Bonham High Grads Enter V-12 Class Enlistment
Six Bonham high graduates accepted into the V-12 Class of 1942 with three having one year of college and three with high school education. Hill and McAnally, football lettermen from the 1943 squad, were among the enlistees awaiting order for active duty after passing NTAC exams and Navy physicals at Dal. Enlistments may be assigned to various schools and reporting to active duty could occur this fall.
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Bonham High
Oval
High
Hill
McAnally
Bonham High School
Back
Bers
James German
George German
Troy Norwood
C. C. Norwood
Brown
Hoyt Brown
Ie Owens
Frank Owens
Bonham
Field
NTAC
Dal
Navy
Gel
Sulul
Argentina Adopts Pan American Neutral Policy
Pedro Ramirez announced Argentina will pursue close ties with the American republics and neutrality toward the rest of the world. He framed Argentina’s policy as Practical Pan-Americanism, seeking strengthened relations in the Western Hemisphere.
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OS Aires
U.P
Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
Mez
Administrator says price stabilizer needs food rollbacks
Prentiss M told the Senate banking committee that the price stabilization act of 1942 cannot be carried out without rolling back food prices. Spokesmen for a new consumer group led by Peter Vinson pledged support for the administration's price policy.
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Ington
U.P
Prentiss M
Senate Banking Today
Impos
Peter Vinson
Action Grows On All Sections Of Soviet Front
London reports from June 16 indicate intensified fighting across the Soviet front from the Kuban to Leningrad as both sides prepare for major summer offensives. Russian and German accounts describe large-scale operations, with Russian counterattacks near Orel and heavy air and artillery actions along the Donets, Volkhov, and Belorod sectors.
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London
Kuban
Lenin-grad
Moscow
Orel
Smolensk
Mius
Rostov
Donets
Belforod
Kharkov
Volkhov River
Leningrad
Mtsensk
Balakley
Red Army
Sers
Kursk
Kharov
Ore
Liberator Bombers Hit Rabaul Airdromes In Major Assault
Allied Headquarters reports Liberator bombers struck four Rabaul fields in a four night raid, centered on Lakunai, causing extreme damage at one field. Another strike targeted Cape Gloucester as Japanese air activity continued with raids in Bena Bena and Doboruda areas, while Beaufighters and recon planes operated across New Guinea.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Lakunat
Liberators
Sakunai
Npon
Cape Gloucester
Anscort
Bena Bena
New Guineas
Lae
Ba Madang
Doboruda
New Guinea
Buna
Markham Valley
Huon Gulf
Guinea
Ink
Kakapit
Lions to Elect New Officers at Thursday Session
Bonham Lions Club plans its regular noon meeting at the Gem Cafe to elect officers for the coming year. Nominating committee proposes Van B. Case as president and a slate including Jey Farmer Henry Burt Hutch Peatherwood Dennis Bales Clarence Elkins Tall-twister Charles McCleary Johnny Farmer Curlee Cummings and Barney Gross as directors.
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Bonham Lions Club
Gem Cafe
van B. Case
Jey Farmer
Henry Burt
Secon
Harry Hancock
Hutch Peatherwood
Dennis Bales
Clarence Elkins
Charles McCleary
Johnny Farmer
Curlee Cummings
Barney Gross
Ar Jr
Wes
Tear Gas Used To Disperse Mobs In Beaumont Riots
Texas Rangers deployed tear gas in Beaumont as a mob of about 200 white men gathered near the negro section. Clashes followed a day of violence sparked by an alleged assault, with authorities stepping in to restore order.
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Beaumont
Landon criticizes foreign policy approach at Allied Relations session
Kansas Institute of Allied Relations hosts two day gathering in Topeka with former Kansas governor Alf Landon urging a just durable peace and warning against old fashioned camp meeting rhetoric and self righteous national leadership. He argues the United States must avoid assuming sole responsibility for world affairs and cautions against claiming inferiority or supremacy in international dealings.
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Topeka Ku
Alt M Fonds
Federal
Chacito
Tidlar
Kansas
Ald
Kansas Institute of Dicer
Wallace
Minoritie
Institute of Inter-Allied
United States
Pan-American Pationt
Landon
Black Market In Veal Broken Up By Series Arrests
Chicago officials say a large veal black market has been disrupted with arrests. The War Food Administration reports temporary permit suspensions for 10 Wisconsin buyers turned local slaughterers. Investigators say calves were killed at one to ten days old and much meat unfit for human consumption, worsening the meat shortage.
