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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
2
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, famed for Corregidor, described in a radio interview how Japanese officers approved brutal beatings and cruel treatment. He cited mental and physical torture, forced labor, and promises of food that never arrived, urging occupation to cripple Japan’s industry for twenty years.
In Spokane Washington a woman testified her husband carved the Christmas turkey with a hatchet. Superior Judge C W Greenough granted a divorce saying he had an ungovernable temper. She said she fixed the turkey without dressing and he chopped it up on return.
Rep Robertson of Virginia urged scrapping the 3 percent normal tax on personal incomes and the 95 percent excess profits levy on corporations to cut 1946 tax burdens by about 4 billion dollars. He argued the change would ease relief for over 50 million earners, preserve purchasing power, and target relief to those most in need. A married couple with two dependents earning 2500 would save 52.50. at 25000 the relief would reach 750, illustrating the broader impact.
A list titled How to Be Perfectly Miserable offers twenty steps urging self focus and mistrust, encouraging vanity and self interest. The piece closes with a note about a historical army desertion brand and a separate reference to a rigid “D” mark. The tone is cautionary and moralistic.
A wave of secrecy surrounded Hirohito's surrender decision as a midnight recording of the rescript was made at the imperial palace. An attempted revolt by a military colonel led to kidnapping threats and a dramatic harikari aftermath before officials and radio staff were released and the broadcast aired.
In Loganport Indiana Leo Mow vice president of Fulton County REMO rested after shopping. He placed a milking stool on the curb and dozed off while his son Ed finished purchases. Passersby filled his hat with coins as a kind surprise.
The text presents religious Q A on Christ as the divine Son of God, the meaning of Jew, and that the Bible acknowledges multiple worlds. It notes faith as birth into God's family and cites scriptures from John, Hebrews, Malachi, Acts, and John. Also mentions whiskey used as value in 1780 South Carolina after currency collapse.
The first fully mechanized cotton picker debuted at the Greenwood plantation in Cheneyville Louisiana. Co owner Ernest Clock says one operator replaces about forty men and notes there will not be a labor displacement burden due to limited supply. The device built by International Harvester of Chicago costs about 5000 dollars and Clock expects Louisiana farms will not saturate usage.
Mispelled word on a refreshment stand reads Hot Peants. John Lambrakis, a savvy business man in Greenville Mississippi, attracts customers who chuckle at the error yet buy peanuts, turning a typo into brisk sales.
In Albany two noted local fishermen were seen gathering grasshoppers then freezing them in a locker plant for use as fish bait in winter. The report from Palo Pinto County Star notes the unusual method as a practical tip for anglers.
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