Fifth War Loan Drives Ladonia Bonham Progress
Rousing call from Ladonia and Bonham leaders as the Fifth War Loan nears targets. Citizens push oversubscription and bond quotas to honor troops in France, with talk of surpassing $45 000 goal and $55 000 sales as the drive continues. Local volunteers pledge full support and pride in American soldiers.
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Nielson
Iity
Texarkana
Ladonta
France
Comcent
Citiadunia
Page
Election Report Fractured Line Scraps Result Details
Fragmentary OCR text shows an election note with partial terms and unreadable names. Readable items imply a local voting item or candidate, but specifics are missing due to garbled content and illegible characters.
May Face Dilemma Over Asian Bill Amid OPA Expiry
Roosevelt weighs signing or vetoing amendments to a bill that would extend OPA controls for one year to June 30. The measure adds clothing price limits and consumer protections amid a looming recess and political pressure from leaders including Chester Bowles and Walther White Jr.
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Pngton
Roosevelt
Trol
Atess
OPA
Renate
Chester Bowle
Lieader Wal- White, Jr
Bless
Bservers
German rout spreads to all Italian front
Allied dispatch reports rapid German retreats across Italy on June 12 as British 8th Army seizes Avezzano 48 miles east of Rome and American, Allied forces push toward Florence, reaching Turin and San Stefano near the Adriatic while German resistance collapses along major roads.
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Italy
8Th Army
Avezzuno
Rome
Atliatic
Vieterbo
Bulsena
Aly
Florence
Fouth
Muntaluy de Castry
Oveveheal
San Stefano
Yerba
Priday Avezzano
Pescara
Sir Chivel Leese
Avezzano
Aquila
Adriatic
Pescars
Sumena
Avvezzano
Pepoli
Pescatd
Nothwest
Bond sales to Yanks begin Tuesday morning in Bonham
Bond salesmen will start in Bonham on Tuesday morning as city leader Martin Walsell urged all citizens and businesses to buy war bonds immediately. Plans were finalized at a Monday USO meeting. Allied dispatch says American forces neared Cherbourg, launching a broad advance inland and securing ground near Carentan on the Cotentin peninsula.
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Bonham
Vital
Cherbourg
Martin Walsell
USO
Russian Army Launches First Summer Drive
Soviet forces led a major offensive across the eastern front from the Gulf of Finland to the Black Sea. Allied leaders prepared for coordinated east west south attacks as Stalin ordered a 20 salutes in Moscow.
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Finland
Karavala
Udvap
Tehran
Germany
Rea
Gulf of Finland
Bhack Sea
Premer Jo
Ef Stalin
Moscow
Plans For 11th War Loan Made In Bonham
Bonham volunteers met at the USO to plan the 11th War Loan drive with Martin Hassell as chairman. They aim to reach Bonham's quota of 490000 dollars quickly and organize sales efforts to promote the campaign.
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Joan
Bonham
Martin Hassell Chamman
USO
Nazis Determined to Exterminate Minorities
President Roosevelt told Congress that the Nazis despite near military defeat remain determined to complete their mass extermination program against minorities. The wartime report emphasizes the gravity of projected atrocities and Allied resolve.
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Washington
UPD
Roosevelt
Ts Congress
Local Soldier Frank R Russell Serves in South Pacific
In South Pacific Pvt Frank R Russell son of Mr and Mrs Bert Russell of GOS East 8th street waits for orders to move into combat. He has been on New Caledonia for weeks after enlisting July 2 1943 and sailing overseas last December. Training at Camp Wolters and in Maryland.
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Frank R. Russell
Bert Russell
Gos
East 8Th Street
Pacfic
New Caledonia
Army
Camp Wolters
Maryland
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report June 12
Fort Worth market news lists cattle 6400 head calves 1700 slow re 50 to 16 for steers and yearlings cows 90 to 11.60 cutters 6.50 to 8.25 calves 50 to 14. Hogs 2200 head steady. Top butchers 13.65. Packers 9.75 to 10.25.
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Fort Worth
U.pa
Weather Outlook for East Texas Cloudiness and Showers
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunder showers this afternoon and Tuesday afternoon and in extreme northwest portion sighted.
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East
Texas
Heavy Bombers From Russia and Italy Hit Balkans
Allied headquarters in Naples reports a coordinated two way raid by American heavy bombers from Russia and Italy against Balkan targets. Romanian airfields at Focsani and Constanta were attacked, along with Giurgiu and Snederovo. over 1,000 aircraft took part in the operation, which featured Russian bases sending some planes to land in Italy.
