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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
1
Mrs Lettye Curry Slight, sister of Mrs Clyde Hansard, was among American prisoners freed from Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila after its capture by General MacArthur's troops. Telegram to Parsons Kansas family said she is in poor condition.
Denison Texas announced that Eddie Laird chief warden has added R. H. Red Burks and John Hudson as wardens for the Lake Texoma area. They will aid sportsmen, enforce limits, and explain laws while Laird focuses patrols on the lake.
Senator Weaver Moore of Houston filed a bill to permit white men's primaries by repealing civil and criminal party primary laws. It would leave party membership to party regulation and defend white primary through a stated right of citizens to form associations.
At a McKinney public hearing Collin County farmers voted to establish 6.50 dollars per acre as the prevailing wage to be paid for setting onion slips with prisoner of war labor. County Agricultural Agent Jack McCullough said this follows the usual procedure before POW labor can be secured. Attendees came from Farmersville Princeton and Wylie onion areas.
Rain gauges show 3.63 inches total for 16 bays after a sequence of storms from February 11 to February 21. February to date reaches 5.65 inches with contrasts to last year. Continuous rain and labor shortages leave farmers behind, with corn still ungathered and fields too wet for planting plans.
U S Third Army advances into Saarburg and near the Saar River as forces drive east and south through the Saar Moselle triangle. Canadian First Army and British air support aid the push toward Cakar and the Ruhr while American Seventh Army grapples with Forbach near Saarbrucken. More than 5,000 Allied aircraft pound targets to back a multi-front assault.
The Sun lists new honorees including Mrs. T. W. Coggins Mrs. Lillie Simpson Oscar Newton Mrs. R. G. Hill Mrs. S. G. Wilson Mrs. Byron Sears S/Sgt. D. W. Hargett Pvt. James W. Alexander Mrs. Alan Metzger Andrew F. Garner Mrs. J. W. McKinney Carl Pierson GM 3c Mrs. Travis Bush and Mrs. Billy Muirhead.
Rhode Island prison crafts output reached five hundred thousand hander chiefs in a year, earmarked for Coast Guard use. The program reflects wartime industrial efforts linking prison labor to military supply. The item list shows large-scale manufacture with state involvement and federal procurement.
The column lists service members from Dallas and nearby towns visiting families or awaiting reassignment, including Sgt W B Bixler, Pvt and Mrs Ross Neal with a new son, Sgt D W Hargett, and Lt JG Anna Benson among others. It also notes promotions and transfers, navy postings, and a Pensacola theater casting Jack Sears in The Little Foxes. A WW2 era letter from Pvt William B Martin in Germany shares hometown readings from The Whitewright Sun.
General Mac Arthur announced that no living Japanese soldier remains on Bataan or Corregidor Fortress. He said Corregidor’s South Manila garrison is crushed into a small area inside Intramuros, with over 1,700 Japanese dead buried and the main tunnel blocked.
U S Marines reinforced by a third division on Iwo Jima face renewed Japanese resistance. Admiral Nimitz said progress stalled as 40 000 Marines reportedly engage 20 000 defenders after capturing Motoyama Bomber Airfield No 1.
The War Production Board orders reductions in paper sacks copper wire safety matches and tin cans to divert materials to military needs. Pulp for bags and wrapping paper drops further with 40 percent already cut and 10 percent more. Stores may close bag sections and civilians face shortages as matches and wire allocations shift to armed forces.
The Nolin River in West Central Kentucky winds about 20 miles to reach a point six air miles away.
Washington reports the OPA reduces 1945 home canning sugar to 20 pounds per family member up to eight, with no limit on recipients, and requires local rationing boards for issuance. Applications end October 31. Fruits and juice use one pound per four quarts. Form R-341 and space stamp 13 required.
General Douglas MacArthur reported more than 92 000 Japanese casualties in six weeks of the Luzon campaign. He noted American losses at 12 929 with 2 676 killed 245 missing and 10 008 wounded as Manila fighting remained intense and noncombatants faced savagery from the compressed enemy garrison.
In London resolutions at the World Trade Union Conference called for universal adoption of a 40-hour work week with allowances for shorter hours where justified. The body also backed housing schemes government rest homes for workers and two weeks of vacation, plus continued controls on food prices and distribution.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt told a New York luncheon that women in the United States are realizing their great power and should join forces to obtain the things they need. Queen Wilhelmina urged immediate relief for Holland in an international broadcast. Peanuts may be salted in the shell by soaking in a ten percent salt solution before roasting.
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