11 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
1
Uncle Ashlee reflects on Allied strategy and the need for action after talk. He praises General MacArthur for speaking after acting and notes wartime gender roles, charity over killing, and the urgency of decisive leadership. He warns against second-front delays and comments on Italians in war.
Mrs. Bess Freeman received a cablegram from her son Lieut. Bill Freeman U S Marine Corps announcing an imminent furlough home. Freeman a Bonham high school and Texas A M graduate served on Guadalcanal for months and earned a Distinguished Flying Cross for actions there.
The piece notes soldiers on furlough including Jack Barbee at Camp Edwards Massachusetts and Melton Anderson family connections. It reports promotions to corporal at Independence Kansas Flying School for Napoleon Bradford James Cameron Jr and Cyl Bradford in 569th and 1085th squadrons. It also lists Houston C. Young promoted to corporal in 1087th Squadron near Independence. William Collins transferred from Camp Beauregard to Fort Washington for officer training.
Belgium as a reading topic is mentioned while the club discusses customs of the tiny nation. Lee Morrow Van Case and Bill Milam were named to the Boy Scout Committee. Joe Shaw bids farewell before his Monday departure to Camp Wolters for army induction. Wilbur Coonrod visits Randolph Texas. Clovis L Haney leaves Tuesday for army service at Camp Wolters. Ruth Haney stays with Bill and Ruth Dyer in Randolph. Private Albert L Cooper is stationed at Reno Nevada after three months in service. his wife Phaline Cooper has returned from visiting him.
The Sixth District Court report lists civil filings for Jeanette Dorothy Roberts alias Dorothy Billie Roberts, and related actions. It notes name change orders, receiver appointments, road closure petitions, and budget actions including jail building costs and county depository designation. Probate filings include temporary administrations and will probates with independent executors named, plus marriage licenses issued for several couples.
Radio Moscow said units advanced along the Moscow Vyazma Smolensk line taking numerous inhabited places with prisoners and spoils. It reported a Greb Guerrilla detachment killed nearly 5 000 Germans in 16 days in the Vitebsk area. The midnight communique claimed Red Army gains around Kuban Kranskoarmeiskaya and near a key highway and rail line four miles from важный crossroads.
A convoy of 500 black troops en route to Camp Maxey pitched tents at Bonham State Park for a noon meal on Wednesday. The group included 100 trucks and other transport. A call is made to support the Army scrap metal drive.
J Lee Tarpley 70 a longtime Fannin county resident died at his Taylorville home six miles north of Leonard at 425 am Thursday after a lingering illness He was born in Tennessee March 6 1873 and came to Texas in 1890 at age 17 He engaged in farming in the county since then Funeral services have been set.
James T Nash, 65, died at his Windom home Wednesday morning after heart trouble. He was born and raised in Fannin County and is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral services were held in Windom Thursday afternoon with burial in Windom cemetery. He was a brother of W H Nach who lives south of Dodd City.
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