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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
4
Public notice from the Whitewright Sun details that entertainment events with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates and memorials or resolutions will also incur charges. Publisher J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss name, with subscription at $1.50 yearly and Thursday publication.
Texas faces a possible adjournment without enacting a fair trade law as Congress contemplates repealing the Miller Tydings Act. Surveys show price gaps between states with and without such laws, benefiting consumers in states like Vermont. The piece also critiques candidates and urges typhoid prevention and U S defense spending awareness.
An inspection tour of Whitewright reveals abundant shade trees, flowers, and shrubbery for a town of its size in Texas, suggesting the community’s appeal stands out in the region.
The Dallas News argues the Pacific Coast machinists strike affects 130 million Americans and urges a nonpartisan board to settle wage disputes. It calculates labor costs at about 70 percent and warns that partisan bias could lead to industrial ruin, urging prompt, fair resolution.
The piece surveys odds on events from quadruplets to arrests and accidental death. It cites Census Bureau figures and insurance research, noting odds against twins and triplets, four perfect bridge hands, and a straight flush in poker.
In a brief exchange from the Times, a mistress laments forgetting a stamp while her assistant Ann confirms she posted the letter to economize. The dialogue highlights household frugality and oversight.
Three Brooklyn high school boys found a roll of five twenty dollar bills totaling 100 dollars. They considered spending parts of it but chose to turn the money in at the police station, earning commendations for honesty and sympathy.
The report shows 2,510,848 young persons attending Catholic educational institutions and 388 more Catholic Churches than last year, totaling 19,121. Clergy numbers total 35,839.
A new 90 million dollar powder plant in Charleston Indiana opens a week early and is billed as the world’s largest. The report notes helmet protection and war wound figures, describes the Douglas B 19 bomber readiness for tests, and cites March motion of 327188 soldiers, trainees and CCC workers by the American Association of Railroads.
A poem portrays wartime fears as a parent sings to a son. While the parent imagines lullabies and childhood, distant planners craft planes uniforms boots and gas. The poem links personal innocence with looming conflict and the cost of war.
A group of soldiers and marines attacked about a score of American Peace Mobilization pickets in front of the White House Monday night. One picket was slugged and needed hospital treatment. Two soldiers were held for questioning. The assailants allegedly planned the attack.
A dog exemplifies loyalty and devotion, giving love with a simple gesture and shielding its owner from harm. The speaker extols a dog’s courage faithfulness and selfless nature beyond human traits.
Official Catholic Directory for 1941 reports 22,293,101 Catholics in the United States Alaska and Hawaii, up 889,950 from the previous year. Boston has the largest gain while the Brooklyn diocese leads with 962,063 members. the directory lists 152,159 professed sisters and 7,762 professed brothers. Not counting seminarians and students.
Practical kitchen tips cover rust removal on gas ranges with coarse sandpaper then olive oil, potato baking with hot water 15 minutes before buttered roasting, and rapid bake. Glass cleaning with powder, recessed wall shelves, and frosting moisture control via vinegar in boiled frosting. Vitamin A from dried fruits, woolen shrinkage from over-washing, and adding chile sauce to meat loaf.
A fragment notes half baked flavor with crusty covering and observes kerosene added to linoleum wash water loosens dirt and eases cleaning.
Army flying cadets at Ellington Field Texas can spot League City Lodge No. 1053 from the air a large painted square and compasses on the lodge roof spanning 16 feet between points. The emblem aims to help flyers locate the lodge and invite Army Masons to visit.
A compact quotation notes that character remains constant while opinions change, and that character is shaped through experience. It reflects on personal development and the evolving nature of belief.
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