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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
5
Local residents visit kin in Denison Fort Worth Lubbock and Dallas while others move jobs births and military news fill a community column. Notable items include subscription reminders and a birthday tribute as well as a report on a large cotton crop effort on the South Plains and a home reunion near Van Alstyne.
Miss Marilyn Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Riley Smith of Whitewright married Sgt G B Jones son of L P Jones of Henderson in the Fort Sill Okla post chapel Sunday. Chaplain Morris Lively officiated the ceremony with a greenery and marigold bouquet setting. The bride wore a beige suit with gold blouse and gloves. Best man was Sgt Donald D Brown of Fort Sill and Mrs Jones matron of honor wore a green frock with pink carnation corsage.
A Green ville beauty culture school graduate, employed in Bonham for several months, to marry a Minden High School graduate. The couple plan to live in Lawton Oklahoma. Attendants include Mr and Mrs Harl Hudson, Mr and Mrs Frank Anderson of Fort Sill, and Iva Lee Fowler of Chickasha Oklahoma.
Sherman chief of police and National Police Academy graduate Les Tribble was guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon. Dr. Ross R. May chaired, with Tip Newell introducing Tribble who compared FBI methods to Nazi gestapo and recounted experiences in Washington DC. County Judge Jake Loy attended, and C. J. Meador will lead next Friday’s program.
The H D Club met with Miss Lola Scott and eight members present on Thursday. Mrs. Mullinix led as president as the group heard a parliamentary drill program and a poem on the victory garden by Mrs. Fred Cook. They adjourned to meet at 2:30 Oct 22 at Mrs. Lester Haile's home.
W W Adcock shares Sunday sermons at 11 am and 8 pm with topics Making the Good Live On and The Faith That Expects. Sunday school at 10 am led by R A Gillett. Youth Fellowship at 7 30 pm under Fou cheaux Vestal. Woman's Society of Christian Service meets Monday at 3 pm for the third study on On This Foundation by Stanley Rycroft. North Texas Annual Conference meets in Dallas at First Methodist Church Oct 20 to Friday with Mrs A M Bryant as local delegate and Mrs H C Willis as alternate.
Experts foresee synthetic rubber meeting near term demand and keeping many civilian cars in operation. The oil industry receives credit for substantial advances in developing rubber substitutes, despite critics acknowledging its efforts.
It notes government owned synthetic rubber plants operate for public good and cites the oil industry as key in campaigns to collect scrap rubber. The industry aims to limit tire demand by urging slower driving, longer lasting tires, and eventual development of an inexpensive rubber substitute superior to natural rubber.
The Office of Price Administration announced a five tire limit per car starting next month and registration for gasoline ration books begins Nov 9 in 31 states. Motorists will receive A and B books totaling up to 470 miles per month for essential and occupational driving, with supplemental rations possible.
An extra C book may be obtained by a preferred mileage class, limited to a few driver groups aiding the war effort and public welfare. The C book’s need based variation, windshields receive T book stickers after Office of Defense Transportation approval. In the East, T books replace S books with windshield markings and boards may revoke rations for speeders on reports by enforcement officers. The national speed limit of thirty five miles per hour is urged.
The passage urges careful purpose and process in wartime junk collection. It emphasizes junk goes to salvage depots for war needs, not sale, and should be used to produce weapons and tools for the war, with metal, not money, as the scarce article.
Moscow reports the so called secret weapon at Stalingrad is a 15 year old canvas covered trainer biplane with top speed 70 mph. The craft uses slow speed to evade German defenses and drop bombs with accuracy from hidden runways unseen by day.
Front line fields hold pilots who stack bombs around cockpits. A Red pilot uses a gliding approach under searchlights to reach targets while the Russian aircraft drop bombs by hand at the moment of overflight. Night sorties span seven to nine hours with five or six attacks per crew.
A witty remark notes that humans uniquely blush and have felt the need to do so.
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