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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
4
The Republican convention committee today approved a foreign policy plank supporting a world organization to direct peace and security but opposing creation of a world state. The plank faces full convention review after criticism from Wendell Willkie and others.
Weldon C Bragg of Bonham Texas earned his wings and commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces at Douglas Army Air Field Arizona after completing advanced pilot training 44 F He is the son of Mr and Mrs David E Bragg and a Bonham High School alumnus His brother Lt James Bragg previously served as a navigator in the China Burma India theater and was fatally injured in a crash last year Another brother Dick Bragg is in the Air Force and Dan Bragg recently graduated from Bonham High School
Allied forces push toward pivotal Italian towns amid bombardment and harbor damage. US troops seize the Piombino port briefly as German defenses along the coast and inland positions around Florence and Leghorn resist, with multiple columns advancing from Follonica toward the Adriatic and near Lake Trasimeno.
A report from the Eighth Naval District cites Admiral stating that postwar plans must secure strong army and navy forces. He warns not to rush naval releases and notes upcoming appointments in June with stations in New Orleans.
Bonham and Fannin County lag in meeting the fifth war loan quota of 890000. County chairman Frank Wright notes only one community area has surpassed its target while farmers are busy with harvest. He expects the county to exceed the overall goal, though Bonham remains well behind its 490000 share. Local chair Martin Hussell hopes to reach the top before the deadline with large purchases still to come.
A labor center is established at Bonham High School to aid war effort during wartime. A public notice outlines registration of colored workers, with Marshal Shapley in charge and a contact number for those wishing to assist. The center seeks to involve the community in farm work and industrial tasks supporting national service.
Russian forces break the German line, capturing Vitebsk and Mogilev while pushing toward Minsk. The drive wrecks defenses, frees thousands of towns, and reports say 24,000 Germans killed or captured amid a rapid, historically swift advance.
Allied Supreme Headquarters reports say the Gestapo executed at least 375 French hostages in reprisals across France. French sources note 20 shot at Annecy and 140 at Laumiesc with hundreds rounded up in Lorraine Ain Savoy and Provence amid rising sabotage and clashes.
A convention visitor in Chicago applied for a ticket to the 1948 Republican convention after being unable to obtain one today. The notice appears in the June issue of Sure To Get One.
U S Navy carrier task force under Adm Mitscher presses the Mariana campaign hitting Guam and Rota while Marines and Army push through Garapan Saipan. Nippon defenses worsen as American forces tighten control of the northern island and prepare for full occupation. General MacArthur announces new raids against Truk and Palau as air power consolidates in the Central Pacific. In China Japanese forces attack Hengyang while North Burma reports gains around Magaung and Myitkyina remains contested.
In Houston Texas on June 27 an estimated 60 truck drivers for Missouri Pacific Freight Company returned to work after a five day strike over retroactive pay. The Wet Labor Board ordered them back pending a case decision.
Moscow dispatch says American heavy bombers based in the Soviet Union attacked a German operated synthetic oil plant at Diohobezy in Poland on Monday. The strike was announced by the eastern command of the U S Strategic Air Force.
W A Thomas announces that Texas internal revenue instructions require motor vehicle use tax stamps to be affixed and displayed by July 1. Owners must buy $5 stamps at post offices or through collectors and place them on the lower right windshield corner to prove payment, with penalties for noncompliance.
WP Cattle lists 66500 calves and 1800 steers and yearlings with fat cows at 1-2-142.50, cutters 4-68.60, calves 11.50-13. hogs steady with top butcher 11365, good butcher 11.25-12, mixed grades 7-10, packing sows 10-10.50.
In Bonham district court the trial of Leevenot Gray, charged with the murder of Thurman Smith on January 16, began with witnesses including Willy Thomas of Honey Grove identifying a knife shown by Gray. Deputy Roy Doyle testified to arresting Gray at his Honey Grove home. The jury selection proceeded in the afternoon and continued after a brief recess, with jurors qualified for possible death penalty consideration by the state and self defense by the defense.
A brief note reports that repeated exposure to a popular track can prompt listeners to wish they had missed the song, reflecting fatigue after heavy radio airplay and social buzz.
British troops sever a German rail line southwest of Caen and breach a key highway as a wide offensive pushes toward Caen. Cherbourg pockets shrink under heavy American artillery while French patriots raid Tarbes and destroy Nazi factories. Nazi broadcasts warn of Soviet threats to Mogilev and Polotsk as retreat lines form.
C R Blount Jr 27 of Ector receives the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action on the Italian front. He sent the medal to his mother with a note saying he is recovering well. Blount, in an armored infantry unit of the 36th Division, crawled 600 yards under heavy fire to aid wounded comrades. Born Fairfield Texas June 26 1917, he enlisted February 1941 in Olney and trained at Camp Bowie Camp Blanding and Camp Edwards before shipping overseas April 1 1943 and entering combat at Salerno September 1943. His parents Mr and Mrs C R Blount Sr recently moved to the Ector community.
Sgt Louis Kaiser Jr son of Mr and Mrs Louis Kaiser was wounded on D Day in France. He is in a hospital in England and one of the first paratroopers to land in Normandy. His wife and daughter Louise visit his parents in Flectra.
A quoted aphorism notes the ease of drawing back a stone once thrown and compares it to recalling a word once spoken, implying the momentum of actions and words.
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