Final Sugar For Canning Period Set By Grayson Boards
Grayson County rationing boards designate July 6 11 as the final period to apply for excess sugar for home canning. Whitewright hosts July 6 8 at the Grammar School from 10 a m to 5 p m with Miss Sallye Hamilton in charge. Applicants must provide full information and War Ration Books to receive certificates for remaining year supplies.
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Grayson County
Denison and
Sherman
Bullock Hyder
Whitewright
Grammar School
Sallye Hamilton
Herman Bedford
Charles White
Dick Montgomery
Elizabeth Waggoner
Dorotha Darwin
Treasury closes books on costliest year in history
Washington reports that in 12 months the U S Treasury spent about 32 5 billion dollars for direct war costs and related activities, far exceeding World War I levels. Preliminary data show 26 billion direct war outlays, with total 32 5 billion. the new year starts at 73 141 billion including 67 billion for war. Tax receipts topped 12 72 billion, a new high, amid a record deficit.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Harold D. Smith
Randolph E. Paul
The
Pig in bridal dress found in car after slaughter near Lichte nau
A pig dressed as a bride sat in a car found by a policeman in Lichte nau Austria. The bridal party had parked to drink at an inn and the pig was being transported to Vienna for sale on the black market. Most grade crossing accidents occur between midnight and one.
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Lichtenau
Austria
Vienna
Draft Status of Married Men Is Further Clarified
The amendment to the selective service act reshapes draft priority by four categories. Category 1 includes men with no dependents, while Category 4 covers married men with wives and children or with children alone. Categories 2 and 3 cover dependents or prewar marriages with no children. Draft boards must fill quotas by drawing from these categories in order, with 1-A and 1-A-O called first. Local boards may consider unusual circumstances before departing from the priority rule. Occupational deferments remain unchanged.
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Austin
Armed Services
Selective Service Act
National Selective Service Headquarters
Selective Service
Government expands wartime canning allotments
The War Production Board raised the share of the 1942 canning pack reserved for Army Navy lend lease and other agencies. The amendment raises all 11 items’ government quotas except asparagus peaches carrots and spinach with pineapple juice added. Quotas: fruit cocktail 40 percent peaches 38 pears 40 asparagus 30 lima beans 35 string beans 35 sweet corn 35 peas 35 tomatoes 35 tomato catsup 33 tomato juice 17.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Lendlease
Censor Pokes Fun In War Time Love Letter
In Sebring Florida the Hi Life publication prints a wartime vignette about a soldier’s sweetheart who finds a censor note inside a letter from the Pacific. The slip reads your boyfriend still loves you but he talks too much and is signed Censor.
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Sebring
Fla
Hi-Life
Hendricks Field
Pacific War
California
Government cuts cocoa quotas to stretch wartime supplies
In Washington the War Production Board ordered a 60 percent processing quota for cocoa beans this quarter to extend dwindling supplies until mid-1943, down from the previous 70 percent. The note also mentions Havana's old city as being predominantly Spanish.
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Washington
War Production Board
Texas Senate Campaign Costs Filed in Quiet Period
United States Senator Lee O Daniel filed his last expense report with no radio expenditures listed though broadcasts occurred. Opponents Moody and Allred showed higher outlays, Moody at 4653 and Allred at 3108, while radio costs for O Daniel and Collins remain a point of contention as July 13 to 17 filings approach.
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Austin
United States
Lee O’daniel
O'Daniel
Hal Collins
O’daniel
Collins
Dan Moody
James V. Allred
Moody
Allred
Coke Stevenson
San Antonio Stevenson
Governor Club
Beaumont Stevenson Club
Forty seven Senators linked to X gasoline ration cards
Washington report shows forty seven U S senators named among District of Columbia motorists holding X gasoline ration cards granting unlimited gasoline. Included is Tom Connally of Texas.
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Washington
Senate
District of Columbia
Tom Connally
Texas
Plane Takes Pilot and Student for Perfect Ride
In Perrin Field a training plane flew instrument conditions with Lt Nolan piloting and Cadet John Proctor as student. A malfunctioning radio prevented voice contact, prompting the instructor to relinquish control briefly. Proctor claimed he never touched the controls during the flight.
Office of Price Administration launches tire inventory nationwide
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration began a nation-wide inventory of serviceable tires held by dealers and car companies to chart future rationing plans. The survey covers dealers, automobile firms and finance companies and aims to guide policy decisions.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
June Rainfall Totals and Local Rain Events
June rainfall in Whitewright totaled 6.41 inches, per official recorder C. C. Cates, compared with 8.74 inches in June last year. The last heavy rain fell June 14 at 1.42 inches, followed by .22 on June 21 and .10 on June 22, the date of the latest rainfall.
