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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
4
Whitewright Texas post office classifies matter as 2nd class mail. Notices for entertainments box suppers memorials and resolutions will be charged at regular advertising rates. Association publisher managing editor.
The Whitewright Sun states Thursday publication schedule and annual subscription price of $1.50 payable in advance. It promises corrections for any erroneous reflections upon character, standing, or reputation upon notification to the publisher.
The notice urges buying war bonds this month to speed victory and encourages civic participation. It notes a candidate’s Whitewright visit and reminds that this is the final time to pay the poll tax and qualify to vote. Some offices serve four-year terms.
A public guidance piece explains inflation as a disorderly rise in prices caused by high demand for scarce goods. It urges buying wisely, paying no more than ceiling prices, and buying only what is needed to help the war effort through War Bonds.
An exchange ad urges Americans to buy War Bonds now rather than spending on unnecessary goods. It argues funds saved will enable purchases later when goods are plentiful and prices lower.
Dallas Times Herald criticizes the focus on football in school athletics. Lieutenant Colonel Jay Dykhouse urges physical training for all students, noting football and basketball dominate but neglect most boys. He argues a balanced program should not be sacrificed to gridiron spectacle.
A short piece shows worried parents debating inherited faults and past misdeeds as they hope their son learns right from wrong. They recall their own childhood missteps and neighbor warnings while Auntie and Daisy highlight improper behavior and shifting morals.
DENISON The 56 miles of the MK-T Railroad between Red River and Greenville will be replaced this summer by 90 pound steel. The existing 85 pound rail laid in 1917 1918 will be upgraded. Heavier steel is also being laid on cutoff tracks from Bay Terminal to the main line north of Denison and from the terminal to the Fort Worth line between Denison and Pottsboro.
Dr. Salvatore Russo of Rider College, New Jersey, explains chronophobia the fear of time alongside claustrophobia and agoraphobia. He notes it appears in prisons, the military, concentration camps, and shipwreck survivors, with a prisoner recalling time weighing on him as cell walls close in and darkness thickens.
A first person diary-like fragment describes a terrifying close encounter in a prison cell. The speaker recalls a weighty, monstrous presence and a desperate struggle, ending with calming bars pressing against the face as fear subsides.
Two men in a car run a red light and are chased by a police officer. The driver claims to be rushing a patient to an asylum, and the passenger tells the officer to kiss him, flustering the cop into letting them go.
Stockholm reports that foodstuffs exported from Sweden since the war began have been almost entirely on a barter basis. Salted herring was sent to Romania for lubricating oils while Holland Belgium and Denmark received oats.
In exchange for seed wheat and seed oats sugar and syrup were shipped to Norway and paid for in fish. Rye and rye flour were exported to Finland in return for rye taken from a Finnish ship icebound one winter near Sweden.
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker told 1,300 engineers in New York that the Soviet Union is the only all-out people in the war, though he said he did not endorse Communism. He recounted a Russian official's remark about American Communists that “every dog has fleas.”
The State of Texas commands the sheriff to summon unknown heirs of W. M. Reeder and wife to appear at the 59th Judicial District District Court in Sherman on March 13, 1944. The suit, number 52506, seeks delinquent taxes from 1930 to 1942 on Lot 5, Block A, Bonds Third Richland Addition, totaling 375.71 dollars plus interest and costs. The State and Grayson County taxes are listed as 17.34 and 79.66 respectively.
The interview quotes Charles Lindbergh figure Eddie Rickenbacker praising both Americans and British, and commending Russians for total commitment to the war. He notes Russian society rejects absenteeism and insists one is either in the war or out.
A short note cites emotional disturbance as a trigger for fever blisters or cold sores, with digestion linked to emotion as a possible cause. It notes a hereditary tendency and that foods damp weather and other factors may provoke outbreaks, and suggests Epsom salts with Vaseline as relief.
An open house dancing party is announced to be held Friday from 9 p m to 12 p m. The notice lists an event time but provides no further details about location hosts or admission.
A note from Menominee Herald Leader reports the D. A. R. Boys' Club hall on State street will host a party that will not interfere with the blackout as there are no widows in the auditorium. The item is drawn from Things Worth Knowing in the Toledo Blade.
The column lists candidates for the July August 1944 Democratic primaries including Judge 15th Dist Jake J Loy County Clerk J C Calvin Buchanan Public Weigher Pct 3 Finis Alverson seeking a second term.
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