Native of Whitewright Captain earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Captain J Frank Robertson, a native of Whitewright and son of Fresno California natives, received the Distinguished Flying Cross from General Brereton for heroism in North Africa. He is a Texas A and M College graduate and has led a bomber squadron in the Libyan desert.
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J. Frank Robertson
Whitewright
Emmet Penn
Brereton
Middle East
North Africa
Army Air Corps of
United States
Roberts
J. F. Roberts
Fresno
Calif
Texas A. & M. College
Air Corps
Libyan Desert
Sharp Fight Ahead Over Farm Policy
Washington action signals a clash with major farm groups and Congress over farm price policy. Economic Stabilization Director Byrnes framed parity with ceilings, while proposing $500 to $800 million in treasury payments to cover extra costs for high volume crops. The four major farm organizations form a united front seeking higher prices, challenging the administration’s stance. Byrnes warned that changing the parity formula would not be in farmers’ interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Byrnes
Treasury
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
National Co-operative Council
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
United Front
Moon and Easter Patterns Through Time
The text explains Easter dating rules and variations, noting earliest March 22 and latest April 25 dates, and that Easter has fallen mostly in April in recent centuries. It discusses lunar month lengths, moon cycles, and a calculation linking earth rotation, moon orbit, and repeating lunar alignments.
Perfect Likeness Portrait Sparks Payment Dispute
Grimes views a painting of a friend and proclaims it very like him while the painter notes payment is still due. Grimes agrees on the likeness, but the painter insists the bill remains unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
War veteran Buell Spindle invites Wright boys abroad
Buell Spindle, a World War I veteran and civilian Army Air Force mechanic, recently sent from Duncan Field San Antonio to England two months ago asks Wright brothers to look him up if they go to England referencing his contact in the letter.
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Lowell C. Watson
Lubbock
A. B
del Rio
Texas
Lowell
Air Force
W. T. Simmons
Buell
England
Army Air Force
Duncan Field
San Antonio
Whitewright
President Orders 48 Hour Week Across 32 Areas
President Roosevelt ordered a forty eight hour minimum work week in 32 labor shortage areas as part of wartime mobilization. McNutt announced immediate effect with a grace period for compliance, affecting clerks, newspaper workers, domestic workers and more in listed cities nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
America
Europe
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Fowler
Harper
McNutt
Overseas Mail Delays Explained by Post Office Memo
A memorandum from the First Assistant Postmaster General explains losses and delays of mail to armed forces. It notes fewer complaints than in World War I despite higher mail volume, cites ship sinkings and convoy delays, censorship, and troop transfers as causes, and says overseas mail travels faster when space and addresses are more stable.
Sun Honor RollAdds Names of New Subscribers
The Sun announces this week’s honor roll for new or renewed subscriptions. Names listed include Mrs Cora Simmons J R Williams R D Benson L W Rogers Mrs Archie Asbill W T McKinney Joe W Carr and Arthur Badgett.
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Sun
Cora Simmons
J. R. Williams
R. D. Benson
L. W. Rogers
Archie Asbill
W. T. McKinney
Joe W. Carr
Arthur Badgett
Denounce Scare Buying of Clothes
The government assured Americans there is no clothing shortage and no rationing needed. A joint statement by War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson and Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown denounced scare buying as unnecessary and harmful to the war effort.
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Washington, D. C
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
Destroyer Named for Five Sullivan Brothers
The Navy announces a destroyer will be named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers listed as missing from the cruiser Juneau lost in the Solomon Islands in November. Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo Iowa is invited to sponsor the vessel built at Bethlehem Steel in San Francisco.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sullivans
Juneau
Solomon Islands
Navy
Thomas F. Sullivan
Waterloo
Iowa
San Francisco
Bethlehem Steel Company
New Ceiling Price Plan For Grocers To Start In March
The Office of Price Administration plans a March rollout revising wholesale and retail grocery price ceilings. Details include posted in store ceilings, uniform area ceilings, and fixed percent profit markups for wholesalers and retailers.
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New York
Office of Price Administration
OPA
United Independent Retail Grocer and Food Dealers’ Association
New Loan Program Announced on Cotton
Cotton farmers will receive loans at 90 percent of parity on the 1943-44 marketing season beginning Aug 1 1943 for upland cotton. The program aims to encourage planting longer staple varieties, offers higher rates for longer staples, and provides special consideration on farming materials labor and draft board factors. Premiums and discounts are detailed by staple length and grade in a county mailout to farmers.
