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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
4
Notices list entertainments box suppers and benefits at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect are charged likewise. Signed by PRESS J. H. Waggoner publisher and Glenn Doss managing editor.
Published weekly on Thursdays the Whitewright Sun lists a subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance. The paper promises full correction of any erroneous reflections upon character or reputation upon notification to the publisher.
The planned one third cut in the basic A gasoline ration from March 22 will nearly erase the honest pleasure driver by shrinking weekly fuel to two gallons. Nonessential drivers will still roam, while those with no supplementary mileage coupons suffer hardship and some will turn to the black market.
In a Dallas News summarized analysis, competition from cheaper synthetic rayon and foreign cotton undercuts U.S. fiber pricing. Officials in Dallas note postwar markets, costs, and mechanization require new cotton techniques to survive, with rayon already affecting cotton for car tires and shipments. The piece also notes a quiet Grayson County political scene and a hopeful fruit crop as winter loosens.
Grayson County anticipates an oil push with major companies leasing large tracts. Tests will occur on the western land where leases pay one to three dollars per acre.
The Sun lists contributions from High School Grammar School and Colored Grammar School for the Red Cross War Fund. Readers see detailed donor names and amounts from first through eighth grades and staff, with many students giving small coins and dollars.
A readable entry lists individuals and token amounts such as 10c 25c and 1.00 associated with names including James W Reels C W Roddy Flora Henderson Hubert Henderson Faye Jones Will Andrews Henry Spencer Claud Barker Ed Patillo Caro Maxey and others. It appears to document payments or contributions with varied small financial values.
The excerpt reveals parental fears about fostering independence in children and the consequences of misused autonomy. It mentions a son stealing items, siblings pursuing mismatched marriage outcomes, and a niece questioning rewards of virtue. The tone echoes social expectations and anxieties of domestic life.
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commander of the Eighth Air Force in England, was nominated by President Roosevelt to lieutenant general. He held temporary rank of lieutenant colonel during the Tokyo raid, was promoted to brigadier general after the attack, received the Medal of Honor, and later led the 12th Air Force in North Africa before returning to England as Eighth Air Force commander.
In Kentwood Louisiana a letter from Lt Fred M Sanders to his parents Mr and Mrs Fred M Sanders was received revealing a heartfelt note from a Nazi prison camp. The correspondence highlights ongoing wartime exchanges facilitated by the Red Cross and confirms the detainee's hope for contact with family.
The passage identifies Sanders Jr an American pilot prisoner at Stalag Luft III in Germany. He appeals to his parents to withdraw his bank savings and donate to the Red Cross as a show of gratitude for aid to him and other prisoners.
New York City’s 134 banks held total deposits of 30,009,320,764 at year end 1943, the highest in history and the largest for any city. The American Banker notes this, with figures showing gains from mid 1943 and 1942, while London ranked second with about 16 billion.
The report shows Chicago's 53 banks with deposits of 6.149 billion, ranking second in the United States, while San Francisco followed with about 5.779 billion in deposits, placing third.
Tulsa farm auction ends with all items sold except tractor at 830 dollars. Auctioneer throws in tractor free to top bidder on the cat sale, cat ultimately sells for 1300 dollars. National Democratic Committee woman from Oklahoma confirms authenticity of report.
The Simplon tunnel linking Switzerland and Italy runs a little over 12 miles and is noted as the world’s longest tunnel.
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