Paper Drive Raises Funds For City PTA Units
An annual paper collection drive yielded low participation due to bad weather and Thanksgiving holidays. Despite this, proceeds from sales will be divided among four PTA units in the city. Special thanks go to Principal Thad Er, Duncan schools, and volunteers including Edgar Womack and the Bailey Inglish staff for facilities and publicity.
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Annal
Neil P.T. A. Gone
Grimes
I. R.land
B. Leeman
Dick Waits. Melson
Ray Peel
German
Thader
Bailey Inglish | Duncan Schools
Firmen
Edgar Womack
Allied forces press German lines on multiple fronts
Allied units drive Germans back to the Roer river line on a 21 mile front with gains near Laversdorf and Grosshau. In the Saar basin the Third Army advances up to 1.5 miles while forces along the upper Rhine push toward Strasbourg. Russian and Yugoslav troops push beyond the Danube toward Lake Balaton and the Austrian frontier. More than 330 places including Pecs and Mohacs fall as the Danube front shifts. US B 29s strike Tokyo for the first night attack of the war. MacArthur reports sinking 13 ships and 4,900 enemy troops near Leyte, with rains halting ground fighting.
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United Press
R Roer
Cologne Plein
Laversdorf
Grosshau
Third
Saar Basin
Upper Rhine
Strasbourg
Vesges
Danube
Budapest
Lake Balaten
Pecs
Mohacs
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Cemotes Sea
Paris
Ninth
Ruhr
Dusseldorf
First
Rhineland
Seventh
Alexander M. Patch
Bavaria
Third Army
Saar River
Germany
Merzin
Saarbrucken
Aachen
Lindern
Linnich
Geilenkirchen
Beck
Iincern
William D. Simpson
Berk
Rhine
Tat River
Muttendorf
Beek
Koslar
Lulich
Roer River
Julich
Langerwehe
Hurtgen
Cologne
House Ways and Means backs social security tax freeze
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee voted 17 to 7 to enact a bill freezing the social security payroll tax at 2 percent for both employers and workers in 1945. The tax would otherwise automatically double unless blocked by law, a renewal blocked for three consecutive years.
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Washington
Henderson to lead Germany economy postwar
Authoritative sources said Leon Henderson has been selected to head the U S economic administration for occupied Germany after the war. He will leave for Europe next week to assume the position previously held by the price chief.
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Washington
Germany
Stocky
Leon Henderson
Shomist
New Dealer
Roosevelt intervenes in intramural row over administration aide
The report claims President Roosevelt intervened in a domestic dispute within his administration by targeting Assistant Attorney General Nor nM and Attorney General Frank Biddle on grounds of contention.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nor‘nm
Atty
Frank Biddle
Souvenirs From Saipan and Tarawa On Display in Bonham
Cpl. Weldon B. Armstrong USMC sends keepsakes from Saipan and Tarawa to Mr. and Mrs. Alvres Jones. The Bonham Style Shop window exhibits the Japanese flag and officer’s sword with signatures, a diary, cigarettes, a compass, a wrist watch, yen, chop sticks, lipstick, photos, and more. Armstrong, son of Ettie Armstrong of Dallas, is with the Second Marine Division and a former Bonham resident who helped land on Guadalcanal.
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Cpl
Weldon B. Armstrong
USMC
Alvres Jones
Saipan
Tarawa
Cpl. Armstrong
Ettie Armstrong
Dallas
Jones
Guadalcanal
Second Marine Division
Bonham
Death of Judge Ends Sedition Trial in Washington
Federal Judge Edward C. Eicher died of a heart attack at the courthouse ending the seven months sedition trial. The indictment remains, and the Justice Department must decide whether to restart the case. Lees was the named defendant, with 26 others previously tied to the indictment.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Eicher
Justice Department
Lees
Nazis Increase Resistance In Italian Sector
British 8th Army advances into the Po Valley meet strong German opposition near Alberta and Faenza. Rivers Lamone and Montone hinder crossings amid heavy fire and rain. Fifth Army reports about 60,000 German prisoners taken since Salerno landing, with operations constrained by bad weather.
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Rome
U.A
8Th Army
Po Valley
Alberta
Paenza
al- Hed
Lamone
Montene
Faenza
Fifth Army
Livergnano
Bolonna
I ‘Teruguctio
Modugiana
Salerno
Soldier Completes 50 Combat Missions In Italy
FECTOR.-T Sgt. David P. Snow engineer gunnery on a B 24 bomber with the 15th Air Force in Italy has completed 50 combat missions over enemy territory He has earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in combat flights and aided in evacuating American prisoners of war released in Romania and Bulgaria by air He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Snow and writes that he expects to return to the United States soon Wall Street men should make good farmers they know how to water the stock and shear the sheep.
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David P. Snow
15Th AF
Italy
Snow
Romania
Bulgaria
Ernest Snow
United States
Dodd City Marine Wounded In Action
Pvt Edward L White Jr US MCR son of Mrs Efe White of Dodd City has been wounded in action in the Pacific Theater of Operations according to a Navy Department announcement.
