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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
4
Public notice from The Whitewright Sun outlining that notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. It also states a policy to correct erroneous reflections upon request. Copyright and publisher details follow with subscription price.
Historical analogy compares modern war critics to drug store quarterbacks and Roman general Lucius Aemilius Paulus. The piece urges critics to join the fight or stay silent, echoing a call to action from ancient times.
In Whitewright central standard time remains law and clocks are moved forward one hour for war time. Some households and individuals still follow two schedules causing confusion. One mother misjudged church start, thinking it was war time, while others remain an hour behind.
The article notes Americans should adopt standardized time nationwide as trains buses radios and churches operate on the clock, urging readers to align with the rest of the United States rather than continuing local schemes.
Claude News recounts a 1863 clash when the U S S Wyoming engaged four Japanese war vessels and shore batteries in the strait by Hondo Island. Three ships were sunk and the shore guns silenced before the Wyoming withdrew, ending the conflict.
Fort Worth Press profiles a private who has long supported Red Cross and defense stamps. He enlists, stating he will do more than required in crisis, citing Wake Island service with General MacArthur and air and sea duties. The piece urges home front supporters to match his dedication with their own best efforts.
The column describes Governor Stevenson riding in the Fat Stock Show parade on March 13 and opening the event that night. It praises Stevenson as a ranchman type leader and quotes a sign from Fort Worth creators. Related items include quips about newspapers, bread deliveries, loan sharks, and a Dallas blackout joke.
Navy officers report the destroyer Shaw arrived under its own power at a West Coast port for reconditioning after bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack. The ship, which had been in dry dock, sustained magazine explosions and forward-section damage but survived, mirroring the fate of the earlier World War I Shaw and its captain William A. Glassford, now a high-ranking admiral.
A playful domestic exchange turns on wool socks and a promised Christmas coat as a wife asks why repairs and gifts were delayed and the husband dodges by promising a wrap or feeling the chill.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt notes the civilian defense pledge to keep well is not popular with schoolchildren. She explains duties like eating right, going to bed on time, helping at home, doing dishes, fetching wood, and hanging up coats as parts of national defense at a Monday Evening Club forum.
The Senate civil service committee approved by 40 to 2 a bill to repeal pensions granted to members of Congress and Cabinet officers. The action followed an unusually long three hour hearing on the measure.
At Brooklyn Navy Yard officials rebuilt the accident scene from the Normandie fire with the same crew and materials. An acetylene torch operator started a fire near life preservers under burlap and kapok, mirroring the shipboard sequence that destroyed the Normandie, supporting the belief the blaze was accidental.
The Office of Price Administration announced a national February ration of 236 813 new tires for passenger cars and trucks and 88 505 retreaded tires for trucks only. No retreads or recaps for passenger cars this month and March looks doubtful. Only eligible truck owners may buy retreads this month. less essential truck owners may apply next month after March 25.
Austin Texas Chairman Brady Gentry of the Texas Highway Commission urged motorists to keep speeds below 50 miles an hour to conserve life and vehicle safety during wartime. He spoke on a radio program detailing the department's emergency operations and focus on strategic military highways.
The American turkey traces to the Mexican wild turkey and was carried by Conquistadores to Spain in 1520 and England by 1524 before arriving in New England with early settlers. By 1940 about 10 million turkeys were farmed in the United States. White, seven original colors, symbolizes power and purity.
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