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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
1
The Texas House passed a rural teacher salary relief bill sending it to the Senate. It would add 300 to each teacher in 55 Grayson County schools, with 75 monthly increases for four months. Rural schools not Sherman Denison Van Alstyne or below 20 pupils may be excluded.
Washington reports War Department officials plan to show bad news alongside good to strengthen home front resolve. They acknowledge past sugar coating and aim to curb overstatements by editors and headlines. The shift follows discussions with Henry L. Stimson and James F. Byrnes.
Texas old age pension rolls fell by 10 627 in the year ending August 31 1944 with 171 991 recipients. Dependent children aid counts stood at 10 647 and 4 617 helped as needy blind. Average payments to pensioners rose to 21 62 monthly totaling 3 754 772 dollars.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass May’s national service bill forcing all men 18 to 45 into war work. He cited Army Navy support and a nationwide need in factories and combat fronts. The plan targets 18,806,000 men with selective service estimates 60 percent meet physical standards.
The Sun updates its honor roll and corrects subscription credits. Names added this week include Mrs. W. B. Head H. E. Hall C. C. Burchfield Set C. C. Burchfield Pfc. C. B. Burchfield Mrs. Alvie Locke and others. Check left margin credits for accuracy. report errors promptly.
The National Association of Tobacco Distributors announced a voluntary plan to issue cigarette ration cards to over 1,000,000 outlets within two weeks. Cards will be punched per pack and customers must sign a declaration limiting to one card. The move aims to curb hoarder raids and concentrate supply, with 33 million packs produced daily in 1944 and about 38.5 million smokers averaging just over seventeen cigarettes daily.
In a playful exchange a former war worker bride asks about welding on an upper crust of an apple pie while Fluffy and Hi Gland joke about inferiors. The dialogue captures postwar social banter and light humor.
Lt and Mrs David W Smith of Kingman Arizona visit grandmother Mrs J B Hall and relatives. Sgt Lester M Martin assigned an APO number may be sent overseas. Robert W Martin promotion to technician fifth grade in England. Mrs Dorothy Conlin notified husband Capt John T Conlin wounded in Belgium. Lt and Mrs Robert L Benish visiting Barbee parents go to Washington DC where Benish will be stationed. Pfc J P Freeman to report to Fort Sam Houston after Southwest Pacific service. Staff Sgt Mark Montgomery Jr in hospital England awaiting return to US. Sgt Festus C House killed in action December 18 in Germany. mother Mrs Viola House northern Bonham area. Wallace Reeves Coast Guard son of Cull Reeves returns from Cherbourg France Plymouth England. depth bombs reported. Sgt Joseph L Jenkins to Santa Ana reassigned after 35 months in Pacific with Leyte invasion among four engagements. Capt Guy Hamilton Jr Baltimore awarded certificate of commendation for personnel authorization work since 1943.
Washington. War Food Administration head Marvin Jones urged farmers to plant more acres and raise more livestock in 1945 than in 1944, with emphasis on milk hogs beef cattle and higher beef marketings. Crop goals total 363,635,000 acres, about 3 percent above 1944. The spring pig crop target rises to 57,563,000 head and egg production is set at 4,350,000,000 as civilian meat supplies tighten.
The Grayson County lunacy court averaged about one trial weekly in 1944 with 68 cases filed. Of these, 55 were adjudged insane, three feeble minded but not insane, four sound mind, two dismissed on witness motion, three remaining on the docket, and one defendant died before trial. Trials are before county judge and a six man jury.
Troops of the Soviet Three Great Armies sealed Warsaw in a rapid encirclement as a massive winter offensive drove toward the German border. Czestochowa fell within 125 miles, Krakow reported captured, and Berlin’s defenses weakened as Soviet troops push toward Berlin, Warsaw described as a ruined capital with almost all central civilians gone.
Five American soldiers were sentenced to death for desertion and theft and sale of Army gasoline on the Paris black market. Names were withheld. Two others got life terms, a third ten years, four acquitted. Eighteen more have been sentenced previously for conspiracy to loot supply trains.
An expert witness testified at a coroner's inquest that James McDonald, 64, engineer of the 20 car mail-express train, was dead of a heart attack before the Dec. 31 crash that killed 50 and injured 80. The engine was at the controls when the Southern Pacific Pacific Limited collision occurred.
R P Booher traveling salesman for Griffin Grocery Co of Denison was killed in a car crash on highway 69 two miles south of Denison. He was born March 9 1913 and survived by his wife and son Mackie Gene. Funeral at Marvin Methodist Church with Oak Hill Cemetery burial.
Illinois Congressman Sabath wrote to Price Administrator Bowles criticizing cigar prices and quality, restaurant portions, and other goods. He charged higher prices with lower quality, noting cigars at 15 cents or three for 55 cents versus 5 cents previously and half portions in high priced restaurants. He urged OPA to tighten controls on vegetables and cream while noting furniture costs rising sharply. He signed the letter “in haste and in anger.”
The Office of Price Administration ordered canned grapefruit juice back on the ration list at 12:01 a m Thursday. The War Food Administration directed canners to withhold output for the armed forces until military requirements are met. Canned orange juice remains ration free. Point values: No 2 cans 10 points 46 ounce cans 20 points No 10 cans 40 points.
T/Sgt. Sam H. Tarleton, wounded near Metz, returns on furlough and praises Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. The Third Army soldier says Patton leads from the front, visits the line three times daily, and would dive into a foxhole with a GI. He dismisses talk of the Henries and calls Patton a bogey man for Hitler.
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