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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
2
War dispatch by Ernie Pyle describes hedgerow fighting in Northwestern France. Small squad actions advance along lanes, with German positions hidden in hedgerows and trenches. U.S. troops move in cautious, segmented bursts, using grenades and mortars to clear hedges as thousands die in a protracted, man sized war.
Senator Hatch of New Mexico says Republicans control the Senate through a minority, aided by some Democratic Party elements. He cites the substitution of a state's rights measure for federal unemployment compensation standards as proof of Republican influence.
Anamosa Iowa Ray Keeley lineman for Iowa Electric Company grabbed a wire carrying 7 220 volts of electricity and escaped with a burned right hand and a hole in his sock burned there by the charge as it left his body through his right foot Experts estimate that only one person in 10 000 can live through such a jolt of current.
Public notice records a Texas limited partnership named T. L. Brice Company, Limited, formed July 1 1944 in Sherman Grayson County for canning and related lines. Partners include T L Brice as general partner and William H Lucas R E Brice Howard Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas as special partners with specified capital contributions and profit shares. The partnership term runs to June 30 1954. Notary details and witness attestations are included. Also included is a separate notice about Texas duck hunting regulations granting a larger bag and longer season for 1944-45 with specific limits and county applicability.
The season closes as the birds are taken in a final harvest, marking the end of the year's hunting period and the completion of the season's quota.
The article lists returning radio programs and dates for the fall season. Burns and Allen return Tuesday at 8 p.m. on CBS KRLD, Frank Sinatra on KRLD Wednesdays at 8 p.m., Kay Kyser and Joan Davis Jack Haley expected late August, Henry Aldrich September 1, Mayor of the Town September 2, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy September 3, Radio Theatre September 4, Truth or Consequences September 9, Information Please September 11, and Kate Smith September 17 in a new series.
The lineup announces return dates for major radio programs. Jack Benny starts October 8 with Amos and Andy September 20 and Fibber McGee and Molly September 26. Eddie Cantor September 97 and Abbott and Costello October 5 join Dinah Shore and Duffy's Tavern September 15.
The Hotel Association of New York City urged members to stop selling alcohol for 24 hours after word of Europe’s fighting ending. The United Restaurant Liquor Dealers Association of Manhattan considers a similar move led by Joseph Maguire. England used 5 billion straight pins and 370 million safety pins annually before the war.
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