Milam County Seeks Extra War Bond Purchase Challenge
The War Loan director urges Texans to buy the extra E bond quota to support troops overseas. Milam County is credited $31,000 toward the state total, with closing day set for December 20. Mrs. R. H. Adams and Josephine Escalante are reported ill in Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Nathan Adams
Dan Tyson
Texas
Milam
Tyson
Milam County
Josephine Escalante
Newton Memorial Hospital
Texan sergeant builds temple kitchen in war zone
Sgt. Wilson Gresham of Sharp converts a bombed temple near SOS Headquarters in Myitkyina into his kitchen. Coolies cleared debris and a canvas roof was added. Stoves and shelves installed. The makeshift kitchen replaces the usual setup as war continues. Also notes relatives of Lt. Hagood visiting from New Orleans and a local radio repair ad.
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Sgt. Wilson Gresham
Sharp
New Delhi
Herald
Sgt
Wilson Gresham
John B. Gresham
Texas
India
Myitkyina
Wilson
Tex) Gresham
Ledo Road
SOS
Tex
Capt Roy Olbrich Promoted in the Pacific
Burlington hometown notes Capt Roy Olbrich has been promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain while serving in the South Pacific. The A and M College graduate is one of three Olbrich brothers in the armed forces, with Capt Bill Olbrich and Alvin Olbrich, Navy Ensign, also in service. Roy will have three years in the service next March.
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Roy Olbrich
Burlington
John Olbrich
Olbrich
South Pacific
A & M College
Bill Olbrich
Alvin Olbrich
United States Navy
Firecracker Tree Hawaii Blossoms Explode Like Firecrackers
In Hawaii a tree nicknamed the bom bax bears blossoms that when mature burst open with a popping sound resembling firecrackers, a striking natural phenomenon observed by locals and visitors.
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Hawaii
Cameron Sightings Include Campbell and Heyer Visits
Mrs. I. L. Campbell of Ben Arnold visited Cameron on Wednesday while Mrs. FE. B. Heyer of Buckholts shopped in Cameron on Tuesday.
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I. L. Campbell of
Ben Arnold
Cameron
FE. B. Heyer
Buckholts
S. M. Corley
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NEW Challenge
R. H. Adams
Columbia Picture
Flesh and Fantasy
Robert Benchley
Betty Field
Robert Cummings
Edgar "Barrier
Edward G. Robinson
Thomas Mitchell
C. Aubrey Smith
Anna Lee
Dame May Whitty
Charles Boyer
Barbara Stanwyck
Charles "Winninger
Julien Duvivier
B. Slocomb
F. A. Hagood
Fort Worth
J. W. Hagood
New Orleans
Jg) Hagood
Shell Beach Naval School
Parma
Capt
Pacific
Emma Meyers of
J. L. Tallor & Company
New York
Chicago
Taylor
J. PD. Werner
Britain
Germany
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Baytown
Humble
America
Humble Oil & Refining
Houston, Texas
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