Local Pastor Named Texas Synod Head
Rev. R. Kalkbrenner pastor of Vogelsang and Burlington churches was elected president of the Texas Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The synod covers Texas Louisiana Mississippi and New Mexico. No services on Sunday January 28 as he attends a National Missions Institute in Birmingham January 23 24 and a Chicago committee meeting January 25 31. He returns February 2 and services resume February 4. Gladys Hanson and Ann Kelley shopped in Temple Saturday.
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R. Kalkbrenner
Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Vogelsang
Burlington
Texas Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Birmingham
Ala
National Missions Institute
Chicago
Ill
Amateur Magician's Needle Trick Goes Wrong
Richard Yeager 19, an amateur magician, visited a hospital after a needle swallowing demonstration went awry. He became confused and physicians were summoned to remove a steel sliver from his throat.
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Bartelsville
Okla
Richard Yeager
Yeager
Health risk in bold altitude experiments exposed doctors
Two doctors at 42 000 feet simulated altitude and developed active tuberculosis from reactivation of old lung spots. The study, reported to the Aero Medical Association, involved unnamed researchers from Columbia University. Both recovered. the tests also described high altitude chokes and bends affecting aviators.
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ST. Louis
Aero Medical Association
Alvan L. Barach
Artell E. Johnson
Colter Rule
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
The
Medical Association
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Allies Execute 16 Italian Spies Hired by Nazis
An Allied statement reported 16 German-hired Italian spies were executed since June with many more sentenced to death. Over 100 enemy agents have been arrested in Rome, with trials and hearings ongoing as authorities warn others to surrender.
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Rome
Captives Beat Up Nazi For Writing to Father
A German POW at Scotts Bluff Nebraska was severely beaten by fellow prisoners after he sought to write to his US resident father. The attackers claimed the father was not a good Nazi, and the incident led to hospital care. The prisoner belonged to a group captured near Cherbourg.
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Omaha
Scotts Bluff
Neb
United States
Ser¢ Command
Cherbourg
V-Mail Letters From U S Forces Rise to High Totals
The army and navy postal services report 789,539,390 V mail letters moved since mid-1942. April peaks show the army delivering 63,638,405 letters and the navy 56,060,703. Army totals reach 689,536,939 with the navy at 100,002,451 since March 1943. A large V mail station is planned in France this fall.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Office of War Information
France
Hatfield McCoy Feud on Again Victim to Hitler
Hatfields and McCoys in a fresh feud not with each other but against Hitler as U S patrols reach Paris and Versailles areas. Kin to the original feudists are Phillips Hatfield of Sprigg and Homer L McCoy of Avondale West Virginia who say the quarrel is now against the Axis.
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Paris
Hatfields
McCoys
U. S
Versailles
Phillips Hatfield
Sprigg
W. Va
Homer L. McCoy
Avondale
Hitler
McCoy
Soviet drive nears Berlin as Hindenburg falls to Reds
Soviet troops seize Hindenburg in Silesia and push toward the Danzig frontier while encircling East Prussia. Breslau isolated on the Baltic front as Russians cross the upper Oder. In the West the U S Ninth Army and British Second Army advance near the Ruhr after clearing Siegfried Line defenses. A Cameron couple announces the birth of a son, Billy Joe, at Newton Memorial Hospital on January 24, 1945.
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Germany
Hindenburg
Danzig Free State
Brandenburg
Berlin
East Prussia
Baltic
Moscow
Breslau
Silesia
Upper Oder
Poznan
Poland
Konigsberg
U. S. Ninth Army
Second Army
Ruhr
Roer River
Dusseldorf
George McCoy
Cameron
Newton Memorial Hospital
Billy Joe
Yoemen Defeat Hearne In Basketball 39 to 18
Yoemen rout Hearne Eagles 39 to 18 as Billy Joe Eanes scores 19 points and Jimmy Marek adds 8. Hearne’s Henderson and Altimore lead with 6 each. Band entertainment boosts crowd at Yoe High between periods. Coach Dick Young lauds effort despite Clare’s shoulder injury.
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Hearne Eagles
Clare
Temple
Yeomen
Billy Joe Eanes
Jimmy Marek
Graham
Kennedy
Gerick Brothers
Alvin
Otto
Henderson
Altimore
Hearne
Yoe High
Francis Cox
Hovles
Red Armies Reach 75 Miles From Berlin Front
At noon Saturday two Red Armies had penetrated to the Brandenburg border within 75 miles of Berlin with new gains along the front. Russians claim the offensive has cost the Germans 381000 in killed and captured. Significant new Allied gains reported on the Western front. No action reported in Italy.
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Brandenburg
Berlin
Italy
Milam County Cotton Ginnings Rise From 1943 to 1944 Crop
Census report shows 46 797 bales ginned in Milam County Texas from the 1944 crop before January 16 1945 compared with 28 032 bales for 1943 Special Agent J G Thompson cites the figures.
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Milam County
Texas
Fuessel Brothers Return After 34 Months in Pacific War
Cpl. Freeman Fuessel completes a 21 day furlough and reports to Santa Ana for reassignment after 34 months in the Pacific. Brother Cpl. Alex Fuessel also home after 34 months. Father Hugo Fuessel of Buckholts was killed by lightning while they served. mother Mrs. Hugo Fuessel has two other sons in the service, Adolph a prisoner and Conrad stationed in Louisiana.
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Cpl
Freeman Fuessel
Army Air Corps
Santa Ana
Calif
Fuessel
Alex Fuessel
C L Russell Dies at Home in Lubbock
C L Russell father of Mrs J A Cryer of Cameron dies at 3 a m at his Lubbock home after illness. Mrs Cryer will travel from Cameron to Lubbock at noon Saturday to be with family.
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C.L. Russell
Lubbock
C. L. Russell
J. A. Cryer
Cameron
Love Charm Nutmeg Used As Gypsy Fidelity Rite
A Romany girl uses a nutmeg divided into four parts as a love charm. She throws one part in water, buries another, burns a third, and boils the fourth. She drinks the boiled water, keeps the piece and her pillow, claiming it guarantees a lover's fidelity.
January in History Highlights of 1880 and 1907 Events
The entry notes Thomas A Edison patenting the incandescent lamp on January 27, 1880 and Andrew Carnegie donating ten million dollars on January 28, 1907 to establish the Carnegie Institute. It also mentions Mrs F G Blake visiting Mrs Herman Boedeker of Caldwell and a line about The Midget traveling widely.
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Thomas A. Edison
Adrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
F. G. Blake
Herman Boedeker
Caldwell
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