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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
4
Whitewright Texas notice lists that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be billed at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect will also incur charges. Publisher and managing editor sign.
The Army details aerial gunnery and ground firing training at the Laredo school. A dozen ranches comprise the air range, with a 63 mile by 15 mile area and a five-ranch ground range. Students learn lead and range, use skeet birds, 50-foot towers, and a trailer turret for simulated battles, with automatic scorekeeping of every shot.
Joe earns $40 weekly as Winter news notes in Washington explain the Victory Tax of 5 percent on income above a $624 annual exemption. Joe’s weekly tax is $12, with $28 taxed, plus special employer reporting and postwar credits. The article also covers 1942 income tax, 1943 payments, and potential refunds or credits after the war.
The Texas Legislature convened for a four month session amid wartime strain and no Governor showman as focus shifts to urgent public issues. Reports warn about Army field flyers over Whitewright dangerous to residents and urge reporting details to authorities for disciplinary action. The column cautions readers to consider debt before Congress raises taxes to cover wartime expenditures.
The 1940 election turmoil fades as Elliott Roosevelt earns the Distinguished Flying Cross after volunteering for the Air Corps and accepting a captaincy. He vowed to prove the army officers right by fighting where the heaviest action occurs, a pledge he kept with a record of valor.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports at the Weatherford Old Timers' reunion how two distant boyhood friends, traced by a random newspaper photographer, were reunited by chance. The column then muses on public resolve during wartime Texas politics and calls for constitutional amendments protecting voting rights for service members.
A Fort Worth Press correspondent reports the Air Forces opened in Laredo a massive new gunnery school three months ahead of schedule to train aerial gunners. The facility spans a vast area and introduces flexible gunnery techniques for armorers radiomen and aviation mechanics as part of standard training.
Aphorisms about helping others and the motives of people. The tone critiques politeness, fault finding, and constant smiles. A quip about a cruel husband who jokes without telling his wife he's joking.
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