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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun informs readers it is published every Thursday and entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter. Subscription rates are one year five dollars? Six months one dollar. No subscription less than six months. Corrections policy stated for erroneous reflections.
Premier Suzuki warns Japan can outlast the United States in war and seeks to induce a negotiated peace at home. General Stilwell sees no morale crack in Japan, while General Arnold says air raids will widen before a ground invasion. The article stresses sustaining domestic resolve and war production to defeat Japan.
In Pacific front reports soldiers insist the war continues while Seventh War Loan bond sales lag in parts of the nation fueling talk that victory is near but not assured.
Gov. Coke Stevenson signed House Bill 377 requiring state agencies counties cities towns and school districts to fill 40 percent of jobs with war veterans. The bill covers Spanish American War through World War II veterans plus all honorably discharged service members and military nurses and all women in service.
In Travemunde a huge four engined craft, carrying 30000 gallons of fuel, was found with three 4000 gallon tanks in its cabin. Ground crews said it was kept ready in the final weeks of the war to fly Hitler non stop to Japan.
The War Department pledged to allow families and fianc es of service members in occupied Europe to join them when conditions permit. A letter to Rep Margaret Chase Smith from John W. Martyn said dependents will be allowed to proceed when feasible, with relaxations to follow.
The American Home Economics Association reports a steady drop in clothing quality over the past year based on a home maker survey. Protests cited include dolls dresses for toddlers, fragile prints, and cottons unsuitable for school and work wear.
A brief poem by Edgar A. Guest reflects on luck versus merit, suffering of the poor, and the impact of cheerful words. It questions bravery in hardship and praises kindness as a path toward stronger brotherhood.
A passerby asks why the wife isn’t riding. The Indian answers that she has no pony, while he travels on horseback and his squaw follows on foot heavily burdened with luggage.
In New Orleans at a Lake Pontchartrain beach Army Navy War Bond show explosions of hand grenades caused minor phosphorus burns to over 250 spectators including children. Patrolman Marcus Vallette described planes overhead as landing craft approached and invaders opened fire. Police restored order after about 30 minutes with a smoke screen from PT boats.
State Health Officer George W. Cox said weather does not cause polio and that flies in contact with sewage and garbage spread the disease. He cited questionable sewage conditions in Harris County as a factor while noting Harris County leads the nation in polio cases with sixty five treated in Houston this year.
Count Folke Bernadotte of the Swedish Red Cross asserts in his new book The End that Adolf Hitler was murdered on April 27 by a poisonous injection. Bernadotte notes Hitler suffered Parkinson's disease, was unable to act, and could only issue counter-orders and execute warrants.
The Army suspended its rotation plan in all theaters of operation now that Germany has surrendered. The War Department allows temporary duty returns for recuperation for personnel in active theaters, per Maj. Gen. J. A. Ulio in a letter to Rep. Philipbin of Massachusetts.
The theater commanders will choose which soldiers to return and arrange 45 day home visits along with travel time. The selection of men to be returned is entirely at the discretion of the theater commanders who alone can determine the status of the soldiers involved.
Air Service Command base in India reports Corporal Pleasant C. Templeton tested a monsoon night guidebook by remaining still as a sizable snake crawled into his lap. The reptile inspected his watch and buttons before wriggling away after fifteen minutes. Templeton still cannot comb his hair.
The OPA removed the thirty gallon cap on gasoline for furloughed servicemen. They will receive one gallon per day. Veterans referred to jobs by government agencies may get up to 400 miles of gasoline per month for job seeking. Those who relocate with new employment will receive enough ration to move their car and family.
Texas faced 103.7 million dollars in delinquent ad valorem taxes for the 1944 fiscal year. State Auditor C. H. Cavness told Gov. Coke R. Stevenson the figure marks an improvement of 8.08 million over the prior year, despite the large total.
The report shows total outstanding founded debt across Texas counties and sub-divisions at 544,400,666 dollars, down 51,853,540 from the prior year. Over five years funded indebtedness has declined by 124,865,548 dollars.
Latham White regional director for the War Food Administration urged housewives to save waste fat and deliver it to grocers. He noted fats are urgently needed to produce TNT incendiaries vaccines and other battlefield necessities. Each pound is worth two red points and cash.
A concise reminder stresses that vehicle longevity depends on careful maintenance and attentive handling. Regular servicing, clean fuel, proper lubrication, and cautious operation are urged to prevent wear.
War Food Administration funds extend the Community Canning Centers started in 1942 under the US Office of Education and Federal Security Agency. The program will run this season through State Boards for vocational education and local schools per agreed plans with the Office of Education and WFA. President Truman urged growing large gardens and home preservation.
In a tense exchange a boss accuses Jones of a cigar button on the floor and Jones replies that the boss saw it first, implying no ownership and a test of honesty amid a sharp workplace moment.
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