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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1942
Page
8
An editorial from the Delano Michigan Eagle argues wartime tire shortages favor small towns. It predicts residents will stay home, boosting local merchants, theaters, and services while benefiting from dispersed industry and subcontracting to resist bombing.
Texas girds for war with three reserve divisions to be called next month. The 90th Division will train at Camp Barkeley under Major General Henry Terrell Jr. Prominent Texans command key posts from Camp Polk to the war plans division led by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Texas gains TNT plant in Harrison County and a flying school bond issue in Austin as Bastrop Elgin and Smithville boom amid broader state cuts to fund war needs.
The Board of Control prepares a state budget for the Forty-eighth Legislature with plans to balance economy and efficiency, while ultimate fiscal decisions rest with the Legislature. Texas public opinion helped repeal congressional pensions, and Lt. Gen. Connally and Senator Johnson feature in the wartime political landscape. Lieutenant Worley seeks district support with a Navy background as candidates confront an older, more veteran slate. Char lie A. Jones offers half his legislative salary to the Red Cross and the rest to war bonds.
Walter Watts, owner of a Fort Worth loan company, announced he would run for junior U S senator from Texas. He plans a single issue campaign offering a $3000 loan to every citizen aged 21 to 65, repaid in forty semi annual payments at 5 percent interest to boost circulation.
London remains active in newspaper advertising despite rationing and the threat of bombing. A New York firm says ads are a bridge between consumer freedom and commerce, and that each ad is a defiant toast to victory and the future.
Every August at Gallup New Mexico an intertribal Indian celebration is held featuring dances bucking and other sports.
A Scotch lassie is accosted by a young man who asks what she seeks. She replies she seeks a son in law for her mother. A Negro condemned to hang says he has no last words but that the day will be a lesson to him.
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