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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
8
In wartime England a dog waits with ground crews on a bomb station as bombers return from a mission. The scene follows the squadron due home and recounts a Fortress loss while Marines and crew mourn, then the lone ship lands and the dog bolts to its side amid relief.
Lt. Col. Sidney Mason told the State Guard School that the Beaumont race riot grew from loose talk and rumor. He noted 2,000 troopers helped quell the trouble where one white man and one Negro died and warned that unchecked reports can spark similar unrest elsewhere. He found no direct fifth column evidence in Beaumont.
About 400 seventeen year olds from the Red River Valley attended Perrin Field's Fourth of July air show. They saw Link trainers and several fighter and bomber aircraft perform maneuvers and spoke with pilots and cadets. The event aimed to enlist youths into the Air Forces enlisted reserve with parental consent, possible active service as aviation cadets after turning eighteen.
A Yeoman 1 c transfers his desk duties to a WAVE who will serve aboard a U S Navy ship. The WAVE and Yeoman celebrate the handoff as she joins active duty while other women can qualify for roles such as Aeros, Storekeepers, Aviation Machinists Mates, Radio, Hospital Corps and Link Trainer instructors. A booklet outlines WAVES SPARS jobs pay and training.
An Associated Press survey shows 307 weekend deaths with 131 traffic fatalities across 41 states and DC during the wartime July Fourth holiday. Drownings total 89 and other causes 87, with no fireworks deaths reported this year.
The War Manpower Commission reports a rapid expansion of the navy will add 500000 personnel in the first half of 1944. Navy strength is expected to rise from about 1900000 to 2400000 by July 1944, with total armed forces reaching 11300000. Army projections show little change through mid 1944 while Marine and Coast Guard totals stand at 700000.
Gov. Coke Stevenson said the automatic tax board may cut the school tax rate by ten cents from 33 cents per $100 value. He based the guess on a large anticipated balance in the state school fund, expected around $7.7 million by Sept. 1. The higher per capita apportionment to $25 raises scholastic costs by $4 million, leaving a $3 million balance.
Approximately a million car owners have stored their vehicles for the duration as the used car stock shrinks. Automotive News warns a transportation crisis looms unless the stored vehicles can be moved for sale.
The piece notes sporadic movements of used vehicles from plentiful to scarce areas offer only temporary relief as the national stockpile continues to shrink. It also ironic compares longevity myths to vitamin discoveries.
Agricultural administrator W. W. Gunn urges farmers to submit cotton measurements quickly to issue marketing cards and 1943 cotton payments. About 60 percent have been turned in, with more arriving as crops are laid by. a large Sherman office staff handles late submissions.
A young man buys an ice cream cone at a drug store, eats outside, then returns the cone to the soda fountain and thanks the clerk for the vase used to hold the dessert.
A dialogue compares a black cow’s white milk that yields yellow and a black hen’s white egg with a yellow yolk. Ben explains the reason is the same for both cases, highlighting a simple color biology concept.
Want ads list cattle for butchering, an International hay press for sale, registered Hampshire pigs for sale, a matron needed at Woodmen Circle Home in Sherman, two apartments for rent at Penn Apartments, property buying and selling services by Tom Barbee, and butane gas offers for farm and defense workers by Foster's Butane in Denison Texas.
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