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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
5
Seaman 9/e Joseph Ramsey returns to duty after a 20 day visit with relatives in Katy. He spent time with his parents and sisters and was honored at a barbecue. He has been on Pacific duty for 21 months, seeing action at Tarawa and Saipan.
Mrs. E H Martin shows a four and a half pound bass from local lakes while noting keen competition with her sister in law Mrs. D Agopian in the same fishing scene.
Pattison Club women showcase a pantry of about 1200 processed food containers as part of a war time contribution. Mrs. Roy Wright and Mrs. Lawrence Ehlert describe methods learned from A and M Extension and county agents, noting canning of meat, fruit, vegetables, and corn using hot water baths, pressure canning, and new techniques to ensure safety, nutrition, and flavor.
For sale new and used Turner 3 cylinder peanut pickers with two motors including a Red Seal Continental 10 25 H P and a John Deere 6 H P Sta Eng plus a Leta rouhage mill all in Hempstead Texas A A Corry phone 290.
Editors request all local news items for publication before noon on Wednesday. Submit briefs, notes, and notices from community groups, schools, and businesses for timely inclusion.
Fred L Hammerling of Camp Pickett Virginia is home on furlough and appears ready for action. Mrs Willie Sue Cooper attended the funeral of Mrs Frank Fields at Fulshear. Rose Marie Harrison of Houston visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Geo Harrison. Mrs D Agopian and Mrs Reese Jones return from a short visit to Ingleside. Lilly Mae Adams returns to Houston after visiting her parents. Mrs Ruth Fonmuller was a Houston visitor Thursday and Friday.
Notarized notice for Brookshire Times listing publisher A B Anderson as owner and publisher at Brookshire Texas with Hempstead address. States no known bondholders or security holders. Sworn Sept 3 1944 by Mabel Shearer Notary Public, commission expires 1945.
Fairmont West Virginia reports that Marine Pfc Lawrence Woodward on Bougainville preferred a blackjack to a hunting knife, noting the enemy “squealed” when struck. His father J F Woodward confirms the weapon is effective with jerky, quiet kills and the line Que pop no squeal no Jap.
Rome endured repeated assaults and sieges from Gauls Etruscans and Visigoths shaping its rise from a village to a global power. The fall of the western empire came after attacks by Attila the Hun and Vandals. The city faced 1527 slaughterFrench 1798 occupation and Napoleon era upheavals before unification in 1870 and the 1922 march on Rome ending the monarchy.
Judge Lenn BR Yankwich in Los Angeles weighs a case as a beekeeper sits on a jury, a temporary hold on proceedings creating tension and anticipation within the courtroom.
A juror named Paul J. McDonald explains his bees vanished after a box he used to raise honey attracted a swarm. The judge concludes the tale shows why he cannot sit as juror and excuses him.
In KEMMERER Wyoming the 1900 act of kindness by Mollie Huhlburt Arlington Ore teacher who lent three children $1 to buy circus tickets is repaid with $97.50 as compound interest from Sidney Searle Condon Ore now a Diamondville teacher notes.
Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry announced the 10-in-1 ration at the Institute of Food Technologists conference in Chicago. He said the versatile ration feeds 10 men for a day or five for two days with five menu options, designed for bivouac use after front line operations and reflecting civilian spillover from military research.
Pvt. Barney J. Thurman on duty in England parachuted down and unexpectedly encountered his cousin Lieut. Clint Cowden in a passing formation near Kilgore Texas. The near collision highlighted a rare family reunion during service.
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