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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1943
Page
4
Notice announces charges for entertainments and box suppers with admission fees. Memorials resolutions and similar notices incur advertising rates. Paper publishes weekly with editors and publisher names and annual subscription price.
A defense of merchant seamen against rumors of Sunday cargo unloading by sick Marines. The navy and industry claim seamen risk lives daily delivering munitions in submarine waters. The piece condemns strikes as delaying the war and urges action against strike leaders.
The Sun reports two auction ads listing 35 and 55 head of dairy cattle owned by longtime dairy farmers exiting the business. Buyers include dairy farmers and meat buyers as dairy cows go to slaughter amid rising butcher prices. The trend signals potential trouble for national dairy production and public health if cows decline further.
The note warns of a growing milk shortage as dairy farmers dwindle and cheese may be rationed. It recalls rationing in Wright and links high wedding rates in the United States to service men and a possible insurance windfall. The groundhog did not see a shadow on February 2.
Federal restrictions on new houses do not block essential repairs. Prompt fixes save war materials and protect occupants. Replacing faulty wiring, unsafe flues, and installing gas connections reduce fire risk. Leaky roofs, water damage, and repainting are urged. some repairs can be done by homeowners with care. Laziness, not war, causes run down homes.
A collection of vignettes and remarks from a local worker, including a possum dog in Dallas County treed with moonshine offers to buy, reflections on family size and morality, wartime rationing, a Karnack TNT foreman story about a Black worker and war bonds, views on honesty in marriage, and a joke about frankness in married life.
Baltimore engineer William Z. Safka predicts a postwar airmobile built largely from plastic, lighter than today’s planes, color customizable and dent proof. The craft would cost about 1200 dollars, fly six miles per gallon, and deliver high maneuverability for family use after the war.
The State of Texas commands the Sheriff of Grayson County to publish notice in a Grayson County newspaper. Ed Moran filed a final report on the Mary A Sanders estate in County Court. The report will be heard on the third Monday in February 1943 at the Sherman courthouse, with interested parties allowed to appear and contest.
The article predicts present-day automobiles will include safety devices and a helicopter style car able to park in any space. If the forecast holds, the old song Come Josephine in My Flying Machine could become the postwar generation theme.
An Indiana boy told his teacher his sister had the measles. The teacher sent him home with orders not to return until his sister recovered, then another student revealed the sister was in Boston.
Washington report ten years after Hitler’s rise portrays him cornered and doomed with almost universal opposition aside from Japan. It notes growing anti-Hitler sentiment in Europe, waning German popular support, and a looming power shift from a coup by the military. it cites November 1932 election results showing broad anti Nazi strength.
The author argues that mass support for Hitler is superficial and built on fear and coercion. Unanimous Nazi victory in 1933 masked terror by the Gestapo and a single candidate list. Dissent faces concentration camp, risking a turn when pressures mount as World War II fronts shift.
Census data show 31,958 bales ginned in Grayson County from the 1942 crop before January 16, 1943, against 28,222 bales ginned for the 1941 crop, reported by H. O. Peterson, special agent.
Dallas eye specialist Dr. Paul A. Richter warns carrots are praised as a cure for vision but too many can cause carrot anemia turning a person orange. He cites Army Air Forces cadets strengthening vision with vitamin A and notes excessive carrot consumption may harm rather than help.
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