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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
4
Whitewright Sun publishs weekly Thursday at Whitewright Texas with 2nd class mail matter and a 1.50 yearly subscription. Notices of entertainments and memorials incur regular advertising rates and errors will be corrected on notification to the publisher.
Henry G Lee of South Pasadena writes from the Bataan front in 1942 about courage, loyalty, and finding a life purpose in war. He thanks his family, notes shared sacrifice with Filipinos and Americans, and reflects on fear, faith, and the value of simple acts like fishing to keep spirit and humanity intact.
A reflective piece touts fishing by streams and lakes as a serene test of worth and peace. It contrasts pursuit of gain with solitude and self awareness, urging readers to abandon office life and seek nature’s quiet challenge at water’s edge.
Private information indicates no government plan this year to requisition privately owned passenger autos. However, immobilization of two to three million vehicles is possible within six months through restrictions on excess tire ownership. An order banning ownership of more than five tires per person or family could achieve this with limited hardship.
A Japanese man was found hanged in a Los Angeles park with a note claiming a failed loyalty split between Japan and the United States. The piece suggests some Japanese in America may feel torn between loyalties, while noting U.S. officials cannot determine allegiance, risking collective prejudice.
Boiling foods carefully preserves vitamins and beets and red cabbage keep color with vinegar in the water. Unwrap soap before storing to prevent drying. Pineapple and peach juice mixed with ginger ale makes a punch, add ginger ale last over crushed ice. Use leftover coffee to substitute half the milk in a chocolate pie for a new flavor.
A. and M. Extension Service specialist urges rural homemakers to prepare for sugar rationing by answering three questions about last year’s fruit canning and maintaining records. Tips include using thinner syrups and substitutes like corn syrup, avoiding saccharine, and understanding the sugar ration: one pound per four quarts of finished fruit, with extra sugar per family member for jams and butters.
Melbourne reports the last Corregidor evacuees reached Australia including six officers of Lt Gen Wainwright, 11 nurses and two other women. They left on May 3 the night before surrender. Nurses total 22 evacuated from about 100 stationed there. The $100 bills used to light cigarets were worthless currency being destroyed to prevent Japanese capture.
Hal H. Collins of Mineral Wells and Senator W. Lee O Daniel announced a joint campaign beginning Saturday in Waco. They will tour separately while sharing strategy to conserve rubber and transport. The plan states both will conduct independent campaigns and not solicit votes for the other. A light anecdote about a mule at a post office closes the report.
A humorous remark attributes a mustache to maintain household gender roles as a wife wears pants, reflecting a playful view of domestic life and identity within the home. The exchange underscores humorous gendered dynamics in a midcentury context.
Fort Worth representative Lester Boone announced his bid for the Texas Railroad Commission pledging an all-out war effort and full attendance at commission meetings. He notes his legislative work includes the Omnibus Tax Bill and Texas Defense Guard Law to support wartime security and public welfare. The article also details Pullman sleeping car linens inventories and large annual laundry costs.
Robert Crosser Jr., 28, secretary to Rep. Crosser, has been deferred from the draft as a necessary man. The six month deferment was issued in May and upheld by National draft headquarters. Officials cited his parents ill health and his obligation to assist them. Crosser Jr. had a high draft order number and was classified 2A last month.
A WPB report shows the United States has spent over 30 billion dollars and obligated 76 billion more for all out defense and war since mid 1940. With 39.4 billion requested for the coming year and 166.4 billion already appropriated, total war funding will top 205.9 billion with more to come.
The Pullman Company announced in Chicago that it purchased enough cotton textiles last year to tuck 111 times the population of Whitewright into bed. The bed linen inventory would cover 1,537 residents of Whitewright with clean sheets and pillow slips.
The exchange features Jean quipping she would not marry the best man while Bert thanks her for the compliment yet laments the sentiment. The lighthearted dialogue hints at romance and social dynamics.
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