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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces postal status and ad rates for events and memorials. It urges holiday caution for travel as soldiers return, and reports Gov Stevenson urging courts to collect delinquent taxes, noting Texas totals and Tarrant County leading with $932 461.57.
Army reports 85 chaplains casualties since hostilities began, with 16 killed in action or from wounds, 26 dying from sickness or accident, nine wounded, and one missing. Enemies hold 33 chaplains as prisoners of war.
George S Benson argues that America's free market and enterprise spirit drive competition and innovation. He cautions against socialist proposals and notes laws address abuses, while praising private enterprise as the most successful system despite imperfections. He compares reform attempts to scrapping a winning speed boat for a raft.
A popular magazine offers a tempting reward for proof that wild animals think. An English lady with a young kitten and puppy vouches for the story and states she has observed thinking abilities in animals that have been domesticated.
Wartime propaganda notes nylon stock material used for parachutes and glider ropes. It states 1 920 pairs equal 3 840 legs for a single human escape parachute and 17 000 pairs equal 34 000 legs for a single glider rope.
A concise aphorism attributed to Swift proclaims that method triumphs in every domain and that order governs all aspects of reality. The quote frames method as a universal governing principle.
The 50 million dollar Denison dam on Red River is completed enabling flood control and power production. Earthen embankment stretches 14 000 feet with 7 800 more feet of dikes. lake will extend 80 miles up Red River to Gainesville and 60 miles up Washita. Construction involved 17 million cubic yards of dirt, 200 000 cubic yards of stone, and support from Army engineers and German war prisoners assisting in reservoir clearance.
Engineers completed a dam on the Washita River diverting water around the Cumberland oil field to preserve deposits. A mile long row of concrete piers carries US 70 and a 5 000 foot rail bridge spans the lake. Four and a half miles of earthen dikes hold the oil field dry while a powerhouse, delivering 200 million kilowatt hours yearly, nears completion with water power expected by January.
General Motors issued directives to all divisions aligning with the National Association of Manufacturers program to rehabilitate and re employ former workers disabled in the war. H. W. Anderson, VP of personnel, urged early action to place handicapped veterans in suitable jobs and ensure full pay for their positions.
The article states that over 82,000 General Motors employees serve in the armed forces and cites Douglas Aircraft of Santa Monica, California, as employing 17,000 wounded or incapacitated veterans discharged from the service, illustrating industry's conformity to the NA M policy of re employment on sound productivity and economic grounds.
Diplomatic sources claim a 45 foot rocket shell weighing 12 tons could threaten Allied invasion plans. The device uses compressed nitric acid as its charge and tests show a 35 to 40 mile range. Germans allegedly build electric and steam catapults along the French coast to target Britain.
Sheriff Talmadge Moore announced Bob Williams would fill a vacancy as jailer on the sheriff's staff in Bonham. T. W. Murrell moves up as riding deputy after Claude Phillips resigned to join Jones Field maintenance.
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