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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1944
Page
5
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A collection of church notices outlines December 23 1944 services at Presbyterian Calvary Baptist First Baptist and Methodist churches. It covers Sunday School times Morning and Evening Worship plans Christmas music by choirs, special offerings for orphans, and notes no vesper service to join other churches. Also mentions Crusade for Christ and local attendance figures and outreach efforts.
British Eighth Army drives into Bagnacavallo after repelling German counter-attacks. Canadian units envelop the town from the Canal west bank and push toward the Senio river as tactical air forces damage bridges and rail links. Minor German resistance stalls near Abbadese.
ELAS forces submit conciliatory counterproposals calling for disarmament of both sides under a joint Anglo-Greek commission. The plan, dated December 18, seeks withdrawal of ELAS troops from Attica, allows militants to keep homes without arms, and asks for a national governor with broad representation.
Five of the Hamilton brothers are serving in the armed forces. Cpl Crummer H Hamilton Jr, 24, writes from France about Normandy invasion and hoping to return home. Cpl Daniel P Hamilton, 21, has served three years with a field artillery unit in Germany and landed in Normandy on D-Day. Pfc Joseph T Hamilton Jr, 26, has been in action the past two years with a field unit in Oklahoma and Texas area. Pfc William A Hamilton, 20, serves with the Army Air Forces and is training in the United States.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports that 2000 additional workers are required in war plants to assemble a new rocket projectile. Naval officials said the hires would occur at the McAlester depot and other undisclosed locations, with appeals to skilled workers to apply through local employment service offices.
Denise Hamilton, 25, employed in a bakery, and Ev Hamilton, a truck driver in Wichita Falls, are noted in a local brief. The items highlight local workers and their occupations within the city.
Stillwater Okla Dec Lt Hedric Rhodes Jr said the Naval Training School for WAVE Yeomen at Oklahoma A&M will be closed April 1945 when it graduates its last class. The WAVEs school has been a key center in developing the women's reserves to the navy with enrollment peaking at 1,250 since opening Oct 9, 1942. The A&M Technician School for Bluejackets opened March 1, 1942, will continue in operation.
Lloyd Tarser of Vernon will spend Christmas with his mother and wife as Dr Jack McGee son of Dran Mi McGee of Sherman is promoted from Captain to Major and becomes Chief of the Dental Service of the 7th General Dispensary in Paris France after 17 months overseas. S Sgt Joe B Nelms has returned to Wright Field Daylight after a furlough with his sister and brothers.
A secret ballot among Texas University faculty showed 39 percent backing Rainey while 62 percent opposed. Results indicated 68 percent believed reinstitution should not govern future plans and 240 faculty members participated in the survey about governance and potential regent resignations.
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