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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
2
A sequence of house and farm ads lists No 22 to No 33 properties with 4 to 6 rooms, electric power, wells, pools, barns, and outbuildings. Prices range from 850 to 5300 dollars with terms notes. Properties include 6 room dwellings on black waxy soil near Bonham Honey Grove and Bonham area, some with school bus routes and milk routes.
Christmas always comes like death and finds us unready. It suggests greeting all with a Happy Christmas whether or not they have it. The text reflects marital advice about decisions when a wife asserts herself.
Cpl. Charles W. Smith reports action and good health from Saipan as a B 29 gunner. Mrs Lena Essary receives word her son William Joe Essary is in the Navy at San Diego California. Cpl Elmer Shelton writes from Holland that he is with the Tith Medical Battalion and in tight spots. Pvt William Bloys Parkhill graduates from the Department of Armament at Lowery Field Denver after enlisting August 15 1944 in Detroit Michigan.
Unsold farm in Fannin County offered to the board on a rent-like basis after a down payment. Phillip Wise Farm No 027 156 acres split into two tracts about 5 miles north of Bonham. Improvements include a 5 room bungalow and barn. Tenant J L Kerr. Possession January 1 1945. Company reserves 60 percent oil and mineral interests. Price 5000 with 1200 down and 2800 mortgage payable starting January 1 1946 with 190 yearly payments and 5 percent interest. Inspect before writing. E J Bodman special representative Oklahoma City.
Robert M. Crabb member of the Marine Corps marks the 17th birthday of the USS Saratoga the navy's largest carrier. Crabb joined July 26 1941 as a gun captain aboard the Queen of the Seas famed in the central Pacific. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Crabb a local high school graduate and Commerce Teachers College student who enlisted and plans to return to college after the war.
Washington December 15 the war labor board ordered Montgomery Ward and Co to comply with WLB directives on wages union security and other issues in six cities by Monday. Noncompliance will be referred to the office of economic stabilization for sanctions or seizure. The action mirrors the yesterday move against four Detroit company stores where a strike was in progress.
David Putteet Pir3e, USNCB son of Mr and Mrs Chester Put teet drew V Mail Christmas greetings sent home by his construction battalion from Somewhere in the Pacific. The card shows a Seabee asleep in a pup tent under a coconut tree dreaming of a white Christmas back home.
Wounded veterans arriving at Hamilton Field California describe Leyte as the toughest campaign area yet faced in the Pacific due to adverse climate, difficult terrain, and seasoned Japanese opposition. Evacuees from the Philippines front express relief at being evacuated by air.
The Senate approved federal insurance for 1945 wheat and cotton crops and flax incentives and launched an experimental program to test insuring corn and tobacco starting 1945 with up to three more crops each year.
Field debarkation hospital in a big C-54 transport via Hawaii yesterday received the first wounded to reach the United States from Leyte Army officials hope to move them to hospitals in their home areas by Christmas. Nine evacuees from the 96th Division joined by Pfe Demetrio Ramirez 26 Lyford Tex and William C. Steele 24 Wichita Falls Texas describe the harsh climate and fierce Japanese resistance they faced.
A man notes a salary hitting five figures, implying a wife and four children. The remark suggests a modest household scale while highlighting income level.
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