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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
3
Grayson County draft boards were ordered to reclassify 1-B men effective Tuesday under a shortened defect list. Most will move to 1-A or 3-A, with some to 4-F after reevaluations. Reclassifications must follow order numbers and limits of one quarter per month starting September.
In 1839 Henry Ziegland of Honey Grove Texas spurned a sweetheart whose brother sought revenge by firing a shot that grazed Ziegland and lodged in a tree. The brother killed himself, believing Ziegland dead, and in 1913 Ziegland was killed when dynamite blew the bullet free from the tree and struck him in the head.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports about seventy percent of applicants fail on their first attempt at the driver's license exam in Dallas district. The test emphasizes eye sight, road rules, and vehicle condition with results showing traffic accidents in Texas about twenty percent lower in the first half of the year.
Whittling Joe is a playful wartime poem praising a citizen who spends his days shaping wood and bonds to undermine Axis powers. The speaker extols his sharp craftsmanship on ships and weapons and his patriotic dedication to eroding Hitler and Hirohito through thrift and finance.
Texas farmers can obtain feed wheat this year via CCC or regular trade channels. Certification proves use for livestock and poultry feeding. some delivery points require AAA committee approval. Distributors must designate service areas and a nominal delivery price. rebates may apply if final price is below cost plus transport. 125 million bushels released at 85 percent parity for feeding use.
Dallas police tracked a deserting soldier named John from Camp Wolters. He fled naked with trousers in hand after a window sighting, then hid in a chinaberry tree until a gun misfire startled him, prompting surrender near San Jacinto Street.
A summary of the August 1941 Atlantic Charter by Roosevelt and Churchill lists eight goals. They include no territorial aggrandizement, respect for peoples freely choosing government, restoration of sovereign rights, equal access to trade and materials, improved labor standards and social security, safety and freedom from fear, freedom of the seas, and disarmament with a broader security system to ease arms burdens.
A country school board inspector tests pupils with a question on Magna Charta. A pupil pleads innocence as the chair asks the boy to return, while an old board member suspects the student did it after a sharp look at the cuspidor.
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