20 000 Men Now In Alaskan Battle Zone
The report notes 20 000 American soldiers in Alaska and a large U.S. air base, with wartime movements described as the largest since World War I. It mentions extensive troop shifts toward the Philippines, a huge Hawaiian force, and potential enemies Russia and Japan. The piece also covers Allied concerns in Europe and the Mediterranean with references to Gibraltar and Tripoli.
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Alaskan
United States
Phillipine Islands
Washington News
Phillipines
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Soviet Russia
America
Russia
Japan
Atlantic
Britain
Germany
Knickerbocker
Temple
Thermopalae
Balkans
Gibraltar
Hitler
Hoyte Colored School notable at Prairie View meet
The Hoyte Colored School won first in Arithmetic and third in female solo at the state meet in Prairie View on March 18. Report by Emelia G Greer, principal.
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Hoyte Colored School
Prairie View
Emelia G. Greer
Houston couple visit Cameron to see injured mother
R A Houston and his wife from Duval County visited Cameron to see his mother Mrs Andy Houston who had been injured the previous week by a fall breaking her shoulder. They returned home late Sunday.
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R. A. Houston
Duval County
Cameron
Andy Houston
Eulin Wiley
Marlin
Bob Wiley
Mary O'Neill Moves Up At The Herald
Mary O Neill now in Corpus Christi holds a new position with increased pay and a promotion. She serves as secretary to M M Robinson Superintendent of the Railway at the Naval Air Base while keeping her original construction office role. The Herald staff praises her progress and notes twenty years of newsroom training and advancement.
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Mary O'Neill
Corpus Christi
Herald Force
Herald
Miss O'Neill
Corpus Christi Caller
M. M. Robinson
Naval Air Base
Broome
The
Mary
Dallas
Business Women Hear Mrs Collier at Marlin Banquet
Mrs Judd Collier of Mumford spoke at the Blue Bonnet banquet for the Business and Professional Women's Club in Marlin on Important Legislation of the Day. Miss Marjorie Rogers presided over a business session. Afterward attendees toured the Flower Garden at Hotel Falls and a Blue Bonnet Trail camera program showcased the tulipless blue blooms and evening dress groups.
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Judd Collier
Mumford
Business & Professional Women
Marlin
Marjorie Rogers
Old fashioned ox wagon draws crowd at Cameron event
A display featured an ox wagon in period costume with a farming gear setup including rakes hoes plows traces kettles and camping gear. A merry family of children in era clothing was the center of attention while modern autos contrasted progress from the past fifty years. Attendees from the Cameron Business and Professional Women's Club included Lilian Atkinson Lara Meyers Delphya Scott Theresa Robinson Cora Cammer Jackie Alexander and Dixie White. Clyde Cummings visited relatives in San Gabriel over the weekend.
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Cameron Business & Professional Women’s Club
Lilian Atkinson
Lara Meyers
Delphya Scott
Mesdames Theresa Robinson
Cora Cammer
Jackie Alexander
Dixie White
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Turkey
France
Spain
Portugal
Daily Herald
Dakar
South America
Suez
North Africa
Syria
Tripoli
du Pont
GU Pon
Ragers
Wm. P. Carey Lumber Company
Wallace
Attorneys AT Law
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
Mary O’neill
S. H. Burnett
Corsicana
W. D. Bigbee
Elizabeth Burnett
Bigbee
Byrne Airplane School
Texas
Byrne College
School of Commerce
Mrs. Collier
Clyde Cummings
San Gabriel
A. E. Schiller
Texaco
Lone Star
Lone Star Gas System
A Horey
Wood Street
Vane Gs
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