Longtime Bonham Woman Martha Ellen Halil Carter Dies
Martha Ellen Halil Carter 84 died May 24 1966 at Bonham Texas after a life spanning Cherokee North Carolina Oklahoma and Texas born 1860 she married Samuel Carter in 1882 and was a Baptist. Survived by daughters Arrie Furrh Inice Pickens and Ann Carter of Bonham five sons seventy nine descendants including 24 grandchildren 45 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. Services held at Brown Funeral Home with Rev Fender and grave-side rites conducted by Rev Rowe.
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Martha Ellen Halil Carter
Cherokee
N. C
Fannin County
Texas
Oklahoma
Bonham
The
Baptist Church
Samuel Carter
Arrie Furrh
Fele ‘Hone
Inice Pickens
Grevcent
Okla
Ann F*y
Johnny
Carter
Tony
Jim Carter
Oliver Rowe
Americans Lead World Inventions, Survey Claims
The United States is described as the most inventive nation with about eighty percent of the world’s inventions attributed to Americans. The claim highlights American ingenuity across sectors and eras.
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United States
Civil Air Patrol services and duties for Army Air Forces
War Department memorandum 99-45 reaffirmed CAP as an official AAF auxiliary. It details CAP uniforms and insignia, notes CAP’s 48 state wings, and highlights wartime roles from antisubmarine patrols to preflight cadet training and emergency services. CAP volunteers fly millions of miles, sustain travel costs, and sometimes receive allowances.
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Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Forces
War Department
G. C Marshall
CAP
AAF
Gulf Sea Frontiers
Canada
Mexico
Haisan
Mexican
RAF
Armed Forces
United States
Armee Forces
Tivv Ac
Young Texan Serves Aboard Coast Guard Transport At Okinawa
Seth Lavefatte Wells of Ivanhoe Texas served aboard a Coast Guard manned transport during the Okinawa invasion. He is 19, a Navy veteran, and a Crozier Technical High School graduate who hopes to return to Texas farms after the war. He trained in San Diego and served aboard the Russell Islands fleet hospital before his present duty. His mother is Mrs Lillie M Wells and his aunt is Mrs C B Hodge of Dallas. Wells is spending leave with his mother and will soon report for reassignment.
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Okinawa
Snyder
Texas
Wells
Navy
Dallas
San Diego
California
Fleet Hospital
Rusell Islands
Pacific
Lillie M. Wells
Crozier Technical High School
C. B. Hodge
Berger
Coast Guard
Young Wells
Ivanhoe
Officer Dies As Result Of Burns At Bergstrom Field
Lt. Robert E. Cloud Jr of Dallas died from burns after a fire heavily damaged an officers residence at Bergstrom Army Air Field. Other officers escaped unharmed as Cloud died soon after admission to a local hospital. He is survived by his wife and young son in Dallas.
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Austin
Tex
Bergstrom Army Air Field
Robert E. Cloud, Jr
Dallas
Cloud
Uniforms and insignia aligned with Army Air Forces
The text notes that the uniforms and insignia for officers enlisted men and women are the same as the Army Air Forces with distinctive exceptions reflecting current authorization by the War Department.
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War Department
Army Air Forces
Earnest Young Aide in Air Force Redeployment
LT. GERMAIN EN LAYE France Ernest C Young of Bonham Texas route 1 aided the Air Technical Service Command in redistributing thousands of aircraft engines and replacement parts across Europe for the Eight and Ninth Air Forces. After transfers to new theaters or discharge depend on his Adjusted Service Rank points.
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Germain EN Laye
France
T-5
Earmmest
C. Young
Bonham
Texas
Europe
Pacific
Young
Air Technical Service Command
Ninth Air Forces
T-5 Young
Woman Sentenced To Die In Gas Chamber At San Quentin
Louise Peete a 63 year old housekeeper twice convicted of murder was sentenced to die in the San Quentin gas chamber. She confessed to killing her friend Mrs. Margaret Rose Logan and burying her body under a backyard avocado tree. Previously she had been convicted of murdering another friend, Jacob C Denton, and burying him in a basement tomb. Paroled after 19 years of a life term, she showed no emotion.
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Los Angeles
Louise Peete
San Quentin
Denton
Demand Given to Army to Yield Hummer Plant Control
Sewell L. Avery of Montgomery Ward urged Secretary Stimson to end army control of Hummer Manufacturing Co. in Springfield Illinois. The army seized the plant May 20 1944 after a strike halted production and wards had earlier resolved the dispute with the International Association of Machinists on Sept. 16.
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Chicago
Army
Hummer Manufacturing Co
Springfield
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sewell L. Avery
Wards
Avery
Henry L. Stimson
International Association of Machinists
Martin A. Carter Joins Marauder Group in France Action
Staff Sergeant Martin A. Carter of Bonham Texas served with the First Tactical Air Force Marauder unit known as The Boomerangs in France. The group completed its 10th mission in a six campaign series and has fought across Africa Sicily Italy and France. They have shot down 267 enemy planes and dropped over 25 000 tons of bombs in 23 months of combat.
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IST Tactical Air Force
France
Tactical Air Force
Martin A. Carter
Route 3
Bonham
Texas
Africa
Germany
Sicily
Italy
Marauder unit earns Croix de Guerre and multiple honors
The Marauder bombers, famed for precision strikes over Germany and in Italy, are recognized by the War Department as a Distinguished Unit. They receive the Croix de Guerre from General de Gaulle and the French government for notable combat achievements. Sergeant Carter, a bombsight mechanic overseas since 1942, adds a fifth overseas ribbon and sixth battle star to his campaign tally. His wife Mrs. Martin Carter lives in Whitewright, Texas, and his parents reside in Bonham, Texas.
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Germany
Sc. Cassino
Anzio
Gothic Line
Siegfried Line
War Department
General de Gaulle
Carter
Scotchman Here for Visit With Brother in Bonham
John Grant of Houston and formerly of this city has stayed in Bonham for several days to recuperate from an illness. He reports feeling better and is described as a Scotchman born in the Scottish Highlands. He is brother to Robert Grant of this city. The piece notes Columbus made four voyages to the new world.
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John Grant
Houston
Bonham
John
Robert Grant
Sir Walter Scott
Robert Burns
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