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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
4
A Whitewright Texas newspaper item outlines authorized notices and ad rates for entertainments and memorials while noting corrections policy. It also cites wartime drafts, Army enlistment, and Secretary Stimson and War Production updates plus steel scrap production and consumption figures.
The court contest of county judge Jake Loy’s re election upheld honest counting in Grayson County. Minor tabulation errors and some absentee ballots were noted but overall 13 000 votes were recounted under court supervision and praised by the presiding judge. The piece critiques political talk from Washington on selective service and calls for action.
A Washington controversy over selective service prompts criticism of inconsistent spokesmen and mixed messages about the induction of married men. The passage notes claims of imminent induction before Christmas followed by contradictory statements.
After a year of outmigration for war work and service, residents warn Whitewright risks continued decline. Towns like this with no defense job growth fear slow recovery, but officials expect many who left will return after the war, keeping the 1950 census near the 1940 figure.
Gen MacArthur's Australian HQ says Japanese invasion troops were crushed at Milne Bay with heavy losses and a trapped landing. Marines hold Guadalcanal assets, plus Gulf and Solomons raids yield enemy sinkings and captures. Roosevelt outlines anti inflation steps and meatless day plan. price controls planned for hogs and cattle. farm prices rise 9 points to 163 percent prewar levels.
The article argues for House Joint Resolution 23 to erect a state office building funded by borrowing from the permanent school fund. It cites high rental costs, four education department buildings, and a yearly state operating expense near 2007000,000 with 50,000,000 for public welfare and old age assistance.
Miss Marilyn Ren pleads in a letter from Sydney Australia urging the U S to find her a husband. The appeal appears in the Sydney Daily Telegram and centers on traditional matchmaking desires.
The message urges efforts to stop marriages between American soldiers and Australian women. It notes thousands of American girls risk spinsterhood and loneliness due to wartime marriage shortages, warning that prolonged denial of marriage can harm American women's mental and physical health.
State selective service headquarters says bashing isn’t permissible. A departing draftee at Great Bend reached from a train window to strike the draft board chairman, injuring his hat and dignity. He received a six month jail term deferment. Lumber production in Southern pine mills rose in July, with average weekly output up 6.6 percent from June but still 10.22 percent below July last year. Sun Want Ads get results.
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