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Naples
U.P
Rusia
Italy
Balkans
Focsani
Bucharest
Black Sea
Constanta
Giurgiu
Snederovo
Russia
Ussr
Balkan
Nant Gierman
Rumania
Huhgars
Ground crew praised for bomber mission readiness in England
Brigadier General Hodges lauds the Liberator squadron for 25 combat missions without aircraft loss. Sergeant Rogers, a graduate of Edhube High School Texas, is cited among disciplined ground crews who keep planes battle ready, ensuring bombs and crews reach targets over occupied Germany.
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Ain Elishth Aafp
Liberator
England
Sergean T Raymond Worris Rogers
Sul
Mir LM
Rogers
Trenton
Texas i Ab
Tangland
Uvvel
Germany
Hodges
Liberate
United States Army Air Forces
Aeronautics School
Lincoln
Nebraska
Scottish Mines of America
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Armed Forces
Edhube High School
Texas
Texarkana Hosts Notables at Fifth War Loan Opening
Texarkana welcomed national figures as it opened the nation's fifth war loan campaign. Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr arrived to boost bond sales with local citizens, praising the drive’s early success and urging strong participation as World War II mobilization continues. A local diesel technician, Cp. Woodrow W Starke, noted for army service, is among residents mentioned in dispatches.
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Turupesan
Tecong T.l
Ples
United States Army
Curbuteti
Dept Ft
Bigland
Glenel
Des Lot
Bates
Taatude Cp
Woodrow W Starke
Mattie Starke
Seechatreet
Bonhat
Starke
Army
Mar J Starkes
West Se
Texarkana
The
Treasur
Henry ‘Durgenthau
Yugoslav Partisans Engage in Heavy Fighting Across Fronts
Allied reports say Yugoslav Partisans battled Germans in heavy fighting with several towns captured. Across Europe the Cherbourg peninsula spearheads closed to Cherbourg while Carentan fell and St Lo roads were cut. In Italy the Fifth Army pushed toward Rome as Russians breached the Mannerheim Line. A US naval air force attacked the Marianas.
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UN Teo Press
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
United Nations
Carentan
Cerin
St. Lo
Chermourg Peninsula
Italy
Fifth Army
Almot
Rome
Mannerheim Line
Viipuri
France
Pacific
Marianas Islands
Peulau Island
Two Japanese Armies Press Chinese Railroad Gap
Military dispatch reports two Japanese forces driving into the Canton Hakchau railway area as they press along a 250 mile gap end. Maj Gen Chennault warns a Japanese victory could sever China from western allies and extend World War II air war efforts.
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Chunghming
Utera
J Wi
Canton-Hakkaw
1 Chennault
Us& Mth
C'yna
Dapas
Repairs Near Newton Brick Wall To Divide Two Properties
Edgar Womack who recently bought the building where a restaurant burned out plans a full overhaul. He and W E Newton, just south of Womack’s property, will have a brick wall built between the two adjoining properties.
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Newton
Edgar Womack
W E Newton
Womack
Soldier Receives Life Term After Fatal Camp Incident
A court found a soldier guilty in a fatal incident at Camp San Luis Obispo. The defendant received life imprisonment for the death of a spouse and the injuries to two children. The case involved a weapon that misfired during a May training exercise, resulting in a deadly blast.
Supreme Court orders re argument on Texas labor law case
The Supreme Court, in Washington, orders the Texas case on the constitutionality of a labor organizer registration requirement to be re argued this fall. The case is brought by R J Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, CIO.
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Wachington
Supreme Court
Texas
R J Thomas
United Automobile Workers, C1o
War bonds and victory gardens share a single slogan
In a wartime appeal the message urges support through financial bonds and home garden programs, urging citizens to contribute to national defense via investments and agricultural effort.
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War Bonds
Victory Gardens
Chinese Forces Capture Jungling on Burma Road
Chinese troops seized Lungling and broke the western gate cutting the Burma road to the west and the Lungling Tenchung highway. The operation aimed to isolate Allied positions and open a supply corridor from India to China as Gen Sung Hsi Lein’s forces advance toward Burma. Casualties exceed 300 in a month of fighting.
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Hungking
Burma Road
Yunang
India
Cuya
Coloe
Hukwang
Burma
Sung Hsi-Lein
Lungling
Lunghing -Tenchung
Horthaigh Command
Demo Committee Declines Place Electors On Ticket
Dallas reporters note the Texas State Democratic Committee refuses to place a slate of 23 pro Roosevelt electors on the July primary ballot. The dispute advances toward the state Supreme Court for resolution.
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Dallas
Texas State Democratic Committee
Belkes
Supreme Court
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