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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun discusses voter poll tax effects in Texas and upcoming city elections. It notes Baylor University’s centennial charter, a professor studying plant upright growth with wind origins jokingly hinted, and Texas Legislature approved a $75 monthly teacher pay raise for four months. It emphasizes community life and local heritage amidst crises.
The War Department announces a new refrigerated barge design to accompany American forces. It will ice cream five tons daily and carry sixty four carloads of frozen meats at 12 degrees, plus 500 tons of fresh vegetables and dairy products. This innovation aims to deliver better rations to sailors and soldiers overseas.
A nostalgic look at weekly papers from 1938 to 1943 showing only 454 closed and nearly 11 000 continuing nationwide. The piece lauds small town weeklies for resilience, community bonds, and the enduring appeal of printing day rituals amid radio and war pressures.
A newspaper explains it mails many copies to service members each week and invites subscribers to verify renewals if paid time has expired. Readers are asked to promptly notify changes of address and to send news items about men in service.
Farmers in Fort Worth urge the return of rationing of farm machinery to AAA groups. Eight members of the OPA agricultural advisory committee voted with OPA officials to request that scarce equipment be distributed by the AAA, which halted rationing last fall.
State Health Officer George W. Cox launches a Texas malaria campaign after a doubling of cases. Investigations show many infections were contracted abroad, urging health officers to separate foreign from domestic cases as soldiers return from malaria prevalent regions potentially reintroducing the disease.
Census Bureau puts U S population at 138,100,874 as of July 1 1944 including military abroad an increase of 1.6 million from 1943. Women slightly outnumber men by 6000 while 13 million births and 7 million deaths occurred over four years quotes a morale line.
Pvt John Arthur Hyman details a 36th Texas Division rest camp in a quiet Vosges town. Five days of comfort include renamed hotels, hot baths, meals by a noted chef, a Red Cross Corral lounge, library and writing room, post and snack services, plus dances and movies. GI guests enjoy orderly service, medical care, and a Shangri-La camp newspaper.
Corporal John Karydakis of Washington DC lauds the well behaved GI detail at the camp and Private Charles Smith from Bethany Missouri tops all rest camp compliments calling it the first he has seen.
A Boston Sunday paper carried a job wanted ad by a girl set to graduate from secretarial school in three weeks. She seeks a nine to five office job with a minimum starting pay of 32.50 dollars weekly.
The text notes two cities that sequentially held the Confederate States capital during the Civil War: Montgomery Alabama and Richmond Virginia. It emphasizes their roles as political centers in the Confederacy.
The question asks readers to consider if their current automobile will still be in use two years from now and whether they will be driving at all. It prompts reflection on vehicle ownership and future mobility.
Sinclair Products urges farm and auto customers to use Sinclair gasoline kerosene and motor oils. Customers are directed to call for farm needs and to stop by for automotive supplies.
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