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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
6
About 30,000 older Navy officers and enlisted men may be released by December to permit enlistment and induction of younger workers. The plan uses a point formula based on age and active service, aiming to balance future needs without demobilizing below the authorized maximum.
Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson pledges a sound U S economy as essential for a stable world order. The 55 year old veteran of multiple federal posts takes oath as Henry Morgenthau Jr successor amid reports of possible further cabinet reshuffles. He warns of difficult days ahead on war and home fronts.
Dallas OPA Deputy Administrator C B Braun warned that about 540000 war ration books were reported lost or stolen in five months of 1945 across Texas Louisiana and Missouri sectors. May replacements reached 155000 and June 110000, suggesting more than simple misplacement amid shortages. Braun noted local reporting reduced replacements by about a third in St Louis and urged reporting to police to curb fraud.
Dallas report says morphine addiction risks can be mitigated by morphine-prostignine a partially synthetic substitute developed at Southwestern Medical College by Dr Donald Slaughter who notes adding prostignine to half the morphine dose provides equal relief and reduces habit formation
Question and answer dialogue from a religious broadcast discussing Christ’s pre existence, incarnation, the symbolism of days for years, salvation before Christ, law and sin before Sinai, and the meaning of generation in Matthew 24. The exchange cites I Timothy 3 16 John 17 5 Galatians 3 8 Romans 4 15 Genesis 4 7 13 13 Numbers 16 38 and Matthew 24 34 to support positions.
The War Production Board and the OPA announced a larger civilian shoe supply with 10.5 million more pairs to be produced in the fourth quarter than in the current quarter.
Civilian meat supplies are expected to return to the 1935-39 prewar average in 1945, at about 16.245 billion pounds, despite wartime demand. Consumption before the war averaged 16.303 billion pounds, with higher wartime use and rationing suspensions in 1944 boosting totals. Strong production kept civilian supplies near prewar levels, aided by increased purchasing power among civilians.
Congress considers a Capitol makeover under Architect David Lynn to install dome ceilings and improved acoustics while keeping snuff boxes and spittoons. Plans promise restored desks and comfortable seating, with work to begin after adjournment and removal of 1940 steel reinforcements.
Williamstown, Vermont. Thomas Davenport, who built the world's first electric motor, started by winding a horseshoe magnet with silk from his wife’s wedding dress. He spent his life in science and died poor and unrecognized in the town.
The Navy plans a floating ice cream parlor in the Western Pacific built on a concrete barge. It can serve ships unable to make ice cream, costs over 1 million dollars, and will produce ten gallons every seven minutes with a 2000 gallon storage capacity.
The state issues citation requiring Cecil H. Goode to answer a July 12 1945 petition filed by Dollie Goode in District Court Grayson County. Case No 53700 cites divorce on grounds of cruel treatment with a return date the first Monday after 42 days from issuance.
The State of Texas and Grayson County notify J M Thrasher and heirs of delinquent land on Buck Creek near College Street. Taxes due total 69.52 dollars with suit filed to collect and foreclose, hearing set for September 3 in Grayson County District Court. Contractor: Clerk S V Earnest.
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