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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
2
The passage from Psalms 19 1 3 proclaims that the heavens reveal Gods glory and the firmament proclaims His handiwork Day to day pours forth speech and night to night reveals knowledge There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard
The piece praises Bowie Texas as a prime farm to market hub with strong highway and rail links. It highlights Rock Island and Fort Worth and Denver rail service, truck routes to the panhandle and Denver, large buy stations for eggs poultry and cream, and trade in furs and pecans. It urges better farm to market roads and cooperative efforts between businessmen and farmers to boost livestock and poultry profits into 1945 and beyond.
Frank Hurn, district chairman, notes shortages in truck tires and gasoline due to army demands, with butter and sugar scarce on the home front. He urges board members to be conservative, attend meetings, and encourage public cooperation to sustain rationing programs in Clay County.
Austin official Frank Scofield announces under the 1944 Revenue Act all taxpayers must file final 1944 declarations or estimated returns by January 15 1945. Farmers may file a final return January 1 15 and need not file a separate declaration. Installment notices remain due January 15 1945 and paying in full by that date avoids penalties.
A citizen commits to investing all income above necessities into War Bonds to fund equipment for American forces. The pledge aims to support victory and prepare a financial reserve for peacetime, ensuring a stronger postwar nation once sons return home.
Park Springs notes report W T Culverhouse with two broken ribs after a wagon mishap and recovery at home. W L Huckabee of Wichita Falls sufers smoke shock from the State hospital fire and is improving. Set Powers on furlough visiting relatives after 32 months in Alaska. Families from Beaumont Ringgold Fort Worth and Pioneer share holiday visits. Park Springs Valley Ball girls beat Paradise with five players present. Dorothy Daniels and LaVerne Carlisle visit from Bowie and Wichita Falls, while Pearl Beaty vacations in Henrietta Olney and Garee.
John Wayne headlines the film Tall in the Saddle with showings Sunday and Second Monday, January 7 and 8, amid festive screenings and local theater notices.
Sgt. Joe A. Pigg of Bowie Texas and wife Bobbie Jo Pigg has been awarded the Air Medal by the U S Eighth Air Force for meritorious achievement as a waist gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress with the 92nd Bombardment Group during combat missions over enemy territory The award was announced by the commanding general of the Eighth Air Force Pigg is a Bowie High School graduate and former Rock Island Railroad employee The report also notes family visits from area residents and unrelated local quotes and notices.
Capt W E Hunt stationed at Camp Polk La after 16 years of service in the South Pacific visited Mr and Mrs Jno B Hunt recently The Marine Corps and their enforcements including Capt Hunt were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for bravery on Guadalcanal He led the hospital there as an Army doctor
A poetic line describes a flyer who carries a flute and, at the start of each sudden incident mission, plays Show Me The Way To Go Home as a personal prayer for direction and safe passage.
Billy Wagonseller 21 of Fruitland Texas promoted by Lt Col George Y Jumper commander of the 385th Bombardment Group England from corporal to sergeant. Wagonseller serves as a ball turret gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress preparing for combat in the German bombing offensive. He is the son of Amos and Mrs Wagonseller and studied at Bowie High School and North Texas State Teachers College before joining the Army Air Forces in January 1943. He earned aerial gunnery wings at Laredo Field Texas in May 1943.
A Christmas greeting arrives at the Bowie News from Pvt Lloyd Ratliff stationed in England. The lighthearted cartoon message conveys holiday cheer and updates readers on his wartime service.
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