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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
1
Weekly notices list soldiers sailors and airmen from Camp Claiborne Fort Sill Wolters Livingston Lee and other bases. Promotions postings transfers and assignments include Elbert Bennett Kerby Chesser Sanderson Vestal Spindle Sears Montgomery Cato Hudgins and Ashinhurst with mentions of training in California England Ireland Alaska and other locales plus naval and army positions.
In the Dallas district between 2,500 and 3,000 of 50,000 affected employers were delinquent in filing W-2 duplicates. S. L. Mayo, assistant collector, said the Monday deadline to furnish originals to employees and to file duplicates with the collector was not met. He stressed priority on these forms to clear employee tax credits. Zippers have been in use for about 30 years.
Washington report says long serving veterans in the Pacific theater will be rotated home as fresh troops replace them. Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon outlined a limited rotation policy based on combat needs and transport capacity. The plan would start with men two years or longer in the area.
The Grayson County Baptist Workers conference will gather at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church in Denison with a board meeting supper and a full program led by Rev. L. O. Evans L. E. Payne Milton Greer and Dr. Stewart Newman. The meeting will run strictly by schedule and publicity is requested.
OPA officials announce stricter rules for new passenger car tires with a February quota of 750000 and an anticipated 1000000 eligible drivers. Local boards must prioritize essential drivers, leaving many with no access to new tires.
German submarine commanders have begun taking masters and chief engineers of merchant vessels as prisoners after sinking ships. The practice, the War Shipping Administration says, aims to deprive the Allies of experienced ship officers.
American amphibious units struck the Marshalls on Kwajalein atoll and Roi Island establishing beachheads as carrier and ground forces bombarded airfields and defenses. Admiral Nimitz reported strong opposition and moderate early casualties as the Fourth Marine Division under Major General Harry Schmidt and the Seventh Infantry Division under Major General Charles H. Corlett led the landings.
Dr. Geo W. Cox state health officer warns influenza colds and upper respiratory infections can spread through coughing and sneezing without proper handkerchief use. He notes air in unventilated rooms carries infection and urges handkerchief coverage to prevent pneumonia, especially for children and the elderly.
The High School music department under Mrs. Sarah Kilgree will present a Victory program in the auditorium on Thursday evening February 10 featuring a one act play musical numbers and a blackface comedy. Admittance will be stamps and bonds at the door with proceeds aiding the fourth war bond sale near its close as Whitewright and surrounding area lag behind quota.
E B Martin J P issues a public notice citing Article 1639 of Texas law. He warns residents to keep stock confined to avoid fines from five to fifty dollars, mentioning complaints to city offices and himself.
The State Department reports Japan ignored American protests over prisoner mistreatment from 1942 onward. From Jan 13, 1942, to that date, Washington sent 89 protests accusing starvation torture solitary confinement illegal terms and murder. Despite Swiss mediation, no grounds for protest were removed.
Radio Tokyo, noting the American disclosure of 7700 U S and Filipino troops tortured and killed after Bataan and Corregidor, said there will be no change in Japan's prisoner of war policy and that such propaganda will not alter it.
German circles in France anticipate an Allied landing within February based on Paris reports. They warn that gas, electricity and water to Paris could be cut off if landings occur on the Channel Coast, while Laval reportedly seeks German motives for such moves.
Texas farmers posted a 1943 cash income over one billion dollars, 17 percent above 1942, per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. Livestock and related products led at about 535 million, with cotton and cotton seed at around 340 million, and milk eggs fruits and vegetables nearly matching cotton lint. The report notes undercounting potential and predicts continued growth in dairying poultry and egg production as industrialization expands markets in Central and Eastern Texas.
Danish patrons allegedly threatened German soldiers at the Ambassador restaurant in Odense by clenched fists and forefinger revolver gestures. The move was reported by Svenska Dagbladet citing the Free Danish Press Service and relayed by OWI.
Drillers on a wildcat well two miles east of Whitewright report slow progress as the drill penetrates a hard formation. Daily gains average around twenty feet with hopes that oil lies just beneath. C. C. Thrasher, contractor, explains spectators must stay back for safety to prevent possible injuries.
In Washington, Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt backs a civilian labor draft, warns six month supply may fail to meet needs, cites shortages in aircraft ship repair radio and radar heavy trucks landing craft rail transport ball bearings foundries coal meat packing and radio tube production and notes most remaining workers are women with eight leaving labor for every ten entering.
A stricken B 25 bomber at Han sa bay New Guinea climbs to 200 feet then dives into a Japanese merchant freighter and explodes. The pilot, famed as one of the Southwest Pacific’s most trusted airmen, believed capture would mean death for the crew and chose a fatal fire. The pilot's name is being withheld pending kin notification.
Philadelphia report notes a dashboard stop and go light with synchronized street signals could guide traffic after the war. Dr. O H Caldwell an electronics expert says pedestrians would follow existing street lamps while the dashboard device uses a steady tone to go and shrill notes to stop. He cited tests on New York streets.
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