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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
8
The War Production Board lifted its ban on cuffs for men's trousers while keeping leg length limits. Short men may benefit, but most will not gain the extra five inches needed to cuff. Some can fake a cuff with a three inch turn up, and the move helps recover wool cloth for garments.
Denison ration board chairman E. Jones warned that giving unused or expired food stamps to stores fuels black markets. Customers should tear up unused stamps and only hand over the exact number needed. gasoline stamps may be returned to the board. Expired food stamps can be misused by retailers to buy more food wholesale for resale without points.
Postal rules for mailing packages to soldiers overseas have changed. A soldier no longer needs an order from a commanding officer. the sender must have a request from the soldier and present the envelope with the APO cancellation when mailing. The post office stamps the envelope to prevent reuse. Package size limits remain as previously published. No request is needed for sailors or marines overseas to receive packages.
State Guard members who complete at least 24 drill periods may pay $1 of the $1.75 poll tax, the same rate as peace time National Guardsmen, per Attorney General Gerald Mann. No man becomes great without many mistakes, as Gladstone said.
A readable chart highlights variety meats as valuable wartime ingredients. It notes these items supplement standard chops and help households solve meat shortages by providing high food value for steaks stews and roasts.
New York reports ONE WORLD by Wendell Willkie set record first month printings with about 1.11 million copies. Paper bound editions at 1.00 earned 800,000. cloth bound editions at 2.00 reached 200,000. daily sales 25,000 to 50,000. Frederic C. Melcher cites two records in publishing history. George Hecht calls it the fastest selling book in Doubleday shops.
In Washington the use of cow tails as air filter material has expanded from railway car conditioning to filtration in Canadian warships machinery, per Dr. D. J. McLellan of Canada's Department of Agriculture. The United States also uses cow tail fiber in some filtering applications.
Cattle tail hair is restricted to the armed forces and used in Navy mattresses parachute packs and saddle pads. Its sponginess and moisture resistance suit padding material. Historically it fed carpet sweepers and hair brushes with about eight inches of tail used. Fort Worth markets nearly 150 tons yearly.
Stars and Stripes reports Army medical officers launched a program to reduce venereal disease infections among troops in Britain. About 2 060 soldiers were sidelined in four months of 1943. Lt Col Paul Padoet led the venereal disease control effort amid low use of 50 prophylactic stations.
The exchange between Geo. S. Kaufman and Oscar Levant highlights the rationing point system with Levant quipping that you point to what you want and the grocer denies it.
A girl on a drill press tells her companion she has discovered the lumps on her arms are actually muscles. The remark conveys relief and a lighthearted moment about body changes.
Citation directs Grayson County Sheriff to publish in a Sherman newspaper to summon all interested parties in the estate of L M Ridout deceased. Leo Ridout administrator filed final report to be heard on the second Monday in June 1943 at the County Court in Sherman.
Pam pa businessman R Elmer Newton was reported dead by a neighbor prompting three relatives near Greenville to travel to town for his funeral. He proved he was alive and canceled a funeral flower order placed with a Pampa florist.
Staff Sgt. Tucker Clark told Greenwood cadets that 800 Italian soldiers surrendered after U S planes dropped leaflets promising food and medical aid near Bizerte. Clark, an aerial gunner from overseas, spoke Saturday at Greenwood Army Air Field.
Corp. Walter N. Jung of St. Louis Missouri, a ninth Air Force bomber group clerk, is nicknamed Ghost Jung by his squadron. In Tunisia he found a German soldier grave bearing the same name as his own, prompting the sobriquet.
The report notes an eight month age difference between individuals discussed. It mentions Jung’s doubt that relatives reside in Germany while his parents and grandparents were born in the United States.
Classified notes show buyers seeking fat cattle and land deals. Advertisers include Mrs Allen T Short representing Hannahs Flowers and Tom Barbee promoting real estate sales. Also notices on old typewriter ribbons and Foster's Butane plus auto loans by F W Creager in Sherman and Denison Texas.
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