Roving Ambassadors and Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart surveys roving envoys in diplomacy, praising Madame Chiang Kai-shek as an exceptional rover. He contrasts her soft, effective approach with official ambassadors and highlights her deep knowledge of China's postwar needs and her skill in engaging Western leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Chiang
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Britain
Roosevelt
Tony” Eden
John Bull
Eden
Rover
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Mme Chiang
Mme. Chiang
Washington
England
Elizabeth
Chiang
Menri VIII
China
Mme. Chianb
Chungking
The
Russia
Fence Materials Removed From Rationed List
The Texas USDA War Board announced fencing materials are removed from the farm machinery rationing program, with no purchaser applications required. The program aimed to direct 75 machinery types to essential needs, and restrictions on fencing remain to ensure supplies serve immediate farming production. Dealers should limit sales to producers for increased agricultural output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Usda War Board
Texas
Harris Family Mention From Chicago Tl
T. E. Harris of Chicago Illinois and his family are noted this week alongside Dr and Mrs FE Harris, reflecting a social or community mention in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Harris
Chicago
FE. P. Harris
Bowie Cagers Begin Spring Training After Strong Season
Bowie High boys basketball opens spring training with seven lettermen returning from a 1943 winning season that included the Montague County championship. Coach Hughes lists Jimmie Williams Paul Garrett J D White Tommy Chandler Billy King David Latham Herbert Arledge as lettermen plus non lettermen such as Jimmie Currie Bobby Walker Thurman Mc Gaugh Bennie Tidwell Thurman Miller Jackie Lovette and Charles Burnett. The squad also made a Christmas trip to Oklahoma City to attend an all college sixteen bracket meet and practiced with Capitol Hill High School and the state meet in Austin as part of their yearly travel with North East Texas College at Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Hughes
Jimmie Williams
Paul Garrett
J. D. White
Tommy Chandler
Billy King
David Latham
Herbert Arledge
Jimmie Currie
Bobby Walker
Thurman McGaugh
Bennie Tidwell
Thurman Miller
Jackie Lovette
Charles Burnett
Montague
Oklahoma City
Capitol Hill High School
Austin
Bowie High Cage
Texas College
Denton
Revival Meeting Opens April 17 At Assembly of God Gospel Hall
Beginning Saturday April 17 at 8 15 pm a revival meeting will be held each evening at the Assembly of God Gospel Hall conducted by Rev and Mrs Ted Vassar two returned missionaries from Poona India An India article will be shown each night with comments The public is invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Gospel Hall
P. S. Stallings & Co
Ted Vassar
Poona
India
Local Ration Board Office To Be Moved
The Bowie office of the Montague County Board will move from the Walthall Building to the Lovett building next to Cotton's Cafe on West Wise Street. Chairman M Posey announced the move, to be completed before May 1, due to the ration program’s duration and need for a larger space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Montague County Board
Walthall Building
Lovett Building
Cotton’s Cafe
West Wise Street
M. Posey
Posey
Bowie High School Officers Commissioned in Armed Forces
A Bowie incomplex survey shows many ex Bowie and Bowie High School students have received commissions. The list includes Colonel Durance Burns Majors Joe Allan Speirs and Bill Callaway Captain David Majors Captain Alfred Davies Lieutenants and Ensigns George Cline A L Kincer Robert Watham Vaughn Griffin Richard Ovenstreet Jack Tinney Clifford Wagner Bob Majors John Majors Kenneth Walker Bettis Coffield Howell Thomas Jones Robinson Bobby McDaniel Dan Lee Martin Jr Smokey Gray W F Robinson Melvin Tucker Charles Pierce Junior Davenport Bobby Price John Black Jr Bill Tucker John Stallings Fay Ray Clingman and the late Kenneth Reddy. Further ex-students are welcome to contact Bowie High School for complete information. Many Bowie boys are in advanced aviation training awaiting commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie High School
Bowie
Durance Burns
Joe Allan Speirs
Bill Callaway
David Majors
Alfred Davies
George Cline
A. L. Kincer
Robert Watham
Vaughn Griffin
Richard Ovenstreet
Jack Tinney
Clifford Wagner
Bob Majors