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Whitewright
C. C. Cates
Men in Uniform Share War Duty Updates Across Families
Letters report service members returning to duty, firings notices, and promotions. Billie Harris out of hospital and back on duty. Jack E. Wallace promoted to staff sergeant at Camp Hulen. Edwin H. Goodwin transferred from Meridian to New Orleans. Lewis Othel Stapleton and Glenn Eugene Stapleton serving in Navy with training in San Diego. Robert Chumbley visits family before returning to Whitewright. Anna Joyce Benson commissioned ensign in Navy Nurses Corps stationed at Portsmouth hospital. Benson a Sherman nursing graduate and Navy volunteer.
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Glenn Eugene Stapleton
Lizzie Roper
Navy
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Anna Joyce Benson
Navy Nurses Corps
Miss Benson
Earl E. Benson
Whitewright
Route One
Wilson N. Jones School of Nursing
Sherman
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Japanese Using Ferocious Dogs In Jungle War
Los Angeles heard claims by Jan Henrik Marsman a former Hong Kong detainee and industrialist that Japan uses trained attack dogs in jungle warfare. He warned of potential bombing raids on Los Angeles Harbor and urged stricter civilian defense measures while detailing his wartime experiences and work on a film script.
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Los Angeles
Hong Kong
Jan Henrik Marsman
Manila
Marsman
State Council of Defense
Olson
Los Angeles Harbor
Orient
Pacific
China
India
United States
San Francisco
War production falls in occupied Netherlands amid shortages
Dutch output declines as malnutrition and rising non cooperation hinder work. Swedish papers note sabotage by Dutch workers has led to a situation described as approaching a state of siege.
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Netherlands
OPA expands limits for chiropractors teachers and preachers
The Office of Price Administration announced extensions of privileges to chiropractors osteopaths and certain teacher groups while restricting privileges for physicians veterinarians and preachers to those using cars chiefly in their duties. Chiropractors and osteopaths now qualify for tires and tubes under doctor rules. School officials and teachers may receive recapped or obsolete tires when traveling between localities with no other transport.
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Dallas
Office of Price Administration
Max L. McCullough
Region Opa
Congress kills Civilian Conservation Corps amid wartime budgets
Washington reports Congress abandons the CCC as it passes several wartime appropriation bills totaling a record war outlay. The fiscal year ends at midnight, leaving the Agriculture Department without funds and OPA operating on emergency money. A broader moratorium on debt payments is proposed to ease tax burdens.
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Washington
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
Drivers License Exam Time Changes in Sherman Denison and Bonham
Sherman schedule shifts to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the county building. An extra Denison visit runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday at the municipal building. Bonham trips occur each Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Sherman
Texas
W. G. Kennerly
Kennerly
Denison
Allies Must Avoid Blunders Of Past In Occupying Axis Nations
Dr. Henry A. Atkinson of the World Alliance for International Friendship urged in Los Angeles that after victory the Allies should occupy Germany Japan and Italy to enforce leadership but avoid repeating the errors of World War I. He spoke at a win the war to win the peace institute event.
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Los Angeles
Germany
Japan
Italy
Henry A. Atkinson
Carnegie Endowed
World Alliance For International Friendship
New York
Peace Institute
Dr. Atkinson
Greeks Harass Axis Lines Across Aegean Front
Reports from Cairo say about 100000 Greek guerrillas are harassing Italian and German supply routes from Thrace to Crete. The organized bands threaten communications and logistics across occupied Greece and its islands.
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Cairo
Thrace
Crete
American Legion Picnic Cancelled Amid Wartime Strife
The annual American Legion picnic scheduled for July 8 to 11 was cancelled by LaDeane Attractions due to tire shortages and lack of funds to replace tires. The event long drawing Whitewright and North Texas attendees has been held for 20 years and was hosted at the Bois d’Are Grove after local sponsorship shifted post World War I.
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American Legion
Ladeane Attractions
Carnival Company
North
Texas
Whitewright
Preston Everheart Post
Post
J. D. Hoard
Leonard Picnic Abandoned Due to War Conditions
Dr L C Kuykendall president of the Leonard Old Settlers Association informs the Leonard community arrangements committee that wartime conditions make the annual Leonard picnic impractical. The long running homecoming event for locals who left the area is canceled this year.
Army Transport Crash Kills 21 Men
State police in Welch West Virginia reported the bodies of twenty one men recovered from a south bound Army transport that crashed in flames after losing a wing at 500 feet. Troopers guarded the wreck as mountains were searched for additional missing aboard the former American Airlines flagship.
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Welch
W. Va
Tom Harrison
American Airlines
Premier
Bomber Crash Kills Nine Near March Field Calif
A four motor Army B 24 bomber crashed and exploded on a knoll near March Field California on Wednesday killing nine airmen. The explosion and roar were heard for miles around as the aircraft broke apart.
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March Field
Calif
Here
Price Control Rules Take Effect Across Retail Sector
On Wednesday July 1 price ceilings extend to all cost of living goods and services nationwide. Retailers must post ceilings for every item and offer public inspection, with wholesalers filing lists at local OP A offices. Used typewriter rates are capped and housing rents rise under defense area rules in seven Texas zones.
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United States
Office of Price Administration
Defense
Texas
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