Miss Atkinson and Cpl. DiGirolamo Married in Cameron
Miss Mary Atkinson and Cpl Anthony Di Girolamo wed Friday evening February 4 at 7 30 pm at the First Baptist Church Cameron with Rev C W Sanders officiating. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Atkinson Jones Prairie and groom son of Mrs Nick DiGirolamo of Brooklyn N Y. Bride wore a crystal blue street dress and white carnation corsage. The couple will reside in Clark Apartments Cameron after a short wedding trip.
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Mary Atkinson
Cpl
Anthony DiGirolamo
Cameron
First Baptist Church
C. W. Sanders
Miss Atkinson
W. A. Atkinson
Jones Prairie
di Girolamo
Nick Pd Girolamo
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pvt
Paul C. Gendron
Maine
Shirley Horstmann
Vernon Collins
Jack Burnett
Billy Fontaine
Susie Atkinson
A. Atkinson
Sua
DiGirolamo
Milam County
Allied forces trap 72,000 Japanese at Rabaul
Allied troops including American and New Zealand forces trap about 72,000 Japanese at Rabaul after capturing Green Islands, tightening the noose around the Solomons. The effort signals the closing of the campaign in the area as remaining Japanese troops face starvation. American bombers also target Cassino Italy, destroying the Benedictine monastery in brief raid.
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Rabaul
New Zealand
Green Islands
Solomons
Cassino
Italy
Man Sought in Robbery Attempt at Local Oil Mill
A man released from jail Tuesday is being sought over an attempted robbery at the oil mill Tuesday night. The night watchman chased the burglar who entered a washroom and discarded clothes belonging to black employees. Deputy Sheriff Carl Black continued efforts to apprehend him.
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Carl Black
Best Foot Forward Opens at Cameron Theatre
Hollywood comedic musical in Technicolor opens at Cameron Theatre with Lucille Ball, Tommy Dix, and Virginia Weidler as complications unfold at Winsocks Military Academy. Harry James and his Music Makers provide songs while Nancy Walker appears. Mrs. Wilna Ramsour travels to St Louis for a visit.
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Hollywood
Winsocks Military Academy
Lucille Ball
Tommy Dix
Cameron Theatre
William Gaxton
Tommy
Miss Ball
Virginia Weidler
Lucille
Virginia
Harry James
Harry
Nancy Walker
Wilna Ramsour
Cameron
J. B. Kreusch
St. Louis
Vick Returns to Pennsylvania Base Hospital
Sgt. James R. Vick, wounded in action in the Mediterranean theater, arrived at a Pennsylvania base hospital. He phoned his wife Tuesday from the hospital and said he hoped to visit soon.
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James Vick
Pennsylvania Base Hospital
James R. Vick
Mediterranan
Pennsylvania
Vick
War Hero Sgt Vick Returns Home After Italy Service
Sgt Vick, wounded in Italy, is back in the states and reunited with his seven month old daughter Sharon Llanelle born in Cameron. A native of Yoakum, Texas, 25 years old, he joined in 1940 at Fort Sam Houston with the Medical Corps and served with the 36th Division in North Africa and Italy.
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Fort Sam Houston
Medical Corps
North Africa
Eisenhower
Moore's Cafe Sells No Beer for 30 Days
Notice to patrons states Moore's Cafe will not sell beer for 30 days and that service to negroes has been discontinued. The manager Mrs. Bell says Mr. Moore is ill and out of the city and the change is voluntary. cafe operates with daily menu as usual.
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Esfe
Moore
Bell
February in History: Sherman Dies and Local Visits
February 14, 1890 marked the death of General William T. Sherman famed for War Is Hell. In Cameron on a Sunday evening Pvt. Charles Wright and Pvt. Summers of Camp Hood called, while Cpl. Clarence Cummings returned to San Luis Obispo after a Cameron visit. Elba Pemberton of Temple visited friends and relatives in Cameron over the weekend.
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R. L. Walker, Sr
Willie Dana
Houston
Cameron
William T. Sherman
Charles Wright
Summers
Camp Hood
Cpl
Clarence Cummings
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Elba Pemberton of
Temple
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NSUR
Wun
Ositor
Sgt
Sgt. Vick
Mary Frances Allen
Grady Allen
Springfield
Just
Sreet
PYREX
Chenille
Men’s Army
BLUE
Chambray
Thermos
Moore’s Cafe
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., of
Caldwell
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