Railroads and postwar jobs dominate Bonham Rotary meeting
Frank Higgins of the Texas and Pacific railroad told Bonham Rotary members that railroads face major transport challenges with limited equipment and manpower yet remain capable of meeting wartime demands. He noted trains average 39 cents in repairs, consume fuel efficiently, and will play a key role in the postwar economy by providing jobs for veterans. The club discussed a six week Junior Rotarian plan and a loan program with two thirds subscribed.
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Railroads
America
Frank Higgins
Xas and Pacific Railroad
Railroads of America
Higgins
Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster Awarded to S Sgt Lochridge
S Sgt William B Lochridge, son of Mr and Mrs Elmo Lochridge of Honey Grove, received the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious achievement on combat missions. He served as a waist gunner on a B 17 and previously as a nose gunner on a B 24. He bailed out after a bombing mission, aided a stranded crewman, and helped rescue another. He is with the 473rd Bomb Group, cited for the Regensburg raid in August 1943. He enlisted July 1943, trained in Texas and California, and has been overseas since June. Born March 28 1924, he completed Honey Grove schools in 1942.
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Honey Grove
William B. Lochridge
Elmo Lochridge
Set
Lochridge
Spt
Lochridee
Colomne
Europe
Fornt
473Rd
Third Bombardment Division
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Air Force
Set. Lechridee
Amarillo
Harlingen
Texas
Mvroc
Calif. Army Air Field
England
Southwest Pump Company
Explosion at McAlester Naval Depot Claims Four Civilian Deaths
Oklahoma City December 6 The United Press report lists four civilians and seven listed men killed in a torpedo explosion at the McAlester naval depot. Capt Elmer Woodside said the blast at a cave like area likely cannot be fully explained. A deep crater about 15 to 20 feet wide remained as the only trace of victims.
Bonham Sees Continued Cold And Foggy Weather
Freezing temperatures persisted in Bonham with low clouds and fog. The period ending 8 a.m. recorded around 40 degrees, with forecasts predicting several more days of colder weather and persistent fog. In other news, the House Appropriations Committee proposed a supplemental total of 415,924,712 for government expenditures, highlighting Navy allocations.
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Bonham
Aington
U.P
House
Allies seize Ravenna as northern Italian advance accelerates
British and Canadian forces captured Ravenna, a strategic Adriatic port, amid a northern thrust into the Thalian peninsula. The move tightens Allied grip on rail and highway networks toward Ferrara Faenza and Bologna, with port facilities soon available for shipping.
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Rome
Ravenna
Thalian
Roman Empire
Lancers
Ferrara
Faenza
Bologna
Sorsini
Adriatic
Berlin
Eighth
Nazi Firemen Lose Truck and Building
In Germany a German fire crew failed to extinguish a factory roof blaze as U. S. forces led by Capt Gerald Montgomery of Fort Worth Texas observed and then retaliated. Montgomery recalled firing incendiaries at the fire and destroying the fire truck as the blaze raged.
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U. S. 8Th Air Force
Britain
Germany
Gerald Montgomery
Ft Worth
Tex
Montgomery
Livestock Prices in Fort Worth Market Report
Cattle 1500 head, calves 900, active strong to 25 high. Medium slaughter steers and yearlings 11 12. Medium beef cows 850 10. Good fat calves 1225 75. Good stocker steer calves and yearlings 1150. Hogs 600, fairly active and steady. Top 1455, good and choice 180 270 Ibs. Good and choice 270 970 Ibs 1380, Good and choice 150 175 Ibs 1325 1425. Sows 1350 down, Stockers 10 1250.
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Fort Worth
S. Reiterates Stand On People Deciding late
The United States warned that liberated areas must decide their own government with no outside influence and cited Britain's intervention in Italy. The policy applies even more to United Nations territories, amid concerns over spheres of influence in Europe and Greece.
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Washington
United States
Britain
State Department
United Nations
Russia
Europe
Italy
Balkans
Greece
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Berlin Admits Reds Circumvent Lake Balaton
Berlin acknowledged a heavily intensified Red Army offensive on the 200 mile front through Hungary. The Soviets reportedly raced around Lake Balaton to reach the Keszthely area near the Austrian border, advancing toward 3% miles from Austria.
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London
Berlin
Red Army
Hungary
Lake Balaton
Kesztheley
Weather forecast for Texas northeast and northwest
Mostly cloudy with rain in northeast Texas this afternoon. Tonight northwest and extreme north expect partly cloudy skies and low temperatures around 28 to 32. Thursday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a mild end to the week.
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Texas
Germans Lose 130000 In Three Weeks In World War II Push
Paris reports the battered German Wehrmacht has suffered about 110 000 to 130 000 casualties in three weeks of the Allied winter offensive. U S Third Army under Patton advances near Saarbrucken and Saarlautern while First and Ninth Armies push toward Duren and Bergstein. Official estimates tally 12 full strength divisions knocked out with heavy losses across the fronts.
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Paris
U. S
Third Army
Saarbrucken
George 8
Patton
Saarlautern
Saar Valley
U. S. First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Bergstein
Roer River
Duren
Cologne Plain
First Army
Ninth Army
Normandy
U.S
Mystery Vounts At Atlanta Pen
Federal penitentiary in Atlanta faced a mutiny as troops arrived to reinforce guards barricaded inside. Prison Director J W Bennett said contact with the mutineers was ongoing and four guards remained hostage in a revolt sparked by Nazis housed with other convicts.
