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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
4
Notice states all entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission or monetary consideration will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect also billed. Names J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss listed as publisher and managing editor.
The Whitewright Sun explains weekly publication terms with a $1.50 yearly subscription paid in advance. It promises full correction of any erroneous reflections upon character or reputation brought to the publisher's attention.
The essential ingredient in our total war effort is manpower. A necessary man is one engaged in work essential for winning the war who cannot be replaced in his civilian occupation by another deferment or by a woman. Local boards and agencies must ensure sufficient skilled and essential workers remain in industry and agriculture while fighting troops are mobilized. LEWIS B. HERSHEY, Director of Selective Service.
Austin Attorney General Mann says court decisions establish that a family cannot own two homesteads for home stead exemption. The ruling responds to Comptroller Shepard and clarifies exemption applies only to the home where the owner lives.
Production chiefs report man hours shifted to war work could rise substantially with 24 hour operation. WPB targets and rates push radio and phonograph output into war drive by June. Roosevelt urges 40 mph limits to save rubber and stricter tire checks nationwide. Gasoline cuts to 17 eastern states begin March 19. OPA allocates used typewriters, and shipbuilding expands to 20 million deadweight tons for 2,000 ships in two years. Maritime and air force actions include new training programs and battlefield losses and gains across multiple theaters.
Texans press congressional action to end wartime strikes and the 40 hour week with anti strike legislation and wage control. Texas voters and press demand swift action as public opinions heat up across El Paso Dallas and Austin amid union concerns.
Washington reports the War Production Board releases facts on automobile conversion to justify passenger car rationing. Each 24 cars not produced saves steel and rubber for a 27 ton tank. each car not produced saves tin for 1 000 food cans. 700 avoided cars yields aluminum for one fighter plane. nickel saved funds armor plate and bullets. zinc and copper save brass for cartridge cases.
A first time program through the federal farm administration drew 1 027 policies covering 2 524 cotton producers in Grayson County. W W Gunn says the response exceeds half of county producers. premiums run about 9.9 pounds per acre protecting against losses near 200 pounds per acre historically.
A minister refused tires by his local board wrote to State Radiation Officer Mark McGee quoting a gospel passage. McGee replied no biblical line directs automobile use for this work and offered other travel options. He cites Mephibosheth and a prophet riding an ass as context but notes saints did effective work otherwise.
A Brownfield report states 500 Terry County citizens pledged to kill strike ringleaders in labor and management hindering war production. Tom May and H R Winston sent a signed air mail petition to the President, Senator Connally, and Rep Mahon outlining willingness to act nationwide with ships planes and weapons if laws allowed.
A county telegram states the area can furnish 500 men and invites prompt reporting. It proclaims willingness to join the war body and to "kill them out" those who refuse, arguing they have no right to live there. The message reflects a drastic and violent stance in support of mobilization.
Mrs. Pearl Miller of Van Alstyne has learned her son Pvt. Albert Miller 19 a U S Marine prisoner of war after Guam fell to Japan. He is held in Japan per Red Cross. Her other son Pvt. Davis Gray Miller 22 a Van Alstyne High School graduate has unknown whereabouts. Both volunteered in May 1941. Do your buying in Whitewright.
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