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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
8
A playful survey of word histories from school terms to exams and degrees. It traces schola to leisure in Rome, explains curriculum, matriculate and pupil, and reveals how terms like semester term and commencement reflect old Latin and Greek roots.
In Washington officials fear a revival of bootlegging and hijacking could push the War Production Board to allow distillers to replenish stocks. The concern centers on sustaining liquor supply amid wartime restrictions and enforcement pressures.
A collection of small ads lists second hand goods from Whitewright and Denison areas. Items include a white pressed brick, cattle for butchering, Model A coupe trade, land and property listings, butane tanks and appliances, auto loans, and used furniture plus a 1935 Chevrolet car with low miles. Local dealers Foster’s Butane and Auto Finance Company are noted.
The children express heartfelt appreciation for neighbors and friends who offered kindness during their mother Mrs. Judson Badgett s illness and for words of sympathy and floral offerings after her passing.
Thanks to many friends for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during our bereavement. Your support is deeply appreciated from Mrs Charlie Smith and children.
The Pierce family expresses gratitude for the kind words of sympathy during the late illness of their loved one and for the many acts of kindness and floral offerings.
War Mobilization Director James Byrnes and Economic Stabilization Director Fred Vinson are said to take interest in the liquor shortage. The WPB banned distillation of beverage spirits months ago to conserve stock for industrial alcohol needed in the war effort.
A Massachusetts federation resolution urges picketing unless funerals use union-made caskets. Local No. 560 of the Casket Makers and Furniture Workers backs the move, with Horace Litchfield quoted promising picket lines if the policy is not followed.
Washington reports associates of Food Administrator Marvin Jones said the War Food Administration may buy more commodities to assure farmers ample prices, while denying plans to buy and resell the entire food supply. Officials cited rising production costs and the end of AAA payments as reasons to consider higher price supports, with possible ceiling price increases. The Administration vowed to hold line on food prices where possible.
Officials outline a program to support farm prices above ceilings for commodities such as peanuts sugar beets and cheese while losses from resale would be borne by war-related programs. Eggs poultry and dairy products likely require government purchase at losses, with civilians paying a lower price.
The text recalls English price controls during the 1314 war with Scotland, listing wartime prices for livestock, fowl, eggs, and land rents. It notes long historical use of state price regulation and contrasts that with modern OPA concerns.
Elinor Rice notes that under Elizabeth prices rose and wages climbed. A country house rented for one to one and a half dollars yearly and could be bought for twenty five to thirty dollars. Wheat weighed in at twenty five cents a bushel with an ox priced at six dollars fifty cents. Claret sold for five cents a quart and red port for six. Wages for a laborer ranged from eight to twelve cents a day.
A nostalgic reminiscence of London's cat meat man with his circus like cart and gaudy sign. The piece recalls Pussy the cat’s preference for horse meat over beef or lamb and mentions a peddler named Dobbin with a cartoon cat inviting a thinner cat to supper.
A street vendor cart offers meat skewers of various sizes boiled for about two hours. A half-penny buys a small bite for Pussy, while three-pence buys a Christmas dinner. The fat cat narrator notes they buy all their meat from Dobbin.
The Journal of the American Medical Association said 6000 physicians will be inducted into the armed forces by January 1. Orders call for 38 to 45 year old eligible physicians to report as the procurement and assignment board, with Army Navy and public health officials, completed the plan.
A reflective verse on the grown man who longs for his lost boyhood dreams and finds joy in imagining what might have been. The speaker contrasts youthful plans with adult nostalgia, highlighting persistent imaginative longing.
Public notice urges readers to renew subscriptions to The Whitewright Sun at a rate of $1.50 per year. Includes brief call to action with payment and renewal details implied.
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