Rotary juniors hear Pacific service and aim at service
Bonham Rotary members met with junior Rotarians Cleatis Hawkins Ray Peeler Jr and Lynwood Sir USN who spoke of Rotary values and service to school and community. Pirtle described Pacific theater service and island hardships, noting cocoanuts used for poles. new and returning members were welcomed and officers listed.
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Olor
Cleatis Hawkins
Ray Peeler, Jr
Lynwood
Sir
USN
Bonham Rotary
Hawkins
Peeler
Das
Rotary
Jer
Man Pirtle
Tions
Pacific
Ph Killingsworth
Clark Newell
A. K. Yates
Tors
Farris Pirtle
Glen Hodge
Frank Puller
Louis W
Paris
Plans Backers At Montgomery Ward Plans Backers At Montgomery Ward
The CIO United Auto Workers and a firm as large as Michigan CIO President August le summoned 240 unionists to meet tonight for organizing support of revoking the no strike pledge. Company representatives will meet in Washington tomorrow as Ward plans face potential nationwide action.
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Montgomery Ward
Michigan Cio Pres
CIO
United Auto
Pany
Wash
Toit Sll
Centrie
Wardem- M
Mprthy
Ceiling Wheat Prices Raised by Four Cents a Bushel
Washington report states the Office of Price Administration raised wheat ceiling prices by four cents a bushel across all distribution levels effective today. Flour ceilings stay unchanged and bread prices remain unaffected.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Banquet for Bonham Purple Warrior Grid Squad Friday
Annual banquet for the 1944 Bonham Purple Warrior football squad and coaches will be at Duncan School Friday at 8 pm. North Texas State Teachers College coach Bill Cooper will speak. The team closed with four wins and six losses and escaped last place by half a game. at least one of 14 lettermen will return in 1945.
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Bonham Purple Warrior
Duncan School
Bill Cooper
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Warriors
Armour Nominated Ambassador to Spain in Roosevelt Move
President Roosevelt nominated Norman Armour head of the State Department Latin American affairs division to be ambassador to Spain replacing Carlton J. Hayes. Lawrence Steinhardt, ambassador to Turkey, was named ambassador to the Czechoslovak government in London. Hallett Johnson, adviser in the wartime trade policy section, was named ambassador to Costa Rica.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norman Armour
State Department
Spain
Carlton J. Hayes
Lawrence Steinhardt
Turkey
London
Hallett Johnson
War Supply and
Costa Rica
Temperatures Near Normal and Storm Toll Across East
Temperatures were near normal as the season’s first major snow storm swept eastern states. The storm peaked over the Atlantic seaboard, leaving at least 66 deaths nationwide and in southern Canada, mostly from traffic accidents on icy highways. Some victims died from overexertion battling snow and gale winds.
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United Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Heaviest Snowstorm Snarls Eastern States and Canada
A severe snowstorm blanketed the eastern United States and Canada, halting trains and delaying aviation and bus schedules.snow caused high absenteeism in war plants and coal mines, with many schools closed from Pittsburgh to western New York and parts of West Virginia.
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United Press
CASON
United
Canada
Dia
Ume Exchange
Toronto
Winnipeg
New York
Quebec
Ohio
Pennsyland
East
Gulf Coast
Florida
New Orleans
Texas
Missouri
Asylvania
Pittsburgh
New York State
West Virginia
Penn
FDR Churchill Stalin to Meet Late January
Washington reports indicate a three leaders meeting likely after President Roosevelt's inauguration on January 20. Diplomats weigh Greece and Italy policy, Germany occupation plans, and possible venues outside London Paris or Moscow amid wartime constraints.
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London
Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Foreign Office
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Viacheslav Molotov
Anthony Eden
Greece
Italy
Germany
England
Paris
Moscow
Middle East
Stalin
Charles DeGaulle
France
NAA Wins Army Air Forces Contract for C-28 Planes
North American Aviation received a fixed price contract for the production of the C-28 packet cargo planes. The agreement followed the first competitive bidding since 1946, with most work to be done at the Dallas plant and sub contracting tied to other plants’ ability to meet schedules and prices. J H Kindleberger announced the award in Dallas while meeting with executives from California and Texas plants and Fairchild Aircraft officials.
