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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
2
Office of War Information urges citizens to recruit 8,000 WACS and enroll in Red Cross Nursing Courses. It warns of 1945 shortages, outlines rationing and savings, announces ration-free shoe sale February and March, and reports a one third cut in new passenger car allocations to 12,000 cars in the national stockpile.
A collection of humorous vignettes describes Uncle Alf Reeves burning whole mesquite logs in a Texas fireplace to save wood and a Georgia farmer’s unfixable fence. The pigs drift through a widening gap as the farmer shrugs off timely repairs.
In a terse courtroom exchange a prosecutor asks how the defendant came to take the car. The defendant replies that the car was parked before a cemetery and he assumed the owner was dead, justifying the action as a natural assumption.
Miss Alice Sundquist, Federal Extension clothing specialist, warns that even after the war clothing supply will remain tight. She cites Pacific theater shortages, rising prices, and dwindling civilian yarns, urging homemakers to extend slip covers, draperies, and denim work clothes while inventorying prewar materials. She notes Extension’s wartime program push and advises reaching out to the War Production Board for standards on color fastness and shrinkage.
A playful note on golf notes the tiny 1.5 inch ball placed on a massive 8000 mile ball. It explains the aim is to strike the small ball and not the larger one, highlighting the humorous juxtaposition.
Texas health officials led by Dr. Geo W. Cox announce National Social Hygiene Day on February 7 urging local agencies to join a statewide venereal disease awareness and treatment push. They credit a year of campaigns for reduced infections and fewer man-days lost in Army and industry, and emphasize accessible care for all Texans.
Washington price administrator Chester Bowles reports a Chicago seizure of counterfeit red ration stamps large enough to buy all civilian beef in the United States for a week. He warns consumers to guard against gangster activity in this new field.
Citation in Grayson County Texas commands F A Wright to appear by February 19 1945 before the district court in Sherman to answer M F Wright’s petition for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Case file 53267 issued January 5 1945 by clerk s V Earnest.
Citation issued February 26 1945 directs Walter Steward to appear before the District Court in Sherman Texas by 10 AM January 11 1945 for a divorce suit filed by Lish Steward alleging three years abandonment. Clerk V Earnest Deputy Nancy Drake.
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