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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
4
Notice lists charges for entertainments box suppers memorials and resolutions with admission or monetary costs. Names J H Waggoner Glenn Doss appear as publisher and editor.
Published every Thursday the paper notes a subscription price of 1.50 dollars per year payable in advance and promises to correct any erroneous reflections upon character or reputation upon notification to the publisher.
The Observer piece lauds American soldiers and the sacrifice of youth while noting wartime duties for the St. Paul Herald editor. It reflects how local papers served as wartime records and how government demands increased editorial load and pressed publishers about subscriptions versus advertising revenue.
Fort Worth Star Telegram argues Americans misperceive national security and remote warfare. If Japan and Germany invade in any form, every family would sacrifice and contribute to the war effort. Civilians must grasp the harsh reality, support the war program, and act with clear purpose on the home front.
Mrs Maurice T Moore of New York head of the Woman s Division of the U S O suggests a scrapbook of local war activities for servicemen. The book includes Our column With the Men in Uniform marriages missing or killed in action and promotion notices.
Fort Worth Star Telegram argues the Senate erred in adding a year of training for 18 and 19 year old draftees before overseas service. The piece decries legislative overreach, isolationist roots, and distrust of military leaders, urging resolve and courage amid ongoing combat casualties.
The Senate passed a draft age reduction from twenty to eighteen but it must harmonize with the House version in conference. Provisions include educational deferments for late year high school students and farm labor exemptions to protect agricultural output. Senate action also exempts men after age forty five.
Fleming orders state administrators to re interview and reclassify 375000 WPA workers to speed war industry and farming jobs. 4000 experienced miners are furloughed to mines, with return to duty if needed. Roosevelt says fewer planes and more gun power and longer range will still use the same steel tonnage. Stimson notes some Tokyo raid planes landed in Siberia and China with few crews missing. secrecy to protect lives. Coffee rationing begins November 28 with a five week allotment. stamp No 28 required for first coffee ration.
A time card shows a German Nazi munitions worker in a Nazi plant earned 24.17 marks for eighty six hours, about $6.04 after deductions. Ten percent went to five funds before an additional 30 marks were taken. In contrast American war plant workers earn far more for a forty hour week.
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