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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
6
Texas wildlife officials urge residents to curb stray and wild housecats after a field survey along the Austin Mineral Wells route counted 50 wild cats and saw mourning doves and other species in danger. They recommend keeping tame cats indoors and killing wild cats to protect bird life.
A wild turkey banded by Game Department biologists in Maverick County near the Rio Grande was killed in Mexico, showing wildlife moves to food and water. The article notes turkey migration tests and answers a public question confirming deer may be hunted in season near water holes.
Berlin and Cologne rumors show the German public fears intensified Allied air power after the 1000-plane Cologne raid. Reports describe panic in Muenster after prior Berlin and Cologne raids, with civilians fleeing, stores closed, and nerves frayed.
The Game Department advises asking for help when unsure. Soft fluorescent lighting protects pilots' eyes by illuminating instrument panels. Luminous paint on instrument dials glows due to the light.
The article notes El Salvador's 19th century independence, rise as a coffee powerhouse, and unique balsam of Peru export. It describes its geography with Pacific coastline, key ports La Libertad and La Union, and a modern planned economy with highway and rail improvements linking San Salvador to neighbors. The piece places El Salvador among active, progressive Central American nations in the New World.
The passage describes a new international route 200 miles from New York via the Panama Canal, emphasizing its swift reach and the pilots of connecting planes keeping busy hubs linked to the world.
Nathan Gottlieb of New York was sentenced to 15 months in a federal penitentiary by Judge Marcus B. Campbell in Brooklyn after being found guilty of failing to turn over $4,577 in employee income taxes collected from workers at two corporations where Gottlieb served as president. The judge condemned the act as a crime and warned of harsher penalties for future violations as the Bureau of Internal Revenue vows vigorous enforcement.
James Walter Wilson of Vidalia Ga officially the nation’s oldest person marked his 117th birthday Friday. Born a slave in Washington County Ga he credits life length to obedience and nature’s laws. Census Bureau confirms his status as the country’s oldest man. He still walks four miles to the store for tobacco.
At Napier Field Alabama a raw recruit faces an Air Corps classification officer as the private steps forward in the processing scene.
A recruit introduces himself as Harvard Yale Princeton and, after a joking misread by an officer, is assigned to the Air Corps. He has not finished high school, and is noted as a non graduate in Mather Field Wing Tips.
The nation's major railroads announce a plan to discourage non essential travel for the war. They will stop soliciting travel and instead publicize their war effort while maintaining ad volume. They also will halt convention travel and special trains for events deemed non essential to the war.
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