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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
1
A public event at the High School gym will crown Queens of the High School and Grade School in a Shindig style program with amateur contests and prize distribution. Students have voted for candidates by penny donations to benefit the football fund. The event starts at 8 and admission is 10 cents.
President Roosevelt urged continued sustained effort at home describing World War II as a family matter. Speaking to the American War Dads convention he stressed no diminution in production and community action with God’s help the Allies and United States would prevail. H Roe Bartle urged forming a nonsectarian fighting fathers on the home front group.
A tropical hurricane struck Cuba causing six deaths and 100 injuries in Havana. It then moved toward the Florida coast with 110 mph winds, threatening the Southwest coast as communications failed in outlying areas and the storm hovered about sixty miles northwest of Key West.
Betty Ruth Wallace four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Wallace Crosbyton died Wednesday when her head became caught in an automobile window. The parents found her dead after returning from a cotton patch where they worked. It appears she leaned into the window to reach the door and slipped.
The Texas A and M College board elected Dr Ide Peebles Trotter director of the Extension Service. Trotter, head of the agronomy department since 1936, came from Missouri extension work and was chosen unanimously. Confirmation awaits by the U S Department of Agriculture.
Principal Lucyle Sanders describes timely safety steps at the Grade School. Bus drivers Jenkins Waldrop and Miller stop with doors facing the school while Safety Patrol Boys hold stop signs to curb traffic as children board. Teachers supervise orderly boarding and parents are urged to help address high speed traffic around the three sided school zone.
The Sun announces an extended honor roll this week as subscribers renew early and many entries join, including Mrs. B. Williams Pvt. Sidney McCarty Lee Hampton Miss Lyda German Miss Hazel McLean and several others from varied ranks and families. Palace Theatre Co. P. McGinnis W. R. Vineyard C. H. Lewis Mrs. W. H. King Tom King Frank King also listed.
The Dallas Morning News, typically Democratic, endorses Republican Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. It acknowledges some distasteful aspects of his platform but argues a new deal is needed, noting past hesitations and a rare party switch.
Letters from service members reveal promotions resignations and postings in Europe and the Pacific. Lt Billy Smith returns to camp after visiting his parents while Pvt J W Sanderson and Sgt N B Nicholson write home. Promotions include Mark Montgomery Jr to staff sergeant and C W Chesser's grandson Leo Ford sent overseas. Private Fred Starr's wife welcomes a newborn daughter in Sherman while Lt James Seals recovers from injuries in Temple. The Sun notes mail and subscriptions amid wartime duties.
T. N. Maxwell, operator of a Dallas Denison interurban, filed suit against Texas Electric Railway Company for 25000 in damages after his car collided with a north bound interurban driven by R. P. Hunter near Woodlake between Sherman and Denison on May 2. The suit alleges the other train failed to stop as scheduled, causing the crash.
Charles Frederick left a baited hook in the water and returned to find an eight pound bass on the line. The bass had swallowed an eight inch catfish that had grabbed the minnow before the hook.
Milwaukee attorney William B. Rubin filed with the FCC a complaint demanding Gov. Thomas E. Dewey his running mate Gov. John W. Bricker and Rep. Claire Boothe Luce retract defamatory and untrue utterances against President Roosevelt. Named defendants include NBC CBS Mutual and Blue Network.
Enterprise Baptist Church announces a homecoming service on Sunday October 29 with an all day service and a dinner. The church has just completed a new building and invites the public and former members who helped fund the project to attend.
The article clarifies that mileage records, not tire inspection blanks, must accompany applications for B and C gas rations. It notes that the blanks still reference the old tire record, which is obsolete since Sept. 22, and explains that ration holders were instructed to submit the new mileage record with their current ration books.
Washington Speaker Sam Rayburn Secretary Jesse H Jones Admiral Nimitz and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones are among fifty notable wartime public men whose bronze statues form a historical collection for the Smithsonian Institution. The private committee headed by W M Kiplinger announced the selection on Wednesday. The collection will be part of Smithsonian exhibits and known as the Living Hall of Washington 1944.
The note links a tablespoon of kitchen fat to five machine gun bullets and recalls Cortes facing under six hundred soldiers in the conquest of Mexico, contrasting food and arms in historical peril.
British forces with American armor on the right flank and Typhoons overhead advanced through Venray and into towns beyond, driving into the Maas River salient toward the German border and the Ruhr. The American First Army repelled a German counterattack at Aachen and tightened encirclement of Aachen as rain hampered fronts. Berlin radio praised the German defense, while Allied buildup suggested a forthcoming major offensive within ten weeks and the possible Ruhr battle.
Dallas report says many taxpayers cannot deduct theatre admissions club dues car stamp tax and other expenses on next year’s return unless tied to business. S. L. Mayo, assistant collector of internal revenue, notes non deductible items include telephone and telegraph taxes transportation taxes stock transfer tax and safety deposit box tax unless used for business.
The War Production Board and National Housing Agency lifted restrictions on total floor area per home unit and number of electrical outlets and plumbing fixtures. They retained limits on lumber use for flat roofs and walls and continued material conservation rules, plus a ban on board lumber for sheathing partitions ceilings and fences.
Brig. Gen. Paul C. Paschal announced the creation of an advanced infantry training center at Camp Howze near Gainesville. He will command the center and while no start date is set, staff arrivals indicate an early begin. Trainees will be men from deactivated units with training length tied to overseas replacement demands.
FBI disclosed that 10,490 American draft dodgers have received a combined 26,780 years one month and 13 days in prison and faced fines totaling 992,859 dollars. E. E. Conroy, NY FBI chief, notes fewer than a third of 15,111 slackers in the prior war went to prison.
Berlin radio reported 138 German generals killed at the front amid the war. The broadcast said they were among 30,000 officers who died in battle, a tally reflecting heavy front line losses.
Secretary Forrestal reported the U S Navy has sunk 356 enemy ships and damaged 549 more in the four and a half month period. Submarines added 32 more ships to the tally while planes total 3080 destroyed. He cited heavy losses of Japanese pilots and noted Allied fleets crippled Japanese shipping near home.
Whitewright gins report 1 923 bales of cotton ginned by Wednesday night, well below last season's pace. About 40 percent remains to be picked as many fields hold 10 to 20 open bales. Buyers paid 20 1 2 cents for cotton and 57 to 62 dollars per ton for seed, with planting seed fetching the top prices.
Washington reports Uncle Sam reserves 60 million pounds of turkey for three military holidays while civilians may buy 25 turkey or smaller farms under a War Food Administration rule. WFA projects 500 million pounds total with 440 million for civilians. Rutgers University unveils the Jersey Buff, a small broad breasted turkey maturing in 12 weeks, to be shown at a field day October 20.
An evening Paris newspaper Defense de la Franc refers to Private First Class Mary Jones from a Texas village of 200 souls in the United States Army WAC. The piece echoes French views of Americans and their military service.
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