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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1944
Page
6
The Whitewright Sun editors note readers should challenge any misrepresentation and discuss wartime focus over politics. They comment on Texas voting trends in the presidential race, criticizing readers who overlook newspaper content and referencing statements from the Fort Worth Press about Dewey Roosevelt and Bricker Truman.
A satire on clothing regulation cites a “50-suit” group and mocks a ban on two-pant suits. The piece argues a two-pant design would extend wear and reduce needed suits, blaming the President for the restriction and suggesting an extra layer in the seat as a workaround.
The piece argues the electorate lacks knowledge of VP nominees with Bricker and Truman drawing extensive publicity during conventions. Despite ongoing public appearances and speeches across the nation, a sizable portion of the population remains uninformed about the ticket.
An editorial in True Story Magazine argues prayer should seek God's will, not precise outcomes. It tells of a couple who finally built a dream house yet remained unhappy, showing faith requires wisdom, gratitude, and generosity rather than fixating on material blessings.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. as a young cavalry lieutenant near West Point won at the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912. He then belonged to an American Army pentathlon team competing against officers from Britain Sweden Norway Germany and France with events in duel shooting fencing swimming riding and cross country running. He made a spectacular finish in the cross country portion that year.
Recent dispatches highlight Lt. Patton as the lone foreign officer to trouble Sweden. He excelled in cross country and fencing at Stockholm 1944, defeating the French Army champion in épée, finishing sixth in swimming, and leading the US Army team to a high score as Sweden and Britain trailed. The Patton lineage traces to Virginia Military Institute and West Point.
The article advises winter holiday house care with polishing and possible re waxing for wooden furniture. It covers fixing scratches on dark and light woods using furniture polish and wax, plus cleaning finger marks on varnished and painted woodwork with turpentine or mild soap and water.
Coleman County faces a federal quarantine on cotton seed use in by products after a pink boll worm was found at a local gin. The action, aimed at sterilizing seed for oil mills, could last for years and affect local gins while not altering seed prices.
The seed ped is shipped in a truck that will not leak and is secured tightly with a tarpaulin. Upon arrival at the Hamlin mill the seed is sterilized. Several counties in the area, including Taylor, are under the same restriction.
Missed the October deadline for overseas Christmas gifts? Send money by postal money order to Army and Navy personnel. Cash cannot be imported at many postings. Money orders cash at APOs or Navy mail clerks, converted to local currency at the current rate. Limit is $100 per order. Late gift articles under eight ounces may be sent without a written request, but delivery before December 25 is not assured.
Sox the beagle spaniel owned by John Pattengill of Watertown NY reports for work at 8 15 each morning. He noses the press room window then helps with unloading newsprint and shares lunch in the stereotyping room before returning home by 5 pm.
Practical home guidance covers pressing ribbons with steam from a kettle lid, boiling flames kept small, using tweezers to rip seams quickly, repurposing a curling iron as a dye rod, pillow slip sorting for laundry, tender eggs at low heat, taping coins in envelopes, and using paraffin safely to avoid shrinking when covering jelly.
Instructions advise scraping wax with a dull knife then using a warm iron over clean tissues, changing them as they absorb wax. Finish with a grease solvent and if needed a half alcohol half water solution to lift remaining color from the cloth.
A playful quip about a father’s guess on his son’s future work. The joke hinges on the son’s late hours and the punchline that he seems destined to be a milkman.
A mother notes differing outcomes for her daughter depending on the suitor. The poor suitor proposes often while the rich suitor avoids marriage talks, leaving the mother anxious and composing. The wife fears for her daughter and herself amid a possible scandal.
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