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College Station
Texas
AAA
County Aaa
Minnesotans Picket O Daniel Speaking Site
Four pickets with two large signs gathered near the Minnesota state capitol as Senator O Daniel of Texas spoke to the legislature. The banners claimed Hitler can't be here and accused O Daniel of dividing the U S, issued by the Minneapolis Labor Movement.
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ST. Paul
Minn
State Capitol
O’daniel
Texas
Both Banenrs
Hitler
U. S
Minneapolis
Yanks Chase Japs Out of Guadalcanal
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Japan evacuated Guadalcanal in the Solomons and all resistance there has apparently ceased. He called the admission true and noted the way opens for U S blows against major Japanese bases.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Knox
United States
Navy Institutes Overseas Mail Plan For Service Members
The Navy announces a postal plan to speed mail for sailors and Marines overseas. Mail should be addressed in care of the Fleet Post Office rather than the local postmaster, with examples in New York and San Francisco. Air mail to armed forces overseas requires 6c per half ounce.
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Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Fleet Post Office
New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Calif
Seaman Gafford Reported Missing in Duty Action
Sherman cadet Ben Prentice Gafford 19 son of Sheriff and Mrs G P Gafford 1001 West College is missing and presumed lost after action in his duty a Navy Department telegram to his parents from a Coast Guard commandant. A 1939 Sherman High School graduate Gafford was named second alternate to the Naval Academy in 1941 for this district. He has served 20 months with four voyages including South America Africa and the West Indies.
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Sherman
Ben Prentice Gafford
Merchant Marine
G. P. Gafford
West College
Navy Department
Coast Guard
Sherman High School
Gafford
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
South America
Africa
West Indies
Ceiling to Fix Price of Milk to Farmers
The OPA announced a nationwide ceiling on prices paid to dairy farmers for fluid milk to be issued soon. The rule caps payments to producers at what any distributor paid in January this year and will be temporary for 60 days before a permanent rule. A companion order will cut alfalfa hay prices in California Oregon and Washington by 4 to 8 dollars per ton to lower livestock feeding costs.
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Washington
OPA
California
Oregon
Farmers Meet At Kentuckytown School House
R B Cruse asks The Sun to announce a meeting of farmers at the Kentuckytown school house at 7 45 o clock Friday night to discuss increasing vegetable production and other matters of interest. All interested are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Cruse
Sun
Kentuckytown
Dairy Sale Clears One Problem but Brings New Worry
Mrs. John W McFarlane, owner of a 55 year old dairy, sold her herd to a West Texas dairyman due to new OPA price ceilings hurting profits. The move alarms other dairymen and milk consumers while McFarlane seeks a cow to milk for family use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
John W McFarlane
West Texas
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E. O. Young
Perrin Field
Independence
Kansas
South 5Th St
Young
Geo. K. Stephens
Dodge City
Pvt
James Clyde Gray
Fort Ord
T. E. Gray
Gray
Billy Glen Earnheart
Glen Earnheart
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Davis
N. C
Marvin Smith
Dallas
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Smith
Clyde Sadler
Lloyd Morgan
J. E. Morgan
U. S. Navy
Lloyd
Farragut
Idaho
Vernon Donihoe
Naval Station
Williamsburg
Port Huemme
Roscoe Brown
Grover C. Brown
Brown
Big Spring
Hondo
Cpl
N. B. Nicholson
W. T. Nicholson
Cpl. Nicholson
Louisiana
the Sun
Charlie Adams
Charlie
Camp Barkley
George W. Hansard Jr
G. W. Hansard
Hansard
Glen Fleming
J. D. Fleming
Waco
Scott Field, Ill
Army Air Corps
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Roy Martin
Chanute Field
Ill
Daniel Field
Augusta
Junior Key
George Key
Key
Joe Key
Sheppard Field
Post Hospital
J. F. Spindle
J. T. Vestal
James F. Byrnes
Economic Stabilization Board
Bathe
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Hartford
New Britain
Sterling, Ill
Brunswick, Ga
Macon, Ga
Charleston
S. C
Mobile, Ala
Panama City
Fla
Pascagoula, Miss
Wichita, Kan
Beaumont
Cheyene, Wyo
Ogden
Utah
Las, Vegas, Nev
Portland, Ore
San Diego, Calif
Seattle, Wash
Cus
War Labor Board
Whitewright Sun
Yanks
Chase
Seaman Gafford
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