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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1942
Page
8
The all-service draft cannot start before Feb 1. Men aged 7 to 38 may volunteer via local draft boards to fill Navy Marine and Coast Guard quotas. Those already ordered for Army induction or with qualifying deferments are ineligible.
Archibald Percival Reginald Earl visits his beloved after an evening talk about kinship. He asks to kiss her and she replies with a witty retort, marking a playful romance moment.
Washington. Paul M. O Leary, 41, head rationer for the Office of Price Administration, defends gas and fuel oil rationing as essential despite public gripes. He describes the four toughest tasks: initial apportionment, rapid program rollout, educating the public to curb a mobile lifestyle, and showing OPA benefits to consumers. He mentions his background with Cornell and TNEC work.
Classified items include for sale fence posts and rent of a five room house with land near Medlen town. A notice to creditors announces probate of Arthur Lee Pennell estate in Grayson County Texas with Lizzie Lee Pennell as administratrix. Also an automobile loan offer from Auto Finance Company in Sherman. A family note thanks friends for kindness after a death.
Sherman reports Grayson County may forfeit up to 5000 in gasoline tax refunds for 1941 and the first half of 1942 due to missed claims by county auditor. 1939 refunds totaled 3925.44 and 1940 refunds 3314.49. Audit records show delays at the auditor’s office since February 1941, with annual reports due every March.
A pineapple plant typically grows healthily for about four years. This seasonal expectation guides cultivation timelines and harvest planning for growers.
Governor Stevenson said Jeffers claimed tires would be available for civilian use after an OPA regulation requiring surrender of excess tires. Jeffers office had said new tires or recaps might be available in 1944 once the synthetic program operates at a good pace.
A Marion North Carolina mountain farmer, who swore to follow sugar rationing rules, laments that with eight children he cannot continue buying sugar. He says patriotism conflicts with his family's needs, and he criticizes the rationing policy with a terse exchange about mackerel and a goldfish.
Durant Oklahoma reports the Hendrix Hall triplets Calvin Coolidge Hall Charles Dawes Hall and John Davis Hall registered first in the draft sign up for 18 year olds. Named for President Coolidge Dawes and the Democratic nominee Davis the trio born in Whitewright Texas spoke of hopes to be called when Uncle Sam is ready.
Naval Lieut. Richard Sanders in San Jose recounts Ensign Donald Mason revised a message about sighting and sinking a submarine. The original line read sighted sub glub glub, which Mason deemed flippant and discarded.
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