Former Bonham Resident Laura Leech Dies in Denison
Mrs Laura Leech died Thursday at 845 p m in Denison at 614 West Owings Funeral services were held in Dallas and burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery Dallas She lived in Denison the past year with sister Mrs M M Hotchkiss and was born in Pine Bluff Arkansas to Rev and Mrs F E B Leech Her husband J H Leech died in Dallas four years ago Survivors include two sons three daughters two brothers and another Denison sister Maude Leech
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Dallas
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F. EB. Leech
Pine Bluff
Ark
Texas
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Leech
Bonham
Suvivors
Hotchkiss
Maude Leech
Special News Reel On Preparations For Invasion Shown
Paramount news reel The Eve of Rattle to be shown at the American Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday June 14 15 under War Department auspices. Reel depicts Allied invasion preparations before Europe launch Tuesday morning. Chocolate beans once used as currency in Mexico.
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American Theatre
H. S. Cole
War Department
Europe
Mexico
Cummings Sons in Burma and Pacific Send Letters Home
J W Cummings of Ivanhoe reports letters from two sons in the U S armed forces. Carroll in Burma with the 88th Fighter Squadron writes of heat and rubber boots and that no planes have been lost, while Clovis, a punner’s mate on a cargo vessel in the Pacific, jokes about coconuts and large ants.
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Ivanhoe
U. S
Burma
Crago
Pacific
Carroll J. Cummings
88Th Fichter
Clovis Cummings
USN
United States
Clovis
Agreement Near on GI Bill of Rights Would Aid Veterans
Senate and House conferees near final compromise on unemployment compensation for World War II veterans. The plan sets a maximum of 52 weeks at 20 dollars weekly for jobless vets within two years after discharge, with prior Senate scales of 15 to 25 dollars. A separate job placement service would be created under the Veterans Bureau, while a veteran employment board would operate within the Emergency Service to avoid agency duplication.
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House
United States Veterans Bureau
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Senate
Veterans Employment Board
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Veterans Bureau
PAW requests Texas boost to 25,000 barrel daily oil rise
A telegram from Ralph K K Davies Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War asks the Texas Railroad Commission for a 25 000 barrel per day increase in July crude oil output The request notes July total petroleum liquids production at 2 204 000 barrels daily with 2 064 000 barrels daily from crude oil An East Texas field pressure rise is cited and most extra output expected from West Texas sour crude fields
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Texas
Railroad Commission
Ralph KK Davies
Davies
Petroleum Administration
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Jester
PAW
Commission
West Texas
U S Air Forces Set Record For Bombs In May
Washington June 10 American Air Forces in Britain reached a preinvasion assault peak by flying 60 sorties and dropping more than 56 000 tons of explosives and incendiaries on 200 targets in May. American gunners shot down 933 German aircraft while losing 568, including 310 heavy bombers 234 fighters and 44 medium bombers. The Ninth Air Force destroyed 140 German planes on the ground and the Eighth accounted for many more.
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Britain
Ninth Air Force
Eighth
War Department
New Democratic Government Sets Up in Liberated Italy
In Rome on June 10 a new democratic government proclaimed itself 100 percent anti Fascist. It pledged to eradicate Fascism in liberated Italy and to continue the war effort against Germany, its former Axis partner.
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