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Dallas
Tex
Army Air Forces
North American Aviation, Inc
NAA
J. H. Kindleberger
California
Texas
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Kindleberger
Texan Wins High Honor from British Military Medal
Dallas sergeant Reuper Solomon Budy received the British Military Medal for rescuing three wounded Gurkha soldiers in Burma. He carried two men through a Jap-infested jungle after his plane crashed four miles from Henu, evacuating them to safety. The report notes Budy’s act amid jungle danger and credits his determination as exceptional.
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New Delhi
U.P
United Press
Albert Ravenholt
Reuper
Solomon Budy
Dallas
Burma
Budy
Henu
Air Assault On Reich Continues War Plan Across Germany
London dispatch reports up to 2600 heavy bombers attacked German rail centers and plants from the west and south on Tuesday, attempting to sever rail links to the western front. Over 1250 U S Air Force bombers plus 15th Air Force aircraft struck Frankfurt area junctions and Merseburg, while RAF daylight and night strikes hit Ruhr railways and Osnabruck. The campaign aims to cripple German rail transport within about 100 miles of the battlefront, mirroring Normandy-period disruption.
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London
Germany
Eighth U. S Air Force
Britain
Frankfurt
Leons
Merseburg
Thy
15Th Air Force
Italy
Rhineland
Saar
Battlefront
Normandy
Three Towns Taken By Yanks In Monschau Forest
American troops of the U S First Army advanced one to two miles and captured three villages in the Monschau forest below Duren, in a new attack in Germany. Invest in the future by buying bonds.
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FIRST
Germany
Monschau
Duren
Friday the 13th Recurs Twice in 1945 New Year
The Friday the 13th superstition appears twice in 1945 two days to fear. The first Friday in April and the last in July mark the feared dates while 1944 had only one occurrence.
Oil Provides Texas Much Income Annually
Texas sizable income comes from crude oil gross production taxes. November tax receipts reached 3,408,649 dollars based on 5,777,839 barrels of oil, a record high. State leases taxed at about one percent are excluded. Postwar demand forecasts could affect future revenues, but tax distributions support public schools and welfare funds.
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Austin
Tex
Elter
George H. Sheppard
Public Free School Fund
Omnibus Tax Clearance Fund
Omnibus Clearance Fund
General Revenue Fund
General Fund
Soldier Boys Buy $32,000 6th War Bonds
Fannin county nears its $880,000 6th War Loan quota as county chairman Frank Wright reports a $75,000 shortfall in Series FE bonds and a $32,000 allotment bought by local soldiers. He expects the gap to close in five war-loan days. Bonham nears its $443,500 overall target while Series E lags. FB bonds are emphasized for late-campaign totals.
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Fannin County
Frank Wright
Pannin County
Wright
Bonham
Martin Hassell
Fires Cause Minor Damage Across Several Homes
Slight damage occurred Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning as the fire department responded to several small incidents. A hole burned through a room floor at Mrs. Ola Mae Bayless's home on Ninth and Cedar streets. Smoke and fire damage were limited to one floor. A flue fire prompted a call to a home on East Fifth street Wednesday morning. A grass fire near South Poplar triggered a Monday noon alarm.
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Ola Mae Bayless
Ninth and
Cedar Streets
East Fifth Street
South Poplar
American troops push to Roer river on ten mile front
United States forces smash toward the Roer river on a ten mile front, invade the Saar and press through northern Alsace toward Karlsruhe. The three Allied armies push Germans from Maginot line and seize villages near Duren. Eisenhower predicts final stand west of the Rhine as Ninth and First Armies close in along the Roer. Karlsruhe lies within artillery range after a 16 mile advance from Hagenau.
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Paris
Europe
Roer
Saar
Alsace
Germany
Karlshrue
Reich
Maginot
U.S. First Army
Duren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rhine
U. S
Gerd von Runstedt
Wehrmacht
Maginot Line
West Wall
Hagenau
Seventh Army
Seltz
France
Karilshrue
Baden
Ninth Japanese Convoy Blasted by U.S. Planes
American warplanes and light naval forces destroyed or badly damaged ten ships in the latest Leyte reinforcement convoy raid. The strikes sank a 10,000 ton troop transport and two other transports, plus three destroyers, with 50 enemy planes shot down. MacArthur said 30,000 Japanese troops were killed or drowned in last week’s actions, and warned some reinforcements may have reached Palompon.
