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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists editors Whitewright Sir J. H. Waggoner and T. Glenn Doss as owners. It notes publication every Thursday and post office filing as second class mail matter. Subscriptions are $1.50 yearly or $1.00 for six months, payable in advance, with refunds and corrections policy for any erroneous reflections.
SS Major Hans Georg Mayer described a 1940 Berlin conference attended by Hitler and top leaders outlining a two tier plan to kill Jews. Unfit victims would be gassed while capable workers faced deadly overwork, with liquidation in Balbianice, Poland, where 8 000 Jews endured brutal conditions. Mayer spoke openly before American interrogators before facing possible transfer for trial.
New York reports that contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis rose 50 percent from 1944 to 1945, totaling $16,589,874 while 1944 gifts were $10,973,491. Basil O'Connor announced the figures, noting funds support research and education and county chapter services for polio victims.
Austin officials discuss pension policy after welfare amendment adoption. Attorney general may determine actions for public welfare department with a potential increase to 40 dollars monthly for old age pensions, of which 20 dollars would come from the state. The action hinges on whether the rise is permissive or mandatory and awaits formal canvassing.
Organized federal workers urged Congress to grant a 22 percent pay increase to offset overtime losses from a 40 hour work week. The American Federation of Government Employees sent demands to Congress and the Civil Service Commission.
The commission warned the wartime forty eight hour shift reduces take home pay for average government workers by about 22 percent while AFGE argues that post increase workers will still earn less than prewar levels before Congress latest raise.
Americans released from Japanese camps arrive Aug 24 and receive care from U S Army medical authorities and the Red Cross. Many suffer malnutrition tuberculosis and other diseases. Some Wake Island prisoners describe brutal conditions aboard the Nita Maru and cold winters in Shanghai area as they recount their years of captivity.
Washington reports new automobile pricing guidelines from Price Administrator Bowles. Carmakers will set ceilings under an OPA formula, with some models possibly higher than 1942 but no general rise expected. Dealers may recover storage costs, aiming near 1942 prices after rationing adjustments.
Washington reports most manufacturing limits on riding boots leather house slippers hiking shoes and platform wedgies were removed due to drastic military cutbacks in leather and shoes. Eskimos eat blubber from whales and other sea animals.
Earl G. Hansard dies at home near Whitewright at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday. Funeral at 3 p.m. Friday at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. W. A. Cassaday officiating. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Kugga Blanton Hansard, three sons Granvolee, Jack, and Ray, his father Geo W Hansard, four brothers, and a sister.
James M. Penland, president of the Southwest Drug Corporation, died Friday in Dallas at age 64. Born in Hayesville North Carolina and raised in Whitewright, he organized the Waco Drug Company in 1911 and led a firm with wholesale houses in Dallas Houston Waco and Amarillo. He is survived by his wife five brothers and was a former president of the National Wholesale Druggists Association.
Churches Earl Bissex minister. Sunday school at 10 a m. Preaching service first and third Sundays at 11 a m. All invited. E P Wootten pastor. Worship service at 11 a m. Young People at 7 30 p m. Evening service at 8 15 p m.
W A Casseday Minister extends a personal welcome to every individual in the community to worship with us in our services. Morning worship is at 11 a m.
The church announces a 10 a.m. Sunday school and 8:15 p.m. evening worship with choir practice at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Next Sunday at 11 a.m. the Lord's Supper will be observed, babies baptized, and the choir will sing "Praise Ye the Lord" by Vance. The pastor preaches "Man and the Sabbath" and members are urged to attend and begin the Fall program in full.
The Dorcas Class met on the church lawn for a business social session. Officers elected for the coming church year include Assistant teacher Mrs. Mary Lou Pannell president Mrs. Eva Jane Ball first vice-president Mrs. Joe Rich second vice-president Mrs. Carlton Johnson third vice president Miss Hettie Cambron secretary-treasurer Mrs. F. G. Hoover reporter Mrs. Bessie Norwood Refreshments were served to nine members and three associate members by hostesses Mrs. F. G. Hoover and Mrs. Lallace May Reporter
A comic exchange centers on selling bottles as the junkman asks the elderly woman about beer bottles and vinegar bottles prompting a humorous denial about drinking beer. The dialogue highlights thrift-shop banter and street-level bartering.
A dear old lady compares the taste of beer to her husband’s medicine from the past 30 years, remarking it tastes exactly like the familiar remedy. The line captures a humorous everyday moment with a hint of nostalgia.
A sign joke notes a baby takes about two years to speak and 60 to 70 years to keep quiet, humorously contrasting speech development with lifelong silence.
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