Frank Smith Dies in Bryan Hospital at 71
Frank Smith 71, brother of Cameron City Marshal A. E. Smith, died at 9 a m Wednesday in a Bryan hospital after a heart stroke and heat. He was returning from Houston to Rosebud when stricken. Funeral in Rosebud, hour not announced. Survived by seven living children and two brothers. several places in Texas noted.
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Frank Smith
A. E. Smith
Cameron
Bryan
Mr. Smith
Houston
Rosebud
Gonzales
Caldwell
Bell County
Sam Smith
Temple
Ernest Smith
Jim Smith
Harvey Smith
Sherman Smith
Harry Pritchard
Thorndale
Ernest Archer
Moss
Harlingen
Affidavits point to Granger men in Buckholts wounding case
Affidavits identify Willie Reisner and Joe Michal of Granger as the drivers in the 1935 Buckholts hit run that left two 15 year olds crippled. Limited by statute, no arrests can be made, but investigators have established guilt through eye witness affidavits after six years.
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Buckholts
Herald
J. Horstmann
Leslie Sakowitz
L. R. Abel, Jr
Willie Reisner
Joe Michal
Granger
Graham Gillis
District Court
R. F. Kaatz
Bueckholts State Bank
Kaatz
Emily Abel
D. R. Criswell
Justice of Peace
Sam Miller
Emilie Zalesky
Miller
Reisner
Michal
Daily Herald
Weekly Herald
Emily Able
Doe Plsek
Texas
Florin
Max
Emily Slavik
Mar
Milam County Manhunt Follows Escapee Cobb Rumor
Officers in Milam County plus highway patrol chased a man thought to be L C Cobb an escapee and killer. A Bryan resident was chased and identified himself with proof after being stopped at Branchville and Maysfield. Cobb escaped from a prison farm near Huntsville and was heading toward Cameron with lawmen blocking roads statewide.
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Milam County
L. C. Cobb
Brazos County
LeRoy Massengale
Bryan
Branchville
Maysfield
Cobb
Cameron
Austin
Huntsville
Bell County
Temple
Sharpe
Harris County
Cuttons vital role in U S defense said by official
Frank Cheeves chair of Milam County Cotton Industry Committee notes about 12 percent of cotton textile production goes to defense materials. He claims hundreds of cotton articles are used in large quantities by the armed forces. Contnued on page 4.
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Americas
Frank Cheeves
Milam County
Donates Brace to Newton Clinic Here
Henry Pilling of Elm Ridge donates a neck brace to the Newton Clinic in Cameron. Built at Cameron Machine Shop under Dr. W. R. Newton Jr. the brace aided his late father after a farm hay baler accident. It is now available for others with similar injuries.
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Henry Pilling
Elm Ridge
Newton Clinic
Cameron
W. R. Newton, Jr
Pilling
Man in Jail Here For Beating Wife
B. H. Rydell is jailed in Milam County on a wife beating charge. He was arrested Sunday night by Constables Pete Harwell and Gambill near Davilla. Rydell failed to pay a fine in Justice Court at Sharp and was transferred to Cameron jail.
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B. H. Rydell
Milam
Rydell
Pete Harwell
Cameron
George Gambill
Sharp
Herlad
Gambill
Davilla
Arrest in Silver City for Corn and Chicken Theft
G. P. Touchstone of Silver City was arrested by Constable Pete Harwell on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. at a car wrecking shop on the Slocomb Gin lot. He is charged with stealing three chickens from a neighbor sold to Fairmont Steamery Company and 119 bushels of corn from L. C. Boyd, later sold to A. N. Weems mill in Cameron. A seed fork was also sold to Weems. Touchstone lived on the Boyd farm.
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G. P. Touchstone
Silver City
Pete Harwell
Slocomb
Harwell
Touchstone
Fairmont Steamery Company
L. C. Boyd
A. N. Weems
Cameron
Weems
Boyd
Buckholts Visitor T. V. Adams Sees Cameron Business District
T. V. Adams of Buckholts spent Tuesday visiting Cameron for business. He toured local firms and discussed potential deals with Cameron merchants and manufacturers.
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T. V. Adams of
Buckholts
Cameron
City imposes 12am to 7am liquor ban on Deer-Whiskey area
City Council enacted an ordinance prohibiting liquor or beer sales within city limits from midnight to 7 a.m. and at any venue allowing dancing after 12 a.m. The measure aims to aid police efforts and curb late night drinking while allowing sales again after 7 a.m.
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Gene Smith
Smith
Louie Cohen Hurt in Truck Accident at Green and Boedeker Store
Louie Cohen was injured Friday night at 7 p m when struck by a truck operated by a store employee while at the Green and Boedeker store to pay his bill. He suffered a badly broken right hip and remained bedridden at home, with friends expressing regret over the accident.
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Louie Cohen
Cameron Hospital
Green & Boedeker
Cohen
Roosevelt reports on high seas talks and war aims
President Roosevelt told Congress the world’s path to lasting peace rests on the eight point plan agreed with Winston Churchill during recent high sea talks. He warned the struggle will be long and bitter, calling for broad goals including religious freedom and denouncing Germany’s autocracy. The report echoes Wilson in tone, with no commitment on victory or U.S. action, while newspapers press for war and cite the siege of Leningrad as a perilous backdrop.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Winston Churchill
High Seas
Wilson
United States
England
Germany
Russia
Leningrad
N Renegar Dies in Waco at 86
J N Renegar 86, former Cameron resident, died Wednesday morning at his Waco home. Funeral services were held Thursday at Ben Arnold with burial in Ben Arnold cemetery after a Baldger-Haney service. Born in Nashville Tennessee, he moved to Milam County in childhood and married Elizabeth Bloomer in 1890. Survived by widow Elizabeth and two sons Milton and Odis, all of Waco.
