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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
4
Whitewright Sun announces notice and advertising policies for entertainments box suppers and bene fits with admission fees. It lists charges at regular rates and states memorials resolutions and other notices will be billed. Glenn Doss is managing editor and J H Waggoner is publisher. Subscription is $1.50 yearly.
The public must accept rubber shortages due to the Pacific war. Supplies for civilians will be cut as rubber goes to military needs, with bans on new imports and delivery curtailments. Merchants may rely on rail freight and horse carts as trucks fail. Taxes will rise to fund the 56 billion dollar war budget.
The Sherman city clerk notes $3,000 from parking meters over four months, averaging $750 monthly, with meters placed away from the courthouse plaza due to County Judge Jake Loy’s protest. The eight foot plaza strip remains county property, resisting meter placement to avoid taxing Grayson County citizens on access to courthouse business.
A reflective editorial questions the German nation's future under dictatorship and recalls the costly lessons of the last war, noting the Kaiser’s misjudgment about democracy and the immense losses that followed. It ponders what price the Third Reich may incur.
Joe Brandt entered the University of Oklahoma twenty four years ago with fifty dollars and a larger capital in ambition. He paid his way by waiting tables stoking furnaces and doing other jobs. This fall he became the university’s new president. It is a pretty good country where such rises can occur.
With the calendar turning to an election year the 1942 races for Sherman area offices are forming. County Judge Jake J. Loy is likely to be opposed by W R Henderson while Joe P Cox Jr is rumored as a candidate. Sheriff contenders include Joe D Hall Fred Mooty and John Evridge with others watching the field. District attorney Ralph Elliott and County Clerk H G Thompson face no announced opposition, and S R McKinney seeks re election as county school superintendent. Beulah Howdeshell plans reelection as county treasurer with no opposition.
Reece Bowen seeks a second term as precinct 1 commissioner while rumors of W. A. Story entering the race circulate without confirmation. S. B. Vaughan may run for sheriff. Clarence Scott is named as a possible opponent. J. J. Darby seeks reelection in precinct 3 and E. C. Looney in precinct 4 with no opposition yet. The Grayson County delegation may seek reelection and a new Democratic party chairman, Judge R. M. Carter, succeeds A. E. Whiteacre.
County Clerk H. Grady Thompson reports birth certificates issued rose to 3,753 in 1941 from about 900 in 1940 due to the defense program and enlistments. Total filings reached 6,071 for 1941, up from 5,546 in 1940 and 5,334 in 1939, with a drop in chatel mortgages to 11,488.
The 1941 civil cases total 64, down from 68 in 1940 and 83 in 1939. Criminal dockets run 265 in 1940, 217 in 1939, and 235 in 1938. The earlier years show 11 945 cattle and furniture values in 1940 versus 15 022 in 1939.
The War Department and Public Roads Administration launch a nationwide truck and bus inventory with a January 31 deadline. Texas owners were mailed questionnaires in November but many are not returned. county judges and Governor aid are mobilized to assist. Local WPA workers help owners complete forms in Sherman court house.
Trucks trailers and Gemmi trailers are listed. Local owners in these classes who have not sent questionnaires should furnish information promptly. Clerks will assist daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. bring vehicle registration certificates.
Old age assistance warrants mailed to 163 910 persons in Texas this month, up 2 608 from December. January payments total 3 152 002 dollars, average grant 19.23. Aid to dependent children doubles with 2 729 families and 5 753 children receiving an average 20.71. Needy blind rolls total 2 186 with 50 646 dollars paid and average 23.17.
The Office of Production Management issued an order limiting wool consumption by manufacturers to 80 percent of 1941 levels for January through March 1942. Exemptions apply to firms dedicating full output to military needs. The measure could displace about 38,000 workers in wool plants.
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