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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
4
Whitewright Texas notice states that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be billed at standard rates. Memorials and resolutions will also be charged. Names J H Waggoner and Glenn Doss appear as publisher and managing editor.
Publication details show a weekly paper with price and payment terms. The notice states misstatements about any person, firm, or corporation will be corrected promptly upon notification to the publisher.
The piece argues the government may seize private enterprises to aid the war economy citing Montgomery Ward as an example. It critiques labor dispute actions involving NLRB and union rights, while noting broader wartime priorities and public debate on government intervention. It also praises Whitewright High School FFA students and teacher R. B. Cruse for vocational agriculture work.
At the high school banquet FFA members were honored for a year of work. They produced 5 800 pounds of beef 11 670 pounds of pork 2 220 bushels of corn 37 070 pounds of seed cotton with labor income of 4 364 dollars. They also ran 22 miles of terrace lines castrated 139 stock dehorned 120 vaccinated 160 treated 115 diseased stock cured 4 800 pounds of meat culled 2 549 hens wormed.
Senator Mead and colleagues publish Tell the Folks Back Home detailing a 45000 mile tour of bases. The book uses frontline sketches by Sgt Brummett Echohawk to show GI life as it is not as polished as magazine ads. It urges readers to remember the sacrifices of soldiers in Italy the Pacific and training stations worldwide.
George S. Benson prompts readers in Searcy Arkansas to defend private property amid fears of high taxes and inheritance limits. The column argues heavy income taxes and abolition of inheritance would transfer assets to government, cites Matthew Woll on private industry as a cure for unemployment, and warns of communists influencing policy.
Washington DC families of U S Marines overseas may include births or urgent business in messages transmitted abroad by radio by Marine Corps headquarters. The service updates approved by command aim to speed communication with service members deployed overseas.
The article explains a generous policy allowing family messages to Marines overseas focusing on immediate family welfare. Messages can be filed at any Red Cross chapter or sent directly to Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington. Only definite emergency matters are allowed, such as a mother or sister illness, with messages addressed the same as letters.
The speaker contemplates self deception and criticizes a cousin lawyer headed by the belief that prayers fail without profit. A daughter's suitor defends her father while the family revises plans as Daisy seeks a new partner for her child. The group notes the misery of small sacrifices and the urge to clash with harsh reality.
Mrs. Philip Forquer and her child picked up a hitch-hiking sailor, who asked for ice cream bites en route. The back seat passenger turned out to be Ralph, her son and a seaman first class, home from the wars after 17 months, causing shock and joy at Evans near Greeley.
A humorous letter from a wife before marriage blames her own misperceptions rather than her husband. She praises a tall, handsome, wealthy suitor whose family reality proved different, revealing self deception rather than fault in others.
In England, Gen Ritter Von Thoma a former African Corps commander and No 2 war prisoner says Germany has lost the war. Rudolf Hess, once Hitler’s deputy, is described as a changed man after three years in captivity. Cruewell the Butcher of Belgrade remains defiant. Von Thoma was captured November 4, 1942 and Cruewell on May 26, 1942.
Smith asks for the most effective factor in redistributing wealth. Jones answers with a provocative line: wives, daughters, and sons. The exchange highlights a gendered and family-centric view on wealth dynamics.
Notice of application to make oil gas or mineral lease No 7045 by Charles B. Ginnings et al filed with the proper agency. Details include the requested lands and parties involved, with dates and filing references as listed in the notice.
On May 2 1944 Mrs Mineola Ginnings guardian filed in Grayson County Texas County Court for authority to lease oil gas or minerals owned by minors Charles B Ginnings and James Ira Ginnings. Two tracts total 47 acres in the Lattimer surveys described with boundaries and measurements. hearing set May 15 1944.
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