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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1942
Page
4
Public notice from Whitewright Texas announces second class mail matter and that admissions box suppers and other benefits with fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect and related items also incur charges. J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss are listed as publisher and managing editor.
Published every Thursday the periodical lists subscription price at 1.50 per year in advance. It invites readers to report any erroneous reflections for full correction by the publisher.
The piece argues that battles from Midway to the Solomons show deeper losses and broader destruction than Jutland, with Cap Miles Browning suggesting the Solomons victory was historically destructive. It contrasts surface ship combat with earlier carrier and aerial victories and credits American forces for overcoming larger odds.
Agriculture Secretary Claude R. Wickard announced 1943 crop production adjustment payments for corn wheat cotton rice tobacco and peanuts tied to acreage allocations and farm goals for war crops. Farmers face deductions for not planting 90 percent of allotments and 90 percent of war crop goals with substitutions allowed after meeting initial targets.
Regimentation of farmers has been profitable for many, but higher wartime prices drive farmers to question the advisability of continued crop control.
The new Katy passenger train timetable took effect last Sunday. Southbound trains include No 1 at 9:34 am and No 3 at 11:17 am. No 5 at 8:23 pm. No 7 at 7:45 am with no mail. Northbound trains include No 6 at 9:57 am. No 2 at 5:01 pm. No 8 at 6:05 pm. No 4 at 12:06 am as a flag stop for Dallas and beyond. Only No 3 and No 6 carry passengers and both stop at all stations.
Red letter dates on the home front calendar begin December 15 as the final day for registering basic ration books and the expiry of sugar stamp nine. Jan 3 1943 marks stamp 27 coffee expiry and Jan 21 the first eight coupons in book A for gasoline expire.
A man rushed to the courthouse with remnants of a book after killing a rat that threatened to complicate a post-mortem. The board directed him to prepare an affidavit of loss instead of a post-mortem ruling.
G. B. Leigh of Mesquite told the War Price Rationing Board in Dallas that a rat ate 13 coupons worth 52 gallons of gasoline, making the evidence unnecessary for the board to decide the case.
The War Production Board banned using chocolate in novelty figures including Santa Clauses Valentine hearts Easter bunnies and eggs. The order takes effect December 15 and WPB explained the move as a conservation measure.
The children will supply extra breakfast cocoa and chocolate bars for their soldier brothers and for their parents who work in war plants, as part of a community contribution to the wartime effort.
Sherman police report three suspects a man and a woman who claims to be a marine wife were held in Denton County jail after 17 burglaries across North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. They were linked to a Gainesville farm stash containing merchandise and 200 gallons of gasoline on a platform above the hiding hole. Authorities recovered goods worth at least 75 dollars from Charles Kaiser and 25 dollars from Bill Barrett, with local deputies present. The trio allegedly sold stolen items in small communities and one man faces a Collin County bond forfeiture in an auto theft case.
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