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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
3
Milam War Price and Rationing Board announces renewal plan for A gas books by mail starting June 22. Car owners must file promptly so new books arrive before July 21 expirations. Forms at service stations from July 1. mail form with back cover and tire inspection record to the board.
Washington reported expanding Allied operations in the Solomons with landings on Rendova New Georgia and another Munda area island near the Japanese base. The transport McCawley was sunk but all aboard were saved. an armed trawler also fell. Americans claimed 17 ships lost and 65 Japanese planes shot down.
Mrs. T. M. Hairston longtime Milam County resident lies gravely ill at her son John W. Hairston’s home in Marlow after a December 24 1942 fall and ongoing bed confinement. Friends extend wishes for recovery as visits note out of town relatives and local kin visiting Cameron and Maysfield families.
J C Penney Company launches a nationwide sales drive on war bonds and stamps starting July 1. Local quota rises to 25 000 for July from 800 last year, with decorations and a lobby booth. Several Cameron store former employees in Navy and Army are highlighted for support.
Satisfactory progress reported Friday from Rendova and New Georgia where positions have been consolidated and Japanese forces driven from Munda bay. American artillery and warships joined the fight as air action claimed about 125 Japanese planes down to noon Friday while U S losses stood at 25 with 15 pilots saved.
Claude F. Drake 77, longtime Rockdale Milam County chamber of commerce manager and former The News assistant night editor, died at Cameron Hospital. Born in 1866 in Macon Georgia he worked as reporter and editor in Alabama before moving to Texas and wrote for the Manufacturers Record and other trade journals while promoting oil development in Milam County. Drake was active in the local chamber of commerce until his death.
Funeral services will be held Friday at Elmwood Cemetery Weatherford for a longtime newspaper writer and club woman who died recently. He will be buried beside his wife Annie Grace Drake. Survived by daughter Quintus T. Witte, three grandchildren, and three stepchildren Mrs Dunwoody D. Wier Dallas and Mrs Grace Baldwin Ventura Calif. Will Sharp of Davilla attended Cameron on business.
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