Rainey asserts plan to reorganize Texas education system
Dr. P. Rainey, former president of the University of Texas, tells a Senate investigating committee there is a studied plan to remake Texas education through interlocking memberships. He cites business and financial ties since the summer and urges a thorough inquiry, noting tenure issues cause fear among faculty.
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Austin
P. Rainey
University of Texas
Senate
Texas
Rainey
Commit
Strickland, Bullington
Rai
War Loan and City Campaigns Open Next Week
Bonham hosts three city wide campaigns starting Monday. The 6th War Loan chaired by Martin Hassell aims for a $443 600 quota. The chamber of commerce leads the rat eradication drive and the Parent-Teacher Association sponsors the wastepaper collection. Citizens should place poisoned bait via the chamber by Wednesday and outside Bonham by Friday or Saturday.
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Bonham
Martin Hassell
Chamber of Commerce
Parent-Teacher Association
W. E. Newton
North Main
Eighth Army advances to Montone near Faenza Italy
Allied forces push along a wide front from Forli toward Faenza and reach the Montone River. They report pursuing German units near San Martino di Villafranca and assess building a new defense line west of the river. Patrol actions continue in the Fifth Army sector with limited movement.
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U.P
Eighth Ar
Ione River
Forli
Fmnt
Faenza
Aytrols
San Martino di Villafranca
Andi
Montone
Forse Fork Road
Elemontor
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report Fort Worth
Fort Worth cattle and calf sale report notes 1300 calves with prices generally steady. Beef cows mostly 1050 to 1125 pounds, fat calves 12 to 56 and stocker calves and yearlings 11 to 50. Active, unchanged prices 1435 good and 180 to 270 for choice, few higher butchers. Good and choice stocker cattle at 15 pounds 1375 to 1440, with some at 1250 for March.
Ellison D. Smith dies in South Carolina
Ellison D. Smith also known as Cotton Ed Smith, a colorful statesman and former U S Senator, dies at his Tanglewood plantation home in South Carolina. Weeks after finishing his term, reports describe his political career and influence in wartime strategy.
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Nchburg
S. C
U.P
Ellison D
Smith
Tanglewood Plantation
U. S. Senate
Demonstrators Rally as Authorities Suppress Protests
A fragment indicates a street demonstration in Switzerland with German involvement and suppression by Gestapo agents and elite guards. Names and full context are unclear due to damaged text.
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Switzerland
Mannheim
Gestapo
Texas Weather Warning Promises Rain Tonight and Saturday
Considerable mess with occasional rain this evening and into Saturday. Temperatures show notable swings, bringing a wide spread in daily high and low readings. Strong gusty winds and unsettled skies expected across the region.
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Texas
Dallas Judge Sarah T. Hughes to run for Congress in 1946
Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas announced in Washington she will seek Congress in 1946 regardless of Hatton Sumners, the incumbent. She spoke with Sumners during a visit for Juvenile Board duties and AAUW meetings.
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Washington
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
Congress
Hatton W. Sumners
American Association of University Women
Dallas County
Sumners
Judge Hughes
Summers
Stalin invites Churchill Roosevelt to Moscow conference
A Berne radio broadcast said Stalin invited President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to Moscow for a conference of Allied leaders. It noted that Gen Charles de Gaulle of France has also been invited and may attend the next Big Three meeting.
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Berne
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
France
Stalin
de Gaulle
Nelson Arrives In Chungking
Donald M. Nelson arrived in Chungking with a delegation of American production experts to assist China in maximizing its wartime resources. The party, including five steel specialists and an alcohol expert, was greeted at the Chungking airport by Foreign Minister T. V. Soong and Wong Wen-Hao, minister of economic affairs and head of China’s War Production Board.
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Chungking
China
Donald M. Nelson
Japan
T. V. Soong
Wong Wen-Hao
War Production Board
FDR Undecided On Army Navy Game
President Roosevelt declined to decide where the 1944 Army Navy football game would be played saying he did not know the answer yet. The question of the location remained unresolved as wartime considerations weighed on officials.
