Veterans Administration to Open Cameron Contact Unit
Congressman W R Poage announced a Veterans Administration contact office will be established in Cameron. The unit will include a contact representative and a clerk stenographer and will expand as space and staff are available to serve Milam County veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veteran's Administration
Cameron
W. R. Poage
Herald
Mr. Poage
Veterans Administration
Texas
Milam County
Emmett Streetman
American Legion
Cpl N E Barron Home From India Remount Service
Cpl N E Barron lately of the Remount Service is home after 26 months in Australia and the India Burma China theatre. He is discharged and plans to return to rodeo in January. The Herald will publish his story. A Cameron contact office was announced and plans for veteran gift distribution were noted. Contact news line provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. N. E. Barron
India
Cpl
N. E. Barron
Australia
Cpl. Barron
Burma
China
Herald
Ttation
Cameron
Streetman
Temple Sunday
Hospital Ship Comfort Attacked by Japanese Plane
A Japanese death by own action plane attack on the hospital ship Comfort near Okinawa killed 28, wounded 22, and destroyed five surgery rooms. Surviving nurses including Second Lt. Evelyn C. Bacheler described being hurled by the blast while tending patients. Casualties included seven Army wounded, five Army surgeons, six Army nurses, and nine Army corpsmen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort
Pacific
Evelyn C. Bacheler
Miss Bacheler
Pocatello
Idaho
Okinawa
Bacheler
Maj
Dorsey Brannan
Morgantown
W. Va
Comdr. A. Tooker
Saybrook
Conn
Tooker
Flier’s Back Broken But He Keeps on Flying
Maj. Robert D. Payne Jr. a B 25 Mitchell pilot from Greenfield Missouri flew 45 missions out of New Guinea despite a fractured vertebrae. He kept flying after an initial misdiagnosis until a later checkup revealed the injury and he wore a steel brace at a Miami hospital. He served as operations officer and squadron commander before deciding to seek treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Robert D. Payne Jr
New Guinea
Army Air Forces Regional
Miami
Fla
Payne
Americal Division Private Forced Into Strip Tease
Pvt. Wilmer Swift of Downingtown Pa with the Americal division on Cebu Philippines drew Japanese fire while crossing a bridge. He shielded a wounded comrade then suffered clothing damage from enemy bullets before pulling the man to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americal
Cebu
Philippines
Pvt
Wilmer Swift
Gypsy Rose Lee
Swift
Downington
132D
Blood transfusion saves newborn after Caesarean delivery
In Solihull England a newborn survived after a rapid sequence of transfusions that replaced all blood after a parental blood type discrepancy had caused the loss of three siblings. The Caesarean birth followed by immediate transfusion led to a normal healthy infant within three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solihull
England
Double Services Held For Crash Victims At Rockdale
Two funeral services were held in Rockdale for Mrs. Doyce Hickman 30 and her brother Solomon Curlee 32 after their car collided with a bus near Brenham on Tuesday. Leading prayers were by Rev. C Edward Frain and Rev. J B Hester. Burial followed at Tanglewood cemetery. Mrs. Hickman was Rosenburg Chamber of Commerce secretary. Curlee served in U S Army. his discharge was about a year ago. Surviving relatives include parents Mr. and Mrs. R T Curlee of Rockdale, sister Mrs. Jewel Dumont of Houston, brothers Sidney Austin, Bruce Houston, Murray Navy Corpus Christi. Archie Prokisch home on leave from San Diego aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Phillips and Luckey Chapel
Doyce Hickman
Solomon Burford Curlee
Brenham
C. Edward Frain
First Christian Church
J. B. Hester
First Baptist Church
Tanglewood
R. T
Bob) Curlee
Jewel Dumont
Houston
Sidney Curlee
Austin
Bruce Curlee
Murray Curlee
Navy
Corpus Christi
Robinson Returns to Cameron Texaco Station in 1946
W A L Robinson is back in business in Cameron resuming operation of his Texaco service station on North Fannin after a 20 month Navy discharge. He welcomes customers as rationing ended New Year’s Eve and hopes to stock Goodrich tires and tubes for his patrons. He values the strong reception for the ex service man and the promising start to the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Texaco
North Fannin
Robinson
Goodrich
Discharged Service Men to Return Home and Enter Local Business
Local report notes discharged service men are planned to come home and start business ventures in the area, signaling postwar economic activity and community reinvestment.
Tommie D. Louis Receives Navy Honorable Discharge
Pacific veteran Tommie D. Louis steward's mate first class and Cameron resident earned an honorable discharge at Camp Wallace after enlisting in December 1942 and serving 26 months in the Asiatic Pacific, including participation in one major naval battle. Also notes holiday visits by Wm. R. Rogers and Mildred Cryer with family in Port Arthur and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Louis of
Cameron
Navy
Camp Wallace
Louis
Naval Service
Asiatic Pacific
Wm. R. Rogers
Francis J. Ronshauser
Port Arthur
Also Mentioned on This Page
Set. Lavert C. McKinney
Fort Lewis, Washington
Chas. C. Smith Cleaners
Ww. C. Pemberton
Emory B. Camp
G.S. Baskin
Cameron, Texas
Archie Prokisch
Seaman
San Diego
California
Johnnie Bohac
Granger
Newzoy Parelain
Fach
Dusek Pharmacy
W. A. L. Robinson
United States
Tommie D. Louis
Mildred Cryer
Mrs
J. A. Cryer
Continental Casualty Co
America
L. van Perkins
United States Navy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!