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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
1
The public is invited to a Christmas program at the Grammar School auditorium tonight at 7 30. The high school will perform a one act play Christmas Today and a pageant The First Christmas under Mrs Sarah Kilgree. Grammar School pupils present songs and drills with no admission charged.
The Bureau of Census targets the second week of January to measure Texas and national agricultural resources and production. The five year census will gather farm acreage crops livestock labor and other farm operation items amid wartime conditions.
Free will offerings at two White Wright churches supported the Methodist Home at Waco and Juliet Fowler Home in Dallas. The Methodist Church raised 182.50 on Sunday morning with more gifts to come, while Central Christian Church collected 150 for Juliet Fowler Home with additional gifts since. An upcoming First Baptist Church event will fund Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas. The passage notes that Thomas Jefferson was the first president to wear long trousers, ending knee breeches.
The column records numerous local service members with Christmas visits and discharges. Pvt Percy Tracy visits his mother Mrs Lola Hood. Lt Hamilton Vestal from Evanston and Lt James Bryant of the Navy visit their families. Cpl Teeman Sanders from McChord Field returns on furlough. Pvt Clarence Tillett to be with wife and baby. Additional notes mention medical discharges for R T Head and W B Key, recent recruits J D Hughes Jr and James Alexander, and several families with relatives overseas or in hospitals in Paris and India. A POW update confirms Sgt James E Hughes missing in action and later identified as prisoner of war. The piece also notes planned arrivals and training, plus a four-star service entry near the end.
The Collector of Internal Revenue began mailing income tax forms to about 65 000 farmers in the Dallas district on Saturday and will send Form 1040 copies to others who filed declarations of estimated 1944 tax. Forms 1040 and 1040 F are sent to farmers with receipts and deductions, the latter to be attached to Form 1040. Employers are also supplied forms for employees who prefer using them over withholding receipts due next March 15.
President Roosevelt stated at a news conference that the Atlantic Charter is not a formal signed document but the principles remain valid. He described the charter as memoranda shared from a sea conference with Churchill and transmitted to Washington and London for press release.
P. J. Simpson Jr., stationed at Camp Elliott in San Diego, visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Simpson as a flag hangs in a store window. He has four and a half years in service with nine naval engagements and three commendations, and his brother Bill serves on a Liberty ship in the Southwest Pacific. Cousins George Jr. and the late Dick Simpson are noted among relatives with military ties, plus Lester Simpson Jr. in Florida amphibious training and M. M. Simpson on shore patrol in Galveston.
The German counteroffensive on the United States First Army front in Belgium and Luxembourg swelled to a major assault involving an estimated 200000 troops. American forces halted advance in some sectors while heavy fighting and losses mounted along a sixty mile frontline.
George Harris of Denison walked into the city hall tax office to pay his 1944 taxes. Upon being told the amount he dropped dead, authorities reported.
The Sun announces a one week absence from publishing to allow staff vacation and maintenance at the newspaper plant. Office will be open except Christmas day to receive subscriptions and accept commercial printing orders. The publishers extend Christmas wishes to readers.
The Sun adds many names to its honor roll this week as subscriptions near year end. The paper notes renewal activity, December expirations, and a Christmas week break with the next issue due January 4, 1945. Names include W. L. Smith, Orbin Blanton, M. R. Smith, R. A. Gillett and many others.
A 16-year-old college student from Atlanta named Jimmie Hawkins was found dead on a sidewalk after a whisky bottle lay shattered in a gutter nearby. He had just returned from Young Harris College for Christmas vacation, and authorities indicate the bottle struck him from a nearby building.
War Department reports Pfc James H Murphy killed in action in France on December 8. A Whitewright High School faculty member and football coach, he was 32, married to Nina Ball, son of James and Mrs. Murphy, with two brothers Vincent and Dale. He trained at Ft. Lewis and Independence Kansas before overseas service.
At a board meeting of the First National Bank the directors authorized a bonus for every employee equal to about ten percent of salary. The bank reports strong patronage and substantial gains, with deposits surpassing one and a quarter million dollars, a historic high.
London dispatch warns of a real Rundstedt offensive in Belgium and Luxembourg. The clash southeast of Liege disrupts Allied positions between Aachen and Liege as German reserves concentrate in Hurtgen Forest and a bold counterblow tests American lines near Mortain and Kasserine precedents.
Lt. Comdr. Jack Beebe, in charge of district Navy recruiting, said qualified men may be inducted. The Navy seeks specialists to fit Seabees roles, as voluntary enlistment of men over 18 has been impossible for more than two years. Sun Advertising is economical.
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