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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
8
A 10 year old London slum boy writes an essay on a cow after visiting the country. He notes the cow is a mammal with a tail brush for flies and milking, and offers playful observations on horns, mooing, sensing smell, and the idea of an ox being a man cow.
Mr Jones ordered a kitchen range from a mail order catalogue and wrote a complaint letter after missing lids were found by his wife during the writing. The note includes a P.S. about the lids being located.
Local residents report holiday gatherings with relatives across multiple towns including Laredo Mount Vernon Centralia Hatfield Itasca and Klondike. Families visiting parents grandparents and siblings include Williams Sanders Anderson Morris Booker Hicks Hunter Booker Wilkinson Gunter and Owenby amid Christmas week travels and illness updates.
The Treasury reports December 1941 spending at $2.197 billion in twenty six days, with defense costing about $1.586 billion. The 1918 December total reached $2.061 billion, largely lent to Allies, while exact wartime allocation was not broken out.
Honolulu broadcast reports territorial courts reconvened but decree none of the divorce trials will be heard for the war duration. Married residents thus barred from obtaining divorces until the conflict ends.
Mickey Rooney remains the leading box office draw in a nationwide Motion Picture Herald poll, ahead of Clark Gable and others. The 3 year hold extends Rooney’s top ranking as Shirley Temple nears a comeback.
Notice announces Whitewright Hatchery now operating offering baby chicks and custom hatching. Encourages raising birds for defense to help feed service members. Signed by Mr and Mrs G V Ford and Mrs.
The Army and You, 28 000 copies, were mailed to draft boards to guide selectees entering service under the selective service law. The pamphlet stresses unity across backgrounds, temporary sacrifices, fitness, and the value of taxpayer-funded training and equipment for American soldiers.
The Maritime Commission formally took over at noon Saturday 16 Finnish owned merchant ships laid up in United States ports. The vessels have been under pro longed control and now come under American administration to meet wartime needs.
The text notes protective custody by the coast guard upon arrival in U.S. ports after Great Britain's wartime declaration affecting Finland and ending Britain's safe conduct guarantee for Finnish merchant ships.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled college men cannot seek exemption from the draft merely to finish schooling. The ruling dissolved a prior Montana district court injunction in the Connors case, noting no dissent. Gonzales University football star Peter Larry Connors sought deferment under the Selective Service Act.
In Texas 105 years after San Jacinto there are four pensioners of the war who draw $37.50 per quarter. All four are widows of veterans. Confederate veterans on the rolls number 126, with 2,990 widows receiving pensions from the state.
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker announced the suspension of the Indianapolis 500 mile race for the duration of the war. He cited tradition and priorities to focus on a full out victory effort.
Cornell researchers describe methods to slow respiration in produce by controlling oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. They report apples can be stored over a year with minimal water loss and maintained crispness while vegetables pose more challenges due to varying breathing rates yet storage times have doubled.
A young widow with three children repeatedly brought male companions to the Capital theatre then asked for refunds at the box office. After being confronted by staff, refunds stopped. She claimed to earn up to seven dollars a day by this scheme and was seen leaving with her partner after each refund.
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