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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
8
Washington sponsors of road construction legislation envision a modern 40,000,000 vehicle highway network ready for Senate action this week. They warn that postwar prosperity could push traffic far beyond current levels as new cars arrive and gasoline restrictions ease. Hayden notes transport demand will surge with the return of peacetime mobility.
The Los Angeles harbor area is slowly sinking, says Dr. U S Grant. Beverly Hills Westwood and Playa del Rey areas also subsiding, while Palos Verdes and land west of Inglewood rise. Property values are not endangered by the gradual land movement.
Pvt Robert H Hoar 24 former FBI agent named honor man of his training platoon at the Marine Corps recruit depot San Diego California. He receives the Marine Honor Badge of Efficiency after eight weeks of intensive training. His wife Sybil F Davenport and their two children Patricia and Michael live with her father C J Davenport in Whitewright. Hoar is an honor graduate of Cortland High School and attended Cortland State Teachers College.
College Station reports home canning as the practical method for shipping treats to soldiers overseas. Mrs. Winifred J. Leverenz notes fruit cake and other goodies should be prepared before October 15 and packed in No. 1 or No. 2 cans with proper head space and sealed before steaming. Post offices accept Christmas packages for armed services members abroad.
The guide covers pressure canning steps for second rolls, steaming versus water bath methods, and times for No 1 and No 2 cans. It also covers sealing, cooling, and 10 lb pressure processing, plus canning cookies, candies, chicken, barbecue meats, and preserves in tin. It ends with a humorous exchange about wine and singing with a patient.
Mrs. W. L. Hatfield lists an electric breoder for sale after only one year of use. Contact details are not fully shown in the fragment.
College Station experts outline seed treatment to curb smut in winter grains. For stinking smut in wheat use copper carbonate or improved ceresan after cleaning. looser smut cannot be fully controlled chemically. Barley and oats receive ceresan or formaldehyde solutions, with careful application and drying before sowing.
Senator Claude Pepper urged a new veteran benefits package at the Disabled American Veterans convention. He proposed a $20 increase in total disability compensation, higher educational aid, dependent support, and a minimum 10 percent disability rating, aiming to raise pensions for totally disabled World War II veterans from $215 to $235 monthly. The plan includes dependent allowances and a soldiers' bonus proposal.
Navy Secretary Forrestal reported 1,303,554 officers and enlisted trained in the year ending June 30. The force included 4,063 new vessels and more than 20,000 landing craft, with about 83 percent of the 2,987,311 personnel in service added since Pearl Harbor.
During the scrap rubber drive nationwide a girdle donated to the Los Angeles campaign bore a note reading I hope this thing makes Hitler as uncomfortable as it did me. The message reflects wartime sentiment and anti Nazi feeling.
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