Hero of the Aleutian campaign Fritz Matzig
The Herald features Pfc. Fritz Matzig later of Cameron son of Mr and Mrs Carl Matzig now serving in the Harbor Craft Detachment after training at Camp Wolters and Tacoma and a six month infantry tour in the Aleutians. His comrades praise his record and note he and his unit read The Herald each week.
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Pfc
Fritz Matzig
Herald
Aleutian Island
Matzig
Carl Matzig
Cameron
Army
Camp Wolters
Tacoma
Washington
High Seas
Aleutian Islands
The
Wallace Dunham Returns Home for Rest Before Sept 1 Report
Wallace Dunham, back from Italy with his wife and 14 month old son Wallace Jr., rests at Cameron before reporting for reassignment on September 1. Dunham among 77 of 15 000 in the 36th Division to be allowed home. may not return to war theatre. Also noted is Frank Hrozek, 18, from Cameron in Merchant Marine service after two months back at sea.
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Wallace Dunham
Italy
Cameron
Sgt. Dunham
San Antonio
Dunham
Jesse Martin
Wallace, Jr
36Th
Mediterranean
Frank Hrozek
Merchant Marine
Yee High School
Atlantic
Rosebud
Beachhead 125 Miles Secured in Southern France Invasion
A 125 mile beach head on France’s southern coast near Toulon and Marseille was secured at noon Tuesday in a Mediterranean invasion involving 800 ships. The landing, from the sea and air, encountered little opposition with 3 German Messerschmitt planes downed. Allied forces included Americans and British, with French troops fighting on home soil for the first time in this war. General Patton leads the Third Army as Senate moves to grant him permanent major general rank.
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France
Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
Toulon
Marseille
United States
English Channel
United Nations
Wilson
Winston Churchill
Italy
Red Army
East Prussia
Eisenhower
Normany
Geral George Patton
Washington
Senate Military Affairs
Patton
North Africa
Maniac Drivers Cause Near Fatal Wreck in Cameron
A dip driver in Cameron ran Lt. Wilson Mode’s car off North Travis late Friday, sending him to MacClosgy Hospital in critical condition after an emergency operation. The Herald reports the crash followed a pattern of reckless driving with little enforcement.
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Cameron
Wilson Mode
United States Army Air Corps
MacClosgy Hospital
Mode
Herlad
North Travis
Europe
Germans Retreat Narrowed as Allied Offensives Advance
Allied forces drive the German Seventh army from Normandy toward Paris with Argentan severed as air and land pressure tightens the retreat corridor to 18 miles. Bradley’s Yanks reach Le Mans area while Eastern front Russians report gains east of Riga and near East Prussia. In Italy, Empoli falls to the British Eighth, while Adriatic bridgeheads expand south of Rimini.
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Paris
Argentan
Seventh Army
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
le Mans
Supreme Headquarters
Falaise
Caen
Mortain
Madonna
Riga
Latvia
Estonia
East Prussia
Warsaw
Vistula
Italy
Eighth
Empoli
Florence
Lower
Arno
Adriatic
Cesano
Rimini
France
Yugoslavia
Bay of
Bicay
Major Thomas J. White Arrives on U S Shore Leave
Major Thomas J. White, veteran of 15 months in the 9th Air Force based in England, arrived in the United States on shore leave. He wired relatives Sunday from Camp Burenguard, La., and it is believed he will visit Mrs. White in Houston, who has stayed there since he went overseas.
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Thomas J. White
9Th Air Force
England
United States
Philippines thrust stirs Japanese anxiety
War Department reports heavy US losses and Japan’s claims of possible invasion of the Philippines. Bombing raids by B-29s hit Japan and the Philippines while Allied forces push toward Paris. Disarray noted in Hungary and Germany as the war progresses on multiple fronts.
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Guam
War Department
United States
Tokyo
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
Philippines
MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Antonesque
Hungary
Berlin
Hitler
China
Japan
Sumatria
France
Paris
Nemy Ter
Aggravated incident charges filed after razor attack
Deputy Sheriff Carl Black filed aggravated incident charges Saturday against a Black woman in a razor attack on a Black woman. The victim was hospitalized but expected to recover. The incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute involving a Black man.
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Carl Black
Lieutenant Mode Injured in Cameron Car Crash
Lieut G W Mode of the United States Army Air Corps was badly hurt in a late Friday Cameron crash. He was rushed to McClosky Hospital Temple by government ambulance after striking a curb and tree while avoiding another car. At least four Modes served in the armed forces, including Tech St John Mode and Pfc Gerald Mode.
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G. W. Mode
United States Army Air Corps
Cameron
Mode
McClosky Hospital
Temple
Leland Denson
Lieut
McClosky
Lieut. Mode
John Mode
North Travis
Tech St
John R. Mode
United States Marine Air Corps
Gerald Mode
Camp Mountain Hawk
Idaho
Clayton Mode
Army Air Corps
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Galveston, Texas
Fred Lazek
Sr. Cameron
Ida Foster
State University
Tommie Foster
Bess Joslin
Ruth Wiley
Frank Monroe
Bates
Maj
U.S
Wallace
Attorneys AT Law
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
Elizabeth
Arden
Elizabeth Arden
Geo. A. Thomas and Sons
Prescription Druggists Service
Marek Burns
MR. Caywood
Schuhmacher
Bredt & Haley
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Coca-Cola
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