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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
1
The PTA will sponsor a program in the Grammar School auditorium at 7 30 Friday. Admission is 10 and 15 cents, proceeds to buy lunch room items. Students from Grammar and High School perform songs and skits, with nine dance numbers by Denison instructors G B McKinney and Martha Jefferson.
President Roosevelt appeals to calm the nation amid Japan's Pacific aggression and Nazi war of nerves. Churchill and Allied leaders weigh the need for united resolve while American casualties rise and public fear grows.
Arvilla Patison of Community Natural Gas will lead a December 17 cooking school at Whitewright High School to promote nutritious, budget friendly meals. The event at 2 p.m. costs ten cents and aims to show efficient gas range use and leftover utilization for homemakers in eighty seven towns.
Historical note cautions that bomber crew reports on damage are often inaccurate due to watch shifts and separated vantage points. It cites Tokyo’s casualty figures and WWII practices, urging official Washington tallies for true impact while recalling Stevenson on steady minds amid chaos.
The Grammar School invites all parents to a free screening of When Bobby Goes to School at 2 p m on Friday in the auditorium. Principal L E Ricketts announces the health appraisal film stressing physician checks for children and steps to prevent contagious diseases.
The matinee show to raise articles for the needy is sponsored by the Boy Scouts and will be held December 18 at the Palace Theatre. M. B. Hasty has donated covering all expenses. Donations including money food fruit meats canned goods toys books and clothing will form Christmas baskets for Whitewright children.
Governor Coke Stevenson said Texans are calm and prepared after the war with Japan was declared. He noted hundreds of messages pledging cooperation and reports from the border saying residents are cool as a cucumber.
O M Kissinger has let contract for a six room cottage with bath to replace the Trent Phillips home between Dr F D Layman and J B Hamilton. The old dwelling will be razed and materials used in the new building. Work to start in days.
Postmaster T. J. Lilley outlined five precautions for sending Christmas parcels. They urge clearly printed return names and addresses, ink only on the stamp side, tightly affixed address labels with a duplicate inside, sturdy outer wrappings, and not placing stamps or seals along seams to avoid extra postage.
The Sun announces its regular edition will appear next week and the Christmas greeting issue will publish Tuesday December 23. To fit the holiday week, the Christmas edition date is moved from Thursday to Tuesday so readers may have the Sun on Christmas Eve.
Washington issued a government order halting the sale of new tires and tubes for autos trucks buses motorcycles farm implements and all other types until December 22 to curb a consumer buying surge. The ban, issued by priorities director Daniel M. Nelson on the Civilian Supply Division of the OPM, allows only sale on A-3 preference rating orders and excludes used tires retreads and tires sold with new or used cars.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr outlines a Pacific War scenario after Japan’s surprise attack. He predicts initial reverses but vows to crush Japan’s navy, with U S bases and Allied cooperation, while warning of possible Japan advances toward Vladivostok and Hong Kong and potential German involvement.
Sherman official Bill Connor was hired by the Commissioners Court to survey bridge footages and road mileage with a view to changing the boundaries of the four commissioners precincts.
The Methodist Church schedules a pageant titled The Holy Nativity for Sunday night December 21. All Sunday school departments will participate with parts in the performance.
Radio reports early today that Germany and Italy declared war on the United States following Japan's actions. Congress responded with a unanimous vote to declare war on Germany and Italy shortly after noon.
The text of President Roosevelt's address to Congress requests a declaration of war after Japan's unprovoked attack on December 7 1941. He states the United States was attacked while negotiating for peace, cites multiple Pacific targets, and affirms determination to defend and defeat the invaders. He asks Congress to declare that a state of war exists between the United States and the Japanese empire.
The fifth member of the sulfa drugs, sulfadiazine, has been released for general medical use. It has shown greater effectiveness against pneumonia and causes less nausea in patients.
No word from Whitewright natives serving in the Pacific theater. Families receive no news from Marines and sailors at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, while the Sun lists ten local service members aboard ships and in the army. Names include Montgomery, Janway, Yeager, Caylor brothers, Magar, and Hollingsworth. All are stationed in Pearl Harbor or the Philippines.
Mrs. Floyd Everheart, local Red Cross chair, says all assigned work is finished and no more until after Christmas. War with Japan is expected to boost demand, with plans for a first aid class and more hospital garments. Local churches and groups contributed extensive sewing including layettes, skirts, pajamas, dresses, and 54 sweaters.
United States plans to produce 1000 long range bombers per month as part of the 150 billion dollar victory program. Knudsen announces current 565 monthly bombers must double via longer plant weeks while Jones warns Japanese Pacific control threatens rubber supplies with only about a year's stock at current use.
The 49 seniors at Baird High School planned a $37.50 class picnic or memorial. News of the war with Japan prompted a shift to purchasing a $50 defense bond.
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