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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
11
Amsterdam reports the bizarre case of Eric Klant, formerly Hagenbeck, who directed a Rotterdam zoo act. After a bear attack left him injured, Klant fled Nazi dangers, hid eight months, and later resumed animal training under his true name.
Mrs. Alfreda Heck reports a missing heifer and spent time directing a Columbus Ohio sergeant to contact state police in New Jersey. The miscommunication began when she attempted to reach state police in Columbus New Jersey and was told Columbus Ohio was the destination.
Maj Maurice Grove, Chaplain of the 3rd U S Army, is at home in Cameron after months in the European theater. He will lead a battlefield style service at the First Christian church this Sunday December 9, inviting public attendance. Grove wears the Purple Heart after wounds with General Patton’s Third Army.
Seaman Paul Panagiotopoulos, 21, of St. Paul, was taken to police headquarters after celebrating a victory. When asked his name, he replied Seaman Panagiotopoulos, and joked that he shortened it from Paul Apostolopanagiotopoulos by changing his own nickname.
Sgt Thomas Chandler United States Marines returns home with discharge after four years in the Pacific battles. He served with the 28th Marines and went in with the 8th wave on Iwo Jima. Chandler helped capture Suribachi and was present at the flag raising. A full war story will be published in The Herald.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Freeman at Maysfield burned Friday around 8 p.m. They had finished dinner and were in the living room when smoke appeared from the kitchen and dining room. Firefighters and investigators said the origin was undetermined and the home was totally destroyed. The house stood next to Freeman’s large bottom land farms.
Mrs. Cecil Williams received a telegram from her son Armond Pounds on December 13 1945 noting 26 months overseas and an expected homecoming the last of the week. Other items report Joe Luce and Will Osborn in Houston on business O W Becker of Rosebud transacting business in Cameron L J Jones of Houston in Cameron and C L Pool of San Antonio visiting Cameron Mrs Alfred Jistel and daughter spent the weekend with her mother at Milano Judge and Mrs Jeff T Kemp return from Fort Worth after attending a State judges and commissioners meeting.
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