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Washington
U.P
Fdr
Connally Group Will Guide Peace Treaty Effort
Senator Tom Connally announced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet to map a program for handling the Dumbarton Oaks peace treaty proposals. He expressed optimism that ratification would come with a substantial majority, noting bipartisan support and the influence of wartime and postwar goals on the process.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate
Connally
Thomas E. Dewey
International Organization For Peace
Dumbarton Oaks
Roosevelt
Committee
Frank O Payne Enrolled in U S Maritime Service Training
Frank O Payne son of Mrs Annie Smith of 1005 South 4th St is enrolled at the United States Maritime Service Training Station in St. Petersburg Florida He attended Bonham High and worked as a bus boy. He is in the preliminary training period taking general courses in first aid firefighting lifesaving seamanship physical development mental fitness and more with plans to enter the Deck Department for specialized training after basic training.
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Frank O. Payne
Annie Smith
South 4Th St
United States Maritime Service
St. Petersburg
Florida
Payne
Bonham High
Maritime Service
Cone
Victory Fleet
Edhube Baptist Sends Generous Gift to Orphans Home
The Edhube Baptist Church donated 136.50 in money clothing and canned goods to Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas as part of the annual fall collection.
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Edhube Baptist Church
Buckner Orphans Home
Dallas
Demands For O Daniel Discipline Roil Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats consider stripping Texas Senator W Lee O Daniel of Democratic status and committee assignments due to his anti Roosevelt administration stance and campaign activity. He faces potential caucus action though removal from the party is unlikely, with possible loss of Agriculture Committee prospects and other disciplinary moves under review.
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Washington
Navy
Senate
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
O'Daniel
Roosevelt
Senate Democrats
O’daniel
Committee On Agriculture
District of Columbia
Husband Trenton Man Killed in India Plane Crash
Mrs. Robert Haake of Trenton reports her husband First Lt. Robert W. Haake died in a plane crash near Chabous India on Sept. 7. He served since Jan 1941 after cadet training in San Antonio and wings at Love Field. He was a B-25 pilot with a rescue squadron overseas since June 1944. Survivors include his wife Louise Williams, his parents, and two sisters Edith and Lorraine Haake of Chicago.
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Trenton
Robert Haake
H. C. Williams
War Department
Robert W. Haake
Chicago
Chabus
India
Haake
San Antonio
Love Field
Louise Williams
Edith
Lorraine Haake
Roosevelt Seeks Quick War Training Legislation
President Roosevelt urged Congress to act this winter on a plan for one year of peacetime service for young men. The article notes Arkansas derives from an Indian word meaning smoky water and mentions a French prefix meaning bow.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Arkansas
Russia Seeks Stage for Big Three Meeting Before Christmas
Moscow officials signaled a friendly backdrop for a forthcoming Stalin Roosevelt Churchill summit. An official embassy bulletin outlined Soviet foreign policy, stressing noninterference, anti expansion, and cooperation with peace-loving states. Tolchenoff reported the Pacific war turning against Japan as the Big Three plan a joint conference soon.
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Washington
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Japan
Pacific
Germany
Red Army
A. Galin
Galin
Goebbels
Churchill
Stalin
Kremlin
Ivan Tolchenoff
Wounded in France Pic Ed McDonald Son of Ravenna Soldier
Ravenna news reports Pic Ed McDonald son of J F McDonald Rt 1 wounded in action in France on Oct 22 and resting in a hospital in England. He joined the army Feb 12 1942 at Fort Sill Oklahoma served at Camp Polk California desert Ft Benning before overseas duty.
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Ravenna
Pic Ed McDonald
J. EF. McDonald
France
England
Pic
McDonald
Ft. Sill
Okla
Camp Polk
California Desert
Ft. Benning
General Wounded By Sniper On Leyte
Brig. Gen. Claudius Easley assistant commander of the 96th Division on Leyte Island was wounded by sniper fire. He is the first general officer to be wounded in this campaign. Details on the wound and location were not released as of the latest reports. Advance elements of the 6th Division were moving westward across the central Leyte mountains.
