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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
8
Winter is coming as the family car ages with possible engine and frame issues. The piece offers actionable steps: tuneups for gasoline savings, check brakes steering alignment and tires when using lighter oil, inspect hoses belts thermostat radiator, replace aging battery cables, test battery, beware exhaust leaks, adjust carburetors and clean fuel screens, check air cleaners, and ensure windshield wipers are ready for sleet and snow before they are needed.
A brief dialogue questions defense industry ownership by the state with a pro stance arguing government ownership would require it to pay taxes. It also notes Liberia's area as one and a half times the United States and identifies Moses as the world’s most renowned lawgiver.
Sid Feder reports from Italy on a museum in a former schoolhouse displaying World War II mines and booby traps. The exhibit catalogs detonators, charges, and clever devices used by Germans, with firsthand notes from American and British engineers about the danger and ingenuity observed.
A playful Sunshine Magazine piece outlines a boy's casual anatomy lesson. It covers the head neck shoulders stomach spine back arms hands legs feet and toes with humorous reminders about function and curiosity. The child notes unseen internal parts and admits never seeing them.
The War Food Administration directed federally inspected packers to reserve 80 percent of canner and cutter beef for overseas and war use, with 60 percent of specific grades also set aside. L. J. Cappleman noted prior suspensions due to enough supply earlier in the year and estimated about 30 percent of total U S beef will support military and war agencies.
Charles Manning, a white haired Civil War veteran born October 11, 1840 in Perryville Missouri, celebrated his 104th birthday at a West Los Angeles veterans hospital. He recalled hearing loss but said he remains well and still smokes cigars drinks whisky. He served 5th Missouri Cavalry three years seven months and later worked as a mule skinner and farmer before retiring at 98.
In College Station a Bell County home demonstration club woman reports 97 pounds of tomatoes from 24 plants set in May. Mrs. L. O. Clark prepared a 30 by eight foot plot with sheep manure and sand, built a staking framework, and irrigated twice weekly during hot weather.
Washington attorney Simon Michelet, longtime head of the National party, asserts that five border states could swing the upcoming election. He warns candidates to address regional concerns to gain pivotal votes.
Michelet outlined on Tuesday that trends in Kentucky Maryland Missouri Oklahoma and West Virginia since 1920 influence the presidential election. He argued that the five border states move similarly in voting patterns and turnout.
A witty exchange has a man doubting a woman's ability to keep a secret while she reveals she has kept her age hidden since twenty five. They debate whether she will ever reveal it and she affirms her commitment to secrecy for eight more years.
Citation summons all interested in the W. W. Craig estate. E. L. Craig as administrator filed a final report in Grayson County Probate Court. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days service, October 5, 1944, at the Sherman courthouse. Court clerk H. Grady Thompson certifies the writ.
A west coast port story recounts a Navy doctor stopping a sailor from bringing a baby skunk below deck aboard a ship. The sailor insists the pet will get used to it, comparing it to his own acclimation.
A whispered exchange contrasts gendered views about catching a ball with a girl claiming size and effort explain the difference and a man’s larger frame makes catching easier.
A Marine on Guadalcanal calls for aid, reporting three Japanese prisoners he has captured and cannot release. The incident is noted in the Jax Air News through a vivid firsthand moment of wartime action and frontier danger.
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