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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
7
The notice details validity dates for gasoline, sugar, meat and fat, processed foods, and green stamps, plus changes in rationing for pressure cookers and tires. It notes sugar stamp 30 becomes valid Jan 16 for five pounds through March end, and warns motorists about anti freeze shortages despite WPB findings.
In Austin State Health Officer Dr. Geo W Cox says whooping cough is highly contagious and hard to control because it begins as a simple cough and often before a doctor is called. He urges vaccination, quarantine from playmates, hand washing, and early medical care to reduce pneumonia and death risk for infants and young children.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that twenty physicians in the medical service of the military forces died in action last year. An additional 105 doctors died while serving in the military.
Poem by Lt. Dean Shatlain written on Africa battlefield recounts amputating his own foot, being rescued by Americans, and recuperating in England. It contrasts daily civilian rationing with combat losses, ending with the line I died today and a call to reflect on what one did to help the war effort.
An ornate religious meditation on gratitude to God, the promise of a resurrection, and the Christian hope of immortality. The excerpt exhorts believers to live rightly in light of eternal destiny and envisions a gentle burial and eventual awakening at the trumpet call.
An assistant county attorney states he will run if John Farmer does not seek reelection. The notice promises formal announcements later and is signed by A. L. McRae. The document also advertises engraved stationery services by The Sun. Separate court citation references divorce proceedings in Grayson County issued December 11, 1943.
Citation issued for Norma Lee Gattis to appear before 10:00 A.M. on July 27 1943 in suit No 49859 where O G Gattis sues for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Record shows the order issued December 8 1948 in Texas.
In Knoxville Tennessee a baby boy weighing 18 pounds 10 ounces was born December 30 to Mrs. George Esslinger. The mother, 26, is a war plant worker and recovering well. The infant is the Esslingers’ third son, 21 inches long with a 15 1/2 inch head, and only four babies larger at birth exist worldwide.
New York report shows the Advertising Facts folder from the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association notes more than 120 million pounds of waste cooking fat have been collected. A fat salvage survey finds 52 percent of American women have turned in fat since the campaign began.
For the first time in 24 years the Postoffice Department ended the year in the black with a surplus of 1,334,551 dollars. Revenues reached 966,227,288 dollars while expenditures totaled 964,892,737 dollars after earlier showing a slight deficiency.
In 1927 the American Legion became the first foreign organization permitted to march under the Arc de Triomphe, marking a notable gesture of postwar reconciliation and international friendship.
Advice on mending leather items and garden care. Do not let cover crops grow too much before digging under for faster decomposition. Use a pressing cloth when ironing rayon. Cheese nut peanut butter dates make a sweet topping for lunch. Keep warm soapy water ready to wash pans immediately after cooking. Poverty is not money we miss but beauty we overlook.
A dying woman asks how to trust in Christ and Dr. Thomas Chalmers answers with Just hppen to Him. The moment her face brightens as she realizes there is one way over the chasm through Jesus. Belief equals salvation in this Presbyterian reflection.
A press room call to the White House yielded a startled response when a caller with a Negro voice asked for Dodah Brown. The reporter corrected the line and the caller apologized, mistaking the number for the president.
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