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Edward L. White, Jr
USMCR
Efe White
Dodd City
Navy Department
13 Japanese ships sunk by American air assault at Leyte
Allied forces announced that American bombers and fighters destroyed 13 Japanese ships near Leyte, including three destroyers, and killed about 4,000 enemy troops during a two day attack. Seven troop transports and three cargo ships were sunk as Japanese reinforcements were repelled at Ormoc.
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Leyte
Philippines
Thunderbolt
Lightning
George C. Kenney
U. S
5Th Air Force
Camotes Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Daily War Bulletin
Ormoc
MacArthur
Walch
Porti
Feagan Commended for Hospital Mess Improvements in France
Sgt. G. A. Feagan of the 62nd General Hospital in France received a special commendation from his company commander for cooperation and aggressiveness in improving the hospital mess. The award cites sanitation, orderly kitchens and dining halls, tasty food, minimal waste, and neat bearing observed during inspection on October 17. Feagan, a Fannin county native from Savoy area, has been in France since early summer after enlisting January 1942 and previous service in Belis. His wife and daughter live with his wife's parents in Ambrose.
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G. A. Peagan
62Nd General Hospital
France
Set. Feagan
Set
Feagan
Fannin County
Savoy
Belis
Grady Stone
Ambrose
Whispered plea or raised sigh on a social cue
Analysis notes a gendered view of voice tone as signals of desire or disappointment. It suggests women lower their voice to request something and raise it when unmet, reflecting stereotypes about communication styles. The piece contrasts intent with reception.
Ninth Army Opens New Offensive Against Ruhr
Paris NBC Nov 30 The US Ninth Army launched a strong attack aimed at Dusseldorf advancing on the Ruhr valley front while Seventh Army broke through toward the Saar area. First Army supported from Aachen toward Cologne as Beek Koslar and Lucher area villages fell and fortifications along the Roer line were pressed.
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Ninth Army
Ruhr
Hard Freeze Expected Hit Benham Tonight
Benham faces a hard freeze as temperatures drop from 32 degrees in the morning to as low as 18 degrees by night. Forecasters say clear skies will persist, bringing the coldest weather of the year to the region.
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Benham
Transportation Pay Received By Fannin Schools
A voucher for 12460 dollars, part payment for the 1944 45 transportation term, was received by the Fannin County superintendent. Curlee Cummings noted the amount due to each school was calculated and vouchers sent to the respective receiving schools. The article ends with a quip about salaries implying a large family.
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Curlee Cummings
Japanese push within 250 air miles of Chungking ends near Sino-Japanese war start
Japanese troops close to Chungking in the early Sino-Japanese War as they reach about 250 air miles from the capital. Chinese officials urge calm while noting Kweiyang remains a key Southwest China hub and that Japanese columns threaten broader routes.
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Chungking
A. C. Wecemeyer
P Oh. Chang
Officisl
Kweiyang
Kweichow
China
Kunming
Hunan
Chihlang
Kwangsi Province
U.S
Tukiang
Pachai
Kweilin
Munon-Kwangsi
Koelhil
Allied air raid hits German war plants in Ruhr and Saarbrucken
A force of nearly 3 000 Allied bombers and fighters struck the core of Germany's war industry. They hit synthetic oil plants in the Leipzig area three benzol plants in the Ruhr and major rail yards around Saarbrucken just behind the front. The effect is confirmed by the grim muster of headlines.
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London
Leipzig
Ruhr
Saarbrucken
Tolbukhin's 3rd Ukrainian Army Captures Pecs in Hungary
Soviet forces under Marshal Tolbukhin pushed toward Austria, capturing Pecs 104 miles from Vienna after crossing the Danube and advancing 25 miles southerly into western Hungary. The operation created a long triangular front across southern Hungary and northern Yugoslavia with over 30 towns and villages seized.
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London
U.P
Peodor TL
Tolbukhin
Danube
Budapest
Pecs
Hungary
Red
Austria
Yugoslavia
Josef Stalin
Berlin
West Bank
Bataszek
Mohncs
Belgrade
Ovijek
Moscow
Tolbukhins
Batina
Bertin
Churchill Announces New Lend Plan With United States
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that a new lend race arrangement with the United States will let Great Britain take a full share in the war against Japan after Germany is defeated.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
Lend-Lease Aid Cut By Half After European War Ends
The United States announced that lend-lease aid to the United Kingdom will be reduced by about 50 percent with the end of the European war. It said both nations can shift to a limited program of equitable economies and peacetime conversion.
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Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Four Die In Walnut Grove Fire After Stove Explosion
In Walnut Grove Missouri a house fire caused by a coal stove explosion killed four people the Garrett family and two young Barnett children. Bruce Garrett 11 was badly burned and Ridel Garrett 5 had minor burns while the house burned rapidly and could not be saved.
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Walnut Grove
Harley, Garrett
Barbara Barnett
Babe
Bruce Garrett
Garrett
Ridel
Prisco Railroad
Lloyd Barnett
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report Snapshot
Fort Worth livestock listing shows cattle 3400 head, calves 2000, prices for common and medium beef cattle, vealers, stocker calves and sows. Slower demand noted with activity around 800 to 1455 pounds, baring heavier butchers and lighter weights in the 1225 to 270 pound range.
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Fort Worth
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