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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1943
Page
4
Notice states that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with an admission fee will be billed at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect and similar notices will also incur charges.
Published every Thursday the paper notes subscription at 1.50 per year in advance. It promises full correction of any erroneous reflection upon character or reputation if brought to the publisher's attention.
We are at war on many fronts and must endure growing losses as soldiers fight worldwide. Criticism of rationing fades as unity becomes crucial. Those unwilling to do their duty will be unpopular, and losing the war would cost Americans all they hold dear.
The passage argues that stripping states of powers to empower the federal government would endanger political vitality. It asserts regional development and local opinion drive economic growth and cautions that temporary national ease cannot justify sacrificing long term constitutional balance.
A vivid portrait of a fierce destroyer nicknamed Baby she is praised by her crew as unyielding and brave. They note her relentless training drills and readiness to sail again after battles and peril while the men marvel at her combat record and enduring spirit.
In praise of battle ships and their crews the Monitor extols the loyalty and grit of sailors from apprentice to executive officer. It lauds destroyers as unequaled in modern warfare and highlights skippers who press on under heavy enemy fire.
Military experts revise estimates as Red Army advances accelerate. German retreats seem forced as Russians cut off pockets and encircle forces in the Western Caucasus and Voronezh area. The Stalingrad gains and Taman Peninsula operation signal a broader push toward Rostov and the Dnieper, with major impact on the German home front.
The piece details the torpedo as a weapon carried by airplanes surface ships and submarines. It explains size pricing speed range depth control gyroscope and steering improvements from Whitehead 1866 to 1905 and notes its impact on naval warfare.
Philadelphia Edsel Ford president of the Ford Motor Company said the industry must emphasize hiring those 40 and up or face a radically changed economy. He noted hundreds of his employees in their seventies perform well on machines and warned younger workers would have to support themselves and their elders.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to participate in the daily Army scrap metal drive. Residents are asked to bring usable metal to designated collection points to support munitions production and national defense efforts.
Dallas County cotton farmers report a new policy shift from Washington urging full planting of the 1943 cotton allotments. After earlier orders to plant 90 percent and then a year of no penalties, growers are advised to maximize cotton acreage to boost cottonseed supplies for feed while dairymen hope Texas farmers plant up to the limit.
The Senate moves first major tax cut bill for the session to reduce general fund property tax to 17 percent of a dollar per $100 valuation from 35 cents. The State Affairs Committee endorses the measure.
Former President Herbert Hoover warned of an extremely grave shortage of food metals and oil in the United States unless one million workers move from other jobs or the armed forces to farms factories and mines. He cited farm labor scarcity transportation bottlenecks and the need to feed the fighting forces and civilian populations as a crisis.
Jefferson City hearing reveals 4 000 postal workers in Missouri, only eight escaped dog bites last year. Charles Bell of the Missouri Letter Carrier Association urges a bill holding dog owners liable for bites, while Rep Morris Osburn argues for a single bite rule.
Sherman Grayson County faces a loss of about $100 monthly from ending note stamp sales, following a Supreme Court decision striking the recording stamp tax. In 1942 state revenue from these stamps reached about $400,000. The county clerk notes federal stamps for recorded documents remain unaffected.
Kansas City livestock market records hog prices at 15.30 per hundred dollars, the highest since 1900s with last peak 15.15 in October. Officials note the jump marks the top since October 1920 in local dealings.
A call to donate scrap metals to aid national efforts inspires renewed patriotism as citizens are urged to contribute now, supporting domestic industry and defense readiness across communities.
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