Tahoka Publisher on Visit 10 Cameron
Frank Hill publisher of the Lynn County News in Tahoka visited Cameron on Thanksgiving Day with Mrs. Hill and Cameron school officials to attend the Texas A&M game at College Station. Capt Truett Cooper of Tahoka, a Pacific War veteran and A&M graduate, joined the party and shared memories of the First Cavalry and Tokyo landing plans. Hill, ex school board president, sits on Canyon Museum board and urged Cameron to build a museum for local fossils and Indian artifacts amid rich Lynn County fossil finds.
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Frank Hill
Lynn County News
Tahoka
Cameron
W. T. Hanes
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Wainright
Manchuria
Hill
Tohoka
Hanes
Museum
Canyon
The
Herald
Survivors Urged to File Social Security Claims Promptly
Survivors of deceased service members who worked under the Social Security Act are urged to contact the nearest Social Security Board office. Benefits may come from Was Risk Insurance and Old Age Survivors Insurance, especially if minors survive, with payments continuing until the youngest child is 18. Delays in filing may forfeit survivor benefits. C Nolte of Ben Arnold visited Cameron this week.
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Social Security Board
Dave Pruitt
Austin
Pruitt
Yarrellton 4-H Gold Star Girl of Milam County Named
Elba Jean Colburn 13 of Yarrell ton 4-H club is chosen as Gold Star girl of Milam County for 1945 with Doris Nell Jungmann as second. Judges were Mrs E J Foster and Mrs Dudley Currey. Her three year report highlights presidencies, garment making, demonstrations in clothing, orchard work with 15 fruit trees, canning totals, garden produce, and sale of livestock. she notes perfect attendance and three years of club service. Mayor Camp of Rockdale transacted business in Cameron this week. Read the want ads.
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Elba Jean Colburn
Yarrellton
Milam County
Doris Nell Jungmann
E. JH. Foster
Dudley Currey
Bethlehem Club
Elba Jean
Pigeon Brassieres to Be Cut Out Hereafter
The army cancelled contracts for pigeon brassieres. The signal corps informed a brassiere manufacturer that made lace bands to protect birds during paratrooper transport.
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Philadelphia
Army
Signal Corps
Three Americans Choose Death Over Imprisonment at Jolo
New York report recalls Jolo island defense on Christmas Eve 1941. J. Scott McCormick, Boy Scout commissioner for Sulu and Mindanao, refused to flee and died in his khaki uniform. Perry Macklan stayed with his family then died in a fusillade at his plantation. Antoni Fraki an faced an immediate shooting after spitting in a Japanese soldier’s eye.
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New York
Moro Island
Jolo
J. Scott McCormick
Philippines
McCormick
Manila
Boy Scout Movement
Sulu
Mindanao
Jolo High School
Perry Macklan
Macklan
Antoni Frakian
Frakian
Heroic Pup Saves Family as Fire Kills Loyal Collie
In Chicago Edwin Lederer 27 and his 17 month old daughter Alvaline fled a rear fire in a three story brick building after their collie puppy Doo doo warned them. Lederer tried to save the dog but firemen restrained him. Doo doo died from suffocation.
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Chicago
Edwin Lederer
Augusta Blvd
Alvaline
Doo-doo
Lederer
Doodoo
Laverne
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Veteran Hires Taxi To East River Jump
Elmer Sayre 21 a discharged veteran was taken to Bellevue hospital after hiring a taxi to take him to the East River to kill himself. Cabbie William Donegan said Sayre asked to be driven to the river and if it was deep before the car stopped at a police station.
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New York
Elmer Sayre
Bellevue Hospital
East River
William Donegan
Sayre
Donegan
Wave of Nazi personal crisis reports after Potsdam decree
New York reports quote Stockholm Tidningen that the Potsdam communique in Germany triggered an enormous wave of personal crisis reports. Berlin saw 1200 suicides in one week, Leipzig 600, Hamburg 458, Frankfurt and Cologne also noted large figures.
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New York
Potsdam
Germany
Berlin
Leipzig
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Cologne
Sgt. Carl N. Fikes Home From Europe After 18 Months
Sgt. Carl N. Fikes, a communications technician with the Third U.S. Army under General George S. Patton, is home on discharge after 39 months in the army and 18 months in European battle zones. His unit of 190 men handled all Third Army communications. He arrived Friday and will be interviewed.
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George S. Patton
Fikes
Third Army
Sgt. Fikes
Experiences to be printed in The Herald early next week
The Herald will publish excerpts of his experiences early next week. The feature promises personal reflections and narrative details to accompany the forthcoming print.
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The
Herald
Lilac Community Tops Victory War Loan Quota
Val Nemec announces Lilac’s Victory War Loan drive surpassed its $950 quota. The town praised for strong support and united effort. Mead Miller of Temple visited the area, as did Mrs. Henry Pilling of Elm Ridge visiting Cameron this week.
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Val Nemec
Mead Miller
Temple
Liquor Control Board
Henry Pilling
Elm Ridge
Cameron
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Ben Arnold
Emory B. Camp
Baskin
Cameron, Texas
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E. A. Camp
Rockdale
Car Owners
U.S. Royals
Pearl Harbor
U. S
U.S
U.S. Royal
Mack’s Oil CO
A. W. McCullin
Avenue OF the Americas
Rockefeller Center
New York 20, N.Y
United States Rubber Company
Moro
River Bank
Carl N. Fikes
Europe
3Rd Army
Third
U.S. Army
M. Y. Lewis
Femovitameter Co
Denver
Colorado
Temple Life Insurance
Texas
Vernon Roberts
W. B. Smith
Temple Life Insurance Company
Temple, Texas
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