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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1944
Page
1
B R Caraway superintendent of schools announces crowded conditions in the primary room prevent admitting more under age children to the grade school. If enough riders want to attend, a kindergarten teacher may be employed paid by parents to cover salary, with sufficient count to justify organization.
The OPA ordered emergency open yard storage to ease cotton bottlenecks after Dallas and Fort Worth compress warehouses were embargoed. Temporary ceiling prices set for Texas and Oklahoma open yard storage, with labor shortages blamed for reduced movement to mills and slows in government cotton shipments.
Texas side regulations limit bass and crappie catches to 10 a day with 10 in possession on the lake and 20 off lake. Bass size 10 inches, crappie 6 inches, bream limits off lake 30, on lake 15. No limits on polliwog, chucklehead catfish. other small sunfish off lake limited to 35 per day on lake. many species no size limit off lake. Meeting held October 20 in Austin by the game and fish commission.
Dallas report describes a new occupational ailment back trouble from war work strains. Dr. Earle Waters of Corsicana, president of the Central Texas Association, told the North Texas osteopathic physicians and surgeons war conference Sunday.
The OPA announced leather-soled moccasins of house slipper type may be sold ration-free through December 31, reversing an October 5 order that put them on the ration list.
Dr. Ross R. May reports triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Henderson Tuesday near Whitewright in Mahurin community. A girl died this morning at Sherman hospital. two boys weigh about five and four pounds. The mother has fourteen children, nine living. this is May’s second triplet birth. The Hall triplets from Orangeville, now in the armed forces, were the first.
The Donigan Bonded Warehouse advertises that it is now taking locally ginned cotton for purchase by the U S Government at prices above the current market. The plan, announced weeks ago, aims to give parity price for this year's crop in outright purchase rather than the loan program. Warehouse owner H P Donigan notes space limits limit acceptance to locally ginned cotton.
The 1944 tax act raises personal exemptions to 500 dollars and sets a 3 percent normal tax, but lower income households face larger percentage increases than higher earners. Examples show couples with and without dependents paying substantially more, while some four dependent families see taxes nearly double at low incomes.
The Betting Commission unveils odds of 17 to 5 on Roosevelt’s re‑election and 3 to 1 against Dewey. Bettors who back Roosevelt must wager $17 to win $5, while backing Dewey requires $1 to win $3, effectively a $3 stake against $1 that Dewey will lose.
The column lists births and wounded or stationed service members including Cpl and Mrs R A Scott's newborn son born October 23 in San Antonio and Pvt Kenneth Wood's daughter born October 31. It notes Elbert Bennett in England, James T Bishop wounded in the Southwest Pacific, and many others with transfers, training in Rice Institute, Norfolk, Beeville, and Germany.
Friday marks the final day for absentee voting in the November 7 general election. County Clerk Grady Thompson announced that 204 ballots were cast by Monday, including 176 by civilians and 28 by servicemen. Regular ballots only, federal ballots not reported.
WPB Chairman J A Krug calls for a full work schedule in all war plants on Thanksgiving Day and the Thanksgiving weekend. A public notice urges protecting efficiency in production and maintaining wartime output during the holiday period.
The Sun continues accepting new subscriptions despite paper and labor shortages impacting many papers. Annual rate remains $1.50 or $1.00 for six months, with $1.50 a year for mailing to a service member abroad.
Admiral Nimitz disclosed that several Third and Seventh Fleet ships were damaged in the October naval clashes. Losses announced earlier include the light carrier Princeton two escort carriers two destroyers and several smaller craft. Japan reportedly lost 2846 planes in September and October and sixty two enemy warships were sunk or damaged.
New Orleans Maj. Gen. James A Ulio, adjutant general, said casualty lists are tightly supervised with immediate dismissal for notifying errors. He noted 7,000 daily names, 23 million V mail and 67 million air mail letters, 419,000 packages, and about 30 million Christmas packages mailed to service members overseas.
Postmaster T. J. Lilley announces new rates effective Wednesday cutting costs on money orders C O D packages and insured mail saving several cents per item. A $10 money order falls from 19 to 11 cents while special delivery letters rise from 10 to 13 cents.
Mrs John Willis cleaned her house and woke with a swollen face. Doctors ran 55 allergy tests with no success before identifying furniture polish as the allergen causing the reactions.
In Houston the University of Texas Board of Regents dismissed President Homer P. Rainey in a stormy session. Three board members resigned immediately: John H. Bickett H. H. Weinert and Dan J. Harrison. Acting president Dr. T S Painter was named with full powers. Rainey’s dismissal took effect November 1.
North Texas Methodist Conference in Dallas announced the Sherman district assignments after the annual meeting. District superintendent Rev. Earl J. Patton leads Waples Memorial Denison with Rev. W. Cyrus Barcus at Travis Street Sherman, and Ed. R. Barcus Jr. at Anna Melissa among others.
The Whitewright gins have received 2 685 bales of cotton this season as fair weather aids picking. Whitewright reports above average crop with ginning receipts possibly higher than last year. Wheat oats and corn yields were good and most fields await harvest. Cotton prices range 17 to 19 75 per grade with mill seed at 57 a ton.
Grayson County ginned 18 163 bales of cotton by Oct 18, down from 22 130 bales a year earlier. G O Peterson, cotton census man in the county for the federal government, notes the season started slow but is catching up, with picker scarcity slowing harvest.
Pfe Bobby K. Copeland of Bells has been missing in action in Germany since November 11. In service since December 1943, he had just returned to the front after hospital treatment for wounds in France on July 18. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W A Copeland of Bells route 2. his wife, Edna Earl Francis, and her parents live in the Hebron community.
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