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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
7
Eight months into the war Allied pilots acknowledge Japanese fliers and the Zero as a top fighter. The P-39s P-40s and Martin B 26 Marauder are effective but pilots wish for the Zero’s climb and range. Some commanders note the B 26 can dominate when in the air and that a hybrid craft combining traits may best counter the Zero.
Lucille Waddell is ordered to appear by August 31, 1942, before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman to answer P. H. Waddell's petition for divorce on abandonment grounds. The suit, filed July 16 1942, names Joyce Louise Waddell as child. Issued July 17 1942 by Clerk W R Henderson.
A proposed constitutional amendment H J R No 23 would authorize lending 2 000 000 dollars from the Permanent School Fund for the construction of a state office building or buildings. It sets repayment terms, calls for voter submission, and outlines proclamation and publication costs.
The proposed amendment authorizes up to 2 million dollars in state bonds for a Texas State office building in Austin. It directs the Permanent School Fund to invest the same amount, sets terms up to 3 percent interest, 25 installments, and requires a November 3 1942 election with specific ballot wording. The governor and treasurer are assigned duties to issue proclamations and cover election costs with an eight thousand dollar appropriation.
The 1942 filing seeks partition of four tracts of land in Grayson and Cooke counties. Owners Van Parker J F Parker and A L Parker hold undivided interests as heirs of D J Parker and Nettie Parker. Descriptions include 165 acres in Grayson along Rock Creek and 80 50 acre tracts in adjoining tracts plus 60 acres in Cooke County. The estate valued at about ten dollars per acre. The case was issued August 6 1942 in Sherman Texas 41 S 10.
Sioux City Iowa. A war rationing victim sent a verse to the rationing board chairman. He writes please bury me beneath a ton of sugar under a rubber tree and water my grave with good gasoline.
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