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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
1
Community salvage drive urges farm homes to gather old metal for national defense. Local committee led by Pascal Farley offers market payments. metals shipped promptly to mills. Government price ceilings apply. gifts to charities encouraged. anyone can collect scrap.
Allied commando forces and tanks from America Canada Britain and France landed at Dieppe and withdrew after a nine hour assault. Preliminary losses on both sides were heavy but major objectives were claimed achieved. Aerial and naval units reportedly destroyed many German planes and ships with over 80 aircraft confirmed down.
Allied losses numbered about ninety five planes from a 1000 total. German fighter losses neared one third of the Luftwaffe in the western front. Twenty four American bombers attacked Abbeville and Rouen targets before dawn. Some Allied tanks were lost then landed from secret British vessels. The operation, described as a full scale rehearsal for a second front, involved around one division or roughly 15,000 men per German estimates.
A general draft of married men under 45 with dependents will come in the not far distant future, a spokesman for Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's National Selective Service Board predicted. Public Relations Director Ted Luther, speaking at the Legion of Valor reunion, said the 1-A pool was exhausted and that conscripts would come from 1-B and 3-A classes.
The Selective Service System ended its limited service 1B classification for men with minor physical defects and reclassified all but the totally unfit as available for service, AP reported from Washington.
A witty quip argues style reveals gender norms. The line claims men listen and thus are identified as male, while women’s attire is deemed incongruous with masculine dress. The joke reflects era attitudes on clothing and identity.
Cotton bag manufacturers in Texas informed the Texas USDA War Board they can supply plenty of picking sacks made from cotton cloth. B. F. Vance, board chairman, announced shortages of cotton duck cloth led to a shift to sacks made from osnaburg. Texas mills indicated they could supply as many osnaburg sacks as needed.
The town received 1.76 inches of precipitation over Saturday night and Sunday, ending a dry spell since June 14. A severe electrical storm accompanied the rain, striking the Methodist Church belfry and damaging the roof of the Howard Brodhead residence. Utilities were disrupted citywide.
Sherman. On motion of the contestant the Henderson suit contesting a 23 vote loss to Judge J J Loy for county judge in the July 25 Democratic primary was continued until 10 am next Monday for trial before Judge R C Slagle Jr in 15th District Court. Attorney for Henderson urged delay due to prep and runoff conflicts. Loy’s attorneys agreed to the continuance and challenged the cost bond as improperly signed.
COLLEGE STATION Texas cotton farmers will receive loans at 85 percent of parity on this year s cotton crop. Rates vary by region with middling grades from 16.61 to 16.82 cents per pound and notes bearing 3 percent interest maturing July 31 1943. Loans available until May 31 1943 with full rates for AAA cooperators and 60 percent for non cooperators subject to penalties.
The United States Public Health Service distributes wartime dental posters showing a dentist with six fingers on the left hand while probing a workman’s mouth. The error prompted chagrin as the poster circulated in war plants urging workers to care for their teeth.
Whitewright schools expect a tentative September 14 start date amid contracts with Bethel Blanks Enterprise and District 42. Ely Orangeville and Richland districts skip school this year, patrons may send children elsewhere. A new 20 by 30 foot farm shop building will house equipment. two high school faculty vacancies remain and Mrs. Dick Montgomery has resigned to work for the U S Engineer in Denison.
Sugar ration stamp No 8 will be good for five pounds of sugar in the ten week period from August 23 to October 31, the office of price administration announced. The basic ration remains one half pound per person per week, but larger purchases are now possible to move five ten and twenty five pound packages.
Six months after American troops arrived in Britain the adjustment to new conditions continues. The doughboys prefer cold beer and American cigarettes, note British weather is poor, and some clashes have occurred. most get along with locals despite differences in pay and culture. Officers expect savings and allowances to bridge the gap.
Several local service members receive Navy and Army postings during wartime. Leon Spindle becomes carpenter's mate first class in the Navy, serving outside the continental U S. Morris F Gillett transfers to U S S Badger. Lieut F M Williams moves from Corpus Christi to Kingsville. Sgt Donald Hudgins assigned to Eighth Troop Carrier Squadron for overseas duty APO 3000. Ralph Kaiser writes from a Pacific destroyer using V mail technique. Others include Jack Spindle home on sick leave, Robert Chumbley reassigned to Camp Crowder, Findley Haile with Sheppard Field, San Diego training, and Fleet Landing Force assignment. J H Philley sworn as electrician's mate first class in Navy construction. Paul Wilson reports Billy Wilson at San Diego training station and Boyd Payne enlisted at Navy PT. Walter Clark returns to Byrthe, now Pvt in Army Air Corps.
The fourth annual Grayson College Ex-Students Association reunion will occur Sunday with three to four hundred alumni and families expected. Invitations went to ex-students. attendance may be lower due to tire shortages. The event is for ex-students and invited guests only, not the public, with basket lunches in the High School gym. Programs include chapel exercises, speeches by Judge Fenner Leslie and Judge J. J. D. Cobb, vocal solos, and a patriotic program beginning at 2:30 PM with talks by class representatives and a business session.
New York reports Western Union and Postal Telegram Companies seek to discontinue singing telegrams and other special rate social wire messages to speed war messages. Whitewright merchants offer better values.
Farmers in the Whitewright area fear leafworms will strip cotton stalks after last year’s damage. Texas guidance favors calcium arsenate or lead arsenate dusting at five to seven pounds per acre, with Paris green or white arsenic as sprays under strict safety.
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