Spencer Tracy Stars in The Seventh Cross at Cameron Theatre
Spencer Tracy delivers a standout performance as George Heisler in The Seventh Cross based on Anna Seghers novel. The 1936 concentration camp escape tale, directed by Fred Zinnemann, features Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead and a veteran cast. The film opens Thursday at Cameron Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Glodwyn-Mayer
Cameron Theatre
Spencer Tracy
Tracy
Guy
Joe
Fred Zinnemann
Pandro S. Berman
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Agnes Morehead
Herbert Rudley
Felix Bressart
Ray Collins
Alexander Granach
George Zucco
Katherine Locke
Allied air forces pound German lines amid Ardennes push
Four thousand Allied warplanes struck German oil and communications targets while fliers claimed at least 252 Nazi fighters shot down. Allied losses included 45 planes, with 19 bombers and 12 fighters from the U S Eighth Air Force. American troops linked with British forces near Houfalize and Bastogne as German resistance retreated toward the Reich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Ardennes
Sailent
Houffalize
Bastogne
The
Reich
Trans Atlantic radio telephone links England and United States
January 15, 1923 marks a milestone as a radio telephone connects England and the United States across the Atlantic. The experimental link demonstrates growing trans ocean communications and signals the future of long distance voice transmission.
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England
United States
Church board outlines plan to fund pastor home
Frank H. Reid announced the church plans to buy or build a pastor’s home using war bonds converted after victory into church property. Services next Sunday include Bible School at 9:45, worship at 11, and evening hour at 7:30 with sermons on “The Pure In Heart Shall See God” and “A New World at Church.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Reid
Local Residents and Army Training Update
Mr and Mrs Hicks Garner shopped in Cameron this week. Pvt Glenn M Rice age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Doyle Rice of Houston has arrived at Camp Wolters to begin basic training as an Infan tryman. He has been assigned to a battalion stressing rifle. Mr and Mrs Rice and family are former Milam county residents and lived at Ben Arnold. Commissioner Ed McGuire of Rockdale was a Cameron business visitor Wednesday.
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Glenn M. Rice
Doyle Rice
Houston
Camp Wolters
Rice
Milam County
Ben Arnold
For Sale 30 Acres West of Cameron Near Gas Line
Real estate listing offers 30 acres to be divided into blocks of 10 acres or more. Property lies 11 to 12 miles west of Cameron near gas and power lines. Contact W. Sutter for details. A second fragment notes earnings promises for dresses and a hospital update for Homer Lee Harris. A birth announcement from Newton Memorial Hospital reports the birth of Steve to Mr. and Mrs. August Hubnik on January 12, 1945, weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces.
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Cameron
Gas Line
High Line
W. Sutter
August Hubnik
Buckholts, Rt. 2
Newton Memorial Hospital
Steve
River Hub Strasbourg Known For Goose Livers And Trade
Strasbourg, a prewar city of 193000 with French German influences, sits at the Rhine head and two canals linking to Mannheim and Prague. It is famed for the cathedral rose window, university, pate de foie gras, and a long trade history with a yearly port output over half a million dollars. Local notes mention visitors and births in Cameron, Texas, including a twin birth at Cameron Hospital on January 15, 1945, plus birthdays and illness updates for residents.
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Strasbourg
Rhine
Karlsruh
Rhineland
Freiburg
Black Forest
Stuttgart
Nurnberg
Mannheim
Goethe
Cook
Marechal de Conde
Life lesson date in Christian Science services
The Lesson Sermon for Sunday January 21 centers on Life as eternal knowledge of God and Jesus Christ. It cites John 17 3 and 1 John 5 11 and quotes Mary Baker Eddy from Science and Health describing belief in life as ongoing and death as illusion, ushering readers into Spirit.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Jesus Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
Notice of Lost Cotton Receipt and Local Birth Announcements
Notice to the public that cotton receipt No. 88125 issued to A. F. Robinson on October 28 1944 by Cameron Compress Co for one bale delivered to him is lost. Legal owner warns public not to accept or deal with the receipt. Birth announced of baby son Tom Wilson to Mr and Mrs Wayland Hughes born January 14 1945 at Cameron Hospital. Mr and Mrs L W Grayson of Pleasanton visiting Mrs Florence Markham and Mrs Mattie Houston for a few days. D W Stephens noted as a well known farmer and stockman of Salty visiting Cameron Tuesday.
