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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
4
Notice in the Whitewright Texas post office outlines that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with an admission fee will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect and related notices also incur charges. Signed by J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss.
Public notices urge purchase of 5th war loan bonds with a $100,000 Whitewright quota, urging immediate orders and citing wartime sacrifice. It also comments on Texas politics, comparing 1944 delegates to the 1928 campaign and predicting contentious returns at the Chicago convention.
A columnist recounts pork market disruption after price supports and rationing, detailing hog surpluses and embargoes that followed OPA actions. The piece argues supply and demand laws outpaced policy and cites wartime paratrooper casualties as related war reporting.
Combat troops returning from Northern France brought back evidence that Germans tortured and murdered American paratroopers during the invasion. NBC correspondent Stanley Richardson said he verified an incident where the bodies of three Americans were found.
Hal Boyle reports London dealers profit from shortages in food clothing and liquor. He notes a sub rosa economy where those with money can secure essentials while the poor also participate in black market trading, reflecting widespread wartime scarcities.
A London housewife describes widespread shortages and high prices in the black market. Sugar and meat dominate trade with rationed meals costing far more in the informal market, clothing remains scarce, and even fruits like asparagus and peaches fetch elevated prices while pineapple bargains reach high sums.
Danger to homes is warned by Mrs. Bernice Claytor from the A and M College Extension Service. She urges protection against flies and mosquitoes this spring, focusing on screening porches windows and doors, as metal screens will be scarce until after the war.
The article advises fitting doors and windows tightly and yearly painting of galvanized screens as a preservative. It recommends repairing holes, protecting screens and doors in winter storage, adding strong springs, hooks, latches, and lower guards, plus using sprays and oil of citronella to fight insects. It also urges draining pools and blocking mosquito breeding sites and training families to swat instinctively.
Dr. Guy T. Buswell of the University of Chicago outlines a method to increase reading speed. The June Good Housekeeping article recommends not vocalizing words, relaxing the vocal apparatus, and holding the page at a right angle while practicing twenty minutes daily. It notes stamp collecting as a popular hobby today.
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