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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
6
A Wartime Rationing update announces new perishable food controls starting March 29 with Book Two red stamps, 16 weekly points, and rationing for meats fats oils butter cheese and canned fish. Replacement rules issued. car sharing urged. seed use exemptions. farm service certificates and stock stocking price cuts also noted.
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. commands from the front in a Rough Rider jeep in Central Tunisia. He roams the battlefield inspecting posts and troops, climbs Tunisian hills with a walking stick, and loves handing out medals. He spearheaded the Oran west attack last November 8 and was among the first to reach shore, embodying a bold, cheering leadership style.
Farmers will be permitted to exceed their 1943 cotton acreage allotments by 10 percent while keeping cotton marketing quotas. The allowance does not affect agricultural conservation program payments nor cotton loan privileges. The 10 percent increase does not relax war crop goal provisions.
An eyewitness report from Kharkov after liberation details 16 months of German occupation. Six hundred thousand residents died or suffered, with 60 percent of buildings ruined, looted colleges, and widespread starvation.
Eyewitnesses recount months of starvation in Kharkov where residents endured no food for long periods and 16 months without water or heat. Germans barred hospitals early, later placing 200 beds for patients who provided their own food. Union University buildings were looted and many educators killed or starved.
Units fled the city as fire swept through thousands of its finest structures while Soviet armies closed in. The dramatic retreat and destruction underscore the advancing front and the strategic collapse occurring at the time.
A reflective verse on knowing a person to erase prejudice and see both virtues and faults. Understanding softens judgment and diminishes hate as familiarity grows.
The city of Whitewright Texas announces an election at City Hall on Tuesday April 6 1943 to select two City Commissioners for two year terms. Polls open 8 a m to 7 p m with J W Hollingsworth as presiding judge C C Dillon and Mrs Allen T Short and Mrs O L Jones as clerks. By order of the City Commission dated March 1 1943 F M Echols Mayor Attest Jesse Wallace City Secretary.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret organize war work in Windsor Castle. The royal entourage run workshops producing camouflage nets and other materials to aid anti aircraft defenses for over six months.
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