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A. F. Robinson
Cameron Compress Company
Wayland Hughes
Cameron Hospital
Tom Wilson
Local air force trainee Curtis Griffin earns gunner qualification
Cpl Curtis A Griffin son of A A Griffin of Cameron completed the Flexible Gunnery School program at Buckingham Field near Ft Myers Florida becoming an aerial gunner. He will receive crew training in the United States before overseas service. Hundreds graduate weekly at the gunnery school with ranges from skeet to turret firing aboard bombers over the Gulf of Mexico. County Judge L G Stanfield of Orange County visited Cameron Saturday. Joe Bozeman of Bailyeville and early county farmer also visited. Mrs Will Hensley of Ad Hall is treated in Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Cpl
Curtis A. Griffin
A. A. Griffin
Rt. 2
Cameron
AAF Training Command
Buckingham Field
Ft. Myers
Fla
Army Air Forces
United States
Fort Myers
Gulf of Mexico
Burkeen Receives Combat Infantry Badge in World War II
The Commanding Officer of the 2nd Infantry Division awarded Corporal John P. Burkeen the Combat Infantry Badge for superior duty in France and Germany. Burkeen, 23, Cameron native, a four year service veteran, previously worked for A. J. Matula in Cameron. Will Cook is seriously ill at his daughter Ann Henrichsen's home.
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2Nd Infantry Division
Combat Infantry
France
Germany
Cpl
John P. Burkeen
Cameron
Cpl. Burkeen
Fran B. Burkeen
A. J. Matula
Will Cook
Mrs
Ann Henrichsen
Diapers Aid War Plant Lens Cleaning Efforts
Three thousand diapers are used each month at a war plant to clean and polish glass lenses for army binoculars and tank telescopes. absorbent diapers leave no lint and help remove tiny specks that would mar vision. One diaper cleans after dipping in soapy solution, another dries the lens.
Property Transfers in Cameron and Rockdale Markets
The record lists numerous real estate deeds in Cameron and Rockdale with names such as Anne Hanle Bernadette Hollis Roger Owen Lou Willie and Emilio Olivarri. Transactions include Lot 2 in block 45 West Cameron for 100 dollars and multiple acreage trades valued from 10 to 3 500 dollars across city blocks and surveys.
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Mary Belle Batte
Emilio Olivarri
West Cameron
Wm. Proffitt
C. N. Knight
T. S. Arnett
J. S. Hubert
Ada Roach
Louis Roach
City of Cameron
W. W. Lewis League
N. E. Ethridge
Andrew C. Edmonds
P. G. Adams
P. Dun
W. H. Fletcher
Forney Lee Cone
Town of
Minerva
Clemente Perez
Mary Belle Battem
H. Perry Et al
Carlyle Post
American Legion of
Dorothea Phillips Newton
City of Rockdale
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Jefferson B
Miss Hasso
Willard
Dusek Pharmacy
NEW Cameron Drug CO
Fats
Mrs. Hicks Garner
Ed McGuire
Rockdale
DR. Kilmer
Department D. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Ydia E. Pinkhard
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Che Herali
Federal Land Bank
C. W. Patterson
Sec-Treas
Taylor Nfla
Taylor, Texas
Williamson County
Little River
E. F. Lanham
Sec- Treas
Belton Nfla
Belton Texas
Bell County
Grabein Chevroletompany
W. P. Matyastin
I Ae Kirk
Joe David
Tracy Road
Ray Armstrong
Henry Hlavacek
Rt. 1
Box
Rawleigh
Burleson
Lee Counties
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Dallas
Homer Lee Harris
J. M. McKinney
Jones Prairie
Jim McWilliams
Thorndale
Bennie Mundine
Sandow
C. Henry Ruby
M Ruby
Ethel Young
Rosebud
Sam L. Porter
Troup
F. J. Beckerman
Christian Science Services
D. W. Stephens
Salty
Curtis Griffin
L. G. Stanfield
Orange County
Judge Stanfield
Joe Bozeman
Bailyeville
Will Hensley
Ad Hall
Anne Hanel and
Bernadette Hol
Roger C. Owen
Lou Jean Willie
N. J. Simmons
Annie Mae Alford
R. A. McLane
Ada Ken
Non
Leland Porter Wright
Elma Hoyle
Joe Thomas
Estelle Grams
A. G. Gipson
Allie Ruth Hair
Robrt Koslosky
Clara Mae Bials
U. S. Kidd
LAW Office
Cameron, Texas
Louisiana
Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc
New Orleans
G . Vela
Brer
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