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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
2
An instructional overview explains the post draft process from induction at a national station to reception, vaccination, first uniform, and transfer to camps or centers. It covers living in tent cities, recreation, transportation, training phases from grade school to college levels, and progressive drills toward battalion and regimental exercises.
College Station report notes four in ten Texas farm tenants and sharecroppers will move in 1941. It cites lease form faults and urges adoption of five flexible lease options developed by Texas A&M and the USDA to stabilize tenancy, including free copies from county agents.
A reader pairs quotes about extreme fuel mileage claims. The exchange notes motorists predicting 400 miles per gallon and others asserting 500 mpg, reflecting skepticism about efficiency promises.
Federal enforcement of the Federal Food and Drug Act targets dairy quality in Texas. Inspectors may enter any milk or cream operation, with penalties for adulterated products including $1000 fines or a year in jail. Officials urge rapid farm sanitation, biweekly cream delivery, cooling to 70 degrees or lower, and comprehensive farm plant hygiene.
Peterson Pa. A schoolmaster and wife lead West Virginia's largest family the Joneses to the New York World's Fair. Mr and Mrs Grover Jones and their 15 sons boarded a special train for a one day visit on the teacher's $77 monthly salary. They hope to meet President Roosevelt on return and their fourteenth child is named Franklin D Roosevelt Jones. Most sons born at 4 am on a Thursday per Mrs Jones.
Mrs. Jones, 40, once a pupil in her husband's one room school, reflects on raising children. Jones, 49, has taught for 30 years as she eyes a trip to the big city and lunch with Mayor La Guardia. She wistfully notes a daughter would have been welcome but prefers more boys.
A clubman recounts a witty proposal trap in which a woman asks Will you marry me Have you any objection The man admits he could not refuse as the phrasing left him with no clear option to say no The other suggests silence but the woman interprets it as consent and acts accordingly
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