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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
2
Wartime notices list A B C and brown stamps with various deadlines from February to March 1944. A Coupon deadline March 31, B and C February 28, coffee cocoa and meat allocations rise, shoe sales extended to February 5. WPB authorizes no-priority items like bathtubs and stoves for civilian use.
The OPA plans mail in ration coupons from central issuing stations to curb theft and ease local board workload with a centralized distribution. A WPB rule limits steel springs for furniture to a controlled supply. Pig meat purchases may use 12 red stamps from book four labeled 8 A through M, valued at 120 points, with farm use starting February 27 and expiration dates in city markets.
The notice requests readers to inform the paper of address changes to avoid misdirected mail at two cents per copy. It urges timely updates, especially when a change is anticipated within a week, to prevent missing issues and save costs.
In December 1943 Grayson County reported 2928 residents aged 65 plus received old age assistance totaling 64550.68 while the yearly county aid reached 706102.40 and cumulative grants since 1936 climbed to 3256733.40. The text notes dependent child grants for 134 children across 70 families totaling 1488 and 68 blind adults receiving 1625 in December 1943.
Recipe for baked potatoes filled with butter milk cheese onion tomato and meat serves four. Also includes cornbread with sausages and bean olive salad serving four.
The state commands sheriff to summon Zamora J. Hopkins and others with interest to answer in district court about a 1 acre Tioga land parcel delinquent for taxes from 1929 to 1942. Plaintiff is City of Tioga. defendants include Hopkins heirs and several residents. Foreclosure and penalties sought in Cause No 49982 in Grayson County court.
A historic recipe describes mixing cornmeal with salt and boiling water to form stiff batter, shaping into round corn dodgers, and cooking on a greased griddle. A nutrition note cites 1942 candy consumption reaching about two and a half billion pounds in the United States, roughly 19 pounds per person.
Jet propulsion is hailed as the industry’s big future with faster speeds and lower fuel use. Though experimental, it could simplify airframes by removing complex ignition and cooling systems, allowing faster production than propeller planes, while not yet rivaling propeller or cooled engines. Sun Want Ads get results.
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