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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
2
District Attorney Frank S. Hogan warns that confident men exploit war bond campaigns using polished setups, false credentials, and staged relationships. They target savings with promises of quick gains, offering fake stocks, gold bricks, fake charities, and bogus oil leases, preferring cash over bonds to avoid risk.
AI Dexter, originator of the hit song Pistol Packin' Mamma, explains how he feels songs after hearing Durbin or a night at the movies. He notes inspiration from observing men at beer parlors and the moment wives reveal themselves. Bill Smithers has two sons, one in politics, the other not.
War time ration details show meat sugar and fuel stamps and no point values for many foods. Letters discuss selective service reclassification. personal notices include a wartime resignation from Army service and a divorce suit in Sherman Texas filed December 1944.
L. T. Wells of the War Food Administration explains a poultry black market in North Georgia where jars of jelly and truck loading aided under the ceiling. A new WFA order shifts seven county chicken production from civilian to military use, part of a large regional setup.
A correspondent in Cincinnati questions rationing and asks for permanent exemption from any rationing rules citing Pilgrim ancestry. The note requests relief from priority access and wishes to buy a used car without constraints.
The State of Texas cites Mae Davis to appear and answer the plaintiff's petition by 10:00 A.M. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. The date given is Monday February 5 1945, before the Honorable District Court in Sherman, Texas, at the Court House.
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