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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
4
Public notice from Whitewright Texas stating that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions will also incur charges. Published by J H Waggoner and Glenn Doss.
Published every Thursday the Whitewright Sun lists subscription at $1.50 per year in advance. The publisher promises full correction of any erroneous reflections upon the character or reputation of any person, firm, or corporation brought to attention.
A reflective piece on hobbies and responsibility contrasts practical pleasures with daily care. It recalls a New York fire rescue where a dog named Jiggs alerted a family, saving six children before perishing beside a daughter. Braille writing as stencil pinprick craft ends the excerpt.
A column extols the value of having a single hobby rather than many. It recalls childhood toys and argues one hobby keeps life affordable and less burdensome, suggesting hobbies ease daily grind and offer meaningful lessons.
Draft board members face anonymous criticism while shouldering heavy duties in selecting citizens for service. They work without pay, seek fairness, and protect against favoritism by reviewing each case, inviting honest inquiries, and keeping confidential the specifics of medical incapacity. Citizens with real concerns are urged to reveal themselves and stand by factual complaints.
Governor Stevenson says Texas armed forces can use federal ballot without poll tax for presidential electors and federal candidates aided by the new federal ballot bill. State candidates voting still subject to absentee rules and poll tax if paid, with military authorities handling ballots.
The text states that on a federal ballot voters may also cast free votes in general elections for electors and members of Congress. It emphasizes the breadth of voting rights in federal contests alongside other ballots.
Dr. R N Blackwell once sparked the Southwest Conference's rise to national football prominence and SMU fame. He was fined 100 dollars for street begging in Houston and jailed after failing to post bail, following his dismissal as SMU athletics director in 1930.
At times during Augustus's rule Rome boasted eighty two heathen temples and Paul hoped to visit the world famous city to preach Christian doctrine.
The author extols Rome as founder of civilization noting its 756 B.C. origins and influence on Greek culture, language, art, and the formation of modern law. It questions whether Rome will be destroyed in the current war, arguing Rome’s mission remains unfinished in guiding the United States.
A compilation of remarks from figures like Truman Committee leaders James A. Moffett Bowles and Eleanor Roosevelt covers postwar reconversion fuel coupons centralization risk to democracy and a call for factual reporting. Also includes a North Africa marriage anecdote and a North American oil industry critique.
A wartime style notice warns Whitewright residents of a saboteur entering homes and businesses to spread disease. It urges vigilance, advises closing openings and covering garbage, and ends with a call to kill the pest, claiming there is no punishment for such murder. The piece also mentions a $5 automobile tax yielding over $140,000,000.
The newspaper asks readers who send subscriptions to service members to verify renewal status if their paid period may have expired and to renew if they wish to continue. Readers should promptly notify of address changes and send news items about men in service.
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