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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
6
Government wartime notices cover ration stamps for meats fats and sugars, farm loans to veterans, and shifts in war expenditures. Reports outline highway repair needs, electric irons distribution, new non highway gas coupons E 2 and R 2, oats price ceilings, corn for war, and labor data on farm workers.
Dallas regional OPA says after Aug 1 war price and ration boards will deny supplemental gasoline to B and C card holders not in car pools. Drivers who travel home to work without pooling and carrying a full load will be refused unless they use their car for business. The agency notes business use is exempt.
The War Production Board announced quota additions totaling 278 500 electric irons to four new manufacturers, lifting total civilian iron output to 2 037 838 units about two percent above plan. Most will be automatic household models with 5 000 steam types. Ninety nine percent of civilian irons will be household models. no rationing or purchaser certificates are required.
Detroit news outlet WJR will ban all middle commercials from sponsored news broadcasts starting September 1. Leo J. Fitzpatrick, VP and GM, says interruptions during important reports damage public trust and that timing and subject matter of ads harm advertisers. He argues the move would add dignity to news programs and benefit the industry.
Hopkins County hears Charley Bentley a self described gardener extraordinary and weather prophet predicts an extra cold winter. He cites thick shucks on roasting ears as a long trusted sign of upcoming freezing weather and says the forecast has long proven accurate among old timers.
A Washington milling company clarifies an enrichment advertisement noting a misprint in the earlier notice. The ad specifies that self rising flour for biscuits and waffles requires baking powder, not no baking.
Practical everyday tips from a period home guide include loosening a tight glass stopper with hot cloth or vinegar, using leftover starch on linoleum, adding velvet to heels to extend stockings, thread daning for wool, weather stripping under baseboards, drying silk stockings with clothespins, winding steamed yarn on a cake rack, and hanging to dry.
Hanging racks on cupboard doors create extra storage space. Wax window sills after washing to keep them clean. Maintain a list of foods requiring only egg whites or yolks or an odd number for leftover eggs. Sprinkle powdered sugar on plates before cake to prevent sticking. Clean blackened kettles with kerosene dampened newspaper then soap and scouring powder. Wash delicate lace in a fruit jar with suds, shake, then rinse.
Roosevelt Simmons a 36 year old Negro bootblack in Houston near the civil courthouse received 127 dollars from a customer fund started by County flood control engineer R J Putney. Simmons who had shined shoes for 12 years thanked donors with humility.
Boxer declares a fixed $5,000 purse regardless of outcome with a reporter noting a silver lining in every clout. The exchange underscores prize money expectations and public interest in boxing.
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