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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
4
Notice lists for entertainments, box suppers and other benefits with admission fees charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect also will incur charges. J. H. Waggoner publisher Glenn Doss managing editor.
The Whitewright Sun publishes weekly on Thursdays with a yearly $1.50 subscription price paid in advance. The publisher commits to promptly correcting any erroneous reflection about persons firms or corporations upon notification.
The piece notes 800 tons of bombs on Truk and bases, 125 Japanese planes, and the 38th Truk attack. It discusses Allied naval power, submarine activity near Burma, and hints Japan and Germany seek delaying strategies. Inflation threats and home-front measures are warned as critical.
The article argues that federal courts and the Department of Justice faced the prohibition era with fearlessness but warns that justice alone cannot curb black market growth without public support. It notes a rising trend in black market operations and declining wartime price and regulation compliance as optimism wanes.
The piece argues war costs exceed money and focus on work. It predicts a 20 billion dollar annual postwar tax need, achievable if employment stays high and investment continues. It warns against crippling corporate taxes that deter jobs and factory activity.
A fragment notes a national belief in broad educational advancement and equal opportunity, reflecting optimism about future plans and potential reforms for U S education.
The speaker asserts America's edge in individual advancement and urges constant effort. He highlights how hard work and intelligent work enable success, warns against stagnation, and predicts cycles of prosperity followed by a sober slump, urging people to keep progressing while the boom lasts.
The writer praises Hedda Hopper as a fearless Hollywood columnist and recalls sharing her Looking at Hollywood with soldiers in the South Pacific. He reflects on 1930s ship life, noting a voyage on a freighter as an adventurous, restless chapter in his travels and the sea’s timeless pull.
The speaker describes the sea's pull as a force that frees him from cares and convention. Like Ulysses he seeks unseen lands and new life, choosing a freighter voyage and affirming that life and love alone give true meaning.
A speaker urges regular church attendance as essential for fellowship and social progress. He argues Christians benefit from worship and service, noting the church as a bulwark against dictatorship and a source of courage, comfort, and insight. He acknowledges many confess denial by absence.
A poem scene portrays neighbors praising a gardener’s flowers. They single out peonies delphiniums and marigolds while seeking his secret. He replies no secret exists yet insists he tends each bed with care and plan, never relying on luck or strangers.
The Rev Wayman Parsons urges readers to attend church next Sunday arguing the church’s nineteen centuries of service and sacrifice sustain mankind. He poses a challenge about how long some can go on without the church, urging action now.
The article cites figures from an institute showing a rise in cancers tied to smoking, with larynx cases increasing from 88 in 1934 to 211 in 1939 and lung cancers from 24 to 76 in the same period. It notes tobacco-related cancers now comprise over a third of respiratory tract cancer cases.
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