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MacArthur
Philippines
U.P
Claudius Easley
Lete Island
Leyte
Returning Vets Sought as Guards for Federal Agencies in Texas
Federal agencies in Texas seek returning veterans for guard posts to protect public property. Applicants with military preference are prioritized. others may apply. Requirements include age shape citizenship and medical fitness. three months active service or six months in police or fire roles or Merchant Marine. Eligible veterans should supply honorable discharge and Form 14 with application.</s>
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Texas
A. J. Leach
U. S&s. Civil Service Region
U. S. Civil Service Region
South Harwood Street
Dallas
War Department
Navals
Rating Board
Labor Board
British Forces Land On Melos
British forces landed on the southwestern part of the Greek island Melos in the Aegean Sea. The German high command reported that the British attempted the landing but were repulsed by the garrisons defending Melos.
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London
Melos
Aegean Sea
DNB
High Command
Peace Talks Are Hailed As Step Right Direction
United States officials and Soviet ambassador praised the Dumbarton Oaks proposals for an international security organization as a milestone in securing peace. The rally at Madison Square Garden marked the Soviet Union's anniversary and U S Soviet diplomatic relations' eleventh anniversary with President Roosevelt sending a message of continued allied accord. Stettinius urged concerted effort to prevent future German aggression and to build a peaceful community of free nations.
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New York
Edward R. Stellinius, Jr
Andrei A. Gromyko
Earl of Halifax
Dumbarton Oaks
Madison Square Garden
Soviet Union
United States
National Council of American So“4 Friendship
Roosevelt
National Council
Siettinius
Germany
Stettinius
Atlantic City Opposes OPA Convention Visit
Gerald B. Tranble, manager of the Hotel Claridge and Atlantic City Hotel Association, told OPA officials the local hotel industry does not want to host a projected OPA conference on November 26. About 100 OPA officials from New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington planned to meet in Atlantic City, but Trimble insisted the Claridge would not entertain the convention.
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Atlantic City N. J. Nay
Gerald RB. Tranble
Hotel Claridge
Atlantic City Hotel Association
Office of Price Administration
Atlantic City
OPA
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington
Trimble
Claridge
Forest E. Burroughs
New
Red forces drive toward Rhine as air power aids advance
United Press reports U S First and Ninth armies pressing toward the Rhine with six armies along a 400 mile front from Holland to the Alps. British forces clear pockets west of the Maas as Third Army meets resistance near Metz. Soviet forces lay siege to Budapest area while Leyte operations face tropical rain and Japanese resistance. Allied air and naval actions cut Japanese sea power around Manila Bay and Ormoc.
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United Press
United States
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Eisenhower
Germany
Holland
Alps
Maas
Metz
Vilelages
Budapest
Milekole
Hatvan
Eger
Italy
Bologna
Adriatu
Arene
Ravenna
Amere
Leyte
Mapia
Limon
Manila Bay
Funeral Services For R. T. Hunt Sr. Slated Saturday
Funeral services for R. T. Hunt Sr. about 75, founder of Hunts Dry Goods Stores and father of Anne Hunt of Bonham, will be held at Pt. Smith Arkansas Saturday with burial there. He died Thursday night after a weeklong pneumonia illness. Born in Mississippi, he moved to Arkansas in his twenties and started business at Van Buren after World War I. His stores include Muskogee and McAlester Oklahoma Fort Smith Russellville Fayetteville Arkansas plus two in Dallas and one in Bonham. The Bonham store will be closed Saturday. His daughter Anne Hunt and Frances Wade attended his bedside.
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R. T. Hunt
Hunt's Dry Gods
Anne Hunt
Boneham
Pt. Smith
Ark
Mr. Hunt
Mississippi
Arkansas
van Buren
Hunt
Muskogee
McAlester
Okla
Ft. Smith
Russellville
Fayetteville
Dallas
Bonham
Frances Wade
Bonhamtore
Fannin County Subscribes to 1944 War Chest Fund
Curlee Cummings reports Fannin county individuals and businesses raised 14899 dollars toward a 14250 dollar quota. Bonham townspeople contributed about 7400 dollars, exceeding its 6900 dollar quota. The note ends with a stray line about Minnesota’s name origin from an Indian word meaning sky tinted water.
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Fannin Countier
Curlee Cummings
Cummings
Fannin County
Bonham
Minnesota
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