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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces that all notices of entertainments box suppers and benefits with admission fees will incur regular advertising charges. Memorials and resolutions will also be charged. Publisher J. H. Waggoner and editor Glenn Doss note subscription at $1.50 yearly and offer corrections for any erroneous reflections.
The piece argues Pearl Harbor exposed overconfidence and isolationist beliefs, urging unified command and decisive action. It notes the need for broad public resolve, shifting responsibility from passive citizens to active private soldiers, and suggests Roosevelt must coordinate defense effectively to win the war.
The War Department data show enlistment ages in Northern Civil War armies from ten to eighteen, with the largest groups at sixteen and seventeen, and 2,159,798 enlisted by age twenty one or under. Also notes poll tax deadline and upcoming election of federal and local officials.
The note hints at lingering winter, urges patience for planting, and reminds residents to pay poll taxes and meet voting eligibility rules with only two days left to qualify.
Poll tax payments surge in parts of Texas due to wartime patriotism and mobilization. Governor Coke Stevenson appears set for re election with limited opposition while a single congressional race forms around C L South Harry Knox and O C Fisher. Several state officials announce for re election and many lawmakers leave the House. Senate seats total fifteen with incumbents likely to run again though some have yet to announce.
A brisk wind chills the observer in Minneapolis as he compares the weather to West Texas and notes the city’s larger size near St. Paul. He reflects on regional rivalries, likening Minneapolis to a heated Texas rivalry between Fort Worth and Dallas.
A banquet with Minneapolis and St Paul citizens yields a humorous Minnehaha name idea. A new Minneapolis minister loses his post after announcing a text from Paul. Governor Stassen is credited with a story, and other remarks cover state work, roads, and famed writers.
Mrs. Dora R. Barnes of the Extension Service at A. and M. College urges careful clothing care as war limits fabrics. Learn fabric labels, ask clerks about color fastness to light and washing, and understand shrinkage. Do not soak materials in saltwater to set color.
The guide advises washing wool in warm soft water with neutral soap, squeezing rather than rubbing, rinsing at the same temperature, drying in a warm place away from sunlight, and damp pressing with a medium hot iron using a pressing cloth. It notes rayon care varies by type and that cotton, if colorfast and not prone to over two percent shrinkage, can be washed.
The practice reportedly started with ancient Scandinavians and links to Balder’s death. Frigga, goddess of love and marriage, sheltered mistletoe after Loki caused Balder’s demise, turning the plant into a protective symbol. The kiss under it represents safety for lovers.
In a humorous exchange the Eight Ball Club president declares Brother Brown the official cuspidor. Rastus requests a cuspidor and the president confirms the appointment in a lighthearted moment.
Dialogue excerpt shows Mandy Johnson asking if her son is old enough to enlist and Eliza Jackson noting he can join the infantry first. The exchange reflects community views on enlistment age and military entry during the period.
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