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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
7
Report from Finland says Russian tanks reached outskirts of Berlin with the Red Army in Frankfurt and Austria nearby. The German defense appears weaker than in 1918, while Allied forces tighten around the capital and the future outcome grows increasingly uncertain.
An Allied source reports General Eisenhower preparing an appeal to the German people while Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, gathered in a Black Sea area conference, demand unconditional surrender from the German General Staff. An impending offensive is expected as Eisenhower concentrates forces on the western front.
The article notes chimney swifts nest and roost in chimneys as a modern parallel to hollow trees. It recalls Audubon entering a hollow tree at night and estimating about 9,000 sleeping swifts above him.
The family thanks friends for sympathy and floral offerings after the passing of their mother. They express appreciation from Mr. and Mrs. J. D Turney Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lantrip and Mr. and Mrs. L. Lankford.
An advertisement touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a fast herbal remedy for excess acidity in urine and bladder irritation. It claims 16 herbs and non habit forming relief, offering a free prepaid sample from Kilmer & Co. and urging readers to visit druggists for purchase.
Pvt. George Klym, blinded in combat at Aitape New Guinea, stood at a fox hole outpost and repelled a Japanese banzai charge with an automatic rifle. He lost his sight but continued firing until mortally wounded. In death he still wished to continue fighting.
In Agana Guam a service was held in a tent beside a ruined church. A squad searching for a nighttime intruder closed to 50 yards and shot the Japanese attacker during hymn singing. The organist kept time and the congregation did not turn.
CAMP CARSON COLO Corporal Paul Tracy of San Pedro California halted a shadow during night patrol but moved in to seize his prisoner the figure fleeing to a tree. The prisoner was a full grown bull proving the encounter was a real test of vigilance.
Mrs. Hubert I. Moseley of Flint Michigan joins her husband Pfc Hubert I Moseley who has returned from overseas in Cameron.
Washington reports Miss Phyllis Murray 25 a government worker lay in a clump of weeds for 20 hours with a broken leg before seeking help She and her father James J Murray of Pittsburgh an official of the maritime commission offered no motive authorities say she swallowed rat poison then jumped from a 100 foot cliff in Rock Creek park The pair offered no motive for the act.
Pfc. Alexander Fussell Buckholts is back in the United States and reports to the Redistribution Station in Hot Springs Arkansas. He served 39 months overseas and arrived in January. He will be reassigned after a short stay at one of the Army hotels in Hot Springs. Also noted are furlough visits by Pvt. Willie L. Cummings of Fort Warren Wyoming to her parents in Thorndale and Mrs Charlie Russell of Yarrellton shopping in Cameron.
Mrs. M. L. Lewis of Dallas has recovered from an operation at Newton Memorial Hospital and has returned to her home.
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