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Atlanta
J. W. Bennett
Allies Pound Berlin In Major Night Bombing Mission
More than 1,350 U. S. air force heavy bombers and fighters hit Berlin and Munster with an estimated 1,000 tons of bombs in a half hour. The raid also targeted Hamm and Soest as RAF forces attacked rail yards behind German western front lines. German losses were reported at 86 to 91 planes, with crew reports of burning aircraft filling the skies.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Munster
Hamm
Soest
Davileht
U.S
Strategic Air Forces
Herlin
Netherlands
Hemm
Earthquake Shakes Saipan for Eight Seconds
A light earthquake of about eight seconds duration struck Saipan Island early today but caused no damage. The report notes the one lasting impression is a smile among residents.
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21St Rbomber Command
Saipan
Saipan Island
Ivanhoe airman earns Presidential Unit Citation for Pacific service
Elbert O. Smartt of Ivanhoe returned to the United States on furlough after 33 months in the Southwest Pacific with the 5th AAF. He earned a Presidential Unit Citation for his unit’s role in defeating Japanese forces, in addition to service and combat ribbons. Born June 6 1920 in Terhoe he graduated from Bonham High School in 1934 and worked in Dallas before the war.
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Ivanhoe
Southwest Pacific
5Th Aaf
Elbert O. Smart
W. J. Smartt
United States
On Smartt
Pacific
Fifth Army Air Force
Dalles
Trenure
Camp Wolfers
States
Tesrhoe
Bonham High School
Dallas
Soldier Wysocki Gains Momentary Escape From Captivity
With the 45th Division of the Seventh Army Pec. 6 (UP) Detroit man Pyt Stanley Wysocki known as Socko was captured recently and escaped by attacking two German guards. He struck one with his helmet and delivered a left hook to the other before returning to his company. He said life as a prisoner would be unpleasant with a swell wife and two kids waiting at home.
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Seventh Army
Pec. 6
Socko” Wysocki
Pyt Stanley Wysocki
Detroit
Wysocki
Wysock
Russians Roll Across Hungary To Lake Balaton
Soviet armor pushed 18 miles into western Hungary toward Lake Balaton and within 113 miles of Vienna as they forge toward Austria. The Red Army and Tito forces also advanced near Osijek and Novak Bakac, seizing towns amid heavy German resistance with thousands killed or captured, while other units neared the Croatian canal and Zagreb.
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London
U.P
Hungary
Lake Balaton
Vienna
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
Great Lake
Miiepr
Zagreb
Tally
Pelerade
Danube
Sava
Marshal Tito
Novak-Backa
Osijek
Yugoslavia
Feodor I. Telbukhin
Allied forces sink six Japanese vessels in Philippines and Borneo
Allied headquarters report American air and naval forces sank six Japanese vessels including four destroyers in Philippine waters and two off Borneo. MacArthur says Leyte ground forces repelled counterattacks near the Ormoc corridor as operations continue north of Ormoc and along the Leyte river.
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Allied
Leyte
Philippines
U.e
Philip Pines
Borneo
Donging MacArthur
Rcal
Kipanive
Ormoc
Lusan
MacArthur
Ormoc Gulf
Masbate Island
Ormoc Bay
Sibuyan Sea
Mashate
Herth
Barneo
Brunei Bay
Balik Papan
Manila
Fort
Stotesenburg
Limon
Leyte River
Dagami
Akron Emerges as Largest Rubber Manufacturing Center
Akron, Ohio, stands as the largest rubber manufacturing center in existence, attracting firms and workers to a booming industry hub.
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Akron
Ohio
Army makes four Saar crossings toward Saarbrucken border
Third Army troops breach four points on the Saar river and reach near Sarreguemines as Soviet forces drive around Lake Balaton and Germans move reserves from Italy and the Balkans to halt the Soviet advance toward Austria. Eighth Army pushes toward Ravenna while Greek and Allied forces widen bridgeheads in Greece amid broader Mediterranean actions.
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United Press
United States Third Army
Saar River
Saar Basin
Sarreguemines
Saarbrucken
Lake Balaton
Moscow
Italy
Balkans
Austria
Berlin
Budevest
Eighth Army
Gode
Ravenna
Lamoner
Paenza
Lana Wide
Trone
Greece
Aly
EAS
ELAM
Lan Front
Yey Ps
Peleliu Battle Ends as Japanese Suffer Heavy Losses
Pacific dispatch reports Peleliu in Palau saw 13 768 Japanese killed in a fierce engagement. Marine Captain Earl J Wilson from Chevy Chase Maryland described final enemy surrender at 10 30 am on November 27 after caves were cleared. High ranking officers were found dead and burned in a regimental ceremony as American forces expanded a 6400 acre base nearby.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Peleliu
Palau
Earl J. Wilson
Chevy Chase
Prelin
Wilson
Nakeawa
Amarillo Printers Back At Work After 20 Hour Strike
Amarillo printers returned to work today following a 20 hour strike that halted three daily papers and a weekly. The Morning News missed Tuesday editions while the Cape Times printed makeshift typed editions yesterday.
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Amarpillo
OLP
Amarillo
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STH
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