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J. N. Renegar
Cameron
Waco
Ben Arnold
Baldger-Haney
Mr. Renegar
Nashville
Tennessee
Texas
Milam County
Elizabeth Bloomer
Elizabeth Renegar
Milton
Odis
Probation for Two Who Steal Gasoline
J B Lane and Luther Russell of Milano received probation from District Attorney W A Morrison after being arrested by Deputy Constable Ed Blackman for stealing gasoline from state road grade tanks. They were jailed briefly then released on probation Monday.
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J. B. Lane
Luther Russell
Milano
W. A
Bill) Morison
Lane
Russell
Ed Blackman
Rockey and Yates Wed in Maysfield Ceremony
Luther Alton Rockey and Miss Ann Ella Yates were united in matrimony Saturday afternoon by Judge Jeff T. Kemp. Both reside in Maysfield and will establish their home there in the future.
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Luther Alton Rockey
Ann Ella Yates
Jeff T. Kemp
Mrs. Rockey
Maysfield
Weather talk and church attendance rise in panhandle note
A Texas Panhandle traveler chats with an old settler about rain while reports note 295 in Sunday School 74 in Training Union and offerings of 142.19 dollars, $50 short of the goal. Baptists join a united service at the Methodist church as Methodists Presbyterians Christians and Tabernacle members attend.
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Texas Panhandle
Val
Training Union
United Service
Cato Cafe Holds Open House for Second Anniversary
Cato's Cafe observes its second anniversary with an open house this Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. August 22. Refreshments will be served to all visitors as Mrs. Cato thanks patrons and supporters for the cafe's success.
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Cato
Elephants Exhibit by Miss Blaylock in Cameron City
Miss Lucille Blaylock displays her elephant collection at the Palace of Sweets in Cameron. Her varied pieces come from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Ohio, New York, Canada, California and New Mexico in forms like vases, desk blotters, salt and pepper shakers and pin cushions.
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Lucille Blaylock
Th Palace of ‘Sweets
Miss
Cameron
WEA
Miss Blaylock
Palace of Sweets
Family Trip Planned From Cameron to Seattle by Rail
Mr and Mrs Sam Deer and son George depart Cameron Thursday heading West Coast with Mr and Mrs Charley Hooker of Rosebud. The two couples travel via Southern Pacific through New Mexico Arizona California Oregon to Seattle and back in about 15 days covering roughly 7600 miles. Both Mr Deer and Mr Hooker work for the 3 P Railroad in the N W Department.
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Sam Deer
George
West Coast
Charley Hooker
Rosebud
Mr. Deer
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Seattle
Washington
Mr. Hooker
3. P. Railroad
N. of W
Cameron
Southern Pacific
Mary Jo Fikes Recovering After Tonsil Surgery
Mary Jo Fikes, who had her tonsils removed at Temple Hospital on Monday, is at home and gradually recovering.
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Mary Jo Fikes
Temple Hospital
Rockdale Visitor in Cameron on Tuesday
W J Lee of Rockdale traveled to Cameron on business Tuesday, meeting local contacts and touring Cameron enterprises.
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W. J. Lee
Rockdale
Cameron
Buckholts reward fund to be divided for hospital bills
R F Kaatz of Buckholts to divide six year old reward money raised after a hit and run that seriously injured L R Abel Jr and Leslie Sakowitz. Some subscribers did not pay and the fund will be split between the boys' parents with Kaatz at Buckholts State Bank on Saturday to arrange the division.
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R. F. Kaatz
Buckholts
L. R. Abel, Jr
Leslie Sakowitz
Mr. Kaatz
Buckholts State Bank
67 Bales Cotton Arrive At Cameron Compress
About 67 bales of 1941 cotton were received at the Cameron Compress Company by night Wednesday. Cotton's selling around 1 cent in Cameron. The crop is late this year and movement is expected to start within ten days.
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Warves
Cameron Compress Company
Cameron
Milam County Calls 500 Volunteers for Air Watch Posts
Homer McLane leads a Milam county drive to recruit 500 volunteers for 2% observation posts under national defense. Register at Milam post offices 8 am to 5 pm Saturday August 23rd. Posts cover a one mile diameter area near a telephone to aid defense, with no pay and no calls except in war or emergency.
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Milam County
Homer McLane
National Defense
National Defense Plan
Army
Air Force
Cotton Dresses Ready for Red Cross Sewing Quota
American Red Cross in Cameron reports cotton dresses are cut and ready to sew for the emergency quota. Mrs Giles McDermott announces dresses can be obtained at Winfield Dry Goods for volunteers to sew. call Mrs Meermott or visit the Winfield store to help start work promptly.
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American Red Cross
Cammeron
Winfield Dry Goods Company
Giles McDermott
Red Cross
Meermott
Winfield
Dr Will Lutner and family return home from Ohio visit
Dr Will Lutner his wife and children of Lawton Ohio have returned home after spending a few days here with his mother Mrs Lutner.
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Will Lutner
Lawton
Ohio
Cameron Business Visitors Reported From Local Towns
W H Cole of Milano visited Cameron on Monday to discuss business. J W Garner of Rockdale conducted business in Cameron on Tuesday.
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W. H. Cole
Milano
Cameron
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Granger Men
Man
Cutton
N. Renegar
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Baptists
Cato Cafe
AIR Watch
J. W. Garner
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