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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
6
Secretary Hull in an NBC address links Axis aims to world domination and says U S defense requires aiding Britain with adequate supplies. He calls for no specified methods and outlines peace principles to prevent economic collapse and political instability through open trade.
A speaker recalls passing a Virginia church with a sign for an Annual Strawberry Festival and a smaller note stating Prunes will be served instead of strawberries due to the low mood. The remark underscores the odd juxtaposition and humorous misdirection in the introduction.
A sister explains a brother’s role in a playful exchange about sports. The dialogue features light humor with questions about the brother's position and the sister’s witty reply describing him in a crouched bent stance.
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission expands stocking on new lakes with small fish and spawning size stock. Lake Austin has become heavily populated after timing, with 500000 black bass fry introduced and cannibalism minimized. Possum Kingdom and Lake Travis will receive nearing 1.5 million and 1.0 million fry respectively, aiming for a fishermen’s paradise next year.
Don Carroll seven year old son of City Officer C D Carroll tends a nesting bobwhite near his home. He visits daily and gradually gets closer until he can stroke the mother bird which hatched eleven of thirteen eggs before the brood disappeared.
A mottled mother duck faced high water but persisted on her nest. Colorado County game warden and landowner Mr. Ed Koy watched her raise the nest eight inches as heavy rain destroyed other prairie chicken, leaving her on a dry site.
Reports from game managers and wardens indicate nests of quail prairie chickens and other ground birds were destroyed by recent high waters across Texas. Attwater prairie chicken in South Texas suffered especially. many quail and other species will re nest.
Two Texas Game Wardens on patrol spotted a cow trapped in a river with only its head above water. They pulled and pushed the animal free, rescuing a cow heavy with calf before continuing their patrol.
Washington reports the United States more than doubled its population in fifty years with 1890 census at 62 947 714 and 1940 at 131 669 275. Census Bureau notes immigration limits and falling birth rates could cap growth, predicting about 150 million by 1970 to 1980 and a gradual taper thereafter. An executive order mobilized several National Guard units and coast artillery, detailing units from DC to Georgia and Alaska’s 297th regiment.
Eight additional air observation squadrons and an infantry unit were ordered to duty in Washington as part of expanding National Guard forces. Officials stated the move aims to bolster homeland defense and support federal deployments.
The United States counts roughly 3,500 furniture manufacturing establishments, reflecting a broad industrial footprint across the sector. The figure highlights the scale of production facilities supporting domestic consumption and export.
The Surplus Marketing Administration reports large food purchases from April 27 through May 3. Items include 194,866 bushels apples, 16,120,000 pounds dry beans, 138 tons carrots, 1,018,000 pounds cheese, 1,200,000 pounds corn starch, 141,756 cases shell eggs, 739 tons grapefruit, 138,000 cases evaporated milk, 27,720 boxes oranges, and 618,675 cases canned tomatoes. Purchases may support public aid families, free school lunches, Red Cross shipments, lend-lease transfers, or market releases as needed.
The Social Security Board reports total payments for public assistance and wages of federal work program employees reached 216.701 million dollars in March, up 0.6 percent from February but 14.6 percent below March last year. WPA payments rose from 94.08 million to 97.4 million, despite the employee count falling from 1.85 million to 1.718 million. March payroll benefits from three additional working days.
Washington reports a government backed campaign could start soon to collect discarded aluminum ware from homes for defense needs. Some discussion of including tin nickel and other metals arose, but aluminum appears the likely focus for now.
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