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Chicago
WFA
Wisconsin
Kang
Meat Board
Ling
Bombers Hit Additional Japanese Bases in Solomons
Washington reports US bombers struck Kahili Shortland Island and Vilu in the Solomons while Japanese forces bombed American held Guadalcanal in a new Pacific raid. The navy announced the actions today with no further details released.
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Pacific
Washington
Solomons
Kahili
Shortland Island
Vilu
Guadwcanal
Navy
Chinese Drive In Yangtze Area Grows
Chinese forces under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek continued their Yangtze offensive recapturing Michital near Shasi. A communique says troops surrounded the city and then moved in wiping out more than half the resisting Japanese, signaling a push to clear the south bank.
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Chungking
Jne
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-Shek
Michital
Shasi
Texas Mineral Resources Emphasize Fuel Oil and Gas
The state’s mineral wealth centers on fuel oil, natural gas, natural gasoline, lignite and coal, highlighting Texas as a leading energy resource area.
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Texas
Auto Use Tax Stamps On Cars Set For Sale
Collector W A Thomas announced use tax stamps of five dollars will go on sale Thursday in post offices and IRS offices. The stamps cover the 1943 fiscal year starting July 1 and must be purchased by that date. Stamps are serial numbered and include blanks for make model serial and state license. To prevent loss owners should dampen the windshield rather than the stamp adhesive. Owners should report the stamp serial number to the post office if lost. Stamps sold for cash only with post office money orders or certified checks accepted by collectors.
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Internal Revenue
W A Thomas
Thomas
Internal Revenue Collector
War Post Offices
Post Office
Combest Son Claims North Africa Flying Record
Ross Tyrrell Combest writes from the North African front that he has bagged 10 enemy planes, a claim his father Ross Combest has not officially confirmed. The Combest family are longtime hunters who once hunted ducks at their Texas ranch.
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Beamont
Texas
Ross Combest
Lieut
Ross Tyrrell Combest
Combests
Combest
Government plant in Potter County dominates helium supply
The article notes that a government-owned facility in Potter County Texas produces nearly all of the world's helium. It highlights the plant's central role in global supply and implies strategic importance due to its control by the state.
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Potter County
Texas
Congress Plans Study of New Tax Plans
Washington June 16 UP Congress will study proposed general tax changes with hearings and treasury officials to be held before a late July start. No tax amounts set. Treasury actions and possible summer session recess discussed.
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Congress
Washington
suMhier d
Earl
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Robert JT. Doughton
Cortes
Coughton
Nis
Cnmittee
Per.f
Bobby Leeman Presents Rotary Club Program
Bobby Leeman presented the program for the Ban hair Rotary Club at the regular Wednesday noon meeting. Gordon Brown, the program chairman, introduced him.
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Bobby Leeman
Rotary Club
Budby Iveniais
Banhair Rotary Club
Gordon Brown
Weather in East Texas cools with scattered storms
Scattered thunder showers move through East Texas tonight with cooler air arriving in extreme northwest and also in north west and north central portions.
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East
Texas
Air raids on Sicily intensify as Allied offensive expands
Allied air forces including Flying Fortresses, Wellingtons, Lightnings, and other bombers mount a stepped up attack on Axis airfields in Sicily. Reports from both sides note rising tension in the Mediterranean as Allied moves spur speculation of an imminent major strike and broader operations in Western Europe and the Pacific.
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Sicily
Mediterranean
George
Northwest African Air Force
Gibraltar
Europe
France
Belgium
Holland
Berlin
Rhineland
Ruhr
Moscow
Ortheast
Orel
Hideki Tojo
Reca
Pacific
Story
Mexico to Boost Oil Exports to United States
An American official said Mexico could increase crude oil exports to the United States if transportation gaps were solved. He cited limited tanker cars and rail tank cars as barriers, noting that both Mexico and Venezuela have abundant oil but logistics hinder shipments to the United States.
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Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Ss Petroleum Adm
Harak J. Ickes
Quant
Venezura
Caribbeg
Venezuela
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report June 16
June 16 cattle 1500 head calves 500 active. Steers and yearlings 14.50 per cwt, cows 12, cutters 8.50, calves 17. Hog prices 1600 head with 5 to 15 cents lower than Tuesday. Top hog butchers 12.85, good butchers 13.75, packing sows 13.60. Moon Sways Compass off True Direction.
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Fort Worth
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