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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1943
Page
7
In Independence Missouri Mrs Mae Courtney called sheriffs deputies after a pig wandered into her chicken coop. Deputies approached with drawn guns then lowered them and released the pet pig from the house.
A mallard from Lake Mitchell in Chauncey M Depew Memorial Park received a plastic pink upper bill after its original upper bill stump. Dentist Dr Robert Poritzky supervised fitting at Peekskill dental lab with park officials and staff catching the bird over three days.
In New Guinea, Japanese tricks misfire as voices from the forest lure Australians with English phrases. A patrol was nearly trapped by a voice declaring the position and even addressing a corporal. A Japanese attempt included asking a soldier, How are you, Mom, at night.
Boston audiences heard the Boston Symphony premiere of Shostakovich Seventh with a new bass clarinet that adds five lower notes. The instrument’s lowest tone equals the piano’s lowest A flat. Bass clarinetist Rosario Mezzeo spent months perfecting the instrument to achieve the composer’s desired effect.
Navy seaman Henry J. Barton Jr. says combat has shaped him after four major engagements Pearl Harbor Midway Coral Sea and the Solomon Islands. On furlough he reports a 40 pound weight gain and a tougher mindset.
Fort Worth Texas truck driver Tommie Bowers chased a bold pickpocket who jumped onto his vehicle begged for a ride and rode half a block before leaping off. Bowers reported a loss of 147 dollars as the thief fled.
Houston sailor Marcus Aycock 21 returns on leave from the Pacific theater after serving as a second class fireman on a destroyer. He fought at Coral Sea Midway and in a Solomons raid and says Japanese are strong but beatable. Aycock recalls Lexington Neosho tragedy and Midway survivor George Gay. He plans to watch Reagan vs Jeff Davis football and bets on the match.
Frank W. H. Hubert of Minerva travels to Cameron to meet his son from New York as he, at nearly 45, serves as Private First Class and volunteer. His family totals five service members including three sons, a son in law, and a prisoner of war, with Pvt Raymond Hubert in New York and Ernie Jones among those in service.
General Douglas MacArthur departs Corregidor for Australia as the war moves. The fourth family member in service, Ralph Hubert, is currently stationed in California and serving in the armed forces.
Mr and Mrs Marshal Snow and family of Houston visited his sister Mrs Delta Luce last weekend.
Robert H. White of Buckholts has been promoted to sergeant at the West Point of the Air. White, son of Mrs. Betty Jane White, was a clerk at the cadet detachment and is attached to the 1053rd Basic Flying Training Squadron after enlisting at Randolph Field in May.
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