Nebraska hunter helps to trap 64 German paratroopers
Pvt. Robert Duffy of Omaha and Pvt. Edward Gerdes of St. Louis led nine men in Belgium near the German border to trap German paratroopers. After tracking a wounded Nazi by blood, Duffy bluffed a surrender, prompting about 64 enemy soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender at a makeshift prison camp nearby.
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U. S
Belgium
Nebraska
Hitler
Robert Duffy
Omaha
Signal Corps
Pfe
Edward Gerdes
St. Louis
Les Boches
Duffy
Gerdes
Germany
US servicemen in Sydney face strict conduct rules
Capt. Jack Chambers, provost marshal, issues rule to curb on leave behavior. Marines and sailors are told not to hold hands with girls in streets nor walk with arms around them, sit with women in parks, rush Australians for taxis, carry liquor openly, or use official cars for nonofficial business. The aim is to tighten discipline.
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Sydney
United States
Jack Chambers
Thirty Years in Army Sergeant Will Retire
Fort Niagara officer Staff Sergeant Andrew Kuhar aged 59 applies for retirement after 30 years of service. A Hungarian born immigrant who arrived in New York in 1902, he became a butcher before enlisting in 1914 and serving as a mess sergeant at Fort Niagara. Now back in the area in 1935, he plans to move to California and rest.
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Fort Niagara
N. Y
Andrew Kuhar
Kuhar
New York City
California
New Gas Tabs Hard to Fake Paper Is Changed
The Office of Price Administration says the new basic A gasoline ration coupons are printed on government safety paper nearly impossible to counterfeit. The new books are in use and coupons are worth four gallons versus three under prior stamps, while the ration must be maintained.
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Washington
OPA
Milam County Real Estate Transfers and Probate Notices
A compilation of land transfers in Milam and surrounding counties including Drucella Johnson to Wm. Wright, 60 dollars. Turner Lumber Co. to Rawls-Jones Lumber Co., 6955 dollars. and numerous parcels in Cameron, Rockdale, and Milano. January 19, 1945 probate entry for J. Henry Sapp with executor appointments and appraisers. Additional deeds show transfers involving Henderson, Biggers, Gaston, Coulter, Young, Rischar, Mitcham, Pratt, Schiller, and others with prices and lot descriptions.
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J. Henry Sapp
H. M. Sapp
H. M. Hefley
W. O. Newton
August Gurecky
John B. Henderson
Frances Biggers
Henderson and
Arnold
City of
Cameron
Olive May Gaston
Horace Curley Leonard Etux
H. T. Coulter
Powell Bell
Washington Heights
Rockdale
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co
George H. Young
J. T. Acosta
Eduard Rischar
J. Ally, Jr
Milam County
M. E. Mitcham
H. G. Secrest
Benjamine Bryant
Ada Pratt
W. W. Dashier
Louis Kleberg
Stanley A. Longmoore
Jack Lewis
Zeno King
James Pruett
W. H. Lewis
J. B. Smith
J. M. Drummond
D. A. Thompson
T. S. Arnett
Frances Schiller
Milaga County
C. H Brown
Fannie
Mary Wentreck
Elba Lesikar
Jesse White
L. H. Bradley
Walter Green
Niles F. Smith League
Lucille Lasater
Cornelia Wallace Jones
Martha Rogers
Morris
Duncum
S. C. Pratt
Jose Leal
Clyde Franklin Named March Dimes Chairman
Clyde Franklin Rockdale Post master becomes active director of the Campaign for the Paralysis fund ending January 31. The drive features balls in honor of President Roosevelt's birthday. Cameron Postmaster J R Hays said Franklin will direct the county campaign, with John Prude of Swift Theatres serving as Cameron city chairman.
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Clyde Franklin
Rockdale
Paralysis Fund
Roosevelt
J. R. Hays
Cameron
Franklin
John Prude
The
Swift Theatres
Ex Milam Residents Form Dallas Farm Club
Former Milam County residents now living in Dallas organized a permanent farm club at the Arlington in Lee Park Sunday with Clyde H. Lopez elected president. Other officers include Mrs Ruth Graves Carmichael as vice president, Robert Higgins as treasurer, and Mrs Sue James Beesley as secretary.
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Milam County
Dallas
Arlington In Lee Park
Clyde H. Lopez
Ruth Graves Carmichael
Robert Higgins
Sue James Beesley
Dallas News
Germans Flee Red Armies in Poland Advance
Reports say three Russian armies totaling about 3 million men shattered German lines on the eastern front. Polish cities Lodz and Krakow reportedly fell as Germany retreated toward its own borders amid a Soviet offensive. London officials voiced cautious optimism despite the rapid German withdrawal.
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Baltic
Budapest
Hungary
Silesia
Breslau
London
Europe
Lodz
Krakow
Poland
East Prussia
Germany
Moscow
German defense collapses in east as revolt urged
The report notes Germans urged to revolt against Hitler as defense in the east crumbles. Mrs. Frank J. Ermis of Granger rests after an operation at Newton Memorial Hospital while Wayne Swift of Cameron is also undergoing treatment there. The Midget goes everywhere.
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Hitler
Frank J. Ermis
Granger
Newton Memorial Hospital
Wayne Swift
Joe Bell Swift
Cameron
Houston visitors and Cameron hospital patient
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Bunt and their sons from Houston visit relatives in Cameron. Lillie Hunter of Cameron is ill in Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Albert Small
Houston
Cameron
Johnnie Bunt
Lillie Hunter
Newton Memorial Hospital
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Walter Grove Marsh
Josephine Stuessel
Albert Currie
Dorothy Lee Jurgens
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Thomas A. Kilpatrick
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