Meet Jones Field Meet Jones Field
Lt. Joe Levie commands the 302nd Detachment at Jones Field with about 2,600 flying hours. The 24 year old Kentucky native, married with a daughter Jo Ann, has led the unit since April 1942 and lives at 411 Liberty Street in St. Levie.
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Joe Levie
Jones Field
C. O
Levie
Levie Took Off Again. Lt
302Nd
Jo Ann
Louisville
Kentucky
Clarksville
Tennessee
Liberty Street
St. Levie
Local Girls Assist With War Ration Book Number Three
Bonham Chamber of Commerce thanks Bonham High School girls Linda Lane Madeline McMillen Odell Richardson Gladys Owens Earlanna Crelia Mary Ethel Wills Mary Frances Sparkman and Dace DeRossett for volunteering one vacation day to assist with War Ration Card No 3. Some could not help due to age blindness or other reasons.
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War Ration Board
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Bonham High School
Linda Lane
Madeline McMillen Odell Richardson
Gladys Owens
Earlanna Crelia
Mary Ethel Wills
Mary Frances Sparkman
Dace DeRossett
Bonhamigh School
Bus Lines Move to Honor City Ordinance in Bonham
Bus lines serving Bonham have begun complying with a new city ordinance prohibiting street boarding and alighting. Dixie Bus Lines now stops at Jess Magouirk's West 4th Street location while Mooney halts at the rear of Jeter's Pharmacy.
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Bonham
Dixie Bus Lines
Jess Magouirk
West 4Th Street
Mooney
Jeter
Funeral Services Today for Mary Abagali Allen
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Abagali Allen 84 of Ector are set for 3 p m at Ector Baptist Church with Rev James Basden and Rev Claude Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Carson Cemetery. She was born July 23 1858 in Alabama and lived in Fannin County 67 years. Survivors include three sons George Allen Henry Allen Ben Allen two daughters Laura Fincher Tine Miller one brother John Hamilton and one sister Fannie Bates plus 21 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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Mary Abagali Allen
Ector
Ector Baptist Church
James Basden
Claude Johnson
Sherman
Carson Cemetery
Mikel Brown
Allen
Alabama
Fannin County
Allen Memorial Hospital
UT Interims Session Opens June 7 At Austin
The University of Texas announces an intersession from June 7 through June, offering 78 courses in 26 departments with emphasis on technical and foundation disciplines. Graduate work is included, aiming at summer needs of teachers and engineers. July 5 to August 28 marks the summer term with about 4,000 students enrolled.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Intersession
Max Fichtenbaum
Assisant
Clarence Jones Returns From Austin As House Chief Clerk
Clarence Jones brother of Senator Cc R Jones has returned to Trenton after winding up legislative affairs in Austin. He served as reading clerk and assistant chief clerk before becoming chief clerk. Jones says fifteen days are allowed to close House business after a session and he chose to come home with his family.
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Clarence Jones
Sen
Cc. R. Jones
Austin
Clarence
House
Senate
Mr. Jones
Rainfall totals across Fannin County Saturday morning
A light shower began just before midnight and covered a large area of Fannin county. In Bonham precipitation measured a quarter inch with lighter showers reported elsewhere in the county. Yn To plan and to worry are two different things. The man who plans seldom worries.
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Fannin County
Bonham
Federal Funds Asked To Aid Highway Work
At the 10th annual Region 4 conference of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators in San Francisco, a resolution asked federal funds to share war duties costs by state and local governments. Delegates from 11 western states Mexico and British Columbia attended. funds from the Federal Works Administration under the Lanham act were sought to balance local and state cost burdens.
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San Francisco
U.P
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Mexico
British Columbia
Federal Works Administration
CAA Recommends New $600,000 Airport for Springfield
The Civil Aeronautics Administration proposed to the airport approval board a Springfield Missouri project costing 600000 dollars. Board members from Navy War and Commerce have not acted yet. If approved construction would not begin before 1944.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Airport Approval Board
Springfield
Secretaries of Navy, War and Commerce
CAA
Galveston Chosen for Heavy Bomber Training Base
The Galveston army air base will host a top bomber unit where crews will receive final polishing for operations into enemy territory. Facilities are to be ready in about two months and navigational rights over the Gulf of Mexico will finish the training program for the CTCWs.
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Galvston
Tex
Galveston Army Air Base
Gulf of Mexico
Prosperous Farmer Talks Crops In Bonham Visit
Hilliard Wilson of southeast of the city visited Bonham on Friday. He said his cotton looked good and corn did not need rain soon. He described farming two crops simultaneously as a jig saw puzzle. He had been ill with pneumonia for about fourteen days and his son was also ill but improving.
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Wilson Hilliard
Bonham
Hilliard
Wilson
Scrap From Auto Graveyards Will Take Sharp Drop
John A. Hulen regional salvage manager for the War Production Board predicted a sharp decline in scrap shipments from automobile graveyards in the southwest. He said shipments will be smaller from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana due to a WPB ban on scrapping usable automobile parts.
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Dallas
Tex
John A. Hulen
The
War Production Board
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Wpbarden
Hulen
Kraut Cutter Available at Bonham Chamber Office
Miss Billie Barnett announces a kraut cutter may be borrowed from the Bonham chamber of commerce office. Borrowers must return it promptly after use.
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Chamber Commerce
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Billie Barnett
Thirty Days In Australia Grows Into Year
Aviation Cadet Arthur D. Harrison, at Hickam Field Hawaii, was delayed by a 30 days mission to the Southwest Pacific before beginning flying school. Ribbons show his awards from the 19th Bombardment Group including the Air Medal and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal as he awaited orders for a P-51 or faster aircraft. He recalls the offer to go to Australia days and views the experience as education shaping his aviation career.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Arthur D. Harrison
Hickams Field
Hawaii
Southwest Pacific
Harrison Hawk
Australia
Harrison
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Harry Edwards
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U. T
Tumphrey
Meata
Marine James Schlitz
Guadalcanal
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Marine Raiders
Washington
Galveston
Tion
Western Flyer Victory Bicycle
Pac
Western Auto Associate Store
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Bonham Steam Laundry and Dry Cleaners
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