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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces that entertainments, box suppers and other benefits with an admission fee will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions will also incur charges. Published every Thursday by Glenn Doss as publisher and managing editor. Subscription is $1.50 per year.
Fort Worth Star Telegram editorial voices a father’s plea that home front citizens bear full war responsibility. He argues youth in service face combat due to past generation errors and calls for collective sacrifice to back the war effort and make amends.
A Baltimore man paid 23 cents for a toothpaste tube last March and 25 cents later at the same store. The court ordered the store to pay him 50 dollars, a verdict described as the first such ruling in the country under the Price Control Law.
The speaker argues the US with 6.25 percent of world population holds half the wealth, boosted by private enterprise and freedom under the Constitution. He asserts America enriches other nations, relies on free competition, and warns against idleness and war weakening global wealth.
The speaker argues that free labor and capital choice drive growth and national wealth. Other nations fail because their systems restrict individual initiative. He warns against a planned economy and asserts capitalism remains the best system, despite some crooks among capitalists and socialists.
The State Democratic Convention impressed with Pat Neff and Marion Church speeches. Analysts foresee the next Legislature facing serious problems from gasoline rationing affecting the school fund. The writer supports conservative state appropriations and opposes new taxes while noting 35 new representatives and three new state senators will join the bodies.
London official says the three American Eagle squadrons, credited with seventy three enemy aircraft with the RAF, will be inducted into the United States Army Air Force as fighting units. The first squadron is expected to be inducted around September 17.
Henry arrives in town and plans a first call on Maiden Aunt as they exchange light banter about sightseeing and social calls. The scene centers on their conversation and casual town interactions.
Moscow reports detail 16 Russian soldiers at a northwest Stalingrad sector who used hand grenades to halt 12 German tanks and slow an Italian infantry and German riflemen push. Fifteen died and one mortally wounded Lieutenant Kochetkov led the defense as reinforcements arrived at dawn.
Fireman Mack Hart and William Denver Owens confronted a man carrying a double barreled shotgun. The man said he was answering his draft board call and insisted a gun was needed because no army man would give him a gun he could shoot.
Senator W Lee O Daniel of Texas says his position on gasoline rationing remains unchanged after Baruch rubber committee urged nationwide limits. He previously opposed Texas rationing unless the commander in chief declares it necessary for the war effort, a stance tied to a Texas Democratic Committee resolution.
Rep Wright Patman announces a 73 page booklet detailing Acts of Congress and regulations affecting servicemen. Published under a congressional resolution, it is on sale for 10 cents at the Government Printing Office in Washington.
Richmond grocer Joe Ukrop places a window sign announcing Wednesday afternoons closed. He, his wife and five employees will spend the time off helping harvest crops for the war effort, a move supported by other stores in the area.
In London a window display of pink panties embroidered with small American flags drew attention as sales women reported strong demand from British women for items linked to American troops. The scene reflects wartime affection and consumer curiosity in Britain.
The bitty exchange jokes about a perfect marriage with a playful line about differences of opinion. A woman says they are married a year and quarrel never, while the husband supposedly concedes when she is right. The quip ends with a twist about whether he is ever right.
The Panama Isthmus is framed as a vital ocean gateway linking Atlantic and Pacific for centuries. It traces Balboa's Pacific discovery, Spanish colonial routes, and later U S control of a canal zone, noting trade shifts, famine and disease battles, and Panama’s role as an annual hub for global goods including bananas, coconuts, and rubber.
A short reflective poem about life giving gifts of youth love and memory. The speaker notes life took many gifts but leaves one final gift memory as consolation. The verse contrasts passing time with enduring recollection.
A London charwoman predicts the war will end in a couple of months. Her neighbor asks why she believes this, and she jokes that her husband has just signed up and never holds a job longer.
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