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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
4
Community column discusses post office notice on mail matter and charging for entertainments. It notes changes in local business, spring hats, grain crop outlook, Union News Company conflicts with USC and USO at railway stations, and remarks on soldiers' spending and money motives.
The text notes emotional satisfaction among Britons Americans Poles and French for advances after months of stalemate on the Gustav line. It highlights Polish and French participation in key positions and their determined push against the Nazis, framing the gains amid skepticism from lay observers about the new Allied drive in Italy.
The advance yields large returns with about 1500 prisoners taken and equipment sufficient for two divisions. The drive suggests the Nazis cannot retain such fortified positions even in favorable terrain, signaling strong gains as invasion plans unfold.
The Denison Herald surveys Congress 531 members, noting a mix of good and poor actors. Most reps spend about 75 percent of their time responding to constituents who demand instant help, with half of questions solvable by agencies. The piece suggests separating duties into a statesman twin to improve governance.
Tales From the Front describes Sergeant Charles Gearhart of Danville Pennsylvania who captured a German in Italy after the German called out having a friend in Oklahoma. A nearby shellhole comment underscores ties between the 45th Division and Oklahoma soldiers.
In Washington D C the OPA announced watermelon prices will be sharply reduced this summer from last season s inflated levels. The agency said ceilings will be fixed soon for country shippers and wholesalers reflecting a parity adjustment.
The rule directs savings to households via fixed retail markups and dollar cent ceilings. From the regulation's effective date until July 4 the price is 33 dollars per ton FOB shipping points. From July 5 to season end the price drops to 26 dollars per ton.
Mrs William A Hastings president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers declares in New York that the self sufficient old fashioned home has gone and urges city and rural planning for wholesome recreation health services schools libraries museums guidance and support for the disadvantaged.
The U S Department of Agriculture reported Texas hatcheries set 9 8 million eggs in April 1944 down from 15 9 million a year earlier. Cumulative January to April hatchings total about 46 06 million eggs, about 22 percent less than 1943. Chicks hatched in April were about 10 5 million versus 14 2 million last year.
Crocket, Texas. Clay Whittle, 38, an Oklahoma man, is believed to be the first Texas prison inmate sentenced to death for killing another inmate. Whittle, already serving 106 years for robberies with firearms in Ector Lubbock Midland and Winkler Counties, was sentenced to die June 30 by Judge Sam Holland after being convicted last year of stabbing T. E. Kelley at Eastham prison farm. Whittle was from Durant Oklahoma.
A New York government worker arrived at her building without a badge. Identification check took 15 minutes and at her office she filled a form about her absence. When asked where she resided during the period she was away she wrote I live in the lobby of this building.
The Air Ministry apologized after an 80 year old woman complained that planes bound for Europe disturbed her nap. An officer met the woman and offered a courteous private interview and apology for the daytime air operations.
The Eighth Service Command announced a reward of 15 plus expenses up to 10 for anyone aiding in returning escaped prisoners of war. The program covers camps in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas and New Mexico.
The Texas citrus belt along the Lower Rio Grande produced a fruit crop sold for 53 469 400 dollars the largest in valley history and eight million higher than the 45 million grossed from 1942 43. Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange manager R B McLeaish released the figures. Grapefruit shipments end June 1 while orange loadings may continue with little fruit remaining in the valley.
The twenty first anniversary celebration of the Santa Rita oil discovery on University of Texas lands will be held with a two part program in Austin. A radio drama Texas Golden Dream and a Governor Coke Stevenson address will cap the event. An informal dinner follows at the Driscoll Hotel with Beauford H Jester as toastmaster and many UT figures in attendance. The Santa Rita well with its enduring endowment helped fund a university of the first class and a West Texas oil boom.
Jane asks what her father does at the office all day and he replies he does nothing. She presses how he knows when he is finished, prompting a humorous exchange about work and definition of done.
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