Soldiers and families update from camps and hometowns
A set of brief items notes soldiers visiting home from Camp Carron Cel Staff Set Stricken and the 161st Airborne Engineers. It mentions inductions, high school graduation, furloughs, and family travel. A 60-year-old blind woman in Owasso, Oklahoma collected 180 pounds of metal scrap in her backyard without assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Strick- Wa
Cea
Mroo
Hob. Stricklin
Penham
Camp Carron Cel
Stricken
161St Airborne Engineers
Army
Ector High School
Owasso
Okla
Suettes and county clerk lines blur in mild confusion
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled notes about a county clerk, certificates, and a bid or remittance process. Mentions of Austin, county actions, and potential war bond references appear, with many broken phrases and unclear roles. The readable bits hint at administrative matters and wartime financing.
Thought For Today and War-Time Savings Call
Uncle Eben notes happiness comes from busyness leaving no time to fear the future. The piece critiques government agencies for not modeling savings and urges officials to set examples in saving rather than creating new spending bureaus. It references Allied Sicily landings and ongoing bombings and notes German bombs returning to the aggressors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stalin
Sicily
Screen Actor Rapidly Climbs Ranks as War Army Record
Houston July 10 UPI reports actor Melvyn Douglas, known for film work, promoted from private first class to captain in the army earlier than typical. Army authorities called it possibly a record for rapid advancement. Douglas and dancer Jayris Chaney resigned from the Arts Council of the Office of Civilian Defense amid criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
U.P
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas
Jayris Chaney
Arts Council
Office of Civilian Defense
Frills and
Furbelows
War Department
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Ured
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Glenwick Lane
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Hugh Copeland
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Jewel Elgin
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Uncle Ashley
Eben
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Banham
Tulip
Red River
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White's Auto
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Leonard Laboratories
Olden
Bonham, Tex
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Sherman, Sherman Soap Works
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Bradford-Watson CO
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