Local Navy Seaman Alvin Meyer Receives Hospital Apprentice Rating
Pharmacist Mate Alvin Meyer joined the U S Navy June 17 1943. He trained in San Diego California earning Hospital Apprentice 3C and advanced to Hospital Apprentice 1C. Now stationed in San Francisco he is the son of Otto A and Mrs. Meyer of Cameron and Yee High School graduate.
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Alvin Meyer
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Otto A. Meyer
Cameron
Yee High School
Germans battered by massed Allied blows on multiple fronts
Allied advances slice through German lines from Normandy to the East. Soviet forces seize key bases on the Polish and Baltic fronts while the Red Army pushes toward Riga and the Vistula crossing. In Cameron, Mrs. W. R. Looney from Branchville visits.
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Germany
Berlin
Lwow
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Siaulai
Stanislawow
Rezekne
Vistula River
Normandy
St. Lo
Mbers
Lessay
Periers
Coutaneces
Stalin
Red Army
Vistula
Brest-Litovsk
Kaunas
Poland
Europe
East Prussia
July 28 1944 marks World War’s broad beginning note
An entry notes July 28 1944 as a World War start reference. It highlights a historical milestone marking the war’s onset. The brief connects the date to global conflict onset without further details.
Two Men Held Here For Robberies in Milano and Rockdale
Omar Pope and Earl Whitaker, 19 and 21, are jailed in Milam county on charges of robberies in Rockdale and Milano. They allegedly held up a San Marcos night marshal and took a 45 Colt pistol. Local Sheriff-elect Carl Black and District Attorney Ed Gunn pursued and arrested the pair in a Cameron hotel after a 24 hour investigation. The robbers also targeted Cook Grocery Peeples Hardware and C A Nance service station in Rockdale and stole a minister Rev Brown's revival car, later found in Milano. A stolen pickup tied to H H Maddox was recovered in Milano.
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Omar Pope
Earl Whitaker
Milam County
Rockdale
Milano
San Marcos
Carl C. Black
Sherriff-Elect
Black
Ed Gunn
Carl Black
the Herald
Cook Grocery
Peeples Hardware Store
C. A. Nance
Rev. Brown
H. H. Maddox
Cameron
Mr. Black
Merchant Marine
Houston
Pope
Whitaker
Planning Board Here Hold First Meeting
Cameron's Planning Board held its first meeting since appointment by Mayor Chas. C. Smith two months ago. Chairman H. M. Hefley led discussions in the First National Bank directors room.
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Cameron
Chas. C. Smith
H. M. Hefley
First National Bank
L. F. Gohmert
Eber Flinn
H. H. Stedman
Albert Matula
Clifford Swith
J. B. White
Caning 1944 Guidance Warns on Low Acid Veg
Good Housekeeping Magazine cautions that only boil in water canning should be used for tomatoes and fruits. It warns against pressure canning for low acid vegetables due to botulism risk and notes rising food poisoning cases nationwide.
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Good Housekeeping Magazines
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Eight Avenue
New York
N. Y
City considers bonds to fund improvements and admin building
Mayor Smith advocates converting the old grammar school into a City Administration building. The board agrees on issuing bonds at current low rates, noting Cameron’s lack of debt and saving 35 40 cents per dollar in interest. The board can only recommend. full action rests with city government. Dess Offord of Milano transacted business in Cameron Monday.
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Smith
Cameron
Dess Offord
Milano
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Christ
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Curry
Mamie A. Hefley
Arn
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East 7Th Street
Mack’s Oil Company
A. W. McCullin
Planning Board
Clifford Swift
University of Texas
Terest
Emory B. Camp
Baskin
Cameron, Texas
Marek Burns
America
Victory
Uncle Sam
Mbottle
Pearl Beer
United States
Ray Lester
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