Cost of Living Up Since Start of Anti Inflation Drive
A Roosevelt anti inflation program review shows a spotty national record with a 1.1 percent overall price rise from May 1 to July 15 while controlled commodities and rents fell. Taxation, wage and price actions, farm price parity rules, and war bond targets shape the program’s delayed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
House
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Ways and Means
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Cotton Forecast Up Nearly Million Bales Over August
The Department of Agriculture raised the 1941 cotton production estimate by 943000 bales to 14028000. Sept 1 lint yield was 289.3 pounds per acre the highest in industry history, surpassing 269.9 from 1937. Acreage harvested cited at 23273000 with July 1 cultivated area 23544000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Census Bureau
Rain totals halt cotton picking in Whitewright area
Whitewright and parts of Fannin County received 3.71 inches of rain over three days with .61 inches Sunday and 1.60 Sunday night. Open cotton suffered minor damage while a Leonard windstorm uprooted trees and unroofed houses. M D Honaker of Community Public Service Co reported extensive wire damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Whitewright
City Water Department
Leonard
Fannin County
M. D. Honaker
Community Public Service Company
Nazi Officer's Son Joins U S Army Seeks Vengeance
New York: Henry Douglas Temple, son of a German army officer, was accepted by the U S Army on his second try after Pearl Harbor. He and his Jewish mother fled the Saar in 1937. He vows to fight the Nazis and return to Germany with the American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Douglas Temple
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Heintz
Emil Tempel
Saar
Cowboy musician asks divorce after horse eats ten dollar bill
In Los Angeles a wife testified that during money talks her husband fed a ten dollar bill to his horse, which the animal reportedly ate. The court granted her seven fifty weekly alimony pending trial on the divorce action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jack D. Hogg
William S. Baird
Fisherman’s Quip Seeks Larger Fish School
A humorous exchange shows a discouraged fisherman asking for a lesson beyond the infant class of fish alongside a guide confirming schooling as a basic concept. The joke turns on the pun of fish schooling and learning.
Childress Elected To City Commission
R. P. Childress won a special city commission seat with 114 votes in Whitewright. He was the sole official candidate. five voters scratched his name and wrote in Dr. F. D. Layman. Childress, owner of Childress Pharmacy, has resided in Whitewright about 20 years and fills the unexpired term of R. T. Pennington who resigned after moving to Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Childress
Childress
F. D. Layman
Whitewright
R. T. Pennington
Sherman
Cotton Pickers Register at Manning & Meador's
Farmers in the Whitewright territory may obtain labor for the 1942 crop through a Manning & Meador and United States Employment Service cooperative. J. E. Christian of Bonham's office says orders can be left at Manning & Meador and all willing workers are urged to apply to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Manning & Meador
United States Employment Service
J. E. Christian
Bonham
Mr. Christian
Air Forces Urgently Needs Mechanics for War Effort
The Army Air Forces seek 100000 skilled mechanics and technicians to support operations against Germany, Italy, and Japan. Enlistment offers immediate promotion to technical sergeant, pay from $114 monthly plus benefits, and broad training opportunities. Leon Henderson, price administrator, is noted in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Army Air Forces
The
San Antonio Express
Men in Uniform Share News On Local Servicemen
The Sun reports transfers, promotions, and letters from Whitewright area servicemen. Among those listed are Sergeant J H Claborn moved from Mather Field to Hobbs Field New Mexico. J Frank Wilson, 1942 Whitewright graduate, in US Marine Corps training in San Diego. and others including Lloyd, Doss, McMillin, Janway, Alexander, and Merriwell Vineyard serving across U S forces. Some are stationed abroad with RAF Malta and US Navy ships. families note casualties and comradeship while awaiting returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Wilson
Whitewright High School
U. S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Lee Wilson
Japs Threaten Port Moresby in New Guinea Drive
Allied communique reports Japanese forces pushed through the Owen Stanley Mountains and reached Efogi 44 miles from Port Moresby threatening Australia. The assault uses jungle tactics and outflanking from Kodoka, with Allied air and ground attacks under Lieut. Gen. S. F. Rowell.
