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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
7
President Roosevelt likely to veto the anti strike legislation as miners press for a contract. News conference indicates action before Friday midnight while 40 percent of miners remain on strike in protest of the draft up to age 65. Lt. John Watson visits Cameron this week.
Colonel George H. Cloud United States Marine Corps spent a day in Cameron visiting old friends. Born in Bell county, raised in Milam, he served 27 months in the Pacific theatre and felt well despite being away from the fight. He is brother to J F Cloud, Sharp Schools superintendent, and said Marines have done their usual good job.
Mrs. Tom Kenner 60 died in a Marlin Hospital Wednesday night. Funeral services were at 3 p m Thursday at the Nesbitt community cemetery in Robertson County. Green Funeral Home of Cameron directed arrangements. Survived by husband C F Kenner and son Jack Kenner.
Mr and Mrs B Slocomb entertain their children Freeman Slocomb Mut and family of Kerrville and Mr and Mrs J W Hagood with two children Mary Lou and Judy of Fort Worth. Slocombs plan to return home midweek while Hagoods go back by week’s end.
China begins translating the Encyclopedia Britannica into Chinese with a national institute overseeing the effort. The project described as a colossal undertaking will take several years to complete.
R E Eldred, chief butter inspector for Atlantic and Pacific Tea in Chicago, can identify cream origin and handling conditions from a small butter sample. A three ounce tasting reveals feed flavors and regional influences such as skunkweed in Oklahoma or sage weed in the Dakotas, reflecting how raw materials shape finished butter.
Science of hydroponics accelerates home gardens by up to 30 days. Barryton Michigan group perfected soilless plant balls with seeds moss vitamins and plant food. Each three inch ball swells to six inches when moistened and yields up to fifty slips from one ball with daily watering.
MEMPHIS. Sergeant James F. Gates Jr. born May 13, 1917, served in two Solomons battles and Guendal canal shellfire on the 13th. He flew a long air sea bombardment mission on the 13th, spent three years seven months and 13 days away, and returned home on March 13 to a luncheon for 13 guests.
British and American fleets steam into the Mediterranean as Italy is bombed along its length. Heavy Allied attacks hit Northern Italy while the Americans breach new ground. Speculation centers on a Syria route that could influence Turkey and the Balkans via Greece. Axis sources predict looming invasion with continued air pounding.
Berkeley California items note a Welsh riddle from A Collection of Welsh Riddles published by University of California Press. The answer given is February because it has the fewest days.
Lieut Gene Blake, with a North Africa railroad unit, is the father of a baby boy born Friday at 1 30 p m at Newton Memorial Hospital. Mrs Blake formerly Miss Lucille Merchant of Franklin is the mother. The infant, unnamed and unweighed, is their first child. Blake has been overseas since April. his parents are Mr. and Mrs. F G Blake of Cameron.
Robert J. Bennett, 17, of Cameron Illinois, studies radio man training at the University of Chicago Navy program. The 16 week course ends with promotions to petty officer radiomen, third class for top students, while others become strikers pending further duty. Trainees receive instruction in radio code transmission reception and equipment maintenance.
They were selected to attend the school through aptitude tests given during recruit training.
Cameron firefighters saved a Temple Fuel and Feed Co truck early Friday after a fire under the Santa Fe underpass near Mack Oil Co. Little damage occurred to the vehicle.
The Herald plant will be closed Monday July 5 to observe Independence Day. July 4 falls on Sunday so city operations and the newspaper will be closed that day and on Monday July 5.
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