John Majors
Kenneth Walker
Bettis Coffield
Howell Thomas
Jones Robinson
Bobby McDaniel
Dan Lee Martin, Jr
Smokey Gray
W. F. Robinson
Melvin Tucker
Charles Pierce
Junior Davenport
Bobby Price
John Black, Jr
Bill Tucker
John Stallings
Fay Ray Clingman
Kenneth Reddy
Gospel Singers Meet In Bowie Sunday
Community gospel singers gathered at First Christian Church in Bowie last Sunday. Under G Dece Jackson they sang hymns and elected officers. A motion passed to adopt Modern Favorite Songs as the regular song book with books available from secretary Miss Gladys Monroe. Elected officers: J C Price president, Fred Wall vice president, Miss Gladys Monroe secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Gospel Singers
Bowie
First Christian Church
G. Dece Jackson
Gladys Monroe
J. C. Price
Fred Wall
Former Bowie Resident Dies in California
Mrs J Managin a former Bowie resident died at her Riverside California home on April 14 services are set for Friday morning at Riverside with limited details available funeral arrangements not fully known
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Managin
Bowie
Riverside
California
Riverside Lurther
Simmons and Harlow Attend Pellevue Second Monday
W. P. Simmons A. Y. Simmons and Lem Harlow were present for the Pellevue Second Monday gathering, signaling local social or business engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. and
A. Y. Simmons
Lem Harlow
Pellevue
Bowie Lions Club Sponsors FFA Gilt Gifts at Bowie High
Four Bowie High School FFA members will receive gilts this spring under a chain plan funded by the Bowie Lions Club and chapter funds. First year Roy Phemister, second year Wayne Sumners, third year Oliver Scroggins, and top all round agriculture boy cv. D- White are named as gilt recipients who will donate their litters back to the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Future Farmers of America
Bowie High School
Bowie Lions Club
A. D. Wheat
Roy Phemister
Wayne Sumners
Oliver Scroggins
Cv. D- White
Wood Dry Dry Goods Proprietor Buys Merchandise in Dallas
Mr E H Wood proprietor of Wood Dry Dry Goods visited Dallas on Wednesday to purchase merchandise for his store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Wood
Wood Dry Dry Goods
Dallas
What You Buy With WAR BONDS
The piece explains how War Savings Bonds fund cavalry horses and remount farms for the U S Army. It notes horse prices from 100 to 165 dollars and urges citizens to invest at least 10 percent of income in War Bonds to support the cavalry and field artillery. The message comes from the U S Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Nde
U.S Cavalry
U.S. Treasury Department
Peanut Pickers Released For Sale To Farmers In Texas
B F Vance announces immediate release of about 320 peanut pickers for sale in Texas with more to follow for 1943 harvest. County and state USDA war boards will allocate machines by acres goals and current use, to ensure maximum peanut production under the Food For Freedom program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
B. F Vance
Texas Usda War Board
Usda War Boards
Vance
State War Board
O W Watson Elected Rotary Club President
The Bowie Rotary Club board met Wednesday afternoon and elected O W Watson as president for the coming year with Paul Boedeker as vice president Rev A J Quinn as second vice president Mark Campbell as secretary and treasurer The regular luncheon was not held as Rotarians and their guests the Rotary Anns were entertained by Dr and Mrs Cr Dodsworth for a forty two party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Rotary Club
O.W. Watson
Paul Boedeker
A. J. Quinn
Mark Campbell
Rotarians
Rotary Anns
Cr. Dodsworth
Texas Exceeds Quota War Bond Sales
Frank Schofield Texas War Bond Administrator reports March Series E sales totaling 27,014,554.25 dollars against a 24,500,000 quota, a 10.2 percent overage despite income tax impact. March places among the top three wartime bond months with December 1942 and January 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schofield
Texas
Bowie Boxers Fall Short in Nocona Exhibition Nights
Nocona defeated Bowie nine of twelve matches in Friday night bouts at the Bowie City auditorium. Most outcomes were in lighter weight classes. Stoneburg and Bowie youths also competed in three round performances. Bowie plans to stage further Noe ona matches soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Nocona
Bowie City Auditorium
Stoneburg
Service Men News From Bowie and Surrounding Areas