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Loste
Philippines
U.P
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Palompon
Ormoc
Camotes Sea
Cebu
MacArthur
Hat Port
Ith
U. 8
November Court Term Ends in Texas as Judge Moves to Paris
With the November term of the 6th District Court concluding, Judge A. 8 Broadfoot now presides in Paris for a December term. The next district court session resumes January 8 with a grand jury to be convened, as the district clerk winds down November tasks and clears the docket for the new year.
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Paris
6Th District Court
Broadfoot
Freezing Weather Continues Here In Bonham Area
Freezing weather persisted in the Bonham area with a low of 32 degrees overnight, extending the cold wave that hit Saturday night. By 8 am, the temperature had risen to 36 degrees and was expected to climb higher. Forecasts call for slightly warmer, clear weather in the coming days.
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Bonham
Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
The report lists distances to Berlin from various fronts: 206 miles from the western front southeast of Nijmegen, 309 miles from the eastern front near Japlonna Legonono, and 627 miles from the Italian front north of Ravenna.
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United Press
Western Front
Nijmegen
Eastern Front
Japlonna-Legionono
Ravenna
Nine Sentenced To Death By French Courts
Paris reports Judge Auguste Ledoux sentenced nine ringleaders of the no torious French gestapo gang to death on the charge of intelligence with the enemy. The gang’s crimes spanned murder torture mutilation rape extortion robbery and theft. Most members confessed under sharp questioning and testimony from victims and relatives. They face execution by firing squad on treason charges.
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Paris
Auguste Ledoux
Gestapo
Ledoux
Luftwaffe Attacks Fifth Army on Italian Front
The Luftwaffe, bolstered for the Italian front, attacked the American Fifth Army establishing transport and communications disruption attempts. British Polish forces hold Rimini Bologna highway town Paenga under siege with patrol skirmishes. A strong enemy patrol near Livergnano, 11 miles south of Bologna, was repelled. four enemy planes were shot down over Bologna as bombs and mines caused unspecified damage and casualties.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Eighth Army
Rimini-Bologna
Paenga
Livergnano
Bologna
Weather Outlook Texas Tonight and Thursday
Pair forecasts for tonight and Thursday call for warmer air in the south with 40 to 46 degrees and 36 to 40 degrees in the north. The report notes oil and mineral supplies may tighten, and cautions that wood could be used to supplement them as substitutes become scarce.
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Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Bombing hits Nagoya and Leyte as war drives on
A large force of B 29 Superfortresses hammered Nagoya Japan’s major aircraft hub, with Tokyo confirming wider raids across the homeland. MacArthur said American planes crippled an 11 ship convoy off Leyte in a two day action while European battles raged around Budapest and Athens as Allied offensives press toward German strongholds.
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United Press
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
Mililand
MacArthur
Leyte
Europe
U. S
Errive Ronghold
Duren
Budapest
Nd Turd
Fifth Army
Bolog
Veterans Have 94 Days To Get Old Positions Sack
Texas draft boards and re employment committees were told honorably discharged veterans have 94 days from discharge or release to apply for relief statements in former jobs. Gen Watt Page, state selective service director, said the official deadline was 40 days.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Reiue
J. Watt Page
Selective Service
State Must Match Teachers Deposit in Retirement Fund
The attorney general ruled that the state must annually contribute the same amount as public school teachers to their retirement fund. The opinion responded to State Comptroller George Sheppard, who asked if the state could fund every five years or needed yearly contributions.
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George Sheppard
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report December Returns
Fort Worth market notes record cattle 400 calves 2900 mostly ready and active. Medium slaughter steers and yearlings 11 to 13 hundredweight. Beef cows 875 to 1025. Hogs active steady with tops 145 and 180 to 270 pounds. Stocker calves and yearlings 8 to 11, sows 325 to 350, good stocker pigs 240.
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Fort Worth
Slaugheter
Good Stocker
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