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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
4
Whitewright Sun announces that notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission or monetary consideration will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions will also be charged. Publisher J. H. Waggoner notes publication details and correction policy.
The New York Times notes critics call OPA gasoline and rubber rationing unconstitutional while inspectors uncover violations. Proponents argue the government may require compliance. The piece frames public opinion amid wartime shortages and mentions general attitudes of drivers and families toward rationing rules.
A survey of London five to seven year olds shows many have forgotten peace time basics. Pupils doubt the existence of street lights and bananas and respond with confusion when asked about their use.
A thoughtful reflection on living gracefully as a balance of time for reading writing conversation and service. The passage celebrates a person who fills life with attention to family friends neighbors church and community, leaving a gentle memory.
Lancaster Herald reports several residents complain dogs are catching and devouring chickens. Some dogs breach fencing to reach yards. authors argue fenced flocks deter loss and justify killing roaming dogs. Owners must prevent pet roaming amid high meat costs.
Representative Engel reports a 44 day inspection of 47 war plants finding workers with little experience earning as much as generals and some janitors and elevator operators making 33 percent more than captains. He cites pay data from plants including General Motors Ford Chrysler and General Electric with total 1942 payrolls over 2.3 billion and 850 thousand workers averaging 2725 dollars annually. He highlights high machine gun assembler wages at Colts Patent Fire Arms and elevated salaries at Continental Motors and Fort Devens training pay.
Maj. Gen. William N. Porter testifies before a Senate committee that poison gas would be deployed from bombers or as a spray if used. He seeks a 1.1 billion dollar appropriation for the Chemical Warfare Service to maintain superiority in chemical warfare over the next year.
Gen Henry H Arnold told the House Civil Service Committee that the Army Air Forces will grow by 115000 new aircraft in the next fiscal year. The procurement program totals 36000000000 dollars and covers engines spares and other equipment.
John Tiogo declares his tree shaded backyard a danger zone as a flock of blue jays inhabits the back lot. Tiogo’s attempts to venture outside are met by aggressive bird formations and head damage attempts. His wife avoids the back door and their two year old daughter has temporarily lost her playground.
Two Gurkha soldiers refuse 500 foot jumps, preferring 300 feet to ensure chutes open. A boy prays for all in a war wary world, asking God to take care of everyone. Massachusetts Governor shares an exchange about ancestral honors and ancestry on coins.
A wife persuades her husband to buy a small cask of beer to save money. After the first glass he celebrates saving a penny and plans to draw another, hoping to reach two pence saved. He jokes that the savings will soon fund a fur coat.
An American in London bragged about American superiority until friends tired of it. They lowered him into a new grave with whisky. He awoke, climbed out, and noted that America was still ahead, calling it resurrection morning and the first man up.
A pianist bursts into the scene by banging on the piano and turning to the hostess, then directs a chilling question about when he should accompany her. The moment underscores tensions at the gathering.
A mother tests six year old James with a Bible verse for Sunday school. He struggles, then delivers a humorous mispronunciation saying it as It is me don t git skeered. The gentle moment highlights memory and family humor.
State of Texas issues citation in Case No. 49768 to Woodie Phipps and unknown heirs of Ed Phipps and Lettia Phipps, plus unknown heirs of Charley Linsteed, requiring appearance by August 9, 1943. Plaintiffs A. G. Turley and Mrs. Aaron Turley seek to quiet title to multiple Sherman parcels described as Lot 2, Block 4 Gray's First Addition and several lots in Elliott's and Linstead's Additions.
Plaintiffs seek cancellation of a deed executed March 23 1932 by W W Turley to his three children. Turley died December 3 1932 and the property was partitioned by his children per his will. Court action asks to remove the cloud on title and vest plaintiffs with the property. Issued June 26 1943 by S V Earnest Clerk Grayson County Court.
An applicant boasts total honesty in a job interview while a corporal recalls staging a funeral scene after Hitler's death. The soldiers describe the coffin being laid down twenty five times for encore reactions, highlighting dark humor in postwar recollections.
A society matron invited Saint-Saens to accompany two daughters as they sang a duet. The composer quickly realized the sisters sang in different keys and directions and reacted with irritation.
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