Multiple Bowie residents receive military updates from World War II service. Pvt Leon Randell, Guadalcanal veteran, rests in a South Pacific recuperation camp. Pvt Meredith Miller recently operated on and listed as satisfactory. Pvt Max Chandler stationed at Camp Howze with Division Surgeon’s Office after induction February 9. Roy D Sanders Jr heads to Santa Ana for Army Air Corps basic training. Charles O Womack returns home on convalescent furlough after Ireland service. WAAC trainee Dorothy M Wiggins completes basic at Fort Des Moines and enters specialist training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Randell
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Pvt
Randell
A. C. Baccus
Bowie
Meredith Miller
D. C. Miller
Max Chandler
Camp How Ze
Iex
Ville
Texas
Divson
Army
L. L. Chandler
Roy D Sanders, Jr
Roy Sanders
Santa Ana California
Army Air Corps
Air Corps Reserve
Sanders
Austin National Bank
Austin
WAAC
Dorothy M. Wiggins
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Red Cross Meeting In Montague Sunday
A Montague County Red Cross chapter meeting will meet in the District Court room in Montague at 3 30 p m Sunday April 18 to elect officers for the coming year. All interested are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Chapter of
Red Cross
Montague
Greenwood Expresses Thanks to Voters
Greenwood thanks voters for support in city election and pledges helpful criticism to protect the city. Mrs E Dorouty of Alstead New Hampshire, guest in the Mangum home, visited Mrs Willis of Lawdon Oklahoma and will return home to New Hampshire next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neanantey
E. Dorouty
Alstead N. H
E R. Mangum
Willis
Lawdon
Oklahoma
Prouty
New Hampshire
Bowie Majestic Theatre Preview and Serial Lineup
The Bowie Majestic lists Friday and Saturday showings of Counter Espionage starring William Warren with Charles Starrett and Shirley Patterson in Riding Through Nevada. Sunday and Monday feature A Night to Remember co led by Loretta Young and Brian Aherne plus Adventures of Smiling Jack serial. Tuesday highlights Edward Arnold Fay painter in War Against Hadley and Valley of Vanishing Men serial. Wednesday and Thursday present Sonja Rene and John Payne in See See.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warren
Charles Starrett
Shirley Patterson
Nevada
Smiling Jack
Loretta Young
Brian Aherne
Edward Arnold
Fay
Painter
S. Hadley
Sonjarene
John Payne
Shoe Stores Told to File Inventory by April 18
Montague County War Price Board chairman M Posey warns shoe stores to take inventory as of April 10 and file by April 18 with the county board. Late filing may be allowed in proper cases. banks must open ration bank accounts or file inventory with the district office to receive registration numbers and certificates for shoe purchase allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Posey
Montague County War Price and Rationing Board
County War Price and Rationing Board
Osey
OPA
Posey
City Officials Sworn in for Two Year Terms
Pre meeting ceremony swore in all city officials except two councilmen. Jesse Barnes named to fill vacancy of H. O Brown. re elected officials include Mayor J. C. McNatt Aldermen Ogden Clarke Gordon Cady and A E Horn. J C Pirtle Tandy Webca and Barney Whitehead also sworn in as city secretary city marshal and city recorder. Holdover members are Winfield Scott and C O Garrett. Bowie News named official city paper for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Barnes
H. O- Brown
J. C. McNatt
Ogden Clarke
Gordon Cady
A. E Horn
J. C. Pirtle
Tandy Webca
Barney Whitehead
Controlling Vegetable Insects in Home Gardens
Entomologist Dr H G Johnston advises an offensive, recurring four to five day spray plan to curb vegetable pests. Use creolite and calcium arsenate for flea beetles and worms, nicotine sulfate for plant lice, and home made dusters or sprayers. Target plant lice and squash bugs with sulfur mixes and thorough surface coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Johnston
Ax & M. College Extension Service
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Stewart
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Lord Halifax
Bowie Cagers
Rommel
FFA
O. W. Watson
Rotary Club
Fort Sam Houston
Fpfc
Charles Womack
Pfe
Charles O. Womack
Ida Womack
Camp Perry
Ohio
B G. Adams
Denver
Womack
Ireland
United States
Greenwood
S. L- Greenwood
Bowie Majestic
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