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MacArthur
Australia
Owen Stanley
New Guinea
Myola
Efogi
Port Moresby
S. F. Rowell
Kodoka
Malaya
Singapore
Cape York
Rev C E Gleason Named New Pastor at Central Christian Church
Fort Worth preacher Rev Chester E Gleason to succeed Rev Lloyd Allen as pastor of Central Christian Church. Gleason a Texas Christian University graduate now studying at Brite College of the Bible with wife Mrs Gleason also in study. Revival continuing this week with Whitewright and local churches joining Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester E. Gleason
Fort Worth
Lloyd Allen
Central Christian Church
Gleason
Texas Christian University
Brite College of the Bible
T. Co. U
Whitewright
Harold Sheets
Austin
Local Servicemen Transfers and Enlistments Highlight Fort Worth Region
Dist Hospital Fort Worth nurse commissioned in the Navy and at home awaiting duty orders. Weldon Wilson son of Mr. and Mrs C A Wilson transferred from Corpus Christi Naval Air Base to Jacksonville Florida Naval Air Base. Pvt Edwin Badgett from Chanute Field Illinois visits family before transfer to another Army Air Corps training center. Doyle Alexander and John Robert Bow enlist at Perrin Field and report to Camp Wolters reception center for processing. Alexander expected to head to Enid Oklahoma and Bow to Greenville before Perrin Field duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Martin
W. J. Martin
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Mrs. Martin
Corporal Lester Martin
Hensley Field
Robert Wayne Martin
Tom Holmes Jr
Grenier Field
Manchester
N. H
Holmes
Army Air Force
A Field
Louisiana
Whitewright High School
Tom Holmes
Denton
Nell Holmes
Metho
Dist Hospital
Fort Worth
Navy
Whitewright High
C. A. Wilson
Weldon Wilson
Corpus Christi Naval Air Base
Jacksonville, Fla., Naval Air Base
Pvt
Edwin Badgett
Chanute Field
A. J. Badgett
Army Air Corps Training Center
Doyle Alexander
O. G. Alexander
John Robert Bow
Ben Bow
Army Air Corps
Perrin Field
Camp Wolters
Alexander
Enid
Okla
Greenville
Perrin Feild
President bans double time holiday pay
President Roosevelt signed an executive order eliminating double time rates for work on Saturday Sunday or holidays. Double time remains for a seventh consecutive day but not for any specific weekday. The White House cited union pledges and said many unions already modified the practice to make it universal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
Aid to Dependent Children Funds Cut for September
Austin reports September aid to dependent children totals 217,662 dollars for 20,504 recipients representing 42,263 children. The cut stems from a 1.5 million dollar annual limit. total welfare payments with federal funds rise to 3 million annually. Proration occurs if money runs short. Seventy four percent of these children have lost a parent, mostly living with a mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Department of Public Welfare
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War Labor Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Claude R. Wickard
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Henderson
Commerce Department
U. S. Army
the Sun
J. H. Claborn
Mather Field
957Th
Hobbs Field
New Mexico
Mrs
van Claborn
Robert L. Doss
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Tulsa
Glenn Doss
Olan Looney
Sun
Jim Looney
Bataan
Philippines
Jim
Ike Looney
W. J. Looney
Lester Looney
Ray Looney
Carey Looney
Eugene P. McMillin
Lou McMillin
Oklahoma City
McMillin
Air Service Command
William Janway
S. J. Janway
Morgan Annex
New York City
William
Carlton Alexander
Naval Training Station
L. R. Alexander
Carlton
W. R. Vineyard
Merriwell Vineyard
Royal Air Force
Malta
Mediterranean
RAF
George W. Scott
Pilot Grove
Army
Robert A. Scott
Mineral Wells
Lester Martin
Robert Taft
Wisconsin
Lester
Mrs. W. J. Martin
Bill Riddle
Wandell Riddle
England
Wandell
C. E. Gleason
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