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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
4
The narrative recalls Pioneer’s 1922 Fourth of July celebrations as oil wealth spurred population growth to about 5,000. It notes boom-town sights, packed business districts, carnivals, rodeos, a speech by H P Brelsford, and vivid street life amid dust, pipes, and fry stands.
Harrison Salisbury reviews the global cultural reach of American G I s after a 20 month tour through war theaters. He notes slang and habits spreading worldwide from Tehran to Moscow, Pacific islands, and Africa, with bulldozers, air conditioning, and U S goods shaping local life and perceptions.
The narrator recalls three towns Pioneer Cross Plains Rising Star along a sandy highway with Comanche Peak watching over the land. In 1921 Pioneer is described as a small settlement with a schoolhouse a church a store and a few other structures.
A fragment describes deals formed in minutes from items drawn from a hip pocket and laid on a table. The scene suggests rapid high value negotiations involving thousands of dollars.
Verses yearn for summer’s end and a return to traditional attire as two piece slack suits are stored away and shirttails reemerge inside trousers. Richard Armour reflects on seasonal fashion shifts.
Nine post war irrigation projects in Texas are under study by the U S Bureau of Reclamation. They cover sites from Robert Lee to Balmorhea and would employ about 16 000 men over 10 months to six years at an estimated cost of 112 million dollars. They would provide water for 571 090 acres in total.
Kansas City safety director Harry Guilbert of the Pullman Co. warned at a Rubber Reserve Co. conference that one million workers suffered eye injuries last year, with 100 losing both eyes and 3,000 losing one eye. He cited eye accidents every 30 seconds and a $100 million annual industry cost, urging a blindness prevention crusade.
In Shreveport Louisiana wildlife groups supported by state conservation officials campaign to prevent alligators from extinction amid misinformed views they are dangerous. The conservation department calls alligators a friend of man aiding the war effort by destroying predatory reptiles and provides facts about their habits and role in bayous and lakes.
The piece describes alligators as deadly to fish and turtles yet beneficial to sportsmen, their amphibious life, breeding in summer nests, and care of young. It notes winter hibernation, peaceful but quickly mobile nature, private wars over territory and mates, and cites a 500 pound specimen estimated at 171 years old.
Chester resident William J. Bonner near his 80th birthday worked 2,881 hours in a year at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Docks. He did not miss Armistice Day, worked Sundays, some weeks over 60 hours, and says staying active and eating well keeps age at bay.
Poem speaks of belief in mental strength to conquer adversity beyond hardship and cruelty. It emphasizes nobler thoughts, turning tides of fate, and a hopeful vision for a cleansed earth, free from pygmy stings of small minds.
University data shows tax burden rose from about 4 percent of income in 1919 to 13 cents per dollar in 1943. W. M. Curtiss of Cornell University notes the shift in taxation over time.
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