held at Central Christian Church at 5 30 a m Sunday April 25. Members of all local churches will attend and large crowd is expected. Pastors will also deliver Easter sermons at 11 a m services.
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Union
Central Christian Church
Judge Loy Guest Rotary Speaker at Friday Luncheon
Judge Jake J. Loy Grayson County judge spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday. He urged War Bond sales in the second campaign and outlined planned Grayson County child welfare work with a state trainer, county office helper, and county quarters. Visitors included F. O. Mangrum Sherman Ed Edmonson Fort Worth and a Mr. Davis Dallas.
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Jake J. Loy
Grayson County
Rotary Club
Judge Loy
W. E. LaRoe
Loy
Commissioners’ Court
F. O. Mangrum
Sherman
Ed Edmonson
Fort Worth
New War Ration Book No 3 To Be Mailed This Summer
Washington announces distribution of War Ration Book No 3 by mail in June and July to replace Books 1 and 2. Applications will be left in mail boxes between May 20 and June 5 and must return by June 10. Ration boards expect books to arrive by end of July with primary use for sugar coffee and shoe rationing and four pages of point stamps usable for canned goods or meat when Book 2 runs out.
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Washington
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA Cuts Points on Soups and Frozen Foods
The OPA orders drastic reductions in point values for canned and dehydrated soups frozen fruits and vegetables and removes black eye peas from the ration list. Major items drop by half or more with Texas noted for its large population as context.
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Washington
OPA
Servicemen News from Whitewright Area fathers and families
Whitewright area readers learn of service members and relatives stationed or visiting across the country and abroad. James Bryant of the U S Navy Air Station near Dallas visits parents. Pvt Walter Clark of Keystone Heights Florida visits family. Sgt Hack Harrison and many others send letters, notes of training, furloughs, or wounded status from Fort Carson Fort Riley Camp Cook Camp Peary and other bases.
Palace Theatre to Rebuild After Fire
Marshall Hasty owner of the Palace Theatre says reconstruction will start within days after purchasing new equipment The Sun reports. He bought new machines and will use used chairs, noting the theatre is a key asset to Whitewright’s business life as the town bounces back from the fire.
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Marshall Hasty
Palace
the Sun
Hasty
Whitewright
Tax Framers Fail To Map Compromise
Washington reports a collapsed effort by Democrats and Republicans to forge a pay as you go tax plan. Democrats back 1942 income tax at 1941 rates with withholding from July 1. Republicans pursue a modified Ruml plan with wartime safeguards and a 75 percent abatement for most taxpayers.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
John W. McCormack
Ways and Means
Home Built Dehydrator Says Cost Is $1.50
A simple apple box dehydrator costing $1.50 can preserve garden produce. It uses a 200 or 300 watt light bulb for heat and requires overnight soaking before use. Specifications were prepared by the A and M College Extension Service. The note also mentions U S automobile defense plants in 67 cities across 17 states.
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Victory
A. and M. College Extension Service
U. S. Automobile Industry
Dr Peter Simpson's Leghorn Lays 628 Eggs in Two Years
A White Leghorn owned by Dr Peter Simpson of Hooper Nebraska laid 628 eggs over a two year period. The record highlights the chicken's prodigious laying performance and the owner's pride in the Ontario style poultry farming.
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Peter Simpson
Hooper, Neb
Soldier Missing in Transit From India to New York
A man recently arrived in New York from India said he would return home soon, possibly Sunday. Joe Thomas, released from the RCAF to join the US Army Air Force, failed the physical and was rejected. He told his parents he was heading home, the last word they had. Thomas enlisted in December 1940 and served in Canada England and India, earning the British Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious service in India.
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New York
India
Joe Thomas
RCAF
United States Army Air Force
Canada
England
Executed American Airmen Shock White House Statement
The White House said Japan executed some airmen from the Doolittle raid and President Roosevelt vowed justice for the perpetrators. The State Department issued a protest accusing Japan of barbarity and violating the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention. The War Department noted five captives as prisoners, three probable, two missing, with death sentences mostly commuted.
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Washington
Tokyo
White House
Roosevelt
Japan
James H. Doolittle
State Department
War Department
United States
Doolittle
Switzerland
Nelson thanks papers for aid in scrap drive
Donald M. Nelson chairman of the War Production Board praised newspapers for aiding the scrap drive last fall. He told the American Newspaper Publishers Association convention that the nation may produce 7,000 planes this month and will continue to ramp up production in coming months to meet needs.
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New York
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Boy Succeeds in Mattress Jump Not
Denver report says 9 year old Commando John Arm beck climbed to a garage roof placed a mattress beneath and leapt from a nearby building. He fell thirty feet to the garage roof then fifteen more to the alley pavement. Physicians treated a slight head injury.
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Denver
John Armbeck
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Sun Office
Canning Center
By Rex Cruse
Christian Church
Rotary
States
James Bryant
U.S. Naval Air Station
Mrs
A. M. Bryant
Pvt
Walter Clark
Keystone Hights, Fla
E. W. Clark
Fred Clark
Stanley
Pete) Thornhill of
Childress
Harold Thornhill
Private Thornhill
Army Air Corps
William Wilson
Pendleton Field
Oregon
W. C. Wilson
Cecil Raley
Tarrant Field
Virgie Raley
Cpl
Willie B. Smith
W. L. Smith
Ford Bomber
Dearborn
Mich
J. H. Murphy
Whitewright High School
Fort Lewis
Joe M. Magers
L. M. Magers
Army
Fort Knox, Ky
Whitewight High School
Joe
Donigan
Claude Thompson
Jackie Lee Thompson
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Charles L
Hack) Harrison
Camp Carson
Colo
Ernest Harrison
Clovis, N. M
Harrison
Kynard R. Auten
Cavalry Officer Candidate School
Fort Riley
Kansas
N. A. Auten
J. P. Lindsey Jr
O. K
Lindsey
North Africa
Leon Lindsey
Camp Cook
Calif
Tennessee
Leon Spindle
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Navy Seabees
J. W. Henry
R. V. Henry
Canal Zone
Oral L. Henry
Army Ordnance Battalion
P. W. England
Town
Pfc
Ray England
Watersmeet
Michigan
Grady England
Camp Robinson
Ark
H. D. England
Lake Charles
James D. England
Independence
Walter Tom Holmes Jr
Army Air Forces
W. T. Holmes
Denton
Joe Thomas May
Royal Canadian Air Force
R. H. May
Palace Theatre
Nelson
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