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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
8
Washington reports a wartime price ceiling on consumer services worth about five billion dollars across 1,000,000 establishments. The July 1 effective rule caps retail service prices on goods and services, with exemptions for personal services and professionals, and uses a seasonal formula for some projects.
Informal candidacy statement by V R Henderson for County Judge. He highlights college and business training, courtroom experience, and plans for annual outside audits, pledges to veto bonds after voter rejection, affirms Democratic loyalty, and thanks voters for past service as District Clerk.
The document outlines price exemptions for certain services and entities. It specifies that universal price ceilings do not apply to commercial or industrial users, employees serving employers, common carriers, public utilities, newspapers, magazines, broadcasting stations, theatres, insurance underwriters, and outdoor advertising operators.
Texas Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson campaign speech from Austin argues rubber collection can avert gasoline rationing. He contends oil wealth supports many Texans and warns rationing would harm oil and gasoline workers while Washington proposes rationing as a rubber-saving measure.
Alois Kozelsky eighty three year old uncle of Adolf Hitler died Monday in Wharton County cattle country west of Houston. He recalled his nephew as a "bad bold boy" from a Moravian school and rarely spoke of his later notoriety. Kozelsky was a long time tenant farmer for more than 30 years.
Washington The Office of Price Administration urged retailers to file price lists of cost of living commodities with local war price and rationing boards by July 1 with no extension. OPA said plans call for thousands of paid executive secretaries and clerks to assist boards with expanded duties.
Classified notice from Mrs. W. J. Billner offering three unfurnished rooms for rent on East Main Street. Also Haile's Greenhouse advertises cut flowers pot plants and bedding plants now ready for yards with phone number 227.
Seattle resident Dan Yoder turned his cat Felix's mischief into a business. He created a catnip tree, kitty boudoirs, a catnip mouse, a powder room and finally a mousie house. Felix died before a replacement could be found.
A local election plea endorses Dave Ray for Fannin County School Superintendent. The card cites his six years college training in school administration and degrees, plus experience as teacher, principal, and superintendent, with World War I service.
A quirky local note recounts a catnip industry revival in the Yoder basement. The maker built over 20,000 catnip trees in ten years and produced 3500 mousie houses and 6000 catnip mice in 1941, attracting demand as a clever business niche.
Grasshopper control in the South Plains continued through the week ending June 13 with farmers reporting no further baiting needed in some areas. Widespread baiting increased in Lubbock Hardeman and Childress Counties as grasshoppers moved in from neighboring counties, and about 2000 tons of wet bait were spread in the Texas control area.
A county survey shows grasshopper infestation reaching Hemphill County prompting control actions. Spicer reports crops looking fine across the south plains as harvest begins. Siddall notes wheat harvest underway and half of cotton planted with 50 percent up near Lubbock.
Fort Davis, the Jeff Davis County seat, sits at 5050 feet above sea level making it the state’s highest town.
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