03 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
1
The column lists multiple service members and relatives connected to Sherman area families. Sgt. Eugene Smith arrives in North Africa while Lt. Wallace and other officers visit home. Navy, Army and RAF veterans note training, promotions, and new assignments. A shipping estimate for troops stresses logistics needs.
Miss Idabel Herndon of the Community Public Service Company will give a lecture demonstration at 3 oclock Wednesday afternoon June 9 at the light office to help homemakers in Whitewright with canning and drying Victory garden surplus. Free literature will be provided and admission is free.
Washington press reports that dependency will be nearly eliminated as a reason to defer fathers. Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt says only 22 of 100 able bodied fathers will be deferred by end of 1943. Induction of family heads set to start August 1 though Navy easing may slow it.
American troops fought with bayonets and grenades at Attu and killed at least 1,500 Japanese while taking only four prisoners. The Navy report covered through Sunday midnight and did not state American casualties. Secretary Stimson noted 127 Americans killed and 399 wounded with 118 missing, cautioning counts may rise.
Official gauge at the city water plant recorded Whitewright May rainfall at 8.41 inches the heaviest May total since records began. Rain fell on eleven days with a peak 3.78 inches on May 9, part of a five month 1943 total of 16.80 inches.
Brig. Gen. Larson and the separate Antisubmarine Command say U boats are largely driven out to sea by air patrols and allied forces. Pilots describe low altitude bombing, reconnaissance, and victories as they extend operations along coastal and mid Atlantic routes. Submarine kills are confirmed by post mission intelligence. The article notes long patrols and a sample engagement with bombs exploding on a sub.
The community canning center sponsored by Rex Cruse and local women began operations in the Grammar School basement. Open 9 am to 2 pm on Monday Tuesday and Thursday. appointments required. users must do all prep work and clean up. center accommodates nine extra cookers and offers instruction from Mrs. Otto Russell.
At the White House a prolonged conference signaled possible presidential intervention in the coal dispute with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The War Labor Board warned of law defiance and urged government response to protect wartime effort and order.
Dallas internal revenue collector W A Thomas cautioned that missing notice stubs with quarterly tax payments due June 15 may credit payments to the wrong account. He noted many checks arrived without stubs showing taxpayer account numbers, risking delays. Sell it with a Sun Want Ad.
The Office of Price Administration raised most beef ration points by three per pound effective Sunday in an effort to shift civilians to pork veal and lamb amid tight beef supply. Higher beef costs may reduce meat intake or push shoppers to other meats as government notes Army purchases and slaughter shortfalls.
The OPA ordered rationing of evaporated and condensed milk effective at 12:01 a m Wednesday. Canned milk is valued at one point per pound and red stamps in ration book No 2 are required. Infant formulas need 7 points weekly, drawn from 16 points for protein diets, and 3 to 4 points weekly may cover adults. OPA urged only those unable to obtain fresh milk spend points.
A British overseas transport plane carrying thirteen passengers including actor Leslie Howard was declared overdue and presumed lost after reporting an attack by enemy aircraft while flying from Lisbon to England. German patrols targeted the air lane from neutral Portugal. Prisoners of war would be paid for their own release.
The Senate approved a bipartisan pay-as-you-go tax bill 62 to 19, sending it to President Roosevelt who was expected to sign. It provides 100 percent abatement for up to $50, 50 dollar abatements for certain $50 to $66.67 bills, and 75 percent abatements with staged repayments for higher amounts, plus a 20 percent withholding starting in June.
NORTH BAY Ontario Dr Allan Roy Defoe aged 60 the physician who attended the Dionne quints birth and tended them in their early years died Wednesday of pneumonia He was brought by ambulance from Callender and passed away shortly after admission after a period of ill health
Henry Ford returned to leadership of his company after shareholders elected him president to succeed his son Edsel Ford who died last week. The move places the founder back at the helm of the Detroit based auto empire he started forty years earlier.
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