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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
2
Roger Babson urges readers to erase nostalgia for 1929 and focus on real gains in 1941. He argues modern innovations, transportation, power, and industry dwarf the old era and warns that longing for the past blinds investment and economic progress. He cites 12,000,000 new jobs and rising output as signs of advancing prosperity.
Miss Billy Barnett secretary of the Bonham Chamber of Commerce donated a pint of blood by plane to a Charlotte hospital patient with streptococcus viridans. Barnett, treated previously at Wilson N Jones Hospital for the same bloodstream disease, had given blood before in Dallas. Dallas Variety Club arranged the shipment.
A wave of New York plumbers arriving for Camp Walters work spurred demand for cowboy boots. One man showed off a hand-tooled $50 pair with dove-colored spats in his shop.
A will left 19 cows to three sons James John and Julius in fractions one half one fourth and one fifth. With 19 cows the shares were fractional so a neighbor adds his cow making 20 then shares are 10 5 and 4 leaving one extra which the neighbor takes back. Each son ends up with more than the 19 cow division. The note cites The Graham Leader.
The reception center at Camp Bowie processes new draftees for the Thirty Sixth Division with intelligence tests physicals and fitting them to vacancies. Induction will wind down as the division fills and replacements come through Mineral Wells and other channels. Officers and noncommissioned officers guide recruits from intake to uniform and initial drill within forty eight hours.
The text notes a quiet process where recruits adapt to a regime of regularity and discipline. It emphasizes there is no disorder or embarrassment as they are molded into good soldiers through steady training and routine.
Washington reports Secretary Wickard announced a national wheat marketing quota referendum to be held May 31. If one third of voting farmers oppose, quotas won t be imposed. sales from this year s crop would be limited to government quotas with penalties for excess production beyond AAA allotments.
Fort Worth hearings of the legislative investigating committee conclude the aim is to cut red tape and the social service angle from old age pension administration. Chairman Gene McNamara condemns unnecessary details in case records as costly and delaying pensions.
The Austin inquiry scrutinized how case workers assessed a pensioner with dependent children. Records showed monthly spending patterns while checks questioned penalties on retirees aiding family. Examiners asked about democracy and racial equality as hearings may move to Wichita Falls if funds allow.
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