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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
2
The public is invited to a Christmas program at the Grammar School auditorium tonight at 7 30 P M. Under Mrs Sarah Kilgree direction high school pupils present a one act play Christmas Today and a pageant The First Christmas. Grammar School pupils perform songs and drills with no admission charged.
The Bureau of Census sets the second week in January to measure agricultural resources and production in Texas and across the nation. The five year census will gather data on farm acreage crops livestock farm labor and other farm operation items amid wartime conditions.
At two Whitewright church services free will offerings supported orphan homes. The Methodist Church raised 182.50 for the Methodist Home at Waco and the Central Christian Church collected 150 for Juliet Fowler Home in Dallas. Additional gifts followed, with upcoming Buckner Orphans Home offerings announced for Friday night in First Baptist Church. Also notes that Thomas Jefferson wore long trousers, ending knee breeches.
Local column records Pvt Percy Tracy visiting his mother Mrs Lola Hood and Lt Hamilton Vestal spending Christmas with parents. It notes Cpl Teeman Sanders on furlough from McChord Field, Pvt Clarence Tillett from Camp Gruber visiting wife and baby, and other service members including sailors and airmen with updates on inductions, discharges, hospitalizations, and POW status. Many names and family ties across Whitewright.
The Collector of Internal Revenue began mailing income tax forms to 65 000 farmers in the Dallas district on Saturday. Copies of Form 1040 and Form 1040 F are sent, with 1040 F listing receipts and deductions for farmers to attach to Form 1040 when filing. Employers receive 1040 forms for employees preferring withholding returns, to be filed by next March 15.
President Roosevelt said the Atlantic Charter was not a formal signed document but he endorsed its principles. He described it as memoranda shared with radio operators and circulated to Washington and London, existing in substance though not in formal form.
P. J. Simpson Jr. AMM1c stationed at Camp Elliott San Diego visits grandparents Mr and Mrs R E Simpson. Four and a half years in service with nine naval engagements, overseas nearly two years and three commendations. Brother Bill Simpson guards a Liberty ship in SW Pacific. Brother Dick listed killed in action June 24 1944 after missing a year. Cousin George Simpson Jr. killed in action November 14 1944. Cousin Lester Simpson Jr. in amphibious training in Florida. Uncle M M Simpson on shore patrol duty in Galveston.
Reporting from Paris the German counteroffensive on the United States First Army front in Belgium and Luxembourg surged Wednesday with a first assault of 13 to 15 divisions. The full force could reach about 200000 men, with heavy armor and Volksgrenadiers. Weather hindered Allied air support as brutal fighting continued along a sixty mile front, with stalemates at times and heavy casualties on both sides.
George Harris, a Black resident of Denison, entered the city hall tax office to settle his 1944 taxes. After being informed of the amount due, he collapsed and died.
The Sun will skip publication next week to allow a vacation for the weekly staff. The office will be open except Christmas day to receive subscriptions and to accept orders for commercial printing. The publishers wish readers a very happy Christmas.
The Sun reports a growing honor roll with many new and renewing subscribers. Christmas week will see a missing December 28 issue, with the next edition dated January 4, 1945. The list includes numerous names such as W. L. Smith Orbin Blanton M. R. Smith R. A. Gillett and Sgt. Billy B. Pritchett.
A 16 year old college student Jimmie Hawkins of Atlanta died after a bottle shattered in a gutter near a building. He had been a student at Young Harris College and had returned for Christmas vacation.
War Department reports Pfc. Harold Murphy killed in action in France on December 8. A Whitewright High School faculty member and football coach, he was 32, survived by wife Nina Ball, parents Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy, and brothers Vincent and Dale. He trained at Ft. Lewis and Independence Kansas and served nearly two years overseas. He was a Church of Christ member.
At a meeting of the board of directors of the First National Bank on Tuesday, the board authorized a bonus to each employee amounting to about 10 percent of salaries. The bank reports strong patronage last year and substantial gains in resources with deposits exceeding one and a quarter million dollars, a historic high.
Berlin reports indicate a major German push under Field Marshal Rundstedt emerging southeast of Liege with Belgium and Luxembourg under heavy battle. The attack, aided by Hurtgen Forest weather and tactical surprises, threatens the 1st Army east of Aachen and could disrupt Allied lines near Verviers Spa and Stavelot.
Houston Lt Comdr Jack Beebe said qualified men may still be inducted into the Navy though voluntary enlistment for men over 18 has been impossible for over two years. The Navy seeks men with special skills for Seabees.
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