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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
4
A Whitewright Texas column denounces a political donor offering a weekly column for five dollars. It notes the state will have six presidential elector lists in November and critiques third party positions. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram piece reflects war fatigue and calls for civilian resolve as Germany theater winds down.
A frontline soldier counters civilian hope of immediate victory in Europe noting the war continues with death and sacrifice. He argues Germany remains fighting desperately though wounded and warns against premature peace sentiment.
In Washington OPA outlines a speedy flexible program to hold civilian prices near 1941 level while allowing higher costs for materials and labor as reconversion progresses. C W Nichols notes new product pricing will be set quickly under Bowles guidance to manage demand and supply shifts from wartime to peacetime production.
Washington reports outline massive benefits for returning World War II veterans including back pay, mustering out pay, transportation, schooling, vocational training, disability pensions, home or farm loans up to 2000 dollars, job guarantees, unemployment aid, access to federal civil service posts, hospital care, and free legal guidance. The piece cites a new 588 page history by Dixon Werter noting unprecedented pre demobilization planning and improvements over prior wars.
Washington discussions will produce a flexible general formula to fit differences among industries, firms, and communities. Nichols supports a system where nationwide price fixing occurs centrally for distributed goods, while regional and district offices set prices for items sold only within their areas.
Hollywood notes a $10,000 check cleared a $10 debt dating back more than 30 years. As a young performer in Cleveland, Bob Hope wanted boxing lessons at the YMCA but could not afford the fee. A YMCA secretary funded the membership, and the memory resurfaced when a nearby Y building campaign cleared the old debt with interest.
New York traders bid up cotton futures by about 2.50 dollars to 5 dollars a bale at the opening as Marvin Jones of the War Food Administration announced government purchases at parity for the 1944 crop. Short covering and spirited demand followed, amid exchange rules allowing a maximum daily move of five dollars.
A reflection on human frailty noting that most mistakes come when mindset wanes and impulse dominates. The speaker warns that acting during low tides of judgment is the most dangerous moment, comparing life to an ever restless storm.
A reflective passage warns that crimes arise from a man’s low ebb of hope and disappointment. It urges patience and resilience, urging readers to endure hardship without rash acts and to guard inner resolve against desertion. The quote from Geo. Matthew Adams highlights moral clarity and steadfastness.
The OPA announces that all B-3 and C-3 supplementary gasoline coupons will be invalid Oct 1 along with third quarter transport ration. Consumers with unexpired invalidated coupons may exchange them at boards for later valid evidences.
Buffalo N Y Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey director of Selective Service said inductions into the armed forces are about 70 000 monthly and discharges run about half that. He added the European war end should not affect the rate and declined to comment on a Stars and Stripes article quoted by Governor Dewey.
The speaker stated support for universal compulsory military training in peace or war, emphasizing national security as the primary purpose. The address was not fully read, but the gist highlighted a push for broader training amid geopolitical concerns.
Sherman reports the Grayson County agricultural adjustment office has government owned Austrian winter pea and hairy vetch seed. Producers may receive seed for the soil building allowance in 1945 with seed supplied by the government. payment will be deducted from 1945 soil building payments. The producer’s only current cost is seeding and cultivating the crop.
Sen. R. Owen Brewster urged using air power as a global peace tool and a stabilizer, arguing nations will not dare aggress if the United States maintains an all American global communications system and remains independent of other nations.
Galveston origin of the Anti Tuberculosis Association pushes counties statewide to require X rays for all food handlers. Mrs Em- holds that the ruling is being adopted across Texas counties to prevent TB spread through public meals.
Alice Hilton executive secretary of the association said today that active cases of tuberculosis were found in 115 handlers examined in a group of 5,335 handlers.
Russians publish German archives showing preparations for the 1941 Moscow capture. Documents seized at Lublin describe a victory speech in Krakow, a Warsaw street name Viktoriastrasse, and distribution of posters and paste announcing Moscow’s fall.
In Boswell Indiana Edward Dean Finley arrived one day old while his mother's mother also delivered her 12th child a few hours earlier. Both newborns and their mothers and grandmother are reported doing fine.
Four year old Betty entertains a caller by drawing pictures. When asked to draw a dog crossing the street she explains she cannot use a black pencil because the dog is white.
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